Great Jones County Fair Opens With 107th Run
Editorial notes the Great Jones County Fair begins Tuesday and will draw over 100000 visitors for five days and nights. It praises the 17 part time fair board members who run the event and quotes promotional lines about the fair’s scale and attractions including free seats and parking, a Fat Steer show, and a legendary midway set in a tree shaded park.
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Jones County
Iowa
Mid-West
Harry Stahler
Ross Baty
Claude Appleby
Jim Maurice
C. J. Matthiessen
M. T. Stott
Cecil Goettsch
Ed Helgens
John Shover
Mike Paul
Sen
Russ Eldred
al McNeill
Bob Livingstone
Bill Reade
Tom Eden
Casey’” Jones
Clarence Shaffer
Monticello
Greater Monticello
Elton ‘Shorty’ Copley
Midwest
Monticello News Briefs Highlight Local Sports and Events
Recap of Aug 17 1950 race injuries at Farley track and Monticello bus route addition for new school year. Kahoka dominates Jones County Fair trotting heats. Legion colors presented at city park before Monticello band concert. Nearby engagements and weddings noted including Irma Bohken and Donald Skelley. Drivers training debut at Monticello school. Aug 16 1945 snippets mention postwar updates and visiting relatives. Monticello per capita bank deposits reach 1104, surpassing Davenport on a per person basis.
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Roy Davis
Farley Race Track
Monticello
Kahoka
Tom Eden
Jones County Fair
American Legion Auxiliary
Arthur P. O’rourke
Irma Jean Bohken
T. R. Bohtkens
Scotch Grove
Donald Skelley
Sumner
Lynn Clark
Monticello School
Paul S. Knipe
Oak Drive club hosts slides and a political candidates quiz
Mrs. Vernon Lange welcomed the Oak Drive Community club with Mrs. R. A. Naylor as guest sharing slides of vacations in old Mexico. Mrs. L. J. Schlemme led the meeting and recreation was supervised by Mrs. Raymond Eby. An election themed contest tested members on identifying candidates and family photos. Edna Ladehoff and Sandy Heiken won prizes, while Louie Hanken claimed the guessing box. Bob Norris returns from Wisconsin and plans to start his third year at the University of Iowa.
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Vernon Lange
Oak Drive
R. A. Naylor
Old Mexico
L. J. Schlemme
Raymond Eby
Edna Ladehoff
Sandy Heiken
Louie Hanken
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