Community club notices and births at Monticello
Monticello page lists Legion and Rotary meetings from Feb 4 to 7 at various venues including St Luke’s and Newman hall. A social bake sale auction is planned. births reported Jan 30 and Jan 31 include multiple Monticello area families with several newborns and parental details.
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FER
American Legion
Legion Hall
Rotary
St. Luke's Methodist Church
NCCW
Newman Hall
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Social Security
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
E.H.A. Service
S.C.S
League of Women’s Voters Board
Wil Corbin
Rela
Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah Hall
Pythian Sisters
K.P
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello State Bank
Nine Discharged By Armed Forces
Jones county servicemen returned to civilian life in January per Mrs. Hubert Metcalf of the county selective service board. Returned inductees include George Barnes and Maurice Gavin of Monticello, Lee Edwards and Stanley Laurance of Anamosa, and Paul Waggoner of Onslow, with enlistees Frank Hill Jr and William Sutherland of Monticello and Anamosa, and Loras Hughes of Cascade. January new enlistments feature Charles Rogers and James Walton of Monticello, Dale Atwood of Anamosa, Julian Biggs of Tipton, Irvin Kleitsch of Cascade, and Herbert Wallroff of Prairieburg. A February draftee quota was not announced. Development Clinic attendance noted with Dr. Earl H. DeShaw in Des Moines January 24.
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Jones County
Hubert Metcalf
County Selective Service Board
George Barnes
Maurice Gavin
Monticello
Lee Edwards
Stanley Laurance
Anamosa
Paul Waggoner
Onslow
Frank Hill, Jr
William Sutherland
Glen Thomas
Loras Hughes
Cascade
Charles Rogers
James Walton
Dale Atwood
Julian Biggs
Tipton
Irvin Kleitsch
Herbert Wallroff
Prairieburg
Monticello Clinches WaMac Title In Thriller Over Marion
Monticello’s iron men won their first WaMac conference championship since 1947 with a 63-53 victory over Marion. Maynard Long led Monticello with 24 points, while Ron Long added 16 and Neil Bleadorn, Lang, and Long played full games as Monticello sealed a 12-0 league record and capped a standout season. Marion’s Steve Smith paced the opposition with 16 points as the teams traded leads and Monticello defended its title bid in a packed gymnasium.
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Monticello
Iron Men
Panther
Marion
Dean Nelson
Nelson
Panthers
Manchester
Monticello Cagers
Maynard Long
Ron Long
Neil Bleadorn
Les Linn
Anamasa
Lang
Bleadorn
Rickels
Rhatigan Cave
Eset
Nielana
Wilson
Iowa
M. Smith
Schlueter Neeene
Francis Merton
Clark Entrees
Smith
Jordan
Steen
Monticello Praceae
Mayioneee
Ron Lang
Tom Rhatigan
Dean Rickels
Official Weather Station Here Records Temperature Extremes
Monticello police record daily maximum and minimum temperatures from a shelter north of John McDonald hospital. The GMC established the station with Ernie Becker as chairman and Paul Becker assisting. Readings are taken at 5 30 pm by the police chief or on duty officers. The lowest reading in the three days before the weekend was 11 below, the high reached 28 above Friday. The Express will publish readings twice weekly in the Monticello Minutes. Equipment will also record precipitation after freezing weather ends.
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John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Don Gilmore
Weather Bureau
Greater Monticello
Ernie Becker
Paul Becker
Cascade
Dubuque
Les Bright
Carl Gudenhauf
the Express
GMC
Two Cases Heard In Jones County Court
Judge B. a Maxwell heard two cases in Jones county district court last week. On Jan. 30 he heard the eviction suit of Verdon Gavin versus Zelda Dolphin and Joseph Dolphin with both sides presenting evidence. Gavin seeks judgment to move the Dolphins from his premises. A hearing on amendments and a supplemental petition in the divorce case Helen Catherine Miller versus Paul Elwyn Miller occurred Jan. 29 with new evidence but no decision.
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Jones County
B. A Maxwell
Jones County District Court
Maxwell
Verdon Gavin
Zelda Dolphin
Joseph Dolphin
Gavin
Helen Catherine Miller
Paul Elwyn Miller
Monticello Collects $135 for Schoenbeck Family
About $135 in cash donated by Monticello residents was presented last week by Mayor John Behn to Mr and Mrs Schoenbeck and their children after a fire nearly destroyed their home at 211 West Washington Street January 26. Elmer Brokaw led the local fund drive.
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Monticello
John Behn
Albert Schoenbeck
Yiethos
West
Washington Street
Schoenbecks
Elmer Brokaw
Milwaukee Railroad Seeks Abandonment of 9.71 Miles
The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad seeks authority from the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon 9.71 miles of track from Monticello to Center Junction. Mayor Behn received the filing and a notice urges shippers to object by Feb 15 for a possible formal hearing. Depot closings at Center Junction are approved, with freight service routing to Wyoming. Center Junction traffic will shift to Wyoming Depot once closed.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Monticello
Center Junction
John Behn
Conrad A. Amend
Iowa Commerce Counsel
Interstate Commerce) Commission
the Express
J. T. Hayes
Milwaukee Road
Marion
Washington, D.C
Hayes
Milwaukee Railroad
Iowa Commerce Commission
Milwaukee
Scotch
Wyoming
Center Junctio
No Objections at Highway 38 Public Hearing Friday
A Friday morning public hearing at the Jones county courthouse in Anamosa reviewed the proposed hard surface of highway 38 from Genter Junction to Monticello. District Engineer R M Tutton led the session. no objectors appeared and observers included GMC officials.
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Anamosa
Genter Junction
Monticello
Jones County
R. M. Tutton
Cedar Rapids
Hd Cox
State Highway Commission
Ames
Bureau of Public Roads
GMC
Cox
Three Young Farmers Honored In Jones County
Dale Newman of Martelle named outstanding young farmer at an Anamosa banquet with 175 attendees. Runners up were Melvin Hein of Monticello and Glen Brown of Olin from a field of 24 candidates. The event featured Clair Golden of Cordova Ill discussing Russia and farming contrasts with a slide show.
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Anamosa
Dale Newman
Martelle
Jones County
Anamosa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
Melvin Hein
Monticello
Glen Brown
Olin
Clair Golden
Cordova
Ill
Russia
Golden
Clinton
Moscow
Crimea
Collision on Highway 151 Near Cascade Causes Vehicle Split
A Friday morning crash near the Fillmore bridge on Highway 151 involved a Fin day and H and W Transport truck jackknife and a car driven by John H. Beall of Des Moines. The Beall car rear ended the trailer and the H and W rig split in half. Driver Edwin Griesinger of Dubuque fell 30 feet into the creek and was hospitalized in good condition. Beall, a Coast Guard member, had minor injuries. other drivers escaped unharmed. A second minor crash occurred south of the bridge when Rose Marie Dolphin of Cascade hit a stationary truck. she received treatment for facial cuts.
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Cascade
Fillmore Bridge
Eugene Becker
Jack Moore
Finday
H and W
Sami
John H
Dubuque
Griesinger
Mercy Hospital
Beall
Coast Guard
Moore
Ryan
Clyde Zelmer
Boscobel
Wis
Rose Marie Dolphin
Engineering Fraternity Initiates Carl Egger at Iowa
Carl T. Egger of Monticello, a University of Iowa engineering sophomore, was initiated into Theta Tau, the professional engineering fraternity. He is the son of Carl A. Egger.
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Engineering Fraternity
Carl Egger
Carl T. Egger
Monticello
University of Iowa, Weg
Theta Tau
Egger
Carl A. Egger
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Winnipeg DeMonge
Vernon
Harold Hosch
Merlin Sternhagen
Earlville
Elmer Jacobs
Anthony Knish, Jr
Fort Knox
Terry
Frank Wright
Earl H. DeShaw
Monticello Development Corporation
Des Moines
Monti
WAMAC
Winton
Independence
Maquoketa
Vinton
Long
Rhatigan
Hipple
Panther Cagers
Emil Klumpar
Roy Moore
Jeff Podhaski
Andy Anderson
Sophs
Bruce Stumbaugh
Jim Maurice
Jim Helgens
Rucker
Marion Eee Eae Ee Anamosa
Vinton Independence
Maquoketa O
Maynard Lang
Gary Paack
Tom Streets
Ron Landis
Jim Hargrave
Robert Martin
Larry Lamont
Galen Kuper
John Martin
Ron Eden
Bill Vesey
Lynn Baldwin
Bill Martin
Schoenbeck
Grove
Folfolls
Iowa State Highway Commission
Commissioner of Public Roads
Tutton
Iowa 38
Muscetine
Movies OF
Colored Motion Picture
Legg
Emcee
Joe Legg
Don Dearborn
Jaycee
Jerry Parsons
Cris Randolph
Robert Patten
Calvin Reiss
O.Y.F
Paul Beniachek
Merlin Lazare
Vernon Steffens
Oxford Junction
George Brown
Richard Hartwig
Manford
Hinz
Russell Tenley
James Wild
Dean Henderson
Donald Brunscheen
Richard Hichhorn
Don Starr
Boyd Chatterton
Harold Biden
William Hintz
Paul Hugh
Leo Schemmel
Marvin Thomsen
Martello
Paul Paulsen
Scotch Grove
William Talbert
Robert von Sprecken
Newman
Naval Air Force
Hawkeye Angus Breeders Association
Eastern Iowa Angus Breeders Association
Masonic Lodge
Martello Methodist Church
Heinon
Hein
Presbyterian Church
Brown
Cedar Valley Farm Business Association
Methodist Church
Justice of the Peace
Melvin Bruggeman
Delhi
W. C. Bone
Bruggeman
Bone Farm
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