Cropp building to be remodeled for offices and apartments
Dr Earl DeShaw plans to convert the Cropp building after purchase. First floor will be offices for himself while the upper floors will be remodeled into apartments. Sister Mary Garnier arrives from Sioux City to visit parents. Edna Hinrichs 21 dies after heart ailment. Monticello stock yards unloads 705 feeder cattle in a Sunday shipment.
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Earl DeShaw
Cropp
Dr. DeShaw
Monticello
Corbit cherishes Monticello Express after 60 years
R M Corbit an Oxford attorney notes 60 years subscribing to the Monticello Express and in memory recalls past years in the county He left the community 31 years ago yet still finds interest in local items Meanwhile a son born to Mr and Mrs Loren Kehoe at Mercy hospital Anamosa marks first child for the family Carl W Eden 74 dies with services held Zion Lutheran Wayne township at Amber Daniel Hodson Monticello canning factory manager announces the plant will start operation Monday Aug 25
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Oxford, Mich
Monticello
Loren Kehoe
Mercy
Zion Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Carl W. Eden
Mark Cross
Amber
Carl Hodson
Monticello Folks Attending Cedar Rapids Circus
A group from Monticello joined others in Cedar Rapids last Thursday to see the Ringling Barnum and Bailey show. The event featured seven rings and strong crowd appeal.
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Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Fatal foul tip ends teen ballplayer life near Ottumwa
Ffter Payton 16 of near Ottumwa was killed instantly last Sunday while catching a ball game. He looped the ball back to the pitcher after being struck in the heart by a foul tip and collapsed. Local events include a permanent band stand planned for Wyoming at Main and Washington Gardner and Maurice, while opera house managers anticipate new scenery. Doctor Tom King has opened a medicine office in West Union and C L Van Meter is building a greenhouse covering an acre. Mr and Mrs Noble Winner returned from Perry for a street carnival selling popcorn. Mr and Mrs Charles Rigby left for Golden Colorado to make their future home.
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Ffter Payton
Ottumwa
Tom King
West Union
Mrs. Noble Winner
Perry
Church Notes: July and August Services Across Local Churches
Various congregations list upcoming sermons, Sunday schools, and services. Amber Presbyterian led by student pastor William Kaiser offers 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and 10:15 a.m. services. Other churches schedule morning worships, Sunday schools, and special events with occasional cancellations and resumed services.
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Amber Presbyterian
William Kaiser
Peniel Presbyterian
Wyoming Methodist Church
Kenneth Harden
Ellett Family Rejoins Monticello After 10 Day Vacation
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Ellett and son Paul returned to Monticello last week after a 10 day vacation visiting relatives in Chicago and spending time at a cottage near the Mississippi river at McGregor.
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Charles Ellett
Paul
Monticello
Chicago
Mississippi River
McGregor
Redecoration of Congregational Church Started
The First Congregational Church in Monticello begins a main floor redecorating project started mid July and due by Sept 1. Rev. Charles Ellett reports two Sunday services will be held in the basement with 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. worship and a 9:15 a.m. Sunday school.
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First Congregational Church
Charles Ellett
Board of Deacons
Monticello
Ellett
Wapsie Y.M.C
Coggon
Jane Edwards
John Baty
Three County Students at SUI to Receive Degrees
Three Jones county residents will be among 565 graduates at the University of Iowa summer commencement Aug. 10 in the Iowa Fieldhouse at 7 30 p.m. Joyce Roberson of Monticello a graduate nurse Clayton Ridout of Morley and Robert Purcell of Anamosa both receive master of arts degrees.
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Jones County
University of Iowa
Iowa
Joyce A. Roberson
Monticello
Clayton N. Ridout
Morley
Robert R. Purcell
Anamosa
Iowa's First Horizontal Con Crete Silo Revealed
On the Popkes Brothers farm near Aplington a new horizontal trench like concrete silo is reported as the first of its kind in Iowa. The structure sits above ground and is described as an innovative, above ground design.
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Popkes Brothers
Aplington
Iowa
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