FFA Pest Control Contest Winners Exterminate 1509 Rodents
Monticello Future Farmers of America members completed a pest control contest ending January 31 in which 1509 rodents and birds were killed. The B team scored 7177 points to defeat the A team with 3825 points. Winners will host a party for losers.
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Monticello
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Andy Cubit
Cubit
John Zoller
Jim Tschantz
Ron Keenen
Larry Rickels
Allen Alferts
Dave Conley
G Tobinson
Stan Cook
Mike Holub
Andy Ballou
Roger Kupp
D. Tschantz
Gaylen Wilken
Dave Hoyer
Monticello Community High School
Midland School Petition Pared Down By County Boards
Jones and Jackson county school boards met in special session Tuesday to discuss reorganizing the Midland district. They excluded Spencerville and areas east of the Jackson county line from the petition, which originally sought including Canton Rural Independent, Monmouth Consolidated, and part of Spencerville Rural Independent. The two boards had not decided at the prior hearing and were given five days to conclude.
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Jones and Jackson County
Midland
Spencerville
Jackson County
Canton Rural
Monmouth
Births and local notices from Monticello area
Births reported from John McDonald hospital include several couples from Epworth Cascade Monticello Hopkinton and Anamosa with newborn girls and boys on January 31 February 2 4 6 plus separate births in Manila Ark Milford Mich and Tucson Ariz. Police court docket lists fines for reckless careless and other traffic offenses. New cars and trucks registered in Jones County from Feb 1 6 and a marriage license tied to Rudolph Alferts and Joann Vacek. Extension worker Dave Hammond promoted at ISU Jones County. Lions Club Smorgasbord set for April 5 at Monticello Youth Center. Accident report notes rear-end hits on a semi truck in Monticello.
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John McDonald Hospital
Raymond Feldman
Epworth
Melvin Kurt
Cascade
Harold Steiner
Monticello
Galen Beitz
Hopkinton
Robert Schuster
Duane Caspers
Robert Wilcox
Dennis Larson
Anamosa
Gilbert Nehi
Groundhog predicts milder weather so far in Iowa
Local readers weigh the groundhog's forecast as winter lingers with 41 days left. Yet recent cold snaps slice into expected spring fever while January 1962 runs far below January 1961 in average highs and lows, snow on the ground since December 9.
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Mr. Groundhog
Iowa
Roy Miller Files as Candidate for State Representative
Roy Miller announces candidacy for state representative on the Republican ticket. In Monticello a 13th annual Jones county dairy banquet is set for Feb 14 with Emmett F. Butler as speaker and a cheese smorgasbord. The Jones county 4-H Builders will serve ham dinner and tickets are available from local committee members. Mrs Anna Stead of Monticello is nominated as Iowa Mother of the Year candidate alongside other state nominees. The Jones county supervisors approve a voting place in Onslow and accept 1961 reports from extension council and fair board. deputy sheriff Galen Robertson resigns to join the Anamosa reformatory staff.
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State Board of Regents
Hammond
Jones County
Jones County Extension Service
Monticello
Robert Wahl
Joe Legg
Ray Brokaw
Dick Hanken
George Hoult
Harold Lindner
Bob Patton
Robert Holub
Gilbert Vernimont
George Smith
Langworthy
John H. Dirks
Scotch Grove
Herb Husmann
Wyoming
Jay Slater
Leo Bonjour
Olin
Don Burhans
John Hanna, Jr
Alvin Byerly
Alvin Lueder
Marvin Engelbart
John Sievers
Harold Miner
Herman Ortgies
Anamosa
Anna Stead
Iowa
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Stead
Harold
Maquoketa
Vance
le Mars
Gordon
Penick and
Ford
Cedar Rapids
Beverly
Donald T. Caspers
Elgin
Sand Springs
Delaware County
Buck Creek
Hopkinton
Lennox College
Cornell College
Harold Arthur Stead
Triple A
USC
The
Methodist Church
WSCS
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Clay Township
Onslow
Extension Council
Great Jones County Fair Board
Galen Robertson
Robertson
Miller seeks State House seat after Eldred death in Iowa
Roy A. Miller of Monticello filed Wednesday in Des Moines as a Republican candidate for State Representative seeking the office held by the late Russell Eldred of Anamosa who died December 30. Miller owns farms near Olin and west of Miller, operated an implement business and IH dealership network, and has served on the Monticello city council since 1954.
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Roy A. Miller
Monticello
Des Moines
Russell Eldred
Anamosa
Miller
Cliff Wears
Olin
Harlen Miller
Stanwood School
Cedar Rapids Business College
Onslow
Cedar County
Earlville
I-H
Manchester
Ryan
Independence
International Harvester
Greater
Mon ticello honors roll lists announced by principal
Mon ticello Community school principal Dale Greenawald released the first semester and second nine weeks honor rolls. Forty seven senior high and 37 junior high students made the semester list, with 67 senior high and 52 junior high on the second nine weeks.
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Dale Greenawald
Monticello Community School
Sacred Heart High Names Honor Roll Students
Twenty eight Sacred Heart high school students earned first semester honors announced by Principal Sister Marilyn O F S Distinctions go to seniors Sharon Bader Mary Hopan Judy Schmit Bonnie Welter Juniors JoAnn Behrends Ann Miller Sophomore Neal Recker Second honor roll lists seniors Jean Eilers John Kramer Louise Locher Bertine Loop Agnes Oaken Sally Recker Robert Smith Juniors Marilyn Holmes Joan Rogers Jeanne Schwendinger Sophomores Janet Clement Gary Gadient Pat McAleer Madonna Lewis Carol Sadler Patricia Schlimmer James Locher Freshmen Robert Hines Joyce Nehl Barbara O Rourke Alice Ropes
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Sacred Heart High School
Marilyn O. F. S
Sharon Bader
Mary Hopan
Judy Schmit
Bonnie Welter
JoAnn Behrends
Ann Miller
Neal Recker
Jean Eilers
John Kramer
Louise Locher
Bertine Loop
Agnes Oaken
Sally Recker
Robert Smith
Marilyn Holmes
Joan Rogers
Jeanne Schwendinger
Janis Clement
Gary Gadient
Pat McAleer
Madonna Lewis
Carol Sadler
Patricia Schlimmer
James Locher
Robert Hines
Joyce Nehl
Barbara O'Rourke
Alice Ropes
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Ernest Alferts
Lee Stahlberg
Bob Plueger
Bill Bohlken
Tom Aitchison
Dave Hawks
David Hoyer
John Holub
John Bader
D. Zumbrunnen
Ray Heeren
Jones County Extension Council
Neal Robertson
Martelle
Milton Chesire
Boyd Chatterton
Paul Huston
Paul Hugh
Don Clark
Everett Herndon
Jake Dietiker
Lovell
Glen Behrends
ASC
Bill Hintz
Claude Tillotson
Cass
Richland
Washington
Midland School
Milford, Mich
Anthony Kinish
Frank Wright
Tucson
Ariz
Eugene Womack, Jr
C. F. Shimanek
Ronald C. Ruzicka
Thomas W. Schuster
Richard Heeren
William H. Stuhler
Jeff Podhaski
Jeff Rohr
Bruce Froning
Marvin Schneider
John F. Welter
Raymond V. Porter
Lamir Charles Sobotka
Oxford Jct
Chevrolet
Chester A
Condit
Oldsmobile
Daryl I. Ross
Woodrow M. Deeb
Jones County Oil Co
Virtus C. Lorenzen
Rex Or Gladys Heiken
Gray’s Cashway Lumber Co
Wears Inc
International Truck
Thomas G. Peterson
William Dean Rosencrans
Mercury
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Archie R
Tuel
Owen G
Janice F. Tjaden
Ernest W
Stella R. Biere
Jon C. Husman
Rudolph Henry Alferts
Legal
Joann Lillian Vacek
Dave Hammond
Russell Swensen
Ames
Iowa State University
Lions Club
South Main
James A. Paulsen
Iowa City
Dale E. Rhirichs
Oxford
James Herbert Newhard
Helen Louise Chapman
Central City
High Low
Monticello, Iowa
Roy Miller
County Dairy
Russ Eldred
Council
AAHS
Nancy Baresel
Joyce Bohlken
Susan Bone
Linda Brighton
Linda Eggers
Sheri Greenawald
Mary Hanken
Evelyn Rogers
Carole Schoon
Lucinda Shelley
Janice Willis
Sandra Wink
Susan Yeoman
Dan Hinrichs
David Luck
Paul Specht
Everett Tobiason
Gene Tuel
Paul Wilcox
Maxine Crow
Jill Husmann
Phil Bohlken
Eldon Dierks
Ken Kephart
Jerry Long
Steve Stulken
Ley Wolken
Diane Adams
Jo- Ann Ballou
Mary Copley
Jane Hetzler
Mary Myers
Elizabeth Specht
Janet Wahl
Robert Behrends
Jerry Cowen
Gordon Dierks
Phil Schlarmann
Martha Edwards
Cheryl Rhatigan
Bev Schoon
Kay Simmons
Leah Belle Steiner
Gary Pratt
David Specht
Dorothy Bader
Lois Bohiken
Barbara Bone
Sandra Bronemann
Kathy Fraser
Glenda Goldsmith
Ann Hanken
Donna
Frank Eilers
Don Schlimmer
Ellen Hagen
Martin Wade
Emil Feldman
Frank Shimanek
Merle Rickels
Frank Barnts
Bob Williams
Bill Osterkamp
Lester Juilfs
Otto Steuri
Michael Lux
Bob Goodyear
Louie Hibold
Larry Himes
Ron Behrends
Bud Bader
Ray Marolf
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