Monticello Civic Week Plans and Weather Notes
Community clubs list meetings from April 29 to May 2 in Monticello area including 4-H Builders Rotary St Luke's and BPW events. Births at John McDonald hospital. torrential hail and rain observed, with police reports noting traffic fines and incidents in Monticello and nearby towns.
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Monticello Golf. Club
Rotary
St. Luke's
T -Church
Monticello Alumni Association
Paul
Lampa
Car Rolls Over Driver Charged After Rollover
Bill Barton of Monticello, 20, was charged with failure to control after his car rolled over on Highway 151 south of the Y near the swimming pool. Patrolman John Beckmann filed the charge after Barton said he swerved to avoid another northbound car and cannot recall how many times the vehicle rolled. The auto suffered extensive damage but Barton was not injured.
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Bill Barton
Monticello
Highway 151
John Beckmann
Barton
Rural Women hold day with fashion show and programs
About 300 women attended the Rural Women's Day at the community building on Wednesday April 24. Rev. Arnold Schlueter opened with an invocation and Mrs Floyd Hodgden led the pledge. County and township officers spoke and a wool garments fashion show directed by Mrs Maxine Hunt featured models from Harlan Hawker Everett Mayberry and others. A luncheon followed and a long list of special guests from across Iowa and nearby towns were introduced in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Josef
Cedar Rapids
Barbard Burgess
Jones County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Charles Tuttle
Monticello
Floyd Hodgden
Oxford Junction
Arnold Schlueter
Oxford’ Junction
Max Specht
Delmar King
Leonard Streets
Greenfield
Leon
Coleman
Hale
Walter Hartman
Jackson
Fredda Ketelsen
Madison
John Rathman
Oxford
Russell Tenley
Rome
Arnold Jacobs
Scotch Grove
Andy Stoll
Washington
Henry Tobiason
Wayne
Lumb
Helly
Wyoming
Sievers
Henty
Specht
Farm Bureau
Harlan Hawker
Everett Mayberry
Anamosa
Jones County Farm Bureau
Jack Naylor
Scotch Grove Insurance
George Benson
Maxine. Hunt
Hawker and Mayberry
Alden
Story
George Brown
Lyle Tompkins
John Hichhorn
George Smith
Alice
Walter Nepps
County Extension Service
James Hubbard
Monti
Wilbur Cartano
Elwood Burlingame
Sixth District
Grinnell
Schlueter
Delaware County
John Sands
Dehli Township
Allen Lang
Brook- Tyn
Marvin Eberhart
Springville
W. F. Goudy
Ver
Coroner’s Jury Rules Wigger Death Ancestral Farm Incident
A coroner’s jury ruled Howard L. Wigger 38 died by his own action in Easter Sunday farm incident. Evidence included a letter and note alleged to be written by Wigger and testimony from his wife Margarete Hay Wigger and stepson Bernard Hay. The body was found at his Olin farm after a barn fire.
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Olin
Howard L. Wigger
Wigger
Campbell
Howard Remley
Anamosa
Howard Campbell
Fred Hefflefinger
Wayne Simerman
Leo Peterson
Margarite Hay Wigger
Bernard Hay
Hay
Roy Moreland
Lewis Dreibelbis
Jones County
Remley
Dreibelbis
Margarite
Bernard
Richard Carmichael
Iowa
Wiggers
Agent Carmichael
Wigger Farm
Carmichael
Wigger Farm House
Three FFA Boys In County Named Iowa Farmers
Three Jones county FFA members received the Iowa Farmer degree at the 29th Iowa FFA convention in Cedar Rapids. Ken Paulsen of Monticello and Milton J Luckstead and Bernard Hay of Olin earned the high state FFA honor after meeting strict requirements including two years of vocational ag, leadership, supervised farming, scholarship, and community service. Paulsen, a past Monticello FFA president, is noted for sheep production and extensive supervised farming work.
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Jones County
Future Farmers of America
Iowa F.F
FFA
Monticello Students to Present Vocal and Instrumental Concert
A public concert by Monticello high school vocal and instrumental students is set for 8 pm Thursday May 2 in the high school auditorium after a PTA meeting. Programs include band selections from Band at Play The Challenger March Spirit of Progress and more plus vocal pieces by choirs and glee clubs. Most items will enter in the Iowa High School Music Association contest at Marion May 4. PTA will elect and install officers.
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Alcoholics Anonymons
Monticello State Bank
B.T.A
BPW
V.F.W
Monticello
Parent-Teacher Association
Taylor
Lynn
Hasy
O. R. Farrar
Dizzy Fingers
Zez Confrey
Clifton Williams
Homer la Gassey
Clay Dawson
Israel
Mendelssohn
Robertsam
di Lasso
Walter
Glee Club
Cook
Iowa High School
Music Association
Marion
P.T.A
Ott Smith
County Polio Vaccine Drive Planned Across Jones County
The Jones County Medical Society and Jones County Polio Foundation announce a county wide inoculation program on May 7 9 and 14 for residents aged 1 to 20. First and second shots cost 1 each funded to support syringes needles and supplies with any excess to hospitals. Vaccination centers Monticello Anamosa and Wyoming will host sessions from 9 to 12 and 1 to 4 with specific times and vaccine allotments. Participating doctors include Drs DeShaw Thom as Myers Redmond Dolan Fraser Caraway Paul Nederhiser Smith Brown Randolph and others led by county officers Dr Thomas president Dr Brown VP and Dr Myers secretary treasurer.
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Jones County
Jones County Medical Society
The
Polio Foundation
Donald Serhousek
G. G. Thomas
Monticello
State of
Iowa
Earl DeShaw
C. G.thomas
Robert Myers
T.M. Redmond
T. R. Dolan
John Fraser
Dean Caraway
J. D. Paul
Gerald F. Brown
John Bailey
Aaron Randolph
Anamosa
C. R. Smith
Wyoming
Energy workers vote to join United Auto Workers union
A Wednesday vote at Energy Farm Equipment produced 38 in favor and 22 against UAW representation among 64 ballots with 3 challenged by the union observer and 1 by Energy. Kenneth Hann supervised the election for the NLRB. Don Harris of Des Moines announced ongoing organizing drives at related plants. Negotiations with Energy are set for April 30.
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U.A.W
Energy Farm Equipment Company
Ruth E. Dress
Herman Yossi
Don. Harris
Des Moines
Harold Meeks
Galen Hagen
Albert C. Schoenbeck
Miss Dress
Meeks
Hagen
Schoenbeck
Frank L. Fitzsimmons
Energy’ Union
Yossi
Cedar Rapids
Harris
Metalworkers of Energy Farm Equipment Company
United Auto Workers Union
Union Observer
Energy
Kenneth Hann
National Labor Relations Board
Royal Landis
Don Harris
UAW
Energy and Franklin Equipment Company
Cuckler Manufacturing and Yeoman and Company
U.F.W
Bertha C. Locher
Franklin
U.A W
Energy Union
Center Junction Girl Wins Scholarship For Teacher Study
Center Junction Sally Ann Catlett daughter of Mr and Mrs Gail Catlett and a senior at Olin Consolidated school won one of 18 Iowa Farm Bureau teacher scholarships. Two girls from each district were chosen and 175 applications statewide. Jones county candidates included Catlett and Dorothy Schwendinger Monticello Sacred Heart senior with Kathleen Dirks Center Junction Alice O Larkey Onslow Patricia O Shea Cageade and Mary Ellen Reid Onslow listed among county finalists.
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Monticello
Monticello Sacred
Heart Onslow
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Anamosa
Martello
Morley
Olin
Rex Schrader
Eldon Brashaw
A. N. Strittmatter
H. Elvin Erdahl
Center Junction
Sally Ann Catlett
Gail Catlett
Olin Consolidated School
Iowa Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
de Witt
Jones County
Esther Sinclair
Scotch Grove
Jones County Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Miss Catlett
Dorothy Schwendinger
Kathleen Dirks
Alice O. Larkey
Onslow
Patricia, O’shea
Cageade
Mary Ellen’ Reid
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