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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1954
Page
1
Kenneth E. Ritter of Winterset urges Iowans to press lawmakers for free schooling at public expense for mentally retarded children. He cites rising costs at Woodward and Glenwood institutions, noting parents pay only a small share while others receive full state support for the blind, deaf, and mentally disabled.
An old Monticello businessman, Crispin Hartman, offers a never published poem titled A Life Worth Living. The piece extols virtue, charity, and religious guidance, urging readers to live honestly and follow a moral path for a fruitful life into 1955. Anamosa attribution included.
The Hawkeye area council clarifies that Waubeek area council merged with the Iowa City council years ago to form the Hawkeye council. It explains membership as institutional representatives, distinct corporate bodies, and independent duties. It notes Dr. Robert Savage of Monticello as assistant district commissioner and states den chief shoulder cords are earned by active den chiefs and removed at end of service.
On December 22 1954 at 4 pm Miss Audrey Kleineck daughter of Mr and Mrs Victor Kleineck Onslow married Kenneth Twachtmann son of Mr and Mrs Walter Twachtmann Cedar Rapids at Zion Lutheran Wyoming. The ceremony included Rev Richard Gronewold organist Luella Bahnsen soloist and guests from Onslow Cedar Rapids and Marion.
M/Sgt. and Mrs. Leo R. Kiburz arrived at Tolz in Germany, reporting they like the Bavarian Alps region. Their new address is IM/Sgt. and Mrs. Leo R. Kiburz 7062nd Air Intelligence Sq. APO 108 New York NY.
State of Town Jones county appoints and qualifies executors of the estate of Lowell FE Hinck deceased late of Jones county. Creditors must pay and claimants present claims duly authenticated to the undersigned for allowance and file in the district court clerk's office. RJ Bone I W Lovela ph Wilson attorney Dated December 20 1954 W L Pearson clerk district court By Gertrude Folkerts deputy.
Reported births at John McDonald hospital include a Wilken boy a Moenk boy and a Osterkamp boy. Mary Haley dies at 94 in John McDonald hospital. Len Buol marks 55th wedding anniversary with family dinner. Iva Yeoman tops Women’s Bowling with 490. Gerald Rohr baptized at Evangelical and Reformed. Monticello school quartet entertains Farm Bureau members. Lamp Post quartet performs “Alfalfa Hay.” Clifford Paul, Jones County attorney, named secretary treasurer of Iowa County Attorneys Association in Des Moines.
Roy M Joslin of Fairview township was re elected president of the Jones county Farm Bureau at its 13th annual meeting held at the Legion hall in Monticello Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsor Mardi Gras for New Year’s Eve A six room house owned by Mrs Julia Moore East National street Cascade purchased by A E Aitchison will be moved to his farm Monticello post office handled 20000 outbound mail pieces from Saturday through Tuesday Monday the busiest day with 10000 Alfreida Reed daughter of Mr and Mrs E E Reed was seriously injured in an automobile accident Friday evening She sustained a severe injury over her right eye after being thrown against the car door iron frame George Schweitzer son of Mrs John Schweitzer earned a diploma from Town State College Ames
Henry Seimering came home during the month from his second enlistment and served in the Philippine islands. Prairieburg celebrated the opening of the railroad from Anamosa to Prairieburg on the 20th. the line has since been abandoned and rails removed. An erroneous item in a prior ad mis-stated stable room figures at Justus Dartow farm. Eugene Harms, eight miles west of Monticello, moved to Ottawa Kansas last week and bought a 240 acre farm.
Mr and Mrs Tobe Hinrichs of Center Junction announced the birth of a son. Clergy from Congregational Presbyterian and Methodist churches plan a series of union revival meetings beginning in January.
The Wayne Willing Workers and Wayne Master Farmers hosted a December 15 Christmas party at Ana Mosa. Bert Ballou Albert Heeren led caroling trips with groups of children, followed by games at the Farm Bureau building.
A break in at a Knoxville service station yielded a loot of five to six dollars after burglars shattered a window and damaged an expensive cash register. No suspects are named and no injuries reported.
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