Center Junction Women Report News and Visits
Center Junction notes include Beverly Mead returning from Highland Park Illinois and several visits by local families. Renee Dirks attends a Baxter wedding. The Thompson and Seehusen families host and attend social events. Wallie Smith in Des Moines Luth Hospital with bulbar polio. church activities resume August 1 after a vacation. Two local women enroll at Coe College for six day Presbyterian leadership training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Beverly Mead
City
Highland Park
Ill
Joe Mead
H. J. Dirks
Baxter
Clifford Dirks
Wyoming
Jack McAleer
Mason City
Congregational Church
Maquoketa
Charles Porter
H. S. Richardson
Monticello Methodist Church
S. G. Thompson
Richard S. Thompson
Henderson, Ky
R. B
Catherine
Ralston
Olin
R. S. Thompson
S. G
Lyle Thompson
Anna Seehusen
George Seehusen
William Klein
Carthage
Don Siebels
Monticello
E. A. Dart
Ellsworth Dart
Jerry
Dee Dart
Mary Buol
Nora Springs
Kermit
Keith Dirks
Cedar Rapids
Harry Chase
Ruth Stanton
Des Moines
Sadie McDonald
Belle Watson
T. E. Stanton
John Hinrichs
Stanton
Joe Stanton
John Gray
Linda
Lake City
Paul Ferguson
J. H. Hinrichs
John Null
Wallie Smith
Stuart Smith
Ames
Des Moines Lutheran Hospital
Margaret Thompson
Gladys McKinney
Hammond
Indiana
Sylvan Bixby
Mount Vernon
Ray Piueger
Duncan House
Frank Himebaugh
John Bramers
Charles Hendricks
Presbyterian Church
WCSG
Alan Serbousek
Ted McCullough
Coe College
Iowa Synod of the
Onslow Area News Happenings Reported
Local items note ownership transfers including Anna Petersen selling her town residence to John and Anna Petersen. Army transfers move Pfc. Kenneth Harris from Korea to Guam. Several visits and family gatherings are recorded, Canton homecoming set for Aug 1 with bridge dedication and entertainment, plus multiple weekend visits and a birthday picnic at Ana MOSA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Anna Petersen
John Petersen
Pfc
Kenneth Harris
Korea
Guam
Raymond Taylor
John W. Archer
Washington, D. C
Fred Bramer
Marvin Snyder
Marcia
Greg
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Dick Wherry
Maquoketa
Wilford Wherry
Robert Barnts
Cedar Rapids
W. C. Barnts
Alva Edwards
David
Elkader
Emma Garnett
Emma Monger
Memphis
Tenn
Jay Hammell
Harold Dean Gress
Herman Gress
Lorraine Lambert
Wisconsin
Keith Jansen
John M. Hanna
Wapsipinicon State Park
Anamosa
Mr. Hanna
Leslie Meade and Sons
Lyle Larkey
Hale
Minnie Otten
Monticello
Phyllis Harris
Church trustees plan August 12 wiener roast at Eagle Point Park
The present trustees LeRoy Dirks Les Balster Lyle Thompson Bob Serbousek Myron Schrader and retired members Dwaine Moses Jack Stingley Arlo Brady Hans Hinrichsen with families enjoyed a Sunday picnic at Eagle Point Park Dubuque A church lawn wiener roast August 12 is set Mrs Les Balster is program chairman Save that date for a pleasant family supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Dirks
Les Balster
Lyle Thompson
Bob Serbousek
Myron Schrader
Dwaine Moses
Jack Stingley
Arlo Brady
Hans Hinrichsen
Eagle Point Park
Dubuque
Clay Busy Bees 4-H Meet At Carol Westphal Home
Patricia Supple guests during a Maquoketa visit as Irene Edwards and children stay with Gene Palmer family. July 20 meeting opened with flag pledge and minutes. Members prepared fair articles list and contributed 5 toward Jones County Farm Bureau building dishes fund. Demonstrations on notched collar and color coordination given by Marilee Brunscheen Jeri lyn Jansen Julie Brunscheen. Camp reports by Reid Larkey Smith Brunscheen and Brunscheen. Exhibits of crafts, meeting adjourned with 4-H pledge and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Supple
Des Moines
Larry Stoneking
Irene Edwards
Ben Gilmore
Gene Palmer
Maquoketa
Clay Busy Bees
Carol Westphal
Jones County Farm Bureau
Marilee Brunscheen
Jerilyn Jansen
Julie Brunscheen
Mary Ellen Reid
Roseann Larkey
Linda Smith
Don Appleby Serves Aboard Fleet Oiler In Med Area
Donald L. Appleby a US Navy seaman and son of Mr and Mrs Claude Appleby of Monticello serves aboard the fleet oiler USS Severn in the Mediterranean. The Sixth Fleet operates as a mobile carrier task force in the region to train ships and personnel and the Severn has called at Gibraltar Naples Italy Valencia the French Riviera and Rhodes Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Appleby
Mediterranean
Donald L. Appleby
USN
Claude Appleby
Monticello
Severn
U. S. Navy
Gibraltar
Naples
Italy
Valencia
Spain
French Riviera
Rhodes
Greece
Private Robert D. Reade Begins Army Basic Training
Reade son of Mrs Hazel Reade of Monticello has started eight weeks of Army basic training at Fort Bliss Texas with the Anti Aircraft Artillery Replacement Training Center. The program covers rifle machine gun and bazooka marksmanship and includes a final week long field maneuver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Reade
Hazel Reade
Monticello
Fort Bliss
Texas
Road Grading Bid Notice for Hardscrabble Project
County engineer Donald A Ratekin announces bids for a road grading project in Castle Grove township covering 2.28 miles in sections 11 and 12. Bid opening is August 11 as listed in the official notice to bidders in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald A. Ratekin
Castle Grove
Express Says You Saw It On The Express
A cheeky plea echoes through the page urging readers to claim awareness by saying they saw it on the Express. The short item frames the message as a friendly nudge to engage with local coverage.
Pvt. McDonough Begins Second Phase At Fort Bliss AAA School
Pvt. Robert J. McDonough of Monticello NY remains at Fort Bliss Texas for a second eight week cycle of basic training in anti aircraft artillery. He completes infantry basics and then learns to fire light and medium AAA weapons on Fort Bliss ranges and to operate related electronic equipment. He will graduate at a parade and be assigned to a permanent AAA unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. McDonough
Ernest McDonough
Monticello
Fort Bliss
Texas
Aaartc
Pvt. McDonough
Crystal Shower for Jean Clark Honors August Bride
Miss Jean Clark was honored at a crystal shower July 13 at the Monticello park shelter house hosted by Susie Sanford Carol Stadtmueller and Doris Hagen. Attendees included classmates and guests such as Alice Folkers Alice Jones Rose Maire and others.Jean Krueger will marry Miss Clark on Sunday August 8 following the shower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Sanford
Carol Stadtmueller
Doris Hagen
Jean Clark
Monticello Park
Miss Clark
Alice Folkers
Alice Jones
Rose Maire
Shirley Lubben
Janis Rink
Jane Fitzgerald
Helen Bader
Yvonne McDowell
Janet Fluckiger
Lorna Plueger
Joyce Clark
Dorothy Martin
Janie Serbousek
JoAnn Zimmerman
Delores Helgens
Wilma Bunting
Jerry Krueger
Cadet Roy Dreibelbis Reports for Air Base Training
Roy Dreibelbis receives orders to report to Sampson Air Force Base New York on September 2 and then to Bainbridge Air Base Georgia for pilot training. He earned a commission as second lieutenant in June after four years with the University of Iowa AFROTC and is the son of Mr and Mrs L A Dreibelbis of Martelle. Elizabeth Bender visits Sansare South Dakota with grandchildren Larry and Sharon Scott at F H Schlemme home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Appleby
John A. Appleby
Monticello
Amarillo Air Force Base
Texas
Walter R. Agee
Appleby
Amarillo
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Monticello High School
Roy Dreibelbis
Sampson Air Force Base
Geneva
New York
Bainbridge Air Base
Bainbridge
Georgia
Dreibelbis
University of Iowa
Air Force
L. A. Dreibelbis
Martelle
Elizabeth Bender
Larry
Sharon Scott
Mrs. Bender
F. H. Schlemme
Sansare
South Dakota
Monticello Delegates Attend State Republican Convention
Last Thursday and Friday Monticello residents attended the State Republican Convention in Des Moines. Mrs. Alva Hinrichs served as a delegate alongside Monticello participants Irving Hintz Bert Ballou and Ralph Crimm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Hinrichs
Monticello
Les Moines
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Women’s Club of
Onslow Area
Vern Byers
American Legion
Pavilion
Cascade
Iowa
C. R. Hosford
D.D.S
Offi
Ralph Wilson
North Cedar Street
Monticello, Iowa
E. W. Brashaw
Baty
Chester A. Condit
General Insurance
Ross Baty
Alvin K. Jones
Optometrist
Arthur G. Riedel
Langworthy, Iowa
Col
Ray Fluckiger
Les Linn
Louie Hanken
Electrolux
Eugene Wink
6Th St
Glen A. Russell
Sycamore
Monticello Express
Jones County
Eclipse Lumber Company
Eclipse
Frank Williams
Pvt
Robert McDonough
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