Monticello Birth Announcements Update
John McDonald hospital reports a birth since Wednesday August 5. Mr. and Mrs Carroll Rockwell Onslow have a daughter. A son to Mr and Mrs James F Mann at Prince Georges County Hospital Cheverly Maryland July 31, third son named William Arthur. Prairieburg Frank Drexler couple announce a baby girl Monday evening joining two sisters and a brother. Langworthy Jerry DeLarm and wife Fre...
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John McDonald Hospital
Carroll Rockwell
Onslow
James F. Mann
Prince Georges County Hospital
Cheverly
William Arthur
Prairieburg
Frank Drexler
Langworthy
Jerry DeLarm
DeLarm
Freda Covington
Garry
Calendar of Events for August Activities
On Monday August 8 Rotary meets at the Methodist church 6 05 dinner Lions Club at the Community building 6 30 and a free back to school spinal check up week at Dr L C Perkins through August 13. On Tuesday August 9 Monticello LWV meets at Mrs C Smith Wyoming at 2 pm Royal Neighbors meet at K P hall at 8 pm Wednesday August 10 VFW meets 8 pm Rainbow 7 pm Masonic Temple.
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Rotary
Methodist Church
Lions Club
L. C. Perkins
Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W. Hall
Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Rumple and Hanwardsen Apply for Marriage License
Aug. 4 records show Harry F. Rumple 18 Anamosa and Virginia Hanwardsen 18 Cedar Rapids applying for a marriage license at the courthouse records.
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Harry F.rumple
Anamosa
Virginia Hanwardsen
Cedar Rapids
New Cars and Trucks from courthouse records listing
Courthouse records show a list of vehicles and owners including Buick and Pontiac models. Entries mention Leo or Marcella Loyet Anamosa Buick Marie L Gerrets Monticello Chevrolet and other makes with owners in Monticello Anamosa Cascade Olin Scotch Grove and Martelle.
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Courthouse Records
Leo
Marcella Loyet
Anamosa
Buick
Marie L. Gerrets
Monticello
Pontiac
Sylvester
Benischek
Wyoming
Ford
Clarence J
Nelma Strang
Cascade
Chevrolet
G.M.C
Clayton L. Merfeld
Martelle
James E
Esther Read
Oldsmobile
Henry . Schafer
Motor Sales
Oldsmoile
Jones County Fair
Eshersman
Raymond F. Garside
Delbert Leo Grafft
Olin
Winchip and Son
Scotch Grove
Jon P. Schrader
August L. Laetare
Louie Effie Bodenhofer
Rhinhart
J. Topping
Harland and
Ruth Fall
Lutheran Welfare Workshop Planned Near Monticello
A Lutheran welfare workshop will be held at SS. Peter and Paul Church near Monticello on September 27. Registration opens at 9 30 am and the daylong program ends at 4 pm. Rev. Paul Kenyon and Helen F Farley organize, amid national interest in quickie adoptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
Monticello
Paul Kenyon
Helen F. Farley
Lutheran Welfare Society of Iowa
Senate
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
William Langer
North Dakota
Lutheran Welfare Workshop
Kenyon
Final Summer Concert Thursday and Sunday at the fair grounds
Ray Stumbaugh announces the final summer band concert at the pool this Saturday and a Sunday Aug 21 performance at the fair grounds. The program includes Karl King marches, a clarinet trio, an accordion solo by Lyda Lehman, and pieces from Morrissey, Ketelby, and other composers with works like Dancing Reeds and In a Persian Market.
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Ray Stumbaugh
Karl, King
Lyda Lehman
Jane Seehusen
Bruce Stumbaugh
America
Arkansas
Holmes 140Th Infantry
South Dakota State College
Morrissey U. of
N. Dakota
Feta Sdusratatn
Straits Lane Crusader
Walters International
Pullets Produce Three-Yoke Eggs
Mrs Hasler and Mrs Meier discuss hens and eggs after discovering triple-yoke eggs in nests. Hasler owns about 700 Leg horn pullets and Meier about 250, sourced from Monty Produce.
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James Hasler
Paul Meier
Monty Produce
Mrs. Hasler
Mrs. Meier
Children’s Float and Costume Parade Planned in Wyoming
The Wyoming event is set for Monday morning August 15 at 10 30 am with line up near the Methodist church Entries cover seven divisions from costume to pet parade for ages 3 to 15 Winners awarded best entries First prize trophies follow parade along with contests and games of skill supervised by parade committee including toy derby obstacle race and skill games for children 3 to 15.
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Wyoming
Methodist Church
ZAM
Funeral Today for Ben Heiken
Ben D Heiken 59 of Center Junction died Friday evening at an Iowa City hospital Funeral arrangements are tentative for this afternoon at Goetisch Funeral Home Monticello with burial at Oakwood Cemetery Heiken is survived by his wife two daughters and one son.
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Ben D.” Heiken
Center Junction
Iowa City
Goetisch Funeral Home
Monticello
Oakwood Cemetery
Four-County Tug of War Set for Fair Opener
Jones county will host a four county tug of war with Dubuque Clinton and Jackson teams on Aug 25 on the race track. A new trophy will be used. last year Dubuque defeated Jones two of three. Each county fields up to five to ten men per match with rules allowing 36 per squad and a three minute pull per round.
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Jones
Dubuque
Clinton
Jackson
Claude Appleby
Jones County
Jackson County
Maquoketa
DeWitt
Jones and Dubuque
Dubuque County
Appleby
Ralph Beardsley
Anamosa
Miles Webb
Olin
Ron Behrends
Monticello
Dutch Null
Onslow
Slim” Heeren
Bill
Ken Kiburz
Leo Romer
Wyoming
Herman Hintz
Oxford Junction
Next Month Set For Polio Shots
Jones county plans second polio vaccinations for first and second graders after school start. Dr. T M Redmond of Monticello says vaccines should be available for early administration. No polio cases reported in Jones county this year. Most children in grades one and two received initial Salk shots at centers in Monticello Anamosa and Wyoming.
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Jones County
T. M. Redmond
Monticello
Medical Society
Ite
Donald Serbousek
Anamosa
Wyoming
Governor honors Fred Kay for fifty years as pharmacist
Fred J. Kay a retired Monticello pharmacist received a certificate from Gov Leo Hoegh and a town congratulatory letter marking fifty years as a registered pharmacist in Iowa. Kay graduated from Highland Park College Des Moines in 1905 and built a career at Wallace Drug Hazleton Soetjer Monticello retiring 1947.
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Fred Kay
Fred. J. Kay
Monticello
Leo Hoegh
Iowa Pharmacy
Iowa
Highland Park
Fred
Highland Park College
Des Moines
Wallace Drug Store
Independence
Hazleton
Soetjer Drug Store
Champion Brown Swiss cow shines at Delaware county fair
Hopkinton exhibitor John Ries won the Champion grade Brown Swiss at the Delaware county fair dairy cattle show in Manchester on Wednesday.
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Hopkinton
Delaware County Fair
Manchester
John Ries
VFW Seeks Blood Donors at Monticello Meeting
The Monticello Veterans of Foreign Wars plans a regular meeting on Wednesday August 10 at 8 p.m. in the VFW hall to organize blood donations for patients at the Veterans hospital in Iowa City. Commander Henry Harms also announced a discussion on the VFW stand at the Great Jones County fair.
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Iowa City
Monticello
Express Fair Issue Advertising Acceptance Aug 22
The Monticello Express announces the Great Jones County fair issue to be published Monday Aug 22. Advertising for the special multi section issue is due by Saturday Aug 13 and readers are urged to arrange extra copies in advance.
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Monticello Express
H. M
Johnny) Jones
Express
The
Monticello Organist Mrs Guyan Completes 65 Years Service
Mrs. George Guyan ends 65 years as Monticello church organist after 40 at First Congregational and 25 at Evangelical and Reformed. June 26 Rev Charles Ellett praised her devotion and musical leadership. She taught piano, some pupils winning honors. sister of S E Gruenstein editor of The Diapason. mother of two sons Siegfrid and George R Guyan.
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She Ias
First Congregational Church
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Monticello
Siegfried E. Guyan
George R. Guyan
Chicago
Columbia Broadcasting System
Named Principal At Larchwood
Rev. Eugene P Lorenz announced staffing changes at Sacred Heart school Sister Marilyn formerly principal at Stacyville becomes principal replacing Sister Mary Annice at Larchwood Iowa Sister Giralda Ottercreek will take teaching duties vacated by Sister Bernadette who moves to North Washington Iowa Sacred Heart will start classes September 6 with registration August 15 an enrollment over 300 expected The science typing room division was removed to expand science facilities and typing will be held in the library refinishing floors and painting were completed
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Sacred Heart School
Eugene P Lorenz
Marilyn
Stacyville
Mary Annice
Giralda
Ottercreek
Bernadette
North Washington
Iowa
Larchwood
Sacred Heart
Lorenz
Swine Producers Tour Three Jones County Farms
About 35 Jones County farmers joined a tour by the Jones County Swine Producers association. Iowa State College guests and Max Specht led visits to Herman Helgens and John Wilcox farms, with discussions on feeding, management, hog grading and breeding stock selection.
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Jones County
Jones County Swine Producers Association
Alvin Quaife
Maynard Spear
Iowa State College
Max Specht
Monticello
Herman Helgens
John Wilcox
Frank Dawes
Irving Eilers
Floyd Hodgden
Craig Caslavka
Darrel Helgens
Russell Eldred
Jack Smith
Galen Harms
Mike Paulsen
Ed Harms
Jack Manuel
Tank
Joe Legg
Prof
E. L. Quaife
Henry Jorge
Second Offense Drunk Driving Charge Filed
A second offense O M V I charge was filed in Jones county district court Thursday against Charles F. Lambert of Monticello after his Monticello arrest by Officer Clarence Sawyer. Lambert posted a $550 bond and appeared before Justice Ray Echternacht.
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Jones County
Calvert
George Lawrence
Anamosa Justice of the Peace
Highway Patrol
Fairview Township
Clarence Heyen
Janes County District Court
Lever Bros. Co
Heyen
Merlin Paul Paulsen
Hale
Pastor C E Hendricks resigns for Rockford mission post
Rev Charles E Hendricks resigns Aug 2 at a joint session to join the Presbyterian national missions. He will organize a congregation and build a church in a new Rockford housing area, starting Sept 1. He led Center Junction and Scotch Grove churches since 1950 and 1954 respectively.
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Charles E. Hendricks
Center Junction
Scotch Grove Presbyterian
Presbyterian National Missions
Rockford
Hendricks
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Christian Education
Medel
Cooperative Parish
University of Dubuque
Rev. Hendricks
Dubuque Seminary
Charles” Stréét
State Roads Closed in Area
The first weekly Iowa detour map lists three closed state roads in Jones county and Monticello. Highway 38 from Stanwood to Olin is closed for bituminous work. a 9.9 mile gravel detour uses county roads via Highway 20 to Olin. A four mile section of Highway 38 from Wyoming to Center Junction is closed for surface repairs. a 12 mile detour runs via Highway 64 to Wyoming then Highway 136 to Onslow and back to Center Junction. Highway 136 is closed from Onslow to Worthington through Cascade and across Highway 151 for grading and bituminous surfacing. Detours involve County Roads, prioritizing Onslow, Center Junction, Cascade, Worthington, and Monticello routes.
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Iowa
State Highway Commission
Jones County
Monticello
Stanwood
Olin
Wyoming
Center Junction
Onslow
Worthington
Cascade
Monticello Water Show Draws Crowd of 1000
About 1000 spectators attended the sixth annual water show at the Monticello pool on Thursday evening. The program featured lifeguard demonstrations, a Bruce Apple master of ceremonies appearance, and a finale dive by Jake Quick of Clinton, a University of Iowa sophomore and Olympic prospect. A synchronized swimming segment and a red cross safety demonstration highlighted the shows, with remarks by Dr Earl H DeShaw and others.
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Monticello
Bruce Appleby
Leo, Cabalka
Jake Quick
Clinton
University of Iowa
Quick
Bob Morey
High Board
Jeanne Morey
Linda Miller
Margaret Holmes
Carol Seehusen
Jey] Goettsch
Charles Robinson
Denis Roberson
Myron’ Carter
Dean Rickels
Maynard Lang
Bill Vesey
Cross
Earl H. DeShaw
Alice Jones
Donna Mayvey
County Roads To Get Calcium Before Fair
Calcium chloride will be sprayed on county roads from Monticello west to Stony Point and on the Amber farm-to-market road to reduce dust before Great Jones County fair week. The work, mixed with water as brine, aims to ease heavy traffic to the Monticello fairgrounds starting Aug. 23.
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Jones County
Monticello
Biesell
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Norman Martens
Leroy Dirks
Robert Zirkelbach
Jack Naylor
Robert von Spreecken
Ben Heiken
Mark. Cross
Merle Leytem
Rules Reviewed
Kay
John Kay
Rochelle, IL
Kenneth Myers
V.F.W
George Guyan
Wilcox Farm
Quaife
Monticello Park
Donald D. Haden
Council Bluffs
Anamosa Independent
Harmsway
Eldon Miller, Inc
Hershel M. Ponder
James O. Austin
Ponder
Glee
D. Eilers
Vincent H. Eilers
Kahoka, Mo
J. E. Kiiserman
C. E. Hendricks
Rev. C. Hendricks
Roberson
Linda Stoner
G. M
Casey) Jones
Stony Point
Castle Grove Township
Linn-Jones
Don Schwenker
Bill Hollett
Richard Murray
Lyle Jeffrey
Kenneth Patton
Lin
Jerry Hoenschel
Gaslow
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