Monticello School Bus Routes Revised for Coming Year
Monticello Community School District announces 15 bus routes for the new year under Superintendent Boyd Shannon. A new plan groups Castle Grove and Wayne townships at central meeting points to streamline loads and shorten trips.
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Monticello
Iowa
Boyd Shannon
Shannon
Castle Grove
Wayne Townships
Eae Township
McLaughlin
Wayne Township
Wayne Center
Monticello Student Wins Herman Sani Memorial Scholarship
Mike Hall of Monticello named Sunday as third Herman Sani Memorial Scholarship winner announced in Des Moines. Hall, an all state basketball player, competed in the Sani golf meet and plans to study engineering at Iowa State. His father Bill, a former Iowa amateur champion, played in the championship flight, shooting 74 73 73 for 220, ten back of winner Max Shelton.
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Mike Hall
Monticello
Herman Sani
Des Moines
Mike
Iowa State
Bill
Iowa
Wineer
Max Shelton
Cedar Falls
County 4 Hers Return From Camping Session
Thirty seven Jones county 4 H ers returned Saturday from a four day camping session at Madrid. They were joined by four adult county leaders and 17 4 H ers plus four adults from Jackson county. Activities included crafts mature study swimming canoeing and talks by professionals on dating older 4 H activities and career opportunities. Special events featured a swimming meet softball tournament camper planned parties cookout and two campfire sessions. County leaders present were Dave Hammond Beatrice Brock Harlan Hawker and Mrs Hawker. Jones county youths attending included John Jamison Ken Sievers Gordon Horn Jim Starr Wyoming Ron Rogers Richard Heeren and many others from Monticello Mechanicsville Coggon Center Junction Onslow Anamosa and surrounding communities.
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Jones County
Madrid
Jackson County
Dave Hammond
Beatrice Brock
Harlan Hawker
Farm Bureau
Hawker
John Jamison
Ken Sievers
Gordon Horn
Jim Starr
Wyoming
Ron Rogers
Richard Heeren
Robert Tobiason
Steve
Stan Wolken
Richard Black
Andy Ballou
Gloria Kromminga
Jean Eilers
Sharon Behrends
Joyce
Judy Schmit
Helen Schnier
Mary Manternach
JoAnn
Susan Ballou
Monticello
Larry Jackson
Mechanicsville
Clement Lawrence
Coggon
John Holst
Center Junction
Don Orr
Rozanne Michaelis
Onslow
Margaret Stanton
Bernard
Carol Kost
Martelle
Marsha Zirkelbach
Scotch Grove
Tom Hanna
Vernon
Ken Shover
David Ortgies
Bruce Hay
Kathy Kula
Mary Edwards
Sharon Graf
Anamosa
Anamosa Discusses Jones County Retirement Home Plan
A meeting at the Farm Bureau building in Anamosa reviewed plans for a Jones County retirement home. H Lee Jacobs from the Institute of Gerontology outlined types and costs and urged a local survey of interest and care needs. A questionnaire was handed to 27 attendees to gauge support and likely committee involvement. Creameries to supply milk tent at the Great Jones County Fair priced at ten cents a drink.
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Jones County
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
H. Lee Jacobs
Institute of Gerontology
SUI
Paul Smith
Washington
Grinnell
Audubon
Ray Embree
Joe Legg
Creameries
Don Ross to Speak at GMC Dinner September 8
Don Ross field merchandising manager for Successful Farming will headline the Greater Monticello dinner on September 8. He will discuss Monticello growth and barriers, drawing on 1 000 talks across diverse industries and his farm trade experience. Harland Hetzler chairs the banquet. dues paid members receive one free ticket, others at 1.25.
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Don Ross
GMC
Greater Monticello
Monticello
Ross
Harland Hetzler
Rotarians View DeShaws Europe Trip Slides
Dr. and Mrs. E. H. DeShaw presented a 10 week European tour at the Rotary club meeting. Mrs. DeShaw showed colored slides and narrated adventures while Louis Morf acted as program chairman. President Virgil Huht announced no meeting next week due to the fair and no meeting on September 5 for Labor Day.
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E. H. DeShaw
Rotary Club
Cascade Central Catholic High bids revealed for new school
Acme Electric Co. of Monticello is the low bidder for electrical work at Cascade Central Catholic High School with 39 345 dollars. P L Caron Co. West Des Moines submits lowest general contract base bid of 375 555 dollars. Cummings Plumbing and Heating Cedar Rapids tops heating and plumbing bids at 118 781 dollars. The bid group estimates total project around 650 000 dollars with contingencies. Completion set for Sept 1 1961. work may start within 10 days of bid acceptance.
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Acme Electric Co
Monticello
Cascade Central Catholic High School
P. L. Caron Co
West Des Moines
Iowa
Cummings Plumbing and Heating
Cedar Rapids
St. Mary’s
St. Martin’s
Cascade
St. Peter’s
Temple Hill
St. Patrick’s
Garryowen
Sacred Heart
Fillmore
St. Aloysious
South Garryowen
Robert Kalb
Father Kalb
County CD Leaders Selected at Anamosa Civil Defense Workshop
A civil defense workshop in the Ada House community room in Anamosa trained county and nine other counties leaders. Speakers from Des Moines Denver and Kansas City discussed survival prep. Seated leaders named for six sections with chief deputy and recorder listed.
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Anamosa Workshop
Country Club
Jones County
Ada House
Monticello
Anamosa
Ben Fowler
Des Moines
Roscoe Whitlatch
Civil Defense and Welfare Services
Harlan Keller
Whitlatch
Stocking
Denver
Dunn
Kansas City
Buster Davenport
Paul Bender
Ervin Plueger
Scotch Grove
Evelyn Jones
Stelle Crain
Olin
Connie Bjork
Martello
Bob Alden
Wyoming
Lee Crain
Mildred Pazour
Cyril F. Engler
Stone City
Charles Stubbe
Ray Naylor
Doris Puffett
Dick Moore
Ardis Hager
Nellie Rummell
Rex Schrader
Francis Bone
Pigs and Calves Scramble Highlights Great Jones Fair
The Wednesday grandstand show features a 4-H and FFA calf scramble with twelve competitors chasing six Angus calves. Winners share cash prizes of 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, and 5 dollars. A second event sends twenty one youths to chase nine greased gilts weighing about 75 pounds, with the catchers keeping their pig for next year’s project. Donations come from local clubs businesses and farm groups across Jones county.
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Jones County Fair
FFA
Clarence Eberhart
Monticello
Jones County
Russell Eldred
Anamosa
Jones
Olin Boy Killed In Ohio Accident
John Benischek a 12 year old from rural Olin was fatally injured in a two car crash near London Ohio His father Grover 35 was listed in critical condition at Mount Carmel Hospital Columbus and mother Irene 42 in poor condition The Benischek family collided with a North Carolina family of five in the other car
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John Benischek
Olin
London
Ohio
Grover
Mount Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Irene
Beniscieks
North Carolina
Permits Issued to Build Two Monticello Homes
July permits authorize two Monticello homes totaling 29000 dollars. Sid Blair gets 14000 for 608 West Street and James Adams Jr. 15000 for 637 West Street. Other approvals include garages, reroofing, and driveway repairs across several local addresses.
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Monticello
Sid Blair
N. Sycamore
Sth Street
W.rth Street
James Adams Jr
L. J. Schlemme
East Cherry
Hearn Oil and Tire
North Cedar
Cecil Goettsch
W. 1St
James Connolly
North Maple
Orlando Null
S. Maple
Loren Bobst
East Oak
Floyd Kephart
North Sycamore
Frank Straub
Chestnut
School staff list details for Taylor town elementary
The document lists new teachers for Taylor town elementary with principals and supervisors. It names Kindergarten through sixth grade teachers, rural elementary staff across Castle Grove, Lovell, Sand Springs, and Wayne, and notes Earle Dunlap as instructor for the veterans on the farm training program.
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Lucille Warner
Bertha Page
Veryl Purcell
Dorene Greenwood
Kay Nairn
Patricia Kaiser
Gladys Rickels
Emil Prull
Ruth Copley
Leona Gierhart
Florence Kenny
Selma Schlimmer
Castle Grove
Ida Cass
Velma Hollar
Cleo Lasche
Earle Dunlap
Farm Youths Exhibit at Fair in Jones County
Three seventy five 4 H and FFA members will exhibit at the Great Jones County fair August 22 to 26. Purebred swine cattle and poultry entries are listed with multiple breeds and show times. Cattle hogs and dairy cows will be judged and sold across several days with numerous breed classes and final auction Friday morning.
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Jones County
4-H
FFA
Dave Hammond
Poland
China
Yorkshire
Hampshire
Chester
Jersey
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Wayne
South Fork
Robert Spahr
Harold Schlimmer
Duane Martin Lovell
Glenn Goldsmith
John Cook
Damon Gray
Max Wismeier
Albert Siebels
Taum
Sand Springs
Hers
DeShaws
Catholic High
The
Caron Co
George Dircks
Howard Mack
Jerry Castonguay
Dircks Gas Service
Presbyterian Church
Henry Schone
Donald Lees
H. M. Jones
Baty
Hoffman Agency
Naylor Seed Co
Jones County Farm Bureau
Sy Bradley Locker
Farmers Creamery
Robert Livingstone Insurance
Eliza Shannon
Irene Brady
Lillian Weber
Frances Dehner
Bernice Meier
Mabel Kaufman
Hazel Reade
Irene Wittengle
Monticello, Iowa
Wilfred Wherry
Fred Beck
Clarence Herren
Ray Meier
Spike" Hanken
Harold Hodgdenglenn Thompson
Delbert Dresbackbill Walderbach
Parley Simmons
Fort
Onslow Olin
Amber
Jones County Farm Service
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