Dreibelbis details of witnesses and clues in Anamosa case
The sheriff notes several parts of the girl's story do not jibe yet not discounted and investigation continues. Footprint patterns and objects, including coat and shoes found nearby, are described as contradictory but some elements support plausibility. The incident began with a lunch visit and a walk toward town, with ongoing requests for custody and alimony in civil actions coupled with divorce filings from Monticello and Langworthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreibelbis
Anamosa
District Court records on delivery claim and divorce filings
The district court case details delivery of material to the defendant by Aug 24, 1960 at 1.10 per ton with interest and costs requested. Filed divorce actions show Katherien Irene Himes of Monticello seeking divorce from Loren Earl Himes of Cedar Rapids on Feb 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherien Irene Himes
Monticello
Loren Earl Himes
Cedar Rapids
Hopkinton Church to Establish Memorial for Franc Earhart
Hopkinton First Presbyterian voted to honor Miss Franc Earhart a longtime Hopkinton teacher and Lenox College alumna who died last fall by creating a memorial in the church. The fund will buy silk American and Christian flags for the chancel with donations directed to Phil Himebaugh or the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church of
Hopkinton
Franc Earhart
Earhart
Lenox College
Bethany
Dubuque
Phil Himebaugh
The
Presbyterian Church
P. O
Farm Bureau Group Visits Legislators
Eight members of the Jones county Farm Bureau legislative committee traveled to Des Moines on Tuesday to meet with state legislators. Attendees included Mrs. Max Specht of Monticello, Mrs. Neal Robertson, Merje Meeks of Martello, Melvin Sievers of Wyoming, Mrs. Floyd Hodgden of Oxford Junction, Edwin Freese of Scotch Grove, William Reade of Onslow, county Farm Bureau president, and Harlan Hawker of Anamosa, the Farm Bureau fieldman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau Legislative Committee
Des Moines
Max Specht
Monticello
Neal Robertson
Merje Meeks
Martello
Melvin Sievers
Wyoming
Floyd Hodgden
Oxford Junction
Edwin Freese
Scotch Grove
William Reade
Onslow
County Farm Bureau
Harlan Hawker
Anamosa
Farm Bureau
Maquokera Valley Board to Meet Architect Monday
Maquokera Valley Community school board and the 40 man Citizens Committee for Better Education will meet Monday evening at 8 p.m. in Delhi high school with architect Chick Herbert of Des Moines. Supt. Blome said floor plans room sizes and construction costs will be discussed as the group reviews site and bond limit of 590000 with a hoped bond election in early April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquokera Valley Community School Board
Citizens Committee For Better Education
Delhi
Chick Herbert
Des Moines
Archi
Arvin C. Blome
Board
Citizens Committee
Oxford Junction School Board Discusses Reorganization
Three board members Supt Ted Urich and six citizens met with state schools chief Paul Johnston to discuss keeping the district intact and the accreditation policy used. Johnston indicated a prior letter urging reorganization by June 30 1963 would be disregarded and pledged a reevaluation visit. The board gains one year to address deficiencies. Attendees included John Pashek Merlin Latare William Shimanek and others with Senator Earl Elijah present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Oxford Junction Consolidated School Board
Ted Urich
Paul F. Johnston
Supt
Urich
John Pashek
Merlin Latare
William Shimanek
Allen Hronik
L. M
Three Jones County Traffic Accidents Reported
A Maine resident, Mrs. Mark Pendleton of Isleboro, was hospitalized after a collision on highway 38 near Scotch Grove. Pendleton’s 1957 Cadillac hit a 1953 Ford driven by Clarence Willms. Pendleton faced a traffic control charge. A second crash north of Monticello involved Robert Leytem and John Steen on highway 38 with Steen charged for failing to yield. A third collision on highway 151 near Anamosa involved Robert Anderson and Lawrence Kray. Anderson attempted a pass as Kray’s vehicle carried a family for a medical checkup. LaVern Abchoon and Richard Rosendahl attended an Allis & Chalmers school in Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Jones County
Mark Pendleton
Isleboro
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Highway 38
Scotch Grove
Pendleton
Lewis Dreibelbis
Robert John Leytem
Anamosa
John Steen
Steen
Dale Adams
Galen Robertson
Highway 151
Kenneth Carter
Robert Anderson
Grinnell
Lawrence Kray
Anderson
Kray
Carter
County Road Work Approved for 1961 Projects
Jones county approves grading and surfacing 9. miles of local and farm to market roads totaling an estimated 123200 dollars. Rome and Fairview townships spend 22000 and 30000 dollars respectively. Additional segments include Lovell Wayne Wyoming Cass and Hale with costs and lengths listed totaling 71200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Claude Hamlin
Rome
Fairview
Lovell
Wayne
Wyo
Ming
Cass
Hale
Meeting on School Reorganization Set for March 4
A 1 30 p m Saturday March 4 meeting at the Jones county courthouse in Anamosa aims to clarify school reorganization problems. Sen Earl Elijah announces it for residents of Jones Cedar and Jackson counties with Paul Johnson state superintendent and a State board of education rep attending. Legislative leaders Eldred Mensing and Tabor help arrange the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc
Jones County
Anamosa
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Jones
Cedar
Jackson Counties
Paul Johnson
Russell L. Eldred
R-Anamosa
A. L. Mensing
R-Lowden
Howard Tabor
D-Baldwin
M Club Banquet Set for Feb 24 at Monticello
Monticello high school M Club hosts its annual banquet at 6 30 pm Friday February 24 in the Monticello Community Building with Darold Albright as principal speaker. An orchestra from Cedar Rapids provides music for dinner and dance. Steve Wolken will be master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
M Club
Monticello
Darold Albright
Cedar Rapids
Steve Wolken
Richard Gorton
Paul Beck
23 Sacred Heart Students Named to Honor Roll
Twenty three Sacred Heart high school Monticello students earned semester honors. Twelve made gold honor roll for above average scholastic and character ratings, while the rest joined silver. Names by grade include seniors gold Margaret Locher Jerome Manternach Dinah Tillotson Margaret Fleming. juniors gold Bonnie Welter Bertine Loop Sharon Bader Judy Schmit. sophomores gold Marilyn Holmes John Rogers silver JoAnn Behrends Richard Westhoff Joyce Schmit Jane Schwendinger. freshmen gold Neil Becker Janis Clement silver Patricia Schlimmer James Locher Gary Gadient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart High School
Monticello
Margaret Locher
Jerome Manternach
Dinah Tilloteson
Margaret Fleming
Sharon McElmeel
Sondra Parker
Bob Shimanek
Carolyn Thomas
Bonnie Welter
Bertine Loop
Sharon Bader
Judy Schmit
Marilyn Holmes
John Rogers
JoAnn Behrends
Richard Westhoff
Joyce Schmit
Jane Schwendinger
Neil Becker
Janis Clement
Patricia Schlimmer
James Locher
Gary Gadient
Wade Speaks on Venezuela at Rotary Meeting
John McDonald hospital administrator Martin Wade addressed the Rotary Club at St. Luke's Methodist church. He described Venezuela as a land of change with wet and dry seasons, recounted tribal history, early settlement motives, and noted two Venezuelan guards killed by Indian arrows on the day Russia tested its second atomic bomb. Cecil Goettsch chaired, Virgil Hunt presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Wade
John McDonald Hospital
Rotary
Wade
Venezuela
Russia
Cecil Goettsch
Virgil Hunt
St. Luke's Methodist Church
TB Program to Begin Soon in Jones County
A tuberculosis search will start in Jones County under Mrs. Glen Jones of the county Tuberculosis and Heart Association. Marion H. Serbousek will direct Contact X-ray with a parallel X-ray program for 900 prior reactors from surveys since May 1954. A reacts to tuberculin does not prove active disease. advised chest x ray. Backed by Medical Society, State Health Department, and Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association. funded by Christmas seal sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Glen Jones
County
Tuberculosis and Heart Association
Marion H. Serbousek
Jones County Medical Society
State Department of Health
Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association
Winners Named for Stamp Center Door Prizes
Mrs. Roger Hearn announced the Gift House Stamp Redemption Center grand opening prizes. Winners include Mrs. Frank Rupp Monticello with a Westinghouse roaster and Mrs. Fred 4H Poppe Monticello with a pest erizer. Dormeyer mixer went to Mrs. Jim Balsiger Monticello, and Mrs. Urban Hageman Monticello won a West Bend coffee maker. Castonguay named local manager for Peoples Natural Gas at Dyersville, serving Epworth and Farley. he has lived in Dyersville about five months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gift House
Stamp Redemption Center
Roger Hearn
Westinghouse
Frank Rupp
Monticello
Pesterizer
Fred
Poppe
Dormeyer
Jim Balsiger
West Bend
Urban Hageman
Castonguay
G. F. Castonguay
Peoples Natural Gas Company
Dyersville
Epworth
Farley
Caston= quay
State audit of Jones County records completed
The 1959 Jones County office records have been audited and filed with county auditor George Specht. Auditors J. E. Walker and W. E. Talbot report the items found are minor. They will now begin work on the 1960 records at the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
George Specht
Specht
J. E. Walker
W. E. Talbot
Board of Supervisors
Union Lenten Services Begin Wednesday
The Monticello community hosts four Union Lenten services at 8 p.m. on March 1 8 15 and 22 at the Monticello Community building under the Monticello Ministerial Association. Congregational Presbyterian Methodist and Reformed churches share charge with a final Good Friday service on March 31 at the First church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Dave Miller Receives Chevrolet Olds Top Salesman Honor
Dave Miller of the K and P Chevrolet Olds company visited Omaha last week for a GMC management training course. He was named top new and used car salesman for the Chevrolet Olds group in Iowa and Nebraska, per zone manager S. F. Hoffmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Miller
Omaha
Iowa
Nebraska
S. F. Hoffman
Scout Court of Honor Set for Monday Night
A Boy Scout Court of Honor will be held at 7:45 p.m. Monday Feb 27 in the building. Seventeen boys will receive 35 awards. Savings bonds sales in Jones county totaled $123,616 during January according to John W McNamara Anamosa county chairman. This was nine percent of the 1961 quota of $1 325 800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Patten
Monticello State Bank
Farmhome
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Joe Legg
Monticello
Jones County
John W. McNamara
Local Soldiers Receive New Addresses Amid Service Updates
Kenneth Hansen, son of William and Mrs. Hansen of Center Junction, recently left for Army basic training at Fort Riley Kansas. David C. Eganhouse, son of Elmer Eganhouse of Oxford Junction, is stationed in Germany near Pirmasens. Dale F Heeren, son of Lawrence Heeren of Monticello, has a new address at Goodfellow AFB Texas. Rudolph J Ulferts reports a new posting with the 66th Trans Co and 53rd Trans Bn, APO New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hansen
William Hansen
Center Junction
Fort Riley
Kan
H.S
6Th Arty
Kansas
David C. Egan
Elmer Egan
Oxford Junction
Germany
Pirmasens
David C. Eganhouse
New York
Dale Heeren
Lawrence Heeren
Monticello
Dale F, Heeren
P. O. Box
Goodfellow Afb
Texas
Rudolph J
Ulferts
66Th Trans. Co
53Rd Trans Bn
APO
Sunday Visitors At The Freese Home In Amber
Amber residents hosted a parade of visitors Sunday afternoon including Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Freese and the Siebels Zumback families along with cousins and neighbors. Overnight guests Mrs. Henry Husman and Mrs. D John Dirks traveled from Backus Minnesota en route to Jacksonville Florida to visit Marston and family. Nearby attendees included Lyle Russell Ana Mosoma Owen Conley Dianne and John Henry Dirks and others from Amber and Maquoketa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
Theodore Freese
Carl Siebels
Elmer Zum
Steven
Mark
Henry Freese
Henry Husman
Backus
Minn
D. John Dirks
Jacksonville
Fla
Marston
Lyle Russell
Anamosa
Owen Conley
Dianne
John Henry Dirks
Clifford Jansen
Karen
Kathy
Kurt
William Jansen
William ‘Bil’ Bramer
Helen Eads
Junior Hicks
Warren Lee
Maquoketa
Vern Siebels
Lavern Englehart
Merle Jansen
Raymond Tuetken
Guess
George Ehler
August Luck
Stead
Monticelio
Anna Pan
Kaw
Lafe Bahnsen
George Luckstead
Wyoming
Fred von Sprecken
Gary
Jim Zimmerman
Olin
Olin students excel at Northeast Iowa music festival
Olin Junior high students earned 29 No 1 9 No 2 and 2 No 3 ratings at the Marion festival on Feb 18. Seventeen soloists and seven ensembles won top marks with numerous named performers in clarinet brass sax and horn categories and several ensembles earning firsts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLIN
Marion
Mary Zimmerman
Donna Rix
Susan Willis
Terry Nebergall
Ruth Lacock
Linda Peterson
Ricky Graf
Louis Winchip
Gary Behnke
Judy Wright
John Kell
David Lasack
Jim Ballou
Gary Zimmerman
Cathy Robinson
Becky Levsen
Sally Cruise
Alan Petersen
Nancy Knapp
Judy Story
Lana Graf
Duane Graff
Steve Ballou
Brass
Tom Levsen
Marlin Bunting
Robert Graf
Duane Grafft
Scott Lyon
Patty Hoffner
Gail Freeman
Ed Eiselstein
Max Reckling
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hopkinton Girl
Kirkville
Carol A. Heyen
Clifford L. Heyen
E. H. Huibregtse
Richard J. Moore
C. G. Thomas
Hopkinton Church
Farm Bureau Group
Joea
Lyle Holub
Geo. C. Schoon
Allis Chalmers
Future Farmers of America
Merle Gerdes
M-V Board
Sales
LaVern Abchoon
Richard Rosendahl
Milwaukee
Allis & Chalmers
Stamp Center
Union
Scout
Mary Ann Keegan
Mary
Donnas Beauty Salon
Donna Chaplin
Mary Ann
Twentieth Century Club
Calvin
Altarist Club
Henry Hanken
Velva Freeman
Kate Switzer
Michael Swenson
William Reese
Friendship Club
Virgil Vernon
Otto Voelker
Lyle Vernon
Edna Ohlsen
Norris Luckstead
Alvina Jones
Charles Rutenbeck
Marvin Rutenbeck
Lloyd Baliou
Mercy Hospital, Anamosa
Oscar Kinler
Luther Inglis
Jane Inglis
Raymond Huffman
Millie Mae
Mary, Raymond and
Roger
London
QO. N. Hollingsworth Home
August Ahrendsen
J. T. Mershon
Merlin Ahrendsen
Jacobson's
Monticello Conservation League
Future Farmers
Jim Barclay
David Conley
Marvin Gerrets
Charles Hawkins
Donald Johnson
Garry Kromminga
Stanley Meyer
Leon Smock
Spahn & Rose
Onticello
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