Monticello corn project yields bronze trophy for top score
Monticello youths led by Steve Miehe John Holub Jim Schafer and Gerald Freese earned perfect 100s with six other members boosting the club to a bronzed fear of corn trophy. The DeKalb contest stresses cost fertilization plant population and corn enemy recognition with accurate cost and yield calculations as top scoring factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Steve Miehe
John Holub
Jim Schafer
Gerald Freese
John Zoller
Grover C. Miehe
FFA
DeKalb
Grover Miehe
Garry Kromminga
Mike Holub
Clement Lawrence
Ron Hugh
Ken Reth
Robert Lawrence
Monticello FFA Named Regional Corn Achievement Winners
Monticello and North Scott FFA chapters tied as regional winners in the DeKalb Corn Achievement contest. The April 21 awards banquet at Poplar Heights, Monticello, honored 11 schools from a 10 county area. Ralph Nelson and Roy Crabtree led the event with a film, discussion, and awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Wilcox
Monticello
Future Farmers of America
DeKalb
FFA
North Scott Ffa
Poplar Heights
Ralph Nelson
Roy Crabtree
Fort Dodge
Lang and Skelding Families Attend Birthday Dinner
Center Jct residents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lang and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Lang joined Mrs. Anne Skelding of Cuba City for a dinner April 19 at Fredda Ketelsen home. They later hosted Steven Glenn for his 14th birthday with additional visitors from Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Scharff
LaVerne Cruise
Bernard Hay
Allen Bixler
Joe Levsen
Alan Groth
Daryl Bodkin
Jerry Holmes
Larry Williams
Delbert Remington
Olin
Ken Fendner
John Moreland
Kenneth Whitman
Elizabeth Wolrach
Vernon
Brett
Don Rummells
Robert Smith
Boulder City
Nev
Walter Johnson
Jeanette
Vicky
Cedar Rapids
Art Gilmore
Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Johnson
Mr. Gilmore
Raymond Huffman
Lowden
Golda Hollingsworth
Newton J. Hollingsworth
Helen
Verna Gilmore
Dixie
Ann Hartwig
Community Visits and Family Gatherings Across Iowa
A string of social visits unfolds in Cedar Rapids Monticello and surrounding towns as MR and MRS Gene Thompson and others visit hospital patients and relatives. Families from Delhi Manchester Monticello and Des Moines share weekends and weekday calls with kin including the Thompsons Downs Supple Gearhart and Krommings. Mrs. Haigh undergoes major surgery with friends and relatives calling on her hospital bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Fletcher
Sherry
Wilma Duffield
Cedar Rapids
Leland Achenbach
M. L. Gesme
Tipton
Pearl Holder
Stanwood
Buckmeyer
Davenport
John Heiken
Pam
Charles Clausen
Clarence Willis
Monticello
Stanley Bilms
Gail Catlett
Gary Thompson
Don Starry
Karen
Eileen
Donnie
Randy Sauer
Olin
Lee Edwards
Anamosa
Herman Peterson
Thompsons
Chicago
Ill
Gene Thompson
Howard Haigh
St. Luke’s Hospital
Dennis Wayne
Harold Wilson
Mahlon Wilson
Delhi
Harry (Duke) Swanson
Harold Petlon
Sadie Milroy
Sandra Petlon
Wilson
Gale Petlon
Freeman Smith
Ardin
Muscatine
Smiths
Biney Smith
Maynard Thompson
Carrie Sheppard
John Downs
Charles Downs
Alva Downs
Wayne Thompson
Jake Mangold
Warren Hilliers
Manchester
Allen Poppe
Justin Supple
Jack Crowley
Kathy Sheppard
Connie Supple
Herbert Gearhart
Dee Marie
Debbie
Des Moines
Marie Bacon
Paul Gearhart
Floyd Dufoe
Marion
Ben Keith
Keith
Memorial Hospital
Richard Kromminga and Sons
Fritz Kromminga
Castle Grove
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Tors
Fredda Ketelsen
Lawrence Willey
Roger Willey
Mechanicsville
Sherry Shriver
Cedar Rapids Methodist Church
Laurence Willey
Don Levien
Onslow
Albert Schmidt
Arnold Michels
Moline
Marie Reiss
Barbara Maddy
Iowa State University
Ames
Calvin Reiss
Harry Paulsen
T. R. Slate
Vernon Ricklefs
UPY
Center Jet
Scotch Grove Church
E.A.B. Ladies Aid Society
Howard Moon
Ward Kent
Leone Cronkrite Kiburz
Ray Stivers
Lving
Letha Cole Smith
Bessie Clymer Tibbetts
Harry Houstman
Ross Miller
Elizabeth Myers Tredway
Hazel Snoddy Norton
Lloyd Dutro
Lyle Mackey
Loren Hartwig
Donald Starry
Donna Tarbox Clark
Luella Svenksen
Eileen McCormick Mardorf
Nellie Dillavoy Stivers
Robert Cousins
Gene Pauli
Presbyterian Church
Richard Antons
Howard Schraffenberger
Lou Ann
Schraffenberger
South Shore Hospital
Luella Oltmans
Antons
Sharon
Herman Ostercamp
Elmer Hinrichs
Robert von Spreecken
Harold Eggers
Eggers
Mary Ann
Ella
Mayron
Arnold Schrader
George Luckstead
Wyoming
Lutheran Church In
Donnie Starry
Red Cross
Jack Stingley
Center Jct
Olin Lodge
Knight OF
Boy Scout Board of Review
Legion Hall
Nile Husmann
Mark Bohle
Blake Taylor
David Hollingshead
Don Clark
Bob Timmons
Richard Frazier
Bill Kell
Louie Hartwig
Jo Ann Hartwig
Laverne Guhl
Fred Hefflefinger
Icy Guhl
Andrew Thomsen
Valerie
John Thomsen
Louis H. Guhl
Lyle
John
Jack Scott
DeWitt
Edna Moreland
Stanley Richardson
Diane Richardson
Walter Laetare
Dillon Story
Judy Story
Harlan Henderson
Richard Benischek
Dean Henderson
Richard Nebergall
Hazel Hart
William Plate
Nancy Moreland
Debra
Sandra Hansen
LaPorte City
Mt. Vernon
West Branch
Bettendorf
Delmar
Clarence
Blayney- Miner Unit No. 412
Emery Wood
Melvin Pruess
Helen Henderson
Retarded Children's Association
Aquin
Aquin High School
Cascade
Harry
Aquin Gymnasium
Spreecken
Mrs
Peck
Kuriger Bros
Choose Rock of Ages Monticello Monument Co
Banos Actio
Hargrave Furniture
S. Cedar
P.S
Insurance Service Center
Mether
Business Ae Sale Torresen Ean
Artnree Aurteeaecceeia Re Ace Asenae
San Tnnaniae Ian
Lla Ibeaguacl
Salih Agm
Atatabataalitete Attl Atlstatta Toe Beate Abeettitetbel Tate
Bhane
Daieinataane
Aseait
Wm, Shaffer
Iowa
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