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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1959
Page
1
Yesterday morning I heard your recording of Why and thought of many questions, all starting with the song title. Frankie Avalon Hollywood.
In a December 15 special election Republican John Kyl, a clothing dealer, won the vacated congressional seat over Democrat C Edwin Gilmour, a state senator and Grinnell College professor. The race follows three earlier GOP losses in the district amid shrinking margins.
The Iowa election showed 52.3 percent for the Republicans and 48 percent for the Democrats amid town and farm voting shifts. Campaigns featured Gilmour vs Benson with national issues cited. Local notices include Christmas activities, familial gatherings, and community greetings across Monticello and Cedar Rapids.
The Castle Grove church Sunday school presented a Christmas Eve program at 7:30 pm with an organ prelude by Elizabeth Specht and multiple choral and reader segments led by Pastor Zellmer and various students. The Castle Grove School No. 4 also staged a Christmas program on December 23 at 7:30 pm featuring Welcome by Steven Schlarmann and acts like Jolly Old St. Nicholas and Up On the House Top performed by the student body.
Holiday hosts included the Paul Paulsens at a noon dinner and the William B. Henrichs family hosting guests Arend Balster and the Robert Buol family. Edwin Helgens and Donald Grom households joined W. B. Clark’s Monticelo home for Christmas. Ruth Ann Heiken visits from St. Louis. Roger Raftis returns from Fort Riley on a 14 day furlough.
Visitors at John Deere Day will view a fast paced film program coordinated by Walter Kronkite, famed network announcer, with spot news features and entertainment. Tom Gordon appears, teaching farming lessons while the Gordon Family observes the event.
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