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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1951
Page
9
Mayor A P Lambert outlines progress on street and lighting programs, new police car, water system upgrades, and vandalism controls. He notes bonds sold, contracts let, and a forthcoming hearing on a police department shakeup. He credits Iowa Electric and Town Electric for infrastructure support.
An ad touts Athlete's Foot treatment with a 90 percent alcohol base and deep-penetrating action to kill the germ. It promises relief within one hour and a 40 cent refund at any drug store, placing the offer at Palmer Drug today.
Wayne Zion Ev Lutheran church holds three services this Sunday August 12 with sermons by Dr E Matzner Wartburg Dubuque and Pastor R F Gronewold Lost Nation The German discourse by Pastor Carl Mardorf and choir performances accompany a 12 15 p m fellowship dinner and 2 15 p m service A refreshment stand will be on the church lawn and Pastor Kehren invites all to attend
The 98th Great Jones County Fair announced the livestock judges. Wilbur Plager and Albert Stuart will judge the first barrow show with a packer’s representative to be named at the event. William F. LaGrange will judge baby beeves and sheep projects. Allan Williams will judge purebred and market swine and George M. Lealand will judge dairy classes.
Jones County DHIA No 1 records show 490 cows tested across 26 herds in July with an average of 831 pounds milk per cow and 31.8 pounds butterfat including 66 dry cows. High producers include Buol Bros Monticello 51.2 pounds butterfat and Frederick Decker London 46.6. Jones DHIA No 2 reports 401 cows in 25 herds averaging 837 pounds milk and 30.2 butterfat with notable producers Gerhard Breese Monticello 483 pounds and Robert Wahl Monticello 476 pounds.
The Monti cello street widening will require four weeks to move 55 electric poles and install new street lighting on First Street. The Iowa Electric Co. faces extended work amid other duties, while the Bell Telephone Co. must splice multiple cables and move 16 poles with several cables totaling about 700 wires. Total telephone costs are estimated at 500 dollars.
Monticello's summer recreation program winds down with a Tuesday start and Friday finish for a junior golf tournament. Eligible players include Rhatigan, Matthiessen, Bender, Scheaffer, Tuetken, Mullen, Blayney, Rhatigan, Long, Matthiessen, Rickels, Hakanson, Hakanson, Baty, Westhoff, Maire, Howie, Adamson, Westhoff, Hargrave, Kuriger, Dodd, Goettsch, Shimanek, Seehusen, and McAleer. Girls runners include Zubler, Ferring, Staner, Schneider, Bender, Appleby, Goettsch, Sands, Seehusen. Baseball team closed season with two losses to Hopkinton and L.
License examiners from the state highway patrol will be at the Anamosa court house next Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mrs. Anna Mills of Rock Island arrived to spend two weeks with her sister Caroline Schoenhut. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Johnson of Rock Island were guests at the Schoenhuts over the weekend. Miss Joan Lynch of Clinton tours the home of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Freese, near Monticello.
A Monticello dentist who pulled a tooth for a student in 1934 without charge received a box of 50 cigars Wednesday as thanks. The student, now financially better off, said he hadn’t forgotten the doctor’s kindness and made the gift to honor that act.
Mr and Mrs Merle Jacobsen of Monticello announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Betty Joan Hoult to Mr Richard H Greim son of Mrs Grace Greim of Rock Island The wedding will be Sunday afternoon October 7 at 4 at Wayne Zion Lutheran church Rev F H Kehren will officiate Miss Hoult a Monticello high school graduate and trained X-ray technician at St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids now works at Moline Lutheran Hospital Mr Greim a Rock Island high school and DeForest Training School graduate employed by Illinois Bell Telephone in Moline
Five men were fined by Ray Echlernacht in his justice of the peace court this week. Violations ranged from failure to report an accident to reckless driving. Fines: Harry G. Chase license restriction five dollars and costs Beckman, George P. Zoller failure to report an accident five dollars and costs Beckman, Dean B. Moncrief reckless driving twenty five dollars and costs Dickinson, Vincent Supple intoxication twenty five dollars and costs Howard, Raymond Ehits breaking glass on street ten dollars and costs Clark.
The Monti cello Pythian Temple hosted nine past chiefs of the Monticello Pythian group for a Thursday evening event. A 6:30 picnic supper at the Pythian hall followed rainy weather. Attendees from Monticello included Mesdames Bonnié Meade Clara Rhatiggo Teresa Rohr Jessie Hoag Lula Cass Thais Adams Lucille Kucera Addie Ireland and Wilma MecNeilly.
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