Maquoketa Valley Hires Eleven New Teachers
Maquoketa Valley school district adds eleven teachers for the 1963 64 year to prepare the opening August 26. New staff cover English German home economics junior high sixth grade first grade remedial reading and counseling with hires from Earlville Delhi Dubuque Storm Lake and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa Valley
Carl J. Robinson
M-V
Jim Laxson
L. A. Schmidt
Shirley Thompson
Fred Eyres
Charles Lundquist
Arnold Klink
Larry Schwitters
Beatrice Herington
Marvin Wendt
Mary Jane McDonald
Wilma Bort
Laxson
Earlville
State College of Iowa
Schmidt
Delhi
Coe College
Miss Thompson
Dubuque
Webster City
Eyres
Lansing
State University of Iowa
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Lundquist
Aurelia
Klink
Monmouth
Stanford University
California
Schwitters
Herington
Hopkinton
Wendt
Buck Creek
Paul Green
Miss McDonald
William Gearhart
Sheldon Davis
John Fay
Ben Turner
Albert McVay
Green
Dexter Krueger
Harold Taylor
Jennie Winch
Mary McElmeel
Harry Diercks
Lowell Sackett
Irvin Benter
Don Hucker
Leonard Gibbs
Paul Schmidt
Elmer Ortberg
Anit
Lloyd Adams
Bort
Duane Chamberlain
Dorothy Barclay
Glen Courtney
Henry Rath
Leroy Frericks
Pete Richards
Richard Sutton
R. M. Elvidge
Paul Grimm
Reading
William Brown
Melvin Weber
Kurt
James Klein
Independence
Loras College
Mary Thomas
O.F.S
Mary Alician
E. P. Lorenz
John Ptacek
William Arquitt
Mary Hyacinth
Marilyn
Bob Mullen
Mary Cabrina
Mary Lyle
O.F
Steve Miehe Crowned Top Showman at Great Jones County Fair
Steve Miehe of Monticello was named champion showman in the purebred swine show at the Great Jones County Fair. Ten 4-H and FFA members exhibited, with winners listed by breed including Spotted Poland and Duroc. Blue and red ribbons were awarded in the boys garden 4-H division to several contestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Miehe
Monticello
Jones County Fair
FFA
Poland
Roger Hall
Warren Hall
Gary Toenjes
Anamosa
Stan Burrichter
Yorkshire
Jim Lux
China
Bill Weseman
Olin
Leo Tjaden
Hampshire
Thomas Nehl
Russell Brown
Stephen Miehe
No Services Sunday At E and R Church
The Evangelical and Reformed church in Monticello will not hold worship on Sunday August 25. Rev. John Siegle announces regular services resume Sunday September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E & R Church
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Monticello
John Siegle
Sacred Heart welcomes four new faculty members this year
Four new Sacred Heart faculty join the staff for the year, including two lay teachers. Mrs. Paul Kurt of Monticello is among the incoming staff, expanding the school’s teaching lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart
Paul Kurt
Monticello
Dairy Show Entries from Monticello Area
Dairy show listings feature participants across Monticello and surrounding towns. Names include Clement Lawrence Coggan Kevin Miller Nancy Steffens Barbara Specht and many others in Holstein Yearling and two year old categories with breeders from Monticello Scotch Grove Anamosa Hopkinton and Center Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement Lawrence
Coggan
Kevin Miller
Monticello
Billy Heiken
Scotch Grove
Phillip Specht
Nancy Steffens
Claret Lawrence
Alan Henderson
Gary Henderson
Ralph Oltman
Anamosa
Don Eilers
Steven Eilers
Byron Freese
Gerald Freese
Mark Siebels
Steven Siebels
Richard Wahl
Michael Lux
Center Jet
Bruce Steffens
Joel Steffens
Clarence
George Arduser
Paul Beckman
David Hardersen
Holstein
Jim Bone
Nancy Slater
Scott Slater
Olin
Mike Holub
Gary Janssen
Ron Kehoe
Pat Supple
Hopkinton
Bill Rieken
Robert Lawrence
Red Russell Brown
Steven Glenn
Center Jct
Merle Towne
Scotty Shover
Tom Rieken
Barbara
Nancy
David Fleming
John Holub
John Holst Wins Top Honors in Market Lamb Show
John Holst of Center Jct won the market lamb show at the Great Jones County Fair taking champion individual and champion pen of three. Reserve honors went to Mark Hartwig of Hale and Gary Holst of Center Jct. Hartwig also earned outstanding lamb showman. Numerous 4 H participants from Anamosa Hale Wyoming Onslow Monticello Mechanicsville and Martelle received blue and red ribbons for individuals and pens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Holst
Jones County Fair
Mark Hartwig
Hale
Gary Holst
Hartwig
Gary Henderson
Anamosa
Robert Hall
John Alden
Montcello
Larry Fishwild
Wyoming
Richard Huston
Henry Tasker
Hugh Tasker
John Scheer
Martelle
Ken Fishwild
Four Accidents Reported in Jones County Weekend
Four accidents occurred in Jones County over the weekend with one injury. Delbert Loop of Monticello escaped harm when his car left a curve on highway 151 and struck junked vehicles and a guide wire. Loop and a passenger were uninjured. A second crash on highway 38 near Scotch Grove involved Roger Raftis, 22, and Ronald Wright, 15, with no further injuries noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Delbert Loop
Monticello
Highway 151
Loop
Roger Raftis
Ronald Wright
Scotch Grove
Wright
Raftis
Marton
Lawrence M. Gollaher
Stone City
Viola
Anamosa
John Patnode
Dan Messerli
Gollaher
Park S. Hallenbeck
Manteon
Beecher Combs
Dayton
Ohio
Hallenbeck
Justice Court
Paul Reitz
Wyoming
Dry Ice to Fix Chlorine Leak at Monticello Pool
A chlorine gas leak at Monticello municipal pool prompted evacuation of nearby homes after a standby cylinder failed. Fire officials packed the cylinder in four hundred pounds of dry ice to liquefy the gas and stop the leak, assisted by Davenport chemical company reps. no ill effects occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Vanourny
Gilbert Hearn
Davenport
Vanourny Addition
Lewis Dreibelbis
Cedar Rapids
Hearn
Don Schlimmer
The
Chemical Company
Water Tower Delays Monticello Project Tests Pending Engineer Report
Monticello engineers halted the $86,000 water tower project after hitting soft mud while digging pilings. City engineer Paul McMahan will run three four day tests to assess foundation needs, delaying completion from the May start aiming for Oct. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Paul McMahan
McMahan
Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel Co
Six New Cases In Jones County District Court
Six new suits were filed this week in Jones County district court with hearings in five other cases. Sunny Valley Creamery Co. seeks 254.50 against Wayne Dolan for merchandise dated November 20, 1961. Iowa Radio Supply Co. seeks 59.78 from Delbert E. Mayberry for merchandise delivered Sept. 1960 to Oct. 1960. Ted V. Ruffin sues Onias Shifflett for 73 for services July 23, 1963. Allan Rushford seeks 197 from Gerald and Mrs. Chapman for 600 bales of hay and baling services April to June 1960. Selma Johnston seeks a divorce from Howard Johnston with custody, alimony, support, and a writ of temporary injunction granted. James V. Riley charged with escape from Town City hospital. bond set at 1,000. Other figures include Slauson fined 300 for OWI. Ward and Warthen judgments issued. Hanssen damages denied. Ruth Ann Lightfoot granted a divorce with property awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County District Court
Sunny Valley Creamery Co
Manitowoc
Wis
Wayne Dolan
Anamosa
Iowa Radio Supply Co
Cedar Rapids
Delbert E. Mayberry
Del's TV
Wyoming
Ted
Ruffin
Onias Shifflett
Martelle
Allan Rushford
Gerald Chapman
Rushford
Selma Johnston
Howard Johnston
James V. Riley
State University Hospitals
Town City
Charles James Slauson
Anamosa Feed Mill
Wray Warthen
Security Thrift & Acceptance Corp
Leonard Ward
Henry Hanssen
Scotch Grove
LaVern Behrends
Robert
Monticello
Hanssen
Ruth Ann Lightfoot
Herman H. Lightfoot
Onslow
Lightfoot
Mary Ann Holub Leads Rabbit and Poultry Champions at Fair
Mary Ann Holub of Monticello won the rabbit division and Paul Wilcox also showed a poultry champion at the Great Jones county Fair. Reserve honors went to Jean Keating and Ruth Ortgies, with blue and red ribbons awarded to multiple 4-H participants including geese and ducks. The Rev. David Walker will speak at First Presbyterian Church services in Monticello on August 25 at 8 and 10:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Holub
Monticello
Jones County Fair
Jean Keating
Paul Wilcox
Ruth Ortgies
Anamosa
Latha Zumbach
Coggan
Julie Ortgies
Susan Brown
Deloris T
David Walker
Chicago, Ill
First Presbyterian Church, Monticello
Lux
Hopkinton
A. P. Lambert
Jones County
Rose Marie Rienfets
Ted Rienfets
Bainbridge
Minnie Johanna Behrends obituary monticello area
Minnie Johanna Behrends died August 16 after a five week illness at John McDonald hospital. Funeral services were held at St. John’s Lutheran Church with burial at St. John’s Cemetery. Born August 13 1887 in Germany she came to the United States at age 15. She married Theodore Behrends July 11 1907 and lived on a farm in the Onslow Scotch Grove area. Survivors include her children Louis Amber Velma Anna and Henry Behrends and five sisters and one brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Johanna Behrends
Monticello
Theodore
Minnie) Behrends
John McDonald Hospital
St. John’s Lutheran Church
C. C. Gutekunst
St. John’s Cemetery
Germany
Gerhard
Mary Buscher Cassens
U.S
Theodore Behrends
Onslow
Scotch Grove
Behrends
Cedar Rapids
Louis B
Amber
Vincent
Velma) Simmons
Raymond
Anna M.) Schoon
Henry W. Behrends
Margaret Lurkens
Owatonna
Minn
Anna Petersen
William
Lena
Henry Cassens
Long Beach
Calif
Donald
Monticello Area Obituaries And Local Highlights
In Monticello and nearby towns a series of local notices honors new sisters and community events. Dorothy Schwendinger becomes Sister Mary Louise at Mt. St. Francis in Dubuque. Monticello post office expands window service. John Edward Buresh dies in Marion, with services at Oxford Jct. Meth Church. Also noted are wild catfish catches, surplus food distribution, farm and fair updates, and various retirements and business changes in the Jones County area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Schwendinger
Louis Schwendinger
Monticello
Sisters of St. Francis
Mt. St. Francis
Dubuque
Mary Louise
Paul Bender
John Payne
Vernon Payne
Maquoketa River
John E. Buresh
Oxford Jct
John Edward Buresh
Milwaukee
Marion
Methodist Church
Oxford
Buresh
Milwaukee Railroad
Millie
Helen Buresh
Mary Mizaur
Tillie Buresh
Cedar Rapids
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Leonard Larson
Dave Etienne
William Huckstadt
Carl Burbridge
James McLaughlin
Clifford Svoboda
Stanley Marlow
Don Malven
Harold Tenhoff
D. W. Kaiser
Deann Renee
Mercy Hospital
C. F. Shimanek
Larry Husman
John F. Lieneman
Bernice Elizabeth Eichhorn
Phyllis Mae Trammel
Waukon
Robert J. O'Hearn
Merlin E
Donald Leslie Gray
Legal
Marietta
James R
Janice A. Mitchell
Plymouth
Mildred H. Smouse
Morely
Ford
Max E
Catherine F. Seeley
Walter M. Randall
Ford Truck
Herbert C. Husman
Edwin E. Topping
Pontiac
Robert D. Simkins
Cascade
Chrysler
Dale L. Draper
Chevrolet
United Haglie
Tom Aller
Martello
Terry Keating
Danny Lux
Center Iet
David Merrill
Harry Boots
Terry Lux
Stuart Gerdes
Paul Specht
Tom Hanna
Sycamore
Third Streets
Ervin F. Wenger
Gerald Lange
John Martinson
Wenger
Third
Lange
Les
Jilda Richardson
Greenville, Pa
Emma Schuss
Dundas, Minn
Elbert G. Heiserman
Coxsee, Coxsee and Heiserman
Nick Kleitsch
Schoon
W. G. Schoon
Schodde
C. S. Bidwell
Maquoketa
Tony Eilers
Minnesota
John Carmichael
Hubbard Furniture
George Stuhler
Roddy
Scotty Emerson