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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1959
Page
2
District court sets January 8 1960 for final proof and probate of the will of William C Decker deceased with notice to interested parties. Executors appointed Msgr Eugene P Lorenz and attorney C F Shimanek provide instructions for claims and payments.
The pedestrian who believed he had the right of way on Main Street yesterday afternoon is survived by a wife and three young children. Notices in Jones County probate proceedings list Glenn Brokaw as district court clerk and include appointments of executors and administrators for Herman H Rickless, Arthur Frey, and Frank Shover estates. Déclarations call for claims against the estates to be filed in the Jones County Clerk of Court office in Monticello during late December 1959 and January 1960.
After 40 years renting, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Somerville celebrate their new home in Wyoming. The house features a lit roofline, giant front candles, a lighted tree, a white flocked tree, and a nativity set. Mrs. Somerville uses the spacious rooms for decorations and recalls her seven years as a Methodist minister in Wyoming. The Gold Medallion electric house, built this summer by James Denham of Bat the Creek, Mich, has three bedrooms, kitchen, bath, living and dining rooms. Plans include basement work and outdoor projects.
The 63 page Farmer s Tax Guide for 1960 is available at the county extension Service office in Anamosa for farmers who prepare their own income tax returns and those who assist others. County Extension Director Joe E. Legg notes the guide, prepared by the IRS with cooperative extension, covers farming income tax rules and includes a checklist of farm income and expenses and a filled in tax form illustration. Forms will be mailed later this month to those who reported income last year. Others may obtain forms at the Post Office, banks, or extension office. If two thirds of gross income comes from farming and tax year starts Jan 1, returns may be filed by Feb 15 or Jan 15 for estimated tax with balance due by April 15. Iowa state returns must be filed and tax paid by April 30.
Jones County extends 4 H baby beeves weighing across eight points Tuesday and Wednesday December 29 and 30. 4 H and vocational agriculture staff oversee the weighings at Ray Adams stockyards Monticello Sale Barn Anamosa Dubuque yards Cascade Ellis Lambertson farm Martello Oscar Mayer yards Olin Freq Mizaur S Oxford Junction Wilson yards Center Junction Cudahy yards. Calves must weigh 659 pounds or less and be haltered on arrival.
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