Great Jones County Fair Hosts 50 Plus Top Stars Over Years
The Monticello fair has become famous for shows featuring more than 50 big name entertainers from TV and film as well as vocalists comedians bands and dancers. Notables include Tommy Sands Dennis Day Anita Bryant Ray Eberle Brenda Lee Mortimer Snerd and the Glenn Miller orchestra among others.
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Jones County Fair
Monticello
Tommy Sands
Dennis Day
Anita Bryant
Ray Eberle
Brenda Lee
Mollee Bee
Neil Sadaka
Rusty Draper
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Mortimer Snerd
Herb Shriner
Charlie Weaver
Bud Abbott
Candy Candido
Rafe Davis
Smiley Burnette
Jerry van Dyke
Homer
Jethroe
Bob Crosby
Sammy Kaye
Frankie Masters
Ted Weems
Ray Anthony
Charles Spivak
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Tex Beneke
Peter Palmer
Skitch Henderson
Ralph Marterie
Delhi Silver Lake flower show slated for Sept 1 at church
Delhi Silver Lake Garden club schedules its third flower show at the Delhi Methodist church parlors on Tuesday September 1 open to the public from 2 to 3 pm. Rules require exhibitor grown specimens and entries by 10:30 am with a tea and bake sale to accompany. Contacts: Mrs Kenneth Bacon and Mrs A A Schmidt. Also notes visits and gatherings with local residents and guests.
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Delhi
Kenneth Bacon
A. A. Schmidt
Local Social Roundup of Visits and Trips
Cass and Aschbrenner family members returned from a ten day Canada trip visiting Gullrock camp resort and Lake George relatives. Rosann Albany and Linda McDonald visited Mrs Theresa Albany in Hopkinton with Linda extending her stay. Guests at the Stolls included Mark Meyer and family from Dubuque with a Dubuque picnic. Various neighbors hosted gatherings, drives to Cedar Rapids, and family weekend time in Anamosa and Waverly with several Shriners activities noted.
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Cass
Clarence Aschbrenner
David
Claudia
Canada
Aschbrenners
Gullrock Camp
Lake George
Minn
Terry Fairbanks
Rosann Albany
Linda McDonald
Theresa Albany
Hopkinton
Rosann
Linda
Andy Stoll
Mark Meyer
Dubuque
Judy
Richard
Stoll
Mary Ann
Mark Jr
Cascade
Dale Gilmore
John Albany
Gregory Carl
Melvin Carl
Jay Fairbanks
Cedar Rapids
Carl
Fairbanks
Kristy
Kathy Wink
Willis Fairbanks
Charles Fairbanks
Anamosa
Carl Poppe
Luann
Social notes from Estherville and area events
Mr and Mrs Harold Reedy of Longwood Florida visited relatives in the area while staying with Mr and Mrs Bruce Swinburne in Estherville. Other items include Farm Cooperative picnic honors winners Ralph Knipper Kenneth Bacon Ed Hawker and Bill Gibbs and a bridal shower for Dana Schmidt. St Joseph parish Prairieburg to hold chicken and ham supper and bazaar on Sept 6.
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Harold Reedy
Longwood
Fla
Reedy
Wanda Gaddie
Bruce Swinburne
Estherville
Robert Gaddie
Junior Beltz
Leonard Stadel
Glen Shaw, Jr
Elizabeth
Pete Connolly
Mississippi
Carlton
Clifton Fleming
Farmer's Silver Spring Cooperative
Ralph Knipper
Kenneth Bacon
Ed Hawker
Bill Gibbs
Popcorn Pepper
Wilmer Schmidt
St. Joseph's Parish
Prairieburg
Louis Trail
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George Rieniets
Express
Thresher
Lynn Roller
Sara Rieniets
Merle Chapman
Fritz Marrugg
George A. Rickels
Chris Arnold
Donald Rieniets
Woods Bros. Thresher
Curtis Chapman
Rieniers
Jones County
Hugh Tranter
Guttenberg
Fish and Wildlife Department
U. S. Department of the Interior
Tainter
Dick Kettelson
Carl Wolfe
Silver Lake Club
Montana
Bill Oehler
Herman Harbach
Bill Jones
Pendray
Mont
Walter Bowman
Great Falls
Tommy Oehler
Jones Ranch
B.J. Posegate
Doris Madson
Val Newhouse
Ames
Don Preussner
Eddie Dean
Jimmy Wakely
Pee Wee King
Tex Ritter
Marty Robbins
Johnny Horton
David Nelson
Preston Foster
Waterfront
Allen Case
the Deputy
Bob Barker
Ben Alexander
Dragnet
Jack Narz
Top Dollar
Mark Wilson
Nani Darnell
Alakazam
Four Aces
Chordettes
The
Chipmunks
Osmund Brothers
Four Preps
Peg Leg Bates
June Taylor
Miriam Sage
Thore Langland
Larry Mathews
Eldora
L. A. Schmidt
A. Schmidt
Annie Reid
Alice Smith Davis
Kenosha
Wis
Don Hucker
Olie Cramer
Hazel Koppele
Ronald Stahlberg
Waverly
Edward Husmann
Mary Ellen
Frank Flaherty
Cathrine
Gene
Eva Flaherty
Don Stadtmueller
JoAnn Kremer
Prairiemoon
Jones
Monticello Bank
John Becker
Eldon Beyer
Harry Michael
Duane Heiserman
Memorial Hall
Dana Schmidt
Larry Kelly
D,v,v, Club
Prairieburg Church
Balster's Impl. & Parts Co
Hopkins
Balster’s Stores
Scotch Grove
Iowa
Balster’s
Bud
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