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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1958
Page
5
Edits note lists events for February including Rotary, women voters, YV auxiliary, VFW auxiliary, beef producers banquet, Shrine Valentine banquet, and license exams. Births and marriages are reported from John McDonald hospital and courthouse records, with fines for a parking violation noted.
Monticello merchants thank Boy Scouts during Boy Scout week February 7 to 13. A full page message on page 7 urges residents to give time and money to the Scout movement. Sponsors include Ray Adams Eclipse Lumber Ferrari Drug First Electrical Service Freese Motors Great Plains Lumber Iowa Electric Jones County Oil Co Kephart Body Shop Kuriger Bros Longs Royal Blue M and J Service Monticello Express Monticello State Bank Rem Electr ic and Stuhier s Clothing Store.
Sacred Heart Home School Association plans its annual Mardi Gras carnival for Sunday February 16 in the church parish and school. Supper will be served and 16 game booths will be open with thousands of prizes. Additional booths expand the event this year and prizes go to any participant.
Cascade residents learn members from Jones Dubuque Jackson Delaware and Clinton counties along with the public are invited to a five county NFO meeting at Cascade Knights of Columbus hall Tuesday night at 8 Ed Rowan NFO chair announces Gren Lee Staley NFO president and labor reps will speak Staley to update on national NFO status The meeting not planned to address a proposed merger with the Farmers Union in Iowa.
The city council announced a new improvement project and set a March 10 deadline at 2 pm for bids from contractors. Bids will be opened at 7:30 pm March 10, with completion expected by August 15, 1958.
Center Junction 21 year old Valentino M Romero was sentenced in Linn County district court to one year in the men’s reformatory at Anamosa for driving a car without the owner’s consent.
Governor Herschel Loveless is set to address Cascade's Memorial Day event on May 30 at 2:30 p.m. The Cascade American Legion sponsors the program, with adjutant Adrian Kurt confirming the tentative schedule.
Hunter 46 of Wyoming was arrested for drunken driving after his car skidded across a street and struck the Kooi residence causing damage to both vehicles. Sheriff Lewis Drei belbis said Hunter was held overnight and released on bail after appearing before Justice Warren Lawrence. he will face Jones County District Court.
Funeral services for Catherine Breen 78 were held Saturday at 9 a.m. from Devaney Funeral Home to Sacred Heart church with Rev. John Verzog officiating. Interment was in Sacred Heart cemetery. She died February 6 at John McDonald hospital. She was born September 6 1879, daughter of Michael and Hednora Breen. Survived by sister Nora Reichart of Monticello and a nephew and a niece. Preceded in death by parents two brothers and one sister. Pallbearers listed.
Ron Burrichter Steve Thompson and Bud Stoneking were named to a committee to plan a March of Dimes benefit program for the Monticello Teen-Age Drivers club. Thompson and Bill Mitchell were appointed to a committee to explore plaques for the club. An auto economy run was discussed as a spring project.
Twenty two high school students from Monticello public Sacred Heart Wyoming Morley plus entrants from Dubuque Public Bellevue Marquette Maquoketa competed in preliminary district speech contests. Monticello Wyoming Sacred Heart and Morley earned multiple division I and II ratings across one act play oratorical declamation radio speaking and original oratory.
Thirty three girls from Marticetto public school will model garments they made. The event on February 13 includes a 2 45 p.m. style show in the school auditorium followed by a tea served by the students in the newly redecorated home economics room. Mothers are urged to attend.
An accident on highway 64 near Anamosa involving two cars left both vehicles extensively damaged. Dennis Lee Ball of Anamosa and Louis Clampitt of route 2 Hale drove, with Leonard White of Mechanicsville and Mrs Clampitt as passengers. No injuries were reported.
Charles Arthur Redmond was arrested February 2 for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated by Highway Patrolman Kenneth B. Carter. He posted a $350 bail after being charged in district court February 7. Separately a suit filed January 20 by Equipment Finance against Claude A. Luck and Robert L. Peck saw Judge B. J. Maxwell overrule the plaintiffs motion to strike paragraphs and sustain another paragraph.
Monticello beauty shops celebrate National Beauty Salon Week February 9 to 15 focusing on hair styling and technical skill for good permanents. In Wyoming, 19 year old Viking sailor LaVern V. Marti was arrested Saturday by belbis for illegal possession of liquor and AWOL.
Six hundred readers answered the Express survey of preferred content. Main news stories lead with 380 votes, followed by pictures and Monticello Minutes. Monticello Minutes, courthouse news, and In Years Gone By each top 300-plus, with ads and local columns also strong.
Monticello Express honored eleven long serving correspondents at a fourth annual banquet. Mrs. W. Hicks of Onslow and Hather Sinclair of Scotch Grove received gifts for service since 1929 and 1942 respectively. Guests included Mrs. Grogs Cascade and others. hostesses were Mrs. Fred Tunks and Mrs. Hileen Mitchell.
A group of 16 Monticello merchants sponsor a second annual paid week’s vacation in Minnesota. Registration runs Tuesdays and Wednesdays through May 14 at participating stores. The prize includes a furnished cottage on Coon Lake near Aitkin, plus $25 travel funds. A drawing is at 3 p.m. May 21 at the Community Building. winners must be present. The trip is for six, excluding Monticello Express employees and their families.
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