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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1961

Page

2

Community theater and crafts schedule and awards list

Monticello and nearby towns list performances and interpretive readings with dates and times for sections A through F, including one act plays and poetry. The piece also lists Cub Scouts pins, wolf badges, bear and lion badges, and troop awards. The Cedar Rapids National Hair Dressers Association spent Monday at the county home for National Beauty Salon Week Feb 12-18.

Cedar Rapids National Hair Dressers Association

Smorgasbord and Dance Planned by Lions Club

Lions Club abandons minstrel show for a smorgasbord supper and dance at St Matthew Lutheran Church with a tentative post Easter date at the fairgrounds Youth Center. A new sound system for the Youth Center is planned and may be installed by the Jones County Beef Banquet on March 9. Ed Helgens was initiated as a new member and Karin Dickel spoke on Germany and the exchange program.

Lions Club St. Matthew Lutheran Church Fairgrounds Jones County Mar Ed Helgens Lion E. H. DeShaw Karin Dickel Frankfurt Germany State of Iowa John Hasler Said County Locher, Locher and Strittmatter

Rotary Club Hears Natural Gas Story

Ed Ossenkop of People's Natural Gas outlined Monticello gas history dating from the 1954 franchise vote. He announced plans to lay about 75 000 feet of mains and 55 000 feet of service line at an estimated 250 000 dollar cost with a July 5 target date, weather permitting. Harold Tenhofe, new local manager, attended as a guest.

Ed Ossenkop Manchester People’s Natural Gas Company Monticello Ossenkop Jack Knopp Virgil Hunt St. Luke’s Methodist Church Harold Tenhofé People’s Natural Gas

FFA Banquet Set For Monday Night

Monticello FFA members will host a banquet Monday night February 20 at 6 30 in the Community building. The event is part of National FFA Week observance February 18 to 24. Bill Alford of WMT’s farm program will be featured.

Monticello Future Farmers of America Bill Alford WMT

Oxford Junction Protests School Reorganization

In Oxford Junction a citizens group pressed the Board of Education to reconsider district reorganization plans amid a potential merger with Lost Nation. The discussion covered keeping current grade schools, moving senior high to Lost Nation, junior high to Oxford Junction, and added courses as well as athletic arrangements.

Oxford Junction Board of Education Des Moines Paul Johnson Ronald Hansen Merlin Lazare Lewis Hayden Erwin Junction Lost Nation Midland Supt Urich

Jones County Fair appoints superintendents and new directors

Fair board appointed department superintendents at Monticello Community building. Appointments include Advertising Claude Appleby Cecil Goettsch. grounds and buildings Ross Baty Mike Paulsen. gate Jim Maurice Mike Paulsen. police C J Matthiessen Jake Rohr. exhibits John Shover. Concessions G M Jones. speed Tom Eden John Shover. attractions Harry Stuhler Ross Baty. baseball A J H McNeill. amphitheatre Cecil Goettsch. promotion M T Stutt G D Schafer. Steer show Ed Helgens Russell Eldred. open premiums Claude Appleby. 4 H and FFA Robert Livingston. general chairman Everett Mayberry William H Reade Marvin Engelbart. Three new advisory directors named Marvin Engelbart Everett Mayberry Gerald Rohr. William Reade named honorary director. 4-H report given by Joe Legg and Dave Hammond. Banquet will award outstanding members in soil conservation farm safety farm mechanics public speaking and dairy farming. Monticello chapter reports 63 active members the highest in 24 years.

Fair Board Monticello Claude Appleby Cecil Goettsch Ross Baty Mike Paulsen Jim Maurice C. J. Matthiessen Jake Rohr John Shover G. M. Jones Tom Eden Harry Stuhler A. J. H. McNeill M. T. Stutt G. D. Schafer Ed Helgens Russell Eldred Robert Livingston Everett Mayberry William H. Reade Marvin Engelbart Jones County Extension Council Board of Supervisors Gerald Rohr Monticello Park William Reade County Farm Bureau Joe Legg Dave Hammond

Obituary for Mrs James Bickford Onslow

Funeral services were held Thursday February 9 at Wallace funeral home Wyoming with Rev F E Somerville officiating. Burial followed in Clay cemetery. Maggie McCarty, born near Canton in Jackson county September 22 1882 to Sarah and (continues).

Thomas McCarty Onslow James Bickford Darrell Dillon Frieda Welch Naomi Nabb Maquoketa Matthew Stanwood Joe Pat McCarty Monmouth Anna Dow Den Long Beach Calif Harry D, Cook Hopkinton Harry D. Cook North Fork Township Presbyterian Church H. Oster Meier Cook John McDonald Monticello Richard Sarah Daker Cook Emily Cook Nettie Dighton Dorothy Cook Joseph J. Locher Dubuque St. Joseph's Church M. J. Mar Mount Calvary Cemetery Locher Anthony Caroline Meyer Locher Mercy Hospital Richard E. Locher Lisle Ill Mary Locher Minnie Mueller Fannie Jarrett Bertha Locher John J. Locher Frank Locher Albuquerque N. M Lawrence R. Locher Farley Leo L. Locher Columbus Neb Nellie Rearick Goettsch Morris Lotte Oakwood Ralph H. Harrison Rearick Marion Beaulah Mae Kenneth Helsel Edgemont Laura A. Smith Wyoming Wallace Wayne Norris Miss Smith Straub John C, Ana Sara Jane Hunt Smith Nebraska John Scotch Grove Oxford Junction Tipton Oakland Mary Connolly Stulken Mary Stulken Devaney Sacred Heart Church John Herzog Sacred Heart Cemetery Stulken Henry Stulken John McDonald Hospital Pleasant Grove Timothy Mary Ann McLain Conenolly Henry Stalken George Clarence Vincent Cedar Rapids Marie Lester Holub James Connolly Vinccent Connolly Chicago Leo Connolly LaCrosse Wis Gerhard Brockhohn Ella Connolly The Express James Bickford Onslow F. E. Somerville Clay Maggie McCarty Canton Jackson County Sarah

For Sale Double Roll Away Bassinet HO 5 4388

Classified notice lists a double roll away bassinet for sale in HO 5 4388. Item details are sparse with limited readable text.

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