Advertising and Community Growth Through Local Business
A Monticello editorial argues strong retail business fuels community progress and praises the Monticello Express for boosting advertising and coverage. It notes that since the newspaper switched to semi weekly publication in 1953 the town has led county retail sales more often, suggesting sustained advertising and customer satisfaction drive prosperity. The piece cites Iowa tax data and a grocers alliance speech on advertising as keys to growth, urging continued efforts to retain patrons and low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
Anamosa
Tax Commission
Monticello Express
the Express
Iowa State Tax Commission
Express
Johler
The
Wilbur K. Doxsee
W. K. Doxsee
M. E. Messersmith
Victor Richardson
Iowa
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Audit Bureau of
Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
Chicago
Tilt
Press Advertising Service
Des Moines
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Jackson
Clinton
Cedar
Dubuque
Tuwa
United Sales
Laude LeClerc Reunion Centered at Monticello Community Building
The Laude LeClerc reunion drew many relatives and friends to the Monticello Community Building on Sunday August 8. Attendees included Norman Snell and family Cedar Rapids Lyle Winch Marilyn Marion Bonnie Achenbach Henry Winch Mary Merle and numerous others from surrounding towns. The gathering featured birthdays and other family visits with extensive names listed across Cedar Rapids Marion and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Creek
Laude-LeClerc
Monticello
Norman Snell
Cedar Rapids
Lyle Winch
Marilyn
Marion
Bonnie Achenbach
Henry Winch
Mary
Merle
Art Eilers
Ronnie Picray
Leo Hughes
Lamont
Jim Bradley
Henry Schone
Phil Picray
Alva Eilers
Will Wenger
Harry Eilers
Ronnie Wink
Ivan Reid
Paul Merkuris
Sherry
Jimmy
Paul Robert
Chris Jensen
Joann Underwood
Jim Chambers
Jim Upright
Council Bluffs
Roy Dighton
Zella Johnsrud
Bernice Koenigham
Harley Dighton
Michele
Ladean
Clark Dighton
Doug. R.G
Bud
Ralph Merrick
Dick LaBarge
Springville
Russell Hood
Greeley
Marvin Wilson
Midway
Fred Nelson
Claude Nardin
Elizabeth
Ronald Murphy
C. J. Kehoe
Billy and Jerry Miller
Dorrance Holub
Black Hills
Marvin Bacon
Friendship Club
Caryl Ross
Archie Miles
Lucy Beitz
Rob Bradle
John Ratcliff
Amos Richardson
Ronald Miles
Sadie Milroy
Clyde Blount
Herman Dolley
Harvey Bacon
Vera Janaan
al Melchert
Clark-Krueger
Maurice Thompson
Michele and
Harold File
Lloyd Thompson
John Sill
Judy
Alan
Duane
Bette Bacon
Irvin Bohrer
Toddville
Robert Turnis
John Turnis
Cylde Blount
Dick Bertling
Blount
Wilfred Kenny
Walter Johnston
Mechanicsville
Dudley Fierstine
Amos Wood Jr
Marilyn Sue
Keystone
Henry Aldrich
Marion Marolf
Alburnett
Castle Grove community fairs and visits fill August schedule
Castle Grove events include the Fortune Finders achievement show at Peniel Church on August 16 with style review and demonstrations by girls and Royal Rangers boys. Prairie Hill 4-H and Look Pleasant Please demos follow. Local clubs, garden displays, and floral settings showcase. Grace Kromminga's family trip and All-County Farm Bureau picnic also noted along with visits from Olin Howie and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Fortune Finders
Peniel Church
Prairie Hill
Natural Club
Fortune Finders Club
Prairieture
Grace
Freda Kromminga
Elmer Tiedeman
Cedar Rapids
Albuquerque
New Mexico
John Tiedeman
el Paso
Texas
Ciudad Juarez Mexico
White City
Carlsbad Caverns
White Sands National Monument
Colorado
Royal Gorge
Garden of the Gods
Menaul School
Presbyterian Church
Farm Bureau
Monticello Fair Grounds
Mrs Janet Howie Remembered in Kansas Family Visit
Mr and Mrs Mike Motsinger of Lawrence Kansas visited Wednesday at the home of her grandmother Mrs James Howie Sr in the M J Cass home Janet Howie is the former Janet Howie
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Manternach
Cascade
Junior DeShaw
Junior Connor
Jimmy
Delhi
Ed Washburn
Sandra
Jordan
Ellis Paark
Cedar Rapids
Dan Flannagan
Berdena Hogg
Irene Linder
Iowa City
Charles Hogg
Sammy Lee Bacon
Larry Bacon
Howard Haigh
Manchester
Alaine
Howard Jr
Paul Cahalan
Gene Moulton
Joe Moulton
Dwight
Clinton
Clarence Moulton
Mary Pat
Clell Moulton
Donnas Moulton
Eees
Loanton
Poesaek Deoerte
Poesaek Deoerte Sisitors
Ahd
Javo Bebtason
Mee Ang Moe Vr. Dwt
Tank of Moonteelie
Donald Pobsason
Hayo Fabiasson
Clarence Ketloe
Joseph Edwards
Eddie
Lost Nation
Clarence Kehoe
Mary Immaculata
Sioux City
Mary Eileen
Algona
Joe Heffernen
John Lamey
Dubuque
Susan
Larry Sheppard
John Schweitzer
Sheppards
Sheppard
Jim Thompson
Monticello
Gene Thompson
Vera Bacon
Thompsons
Maynard Thompson
Humboldt
Roy Havens
Margaret Andgaret
Paul
Mabel Havens
Howard Havens
A. G. Grapes
Leonard Casteel
James Casteel
Archie Casteel
Reuben Colton
Berniece Koenigham
George Hadorn
Butler
Hadorn
David Dighton
Debbie
Coggon
Roy Dighton
Mervin Miles
Lloyd Hugh
George Hodgkin
Janice Nelson
Lowell Bakken
Wilmar
Minn
Elmer Sheppard
Kenneth Sheppard
Kathy
Larry
John Wilson
Arnold Boul
Naperville
William Scheele
Edna Boul
Dorothy Graf
L. L. Thomas
Terri
Timmy
Tommy
Kandra Blair
Hazel Houston
Albert McVay
Janet
Joyce
Barbara
Bernita Houston
Ellis Park
Cliff Reed
Jessie Dunlap McGuire
John Wacker
Albert Hostert
Richard Lubben
Ted Lodge
Jack Benzinger
Jacky
Diana
Herman Dolley
Charles Keller
Chicago
Harvey Bacon
Susan Kerther
Andrew Kerther
Farley
Barbara Bacon
Floyd Dufoe
Howard Dufoe
Barbara Jo
Neil Dufoe
Center Point
Janet Pennox
Dean Dufoe
Min Dufoe
Marcus Kehoe
Thomas O'Donnell
DeKalb
Tel
Lester Jordan
Ben Fagan
Mott McDonald
Lou Leonard
Joan Merfeld
Jeanette Wilson
Ivan Wilson
Charles Hanley
Peoria
Louis Lange
Woerdehoff
Pete Woerdehoff
Independence
Harold Mohr
Delmar Duvall
Gilbert Klaren
Frank Kuipper
Masonville
Loras Kehoe
Marcus Klaren
Carol Reuter
Josephine Kehoe
Kenneth Bacon
Fort Lewis
Wash
Clarence Bacon
Donald Supple
Waterloo
Mary
Wilfred Supple
LaVern Schmidt
Dixie Schneider
Roger Eggers
Bill Mardorf
Olin Howie
James Howie
Garner
Mary Schnier
Worthington
J. Schnier
Dave Young
Clarence Eberhart
Keith King
Clifford Herr
League of Women Voters
C. Smith
Wyoming
Velma Blohm
Fred Blohm
Marvin Sechusen
Center Junction
Velma
Albert Schnier
FE. J. Schnier
Peter Brokaw
C. J. Matthiessen
Wilbur Cartano
Glen Jones
E. J. Schnier
Bert King
Cathie Herr
Harold Deischer
Allan
John Eichhorn
Peniel Presbyterian Church
W. D. McLaughlin
James McLaughlin
Fred Cramer
Mike Motsinger
Lawrence
Kan
James Howie Sr
M. J. Cass
Motsinger
Janet Howie
Prairieburg Upgrades Phone System With New Direct Links
Prairieburg prepares a $30,000 upgrade to a magneto single wire system. The change adds direct connections to Coggon and a free trunk line to Central City with limited Monticello long distance calls. Patrons will train for maintenance and a part time lineman will be hired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kula
Taylor
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Prairieburg
Bell Telephone Co
Coggon Exchange
Monticello
Coggon
Central City
Greater Monticello
Waubeek
Also Mentioned on This Page
Independent Grocers’ Alliance
Odville W. Johler
LeClerc
Monticello and
Express Commercial Printing Department
Elnora Griffith
Webster City
Earl E. Griffith
Geki
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