Monticello Calendar of Events Easter Week 1958
Monticello community listings dated April 14 1958 outline events for Tuesday to Monday including B P W silver anniversary at the community building Neil Sexton birthday party at K P hall first aid class social security and TB association meetings at Monticello community building and Anamosa Rebekah meeting time change and various public service and club activities across Monticello Anamosa and Jones County with military and recruitment notes and church events
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Monticello
Neil Sexton
K.P. Hall
Albaugh
Anamosa
Farmers Home Administration
Jones County
Social Security
Jones County Tuberculosis Association
Rebekah
State Employment Service
Cancer Program Set at Anamosa Friday Evening
ANAMOSA Jones County Cancer society and the Anamosa Order of Eastern Star sponsor a Cancerama program Friday evening April 18 at Anamosa high school. Cedar Rapids physicians will answer questions about cancer and discuss the disease. Doctors include Dr James V Prouty Dr Stuart McQuistan Dr Ralph Hunting and Dr R B Weiland. An educational film The Other City will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County Cancer Society
Anamosa Order of Eastern Star
Anamosa High School
A. R. Embree
County Educational
Cedar Rapids
James V. Prouty
Stuart McQuistan
Ralph Hunting
R. BE. Weiland
Local clues hint at vehicle names and towns across Iowa
Apr 7 records show names James or Cecelia Marek of Animosa and Dodge along with Anamosa hotels and Oldsmobile, Laurie in Staylor, and Amanosi Chevrolet truck. Mentions J TW or Roberta Plat tenberser of Martone and Mercury with Florence L Haken in Olin and ruck unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Cecelia Marek
Animosa
Dodge
Lowan Hotel
Anamosa
Oldsmobile
Laurie
Staylor
Amanosi
Chevrolet
J. TW
Roberta Plattenberser
Martone
Mercury
Flenry L. Haken
Olin
Ruck
Marriage Licenses and Local Civic Elections Highlight Courthouse Records
Courthouse records note marriage licenses for Shirley Ladean Dighton and Plylis dean Milers, both from Monticello and nearby areas. Onsow-IkKay Chaplin of Ons tow is elected secret treasurer for Cornell College's next year’s junior class, signaling student governance activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Ladean Dighton
Geday Rapids
Plylis
Dean Milers
Monticello
Onslow
Ikkay Chaplin
Onstow
Cornell College
Sacred Heart Seniors See Sights of Chicago
Twenty Sacred Heart high school seniors accompanied by Rev. John Herzog and Mrs. Gilbert Becker visited Chicago April 7 and 8 on their annual senior class spring trip. They toured Brookfield Zoo Midway Airport The Seven Wonders of the World Cinerama Field Museum aquarium and Museum of Science Arts and Industry by chartered bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart High School
John Herzog
Gilbert Becker
Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Midway Airport
Cinerama
Field'’s Museum, Aquarium
Museum of Science, Arts and Industry
Candidates Listed for Precinct Jobs in Jones County
George Specht reports Republicans and Democrats filed as candidates for precinct committee men and women, justice of the peace and constable across 27 precincts with some posts lacking filings. Many will be decided by write‑in votes after the April 8 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Justice of the Peace
George Specht
Howard Chapman Dies in Crash Near Manchester
Howard Chapman 20 died from injuries after a Monday crash on highway 200 east of Manchester. Three others were hurt in the collision, which fractured his skull. services held April 14 at St Luke's in Hopkinton. He was survived by his mother four sisters a brother and grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Toward Chapman
St Luke's Catholic Church
Immaceble Conception
Castle Grove
Chapman
Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Highway 200
Tre
Ronald Davis
Taster
Monticello
Sindra Sands
Margaret
Melchert Chapman
William Chapman
Wilson Packing Company
Cedar Rapids
Delaware County League
Vic
Mranels
Joan) Sperfshise
Robert
Donna) Animeter
Japan
Mary Won
Rae Ann
Donald
C.J. Chapman
Popkinton
Scotch Grove Farmer Places Third in Five Acre Corn Contest
Francis A. Davis of Mt. Vernon led Jones county with 146.22 bushels per acre in the 1957 national five acre DeKalb corn contest. Herman Schmidt of Lisbon was second at 144.914 bu/acre. Marvin Jacobs of Scotch Grove took third with 115.48 bu/acre and Louis Helgens of Monticello was fourth at 112.44 bu/acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis A. Davis
Mt. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
Herman Schmidt
Lisbon
Marvin Jacobs
Scotch Grove
Louis Helgens
Monticello
Car Fire Causes Minor Damage on First Street
A foreign car owned by Dale Yousse caught fire Friday morning near 11 o clock on First street. Three fire trucks and the emergency unit responded. The blaze started from a gas leak in the car carburetor and was extinguished by a bystander with a blanket before firefighters arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Yousse
First Street
$205 Judgment In Jones Court
Vernie Michels wins suit in Jones County District Court against Mr and Mrs Owen Thomas. Judge Charles Pennhingroth awards $205.00 plus interest and costs of the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Vernie Michels
Owen ‘Thomas
Charles Pennhingroth
Michels
Prizes to Be Given At Cooking School
Dozens of free prizes and groceries will be awarded to women at a free cooking school sponsored by The Monticello Express and local merchants on April 22 and 23. Susan Lowe will present at 2 p.m. each day, with a two hour session followed by a coffee hour for questions. All women in the Monticello area are invited with no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Monticello Express
Susan Lowe
Miss Lowe
Monticello
Public School Kindergarten Roundup Set for Apr 18
Monticello public schools announce an annual pre-school roundup for children entering kindergarten in fall. It runs Friday April 18 from 9am to 12 noon and 1:30 to 4pm at Central school basement south wing. Five year olds by Sept 1 eligible. health nurse Mrs. Donald Serbousek will conduct checks. Supt Shannon notes two kindergarten classes have different schedules on roundup day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public School
Boyd Shannon
SIT
Supt
Shannon
Donald Serbousek
Jones County
John Shover
Carpenter
Two OMVI Cases Postponed to April 17 in Anamosa Court
Anamosa justice of the peace Lawrence War ren set second appearances for two OMVI cases at 9 am on April 17. Lawrence Allamand, 50, of Monticello, faces a second O M V I offense after arrest April 12 on Highway 151. bail set at 550 dollars. Joseph E Jeffers, 55, of Rock Island IL, awaits first offense OMVI ruling with pending charges and bail at 350 dollars.
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Anamosa
Warren Lawrence
Anamosa Justice of the Peace
O.M.V.I
Lawrence Allamand
Route 8
Monticello
John Beckmann
Joseph E. Jeffers
Rock Island
Lawrence
Beckmann
Parke Behn Elected Master Counselor in DeMolay Conclave
At the DeMolay District No 6 spring conclave in Oelwein on April 13 Parke Behn of Monticello was chosen district master counselor. He will lead with Elbin Cleveland Cedar Rapids senior counselor and others, with Galen Vargason of Oelwein as district dad. Behn also serves as Monticello’s George Washington chapter master counselor and is a Monticello high school junior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Parke Behn
Monticello
Elbin Cleveland
Cedar Rapids
Bob Mitchell
Vinton
Joe Hummel
Corky Spetrino
Marion
Charles Booth
Clinton
Galen Vargason
Behn
Pre
George Washington
Jon Spahr
al White
Lill Mitchell
Bob Meier
John Fraser
Larry Goettsch
Dave Stead
Bud Stoneking
Pete Skelley
Joe Mullen
John Baty
Robert Matthiessen
Ivan Hein
Bill Shaffer
Wyoming Band Man Resigns After Long Wyoming Tenure
Frank Kluesner, band director at Wyoming high school since 1950, resigns to take a post at an unnamed Jarger School in the Cedar Rapids area. Under his leadership the Wyoming band earned state I ratings in 1952 1954 1956 and 1957. Also, Mrs. Alice Howie of Monticello Wyoming resigns from teaching to travel to Europe to visit her son serving as a doctor with the army in London.
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Wyoming
Frank Kluesner
Clayton Ridout
Kluesner
Europe
London
England
Public School Commencement Set for May 27
Monticello public high school schedules 1958 commencement for May 27 as announced by Sept. Boyd Shannon. The senior class motto is Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you with carnation flowers, mine green and silver colors. Events include May 16 banquet May 19 20 exams May 20 last class day May 22 picnic May 23 class day May 25 baccalaureate and May 28 alumni banquet following graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public High School
Boyd Shannon
Jones County dairy herds post March butterfat average
Jones County averages show 30.2 pounds butterfat from 26 herds in the Jones Dairy Herd Improvement association No 1 for March. A total of 587 cows were included. high individual records noted by Supervisor J E Frueh include several cows and farms with volumes ranging into the 500s. Harold Miner cites an 11 pound day record from a cow owned by Richard Hartwig of Anamosa.
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Jones County
Jones Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Joe KL Lege
J. EL Frueh
Stonerook
Ko Muller
RE Hanken
Streeper
Efeeren
Harley C. Streeper
Frederick Decker
Kelly and
Hasselbusch
Bader and Son
Harold Miner
Miner
Richard Hartwig
Anamosa
New Liquid Fertilizer Spreading Service Launched
Monticello Pee Mill announces a new liquid fertilizer and spreading service. The service uses a dedicated truck for fertilizer and spraying equipment operated by Eldon Covington.
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Monticello Pee Mill
Eldon Covington
Barbara Norris Poem Accepted for Anthology
Barbara Norris of Monticello Public High School Junior Year wins acceptance for Winter Moonlight in the Anthology of High School Poetry. The verse received special mention for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Norris
Monticello
Atuthatasyar
Rural Family Night Plans Completed in Anamosa
Plans for the Rural Family Night to be sponsored by the Jones County Farm Bureau Women were completed in Anamosa on April 8. The event is set for April 30 in the new Olin gymnasium with tours of Washington DC and Independence延期. Cancerama meetings are scheduled for April 18 in Anamosa and April 29 in Martelle with doctors from Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County
Farm Bureau
Olin
Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Floyd Hodgden
Washington, D.C
Iowa Farm Bureau
Ala. Embree
Independence
Embree
Cancerama
Anamosa High School
Martelle
Cedar Rapids
Max Specht
Charles Tuttle
District Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Wyoming-Onslow Pastor Accepts Minnesota Call
Rev. George Tjaden, longtime minister for Ons low and Wyoming Presbyterian churches since 1954, accepts a call to Winnebago First Presbyterian Church in Minnesota. The church serves over 400 members. He will leave in early June and has served Cedar Rapids in leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tjaden
Onslow
Wyoming
Winnebago Mini
First Presbyterian Church
Tjaden
Cedar Rapids
Oxford Junction Woman On Farm Bureau Trip To Washington
Mrs. Floyd Flodgden of Oxford Junction leads Jones county Farm Bureau Women to Washington D C to visit American Farm Bureau and USDA offices and meet Iowa's congressional delegation. She will report findings to the county committee and at township meetings upon returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Farm Bureau
Washington, D.C
Floyd Flodgden
Jones County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
ULS
Department of Agrcuture
Iowa
Jones County
Hodg
Wagon Slices Back Of Tractor In Rural Accident
Anamosa farmer Donald Lee Weight of Springville suffered a fractured pelvis when a wagon loaded with corn rolled up the rear of his tractor after a drivbar pin came out. He was taken to Mercy hospital Anamosa after the mishap occurred about one mile west of Anamosa on Ridge road.
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Anamosa
Donald Lee
Springville
Corg
Wright
Mercy Hospital
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LINN
Nie ’ . Ware
J ‘Dubugi
Jones
Monticello High School
Monticello Gun Club
Idle Not Club
John Oltmann
Iowa Electric
E and R Church
Women's Fellowship
Congregational Church
P.m
Legion Hall
Lions Club
Matthew Church
Navy
Rotary
St. Luke's Methodist Church
Main
Washington Streets
Clark Construction Company
Duwain Cooper
Don Clark
Ermine Boots
Nettie Trotter
Washington Street
Main Street
Express
John McDonald Hospital
Merlin Helms
Elmer Klocke
Frank Harris
Norma Ann
Mar Ol
Willard Hospital
Justice Court
Frank Shimaneck
Waller HK
Muller
Walter Lo Muller
Virgil Day Unns
Monticelo
Lyle Williams
Lyle William Ishits
Dule
Courthouse Records
Sacred Heart
Republicans
Howard Remley
J. August Pearson
L. L. Albaugh
Cass
E. J. Mayberry
Kenneth D. Howie
Center Junction
Madison
C. K. Alden
Melvin Sievers
Greenfield
Harry Hotcomb
Lovell
T. R. Hintz
C. J. Matthiessen
C. F. Shimanek
Morley-Greenfield
Russell Eldred
Morley Rome
H. H. Lightfoot
Oxford
William R. Shimanek
Richland West
Galen Hein
Trome
Allen A. Graf
N. BR
Waggoner
Stone City
Lawrence LaBarge
Wayne
Bert Ballou
J. J. Kidneck
Anamosa I
Margaret Snyder
Anamosa III
Dolores Lozier
Vierlyn Davenport
Anamosa IV
Ethel Hartman
Olin Howie
Grace Mead
Melvin Severs
Flo Ellison
Jackson
Naomi Petersen
Ruth Adams
Naomi Hargrave
Madge Shaffer
Marie Vernon
Irene C. Edwards
Bess C. Christensen
Rome
Sara Jane Frazier
Kay Limerman
Lawrence Barge
Richard Hanken
C. R. Smith
Tile Peace
Fairview
Ralph P. Crimm
M. E. McCrabb
Morley
Democrats
Anamosa II
Lawrence Conmey
Milton Chesire
Jay Levsen
Dan G. Messerli
Ommitteewomen
Bertha Stimpson
Lettie Byerly
Monticello I
Eileen E. Mitchell
Louise Field
Betty Levsen
Viola M. Messerli
Unstable
John T. Kehoe
Howard Chapman
Jones Court
OMVI
DeMollay
Minnesota
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