GMC Christmas Drawing Wins $200 In Monticello
The second GMC Christmas drawing was held Saturday afternoon in Monticello with a large crowd despite cold weather. A total of $200 in trade certificates was awarded to winners including Virgil Johnson Monticello and Joe Hunter Cascade each winning $50 and several others winning $25. The third drawing for $200 is set for next Saturday.
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GMC
Monticello
Harland Hetzler
Joe Hunter
Cascade
Robert A. Smith
Virgil Johnson
Dean Cooper
Hopkinton
John Yossi, Jr
Ray Nagel
Vehicle purchases and court docket details from Monticello area
Minute items list purchases by residents including two Buicks an Oldsmobile Chevrolet Plymouth and Pontiac from Monticello Anamosa and surrounding areas. The police court docket under Judge C F Shimanek notes speeding by Larry W Hunt Creve Coeur and other entries truncated from page A 1.
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Scotch Grove
Chevrolet
Gerald H. Strang
Cascade
Plymouth
Ronald J. Smith
Anamosa
Oldsmobile
Lauser’s Body Shop
Monticello
Dale L
Judy D. Walker
Guerdon House Motor Home
N. R
Iona Kremer
Pontiac
Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Co-op
International Truck
Ray L. Collins
C. F. Shimanek
Larry W. Hunt
Classified Ads and Obituaries Across Indiana Paper
Fragmented OCR lists sections and page markers including Classified Ads Farm Dept Obituaries Sports Dept and various town names such as Hopkinton Scotch Grove Temple Hill and Wyoming. The text reads as a contents guide rather than a narrative item with no clear events or individuals.
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Buck Creek
Castle Grove
Center Junction
Bcollege Front
Delhi
Farm Dept
Hopkinton
Olin Sve Teeeres
Oxford
Santa Letters
Scotch Grove
South Fork
Sports
Temple Hill
Wyoming
Justice Court Docket From Coeur Reports Fines
From the official docket of M E McCrabb justice of the peace Terrence M Sweeney forfeited a $15 bond for speeding Shimanek listed improper parking for David L Gilliland from Moline Illinois with a $10 fine noted in Coeur docket.
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Justice
M. E. McCrabb
Justice of the Peace
Terrence M. Sweeney
Detour Accident Destroys Car. Driver Blinded by Lights
On the highway 151 detour north of Monticello at 6:30 a.m. December 4 two cars were damaged. Don Knapp of Cascade hit the rear of a parked 1955 Chevrolet owned by Mrs. Phyllis Clymer Anamosa leaving it a total loss. Knapp blamed bright lights and fog. no charges filed.
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Highway 151
Monticello
Phyllis Clymer
Anamosa
Highway 38
Mark
Chevrolet
Don Knapp
Cascade
Knapp
Arnold Latuska
Clymer
East Grand Street
George W. Richardson
Albert J. Siebels
Jaycees Plan Yule Projects And Christmas Shopping Tour
Monticello Jaycees announce a Sunday Christmas Shut-in party meeting at Bud's Super Valu and a December 20 shopping tour for children from 6 30 to 7 30 p m at St Luke's Methodist church with Santa visits and treats. Tom Brokaw and John Foster lead. wreath sales fund projects.
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Jaycee Group
Bud’s Super Valu
Monticello Jaycees
The
Jaycees
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Santa Claus
Tom Brokaw
John Foster
Fire crews battle grain dryer blaze near Monticello
The Monticello rural fire department responded to a 5 20 p m alarm Monday at the Bert Ballou farm south of Monticello. Firemen cleared a small fire in a grain dryer after removing the corn and worked about an hour.
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Monticello
Bert Ballou
Hearn Oil names territory salesman in Monticello area
Gilbert Hearn owner of Hearn Oil & Tire in Monticello announces Mike Rouse as territory salesman for a five county region. Rouse will handle Goodyear tires batteries and accessories for the wholesale division. He ran a Clarence service station eight years and plans to move his family to Monticello with three children ages five three and three weeks.
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Gilbert Hearn
Hearn Oil & Tire Company
Monticello
Mike Rouse
Hearn
Rouse
Goodyear
Hearn Oil & Tire
Clarence
Council approves city employee salary increases and budget amendment
The council raises salaries for city staff including City Clerk Lucretia Ladehoff and Police Chief John Cook, sets unnamed wage changes for street crews, radio operators, and sanitation personnel, and amends the budget by 128,906 to cover sewer and street projects. A hearing on sewage plant improvements is planned for January 20 with bids opened that day. Mayor Norlin seeks a citizen advisory committee on annexation.
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Lucretia Ladehoff
Bud Reynolds
John Cook
Adrai Wilken
Henry Schone
Jerry Chapman
Dave Tschantz
Carl Merfeld
Arvil Tuel
Bill Meier
Dennis Arduser
Tom Wilgenbusch
Everett Lambert
al Demmer
Jack Robinson
Walter Tuel
Police Department
Ruth Rickels
Helen Miller
Wilma Wright
Car Sideswipes Bridge Near Monticello Saturday
Clifford John Strang, 23, of Cascade, was charged with failure to have his vehicle under control after a 10:45 p.m. Saturday crash on Highway 151 15 miles south of Monticello. He drove a 1957 Oldsmobile north, side swiping the bridge southeast corner. damage about 650 dollars, no injuries. Patrolman Tom Toner led the investigation with help from Monticello police.
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Clifford John Strang
Cascade
Monticello
Strang
Tom Toner
Wilcox Hurt After Fall From Bulk Bin at Farm
William Wilcox, 27, sustained forehead and ear abrasions when a rope broke as he raised an auger inside a bulk bin at his father John Wilcox’s Monticello area farm. He was hospitalized until Friday at John McDonald Hospital. Wilcox works at Bob's Feed and Supply.
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William Wilcox
John Wilcox
Monticello
John McDonald Hospital
Wilcox
Bob
City approves voluntary senior check-in call program
The city council approves a daily voluntary call-in program for seniors living alone. Seniors who wish to participate register with the police department and must call 5-3525 before 10 a.m. Each day a police officer will check on those who miss the call.
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Police Department
Police
Monticello Council Considers Tranquilizer Gun for Dogs
After a discussion the council decided to purchase a tranquilizer gun for Monticello police to use on dogs. Police training and dosages would be set by a veterinarian but costs were noted. Mayor Norlin said Polo Plastics may move a plant here and seek six acres near the industrial park. The city may extend an 8 inch water main 1320 feet at a rough $7200 cost with partial payment from Monticello Development Corp. A notice to beer permit holders warns of minors’ beer sales and the city will monitor enforcement.
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Monticello
Savage
Norlin
Polo Plastics of
Milwaukee
Monticello Development Corp
Seventh and
Birch
Paul McMahan
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Yule
Jon Husman
Garry Cooper
Denton Ericson
Central City
Hearn Oil
Council
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