Loyal Rebekah Lodge Meets At Oddfellows Hall
The Loyal Rebekah Lodge will hold its regular meeting on August 4 at the Oddfellows Hall. No marriage licenses were issued last week by W L Pearson clerk of the district court at Anamosa. The Monticello Lions Club plans a meeting Monday evening May 9 with a 6 30 dinner and business to follow at the Community Building.
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Rebekah Lodge
Oddfellows Hall
W. L. Pearson
Anamosa
Monticello Lions Club
American Legion Post Reports at 8 PM Meeting
The Arthur P. O Rourke post meets Monday at 8 for a report on the state Legion convention with lunch served afterward. Also listed are eight new motor vehicles in Jones county and three new births at Monticello and University of Iowa hospitals, including David Paul Latham born July 29.
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Arthur P. O’rourke
American Legion
State Legion
Jones County
Blanche E. Corwin
Weseman Bros
Clarence
International Truck
James A. Buckner
Anamosa
Chevrolet
Edwin G. Buel
Monticello
Willys Truck
C. H. Freeman
Olin
Nash
William E. Foy
Oxford Junction
Ford
Eugene Adams
Ford Truck
James Patrick O'Shea
Dodge
John McDonald Hospital
Loren Freese
Victor Kraus
Clarence Breitbach
Ioga City
Dave Latham
University of Iowa
David Paul
Latham
Paul Harms
Commerce Commission
David B. Long
Commission
John Ropes
Hoag Duster Co
Yeoman Company
Energy Equipment Co
Cuckler Manufacturing Company
Hall’s Flower Shop
Monticello State Bank
Anamosa Motor Sales, Industrial Garment Co
Men's Reformatory
Anamosa Lumber Cop
Earl
Former Monti Publisher Tom J. White Dies at 85
Tom J. White prominent Iowa publisher and printer died in Jefferson after six months of illness. He led the Jones County Times 1926 1929, owned the Whittemore Champion, Boone Democrat and Jefferson Herald, served as state superintendent of printing 1935 1939, and retired after selling the White Press in 1949. He is survived by wife three children and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom J. White
Jones County Times
Monticello
Greene County Hospital
Jefferson
St. Joseph’s Church
White
James P. White
Palo Alto County
Palo Alto
Jefferson Herald
James White
Des Moines
Vince White
St. Louis
Helen Foley
Detroit
Mich
P. C. Jackson
Emmetsburg
J. J. Reardon
Monroe
J. F. Adams 93 Died in Seattle
John Frank Adams 93 died in Seattle Washington Sunday July 25. He was the eldest son of the late Henry Adams. A former Monticello resident he had visited Monticello with the late A W Adams. Survived by two daughters Mrs Abbie Northrop and Mrs Frances Burke both of Seattle. Burial occurred in Seattle Wednesday.
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John Frank Adams
Seattle
Wash
Henry Adams
Monticello
A. W. Adams
Abbie Northrop
Frances Burke
Three Slated For Induction From County
Three Jones county men from Monticello and Stone City will be in the August 16 county Selective Service induction. Inductees returning from July include Keith Paulsen and Darrell White plus Maynard Siebels. 등록된 July registrants list includes Lemmer, Rickels, Wright, Heady, Hinrichsen, May, Ketelsen, Taylor, Powell, Felton, Manterbach, Oster, McCreight, Mackey, and Watson with Henderson training at Annapolis.
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Jones County
Monticello
Stone City
Grant Adamson
James Loehr
Larry Seeley
George Willis Dirks
Harold Lawrence Eggers
Anamosa
Larry Gordon
Olin
Noel Henderson
Henderson
Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Henry O. Talle
T. E. Henderson
Keith Richard Paulsen
Darrell Bruce White
Maynard Edward Siebels
Everett Ray Heady
Arvin Welch
Onslow
John William Kirkpatrick
Clarence
Yell
H. C. Metcalf
Herman Jacob Lemmer
Cascade
Glen Gerhard Rickels
Jerald Arthur Wright
Edward Grand Heady
Lonnie Ray Hinrichsen
Robert Gene ‘May
Galen George Ketelsen
Kenneth Fay Taylor
Thomas Brundige Powell
Frederick Felix Felton
Philip Nicholas Manternach
Gary George Oster
Roger Wayne McCreight
Oxford Junction
Donald Mackey
Ronald Eugene Watson
Speeding Patrol Targets Monticello Drivers This Week
Monticello police arrested ten speeders last week under a new appearance bond scheme of ten dollars covering the seven dollar fine and three dollar costs. Notable cases include Ray Dove who received a 30 day county jail sentence for reckless driving and a one year license suspension, plus a three day jail term for failing to stop.
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Monticello
Miriam Ruth Kenecny
Cedar Rap
George Bernard Schwarz
Lancaster
Roscoe W. Moore
Omaha
Nebr
Dea
Jonathan Brasted
Des Moines
Lloyd Laex Ferris
Waterloo
Russell Avery Jamieson
Center Junction
James Frederick Zimmerman
Edward Louis Brokens
Paul Stadtmueller
Ray Dove
Dove
C. F. Shimanek
Justice Court
Glenn Adams
Justice of the Peace Court
State Lets County Grading Contracts on Morley Road
Four point two six four miles of grading were let in Ames on a Jones county Farm To Market road program. The Morley Road project will start later this fall with M. L. Johnson Company of Cedar Rapids as the successful bidder at 21 243 67 dollars.
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Ames
Jones County
M. L. Johnson Company
Cedar Rapids
Salaries Dominate Monticello Public School Budget
The Monticello Public School’s annual financial report shows total expenditures of $195,968 with about 65 percent for salaries. Superintendent Boyd Shannon led the salary schedule at $6,300, followed by Ray Stumbaugh and Forrest Johnson. The report covers starting balances for July 1, 1953 and allocations from taxes tuition and other receipts, with quarterlies detailing expenses.
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Monticello
Iowa
Boyd Shannon
Ray Stumbaugh
Forrest Johnson
Vance Stead
Leo Cabalka
Gertrude Smith
Cattle Show Highlights Holstein and Brown Swiss Districts
Monticello's city park hosted district shows for Holstein and Brown Swiss cattle with about 120 head displayed. Winners included junior champion Warren Collier of Durant and senior champion Durant’s entry, judged by Holgar Larson. top females and aged cows earned first place for Paper and Slater.
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Monticello City
Monticello
Holstein Breeders
Canton 6
Brown Swiss Breed Association
Polotype
Holgar Larson
Dike
Warren Collier
Durant
Alfred Paper
Stockton
Bill Durant
Davenport
George
Slater and Son
Olin
Everett Phead
Center Junction
Paper
Collier
Oscar Skott
Maquoketa
Earl Oelerich
Dixon
Kenneth Paper
Elmer Paper
Phend
Wayne Clausen
Grand Mound
Jerry Bullis
Marion
Slater
Oelerich
Galen Helgens
Jay Slater
William Mawe
Manchester
Gas Franchise Referendum Stirs Monticello Vote
A People's Gas Company representative begins a week in Monticello to campaign for a proposed non exclusive 25 year gas mains franchise. The city council granted the election, routing gas service via wells in Texas and the Midwest. The Federal Power Commission will decide after the franchise vote and plan filings.
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People’s Gas Company
Northern Natural Gas Company
Monticello
Concern
Anamosa
Farley
Epworth
Dyersville
Waterloo
Dubuque
the Express
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Richard Bernard
Bernard
People’s Gas Division
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas Panhandle
Farmers Urged to Cut Corn at Blind Intersections
Jones county road crews start a campaign to remove tall corn and weeds blocking sight lines at rural intersections. Governor safety panel asked county engineer Donald A Ratekin to urge farmers to daylight intersections where stop signs are not posted.
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Jones County
Governor's State Safety Committee
Donald A. Ratekin
Ratekin
Second Polio Case Strikes Anamosa Area
A second polio case in Jones County was reported in Anamosa as Mrs. George Wessels, 37, mother of nine, was admitted to University of Town Hospitals with a mild non paralytic polio. Farmer Clarence Aschbrenner also contracted a form of polio on July 7 and is recovering.
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George Wessels
University of Town
Jones County
Clarence Aschbrenner
Two Hour Search Finds Accident Victim at Farm
William Norris missing after a car ran into a 10 foot ditch on Morley road. Sheriff Dreibelbis reports Norris reappeared dazed and unharmed near a farm home after a dawn search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Norris
Cedar County
Lewis Dreibelbis
Norris
Morley
Dreibelbis
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Lions Club
Monti
Express
J. F. Adams
Milwaukee
Calmar
Left
Kathryn
Aaarcusen
Milwaukee Railroad
Paul S. Patterson
Cedar Rapids Gazette
John Reynolds
The
Maude Hutton
Ruth Scott
Margaret Moran
Mary Jane Clark
Mary Hoffman
Lou Seehusen
Express Photo
Tell Receipts
Holstein
Holsteins
Hegar Larson
Iowa Commerce Commission
Railroad
Natural Gas
J. J. Boylan
Chicago
Express Company
M. J. Whalen
John M. Hughes
Paul Patterson
Patterson
Robert Mullen
Paxy Press
Helen Girvan
Priday
Dorothy Poomas
Cedar
Barr
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