Boysen Family Observes Tenth Citizenship Anniversary
John J. Boysen of Monticello marks ten years as a naturalized U.S. citizen this month. He arrived from Hattstedt Husan, Germany in 1923, lived in Nebraska and Iowa, married Henrふetta Osterkamp in 1926, and since 1945 has resided at 636 North Gill Street with his wife and nine children. The family attends First Presbyterian, and Boysen has worked for Yeoman for 17 years after carpentry.
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John J. Boysen
Monticello
United States
Mr. Boysen
Hattstedt Husan
Schleswig Holstein
Germany
Nebraska
Iowa
John Boysen
Henrietta Osterkamp
Amber
John Otten
Scotch Grove
Tom Shover
Clark Contractors, Company
U.S. Army
Betty
Alvin Brockhohn
Cedar Rapids
Ray
Sand Springs
Darlene
Hosch Produce
Ruth
Ronnie
Caroline
Henry Ehlis
Boysens
First Presbyterian Church of
Boysen
Yeoman Company
House To House Canvass For Monticello Birthday Calendar
Monticello residents will be invited to sign up for the Monticello Birthday Calendar Tuesday evening as the Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart church conducts a 7 p.m. house to house canvass. The calendar covers July 1 1954 to July 1 1955 and lists 18 local merchants offering birthday discounts to cardholders. Funds from the calendar promote church projects and Monticello betterment outside Sacred Heart Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Holy Name Society of Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Church
Mrs. E. G. Hicks To Observe 90th Birthday
Mrs E G Hicks will celebrate her 90th birth anniversary on Wednesday April 28 at 330 South Chestnut Street. A longtime resident now living in her home with family members Lyle J Hicks Detroit Lowell Hicks Seattle and Frank D Hicks Chicago are among those expected to join in the birthday observance. Her Delaware County roots and pioneer New York state parents Dewitt and Nancy Jewett are noted along with a prior golden wedding in 1932 and Mr Hicks death in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Hicks
South
Chestnut Street
Hicks
Delaware County
Dewitt
Nancy Jewett
New York State
E. G. Hicks Observed Their Golden Wedding Anniversary In 1932. Mr. Hicks
Lyle J. Hicks
Detroit
Mich
Lowell Fe, Hicks
Seattle
Wash
Frank D. Hicks
Chicago
Ill
Sacred Heart Students To Join Regional Music Festival
Forty five Sacred Heart high school students will take part in the Arch diocesan Regional Festival in Dyersville on April 28 at 7 30 p m at Xavier High School gym. The event brings together 12 schools forming a massed chorus of more than 500 voices with a morning mass at St Francis Xavier Church followed by rehearsals social hour and dinner before an evening concert conducted by Rev William Clark. Admission is 50 cents.
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Sacred Heart High School
Archdiocesan
Dyersville
Xavier High School
Sacred Heart
St. Francis Xavier Church
Xavier Hall
Cub Scouts Sell Tickets For May Exposition
Monticello’s 48 Cub Scouts begin selling tickets for the Scouting Exposition to be held at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids May 20 and 21. Cubs will operate a booth showing Cub Scout activities and compete for ticket sales honors with a 10 percent commission for local projects. Funds go to Camp Waubeek. The pack holds a Pack Meeting Friday at 7 30 p.m. in the American Legion Hall with mothers and fathers urged to attend. A secret program is planned for Friday night and the theme is Oil.
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Monticello
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Robert Savage
Camp Waubeek
Savage
American Legion Hall
LaVerne Eilers
Eilers
Max Strain
Super Valu
Marshalltown
Strains
State music finals draw 800 students to Monticello on May 8
About 800 students from eight schools including Monticello Anamosa Vinton Tipton DeWitt Manchester Marion Bettendorf head to Monticello for state finals in Concert Band Boys Glee Club Girls Glee Club and Chorus. Events will be in the public school auditorium and Community Building auditorium.
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Monticello
Anamosa
Vinton
Tipton
DeWitt
Manchester
Marion
Bettendorf
Boyd Shannon
Carol Ann Schafer Celebrates Her Fifth Birthday Party
Carol Ann Schafer marked her fifth birthday with a theatre party last Saturday. After the show guests gathered at her home for ice cream and cake attended by her grandparents Mr and Mrs John Laban and Mr and Mrs George Schafer along with Mrs John Schafer and Diane Mrs Willis Schafer Ralph Janice and her siblings Jimmy and Sandra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Ann Schafer
John Laban
George Schafer
John Schafer
Diane
Willis Schafer
Ralph
Janice
Carol
Jimmy
Sandra
Mary J Goodyear Celebrates Birthday at Candlelight Dinner
Mary Jo Goodyear was honored at a 6:30 candlelight dinner at her home on Friday evening April 23 her birthday. A social evening followed the dinner with guests Suellen Shoop Marilyn Nelson Judy McDonald Parke Behn Ronnie Long Jeffery Podhaski and James Sands presenting gifts to the guest of honor.
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Mary Jo Goodyear
Suellen Shoop
Marilyn Nelson
Judy McDonald
Parke Behn
Ronnie Long
Jeffery Podhaski
James Sands
Mary Jo
Monticello Country Club Men Plan Summer Golf Teams
The Men of the Monticello Country Club met Thursday evening for a 6:30 dinner and business session. They appointed Andy Strittmatter and Bill Stabler as chairman and co-chairman for the planned summer golf teams. A schedule of meets and teams will be issued when ready.
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Monticello Country Club
Andy Strittmatter
Bill Stabler
Royal Neighbors Hold State Convention
Members of the Royal Neighbors of America from Monticello attended the state convention in Mason City in April 2021. Delegates included Mrs Catherine Lambert Emma Stambaugh Irene Howland and Mrs Fannie Milroy. Milroy served as Dale Camp No 553 delegate. Gertrude Zwack of Dubuque was elected district delegate to the Supreme Camp Session in Buffalo New York on June 21.
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Royal Neighbors of America
Monticello
Mason City
Catherine Lambert
Emma Stambaugh
Irene Howland
Fannie Milroy
Milroy
Dale
Gertrude Zwack
Dubuque
Buffalo
New York
O'Shea Sues Milwaukee Over Stolen Steer Loss
Frank O'Shea sues Milwaukee railroad as defendant in a cattle claim. He says on July 24 1953 his steer was unloaded at Savanna yards and escaped after a faulty chute reloading the next day. The animal sold for 100 dollars. he seeks 240 dollars plus costs and interest with a jury trial.
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Milwaukee Railroad
Frank O'Shea
O’shea
Savanna
O'Shea
District Court
Loren Himes
Katherine
Kirksville
Music Group Sets Iowa Catholic Music Convention at Loras
Loras College in Dubuque will host the 1954 Iowa Unit Catholic Music Educators Association convention from April 25 to 27 with three public concerts at 8 p.m. The All-State Chorus includes Sacred Heart High School students Margie Tuttle Thomas George Bernard Manternach and Delores Hennessey. Maynard Klein and Gerald Schneider will conduct the chorus and orchestra respectively. Admission is 1.00 for adults and 75c for students.
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Loras College
Dubuque
Iowa
Catholic Music Educators Association
Sacred Heart High School
Margie Tuttle
Thomas George
Bernard Manternach
Delores Hennessey
Iowa Catholic
Maynard Klein
University of Michigan
National Music Camp
Interlochen
Mich
Gerald Schneider
Milwaukee
Loras Gymnasium
Jack Thoeni Heads DeMolay in Monticello Revival
Jack Thoeni was elected Master Councilor of the DeMolay Order of Monticello as the chapter reactivates after 12 years. The advisory board named Tom Rhatigan scribe and chose officers to be announced May 12, with meetings set for the second and fourth Wednesdays at 7 45 p.m. at the Masonic Temple.
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Jack Thoeni
DeMolay Order of Monticello
Ron Behrends
Dale Volkman
Eldon Benedict
Tom Rhatigan
Curtis Moncrief
Kenneth Howie
Cecil Goettsch
Bert Ballou
Harold Yeoman
Richard Long
C. R. Hosford
Bill Shaffer
Bill Coxsee
Masonic Temple
Blue Lodge of
Monticello
Masonic Lodge
Three Cases Heard In J P Court Shimanek
Three cases acted upon in the JP court of Shimanek this week. Donald D. Lyon of Monticello was charged with careless driving and fined $7 plus costs. John J. Westhoff of Lisbon faced careless driving charges and was fined $7 and costs. John Kray of Monticello was charged with intoxication with a $20 bond posted on appearance. he forfeited the bond due to absence. Charges brought by Flewelling.
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JP Court
Shimanek
Donald D. Lyon
Monticello
Marshall Leslie Bright
John J. Westhoff
Lisbon
Bright
John Kray
Flewelling
Local concert features Mrs Eckberg in Kewanee program
Mrs E M Eckberg of Galva daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen Fairbanks Monticello will headline a Sunday concert in Kewanee with an instrumental trio including Vivian Johnson and Mrs H R Moore. About thirty relatives and friends will join a buffet supper at the Eckbergs in Galva afterward. Attending from Monticello are Mr and Mrs Lyle Clark and children Joyce Jean Lucille, Mr and Mrs Allen Fairbanks and Mrs Eckberg's sister and family. The event is sponsored by the Kewanee Artist's Association at Wesley Hall Methodist Church.
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E. M. Eckberg
Galva
Illinois
Allen Fairbanks
Monticello
Kewanee
E. M
Lyle Clark
Joyce
Jean
Lucille
Wesley Hall of the Methodist Church
GOP Dinner Draws 55 Attendees in Des Moines
A Republican banquet in Des Moines drew 55 tickets sold in Jones County with Vice President Richard Nixon as speaker last Wednesday. Attendees included Ken Humpal Warren Reese James T Remiley Lewis Dreibelbis William Bailey Lee Crain Henry Rickels George Rickels and many others. Mary Ann Kuriger a Mercy student in Cedar Rapids visited her parents over Easter.
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Jones County
Des Moines
Richard Nixon
Ken Humpal
Warren Reese
James T. Remiley
Lewis Dreibelbis
William Bailey
Lee Crain
Henry Rickels
George Rickels
Buster Davenport
Blanche E. Corwin
Bert Ballou
Henry Adams
Harm Dirks
C. F. Shinanek
Elden Brashaw
Ed Cox
Ed Huibregtse
Roy Miller
Ray Naylor
Les Balster
Ralph Wilson
James Maurice
Glen Hargrave
Don Ruhl
Bill Tuetken
Paul Bender
Tom Powell
O. K. Alden
Willard Heyman
N. R. Wagner
Mary Ann Kuriger
Mercy
Cedar Rapids
Mrs
Bernard Kuriger
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Clarence Steinford
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Ray Kromminga
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Devaney Funeral Home
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Cub Scouts
Eclipse Lumber
Eclipse Lumber Co
Frank Williams
Monticello, Iowa
Mary J. Goodyear
F. O'Shea
Louis Morf
P. E. Morf
Fredericksburg
Abe
Monticello Monument CO
A.J. Emmerich
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Loras
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