First Baby of 1965 Contest Attracts Monticello Prizes
The 27th annual First Baby of the Year contest awards prizes from Monticello merchants to the first baby born after midnight at John McDonald hospital or at home in Monticello or rural routes. David Webber, 1964 winner, will relinquish the title. Birth reports must reach the Express by noon Jan 3, with possible extension to noon Jan 10.
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Monticello
John McDonald Hospital
David Webber
Cascade
David
James Webber
The
Express
Douglas Paul Eiben
Paul B. Eiben
Anamosa
Thomas Lee Boland
James Boland
Route 2
Kevin
Tim
Steve
Births and legal notices from Jones county week
Births from John McDonald hospital include a Anamosa couple’s boy and Monticello couple’s girl with later December dates. Police court lists Irene Leona Green for failure to control and leaving scene. Orval Cooper for failure to stop at a stop sign. Marriage licenses issued to Dake Donovan and Zimmerman Siebels, all in Jones county. New cars and trucks registration noted.
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John McDonald Hospital
Russell Etten
Anamosa
James Helgens
Monticello
James Fiedler
Hopkinton
Irene Leona Green
Orval Cooper
Jones County
Delbert Gene Dake
Coggon
Betty Lou Donovan
James Richard Zimmerman
Route 2
Patricia Kay Siebels
Centenial Edition planned for Monticello Express
Des Moines woman is the county s fourth traffic fatality of the year. The Monticello Express marks its hundredth birthday on July 10 with a planned Centennial Edition. Publisher H M Jones expects the edition near the anniversary date. O D Crane founded the paper July 10 1865 and the masthead carries Our Country Right or Wrong. Betty Wagner invites readers to share old photos or news items of significance. Staff will research more than six months for the Centennal Edition.
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Monticello Express
Express
H. M. Jones
The
O. D. Crane
Betty Wagner
Hanzlik Resigns as Assistant Engineer to Take Delaware County Post
George Hanzlik, longtime assistant engineer for Jones county, resigns effective December 31 to assume county engineer duties in Delaware county starting January 1. He joined Jones county on January 1, 1961 after three years with the Iowa State Highway Commission. The Hanzlik family will move to Manchester. no replacement has been found.
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George Hanzlik
Jones County
Delaware County
Hanzlik
Iowa State Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Manchester
Claude Hamlin
Damage suit seeks $9 859 97 in Jones county court
Red Ball Engineering & Development Inc. of Iowa City sues LeRoy and Donald Jacque doing business as Jacques Decorating Co. of Monticello for 9 859 97 total over sub contract work at Alpha Delta Pi sorority house in Iowa City. First count claims 1353 40 plus interest and costs for flooring and related work. Second count seeks 8404 57 for painting not finished. Also references costs to complete and materials totaling 13 316 57.
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Jones County
Red Ball Engineering & Development Inc
Iowa City
LeRoy Jacque
Donald Jacque
Jacques Decorating Co
Monticello
Alpha Delta Pi
Jacques
Red Ball
O’dea Finance Co
Parley Simmons
Anamosa
Dee
Fatal car truck crash on icy highway 151 near Cascada
A 24 year old Des Moines woman Karen Lou Howe died when her car skidded on ice and struck a gas line tank truck driven by 55 year old Herbert McNally of Cascade. McNally was uninjured. The crash occurred westbound on highway 151 one mile west of Cascada.
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Des Mones
Karen Lou Howe
Highway 151
Cascade
Herbert McNally
Jones County
Kraith Emmert
Monticello
Edwin H. Ellers
Paul Priest
Klety Creek
Highway 38
East Monticello
Des Moines
Monnday
Cascada
Herbert Joseph McNally
McNally
Miss Howe
Elnora Paulson
Olin
Anamosa
Meccy Hospital
Nouticello
Ford
Lyle Clarence Chapman
Hopkinton
Steven Richard DeShaw
Scotch Grove
Roberts Lubben Farm
Chapman
DeShaw
White Christmas to grey New Year forecast for Iowans
The article describes a white Christmas followed by a grey New Year as forecasters predicted a warming trend then continued cold with precipitation. Weekend snow and zero or below temperatures turned to freezing rain and drizzle, making roads slick. A strong wind worsened conditions with fog lingering after breaks in precipitation.
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Yipee
Carpenter
Karen Lang
Dennis Lang
Merle Campbell
Hetzler-Copley Insurance Agency
Home Gas
Robinson Dairy
Spahn & Rose Lumber Co
Ventura
A&w
Peoples Natural Gas
Freese Motors
Arnold Poock
Borden
Eilers Furniture
Hassock
Hargrave Cleaners
Shelley’s Grocery
Hearn Oil & Tire Co
Iowa Electric Light
Santa Claus
Jack Randolph
Randolph
Jolly Old Saint
Micasla
Michael
Brian
Mark
Creighton
Angela
Monticello, Iowa
Spee
Miller Motors Co
Simmons
Miller
O'Dea
Longworth
Osford Jc
Keith Emmert
Edwin H. Eilers
Kitty Creek
Iowa
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