Monticello Community Schedule Notes Busy Week
Monticello minutes list events December 6 to 10 including Down We Go club at 7 30 p m Alcoholics Anonymous 8 p m at Monticello State Bank offices BPW dinner and Christmas party at V F W rooms Sacred Heart Home School association film Child Training Farm Bureau corn referendum discussion Anamosa W E F W Auxiliary Christmas party and a Monday adult education session on family budgeting at the Masonic Temple with speaker Les Krall L egion Lions and St Matthew Lutheran Church schedules included.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello State Bank
V.F.W
Masonic Temple
Les Krall
Exterigion
Iowa State College
Légion Hall
Lions Club
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Births Reported Across Several Iowa Communities
Wednesday morning notices from John McDonald hospital list births: Dec 2 Herbert Otting Cascade girl. Dec 3 LaVerne Crowley Coggan girl. Dec 4 Harvey Hinrichs Monticello boy. Dec 5 Loras Knipper Cascade boy. Clar ence Orr announces third son to Dale and Mrs Dale Orr Rockford Ill. LaVerne Tjaden parents of a son born Nov 18 Mercy Anamosa. Kikuts family Idell Elizabeth born Jackson County Public Hospital Cedar Rapids. James Glenn and wife birth at St Luke’s Cedar Rapids first great grandchild of Austin Conwell.
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John McDonald Hospital
Herbert Otting
Cascade
LaVerne Crowley
Coggan
Harvey Hinrichs
Monticello
Loras Knipper
Onslow
Clarence Orr
Dale Orr
Rockford
Ill
Laverne Tjaden
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Oxford
Junction
Romans Kikuts
Elizabeth
Idell
Jackson County Public Hospital
Oxford Junction
James Glenn
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Glenn
Laverna Conwell
Austin Conwell
Monticello youths complete Navy boot camp at Great Lakes
Wilbur J. Otten and Donald J. Rickels, Monticello youths, graduated from nine weeks of boot camp at the Naval Training Center in Great Lakes Illinois on December 1. The program covered drill seamanship gunnery life saving sea survival boat handling and small arms. After a two week leave graduates proceed to shipboard duties or service schools based on demonstrated qualifications.
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Wilbur J. Otten
Gerd H. Otten
North Sycamore
Donald J. Rickels
William Rickels
West Warvel Street
Monticello
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Local Campfire Fund Campaign Nears 900 Goal
The Monticello Campfire fund drive has reached two thirds of its $900 goal, with $400 raised so far. The drive supports a local organization now serving 296 girls for two years, and additional donations could push the total over the line. Drive chairman Les Linn urges canvassers to report completion, and all funds stay in the local Campfire treasury.
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Monticello
Les Linn
Drive
Linn
Dale Adams
Henry Adams
Paul Bender
M. J. Cass
Marvin Chevalier
Chester Condit
H.l Cox
Ray Coyle
H.deshaw
Alfred Heger
Robert Ferrall
Ray Fluckiger
Alva Freese
Harold Gottleaber
Richard Hanken
Neal Hayden
Youths Charged With Shoplifting In Monticello Stores
Three Monticello boys ages 12, 12, and 14 were charged with shoplifting in several local stores. Police report the youths were taken into custody on Saturday and the case has been referred to County Attorney Howard Remley for review. A conference with the parents is planned.
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Monticello
Howard Remley
Roundup of Viewpoints in Express Editorial Page
The Express presents a roundly roundup of opinions on its editorial page. It showcases reader letters in Your View and other viewpoints to encourage thought among readers about current public issues.
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Express
Starlighters to Stage Blythe Spirit in Monticello
Starlighters Monticello present Noel Coward comedy Blythe Spirit for two nights at the Community Building. Doors open 7 15 p m with show at 8 00 p m ticket prices 35 cents for students 65 cents for adults.
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Starlighters
Monticello
Nell Hoffman
Isabel Maire
Lucille Kucera
Starlighter Thers
Heith
Vivian Brooks
Ruth—Charlene ‘Thedens
Charles—H
Eivin Erdahl
Bradman
Bud McNeill
Elizabeth Young
Madame Arcat
Judy_Ferring
The Iowa Highway Quiz Movie Showing
Lions present a 30 minute Iowa made film The Iowa Highway Quiz funded by the Iowa Good Roads association. Program chairman Hid Cox introduces the aims to explain highway needs and outline steps to modernize Iowa roads. Gerald Bogan provides a closing commentary on road priorities and actions.
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Hid Cox
Iowa Good Roads Association
Iowa
Anamosa Farm Bureau Aims to Hit Member Goal Dec 27
In Anamosa the Jones County Farm Bureau hosts a Lake Drive dinner with 275 attendees. State Farm Bureau speaker Harlan Hawker notes county members surpassing halfway to the 1957 goal of 1,650 and aims to finish by December 27.
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Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Perssons
Lake Drive
Jones - Court
Aviamosa
Harlan ‘Hawker
George ‘Altheo
Des Moines
Farm Bureau Insurance Services
Paul Siedenburg
Praetorio
Wie
Hawker
Jones County
Women’s Township Committee
Wyoming Missionary Evacuated From Egypt During Sinai Conflict
Elsie Bender, a Wyoming missionary and former Waterloo church sponsor, describes evacuating students from Cairo as Israeli and allied air attacks hit Egypt in late October. She details travel by ship from Alexandria to Crete and Naples, the cramped conditions aboard the Chilton, and the safety of Americans in Cairo while awaiting transport to Switzerland. She was later working as a missionary in Switzerland.
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Elsie Bender
Wyoming
Cairo
Egypt
Lee Peck
Miss Bender
Sinai Peninsula
Alexandria
Port Said
Switzerland
Waterloo
Feypt
Roy Bender
Jackson Elects Harman in Last Extension Vote
Walter Hartman of Anamosa was reelected Jackson township representative on the Jones County Agricultural Extension council at a Monday night meeting in Antioch. Election chairman Dick Hartwig and secretary Mrs. Walter Hartman led the session with council chairman Robert Livingston addressing the group. Seven other township reps chosen since November 15 include Wayne Joe Heeren Madison Melvin Sievers Greenfield Don Meeks Richland Lavern Nagel Scotch Grove M P Paulsen Clay O K Alden Cass Mrs George Brown. Terms run two years beginning January with eight townships remaining to elect next fall.
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Jones County
Walter Hartman
Anamosa
Jackson Township
Jones County Agricultural Extension Council
Antioch
Carl Mardorf
Albert Meyer
George von Sprecken
Dick Hartwig
Robert Livingston
Extension Council
Wayne
Joe Heeren
Madison
Melvin Sievers
Greenfield
Don Meeks
Richland
Lavern Nagel
Scotch Grove
M. P. Paulsen
Clay
O. K. Alden
Cass
George Brown
Monti Couple Seeks Divorce in Jones County Court
In Jones County clerk W L Pearson’s office a divorce petition led the week’s filings. Ralph B Collins of Monticello cites wife Gwen Collins with cruel and inhuman treatment since their April 1966 marriage in Walker Minnesota, requesting divorce and division of household goods. Gwen Collins waives service and asks the decree, with costs charged to Collins. Judge J E Heiserman also presided Saturday December 1 over Roy Warren’s guilty plea to escape from Anamosa Reformatory, with a five year sentence to follow and $1500 appeal bond. Warren previously escaped on August 28 1952.
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Jones County
W. L. Pearson
Ralphb. Collins
Monticello
Gwen Collins
Walker
Minn
Roy ‘Warren
Anamosa
Warren
Sacred Heart Home School Meet Set At Newman Hall
The Sacred Heart Home School association will hold a meeting at Newman Hall on December 7 at 7 p.m. A business session will be followed by a film and child training presented by the University of Iowa. Refreshments will be served.
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Sacred Heart
Home-School Association
Newman Hall
Sacred Heart Home-School Association
P.m
University of Iowa
Assault Charges Filed in Court in Anamosa
Paul Elwyn Miller of Bagley Iowa appeared in justice court before Warren Lawrence on Monday December 3 and pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault with intent to inflict bodily injury filed by Helen Miller and Lulu Schwirtz both of Anamosa. The case was continued to December 4 at 10 am when Miller waived preliminary hearing and the case was transferred to district court. Miller was released on a 3000 dollar bond. A divorce decree sought by Helen Miller wife of the defendant is pending in district court.
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Anamosa
Paul Elwyn Miller
Bagley
Iowa
Justice Court
Warren Lawrence
Helen Miller
Lulu Schwirtz
Miller
Final Rites Held For J Matthiessen
John Matthiessen 86 longtime Monticello resident died at home after illness. Funeral Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church with John Graham officiating. Burial in Monticello Cemetery. Born February 16 1871 in Lovell Township son of Jacob F and Anna Matthiessen. Came to Monticello 1890 entered business here. Married Leta Carpenter May 2 1900 in Oelwein. Survived by wife brother George Matthiessen of Oxford Junction and several nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by seven brothers and five sisters.
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Monticello
First Presbyterian Church
John Graham
Hérman Behrends
William Behrends
Clarence Behrends
LaVern
Behrends
Ralph ‘Bader
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Matthiessen
Lovell
Jacob F
Anna Bilers Matthiessen
Leta Carpenter
Oelwe
George Matthiessen
Oxford Junction
Balloons Released From Hopkinton Found Across Illinois
Three small balloons released from Pat's Grocery in Hopkinton with aluminum plates attached were found in Mendota Franka Grove and West Brooklyn, over 200 miles away. One balloon remained inflated but failed to lift the plate.
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Pat’s
Hitnies
Mendota
Franka Grove
Brooklyn
Two Men Named To Fill Vacancies Caused by Deaths
Joe McAleer and Alfred Egger were appointed Monday night to fill council vacancies created by the deaths of Mayor John Belin and Councilman Paul Hearn. Egger served six years, first elected 1949, not a candidate in 1955. McAleer, owner of Jones County Oil, moved to Monticello in 1947, with nine children. Appointments run until Jan 2 1958. next city election in November.
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Joe McAleer
Alfred Egger
A.P. Lambert
Paul Hearn
Egger
McAleer
Jones County Oil Company
Monticello
LeMars
Anamosa
Loras Academy
Iowa Sophomore Pledged to Theta Tau Fraternity
Carl Hgger of Monticello pledged to Theta Tau professional engineering fraternity at the University of Iowa and elected co vice president of the pledge class.
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Carl Hgger
Monticello
University of Iowa
College of Engineering
Theta
Tau
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