Pork Lif Coverage Draws Wide Press In Monticello
Monticello hosts a major pork lift event with nearly a dozen photographers and reporters from Life magazine Time Life Ann Denny WMT-TV KCRG TV Cedar Rapids Gazette Telegraph-Herald Iowa Farm Bureau Monticello Express covering the scene.
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Monticello
A. Y. Owen
Oklahoma City
Okla
Life Magazine
Chicago
Ann Denny
Del
Blumenshine
Wmt-Tv
Cedar Rapids
Loraine Ward
Kcrgtv
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Dick Cheverton
WMT Radio
Park
The
Monticello Express
Johnny Jones
Fred Tunks
Alex Nagy
Gwen Kuntz
Lone Scott
Monticello Births Reported at Local Hospital
One birth was reported by John McDonald hospital Wednesday morning. Mr and Mrs Claude Husmann of Anamosa became the parents of a daughter on Nov 27.
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John McDonald Hospital
Claude Husmann
Anamosa
Merfeld Family Announces New Baby Boy Arrival
Mr and Mrs Albert Merfeld announce the birth of a baby boy Timothy James on November 29. The Merfelds also have a daughter Linda Marie, four years old.
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Albert Merfeld
Timothy James
Merfelds
Linda Marie
Fined in Police Court for Minor Violations
Oscar Ambuehl paid $10 and costs for disturbing the peace Dale Everett Yousse paid $10 and costs for truck speeding Peter Nieman Meyer of Martelle paid $2 and costs for a stop sign violation John Schmidt paid $1 and costs for improper parking.
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Oscar Ambuehl
Dale Everett Yousse
Peter Nieman Meyer
Martelle
John Schmidt
William Stuhler Funeral Held
Funeral services were held in New York City on Friday for William Ray mond Stuhler who died November 23 after a long illness. A memorial service followed in Princeton, New Jersey, with burial there. Surviving are his wife Antoinette Bardwell Stuhler and two children Mont and Ann. brothers Harry and Russell G. also listed. Born January 11, 1900 in Monticello, he was educated at Monticello schools Phillips Exeter and Princeton. He worked for Harvey S. Firestone and later in television and radio advertising in New York.
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New York City
Princeton
N. J
William Raymond Stuhler
New York
Mr. Stuhler
William
Lucy Schodde Stuhler
Monticello
Phillips Exeter Academy
Princeton University
Harvey S. Firestone
Antoinette Bardwell
Minneapolis
Mont
Ann
Harry
Russell G
Homemaker of Tomorrow Exam Date Set for Monticello Seniors
Senior girls from Monticello public and Sacred Heart high schools enrolled in the Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow will take their aptitude for homemaking tests on December 6.
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Monticello
Sacred Heart
Betty Crocker
Monticello Man Guilty of OMVI
Charles F. Lambert of Monticello was convicted by a jury of a second offense drunk driving. County Attorney Howard Remley said sentencing will be at 9 a.m. on December 7. A motion to continue the trial of Joseph Arthur Dehner of Cascade on OMV I was filed. a hearing is set for December 5 with a likely grant of the continuance due to unavailable witnesses.
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Jones County
Charles F. Lambert
Monticello
Howard Remley
Joseph Arthur Dehner
Cascade
Remley
Contest Entry Deadline Today for Conservation Essay
Monticello area junior and senior high students may enter a conservation essay contest sponsored by the Community Conservation league. Prizes include a $25 war bond for first in senior high, plus cash awards. junior high prizes range from $5 to $15. Essays subject junior high How Can Farmers Help Wildlife and senior high How Rewardable Are Our Wildlife Resources. Winning local essays advance to district competition. Submit to Corbin or cooperating teachers.
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Monticello
Community Conservation League
Bill Corbin
Corbin
County to Distribute Surplus Food Today
Jones County will distribute surplus foods in the Anamosa courthouse basement from 9 a.m. to noon today. Eligible residents should register at Welfare Director Nellie Rummel's office to receive items such as corn meal flour butter rice beans shortening cheese and dry milk solids.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Mrrs
Nellie Rummel
Monticello Promoters Stage Operation Pork Lift
Promoters of Monticello’s Operation Pork Lift received telegrams from Senators Martin and Hickenlooper and Congressman Talle praising the event while pledging apologies for not attending. They cited commitments and Washington duties as the reason, with Governor Hoegh also sending regrets. The telegrams framed Pork Lift as a meaningful push to highlight farm price concerns and farmers’ fair share of national income.
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Monticello
Thomas E. Martin
B. B. Hickenlooper
Henry QO. Talle
Iowa
Washington, D.C
Hickenlooper
Washington
Martin
Talle
Town
Second Congressional District
Jim Maurice
Jones County districts receive state supplemental school aid
Fifteen Jones county school districts are receiving checks totaling $52,632.28 for state supplemental aid. County superintendent Joseph A. Beave notes the total represents 87 cents on each dollar claimed by districts.
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Jones County
Joseph A. Beave
Runaway Tractor Strikes Fence in Scotch Grove Incident
A tractor driven by Jack Naylor escaped from a parking lot near the Scotch Grove post office last week. It rolled across the lot, cleared a steep bank, and punched through a fence before stopping against the Jake Leesekamp house. only the fence sustained damage.
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Scotch Grove
Jack Naylor
Jake Leesekamp
Cascade Commercial Club Holds Meeting
The Cascade Commercial Club met Monday evening November 28 in St. Marys hall with a roast beef and ham dinner. President F E Till chaired. Rinks to be flooded and shelters erected. Business closing hours were discussed and will be published later. Next meeting to be held in St Marys hall.
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Cascade
Cascade Commercial Club
St. Mary's Hall
F. E. Till
St. Mary’s Hall
Henry McCullough Dies at 79 Former Monticello Resident
Henry McCullough 79 a former Monticello resident died Tuesday evening Nov 29 funeral arrangements were incomplete Wednesday morning. The body is at Devaney Funeral Home in Monticello.
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Henry McCullough
Monticello
Devaney Funeral Home
Public Health Council Meeting Held Tuesday
A representative of the state service for crippled children spoke at the Jones County Public Health council meeting in Anamosa. The meeting at the Farm Bureau building included a covered dish dinner.
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Jones County
State Service For
Crippled Childen
Jones County Public Health Council
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Services Held For Mrs Miller 78 at Castle Grove
Funeral services were held Monday for Mrs Agnes Miller 78 from Devaney Funeral Home Monticello to Immaculate Conception Church Castle Grove. She died Saturday at John McDonald Hospital and was buried in Castle Grove. Born February 1 1876 in Castle Grove she was the daughter of Thomas and Mary King. She married Frank Miller October 2 1901 at Immaculate Conception. The couple farmed in Cass Township later living in Castle Grove and retiring to Coggon in 1935. She was a member of St John’s Church Coggon. Survived by son Francis Miller Monticello two sisters Mrs Dan McDonell and Mrs Lucy Hogan Coggan and three grandchildren Pallbearers were Joe Delay Charles Vernimont Thomas Cashman Joseph Crowley Ed Brady and Ernest McDonough.
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Agnes Miller
Devaney
Monticello
Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove
John McDonald Hospital
Caste Grove
Thomas and
Mary King
Frank Miller
M.S. Murphy
Two Youths Inducted Into Army at Jones County Court
Two youths reported Wednesday at the Jones County courthouse in Anamosa for transportation to Des Moines where they were inducted into the army. The inductees are Glen Rowland King of Monticello and Lonnie Ray Hinria sen of Cedar Rapids.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Des Moines
Glen Rowland King
Monticello
Lonnie Ray Hinriasen
Cedar Rapids
Pork Lift boosts Monticello hog market and crowds
The Monticello Pork Lift promotion spurred a one day pork sale drawing buyers from surrounding areas. About 73,000 pounds of pork sold at seven grocers, far exceeding the 40,000 pound goal and lifting local prices while organizers underwrote discounts to sustain demand.
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Irving Hintz
Monticello
Smitty
Iowa
Midwest
Nation
Vinton
Anamosa
Olin
Jones County
Manchester
Independence
Tiptom
Maquoketa
Jones County Swine Producers Association
Greater Monticello
Jones ‘County Farm
Bureau
Extension Council
Dubuque
Unim
Wisconsin
Fitkin’s
Shelley's
Sims’ Clover Farm
Hi-Way
Long’s
Floyd
Swine Producers Association
Tom Hamilton
Monticello Northwestern Hell
Monticello State Bank
Dubuque Packing Company
Attorney Shimanek Attends Iowa Bar Tax School
Monticello attorney C F Shimanek departed Wednesday for Des Moines to spend the rest of the week at the Iowa Bar Association tax school.
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C. F. Shimanek
Monticello
Des Moines
Iowa Bar Association
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