Great Jones County Fair Opens With Variety For Five Days
The 114th Great Jones County Fair in Monticello runs five days starting Tuesday August 23 featuring 4 H and FFA shows Fat Steer contest and car drawings with a 1966 Chrysler Newport among prizes Races bingo dances and the Fender men headline with acts by Jim Backus The Buffalo Bills and Ferlin Husky appear across the schedule with color shows and concerts daily including a large stock car race Saturday and free admission for under 14-year-olds.
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Monticello
Iowa
Fendermen
Births and Adoptions and Marriage Licenses in Jones County
Birth notices list several newborns from Cascade Monticello Anamosa Morley and surrounding areas with Aug dates and parent details. An adoption near Monticello adds Heidi Louise born June 30 to Richard and Linda Zellmer with siblings listed. Marriage licenses issued by Jones county clerk show Hugh Lamont and Kathryn Towne as applicants. New cars and trucks registered with Jones county treasurer include entries for Glen Thompson Anamosa a Rambler and others with Mercurys Chevrolets and Onslow listings.
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Monticello
Richard Zellmer
Heidi Louise
Mark
Joel
Kristin
Jones County
Hugh Gerald Lamont
Mechanicsville
Kathryn Jean Towne
Anamosa
Glen Thompson
Rambler
Victor
Velma Kleineck
Onslow
Ford Truck
William D. Rosencrans
Mercury
Eye Chevrolet
Great Jones County Fair opens at Monticello grounds
Monticello fair grounds host the 114th Great Jones County Fair with Ron Wright of the park board reflecting on the season. He recalls last year’s event under the shade trees and muses on what the fair holds this week.
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Monticello Park
Trio ordered to pay for damage to mail boxes
Three Anamosa residents were ordered to pay for mailbox damage in Jones and Cedar counties. Joe Lewis, 21, Gary Bohlken, 18, and Larry Hilgendager, 19, damaged boxes owned by Max Reckling Randy Sauer and Grover Benischek on a rural Olin route while en route to work for Anamosa Concrete. Each paid 15 dollars toward new boxes and similar restitution was required in Cedar county. The act occurred about three weeks earlier near Clarence.
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Anamosa
Jones
Cedar Counties
Joe Lewis
Gary Bohlken
Larry Hilgendager
Max Reckling
Randy Sauer
Grover Benischek
Olin
Cedar County
Anamosa Concrete Products Co
Clarence
Monticello County Fair Days Sponsored by GMC
GMC sponsors County Fair Days as Monticello merchants observe the event from today through Saturday. Participating stores offer color television promotions and various discounts including purchases at Pam's Style Shop Mode On Day Monti TV Edwards Dept store Coast-to-Coast Hargrave Furniture McNeill Hardware Monty Surplus with price thresholds and package deals.
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Monticello
Pam's Style Shop
Stuhlers
Mode
Monti TV
Edwards Dept
Hargrave Furniture
McNeill Hardware
Monty Surplus
Great Jones County Fair prompts Monictello stores to close
Most Monticello retail stores will close at noon next Wednesday through Saturday for the Great Jones County Fair. GMC officials urge shoppers to plan around the altered hours next week.
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Monticello
Jones County
GMC
Great Jones County Fair kicks off August 23 in Monticello
The 114th Great Jones County Fair runs from Tuesday August 23 to Saturday August 27. Special Days committee of the Greater Monticello Committee sponsors the event. Stores including Bud's Super Valu Long Drug will award season tickets to attendees.
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Greater Monticello
Bud’s Super Valu
Long Drug
One Charge Filed Against Robert Timmons in Auto Accident Case
A single charge of failure to yield half the roadway is filed in Howard Mackey's court at Olin against Robert Timmons of Olin. The Aug 5 car truck collision three miles west of Oxford Jet prompted the case. A second charge of driving with an expired license was not filed after officials learned his license was updated.
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Robert Timmons
Olin
Howard Mackey
Oxford Jet
Timmons
Jones County
World’s Largest Fat Steer to Go on Display
One of the world’s largest steers, weighing about 3000 pounds, will be shown near the Fat Steer pens on Wednesday Thursday and Friday. A special viewing pen will be built for spectators. The steer is owned by Spike and Harry Nelson of Mediapolis.
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Larry Robinson
Spike and
Harry Nelson
Mediapolis
Monticello Jaycees Win Two National Awards
Jaycee president Don Kaiser announces Monticello Jaycees received two national honors from the United States Jaycees. They earned the Community Development award and the Jaycee Chapter Management and Leadership Training award.
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Jaycee
Don Kaiser
Monticello
Fragmentary OCR Line With Lettered Grid Mentions
A garbled OCR fragment lists scattered lettered grid references and coded terms such as B-6 B-5 C-8 and A-12. The text includes repeated sequences like B-13 and A-13 with minor mentions of Vela and Bell without coherent context or complete names or events.
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Leon and
Luba
Jones County Fairgrounds
John McDonald Hospital
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Cascade
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Lawrence Koppes
Dyersville
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