Monticello Minutes Inspire Community Schedule Confusion
Readable items note Alcoholics Anonymous meeting at 8 p.m. above Monticello State Bank and a Marine recruiter at the post office from 10:30 to 11:60. Driver License exam times appear unclear with Community building slots from 8:30 to 4:30. Social Security office reps in town and a land or house event in Anamosa from 1:30 to 3:30.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello Statesbank
Whediesday
Han
Dubuque
Births and marriages recorded in Anamosa area
Births reported by John McDonald hospital include a December 22 boy for Hinill and Manns Anamesa and a December 23 boy for Takes Cascade and a December 26 girl for Ahlrich Anamosa. A Cedar Rapids area son born December 15 at St Zuke's. Marriage licenses list Richard Rabik Cedar Rapids and Jeanette Weighels Anamosa on December 22.
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John McDonald Hospital
Hinill
Emmett Smith
St. Ziuke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Richard L. Rabik
Jeanette C. Weighels
Anamosa
Fire at Sand Springs Farm Falls on Third Family This Christmas
A blaze at the 110 acre Sand Springs Farm near Band Springs destroyed the two story frame house, leaving the Menster family and their two children temporarily homeless for the holidays. Neighbors faced telephone issues delaying the Hopkinton fire response but firefighters saved surrounding buildings. The loss affected the Menster household while other residents nearby remained uninjured. Insurance coverage was reported on the home.
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Sand Springs
C.ir
Menater
Maupitier
Vicki
Iabout
Nillea
Sand ‘Springs
Hestreyell
Umontisymmoriing
Iit
Witi¢H
Penkkegald
Ian ‘Express
Nowone
Menster
Oddar Rapids
iRediiford
Hopkinton
Lama
Red
Cedar Hapide
Wastinos
Leroy’ Collins
Morley Jost
Cand
Mirs’ Collins
Uchildren
Plan Funeral Services for Former Hopkinton Resident
Funeral services for Bertha Main, a former Hopkinton resident, will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at the Hopkinton Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Hopkinton Cemetery in Michigan, New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Bertha Main
Madigan
N. J
P.matridays
Hopkinton Methodist Church
Hop- Brinton
1956 Jones County News Highlights and Tragedies
A year in review recalls fatal crashes on highways 1151 and routes near Monticello, with deaths of Eldon Breitbach and Mrs Frances Baldwin. New Substation by Iowa Electric Light and Power, weight watcher's clubs form, and local elections shaping school boards and county committees. Mentions farmers, farm bureau leaders, and political conventions in Jones County.
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Darimg
Tee Express
Justice of the Peace Court
Miontichlls
Jones County
Allen B. Kline
American
Iowa Parm Bureau
Iowa Elec
Thc Thight and Power Company
Dates set for 1967 4-H weigh-ins for cattle feeder and baby beef
Jones County announces weigh-in dates for 44H and Future Farmers of America junior cattle feeder and baby beef projects. Calves must weigh on specified dates to enter. baby beeves capped at 650 pounds. List of county weigh-in aides and locations covers Dec 26 to Dec 28 at multiple farms, yards, and stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Farmers of America
Jerry Parsons
WEVA
Parsons
Paul Caspers
John Bryant
Paul Schneiter
Monticello
Harold Larson
William Walderbach
William Hamilton
Anamosa
Stanley Allen
Andy Cubit
Olin
Carl Folkers
Scotch Grove
Harro Ingwersen
Oxford Junction
Jim Irons
Clarence
M. P. Paulsen
Center Junction
Funeral Held for Fred Luke in Wyoming
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Presbyterian Church in Wyoming for Fred Luke who died in an auto crash Sunday. Rev. George Tjaden officiated. Wallace Funeral Home handled arrangements. Luke, born April 28 1909, served in the coast artillery in Hawaii and worked 16 years at Allis Chalmers in Cedar Rapids. He married Florence First on April 18 1935 and left four children and a large family among survivors.
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Wyoming
Fred Luke
Here
Presbyterian
Burkgl
George Tjaden
Wallace Funeral Home
Mr. Luke
Janes ‘County
George W
Maggie Yobel Luke
Army
Hawaiian Islands
Coast Artillery
Allis Chalmers
Gedar Rapids
Presbyterian Church
Florence First
Beverly
Cedar Rapids
Barbara
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Judy
Douglas
Delavan
Wis
Arthur
Adel Hamblin
el Segundo
Calif
George, Jr
Marion
Roy
Christmas Cheer for Patients at John McDonald Hospital
Miriam Neff administrator reports Christmas at John McDonald Hospital with groups from Junior Red Cross making Santas reindeer and trees. Monticello third graders under Mrs Bertha Page sent Christmas cards to patients. Tray mats napkins provided by First Presbyterian Women and Bluebird groups. Carolers sang during the week.
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John “McDonald Hospital
Miriam Neff
Castle Grove
Red Cross
Monticello Public School
Bertha Page
Women’s Fellowship
First Presbyterian Church
Neff
Two Court Actions in Jones County in Late December
In Jones County district court two cases were filed since December 22. Herman T. Heeren seeks 2907.82 dollars with interest from a loan to Phylis Byers Fowler made between 1955 and 1956. John G. Schoon asks to name a temporary guardian for Mary T. Tobiason, a patient at Our Lady of Lourdes Nursing Home in Dubuque. A hearing on the guardian petition is set for December 29, 1956.
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Jones County
Herman T. Heeren
Phylis Byers Fowler
John G. Schoon
Mary T. Tobiason
Our Lady of Lourdes Nursing Home
Dubuque
J. ©. Heiserman
Fiery Crash on Highway 64 Claims Wyoming Man
A 47 year old Fred Lumb Luke of Wyoming dies in a Sunday auto crash on highway 64 west of Wyoming. Luke’s car left the road, struck a telephone pole and culvert, bursting into flames. Snow and slush may have caused loss of control as two cars splashed slush onto his windshield. A witness saw slush spray when the two westbound cars passed. Luke died from a crushed chest and skull fracture. The crash was reported as the fifth highway fatality in Jones county this year.
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Wyoming
Fred Lumb Luke
Highway
Luke
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth ‘Carter
Lewis -Dreibelbis
Ray Glang
Farmer
Theodore ‘Egan
Cleveland
Ohio
Carter
Jones County
The
Express
Janet Raymond
Eoker
Monticelld
Charles
Frances)Bladwin
Cascade
Virginia Sue
Ruhl
Don. Ruhl
Martelle
Anamosa
Infant Otten Son Dies in Dubuque
Infant Robert Rudolph Otten, son of Robert and Ruth Ambuehl Otten of Maquoketa, died Tuesday evening at Mercy hospital in Dubuque. Born December 18, services set for 2 p.m. today at Goettsch Funeral Home with Rev. Sterling J. Baldwin officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by parents a sister Barbara and grandparents Mr and Mrs Rudolph Ambuehl and Mr and Mrs Otto Otten of Monticello.
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Robert Rudolph Otten
Robert
Ruth Ambuehl Otten
Maquoketa
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Goettsch Funeral Home
Sterling J. Baldwin
Oakwood Cemetery
Barbara
Rudolph Ambuehl
Otto Otten
Monticello
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Cedar Streets
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Andy ‘Strittmatier
June Kay Smith
Ross Bury
Jack Hoffmen
Claude ‘Appleby
Courthouse Records
Francis F. Gehl
Plymouth
Rhone Srourie
John Rollie McBride
Harvey Shelley
Louis Morf
Monticello State Bank
Roscoe Easterly
James T. Remley
Wille
Waamett Kay
Mikrompson
Amil
Karen Paulsen
Scotth
Grove
Michand McCahmant
Wyomtingamé
Donald Clanstengen
Uby
Mlartelte
Russells Jamiepon affCenter
Gane Hbasketballl
Vreplace
Jones Party
Maitelle
Mor“ley
Onslow
Vidla
Monmouth
Gomes
Idnn
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hPrsanizapron Vand Blaster
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goHl
Plan Io
Eldon Breitbach
Cecil
Fred Coppes
Yarmouth
Frances) Baldwin
Eath
G.O
Leo Cabal
Kaz
Harold Shugart
Dean Nelson
Unionville
Leslie M. Balster
Jones County Good Roads Association
Jones-Linn County
Reuel McColm
Castle Grove Township
Prairieburg
Smith Yards
Oscar Meyer
Wilson Yards
Wyomiing
Mixzaur
Ray Assams
Henry ‘Tobiason Farm
Wayne Township
Cliff Zimmerman
Martello
Fred
Otten
Robert Lubben
Ross Baty
Lubben
Baty
June Kay’Smith
Barre
Louis Bader
Wharton
Irvin Wolf
Worthington
First Street
Cedar Street
Don Gilmore
Grand
West Monticello
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