Barbue at Center Junction raises funds with community turnout
The 10th annual Center Jct barbecue drew a crowd as the Park Board and local clubs hosted a barbecue on the shelter site built with cement block. Attendees consumed 220 pounds of beef 175 pounds of boneless ham 1000 cupcakes ice cream cups 50 gallons of coffee 40 gallons of baked beans and 75 pounds of potato chips.
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Park Board
Center Jct
Men's Club
Woman's Federated Club
Monticello Fire Station Sketches Shown for Bond Vote
The sketches depict the proposed Monticello fire station including street view floor plan and east end with meeting room and kitchenette. A $27,000 bond issue election for construction will be held Tuesday, Aug. 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Injury at Monticello pool from diving brick accident
Steve Renk age 14 Monticello suffered a serious concussion when a heavy diving brick struck him at the Monticello municipal pool. He was rescued from the water by Larry Ray and underwent surgery before transfer to Town City hospital in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Renk
Monticello
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Renk
Larry Ray
John McDonald Hospital
Town City
Gladys Renk
Wyoming Show Steer and Horse Events Planned
The 4 H and FFA steer show will be Friday August 13 open to any Iowa 4 H or FFA member in good standing. First 130 calves entered. weighed by 11 30 am. Judging at 1 pm with light medium and heavy weight classes in Angus Hereford and Shorthorn. Premiums 25 20 15 10 5. Grand and reserve champions chosen. Horse show Saturday with parade and dance. tractor pull main feature Sunday.
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FFA
Midland Schools Set to Open August 30
Midland Community schools will begin Monday August 30 under Superintendent Clayton Ridout. New and returning students must register certain information in mid August or bring documents on opening day. Kindergarten spaces and attendance centers are listed for Center Jct Onslow Monmouth Wyoming with grade allocations and high school enrollment noted.
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Midland Community
Clayton Ridout
Wyoming
William Foy
Onslow
Midland
Center
Monmouth
OXFORD JCT SCHOOLS OPEN AUGUST 30
Oxford Junction consolidated schools will start Monday August 30 per Superintendent January. Teachers meetings set for August 26 and 27. Two new 54 passenger buses and updated laboratory and mathematics equipment purchased. Rev Ramon Booth hired for special education transportation and as Girls coach. industrial arts teachers yet to be hired. If no hires, curriculum may be rearranged. About 107 in high school and 248 in K through 8th grade.
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Oxford Jct
Oxford
Ramon Booth
Balloon mystery floats over cornfield found by family
Louis Schaffer and his daughters Sandi and Carole discovered a helium balloon tied to their corn field fence. The balloon resembled a dry cleaner bag with a string tail and tin foil. A capsule carried a dated note from Coe College directing finder to contact David Kehret in Cedar Rapids.
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Louis Schaffer
Sandi
Carole
Mrs. Schaffer
Coe College
David Kehret
A Ave
N.E
Cedar Rapids
Schaffer
Bob Gerdes
Ralph Albaugh
Jones County Supervisors Accept Reports and Licenses
The Jones county Board of Supervisors in regular session accepted justice of the peace reports for J. August Pearson Anamosa and Howard Mackey Olin for year ending June 30 The bond of Vincent Eilers Wyoming township justice of the peace was accepted The June report of the Jones county home was approved An Al l B permit and a Class C liquor license for Loop's Restaurant Monticello were approved A $100 payment in full for delinquent personal taxes of Everett Anderburg for 1958 1960 and 1961 was accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Justice of the Peace
J. August Pearson
Anamosa
Howard Mackey
Olin
Vincent Eilers
Wyoming Township
Jones County
Heer
Loop’s
Monticello
Everett Anderburg
Scouts Earn Top Honors at Camp Waubeek
Monticello Boy Scout Troop 66 earned the President's Award the Baden Powell troop award and four Baden Powell patrol awards during a week at Camp Waubeek. The troop led inspections with 98 percent and total site points reached 441 of 450 as 34 scouts completed rank requirements under Scoutmaster William Saul.
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Monticello
Camp Waubeek
Baden Powell
Troop 66
Monticello FFA earns second in state cooperative program
Monticello high school FFA chapter placed second in the state cooperative activities program. The effort was led by local adviser Grover Miehe with support from Des Moines consultant C W Dalbey and the American Institute of Cooperation. Activities included classroom studies, coop visits, and community services plus farm plots soil testing and a parent and son banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
FFA
C. W. Dalbey
Des Moines
American Institute of Cooperation
Grover Miehe
Monticello
Meeting Planned for New Vo ag Students at Monticello
Freshmen entering Monticello high school in 1965 66 and their parents are invited to a Monticello vo ag department meeting on August 17 at 8 p m Grover Miehe vo ag instructor says the talk will cover the vocational agriculture program farming and ag related occupations
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Monticello High School
Monticello
Vo-Ag
Grover Miehe
Hosford and McCormick Obituaries Highlight Local Hearts
Funeral services were held for Kenneth Brown Hosford of Monticello and Sally Jo McCormick of Olin with burial in Oakwood and Olin cemeteries. Sophia Paulsen, 90, died near Center Junction. Frank Zinn, 86, died in Urbana Illinois with services in Oxford Junction.
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Kenneth Hosford
Castle Grove
Kenneth Brown Hosford
White Funeral
Independence
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello
Mr. Hosford
Sprague
Katherine Brown Hosford
Esther Zimmerman
Eclipse Lumber Yards
Anamosa
Manchester
Rowley
Ronald
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Gladys) Boshear
Inglewood
Calif
Lyle
Clarence
Sally McCormick
Olin
Sally Jo McCormick
E.A.B
University Hospital
Willard
Maxine Zaruba McCormick
Susan
Cedar Rapids
Nancy
S.C.I
Cedar Falls
Gary
Bruce
Noel
Kevin
John England
Gene Pauli
Dale Hefflefinger
Robert Bressler
Sophia Paulsen
Peter H
Sophia Catherine) Paulsen
Center Jet
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Luther Wachholz
Paulsen
Wayne Township
Gerke H
Anna M. Tobiassen Bohlken
Peter H. Paulsen
Zion Lutheran Church
Benhardt
Meinhardt P
Center Jct
George
Onslow
Marvin
Agnes) Nissen
Clare
Amanda) Westphal
Wyoming
Cornelius
London
Mary Tobiason
Dubuque
Howard Soper
Henry H. Harms
Scotch Grove
Marvin Holst
Ronald Paulsen
Neal Paulsen
Milton Harms
Elmer Hanken
George Bohlken
Frank Zinn
Oxford
Frank
Elizabeth) Zinn
Urbana
Ill
Hayden Funeral Home
Mayflower
Antone
Catherine Vobokitska Shimerda
Arlington Heights
J.R
Largo
Fla
Kenneth F
Seattle
Wash
Claire E
Baltimore
Car Damaged in Collision With Truck on Main Street
A Monticello report states at 1 30 p m July 24 Ruth N Reyner's car collided with Betty Jean Brockhohn's pickup while turning left into an alley. The southbound car sustained about 175 dollars in damage as the truck was stopped in the alley.
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Monticello
Ruth N. Reyner
Betty Jean Brockhohn
Main Street
Monticello Teacher Joins Iowa Conservation Camp
Mrs L D Greenawald science instructor at Monticello junior high joins about 150 Iowa students at Springbrook State park Guthrie Center for a three week conservation camp. Sponsored by State Conservation Commission State College of Iowa and the Department of Public Instruction the camp enters its 16th annual session as the oldest of its kind.
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L. D. Greenawald
Monticello Junior High School
Springbrook State Park
Guthrie Center
Jones County Conservation District
Izaak Walton League
State Conservation Commission
The
State College of Iowa
Department of Public Instruction
United States
Books Available For Adult Summer Reading At Monticello Library
Monticello Public Library lists adult summer reading titles including The Man by Wallace about a Negro elected president of the United States, Mr Lincoln's Wife by Culver, The Joy of Children by Buck, and Readers Choice Treasury edited by Together magazine.
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Monticello Public Library
Wallace
United States
Mr. Lincoln
Culver
Buck
Treasury
Together Magazine
Nine Jones county girls vie for Queen of Conservation title
Nine Jones county girls competed for the Queen of Conservation title at Center Jet beef barbecue. The lineup included Karen Hartman Marilyn Hempy Mary Jean Pashek Luanne Helgens Rosalia Schmidt Diana Howle Mary Benhart Emily Andresen and Shirley Paulsen with the Hillbillies and Twisters performing a stage show featuring Ellie May Jed and Granny.
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Center Jet
Jones County
Karen Hartman
Marilyn Hempy
Mary Jean Pashek
Luanne Helgens
Rosalia Schmidt
Diana Howle
Mary Benhart
Emily Andresen
Shirley Paulsen
Ellie May
Jed
Granny
Hopkinton Visitors List Diverse Town Guests
Hopkinton residents hosted a sequence of visitors including Jess Huggins and Owen Thomas households. Dan Rose’s visitors included Mrs. Joe Ebert and Ellen Cortina of Shawano plus Lombardo and Nelson families from Chicago. Local dinners featured Mr and Mrs Max Betitz and others. Legion convention bound Ray Lux. two week Army Reserve training at Camp Ripley for Paul Havens and Joe Haigh. Monticello guests included Mrs. Herman Helgens Flo Helms and Edna Prader.
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Jess Huggins
Anamosa
Owen Thomas
William Topping
Dan Rose
Joe Ebert
Ellen Cortina
Shawano
Wis
Fred Lombardo
Terry
Michael
Fred Nelson
Chicago
Hil
Max Betitz
Paul Havens
Joe Haigh
Camp Ripley
Minn
Herman Helgens
Florence Helms
Edna Prader
Monticello
Emma Smith
William Balsiger
Gladys Wilson
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Patricia Mae Shadwick
Robert Louis Wells
Mechancisville
Sandra Marie Morefield
James
Shirley Manternach
Ford Truck
Gary R
Ingram
Pontiac
Donald
Tillie Burhans
Dodge Truck
Howard K
Mackey
Harold A. White
Pontac
Fay L
Mary E
Pillard
Rambler
Tuloma Gas Products Co
Martello
Chevrolet
Delmer Oor
Irene S
Melvin Lee
Janet Ruth Montague
Albert Bobst
Spartan
Evelyn DeLancey
Plymouth
Edwin E. Lightfoot
Ford
Ralph
Frances Nelson
Galen Henry
Lita Frances Harris
Amber
JHC
Co. J
Fire Dept
Monticello Express
O. J
William Saul
Wapsie Hillbillies
Midland Gridders
Ray Lux
American Legion
Louis City
Mardon Ballmoom
Hopkinton, Iowa
Marvin Ries and
Karen Wolfe
Dale Chapman
Call Hopkinton
McDonough Feed Store
Hopkinton
Ernest McDonough
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