Births and Local Weather Report From Monticello Area
Birth notices from John Mc Donald hospital list several newborns including a boy born Jan 27 to Mr and Mrs George Barnes Monticello a girl Jan 28 to Mr and Mrs Martyn Lehrman Wyoming a boy Jan 20 to Mr and Mrs Edward Otten Cedar Rapids a girl Jan 31 to Mr and Mrs John R Wright Scotch Grove and two girls Feb 1 to Mr and Mrs John Reis Hopkinton and Mr and Mrs John Yankovic Hopkinton Weather data from the Monticello Police department shows January temperatures with multiple subzero days and a coldest day of January recorded 14 below. Highest temps reached 46 on Jan 7 and 8. Marriage licenses issued by the Jones county clerk include multiple couples from Monticello Anamosa Mount Vernon and other towns. New cars and trucks registered list owners and makes including Plymouth Pontiac Buick Chevrolet and Ford models. (con't on page A-4)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
George Barnes
Monticello
Martyn Lehrman
Wyoming
Edward Otten
Cedar Rapids
John R. Wright
Scotch Grove
John Reis Hopkinton
John Yankovic
Hopkinton
Hilo
Jones County
James A. Remington
Anamosa
Plymouth
Joseph L. Soper, Jr
Olin
John
Karen Jackson
Pontiac
Stambaugh & Zimmerman
Howard
Grace Soper
Buick
Melvin F. Pruess
Ford Truck
Eva Lucille Harrs
Ford
Karl T. Kurt
Chevrolet
Ronald
Vicki Conley
John Edward
Erma Holub
Clarence R. Bader
Villa Freeman
Con
Four sentenced for bad checks in Jones county district court
Four Monticello area residents were sentenced Friday in Jones county district court after attempting to pass worthless checks on January 20. Each received three year terms for conspiracy to obtain by false pretense with two women and two men among the defendants. Barbara Edwards and Nancy Mortenson received threeyear terms. Edwards paroled to the Iowa State Board of Parole, Mortenson to the Rockwell City women’s reformatory. Ernest Mortenson to Fort Madison state penitentiary. Walter Edwards to Anamosa men’s reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
Barbara Edwards
Nancy Mortenson
Rockwell City
Edwards
Iowa State Board of Parole
Ernest Dale Mortenson
Monticello Set for Third Annual Athletic Banquet
The Monticello annual athletic banquet will be held Monday March 15 at the Youth Center. Honored guests include the University of Iowa basketball team Sacred Heart and Monticello Community high school athletes. Committees announced led by Clarence R. Hosford as chairman and Sam C. Rhatigan as assistant chairman in charge of tickets.
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Monticello
University of Iowa
Sacred Heart
Monticello Community High School
Clarence R. Hosford
Sam C. Rhatigan
Marvin Schneider
Ralph Petersen
Rex Rickels
Glenn Rickels
Garry Cooper
Bud Bader
Rex Martinsen
Monticello students named to semester honor rolls
126 Monticello Community High School students earn semester and second nine weeks honors. Principal Dale Greenawald released lists by grade with many named in 7th through 12th grades including multiple students named across both honor rolls.
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Monticello Community High School
Dale Greenawald
Mary Lou Gearhart
Ruth Hanken
Virginia Lewis
Roberta Stevenson
Barbara Zirkelbach
Rose Ehlis
Lynda Hagen
Vickie Hunt
Marjorie Rieken
Jane Schuster
Barbara Stoneking
Karen Cruise
Nancy Freese
Marsha Jones
Nancy
Ken
Dan Bohlken
David Bohlken
John Hetzler
Charles Hubbard
Keith King
John Savage
Steve Schlarmann
Phil Specht
Dick White
Nancy Baresel
Joyce Bohlken
Susan Bone
Linda Brighton
Rose Egger
Linda Eggers
Sheri Greenawald
Mary Hanken
Luanne Helgens
Barbara Hugh
Becky Husman
Carole Schoon
Lucinda Shelley
Sandra Wink
Susan Yeoman
Dave Catlett
Ron Hendricks
Dan
Nancy Oltmann
Kathy Burton
Cindy Hanken
Shirley
Leigh Clark Named Chair of Jones County Planning Board
Leigh Clark of Monticello was named chairman of the Jones County regional planning and zoning board at the group’s initial meeting Friday night at the Farm Bureau building. Fred Petersen of Wyoming and Joe Legg of Anamosa were named vice chairman and secretary respectively, with terms for three to five years assigned to twelve members. The board will interview consulting firms and hire trained personnel to survey the county and determine local needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Clark
Monticello
Jones County Regional Planning and Zoning Board
Farm Bureau
Fred W. Petersen
Wyoming
Joe Legg
Anamosa
Louis Helgens
Fred Hefflefinger
Olin
Sam Edgar
Martelle
Herb Westphal
Onslow
Fred Petersen
Earl Mayberry
Lewis Dreibelbis
John Supple
Cascade
Kenneth Howle
Harold Calvert
Virgil Vernon
Board of Supervisors
Legg
Regional Planning Board
Let
Kenneth Howie
Two charged after traffic mishaps in Monticello
Two drivers face failure to yield charges after separate Monticello incidents last week. Lavern Lambert collided with Melvin Wells at North Sycamore and East Third streets, causing minor damage. Charles Bartels, driving a 1963 Dodge, collided with Kenneth Hasler at Main and East First, with modest vehicle damage. A separate one car crash near Wyoming left 17 year old John Bennen with minor injuries after a rollover on icy Highway 136.
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Monticello
Lavern Everett Lambert
Melvin Eugene Wells
North Sycamore
East Third Streets
Lambert
Third
Wells
Sycamore
Charles Henry Bartels
Olin
Main
East First
Bartels
Kenneth John Hasler
Farmer's Mutual Coop Creamery
John F. Bennen
Highway 136
Wyoming
Trucker Henry Harms Dies in Tragic CO Poisoning
Funeral services set for Henry G. Harms 48 of a local trucking firm. Harms and Dean Powers of Cedar Rapids were found dead in Powers' unvented gas stove heated camper near Osceola Arkansas after a midwinter trip to Florida. Carbon monoxide poisoning suspected.
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St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Henry G. Harms
Florida
Harms
Dean Powers
Cedar Rapids
Powers
Interstate 55
Osceola
Ark
Grand opening under way at J and B Royal Blue Food store
Grand opening festivities begin this weekend at J and B Royal Blue Food store. Jim and Ben Shelley promote extra special prices in every department with gifts for every customer Thursday through Saturday. A total of 120000 S and H Green Stamps plus door prizes are offered including a top prize of 12000 stamps and a $50 merchandise certificate.
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Royal Blue Food
Jim
Ben Shelley
Long's Royal Blue
Monticello School Board Announces Administrative Changes
The Monticello Community school board announced personnel changes effective 1965 1966. Dale Greenawald becomes Shannon Elementary principal after serving as high school principal since 1961 and previously as superintendent of Morley schools. Darold Albright is named high school principal. Mrs Lois Shover remains Carpenter school principal. Supt Boyd Shannon offered a three year contract starting July 1 1965 and expressed plans to finish his career at its end.
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Monticello
Dale Greenawald
New Shannon
Greenawald
Vance Stead
LeMars
Morley Schools
Iowa City Schools
Coe College
University of Iowa
Lois Shover
Carpenter School
Albright
Darold Albright
Iowa State University
State University of Iowa
Boyd Shannon
Shannon
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Robert Jerald Ahlrichs
Langworthy
Sharon Kay Holmes
Larry Gene Meyer
Mary Ann James
Mount Vernon
William Theodore Himebaugh
Pamela Kay Byerly
Randy Harris
Alfred Dirks
Bad Check
James Michael Connelly
Verney Matthew Carey
Ray Andrew McCormack
Route 1
George John Gisel
Dewain Franklin Sherrill
Ruth Evelyn Sherrill
Ronald Lee Sherrill
Amdbor
Buck Creek
Castle Grove
Center Junction
Beaecceeens
Delhi
Louis Mors
Monticello Express
Johnny Jones
Monticello Community School
Harold Yeoman
Virgil Hunt
Louis Freese
Ray Marolf
Elmer Anderson
Ted Krouse
Vince Haag
Les Linn
William Stuhler
George Neiters
Andy Cubit
Harlan Hetzler
Cecil Goettsch
Robert Myers
James Maurice
Larry Robertson
Milton Rieken
Ron Curtis
MHS
Lois Bohiken
Barbara Bone
Sandra Bronemann
Ann Hanken
Brenda Hostatler
Donna Lubben
Donna Luck
Marilyn Null
Nancy Paulsen
Sharon Podhaski
Pam Rickels
Carol Schafer
Diane Schafer
Margaret Wacker
Marilyn Wahl
Diane Wilken
Randy Harlan
Ronald Helgens
Tom Rieken
Ronnie Rupp
Sid Schatz
Dave Schoon
Ann Ganfield
Shirley Hinrichs
Marlene Johnson
Gale Kuhns
Nena Landis
Susan Landis
Diane Meeks
Lani Morf
Sherry Paulsen
Susan Paulsen
Carol Tapken
Laurel Wil
Brenda Page
Sharon Padhaski
Tom Haas
Janice Keener
Barbara Stumba
Monticello, Iowa
Earl L. Mayberry
Samuel K. Edgar
Martello
Herbert Westphal
Hasler
C. R. Man
Stop
Mr. Harms
Lockhart, Minn
Garriet and
Elise Schlemmer Harms
Bernice Siebels
Harmsway
VFW
American Legion
Sandra
Patricia
Regina
Garriet Harms
Leo
Laura) Ambuehl
Nick
Lona
Farmers Co-Op
Farmers’ Mutual Co-op Creamery
Are
Louis Hanken
Robert Wahl
Irvin Husman
Jake Dietiker
Francis Miller
Wyland
Bud) Bone
Ben Eiben
Ray Strange
Harold Lindner
Dietiker and
Miller
Co-op
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