27th Annual Wyoming Horse Show Planned for Aug 18 20
Plans are under way for the 27th annual Wyoming Fair Association horse show Friday through Sunday August 18 19 and 20. Events include 4 H FFA and Kids day beef judging bicycle drawing grand parade and tractor pull with dances and bands. The Monticello library announces summer reading participants meet August 12 and library hours change in late August.
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Wyoming
Wyoming Fair Association
Dale Thomas
Johnny Ketelsen
Monticello Public Library
Monticello Public Schools Set Aug 29 Start Date
Monticello Community schools will reopen August 29 with registration next week August 14 to 18. Elementary and junior senior high students have day by last name or grade, with seniors on August 14 and freshmen on August 17. Bus routes and staff meetings also outlined. Three weekend accidents in Jones county caused property damage but no injuries. County supervisors approved cigarette permits for Don McDonough and Jack Adams and hear road improvement petition west of Langworthy.
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Monticello
Boyd Shannon
Central School
Central
Shannon
Teachers Institute
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Anamosa
Don McDonough
Jack E. Adams
Fairview
Conrad Monck
Langworthy
Paul H. Reitz
Warren P. Lawrence
Seek 60 000 in Two Damage Suits
Two damage suits totaling 60 000 dollars were filed against the same defendant in Jones county district court on Monday August 7. Francis Peiffer sued Neil Vreeland of Jackson county asking 10 000 dollars and costs for injuries from an accident September 5 1959 on a county road in Washington township. He claims negligence including failure to yield right of way and loss of control. Irene Peiffer also seeks 50 000 dollars plus costs from Vreeland. Citizens Savings Bank seeks 617.26 plus costs and interest from Ronald R and Margaret S Boots on a note issued October 16 1958. Preliminary information filed August 2 against Lavoy A Metzner charged with OMV. He was bound over from Justice of the Peace Court and released on 300 dollar bond. On August 4 Great Plains Supply Co was granted judgment of 102.95 plus 5 percent interest from June 30 1960 from Mr and Mrs Burdette Wilson. A hearing in Dixie Behnke vs Warren Behnke was set for 10 a.m. Friday August St Gene Steffes a former Armour Company buyer in Monticello has been transferred to Waverly to take the same position there. No Monticello replacement yet.
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Jones County
Francis Peiffer
Neil Vreeland
Jackson County
Washington Township
Peiffer
Irene Peifer
Vreeland
Citizens Savings Bank
Ronald R
Margaret S. Boots
Oelwein
Lavoy A. Metzner
Pocatello
OMV
Justice of the Peace Court
Great Plains Supply Co
Burdette Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Dixie Behnke
Warren Behnke
Huebner Attends Assembly Meeting for September Keokuk Circuit
Harold Huebner of Monticello presides at Anamosa Jehovah's Witnesses and reports returning from a Muscatine organizational meeting for the next circuit assembly set for Sept. 15 to 17 in Keokuk.
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Harold Huebner
Monticello
Anamosa
Monticello residents receive degrees from Iowa University
Three Monticello residents earned degrees at the University of Iowa summer commencement on August 9. Robert Reade gained a Master of Arts in physical education, Paul Bohiken earned a Bachelor of Business Administration, and Joseph Tuttle received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. Barbara Gearhart of Hopkinton was awarded a Master of Library Science.
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Iowa City
Monticello
State University of Iowa
Robert Reade
Paul Bohiken
Joseph Tuttle
Barbara Gearhart
Hopkinton
Welfare Payments to 50 County Residents in July
Welfare payments in Jones county totaled 30878 dollars for July per the State department of Social Welfare. The largest share went to old age assistance with 221 recipients totaling 18756 dollars. Aid to dependent children followed with 305 persons in 79 cases receiving 10913 dollars. Other payments included aid to the blind six recipients 616 dollars and aid to the deaf eight recipients 593 dollars.
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Jones County
State Department of Social Welfare
Monti Cello Presbyterian Youth Retreat Canceled
The Senior High Fellowship of Monti Cello Presbyterian Church canceled the Sunday retreat planned for August 13. Instead the group will meet at the church at 4 p.m. to depart for a regional rally and bring sack lunches.
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Monticello
Maquoketa Valley Schools Set to Open August 28
Maquoketa Valley Community Schools announce the 1961-62 start date of Monday August 28 with 14 new faculty members. Carl J. Robinson is new superintendent Lloyd Adams high school principal and Robert Clark junior high principal.
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Maquoketa Valley
Carl J. Robinson
Lloyd Adams
Robert Clark
Adams
Clark
Gary Rutledge
Barbara Mueller
Mary Brown
James L. Nacke
Buck Creek
Joyce Gearhart
Alberta Turner
Elizabeth McVay
Hopkinton
Vinnon Diercks
Vivian Benter
Earlville
Altice Rath
Thompson Buck Creek church hosts 50th anniversary
Mrs Freeman Smith Mrs Clara Aldrich and Mrs Gladys Aldrich attended the Golden church dedication Sunday. The Cahalans and Mrs Bacon visited the Thompson home for dinner. Dean Smith of New Boston and Ed Dunkel of Cedar Rapids joined the Buck Creek church celebration with local families.
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Freeman Smith
Clara Aldrich
Gladys Aldrich
Golden Church
Paul Cahalan
Cedar Rapids
C.C. Bacon
Gene Thompson
Cahalans
Bacon
Thompson
Dean Smith
New Boston
Iic
Buck Creek
Ed Dunkel
Ennis Dunkel
Lew Dunkel
Clergy Shifts in Hopkinton Area Churches
Rev. and Mrs. H Q Ostermeier plus Bruce relocate to Illinois where he will lead Beulah Presbyterian Church near rural Moline. Rev. Bernard Minert from Powell Wyoming is chosen to fill Hopkinton Presbyterian vacancy after visiting last week. Also noted are moves by the Clark and Nacke families to local residences and school duties in Maquoketa Valley district.
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Hopkinton
H. Q Ostermeier
Bruce
Ill
Ostermeier
Buelah Presbyterian Church
Moline
Bernard Minert
Powell
Wyo
Hopkinton Presbyterian Church
Minert
Wyoming
Robert Clark
Hillsboro
Methodist
Clark
Maquoketa Valley
Buck Creek
James Nacke
Remsen
Dr. Adams
Nacke
Chiropractic career offered to youths as rewarding field
A promotional piece extols chiropractic as a growing, honorable profession celebrating its 65th anniversary. It invites teens and young adults to consider becoming doctors of chiropractic, noting early obstacles overcome and future opportunity in a expanding health care field.
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Chiropractic
Dentistry
Local families relocate and community 4-H updates
The column details moves and teaching assignments in Iowa communities including Halversons to Stoughton Wisconsin and Lucas to Hopkinton. It also reports on visits, guests, hospital news, and a Hale Wapsie Wanderers 4-H club meeting with grooming contests, delegate selections, and upcoming fairs and tours.
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Ceiver
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County 4-H Clubs
Center Junction
Morley
Kenneth Carter
Thomas Hennessey
Russell Hein
Mechanicsville
Heins
Ray Collins
Steffes
Gene Steffes
Armour Company
Waverly
Meeting of
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Iowa University
Presbyterian
Edward Faselt
Henry Rath
Glenn Thompson
Myrna McLaughlin
Harold G. Lincoln
James Mohart
Bill Huckstadt
Jack Young
Gus Pappas
Constance Nadermann
Jean Maurer
North Junior High
Elmer Ortberg
Maud Clifton
Marilda Elvidge
Mary Pappas
South Junior High
Leonard Gibbs
Melvin Schuchmann
Melvin Blanchard
Bess Malven
Gelen Lou Westphal
Betty Fischer
Doris Moyer
Carl DeWoody
Gertrude Green
Verna Kreuger
Marian Taylor
Denna Courtney
Jennie Winch
Mary
Chiropractic Association
Louis Halverson
Stoughton
Wis
Halverson
Marvin Lucas
Martelle
Lux
Halversons
Lucas
Citizens State Bank
Don Morton
Ethel Morton Rook
H. G. Talmadge
Washington, D. C
Gerald
T. Lyle Joseph
Isabelle
Andy Patton
Gladbrook
Minot
N. D
Neil
West Point
The
Military Academy
Kenneth Boots
John
Norma
Paul
Wabasha
Minn
J. R. Boots
Kenneth
Francis Messenger
Emma Smith
Cyril Gavin
Ed Washburn
Strawberry Point
Gus Kirby
Paul Kirby
Edgewood
Rev. Winter
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Elmer Orcutt
Robert Burns
James Johnston
E. A. Wimmer
Ottumwa
H F. Thomas
Dallas
Texas
Ames
Linda Hawley
Mary Inglis
Esther Inglis
Kathleen Sievers
Phyllis Strong
Hale Wapsie Wanderers
Pleasant Hill
Kathy
Connie Peterson
Kathleen Seivers
Helen Markman
Kathleen Holingshead
Mary Beth Winchip
Luanne Bahnsen
Cruise
Farm Bureau
Irons
William Brodersons
Kathy Peterson
Carol Robertson
Lovell Happy Helpers
Donna
Grace Behrends
Elaine Smith
Prairie Hill
BE Natural
Prairie Hill Be Natural Club
Alice Moser
Judy Goedken
Monticello Park
Marianne Holub
Jean Takes
Oxford Happy Hustlers
Wendy Law
Dubuque
Beatrice Brock
Diane Hodgdon
Sharon Pegorick
Linda Hansen
Carmen Knake
Bonnie Balichek
Sandy von Essen
Wendy Yaw
Richland Boys
Marjorie Novak
Ronald Keener
Chester
Bill Balsiger
Chester White
Don Elliot
Terry Keating
Jerry Schneiter
Clarence Schmidt
Joe Legg
LaVern Nagel’s
Express
Earl Qelerich
Dixon
Elmer Paper
Stockton
Mahy
Deo
Jennie Condit
Health Improvment Assn
Phil Rosenbaum
Stanwood
Kuriger Bros. Plumbing & Heating
Belfer
Iowa
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