FFA Banquet Hears Crystal Ball Theme
Everett Tobiason spoke on A Look into the Crystal Ball at the FFA banquet with the theme Agriculture Dynamic. Bob Plueger and Garry Kromminga led the chapter program. officers included Plueger Cook Freese Hugh Wilcox Holub and advisor Miehe. FHA members served the banquet with Jo Wiltse as advisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Tobiason
Bob Plueger
Garry Kromminga
Stan Cook
Gerald Freese
Ron Hugh
Paul Wilcox
Mike Holub
Sentinel
Grover C. Miehe
FHA
Jo Wiltse
Maquoketa Valley bond history shows repeated defeats
Voters in the Maquoketa Valley district faced a series of bond elections from 1960 to 1963 seeking funds for a new high school and related facilities. Despite calls for adequate facilities and hopes for an excellent school, nine bond proposals were defeated or failed to pass the required majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Maquoketa Valley
Delhi
Highway 38
M-V
Hopkinton
Maynard Schnittier
Delaware
Monticello Band to Play at World’s Fair Benefit Concert
The Monticello Community High School band announces a World’s Fair band trip benefit concert led by Ray Stumbaugh. The senior program begins at 8 pm with pieces including The Crosley March Lawrences of Arabia Quartal Piece Rondo Concertante and a piano concerto. Soloists Carole Schoon Lucinda Skelley Joseph Hrecz Barbara Stumbaugh perform. The junior band directed by Mrs. Linda Ballou plays Crimson Banner March Plantation Favorites Air for Band and other works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Ray Stumbaugh
Fillmore
Jarre Reed
Velki
Carole Schoon
Lucinda Skelley
Dorodin Leidzen
Greig-Bain
Joseph Hrecz
Barbara Stumbaugh
Schanke
Linda Ballou
Crimson Banner
Hummel
Frank
Erickson
Miller
Mon ticello Band Members Earn 28 Blue Ratings At Festival
Junior high band students from Mon ticello Community High School returned from the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Association district festival in Manchester with 28 blue ratings and 20 red ratings. First ratings were awarded to soloists Pam Adams oboe Sheryl Wilken bassoon Mary Lou Gearhart Roberta Stephenson Kendy Peterson Dick Bach clarinets Mike Benedict Crista Orcutt drums Gordon Goettsch Dave Glendenning trombones Curtis Krause Rose Marie Ehlis Sandra Skelley Nancy Folkers cor nets Janelle Lehmann French horn Jean Schoon Charlotte Tobiason Michael McNeill Susan Aitchison Vickie Hunt flutes Doug Jacobs Barb Zirkelbach saxophones. Ensembles earning one rating included flute trio clarinet trio woodwind trio trombone quartet. Two ratings went to Jean Bartels Linda Hagen Ian Schoon Gary Boots Jane Heiken Marty Miller Janette Bohlken tuba Richard Wolken Paul Martin Dave Tobiason Nancy Freese trombones Bernard Schatz Dan Specht Lynn Tedrow cornets Annette Wahl flute Linda Bossard Jane Adams saxophone. Accompanists listed as Mrs. Ray Adams Mrs. Royal Hunt Mrs. Cecil Goettsch Sheri Greenawald Lucinda Shelley Laurel Wilken Carole Schoon and Mrs. Linda Ballou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Bossard
Lynn Tedrow
Gary Boots
Dan Specht
Jane Heiken
Rick Wolken
Jean Bartels
Annette Wahl
Marty Miller
Bernard Schatz
Paul Martin
Dave Tobiason
Jan Schoon
Jame Adams
Monticello Community High School
Iowa
Bandmasters Assn
Manchester
Sth
Pam Adams
Sheryl Wilken
Mary Lou Gearhart
Roberta Stephenson
Kendy Peterson
Dick Bach
Mike Benedict
Crista Orcutt
Gordon Goettsch
Dave Glendenning
Curtis Krause
Rose Marie Ehlis
Sandra Skelley
Nancy Folkers
Janelle Lehmann
Jean Schoon
Charlotte Tobiason
Michael McNeill
Susan Aitchison
Vickie Hunt
Doug Jacobs
Barb Zirkelbach
Amy Yeoman
Susan
Richard Wolken
Nancy Freese
Jane Adams
Monticello Athletic Banquet Committees Named For March 16
Committees and chairmen for the third annual Monticello Athletic banquet to be held March 16 at the Jones county Youth Center have been announced by banquet chairman Harold R Yeoman. Sam C Rhatigan is assistant chairman with a large roster on ticket and various committees. The event honors the State University of Iowa awards and Monticello school squads, with about 800 attendees last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County Youth Center
Harold R. Yeoman
Sam C. Rhatigan
Marvin Schneider
Ralph Petersen
Rex Rickels
Glenn Rickels
Gary Rickels
Gary Cooper
Bud Bader
Rex Martinsen
E. H. DeShaw
Harold Ye
Elmer Anderson
Ted Krouse
Vince Haag
Les Linn
William Stuhler
George Nieters
Andy Cubit
Dale Greenawald
Harland Hetzler
Ron Curtis
Dick Long
C. R. Hosford
James Maurice
Cecil Goetzsch
Robert Myers
Larry Robertson
Phillip Schneider
Robert Mullen
Dean Nelson
State University of Iowa
Monticello Students To State Speech Contest
Sixteen Monticello high school students earned I ratings at district speech events in Dubuque and advance to the state contest in Charles City on March 21. Sacred Heart also advances eight students with I ratings to state, including Patricia Schlimmer and Anne Schwendinger in declamation and poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Dubuque
Charles City
Monticello Community High School
Ron Wright
Marilyn Wahl
Donna Good
Mary McLaughlin
Dick Wahl
Luanne Helgens
Michele Heeren
Scott McLaughlin
Cindy Dierks
Linda Brighton
Linda Eggers
Lois Renken
Mary Gerdes
Sacred Heart
Patricia Schlimmer
Anne Schwendinger
Helen Thomas
Sharon Holmes
Mary Rae Takes
Neil Becker
Gary Gadient
Donald McDonald
Sue Strittmatter
Mary Jo Hunter
Maquoketa Valley Students Lead District Speech Ratings
Maquoketa Valley students earned 17 ratings at the Dubuque district speech contest February 21 and 22. Winners advance to the state contest in Charles City March 21 under instructors Lloyd Adams and Myrna McLaughlin. top ratings include Shearer Maurer Lightfoot Downs Barrack Delke Smith Johnston Michels Wood Heims Fye Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa Valley
Dubuque
Charles City
Lloyd Adams
Myrna McLaughlin
Steve Shearer
Bruce Maurer
Dawn Lightfoot
Liz Downs
Steve Barrack
Tana Delke
Randa Smith
Larry Shover
Jim Johnston
Connie Michels
Rondalyn Wood
Yvonne Heims
Mona Fye
Bill Carter
Tom Oehler
Elizabeth Downs
Cecelia Gibbs
Andy Stone
Walter Johnson
Bob King
Jan Hall
Bonnie Flannagan
Sharon Timmer
Diane Hieberger
Arid Cheryl Minert
Midland Speech Contests Yield Fifteen I Ratings
Fifteen Midland Community high school students earned I ratings in the district speech contest held in Marion. Five others received II ratings. The I rating recipients advancing to the State Speech contest in Charles City on March 20 include Connie Wilsler Diane Hanse Brock Reade David Ridout Charlotte Preissler Alan Lockwood Gary Holst Jeanne Hodgden and Luther Ahrens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Midland Community High School
Marion
Charles City
Connie Wilsler
Diane Hanse
Brock Reade
David Ridout
Charlotte Preissler
Alan Lockwood
Gary Holst
Jeanne Hodgden
Luther Ahrens
Catana Stingley
Beverly Stafford
Linda Tjaden
Rozanne Michaelis
Eileen Dusanek
Carol Sue Horn
Hargrave Furniture Opens Grandly in Monticello
Hargrave Furniture in Monticello announces a three day grand opening Thursday through Saturday February 27 to 29 from 9 am to 9 pm. Customers may register for three prizes including a mattress chair and pole lamp and enjoy free coffee and donuts. Owner Ken Hargrave and son in law Brad Breyer lead the new venture at 116 South Cedar in the former Vanourny’s John Deere building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargrave Furniture
Monticello
South Cedar
Vanourny, Inc
Hargrave
Killian’s
Cedar Rapids
Brad Breyer
New Monticello
Vanourny
John Deere
Bromwell Seeks Re election to Iowa Second District
Rep James Bromwell Republican from Iowa's Second District announced his bid for a third term in the U S House. A World War II veteran native of Cedar Rapids he was first elected in 1960 and served on the judiciary committee and veterans affairs panel. He holds degrees from SUI Harvard and has practiced law since 1951 while also running a farm near Center Point. He is married with four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bromwell
Iowa
Rep
Bromwell
U. S
House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee
Committee of
Veteran’s Affairs
Bramwel
Cedar Rapids
State University of Town
Harvard
SUI
Iowa Bar
Bramwell
Linn County
Center Point
American Legion, Elks
Linn County Farm Bureau
Masons
Metropolitan Kiwannis Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Phi Kappasi
Phi Delta Phi
Omicron Delta Kappa
Rep. Bramwell
Dorothy Bennett
Mapleton
Maxwell Thomas II
Helen Kirk
Catherine MacDuff
Ee Ae Edward, Jr
Jones County Board Allocates 1964 Budget Totals 2 Million
Jones county supervisors appropriated 2 033 558 for 1964 with 1 865 250 in the general fund. Major items include general 180 000 court 45 000 poor 186 000 state institutions 150 000 and county mental health 50 000. Also 250 000 for farm to market roads and 23 000 for land purchase for lake recreation. The conservation board reports 23 000 for land acquisition and 215 acres farm plus 40 acres timberland under negotiation in Jackson township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Conservation Board
Jackson Township
Obituaries for Digmann and Hodgden in Iowa notices
Two local obituaries note infant Paul Francis Digmann of Hopkinton died of pneumonia at John McDonald hospital Monticello on February 22. Burial at St Pauls cemetery Worthington and service at St Lukes Hopkinton. Survived by parents John and Janet Digmann sister Cathy and grandparents. Ida Belle Elliott Hodgden born Cedar County June 28 1881 married Chauncy Hodgden February 22 1905 farmed near Oxford Jct later Oxford Mills. Died after stroke in Maquoketa. Funeral at Oxford Jct Methodist Church with burial in Mayflower cemetery. Survived by husband two daughters Agnes Krumplemann and Katherine Carstensen six grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Francis Digmann
Hopkinton
John
Jack
Janet Turnis Digmann
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
St. Lukes Church
Leo O'Connell
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Worthington
Paul Francis
Cathy
Frank Turnis
Frank Digmann
Ida Hodgden
Oxford Jct
Chauncy Hodgden
Kenneth Perinchief
Mayflower Cemetery
Hodgden
Jackson County Hospital
Maquoketa
Ida Belle Elliott
Cedar County
Catherine Elliott
Oxford Mills
Methodist Church
George
Agnes) Krumplemann
Golden, Cole
Katherine) Carstensen
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FFA
Vicki Hunt
Linda Hagen
K. Burton
Curtis Krouse
Cindy Hanken
Janet Burrichter
Ray Adams
Royal Hunt
Cecil Goettsch
Sheri Greenawald
Lucinda Shelley
Laurel Wilken
County Memorial
IPERS
Extension Council
Board of Education
County Conservation
Teachers’ Institute
Townsh Ps
County Conservation Board
Paul H. Reitz
Wyoming
Justice of the Peace
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