Community club events and births in Monticello area
Weekly listings note meetings and activities across Monticello and surrounding towns including B P W club, Pythian Sisters, Rotary Lions joint gathering, Swine Producers Day at Iowa State Ames, and Boy Scout events. Birth announcements cite several families in Cascade Monticello and Oxford Junction with dates Feb 2 to Feb 5. Marriage licenses recorded for Anamosa Center Junction and Olin locales.
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B.P.W
V.F.W
Pythian Sisters
K.P. Hall
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello State Bank
Rotary and
Lions Clubs
Iowa State College
Ames
Boy Scout
Legion Hall
Petition Out for New Gym Auditorium
Approximately 150 farmers from five counties heard Orin Lee Staley national president of the National Farmers Organization urge that subsidies controls and surpluses are used to scare farmers into warped thinking He favored subsidies as a short term aid but not a complete solution and discussed two farm policy options including reduced farm numbers and marketing outside price signals The meeting in Cascade featured master of ceremonies John Lane Noel Montz and announced NFO plans for statewide televised programs.
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Cascade
Orin Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
Rea. Mo
Staley
N.S.O
John Lane
Noel Montz
N.E.O. National Board
Iowa
N.F.O
Corning
Lane
Wisconsin
Missouri
Creamery Elects Hans Hoffman at Annual Meeting
Hans Hoffman was elected to replace Richard Hanken as director of the Monticello Farmers Mutual Creamery at the annual meeting in the Community building. Jim Maurice was re elected treasurer and Joe Heeren was re elected secretary. Hold over directors include Louie Hanken Jake Dietiker Ben Hiben Robert Wahl and Colin Tschantz. Directors will meet Feb 8 to select president and vice president for 1957.
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Hans Hoffman
Richard Hanken
Monticello Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Jim Maurice
Joe Heeren
Louie Hanken
Jake Dietiker
Ben Hiben
Robert Wahl
Colin Tschantz
Auto crash near Prairieburg leaves two treated
A 1954 sedan driven by Arthur A. Schadey 28 of Manchester veered into a ditch at a T intersection east of Prairieburg around 10 p.m. Saturday. Schadey and Mary Lou Evers 17 of Delhi were treated for lacerations and released. three passengers were taken to Monticello for care as emergency units responded.
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Prairieburg
Arthur A. Schadey
Manchester
Schadey
Mary Lou Evers
Delhi
Monticello
Les Monk
Monticello Firemen Respond to Two Minor Alarms
Monticello volunteers were called early Monday to Mrs. Sam Clark’s home north of Bud's Super Valu to extinguish a chimney fire with little damage. Friday afternoon firefighters answered a second alarm from Freese Motors lot near the Monticello Implement store where a wrecked auto smoldered as workers removed parts with a blow torch.
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Monticello
Sam Clark
Bud’s
Fred Kreeb
Freese Motors
George Harms Hillcrest Addition Accepted by City Council
The Monticello city council accepted the final plat for Hillcrest Addition owned by George Harms. The eight lots lie north of West Sixth Street and west of Carpenter Elementary, all facing the street. A $420.98 payment, 26 percent of sewer line costs, was approved.
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Hillcrest Addition
George Harms
West Sixth Street
Carpenter
Monticello
Wate
Alfred Hyger
Roy Miller
Assessable Valuation Increases At Monticello Rotary Meeting
Ed Cox outlines 1957 assessable valuation increases over 1956 for Jones county towns, noting real estate adjustments and street frontages. He cites Anamosa 4.3 percent, Monticello 5.9 percent, Center Junction 0.8, Martello 18, Morley 3.2, Olin 2.4, Onslow 3.3, Oxford Junction 2.6, Wyoming 4.9, West Cascade 4.8, and discusses monies credits and tax implications.
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Jones County
Monticello
Cox
Anamosa
Center Junction
Martello
Morley
Olin
Onslow
Oxford Junction
Wyoming
West Cascade
Speech Contest Feb 14 Draws 116 Students From Nine Schools
A preliminary round of the northeast Iowa district speech contests brings about 116 high school students from nine schools to Monticello on Thursday February 14. Contest centers include the high school auditorium St Luke’s Methodist church and the Community building with three judges at each site. Schools represented are Monticello Anamosa Bellevue public Bellevue St Joseph’s Dubuque Morley New Vienna Olin and Wyoming.
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Iowa
Monticello
Vance Stead
St. Luke's Methodist Church
Stead
Anamosa
Bellevue Public
Bellevue St. Joseph's
Dubuque
Morley
New Vienna
Olin
Wyoming
Mt. Vernon
Petitions Filed For Monticello School Board Race
Petitions circulate for Cox Mort Morf Louis Morf Monticello State bank assistant cashier and Ed Cox as candidates for the Monticello public school board election on March 11. Cox seeks re election. Mort aims for board seat now held by Jim Maurice. Maurice will not seek another term. Filings open Feb 11 with secretary Augusta Melsha. deadline March 1 at noon.
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Louis Morf
Monticello State Bank
Ed Cox
Monticello Public School Board
Cox
Mort
Jim Maurice
Maurice
Augusta Melsha
Mayor objects to Milwaukee Road abandonment plan
Mayor John Behn wrote to Iowa Commerce counsel Conrad Amend protesting the Milwaukee Road plan to abandon tracks between Monticello and Center Junction. He urged notifying local shippers and receivers to oppose, noting the Monticello to Scotch Grove segment serves outlying areas and the Center Junction depot may close soon.
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John Behn
Milwaukee Railroad
Monticello
Scotch Grove
Conrad A. Amend
Iowa Commerce Counsel
Interstate Commerce Commission
Center Junction
Behn
Amend
Wyoming
Rites Conducted For Henry Eggers
Funeral services for Henry Eggers a former Monticello resident were held in Prescott Wisconsin. Eggers died January 29 at age 77 and is survived by his wife a son and a daughter six sisters and five brothers. Mrs I H Schneider Louis Schneider and Loren Schneider of Monticello attended the funeral.
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John McDonald
Robert Takes
Cascade
Paul Reiter
Robert Townsley
Clinton
Louis Divoky
Henry Eggers
Monticello
Prescott
Wis
Two Auto Accidents Leave Monticello Area Damaged
A pair of Saturday crashes in Monticello and nearby caused extensive damage. Raymond Skahill of Cascade was fined 500 dollars after pleading guilty to a second drunk driving offense tied to a crash into the Wagon Wheel tavern on Highway 151. The second incident involved Ray Hogan of Worthington whose car rolled into the Clarence Stoneking house at 212 North Elm, damaging the siding and interior. the car also struck two parked autos, Joh n Coohey and Milton Quinn, with additional property damage reported around the area. Patrolman John Beckmann said Skahill had pursued by police before the tavern crash.
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Inn
Raymond Skahill
Cascade
Wagon Wheel Inn
Highway 151
Monticello
Skahill
Jones County
Wagon Wheel
Ray Hogan
Worthington
North Elm Street
Clarence Stoneking
North Elm
W. H. Behrends
Hopkinton
Stoneking
Wagon Wheel Tavern
Milton Quinn
Cascade Highway
John Beckmann
Quinn
John Coohey
Beckmann
Coohey
Maquoketa River Bridge
Montigello
Warren P. Lawrence
Anamosa Justice of the Peace
Ray Delano Sanford
Coats
Ligengse
Sanford
Onslow
Herman Schnoor
Justice Court
Lumir Detert
Panningroth
O.M.V.I
Detert
John Raymond Potter
Maquo
Auto Truck Collision in Monticello Causes Minor Damage
A collision at the Sycamore and Third streets intersection in Monticello left a 1952 truck driven by Herman Bartels and a 1950 sedan driven by Mrs. I S Rhatigan damaged. The truck traveled east on Third while the car went north on Sycamore. damage estimated at $200 with no injuries.
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Sycamore
Third Streets
Monticello
Herman John Bartels
Mary
Lou Dondelinger
Marion
I. S. Rhatigan
Third Street
Jones County Court Calendar to Hear 13 Cases
Jones County district court will open its February term with three criminal and seven civil cases assigned by Judge Charles Penningroth. Highlights include Erma Allamand seeking divorce from Lawrence Allamand with custody and alimony claims, a beer delivery case against Robert Fairbanks, and embezzlement charges against James Fangman. Additional civil actions include guardianship and promissory note collection.
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Jones County
Jones County District Court
Charles Penningroth
Erma Allamand
Anamosa
Lawrence Allamand
Allamand
Olin
Robert Fairbanks
Anamoage
Fairbanks
James Fangman
Fangman
Hventook
Loren Hullinger, Jr
Otho G. Brokaw
Rose Alice Bro
Express Begins Series of Articles on Hospital
The Monticello Express launches a page 2 series of editorials under the title Your Hospital. Through a building fund a new wing for John McDonald hospital may be built to serve a growing list of patients in Monticello and surrounding areas. The series aims to acquaint readers with the hospital and its operations.
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John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Monticello High Seeks Special Election for New Gym
Petitions circulate to call a special election on issuing up to 150000 in bonds to build a combined gymnasium auditorium with band room kitchen facilities at Monticello High School. If approved, the gym would seat about 2000, freeing space for PE and events.
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Monticello Public
Shannon
Ray
Stumbaugh
Shanfién
Three Fined for Drunk Driving and Forgery Sentence
In Jones County district court three men faced fines totaling 1100 for drunk driving and forgery. Raymond Skahill of Cassade received 500 with a four month license suspension. Ray Sanford 300 with 60 day license suspension. Lumir Detert 300 with costs for OMVI. John Potter was sentenced to 10 years at Fort Madison for forgery after pleading guilty.
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Jones County
Raymond Joseph Skahill
Cascade
Charles Penningroth
Keta
Fort Madison
Potter
J. E. Helserman
Lawrence LaBerge
Citizen's Savings Bank
Anamosa
Sienéa
Stanley Zimmerman
William Henry
Broders Moe Olin
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State Employment Service
Court House
E.W
William Walter Parker
Clarence
Elisa Marie Birks
Courthouse Records
Boyd Christensen
Chevrolet
M. C. Gordon
Clarence W. Lutz
Pontiac
George H. Or Franc Bohlken
Ford
Chester C. Miller
Dean McDonald
Milton Tobiason
Raymond E. James
International
George Preston
Willys
Taylor
Ben N. Paulsen
NFC
Earl Beisell
Creamery
Hillcrest
Henry Schone
Northside
Raymond Egger
Egger
Rotary
Milwaukee Road
Kaw
Dale V. Stickley
Ralph Petersen
Dorothy B. Petersen
Carole Dirks
Willis Dirks
Petersen
Dirks
Ray Huerter
Pat Cole
Huerter
Express
Supt
Boyd Shannon
The
Monticello Agai
Grand Street
Glenn Alten Bernet
Phyllis’ Ann Bernet
Bernet
Bennet
Invorce
J. D. Heiserman
Jack M. Noah
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