Monticello Minutes Births Reported at Local Hospitals
John McDonald hospital records show two births Wednesday morning Aug 13 with couples from Worthington and Hopkinton. Aug 13 newborns include a son to Mr. and Mrs. John R Green and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Francis DeShaw. Michele LaRue LaRue born Aug 13 in Cedar Rapids to Keith Herzberger and Mrs. Herzberger with four siblings. James Joseph born Aug 13 in Monticello to J Robert Green and Mrs. Helen Welter. Twin girls born to Mr. and Mrs. James Bailey of Atlantic. Roberta Gaulke is grandmother.
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John McDonald Hospital
John R. Green
Worthington
Francis DeShaw
Hopkinton
Keith Herzberger
Cedar Rapids
Michele LaRue
Mercy Hospital
Malinda
Mary
Marlyce
David
Carl Morning
Monticello
J. Robert Green
James Joseph
Helen Welter
Buck Creek
James Bailey
Atlantic
Bailey
Roberta Gaulke
Baileys
New Cars and Trucks From Courthouse Records
Courthouse records list recent vehicle registrations and owners by date across Monticello Anamosa Martelle and Olin. Entries include Ford Pontiac Chevrolet Oldsmobile Dodge Buick Packard and Mercury from owners Clarence Eberhart Hazel Bohlken John Schmidt George Gaide Doanell Minnis Leonard Boos George Schoon Frederick Messerli Eugene Gesse Mere Latheop Max Mitchell Walter Reese and others.
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Clarence D. Eberhart
Monticello
Ford
Henry G
Hazel F. Bohlken
Pontiac
Edward Maes
Anamosa
John T. Schmidt, Jr
Clarence J. Finn
Cascade
Chevrolet
Anamosa Motor Sales
George D. Gaide
Olin
Doanell E. Minnis
Diamond T Truck Tractor
William B. Or
Gusta Balsiger
Oldsmobile
Monticello Auto Wreckers
Packard
Robert G. Or
Nan Livingston
Martelle
Mercury
Frank E. Sigub
Oldsmoutz
Leonard P. Boos
Anangosa
George Carl Schoon
Frederick’ P. Messerli
Eugene L. Gesse
Buick
Mere W.latheop
Gast Wy. Ford
Pickup
Max L. Mitchell
Walter and Marcella Reese
Funeral today for Mrs Hoag in Monticello
Mrs Helen Heiken Hoag age 44 died Monday at John McDonald Hospital after months of illness. Funeral services will be at First Presbyterian Church with Rev Arnold Buol. interment Oakwood Cemetery. She leaves husband L S Hoag daughter Helen Ann son Thomas Frederick mother Mary Heiken sister Berniece and brother Henry Heiken. Pallbearers listed.
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Helen Heiken Hoag
L. S
Steve) Hoag
John McDonald Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Arnold Buol
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello
Presbyterian Church, American Legion Auxiliary
W.F.W
Pythian Sisters
Henry Heiken
Scotch Grove
Robert Husman
James Husman
Jack Heiken
James Heiken
LaVerne Plueger
Richard Strother
Bernice Slife Earns Third in Water Color Show
Monticello artist Bernice Slife won third place in the water color division of the All Iowa fine arts department. Edmund Whiting of Coe College judged the placings Monday. Show Superintendent E. J. Burns reported more entries and a 20 percent rise in quality as the fair runs through Sunday night.
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Bernice Slife
Monticello
All-Iowa Fine Arts
Edmund Whiting
Coe College
E. J. Burns
Cedar Rapids
Two Monticello Girls Win Portable Radios
Mary Ann Buol and Janis Bohlken of Monticello were named two of four winners in the 1955 WMT portable radio contest. They earned portable radios for identifying WMT personalities heard on air in July and for writing two top summer listening slogans.
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Mary Ann Buol
Bill Buol
Janis Bohlken
Leo Bohlken
Monticello
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Miss Buol
Miss Bohlken
Wyoming Centennial Week Ends With Free Car Winner
Residents of an eastern Jones county town wrapped up a three day centennial celebration in Wyoming with parades shows and a pageant drawing thousands from nearby areas A free car was awarded to George Sampson Wyoming Judges selected float winners in four divisions and crowned whisker and costume champions from multiple local participants Nearly 3 000 attended Sundays Prairie Town pageant directed by Rev Kenneth Harden with a 150 member cast and a tea and reunion events followed in the Methodist church.
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Wyoming
Jones County
George Sampson
Prairie Town
Yesteryear
Wyoming Implement Co
Zion ,Lutheran Church
Wyoming Citizens Bank
Kenneth Harden
Wyoming Baseball Park
W. W. Bronson, Jr
R. F. Gronewold
Vera Paul
George Tjaden
Methodist Church
John M. Petersen
Pixley Smith
Texas
Rev. Harden
God
Kay Frances Bronson
Henrietta Franks
Marjorie Jamison
Kathleen James
Janice Huggans
Caroline Willman
Connie Holub
Sally Jo Reitz
Janet Zimmerman
Mary Esther Or
Muscatine Boy Wins Grand Champion at Wyoming Steer Show
Rodney Brannen of Muscatine won the grand champion in the 4-H and F.F.A. Steer show at Wyoming during the centennial celebration. Ellen Wessel of Colesburg took reserve grand, with Brannen and Wessel also winning breed championships for Angus and Hereford. Louis Danner of West Liberty led the Shorthorn division as breed champion.
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Rodney Brannen
Wyoming
Ellen Wessel
Brannen
Wessel
Louis Danner
West Liberty
Colesburg
Muscatine
Richard Powers
Delmar
Gary Battles
Maquoketa
Joann Meyer
Miles
Patricia Fuller
State Center
Carolyn Noltin
Preston
Verlyn Wennet
Harlan E. Marx
Andover
Janet Ringer
Verlyn Wenndt
Rotarians to Hear District Governor Hamilton Monday
Ward R. Hamilton, District 191 Rotary International governor, will address the Monticello Rotary at its regular meeting on Monday August 22. The meeting time is 5 p.m. to allow a club assembly with officers and committee chairs. Hamilton, head of Hamilton School of Commerce in Mason City since 1908, is a noted speaker and Rotary pioneer in Mason City.
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Hamilton
Ward R. Hamilton
Rotary International
Monticello Rotary Club
Hamilton School of Commerce
Mason City
Toland University
National Association and Council of Business Schools
Central Commercial Teachers Association
Ward-Hamilton
Rotary Club
Lake Placid
N. Y
Traffic Count Finished in Jones County Roads
A traffic count on Jones county roads begun June 7 was completed Monday according to Earl Biesell, the county engineer.
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Jones County
Earl Biesell
Massillon man wins senior grand champion at Wyoming Horse Show
Emil Hack of Massillon owns and shows the four-year-old heavyweight that captured the senior grand champion title at the 21st annual Wyoming Horse Show drawing 135 entries. Hack also won junior grand champion with a two-year-old. The event featured an open pleasure class and multiple draft horse categories with Hindman of Alburnett earning the most first places.
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Wyoming
Emil Hack
Massillon
Hack
Jones County
Russell Etten
Anamosa
Louis Buresh
Oxford Junction
Roy Tompkins
Lyle Larkey
Robert Larkey
Onslow
Dennis
Lynn Hayden
Sandra Eichhorn
Robert Hart
Robert Balichek
Tom Blayney
A. J. Kutsch
New Sharon
Lester Hindman
Alburnett
Bud Woolfson
Olin
McMain
Steinke
Ed Hawker
Manchester
Henry Wendel
Atkins
Postmasters Nominated for Center Junction and Olin
Don Ruhl of Anamosa announced federal nominations for two postmasters in Jones county. Dillon L. Mead, a war veteran, is the Center Junction nominee, with Mrs Frieda Martens and Mrs Johnson as other contenders. At Olin, Howard Cruise, a 27 month army veteran, is temporary postmaster amid other candidates.
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Center Junction
Olin
Don Ruhl
Anamosa
Jones County
Republican Central Committee
Central Committee
Dillon L. Mead
Dorothy E. Johnson
Frank. Himebaugh
Himebaugh
Howard Cruise
Reva White
Mead
Frieda K. Martens
Johnson
Cruise
Bernard Bixler
Raymond James
Richard Frazier
Nellie Stivers
Carol
Sally
Hale
American Legion
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Henry O. Talle
Civil Service Commission
Senate
Eisenhower
Ruhl
Civil Service
Incorporation Vote Set at Scotch Grove
A public election to decide Scotch Grove's incorporation is set for September 3 at Balster's Implement store. Five commissioners named by the Jones County district court will oversee the vote, which runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. A petition by 29 voters supports the incorporation plan covering listed property.
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Scotch Grove
Balster
the Express
Jones County District Court
Arend Balser Jr
George Bohlken
Jerry Naylor
L. M. Balster
Frank Royden
Henry Hanssen
Farm Seed and Service Co
Arend Balster
Ervin Plueger
Express
Band Concert Set Sunday Aug 21 at Fairgrounds
The Monticello band led by Ray Stumbaugh will give a concert at the fairgrounds on Sunday at 8 p.m. Wilma Cox is featured as soloist performing Vaya Con Dios. The program includes Amber Perpetual Motion and other marches and standards.
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Monticello
Fairgrounds
Ray Stumbaugh
Wilma Cox
Jones County Fair
America
Johnso
Mombo
Kloh Davey Crockett
Fillmor Bartlesville Boogie
Pulse Desert Patrol
Star Spangled Banner
Second Polio Case Reported in Jones County
The second polio case in Jones county and the Temple Hill area was reported to the Express Tuesday. Henry Townsend 26 who farms near Cascade was described by his wife as good with no paralysis. Townsend was admitted to University of Iowa hospitals Sunday and will undergo physiotherapy before returning home in a week to 10 days. He remains isolated Wednesday morning. The Townsends have three children 3 14 and 5 months. Also listed is 10 month old Cletus J Hughes bulbar polio patient at Xavier hospital Dubuque. Betty Dunlap 25 Hopkinton polio patient is improving at University hospitals Iowa City.
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Jones County
Temple Hill
Express
Henry Townsend
Cascade
Townsend
University of Iowa
Townsends
Jones County Courthouse to Close for County Fair
Jones county courthouse offices in Anamosa will close Thursday and Friday after noon next week due to the county fair at Monticello.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Monticello
Public School Registration Set For Monticello
Monticello public school students will register on Shonday Pues day and Wednesday August 79 2000 according to Principal Vance Stead. Registration hours are 9 to 4 each of the three days. Books may be purchased during registration. School will begin Friday September 6.
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Monticello
Vance Stead
Stead
Iibrars
Sena
Pactiaw
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Lumyr French
Elmer Petersen
Ernest Reitz
van Dyke Beard
Morty Botkim
Melvin Sievers
Robert Livingstone
Harold Hartman
Royal Snyder
Wayne
Jennifer
Elmer Storm
Ann Tjaden
Wendy Scott
Carol Sue Horn
Kay Bronson
Virginia Buresh
Nettle Wherry
Muscatine Boy
Earl Gurton
Tipton
Donald Brunscheen
Chaireman
Angus
Hereford
Leroy Jackson
Mechanicsville
Kenneth Mather
Dick Schneden
Charlone
James Murray
Gary Minish
Dysart
Tom Gannon
Carole Minish
LeRoy Wagener
Bellevue
John Robert Stevenson, Jr
Charlotte
Bill Carber
Ronnie Carstensen
Gary Mohl
Lost Nation
Eugene Luckstead
Mark Hartwig
Bill Gooddard
Gloria Smith
Harry Wendel
Fred Petersen
Vincent Dixon
Arlington
Wenner
Menzo Yeaman
What Cheer
McMaun
Menzo
M. T. Stott
Carence Shaffer
Eshelman
Center Jct
High School
GRAD
The
Zion Lutheran Church
Paul Hansen
Davy Crockett
Ronnie Mortensen
Sharon Brunscheen
Leslie Westfall
Cathy Gronewold
Alva Freese
Wyoming Citizens State Bank
Gordon Hall
Helen Fritz
Ralph Orth
Howard Lewis
Cherry, Ill
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