Rotary Club schedules April 26 meeting and births
The Rotarians plan a 6:05 dinner and business meeting on Monday April 26 led by president Dr C R Hosford with Ed Vanourny in charge of the program. Three births were reported this week at John McDonald hospital including a son to the Wittard Potter family and a daughter to the Ries family.
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C. R. Hosford
Ed Vanourny
John McDonald Hospital
Wittard Potter
Cascade
Donald Rickels
Monticello
Wilfred Ries
Hopkinton
The
Lions Club
Les Linn
James Bender
Mary Karen Paulsen
Harry Paulsens
Onslow
Audit of Monticello City 1953 Records Underway
The city of Monticello is undergoing its 1953 records audit by J H Ferguson from the state auditor's Des Moines office. The auditor began a week ago and may finish this week or early next week. All income and expense records for the city and its departments are being thoroughly checked with a written summary and recommendations to be filed within a month after completion. Citizens may examine the audit report after city council review.
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Monticello
J. H. Ferguson
Des Moines
Ferguson
Bruce Appleby Clinches Division 1 in Monticello Contest
Bruce Appleby son of Mr and Mrs Claude Appleby Tuesday received a Division 1 rating in the student conducting contest held at Anamosa this month. He also earned Division I ratings in a snare drum solo a tympani solo and with the drum ensemble marking his first Monticello entry in the event.
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Bruce Appleby
Claude Appleby
Anamosa
Appleby
Monticello
Three Monticello Men Sentenced for Intoxication
Three Monticello men were given 10 day jail terms for intoxication after being arrested by Monticello police on Tuesday afternoon. Robert Wilcox George Balsiger and Robert Appleby appeared before Police Judge C F Shimanek Wednesday morning and were immediately sent to the county jail.
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Monticello
Robert Wilcox
George Balsiger
Robert Appleby
C. F. Shimanek
Women Golfers Plan Program For Coming Year
The Women’s Golfing teams held their annual organization pot-luck dinner at Monticello Country Club on Wednesday April 21 as they plan the coming year’s program and activities.
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Monticello Country Club
Scholarship winner Joyce Reid from Anamosa named 1954 cancer scholar
Miss Joyce Reid of Anamosa daughter of Mr and Mrs James O Reid wins the 1954 Cancer Scholarship in Jones county. She will graduate this spring from Anamosa High School and begin nurse training at Mt Mercy College Cedar Rapids. Past Jones county scholarship winners include Janet Greenawald Morley Barbara Hoffman Dolores Luckstedt Carolyn Miller.
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Joyce Reid
Anamosa
James O. Reid
Jones County
Anamosa High School
Mt. Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
Janet 8. Greenawald
Morley
Barbara Hoffman
Dolores Luck- Stedt
Monticello
Carolyn Miller
Miss Marilyn Miller Named Jones County Speech Correctionist
Miss Marilyn Miller, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Miller, will serve as Jones County Speech Correctionist starting next fall. She will work at three county centers in Anamosa Monticello and Olin and one center in Lisbon under the state Department of Public Instruction with local schools. A Monticello Public Schools graduate will earn a BA in June from the State University of Iowa, majoring in speech pathology and audiology.
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Marilyn Miller
Roy Miller
Jones County
Lisbon
State Department of Public Instruction
Anamosa
Monticello
Olin
Linn County
State University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Virgil Hunt Named Assistant Manager At Stuhlers Shoe Store
Virgil Hunt aged 26 began Monday as the new assistant manager in Stuhler’s Shoe Store per an announcement by owner Fred S. Stuhler. A Guthrie Center native, Hunt is a 1946 graduate who taught science and math before entering the shoe business. The family has moved to Monticello with their 2 year old daughter. Hunt enjoys golf and is a member of the Masonic Lodge with his wife in the Eastern Star.
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Virgil Hunt
Stuhler
Fred S. Stuhler
Hunt
Guthrie Center
Iowa State Teachers College
University of Wyoming
Colesburg
Dunlap
Denison
Sigourney
Oscaloosa
Monticello
Podhaski Apartments
Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star
To Hold Baler School This Friday Evening
The Monticello Implement and Truck Company will hold a baler school Friday evening April 23 at 7 30 p m for operators of the New Holland 66 and 77 Super balers. Ed Cox invites current users or buyers to attend the demonstration with refreshments served afterward.
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Monticello Implement and Truck Company
Ed Cox
Jones County Welfare Aid Recovery Falls to 1.74 Percent
A 1952 Iowa Taxpayers Association release shows Jones County paid 106 887 for state institutions and school attendance for the blind and deaf. Estates and relatives recovered just over 1 percent, second lowest in the state. Crawford led at about 43 percent. The per-person cost rose to 3.65 with 70 848 total Jones County Home operating cost and weekly inmate cost fell to 6.69 from 7.61 prior years.
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Jones County
Iowa Taxpayers Association of
Des Moines
Auditor of State
Cherokee
Clarinda
Independence
Mt. Pleasant
Woodward
Crawford County
Iowa Taxpayers Association
State Taxpayers Association
Monticello Awards Street Sealing Contract and Plans Fly Control
The Monticello city council awarded the street sealing job to Hahn Paving Co of Cedar Rapids for about 40 000 square yards with bids under 5 000. The council approved a fly control program using a DDT compound and other treatments, starting immediately. Other actions included beer and milk licenses for local businesses and a hospital admission for Mary Karen Paulsen.
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Monticello
Hahn Paving Company
Cedar Rapids
Hahn
Local coaches honor Lyle Quinn at banquet
In a banquet photo coaches mingle to recognize Lyle Quinn. Pictured left to right are Robert Mullen Sacred Heart girls coach Harold Shugart public school football coach Quinn Leo Cabalka public school basketball coach Paul Knipe public school junior high coach and Father Thomas Rhomberg Sacred Heart boys coach.
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Robert Mullen
Sacred Heart
Harold Shugart
Quinn
Leo Cabalka
Paul Knipe
Father Thomas Rhomberg
Monticello
Lyle T. Quinn
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Les Balster
DeMolay Degrees Conferred Tuesday in Des Moines Iowa
Members and directors of the DeMolay order gathered at the Masonic Temple in Des Moines on April 20 to honor Clarence D. Armitrout Grand Council of Town. Four Monticello members John Shover Jr Allen Shelley Jene Schmidt and Max Wismeier received the DeMolay degree. They were joined by A E Shelley and John Shover. Burns Lodge 173 Monticello AF and AM sponsors the organization.
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Masonic Temple
Des Moines
Clarence D. Armintrout
Grand Council of Town
DeMolay Order
of Iowa
Monticello
John Shover Jr
Allen Shelley
Jene Schmidt
Max Wismeier
A .E. Shelley
John Shover
Burns Lodge No. 173
AF & AM of
Corn Theft Reported From Farm Crib Near Wyoming
Sheriff Lewis Dreibelbis of Jones County investigated a Wednesday night theft at a farm operated by George Fish wild near Wyoming. Corn vanished from a crib on April 14, with mud tracks found. amount stolen could not be determined due to prior hauling by the owner.
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George Fishwild
Wyoming
Jones County
Lewis Dreibelbis
Dreibelbis
Camp Fire Grand Council Ceremony Slated at Monticello Gym
The Grand Council of Camp Fire Girls and Blue Birds will hold its annual ceremony Sunday April 25 at 2 30 p m in the Monticello Public School gymnasium The event uses the theme Lets Be Different Together and is open to the public The program includes Wohelo call a candle lighting skits and awards with committee groups handling invocations honors and songs and a five year membership recognition anticipated.
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Alumni Association
Monticello Public School
VFW
Monticello
Grand Council of
Camp Fire Girls
Blue Birds
Grand Council
Okiluta Horizon Club
Unakiyi Camp
Bright Star
Sunshine Blue Bird
Shanane Horizon Club
Happy Blue Birds
Five Scouts Plan Chicago Trip This Weekend
Five Monticello Explorer Scouts led by Scout master DeWain Thompson will join about 100 Hawkeye area scouts for a Great Lakes excursion. Gary Poock Bob Morey Jim Hargrave Larry Reynolds and Joe McAleer depart Friday afternoon for Cedar Rapids to meet the group. They will visit the Great Lakes Naval Training Station Navy Pier and other sites with a lake excursion before returning Sunday night.
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Monticello
Great Lakes
DeWain Thompson
Gary Poock
Bob Morey
Jim Hargrave
Larry Reynolds
Joe McAleer
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Navy Pier
Community club closes with song and candle ritual
The article describes an upcoming ceremony featuring the London Bridge song by the Merry Blue Birds and a Mexican Waltz demonstration by the Helpful Blue Birds. Special honors, rank awards for Trail Seeker and other roles, and a Knoc Knock Who's There presentation will follow, with taps and a processional. The final practice is set for Saturday afternoon, April 24 at 1:30 at the school gymnasium.
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London Bridge
Thakata Horizon Club
Monticello Public Schools names new faculty lineup
Superintendent Shannon announced the Monticello Public Schools faculty for the coming year listing teachers by grade and subject including kindergarten to senior English, with three teaching positions still to hire and several new staff biographies noted.
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Monticello
Shannon
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