Public School Opens as Bus Routes Planned for Monticello
Monticello public schools announce four bus routes serving North to Sand Spring Richland and South to Wayne Amber and East to Scotch Grove. Three buses start at opening with a fourth on North route when available. routes may close Scotch Grove rural schools and transport elementary pupils to town.
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Monticello
Sand Spring
Richland
South Fork
Richland Townships
Castle Grove
Cass
Langworthy
Wayne Township
Amber
Scotch Grove
Scotch Grove Township
Shannon
Miss Balster Ends Visit in California and Wisconsin
Miss Margaret Balster of Long Beach California completed a two week stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Balster. On the way home she stopped at Kenosha Wisconsin to visit Mr and Mrs W Brockschmidt. Miss Balster and Mrs Brockschmidt are sisters.
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Margaret Balster
Long Beach
Calif
Lawrence Balster
W. Brockschmidt
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Miss Balster
Mrs. Brockschmidt
John Wherry Named Editor of Rockwell City Paper
John Wherry of Mechanisville becomes editor of the Rockwell City Advocate published by C. E. Treman. He started August 11 and is a Cornell College graduate with prior work at Monticello Express Anamosa Journal radio WHO and Wallace Advertising in Des Moines. He was married in Des Moines this spring.
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John Wherry
Wyoming
Rockwell City Advocate
C. E. Treman
Wherry
Don Wherry
Mechanisville
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Monticello Express
Anamosa Journal
Wallace Advertising Agency
Des Moines
Mrs Cameron K Greer Suffers Knee Injury in Fall
Mrs C K Greer residing between Monticello and Hopkinton fractured a knee cap after catching her heel on stairs. She was treated at McDonald Hospital Monticello and returned home. Alva Hinrichs and families plan a two week car trip through the Ozarks Texas New Mexico Colorado and Yellowstone National Park. Ralph Wilson family visited Iowa City for a Brown family reunion.
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Cameron K. Greer
C. K. Greer
Monticello
Hopkinton
McDonald
Alva Hinrichs
Hei Schoon
Ozarks
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Yellowstone National Park
Ralph Wilson
Iowa City
Brown
Harness racing stars await at Jones County Fair show
Three big afternoons of harness racing are planned at the Jones County Fair on August 20 21 and 22 with eighty one horses entered for purses up to $1000 and $4800 in total prize money. Local horsemen including Tom Eden R Lahey Larry Walton Carl Winkler Carl Hein and Dr A M Maurice are listed among the entrants. The entry list includes Purse $700 Dubuque and many others with owners from Monticello What Cheer and Platteville among the names and towns across Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Abbie Cash
al Silk More
Kid ‘Dillon
Jones County Fair
Jones County
Midwest
Tom Eden
R. Lahey
Larry Walton
Carl Winkler
Carl Hein
Dr. A.M. Maurice
Son Is Born To Rev. Stanford Strosahl
Monticello friends of Rev and Mrs N Stanford Strosahl Milwaukee Wisconsin received a birth announcement noting the arrival of a son named Mark Stephen on August 2. The baby weighed 7 pounds 9 1 4 ounces. Rev Strosahl once lived in Monticello when his parents John and Mrs Strosahl ran a farm north of town. He attended Monticello High School. John Strosahl and his wife now reside in Illinois.
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Monticello
N. Stanford Strosahl
Milwaukee
Wisc
Mark Stephen
Strosahl
John Strosahl
Illinois
Convention Planned for 34th Division Reunion in Des Moines
E W Bird of Des Moines announces 34th Division Association reunion for September 6 and 7 with convention officers named. Reservations pour in from across the United States as a permanent organization is formed. Large delegations from Minnesota North and South Dakota and Iowa expected. Members who served 1917 1919 and 1922 1945 eligible. This is the Red Bull Division.
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E.W. Bird
Des Moines
United States
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Red Bull
To Teach in California Grings Move to Long Beach
Mr and Mrs William Grings and family move from Denver to Long Beach California Mr Grings is elected as an instructor at the University of Southern California Mrs Grings is remembered as Hilda Balster daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Balster before her marriage
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California
William Grings
Denver
Colorado
Long Beach
Calif
Grings
University of Southern California
Plan For School Registration At Monticelo Schools
Superintendent Boyd Shannon announces August registration for Monticelo Public Schools. Seniors register Aug 25, Juniors Aug 26, Sophomores Aug 27, with 7th grade and freshmen to register Thu or Fri. All must finish by Friday. country students may register anytime. Second hand books marked with price may be brought starting Aug 25.
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Boyd Shannon
Monticelo Public Schools
Jones County
Shannon
School Opens with Ten Minute Classes on Monday
The school will officially open on Monday September 1 with ten minute classes for organizational purposes. Elementary grades will meet for about an hour and a half for organizational purposes.
Plan Schedule For School Year At Monti High
The 1947 48 Monti High opening arrives September 1 after a summer cleaning and redecorations. A complete teaching staff is hired. Vocational Agriculture and Homemaking led by Raymond Adams and Esther Nicoll offer practical training and adult programs including a veteran on the farm training program. Additional courses include College Preparatory Commercial and General curricula.
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Monti High
Raymond Adams
Esther Nicoll
State Agricultural College
Ames
Monti High Reports Strong Oats Yield and School Programs
Farmer Lester Zimmerman near Monticello yields 50 bushels per acre from Wickland oats after threshing two fields totaling 20 acres on August 6. The article then highlights Monti High School offerings in science and arts, and praises the band, music program, athletics, clubs, and overall value of a four year high school education.
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Lester Zimmerman
Monticello
Monti High
Monti
Chevrolet Leads Low-Priced Field
The Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co in Monticello Iowa promotes Chevrolet as a top value with stylish design and inline pricing. Each week more customers take delivery of a new Chevrolet and become loyal boosters.
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Chevrolet
Fifth Avenue Society
The
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co
Monticello
Iowa
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Sysem
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Trouble Maker
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Jones County Fair Grounds
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FORD
Calkins
Rockwell City Paper
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Donnybrook
Marian Moko
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Chief Tonto
Jackie Davis
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Juana Cash
Highlawn Tree
Mona Patch
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Hi Jack
Jewel Tramp
Frise Schevey
Hanover
Step 'N Fetchit
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William French Marathon Abbe Keosauqua
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Jenny Reynolds
Zenith Densmore
Joe Stalin
Pawnee
Tonto Maxey Densmore
Greer Peggy June Chatty
Mac
Abbie
Bruce Patsy Mokin
Peter G
Janetta Bradford
Frank Bell
Lancaster
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R.l.friedley
Waterloo
Pine
McRoberts
Curtis
Columbus Junction
A. H. Mahoney
LaCrosse
Carl N. Hein
Jansen & Jansen
Neal Houslet, Jr
Oxford
Chris Nelson Doon
W. BR. Marquis M. D
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J. M. Sweeney
Altizer
J. R. Parnell
Ed Duffy J. S
Harold E. Bel
T. J. Eden
Stan Holden
Dubuque, Iowa
T Dubuqne
Tawa
Fennimore
Fairmont
Minn
Monticello, Iowa
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
M. B. Murphy
Minneapolis
Bernard Bullen
Charles City
Maurice Monticello
L. Bradley
Harold E. Bellard
Beloit
H. M. MclIntire
D. Waseca
C. H. Opperman
Maquoketa
A. M. Maurice
Pace Fez Siskiyou P.L. & R. L. Friedley
Frisco
Hasty Queen
Homer Norber
Jack French
Shellsburg
Tom B. Armstrong
Manchester
Charley Miller
A. L
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Schevey Hanover
Monte Maiden
Eden Monticello
Trubob
Wm. R. Marquis
M.D. Waunakee
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Nancy Benboe
Peggy June Mose Bradford
Patsy Mokin
Kahoka
May Axworth
Marcia Abbey
King's High Waltonian
Mr. Greer
Peter G Dan Cupid
Rev
Stanford Strosahl
Kay Clarke
Blanche
Cole Bros
Lenda
America
Janesville
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