School plans summer courses at local high school
Summer program topics include typing taught by Harlan LeClerc and a driver education course led by Ron Curtis and Earl McCaustland running June 10 to July 22. Transportation info notes high school students may ride elementary buses only after June 13. driver ed is not mandatory for a license. Parents should contact Principal Albright with questions about the high school program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albright
Harlan LeClerc
Ron Curtis
Earl McCaustland
Greenawald
Sacred Heart Students Win Superior Ratings at Dubuque Festival
Sacred Heart eighth graders Thomas Locher and Nicholas Strittmatter won two of four superior ratings at the Dubuque Archdiocesan junior high speech festival finals at Regis in Cedar Rapids. Locher earned interpretive reading of poetry. Strittmatter, interpretive reading of prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Locher
Nicholas Strittmatter
Sacred Heart
Dubuque
Michael
Stephen de Sousa
Ann Oswald
Mark Stark
Stephen Hornstein
Bids Sought for Oil Boiler and Control System at Oxford Jct High
The Oxford Jct Consolidated School District invites bids for an oil fired boiler control system and outside tank at the high school. Bids due by 8 p.m. May 17. Work to start within 10 days of award and complete by August 19, 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Jct
Monticello Stores Set Friday Night Hours Starting May 13
Monticello retailers announce new Friday night hours beginning May 13 extending shopping accessibility. The plan adds extended Friday evenings to support customers after work. Local business groups promote the extended hours to boost weekend sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Monticello Democrats Club Elects Temporary Leaders
The Monticello Democrats held its first meeting with Dave Miller elected temporary chair man and Kenneth H Weber named temporary secretary. The group plans a May 23 meeting to elect permanent officers adopt a constitution and map the year’s program inviting all interested Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Democrats Club
Dave Miller
Kenneth H. Weber
Monticello
Amber appoints Alva Gerdes as news correspondent
Mrs. Alva Gerdes now serves as Express correspondent for the Amber area succeeding Mrs. Emil Poppe. A lifelong Amber resident, she belongs to the Amberetts club and previously contributed to the Amber newsletter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Gerdes
New Amber
Alva
Freda) Gerdes
New Express
Amber
Emil Poppe
Mrs. Gerdes
Amberetts Club
Monticello Couples Win Trophies in Bridge Benefit
Mrs Lois Shover and Mrs Lou Carpenter of Monticello win first place trophies in the annual Anamosa bridge benefit. Mr and Mrs Si Locher from Monticello also played in the playoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Shover
Lou Carpenter
Monticello
Si Locher
Jones County Board Renames Monticello Township to Lovell
In regular session the Jones County Board of Supervisors ruled Monticello township is stricken from records and the Town of Monticello will be recognized as Lovell township for all legal purposes to resolve a longstanding naming confusion. The board also accepted the Jones County Home monthly report and issued a Class A liquor license and a cigarette permit to Wapsipinicon Country Club at Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Monticello Township
Monticello
Lovell Township
Helen Murray
Jones County
Wapsipinicon Country Club
Anamosa
Still Time to Donate to Easter Seal Fund
County residents are urged to contribute to the Easter Seal fund at once. The fund aids the physically handicapped through the Iowa Society for Crippled Children and Adults. In Jones county the drive is sponsored by the Monticello and Anamosa VFW Auxiliaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Ford
Jones County Fund Finance
Iowa Society For Crippled Children
Jones County
Monticello
Anamosa
VFW
Wally Ries Attends Service Managers Meet
Wally Ries service manager at K&P Chevrolet Olds Co in Monti cello attended a service managers conference last week at the General Motors Training Institute in Chicago. The event focused on service management practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wally Ries
K&p Chevrolet Olds Co
Monticello
General Motors Training Institute
Chicago
Savings Bond Sales Top $110 158 in Jones County
Savings bond sales in Jones county during March totaled $110,158 according to John W McNamara Anamosa volunteer county savings bonds chairman The three month total reaches $284 837 placing Jones county at 42 percent of its 1966 quota Iowa March sales were the highest for any March since 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
John W McNamara
Anamosa
Volunteer County Savings Bonds
Iowa
Minutes Reveal Local Vehicle Listings and Court Docket
The page lists Oldsmobile and Chevrolet dealerships in Monticello and surrounding areas, along with mentions of K P Leasing Co and local businesses. Police Court shows no new cases. Justice Court notes expired operator licenses for Donald James Wallace Jr and others, plus speeding and fishing-license violations with small fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
C. F. Shimanek
Donald James Wallace, Jr
Bettendorf
Donald James Wallace
Donald Dean Eilers
Shirley Loop
Bert Loop
McCrabb
M. E. McCrabb
Justice of the Peace
Dale Carl Mardoff
Bill White
Paul Hanken
Monticello drivers charged after weekend accidents
Two traffic violations were filed after weekend crashes in Monticello. Lester Dirks, 32, failed to control his 1956 Dodge after striking a parked 1966 Rambler owned by Bill Corbin on North Cedar near East Fourth in dense fog, $350 total vehicle damage. Another collision at North Cedar and West Seventh involved a 1959 Opel driven by George Alferts, 25, and a 1963 Ford driven by Wilbur Davis, 28, with Alferts charged for improper turn and $600 combined damage. A third incident April 18 involved Harold Demkier, 1962 Oldsmobile, rear-ending Bud Kaussmaul Jr.’s pickup. no charges were filed as Demkier could not stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Lester Franklin Dirks
Route 2
Bill Corbin
North Cedar Street
East Fourth Street
Dirks
Corbin
North Cedar
West Seventh
George F. Alferts
Wilbur S. Davis
Delhi
Harold Bernard Demkier
Dubuque
Bud Kaussmaul, Jr
M. Hope
Wis
Kaussmaul
Demkier
John Ries Honored as Top Chevrolet Salesman
John Ries a salesman at K P Chevrolet Olds Co was honored Thursday night at a banquet in Peoria Illinois as one of the top Chevrolet salesmen in the Peoria division He received the Legion of Leaders award and the truck award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ries
K&p Chevrolet-Olds Co
Peoria
Ill
Chevrolet
Peorila
Legion of Leaders
Monticello High Jazz Concert Set for May 5
The Monticello high school instrumental and vocal departments present a jazz concert on Thursday May 5 in the Central school gymnasium. Ray Stumbaugh notes the program will include the band boys chorus and other vocal ensembles along with baton twirling. The Tiajuana Brass will perform several numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Central School
Ray Stumbaugh
Tiajuana Brass
Local Scout Troop Heads to Grant Pilgrimage in Galena
Monti cello Scout Troop 1683 and Explorers from five or more midwest states travel to Galena Illinois for the 12th annual U S Grant Pilgrimage honoring Ulysses S Grant born 144 years ago. Twenty one scouts win Grant neckerchief for a 300 word non fiction Grant book report and 15 site diary in Galena. The group tours 31 Grant related sites on foot and joins a parade Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Galena
Ill
William J. Saul
Midwest
Ulysses S. Grant
United States
U. S. Grant
Boy Sustains Serious Jaw Fractures After Bicycle Crash
An 11 year old boy, Bobby Petersen of Monticello, suffered a jaw broken in three places after his bike chain came off and he hit his chin on a curb. He was admitted to John McDonald hospital, then transferred to Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids for surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Petersen
Monticello
Ralph Petersen
Bobby
John McDonald Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Radio missing from Wears Inc in Monticello reported
A Ray-Tel Citizens band radio was reported missing Monday from Wears Inc in Monticello after the firm closed Saturday. The antenna was unhooked and the wire cut. no forced entry or other items reported missing according to the Monti cello police department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wears, Inc
Monticello
School nurses address Rotary on health team approach
Three Monticello Community schools nurses Mrs Janet Mot singer Mrs Dorothy Downing and Mrs Phyllis Buresh spoke at the Rotary Club meeting about a cooperative school nurse program. It covers vision hearing dental tests height and weight checks first aid disease control and follow up to aid parents and teachers in keeping students healthy. Elmer Anderson was program chairman and Les Balster presided at St Luke's Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Rotary Club
Janet Motsinger
Dorothy Downing
Anamosa
Phyllis Buresh
Oxford Jct
Elmer Anderson
Les Balster
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Plan for adults only indecent literature program
A adults only program is to be held Monday evening May 9 at 8 p.m. at the Youth Center with no admission. Sponsored by Citizens for Decent Literature of Cedar Rapids and approved by the Monticello Ministerial association. Two color and sound movies will be shown along with samples of objectionable literature. Titles are Pages of Death and Perversion for Profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Citizens For Decent Literature of
Monticello Ministerial Association
Obituaries from Hopkinton and Prairieburg region deaths
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. J. P. Grieff of Hopkinton at 75 from a heart attack on April 26 with funeral plans in St. Luke's church and burial in Sacred Heart, plus obituaries for Mrs. Alice Lloyd, Mrs. Lester J. Smith, Mrs. Irma Woolison in Olin and Prairieburg areas detailing birth, marriage, survivors, and burial details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Grieff
Hopkinton
J. P
Mary) Grieff
St. Luke's Catholic Church
Alice Lloyd Olin
James
Alice) Lloyd
Hayden Funeral Home
M. Lloyd Dutro
Hale Cemetery
Earl
Jack Richardson
Ledyard
Myrtle
Minnesota
Lester J. Smith
Prairieburg
Zion Presbyterian Church
Coggon
Smith
James P
Julie Gehringer Smith
Sylvia Drexler
Cedar Rapids
Ruby Truesdell
Ida Smith
Webster City
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Harlan Helgens
Tom Greenawald
Harry Black
Gladys Rickels
Bonnie Lasley
Bertha Page
Eloise Notbohm
Emil Prult
Florence Kenny
Mervin Blanchard
Association of Monticello Artists
The
Monticello Express
Ron
Sunni) Hunt
Spring Art Review
Ron Hunt
Robby
John
Art Review
Joan Bek
Hazel Bohlken
Jo Bohlken
Wilma Clark
Char Helgens
Yvonne Schneider
Vi Suter
Mollee Williams
Democrats
Easter Seal Fund
Sean
Cello
Oldsmobile
Jess D
Conrad
Joseph
Rose Soper
Olin
Plymouth
K&p
Chevrolet-Olds
K&p Leasing Co
Ralph E. Albaugh
Buick
Farmers Mutual Cooperative Creamery
Ford
Big Bill’s Feed Inc
Onslow
Chrysler
Merley
Lillian R. Hart
Morley
Idal
Propst
Wyoming
Pontiac
Mary V. House
Oxford
Alferts
Opel
Council of Camp Fire
Irma Woolison Olin
William
Irma) Woolison
Olin Methodist Church
Robert H. Jones
Olin Cemetery
Woolfson
Anamosa Community Hospital
Linn County
W. E. and
Ida Mae Dodge Jones
William Woolfson
Don
Diane) Harms
Darrell
B. E. Switzer
Gilbert and
Vernon Jones
T.E.Y.D
Taxi Cab Business
Col
Ray Fluckiger
Pontiag Goodwill
McLaughlin
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