Monticello December Meetings Schedule
Regular meeting of the Order of Eastern Star at the Masonic Temple with memorial services and officer elections. American Legion gathering at the Legion building at 8 p.m. Rotary dinner at the Methodist church at 6 05 p m. Christmas party for Royal Neighbors of America at the K P hall 7 30 p m with an adult gift exchange. Monticello League of Women Voters board meeting at Mrs. Charles Ellett home in the afternoon. Rebekah meeting with officer elections at the Oddfellows hall. Drivers license exams at the Community building. Marcos meeting at the Presbyterian church 7 15 p m. St Matthew's Lutheran Women’s Guild at the church. Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at the Monticello State Bank room at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
American Legion
Legion
Rotary
Methodist Church
Royal Neighbors of America
K.P. Hall
Lovell
Richard Hanken
the Legion Hall
Monticello League of Women ‘Voters
Charles Ellett
Rebekah
Oddfellows Hall
Marcos
Presbyterian Church
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Women's Guild
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello State Bank
Recent Births Reported From Several Iowa Hospitals
John McDonald hospital reported four births on Saturday morning and two more on Friday. Newborns include four sons born to Osterkamp Heim Bone Offerman families in Anamosa Cascade Monticello, and Julie Ann Rodgers in Sac City with sibling John. Dora Decker of Monticello is noted as maternal grandmother. In Maquoketa Jackson county hospital a girl was born to Roy Tompkins, the family’s fourth child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Clarence Osterkamp
Anamosa
Frank Heim
Cascade
Wyland C. Bone
Monticello
Robert Offerman
Everett Rodgers
Sac City
Julie Ann
Loring Hospital
Rodgers
John
Dora Decker
Wyoming
Roy Tompkins
Jackson County Hospital
Maquoketa
Tompkins
Marriage Licenses Filed in Courthouse Records
Recent applications for licenses list Ralph Melvin Bowers 25 Center Point and Winona Estella Armstrong 21 Martelle. Ronald D. Reid 21 Onslow and Carol Alice Stickley 19 Onslow. Arthur J. Wallace and Helen Fritz both legal in Wyoming. Thomas Armstrong Siver legal Martelle and Nola Gale Townsend legal Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk of Court
W. L. Pearson
Ralph Melvin Bowers
Center Point
Winona Estella Armstrong
Martelle
Ronald D. Reid
Onslow
Carol Alice Stickley
Arthur J. Wallace
Legal
Wyoming
Helen Fritz
Thomas Armstrong Siver
Nola Gale Townsend
Anamosa
New Cars and Trucks Registered in Jones County
Courthouse records list registrations from Nov 23 to Dec 2 under treasurer Blanche E Corwin. Entries name buyers and vehicles including Chevrolets Fords Dodges Plymouths and Chevrolet trucks from Anamosa Martelle Wyoming Monticello Cascade Mechanicsville Scotch Grove and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche E. Corwin
Jones County
Hank
Anamosa
Chevrolet
Carl M. Levsen
Dodge Pickup
Clifford Owen Wears
Cascade
J. A. Buckner
Vincent H. Eilers
Wyoming
Plymouth
Arthur G. Luke
Staner
Reynolds
Monticello
Ford Truck
Albert W. Crump
Martha A. van Alstine
Ford
Alan Rohwedder
Olin
49 More 4-H Members Needed to Meet Goal
Jones County 4-H enrollment reached 751 Friday, 49 short of the 800 member target set to be reached by January 1. Boys 4-H total 379 and girls 372, with the 20th girls club in Washington Whippoorwill adding 34 members to the roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H
Jones County
Jerry Parsons
County Extension
Helen Tucker
Tucker
Washington Whibppoorwills
Engineers Attend 3 Day County Conference
Anamosa Earl Beissell county engineer along with Jones County engineer Dean Herzberger and assistant engineers Leigh Lint attended a three day county engineers conference in Ames and returned Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Earl Beisell
Jones County
Dean Herzberger
Leigh Lint
Ames
Nine Jones County residents join armed forces in November
Jones County monthly selective service report shows nine enlistments or activations in November. Enlistees include Garrett Gerdes and Maurice Wheelock of Anamosa, Newton Sollingsworth Jr of Olin, Perry Kolb of Barron, Robert Cousins of Olin, Paul Brokaw of Monticello, and Henry Rickless of Anamosa. Inductees Glen King of Monticello and Lonnie Hinrichsen of Cedar Rapids. Fourteen were released from service last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Armed Services
Hubert Metcalf
Garrett Gerdes
Maurice Wheelock
Anamosa
Newton Sollingsworth, Jr
Olin
Perry Kolb
Barron
Wis
Robert Cousins
Paul Brokaw
Monticello
Henry Rickless
Rudolph Alferts
Wayne Wacker
William Clark
Albert Buresh, Jr
Jerry Peck
Wyoming
Wayne Youngblut
Lisbon
TB X-Ray Unit to Visit Monticello Monticello Visit Details
A mobile X-ray unit will visit Monticello on Tuesday December 20 from 9 a.m. to noon and Anamosa in the afternoon from 1:30 to 4:30. The unit will X-ray individuals believed to have tuberculosis indicated by positive reactions to other tests and will notify by mail to schedule appointments. Mrs. Donald Serbousek, county health nurse, has spent eight weeks interviewing possible victims referred by their family physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello
Donald Serbousek
Anamosa
Lutherans Donate 1386 Bushels of Corn for Famine Relief
Jones county Lutheran churches loaded 1386 bushels of shelled corn into a boxcar for overseas aid. The donation, from Monticello Oxford Junction Olin Wyoming congregations, supports famine relief in Jordan Germany Austria Korea and Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Germany
Austria
Korea
Hong Kong
O'Gronewold
Russia Visitor To Speak Here At Local Meeting
Ralph Olson from Ellsworth, part of the delegation that toured Russia last summer, will talk on Farming in Russia at a joint meeting of the agriculture and homemaking adult evening classes on December 8 at 8 p.m. in the Masonic temple. A pot luck supper will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Olson
Ellsworth
Russia
Olson
Masonic Temple
Forrest Johnson
Andy Strittmatter
Carolyn Cousins
Twenty five farm ponds built in Jones County in 1955 effort
Jones County saw twenty five new farm ponds completed in 1955 under the Soil Conservation Service and Agricultural Conservation program. The ponds range from eight to twenty five feet deep with a total surface area near 18 acres and capacity about 125 acre feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Conservation Program
Cris H. Randolph
John Hacke
Curran Estate
William Stanton
Bernard
R. G. Suter
Monticello
Randolph
First License Plate Purchased By Rev Hunter
Rev W R Hunter pastor of First Presbyterian Monticello won Jones county license plate No 53-0001 in a Thursday morning drawing among six candidates for the No 1 plates. 363 pairs of plates had been sold. truck plates pending delivery with certificates issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
W. R. Hunter
First Presbyterian Church
Monticello
Blanche Corwin
Rev
Hunter
Dick Ketelsen
Center Junction
Jack Waylor
Scotch Grove
Robert Dirks
Virgil Hakes
C. L. Thompson
Anamosa
Ronald Holtz
Wyoming
Herman Morrison
Cascade
Jim Porter
Vern Purcell
Tony Allen
John Gray
Beer to Minor Charge Filed in District Court
Jones County district court filed a charge of selling beer to a minor against Barbara Hemmer of Hemmer's Tavern Monticello after she waived to the grand jury and was released on 400 dollar bond. The case stems from a 16 year old Monticello youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Barbara Hemmer
Hemmer
Monticello State Bank
Leon M. Wolfe
Cascade
Buell J. Maxwell
Tipton
Ray Purcell
State Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Thomas Clark
Clark
Purcell
Lee
Unauthorized solicitors target Center Junction phone book
Center Junction Telephone Company president John Gray warns that unsigned individuals solicit advertising in Jones County for the new phone book. The board of directors has not authorized any sales and will approach merchants later about advertising in the locally printed edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
John Gray
Center Junction Telephone Company
Jones County
Board of
Christmas Gift Awarding in Monticello Draws Free Gifts
Santa in Town distributed numerous free gifts during a Wednesday afternoon drawing in Monticello as part of a three event Christmas program. Gifts were donated by local Monticello merchants and organizations with two more drawings planned on December 7 and another Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Monticello
Christmas program remaining events announced
The schedule lists gift awards on Wednesday December 7 at 2 p.m. on First Street. On Saturday December 10 Santa will give free candy to children at 2 p.m. near the Community Building. Wednesday December 14 feature gift awards at 2 p.m. Saturday December 17 offers free movies at Monte Theater with Monticello children at 10 a.m. and rural-area children at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Street
Monte Theater
Monticello
Christmas prize drawings and Santa visit announced
December 14 events begin at 2 p.m on First street with winners must be present to claim prizes. Santa Claus distributes candy and fruit Saturday at 2 p.m. near the Community building. Christmas program events were led by Bill Shaffer Ray Fluckiger and Don Schoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Street
Bill Shaffer
Ray Fluckiger
Don Schoon
Santa Claus
Santa
Monticello
Two Monticello Residents Charged With Beer Violations
Arlene Bader and Lloyd Coblentz waived preliminary hearing in police court and were bound over to the Jones county grand jury on beer sale to a minor charges. Arrested November 30 by Police Chief Donald Gilmore, Bader posted 400 dollars bond and was released while Coblentz, 20, remains free on 300 dollars bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
Grand Jury
Arlene Bader
Lloyd C. Coblentz
Donald Gilmore
Coblentz
Suspects questioned in Martelle hold up case by county and state
Lewis Dreibelbis Jones county sheriff and state agents questioned suspects in Clinton Dubuque and Cedar Rapids regarding the Martelle bread truck hijacking early Thursday. Willard Laufgarden of Cedar Rapids said the gunman 20 to 25 years old dark and 5 8 wore a black leather jacket and blue jeans forced him to drive to Dubuque and robbed him of $4 before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Clinton
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Lewis Dreibelbis
Jones County
Martelle
Dreibelbis
Willard Laufgarden
Laufgarden
Peter Pan Bakery
Martello
Buddy
Public School Activities For Week As Announced
Principal Vance Stead lists this week’s activities. Monday December 5 girls volleyball 7 to 8 p m. Tuesday December 6 F F A meeting 7 30 to 9 30 p m camera club 7 30 to 9 p m. Thursday December 8 G A A meeting 6 30 to 8 p m dance band rehearsal 8 to 9 30 p m. Friday December 9 basketball game Marion here 6 45 to 9 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Stead
Marion
WaMac Play Day at Vinton Canceled
The WaMac conference volleyball play day at Vinton for Monticello public high school students was canceled due to icy highways. The event is postponed indefinitely and marks the first year of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WaMac
Monticello
Vinton
Services Saturday For John Wilt 49
Funeral services were held Saturday morning for John Wilt 49 who died suddenly at his Scotch Grove farm home burial was at Lafayette He is survived by a brother James of Alburnett and a sister Mrs H F Cassady Ottumwa Mr and Mrs Robert Paul who lease the Wilt farm found Wilt on the floor and called an ambulance The Acting Coroner Warren Lawrence pronounced him dead before the ambulance arrived The Pauls occupied the same house with Wilt with Wilt having one room while the Pauls used the rest of the dwelling
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
John Wilt
Scotch Grove Farm
Murdoch
Marion
Lafayette
James
Alburnett
H. F. Cassady
Ottumwa
Robert Paul
Wilt
Sheriffs Office
Warren Lawrence
Pauls
First Permanent Unit Names Officers in Jones County
The first permanent Jones County Agricultural Extension Council was announced Saturday by director Joe E B Legg. The 16 township representatives include re-elected and new members with terms expiring 1956 and 1957. Officers to be elected at the Jan 5 meeting in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
County Agricultural Extension Council
Joe
Leggn
Hale Township
Wayne
Anamosa
Robert Livingstone
Donald Meeks
Martelle
Cass
George Brown
Ivan Fiedler
Clay
O. K. Alden
Onslow
Edwin Reid
Greenfield
Donald
Meeks
Martello
Jackson
Walter Hartman
Madison
John Holmes
Wyoming
Don Wharton
Richland
Marc Lahey
Mearticello
Marion Clark
Scotch Grove
Irving Eilers
County Contest Plans Announced for Fourth to Eighth Graders
Plans for the 10th annual conservation contest in Jones County were announced. Sponsored by the Izaak Walton League and the Jones County Soil Conservation District, the event offers over $100 in prizes for 15 scrapbooks and 15 posters. Entries due by March 17, 1956 at the county courthouse or the Soil Conservation office in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Izaak Walton League
Jones County Soil Conservation District
Cris H. Randolph
Irvin J. Hovet
George Swanson
Anamosa
Joseph A. Beave
Soil Conservation Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
All-Lutheran Food Appeal
Harvey Hinrichs
Vernon Barrack
Paul Kenyon
SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
Castle Grove
Arnold Schlueter
St. Mattew’s Lutheran Church
R. F. Gronewold
Wyoming Zion Lutheran Church
Lutheran Food Appeal
Courthouse Records
Donald Bickford
Gene Lloyd
Allen Bixler
James Ray Jurgensen
Clarence Meyer, Jr
Donald Rickels
Robert Dale O'Shea
Courtland Chapman
Richard Watkins
Dennis Larson
Douglas Thompson
Richard Paul
Edwin Topping
Herman Darrow
Martin Nowacheck, Jr
Keith Welch
Arthur Rickels
Andy Kelchen
George Shimerda
Oxford Junction
Fred Manternach
Talbert Bros
Edmund Wieneke
Loras Stoll
Henry Eiben
Art Lincoln
Jacob Stanisha
Thomas Caraway
George Watters
Lloyd Martens
H. D. Smith
F. T. Hartman
Don Ketelsen
Jack Stingley
Otto Steuri
John Moehl
Laura Hinrichs
Rem Electric
Eilert Prull, Sr
Shellane Gas Company
Harold Ehresman
Mac’s
Fred Blohm
Kassock
Schumacher’s
Paul Bader
Betty’s Cafe
Donna Wacker
Eclipse Lumber Company
Hazel Wilkens
Picklin Equipment Company
Elizabeth
Ben Jurgensen
Miller's Implement
Lena Rickels
Midway Sweet Shop
John Roof
Frank Shimanek
Earl DeShaw
Burdena Bader
Ham
Locher
Strittmatter
H. S. Bennett
Edwards Department Store
Ruth Null
Liberty Hostess Glasses
Ace Hardware
Harold Gottleaber
Lorna's Beauty Salon
Vincent Donovan
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Cuckler Steel Buildings
Extension Council
Robert Lubben
Paul Kurt
Joe Erler
Lubben
Olin Cafe
Dubuque Packing Company
Jim Read
Ed Helgens
Don Pfeifer
Floyd Ho
Kenneth Howie
Richard Shelley
Fairview
Hale—Dee Vrooman
Merle Hawley
Roy Null
Donald Clark
Oxford
Vernon Steffens
Floyd Hodgden
Rome
Howard Mackey
Washington
Joan Lane
Richard Eichhorn
Howard Jamison
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