Birth notices from John McDonald hospital report five births this week
Five births were reported from John McDonald hospital this week with newborns to Vern Houston in Delhi, Russell Topping in Monticello, Delbert Walhoof in Hopkinton, Emil Feldman in Monticello, and Marvin Balster in Monticello. Additional birth announcements include Gary Arnold Soper in Clarence, Sheila Marie Moulton in Fayette, and Gala Lee Rosencrans in Anamosa, with relatives listed. New car and truck licenses issued by the county treasurer also noted.
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John McDonald Hospital
Vern Houston
Delhi
Russell Topping
Monticello
Delbert Walhoad
Hopkinton
Emil Feldman
Marvin Balster
Clarence
LaVern Soper
Gary Arnold
Marcia Elaine
Howard Soper
Anamosa
Buck Creek
Clelland
Moulton
Fayette
Sheila Marie
West Union
Clarence Moulton
Canton
Gene Walroff
Dale Clark
Monticello Hospital
Scotch Grove
Gala Lee
William Rosencrans
Mercy Hospital
Debra Dee
Starlighters Postpone Play to April 22 23 at Community Building
The Starlighters play Your Face Is Familiar now rescheduled for April 22 and 23 at the Community Building with the same cast. At Monday night’s meeting the group voted to enter a play in the state competition in Iowa City. Lucille Kucera and LaVonne Willwerth oversee play selection. Ed Huibtegtee of the Monticello Feed Mill spoke on farm feed century swag and Rotary club regular meeting details included a hog feeding experiment film show.
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Starlighters
Iowa City
Lucille Kucera
LaVonne ] Willwerth
Ed. Huibtegtee
Monticello
Rotary Club
Marriage License Issued to Cedar Rapids Couple in Anamosa
One new marriage license was issued this week per the office of W. L. Pearson, district court clerk in Anamosa. The license went to Daryl A. Fesler, 39, and Evelyn M. Fesler, 35, both residents of Cedar Rapids.
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W. L. Pearson
Anamosa
Daryl A. Fesler
Cedar Rapids
PTA Plans Special Meeting On School Curriculum Changes
The PTA will host a special program at 7 30 PM in the Masonic Temple to present major next fall changes for both the junior and senior high. Superintendent Boyd Shannon and Mrs Kephart will outline a core system for junior high and expanded high school offerings focusing on college prep and vocational training. A large turnout is hoped for as parents and PTA members seek first hand information and a light lunch will be served by committee chair Mrs James 500 and others.
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Parent-Teachers Association
Evehart
The
Express
Kephart
Boyd Shannon
PTA
Masonic Temple
Shannon
Prgram
James
J2za
Hiss
Read
Ross’! Hazy
LaVern Eilers
Charles Esperson
Gerald .Robi
Dean Tedrow
Harry Starks
Trucker Fined for Reckless Driving near 12 Mile House
Fred Ray Thomas Jr. of Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin was fined $100 and costs after two motorists charged him with reckless driving. The incident occurred on Highway 151 near the 12 Mile House as his semi trailer loaded with perishables was moving toward Dubuque. he was later brought back to Monticello where Justice Ray Echternacht imposed the fine.
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Fred Ray Thomas Jr
Sturgeon Bay
Wisc
Thomas
Highway 151
Dubuque
Monticello
Ray Echternacht
Panthers Clash With Anamosa In Sectional Round
Monticello and Anamosa meet in the Boys Sectional Basketball Tournament at Anamosa. Monticello has beaten the Blue Raiders twice this season, once at home and once away. Anamosa defeated Olin Tuesday in Class A pairings. Monticello drew a bye in the opening round.
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Monticello Black
Panthers
Anamosa
Monticello
Blue Raiders
Olin
Legion Posts Launch Subscription Drive for Sick-Room Equipment
Monticello county American Legion posts join Capper Farmers in a county wide drive to fund portable sick room equipment for loan to residents. Subscriptions fund a campaign with credentials for solicitors, donations not requested, equipment stored at local posts for free use by those in need.
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Monticello
Legion Posts
Jones County
American Legion
Capper
Farmers Magazine
Alva H. Hinrichs
Arthur P. O’rourke
the Express
Capper Publications
Robert L. Rehmke
Oxford Junction
Raymond James
Olin
Hinrichs
Legion
Henry Adams Elected to Good Roads Board in Iowa
The Iowa Good Roads Association filled two vacancies Tuesday after a member's death and another's resignation. Henry Adams of Monticello, a Jones County supervisor and current board president, was chosen to fill the late Arthur Ladehoff’s seat. Lee Watte of Corning was named to succeed Waldo Don Carlos in the seventh district. Archie Nel was named vice chair and the board formed committees tied to the 55th General Assembly and the association’s legislative group as data gathering begins for a highway policy program.
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Iowa Good Roads Association Board of Directors
Henry Adams
Monticello
Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Board “of Supervisors Association
Arthur D. Ladehoff
Clinton
Lee Watte
Corning
State Highway Commission
Waldo Don Carlos
Greenfield
Archie ‘Nelattorney
Don 'Carlos
55Th General Assembly
Good’ Roads
Coonie
Charles ‘Cownie
Des. Moines
Bogan
League of Municipalities
Framing Monticello Bank Front Rebuild On Main Street
Construction begins on the Monticello State Bank building front formerly occupied by Condit Insurance Agency. A harmonizing brick will replace the storefront to match the bank. Dr C G Thomas will relocate his office to the ground floor area under construction. A wooden shiplap front and scaffold will shield pedestrians and property during the work. The Deischers and Mrs Ursula Hein travel to Winter Garden Florida for a three week stay.
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Monticello
C. G. Thomas
Thomas
McNeill
Shiplap
Béési
Forrest Deischer
Ursula Hein
Harry Hoag
Winter Garden
Florida
Sand Hill Boy Scouts Honored At Church Dinner
Twelve members of St. John’s Layman’s League troop No. 68 were honored at a dinner at the base ots Lutheran Church. Scoutmaster Henry J. Jacobs and assistant Lawrence 49 led the program as the troop received its charter and introductions followed by acknowledgments of troop committee and institutional representatives.
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Sand Hill
John’s Lutheran Church
St. John’s Layman's League
Boy Scouts of America
Marvin Zimmerman
Allan Stenzel
Ronald Stahlberg
Dean Rickels
Richard Hanssen
Carl Egger
Max Dirks
Robert Benson
Albert ‘Hanssen
Benny Hanssen
Alfred Benson
John Bahlken
Ots Lutheran Church
A. K. Stenzel
Savage Names Den Chiefs For Cub Work
Six Monticello Boy Scouts were named den chiefs to run activities for six Cub dens. Dr. Robert Savage, Cub Pack committee chair, announced the appointments of Jim White Steve Poock John Baty Steve Vanourny Ronny Landis and Bruce Stumbaugh who will assist with the Cub program. Den mothers named include Mrs Savage Mrs Gerald Rohr Mrs Max Strain Mrs Jack Maire Mrs Bert Loop and Mrs Ivan Reynolds. Mr and Mrs Ernest Benedict and sons visited Grace Benedict’s home Sunday evening.
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Monticello
Robert Savage
Savage
Jim White
Steve’ Poock
John Baty
Steve Vanourny
Ronny Landis
Bruce Stumbaugh
Den
Gerald Rohr
Max Strain
Jack Maire
Bert Loop
Ivan Reynolds
Pupils Present Operetta at Monticello School
The Monticello Public Elementary School will stage The Magic Piper on Friday February 19 at 7 30 in the high school auditorium under Miss Virginia Cassavka. Admission 50 cents for adults 25 cents for children. The cast lists many named pupils teachers and parents in charge of costumes and sets.
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Monticello
Virginia Cassavka
Hubrich
Christopher
Raymond A. Hoffman
Wichita
Kan
Browning
P.F.A
Carolyn Fitkin
Town, Crier
Richard Marugg
Gretchen—Lynon Balster
Katrina
Jane Seehusen
Haas
David Stead
Peter
Dennis Smith
Clown Rats
Ronnie Meyer
Mike Suter
Jean Bronemann
Mutter Katzenheimer
JoAnn Eden
Library Pigeons Baffled by New Cupola Window
Feathery residents of the public library cupola woke Friday to a new plate glass window trapping many pigeons inside. The birds raised their young there for years and now cannot reach food or escape, prompting pleas for someone to release them.
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Public Library
Two Directors On Ballot Today At Sand Springs
Two members of the board of directors will be elected this afternoon at the annual meeting of the Sand Springs Farmers Mutual Cooperative Creamery Association in the basement of the Immaculate Conception church. The meeting starts with lunch at noon.
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Sand Springs Farmers Mutual Cooperative Creamery Association
Immaculate Conception
Sand Springs
Herman Egger
Leo Ament
Express
Creamery Association
Order Abolishes Agricultural Mobilization Group
An executive order dated December 22 1953 by Secretary Ezra Taft Benson terminates the Agricultural Mobilization Committees. In Jones County the local group is disbanded and will be replaced by the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee with Joe Legg to assist. Members listed include Neal Hayden Russell Jamieson and Lee Allen.
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Ezra Taft Benson
Secretary of Agriculture
Dwight W. Meyer
Town
ASC
Meyer
Jones County Agricultural Mobilization Committee
Cris Randolph
SCS
Dale Arnold
Joe Legg
Art Sivers
Dillon Story
John Shover
Everett Koppenhaver
FHA
Art Johnson
Jones County
Neal Hayden
Russell Jamieson
Lee Allen
Sacred Heart girls win sectional crown over Alburnett 60 44
Sacred Heart toppled Alburnett 60 44 to secure the Girls Sectional Tournament title. Monticello led 21-15 after the first quarter and stretched the margin to 48-33 by the end of three. Helms scored 17 in the opener as Tuttle and Staner hotter inside, sealing a 60-44 victory and earning a district clash with Greeley at Coe College fieldhouse Monday at 7 15 p.m.
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Ruth Manternach
Delores Hennessey
Susan Staner
Fran Ferring
Bob Mullen
Marge Tuttle
Mary Ellen Helms
Barbara Muller
Jean Hennessey
Sacred Heart
Greeley
Coe
Express
Alburnett
Monticello
Central City
Nets
Heims
Helms
Tuttle
Staner
Ferring
Dunn
Holmes
Sacred Heart Guards
Téo
Toards
Greeley Monticello
Eagles
Coe College Fieldhouse
Cedar Rapids
Sacred Heart Fest of Helms
Staner Dee
Lewis Dee
Holmes Er
Seehusen
Barron Pee
Chapman
Alburnett Tritle
Kirk
McBarney
Wassmer Lewis McAtee
Newman Smith
Red Cross Drive Begins March In Jones County
Dr A K Jones Roll Call chairman outlines North Jones County American Red Cross membership drive with Boyd Shannon appointing Jones. The campaign covers towns and rural areas in the north half of Jones County and starts March 1, aiming to finish within two weeks.
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North
Jones County
The
American Red Cross
A. K. Jones
Roll Call
Jones
Boyd Shannon
Shannon
Joney
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Sacred Heart Girls
Clara Chapman
Margaret Dunn
Rosalie Holmes
Linda Ferring
Madonna Seehusen
Rose Barron
Blanche E. Corwin
Harley
Mary Anderson
Chevrolet
Harold A. Thompson
Carl C. A. Mardorf
Lew Reese
Edward Merriman
Ford Truck
Geo. P. Hansen
Wyoming
Plymouth
Joe F. Buresh
Victor Ellis Glenn
Buick
James F. Marek
Dodge
Paul O. Harms
Board of
Good Roads Association
Dr. Thomas
John Behn
Clarence Stoneking
Ray Marolf
Mrs
Ernest Benedict and Sons
Joe Barkwell
Mrs. Grace Benedict
Peter R. Johnson
Johnson
Moose Lake
Minn
John Maurice
Hamlin
Doug Himes
Elaine Ricklefs
Lorene Catlett
Gloria Schoon
Marijane Shover
Sandy Howie
Beverly Schoon
Cheryl Rhatigan
Merle Cox
Billy Nelson
Dick Wahl
Sue Ann Helgens
Susan Savage
Lucinda Shelley
Jim Perkins
Linda Miller
Nadine Morey
Ronnie Richardson
Margaret Ann Behrends
Susie Drury
Charlene Fitkin
Maxine Crow
Donald Bradford
Billy Balsiger
Trudy Miller
Bob Behrends
Janet Wahl
Roger Thompson
Richard Emerson
Carol Miller
Janet Wirtner
Tanya Eden
Patricia Bunting
Marvin Goldsmith
Elizabeth Freese
Ernest Wahl
Loren Freese
Emma Zimmerman
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