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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1963
Page
4
The Monticello municipal swimming pool is closed earlier than planned because of cool weather. Manager Wally Sunder said the pool shut after the water show on Tuesday night, cutting short the Sept. 1 closing date.
Monticello defeated Anamosa 12 11 in a Tuesday afternoon Babe Ruth at the Great Jones county fair. Bob Adamson homered for the winners as Monticello Cubs later lost 3-2 in ten innings to Ryan. Hopkinton edged Cascade 7-2 and Lowden crushed Pleasant Grove 4-0.
Olin Consolidated school district sees two candidates John Hanna and incumbent Leo Weseman file for three year director terms in the September 9 election. incumbent treasurer Mable Ramsey seeks a two year term. Voting runs noon to 7 pm at the Olin town library with filing due by noon August 30. Current board members include W F Robertson Marvin Lacock Willard McCormick Leo Weseman and Dean Henderson who will not seek re election.
James Kotilinek and wife celebrate 55th wedding anniversary on Aug 19 with a family dinner at the Hansen cabin along the Wapsie river. Attendees hail from Lowden Cedar Rapids Wilton Jct Oxford Jct and other nearby towns.
A dispute between carnival workers at the Great Jones County Fair led to a shooting Friday night. A warrant is out for James C. Webster of Anderson Indiana after he allegedly shot Jack Mason in the left leg with a 25 caliber automatic pistol. Mason was struck beneath the skin around 10:30 p.m. behind the beer tent near the workers trailers on the fairgrounds.
David Sable of St. Paul a carnival worker at the Great Jones County Fair was given 30 days in jail for contributing to a minor's delinquency with the sentence suspended on the condition he leave the county within 12 hours He pleaded guilty the case stemmed from alleged mistreatment of a teenage Jones County girl and was reduced from lascivious acts with a child by Jones County Attorney Rex Schrader The hearing was before Justice of the Peace C F Shimanek.
Monticello Panthers begin full-scale practice with 27 varsity candidates to replace 12 graduates and an injured veteran. Dean Nelson notes backfield coming along, competition at quarterback between Jerry Long and Dave Specht, and shifting lines to build a strong O line. The season opener is Sept. 13 against Maquoketa Valley with a schedule featuring Marion, Anamosa, Tipton, and Manchester among others. Nelson predicts Manchester and Independence to be the teams to beat and says every WaMac team will be aiming for Monticello.
The Jones county board of supervisors approved the bond for Ralph Albaugh who will become sheriff Sept 1. They also named deputy sheriffs to serve without compensation: Paul Welter Stone City Rolland Brown Ralph Beardsley and Donald Turner Anamosa on Albaughs recommendation.
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