Prospects Bright for Pictured Rocks Development by County
County hopes to gain part of the Pictured Rocks wilderness near Monticello for a recreational park. State and county officials surveyed the area Tuesday and will report to Des Moines next month with results due Sept. 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Commission
Jones County Conservation Board
Maquoketa
Pictured Rocks
Stanley Waggoner
Anamosa
Roy Rodman
Wilbur A. Rush
Des Moines
Bob Mineck
Tipton
Lovie Hanken
Scotch Grove
Ken Madden
Chauncey Robinson
Monticello
Bob Hosch
Cascade
State Board
Waggoner
Louie Hanken
Council to Discuss City Clerk Position Aug 15
Monticello city council held regular session Monday to decide whether to hire a new city clerk before January or leave the post open. A special meeting was set for Tuesday August 15 to continue the discussion and consider separating the city clerk and superintendent roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
John Behn
Armenia Tea Cyaks OP Oem August 10 196
In a fragmented report from a 1960s archive, a local Armenian note references a tea project or item labeled Cyaks OP with a placeholder date August 10 196. The text is garbled but indicates a brief event or shipment tied to Armenia. No clear names, places, or outcomes are discernible.
District Five Holstein Show Highlights Fairgrounds Monticello IA
Sixty eight head of Holstein cattle were shown by 23 exhibitors in district five at the Monticello fairgrounds. Grand champion female Earl Oelerich and Walter Newport of Dixon with Elmer Paper of Stockton's grand champion bull. Firsts include Gilbert Klaren Hopkinton bull calf and Elmer Paper junior yearling bull. Judge John Sims of ISU assisted by Alvin Lueder as show chair.
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Monticello
Iowa
Earl Oelerich
Walter Newport
Dixon
Elmer Paper
Stockton
Gilbert Klaren
Hopkinton
Alfred M. Paper
John Huber
Ralph Dunn
Coggan
Harry Haynes
Manchester
Earl Oelrich
Robert Beranek
Fairfax
Gary Janssen
Local Monticello stores to issue Monticello Dollars
The Greater Monticello committee proposed a nine month retail promotion issuing Monticello Dollars on a dollar for dollar basis for purchases at local stores starting after the Great Jones county fair through June 1962. Prizes total several hundred dollars and a monthly public auction or sealed bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Monticello
Employment Service Bureau
Monticello
Monticello Travelers Association
GMC
Special Days
Dick Long
Les Voss
Coggon Girl Injured In Traffic Accident
Janice Rahe an 18 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ken Rahe rural Coggon is in a Manchester hospital after a 5 pm Sunday July 30 traffic crash. She suffered a broken vertebrae when her car turning left off a road south of Ryan was hit from behind by another vehicle. Four other youths riding with her escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Rahe
Ken Rahe
Manchester
Miss Rahe
Ryan
Merlin Heims Named Manager of Great Plains Supply
Merlin Heims has been named manager of Great Plains Supply Co in Monticello and began duties this week. Heims, with the company 4 1/2 years, previously worked in Marion and Monticello. He was born in Monticello and is a Sacred Heart High School graduate, married with one daughter Debbie, age 3, living at 315 North Gill. Reserved seat tickets for Saturday’s Great Jones county fair programs are sold out, with remaining seats going fast and advance orders urged.
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Mason City
Virgil DeVary
Scott Wynn
Jeffry
Stan Peters
North Sycamore
City Coal
Hoag Duster Co
Marion
Jones County
Merlin Heims
Great Plains Supply Co
Monticello
Heims
Helms
Sacred Heart High School
Debbie
North Gill
Jones County Fair
Larry Robertson
Sacred Heart school registration dates announced
Registration for all pupils planning to attend Sacred Heart schools in Monticello will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 15. School opens Monday, Aug. 28 at 8 50 a.m. Elementary and high school pupils may register after Masses at 6 a.m 9 a.m or 8 p.m. Sister Mary Sebastian is elementary principal and Sister Marilyn is high school principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart
Monticello
Mary Sebastian
O.S.F
Marilyn
Buck Creek Set For 52nd Annual Fair Program
Buck Creek in Buck Creek Indiana will host the 52nd annual fair on Tuesday August 15 featuring a noon parade, exhibits, entertainment and food stands in the grove behind the Buck Creek Methodist church. The Senior Methodist Youth Fellowship sponsors the parade and the afternoon includes sports games and prize exhibits for agriculture, baked goods and fancy work. A junior flower show for ages 12 to 16, a fried chicken dinner from 4 PM and a MYF lunch stand round out the day. Floral Hall at Great Jones County Fair later dates names new supervisor Mrs Herman Helgens replacing Mrs Owen Howie Sr per announcement.
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Buck Creek
Buck Creek Methodist Church
Senior Methodist Youth Fellowship
My.f
Herman Helgens
Jones County
Owen Howie, Sr
Monticello Tops Anamosa in Retail Sales 1961 First Quarter
Monticello led Anamosa in retail sales for the first quarter of 1961 with $1,898,835. Monticello exceeded Anamosa by $52,811. For the last quarter of 1960 Anamosa had $2,142,630 while Monticello posted $2,170,040.50. In tax receipts, Monticello merchants paid $37,976.70 in retail sales tax through June 1961 versus Anamosa’s $36,920.48.
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Monticello
Anamosa
Iowa
Jones County
Monticello District Awards $749160 Construction Contracts
The Monticello Community School District awarded contracts totaling 749 801 40 for a new elementary in southwest Monticello and an addition to Central School. Gethman Construction Co. will build the elementary, Ed Guetzke handles the Central addition, Acme Electric covers both sites, and Tom Bowker and Son bids for mechanical work. Completion slated for January 1963. Playground equipment moved from Central to accommodate the project. Superintendent Boyd Shannon says work will begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Community
Monticello
Gethman Construction Co
Gladbrook
Central School
Ed Guetzke
Earlville
Acme Electric
Cedar Rapids
Tom Bowker and Son
Supt. of
Boyd Shannon
Maquoketa Valley School Board to Elect Three Directors
Maquoketa Valley Community School District schedules a Sept 11 election with three three year terms from districts two and five and a one year term from district four to fill Herb Gearhart's vacancy. Nomination papers are due Aug 12 to Sept 1 at the Delhi superintendent's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa Valley Community
Herb Gearhart
Delhi
Rainy 4-H Barbecue Draws Big Crowd Indoors
Rain forced Center Junction to move the Jones county 4-H beef barbecue to the Monticello Youth Center, drawing about 1300 people. Midland and Monticello high school bands played dinner music as the Soil Conservation Queen contest and 4-H Style review entertained attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Jones County
Monticello
Youth Center
Midland
Fair winners to represent Jones county at regional and state events
Toni Graffi and Joyce Ann Appleby were named the fairest in Jones county and will travel to the Regional Soil Conservation contest, with a return trip to Monticello for the Great Jones County Fair. Karla Kay Lyon won the senior 4 H garment division to advance to state competition, while Ann Brainard was junior winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toni Graffi
Olin
Joyce Ann Appleby
Monticello
Jones County
Jerry Brady
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Naylor
Scotch Grove
Jack Armstrong
Martelle
Roland Mais
Wyoming
Dale Thomas
Toni Graff
Karla Kay Lyon
Rosalee Dusanek
Karla Kay
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George Barnts, Jr
Francis Miller
Marshalltown
Mees Joseph Greif
Dale Yousse
Wm. Police Department
Aitchison
Freddy
Pegerick
Celester White
Clyde Alvin Miller
Canton
Ohio
Karen Rae Ahrendsen
Oxford Junction
Gerald Allen Sievers
Judy Bayne
Dewey G. Allison
Newton
Judith Brammer
Harold James Paul
Janice Joslin
Lee M. Lanner
Oldsmobile
Herman
Anna Hintz
Chrysler
Vernon Eugene Barrack, Jr
Rambler
James
Velma Hollar
Farmers Lime Co
Spahn and Rose Lumber Co
Chevrolet
Mary Finn
Donald Burhans
Ford
William J. Coan
C. F. Shimanek
Jerry L. Price
Iowa City
Kenneth John Hasler
Jerry J. Kehoe
Michael J. Chadwell
Justice Court
McCrabb
Justice of the Peace
Theodore L. Krouse
Louise Lees
Gilbert Hearn
Roy Miller
North Cedar
Andy Strittmatter
Strittmatter
Bradview Court
Holmes Grocery
Jones County Fair Board
S. H
Doc) Hoag
Burt Sims
Dave Miller
Armenia
Board
Melven Steffens
Joe Steffens
Alfred Paper
Mary Ann Oelrich
Lewis Peters, Jr
Charles Haynes
Bob Holub
Paul Specht
Patty Huber
Kathy Dunn
Dave Klaren
John Sims
Iowa State University
Ames
Alvin Lueder
Dick Matthews
Rockford, Ill
Naional Holstein-Friesian Assn
Coggon
Great Plains
M-V
Wayne King
Cary Wayne Bolton
Central City
Prairieburg
Ann Brainard
Linda Hansen
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