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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1963
Page
2
The page features reader notes from Bob Ballou and Mark McNeill about four year terms for governors and mayors, a late letter reply to a prior piece, and a long list of local notices. It includes prize mentions, car giveaways, police court entries, fair announcements, and community remarks on decorations and memberships.
A partial list shows Monti faculty across Shannon Elementary and surrounding grades. Names include Mrs. Bender Gail Rottunda Mrs. Marilyn Robinson Mrs. Hazel Reade Ethel Folk and others across kindergarten to 6th. Several half time positions noted.
City police filed charges against Larry H. Husmann of Center Junction and John F. Lindeman of Montiello for failure to have vehicles under control after rear end collisions. Husmann struck a car driven by Robert B. Duschner at the First Street and Highway 151 intersection around 8 p.m. Saturday. Lindeman faces the same charge in a separate incident nearby.
The Monticello city council approved sale of street bonds and advertising for coal bids. They authorized beer and cigarette permits for the Great Jones County Fair Assn and backed a mayoral proclamation urging residents to beautify homes for about 120 000 visitors Aug 20–24 1963. A standpipe engineer report hearing was set for last night. A trash burning complaint from S F Dairy Mart was referred to Ted Cowen. Council members, the mayor, city attorney, and city clerk attended.
A meeting for freshman vocational agriculture boys and their parents will be held at 8 p.m. Monday Aug 19 at Central School in Cello. A car accident occurred when a car driven by John Fraser Jr Monticello struck the rear of a Volkswagen near Sycamore and First streets Monday.
The Jones county board of supervisors adopted a 1964 budget of 1,803.17 with no objectors at the Tuesday hearing. It seeks a 20,000 addition for the poor fund and 6,000 for an emergency fund, with a 60,000 cap requiring state approval for excess levies. Also approved underground wiring by Northwestern Bell in Lovell township and second quarterly reports for justices Paul Reitz and J August Pearson.
Mrs. Mary Nehl 94 died August 5 at a Nashua nursing home where she had been cared for for years. Funeral services were held August 7 at St. Bernard church Alta Vista with burial in Calvary cemetery. Survived by five sons Charles Hopkinton George Durand Wis Herman Meadowland Minn Otto Cresco Clarence Alta Vista two daughters Sister M Alicia Remsen Minnie Zubrod Meadowland Minn 37 grandchildren 87 great grandchildren husband John Nehl died 1912 and two sons James Harold preceded her.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Frank Ruley 73 who died August 7 at a Maquoketa hospital after a long illness. Burial followed at Mayflower cemetery. Survivors include two sons Edward and Frank, two daughters Marie Kostichek and Angeline Kostichek, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild, two sisters and three brothers.
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