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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1966
Page
1
The 1965 Monticello construction total reached 462320 including new buildings remodeling and improvements. Wayne Zion Lutheran church in Wayne township accounted for 245000 while 369100 went to new buildings and 16465 to street work.
Members of the Jones county Conservation board stand by the drop inlet of a new Central park lake near Center Jet. The lake now 15 feet deep covers 15 acres and will rise to the inlet top when full. Board officials Jeff Art Husmann Chauncey Robinson Fred Petersen and Bob Hosch are pictured.
The water level in the lake at Jones County Central Park sits four feet from the spillway, with the lake now 15 feet deep and covering 15 acres. When full, it will reach 25 acres or more. A road into the lake area and a shelter house are planned this spring, and farmstead buildings at the site will be sold at public auction after due notice.
Births listed from John Mc Donald hospital for March 30 to April 8 include several couples from Wyoming Monticello Dubuque Cascade Farley and other towns with a mix of boys and girls. An additional birth in San Bernardino California is Cynthia Lorene Tucl and relatives noted.
About 150 to 200 persons are expected for a regional school board meetup at Monticello Community High School auditorium 7245 p.m. District and county boards from 10 counties in Region Six will attend with Blythe Conn of Des Moines in charge. A panel will discuss problems facing Iowa school operations chaired by Mrs. Frank Nye Cedar Rapids. panelists include Supt. Paul Johnston state superintendent and Blythe Conn. Sponsored by the Iowa Association of School Boards Iowa Association of School Administrators and the State Department of Public Instruction. Custodians from the area will be led by Marvin Gould and Pete Christiansen of Iowa State University Ames.
Monticello high school band director Ray Stumbaugh announced the concert date moved from April 19 to April 21. The program will be announced later and four bands including fifth grade through senior high will perform.
The Jones county 4-H leaders luncheon will be held at 12 noon Tuesday April 12 at the Farm Bureau building. Miss Sharon Tapper extension assistant says the Lovell Happy Helpers will serve the meal and summer plans will be discussed.
Moving to a furnished home, seller offers an 80 inch electric range with automatic oven and broiler. Includes timer and is priced to move. Call 465-3555 to place your want ad reaching over 4,000 homes.
Larry Himes, serving as Jones county deputy sheriff for 21/2 years, submitted his resignation to the Board of Supervisors. The resignation, accepted, becomes effective May 1. He cited many reasons without detailing them. An Express reporter could not reach him for future plans. The board also accepted quarterly reports from Sheriff Ralph Albaugh, Recorder Bess Sherman, Auditor Helen Murray, Clerk of Court Glenn Brokaw, and first quarterly reports from justices of the peace M. E. McCrabb and Vince Ellers.
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