Monticello Street Work Underway Amid Weather Delays
The Willman Co started work on First Street with storm sewer installation underway by Wednesday and curbs and gutters planned around the schoolhouse. Crews expect to pour concrete by Friday if weather holds, while Hargrave Construction has not yet moved in. Plans target Elm to Sycamore on Grand and First to Washington on Maple with early September completion unlikely.
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Monticello
Willman Co
First Street
Hargrave
Elm
Grand Streets
Culver
Willman
Sycamore
Grand Street
First
Washington
Maple
Hargrave Culver
Hargrave Construction Co
Rural Schools Set to Open Across Jones County Districts
Jones County rural schools will open between August 27 and September 3 with local boards assigning exact dates. A 46 attendee pre-school teacher meeting at Anamosa Courthouse covered repairs and remodeling. Improvements include Midlandnewwell water system indoor toilets and various upgrades in Wayne, Castle Grove, Cass, Lovell, Antioch, Pleasant Hill, and others.
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Jones County
Joseph A. Beave
Anamosa
Midland
Wayne No
Castle Grove
Antioch
Lovell Ng
Cass No
Pleasant Hill
Clay Township
Sacred Heart School Sets 237 Enrollment For 1951-52 Year
Registration at Sacred Heart School last Friday outlines an total enrollment of 237 pupils for 1951-52 with 187 in grades and 50 in high school. The staff includes Rev. E P Lorenz as superintendent and religion instructor, Sisters M Pet ronilla, M Sylvester, M Constance, M Bernadetta, M Clarita, M Edgar, M Marcelinda, M Donata. music directed by M Margaret Ann. Robert Mullen to coach. classes begin September 4.
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Sacred Heart School
Sisters of St. Francis
E. P. Lorenz
M.petronilla
M. Sylvester
M. Constance
M. Bernadetta
M. Clarita
M. Edgar
M. Marcelinda
M. Donata
M. Margaret Ann
M. Lucille
Melrose Park
M. Hermina
Visitation School
Staceyville
Robert Mullen
George Secor Case To District Court
George Secor and Amber charged with bootlegging after a raid on the tavern last July 21. The case moves from the justice court of George Lawrence in Anamosa after three postponements to the district court for trial.
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George Secor
Amber
George Lawrence
Anamosa
Cars collide near Monticello. two drivers unharmed
At 11 p.m. Tuesday August 21 a southbound collision on highway 151 involved Donald Schrader of Scotch Grove and Louis R. Wilson of Hopkinton. No injuries or charges were reported and damage was minor. Dr Charles Collier of Clarinda, 90, continues osteopathic practice after 53 years despite blindness since age 28.
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Donald Schrader
Scotch Grove
Louis R. Wilson
Hopkinton
Monticello
Highway 151
Charles Collier
Clarinda
Collier
Recker Granted Two New Patents
Florian Recker of Hopkinton received two U S patents. One covers a vehicle body with a rollover endgate that deflects loads into beaters, shown after the wagon box is loaded, and demonstrated at the 1948 Jones County Fair. The second patent covers a two way speed reducing unit for power to grain elevators and conveyors.
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Florian Recker
Hopkinton
U.S
Patent Office
Jones County Fair
Reckett
Recker
Monti Swimmers Fall to Cedar Rapids Country Club in Dual
Monti club faced Cedar Rapids in a dual meet at Cedar Rapids Sunday. Final score 42 to 18. Maynard Lang led Monticello with three firsts while Tom Rhatigan tied Lang in Men’s diving and Judy Sutherland also won a first.
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Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Maynard Lang
Neil Broghammer
Halpin
Lee Rickels
Lang
Tan Rhatigun
Timeep
Thirteen Foot Sunflower Attracts County Fair Attention
A 13 foot sunflower grows at the Cass home near Cedar Rapids attracting notice. They fertilized with phosphate fertilizer they sell and plan to display the plant at the Jones County Fair along with the fertilizer display. Also two justice court cases report intoxication fine and speeding fine by Officer Don Howard.
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Cedar Rapids
M. J. Cass
Cass
Jones County
J. P
Office of the Justice of the Peace
Jake Meyer
Monticello
Robert Biederman
Don Howard
Howie Im plement Store Motorcycle Accident
Tuesday morning at the Howie Implement Store owner Jim Day was warming up a motorcycle inside the shop when the clutch slipped and the bike rolled out the door onto the street. The motorcycle overturned, Jim slid along the pavement, but little damage occurred to either. He remained astonished at guiding the bike through the doorway.
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Howie Implement
Jim
Astraddie
Crippled Children's Clinic Set for Anamosa Run
Jones County Health Nurse announces Crippled Children's Clinic will be at Anamosa Court House on Tuesday August 28 from 8:00 AM until all cases are examined. Diabetic and cerebral palsy patients must first appear. 21 and under may seek diagnosis with referral from family doctor.Clinic serves Jones Jackson Delaware counties.
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Jones County
Marion Serbousek
Anamosa Court House
Jones
Jackson
Delaware
University Hospital
Iowa City
Crippled Children Society
Monticello Express Offers Four Premiums At Fair
Monticello Express promotes four new premiums for fair week with three year renewals or new subscriptions. Choices include personalized name plates, Hammond's New Era World Atlas, The Modern Book of Garden Magic, and The Modern Family Cook Book. Free gifts for display visitors and book delivery within two weeks for fair subscribers if stock runs out.
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Monticello Express
Hammond
End Over End Auto Crash Injures Leo Lux
Leo Lux of Cascade is hospitalized at John McDonald hospital Monticello after a Saturday night auto crash 30 miles north of Wagon Wheel Inn. His car left the road, overturned in a ditch, Leo was thrown clear, walked to a farmhouse for help, and the vehicle was declared a total loss by Hollywood Motors. His brother Bill, driving a separate car, says he was not exceeding 65 miles per hour.
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Leo Lux
Cascade
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Wagon Wheel Inn
Leo
Hollywood Motors
Bill
Driver Swerve Causes Ditch Avoidance on Highway
Leo, an employee at Harry Draboff Lim Works in Cascade, swerved to avoid a collision and hit the ditch. His condition is listed as good, with shock and a probable back injury. President Grove Cleveland initially asserted the mails must go through.
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Leo
Harry Draboff
Lim’ Works of
Cascade
Grove Cleveland
Hosiery Styles And Socks Advertised In Store Catalog
A compact listing of stockings and socks including Misses anklets at 49 cents and 29 cents for various styles. Also notes boys socks, turtle neck anklets at 39 and 29 cents and filler paper 8x10 with two holes.
Speeding Incident Report with Names Mentioned
Brief note reports Frank Biederman and Rapids Mwass arrested last weekend for speeding. An Esek speedsteg by Office the is noted in the fragmentary text.
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Frank Biederman
Ceday
Rapids Mwass
Esek
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Hargrave Cleaners
Poplar Heights
Ars
Carl Winkler
Aanticolld
Lowe
Jones County Rural Schools Remodeled
Sacred Heart
C.R
Monti
Maynard Lange
Tom Rhatigan
Te Yuill
John Palmer
Palmer
Robert Wright
Ann Boynton
Janet Tuetken
Monticelo
Boynton
Judy Sutherland
Sutherland
Kay Culver
Anne Hesse
Hesse
Mary Lou Broghammer
Browhadimer
Rhatigan
Merle Cass
First Avenue
Keesge
Iowa
Jim Howie
Crippled Children’s Clinic
Lux, Cascade
Hawkkeye Downs
Iappy
Ipana
Toni Kits
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