Monticello community events lineup for early March
Monticello notes list events from Feb 29 to Mar 6 including Alcoholics Anonymous at 8 pm above Monticello State Bank, a Marine recruiter at the post office 10:30 to 11:80 am, a chili and oyster supper at Scotch Grove Presbyterian church, Lions Club variety show at the high school auditorium, a Spring Market Hog Show at Hawk Eye Downs Cedar Rapids through Saturday, a farewell party for Jerry and Diane Parsons at Olin school, American Legion meetings, Legion Auxiliary sessions, 4-H Leaders Refinishing Training at Farm Bureau building Anamosa, and various meetings at the Community building and courthouse with office hours and tailoring sessions.
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Alcoholics’ Anonymous
Monticello State Bank
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Monticello
Lions Club
P.m
Harriet McNeill
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Jerry and
Diane Parsons
Olin School
American Legion
Legion Hall
Legion Auxiliary
F.H.A. Service
S.C.S
Anamosa
Dubuque
Local births reported for February at multiple area hospitals
Wednesday morning notices from John McDonald hospital list February births: Zimmermans Monticello a boy. Duane and wife Morley a boy. Ray Turnis Bernard a girl. February 24 Hearn Monticello a girl. Cass Kray baby boy born February 17, first child. Olin Remington daughter at Mercy Anamosa February 18. Stolte Cedar Rapids daughter February 23. Cozart Cedar Rapids daughter February 24 with another child set.
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John McDonald Hospital
James Zimmerman
Monticello
Duane Smith
Morley
Ray Turnis
Bernard
Gilbert Hearn
Cass
Leonard Kray
Olin
Delbert Remington
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Remingtons
Hilbert Stolte
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Harlan Cozart
Courthouse records list new car purchases in February
February entries show Bernard Boots and Olin with Chevrolet. Ronald Armstrong and Olin with Ford on Feb 21. Feb 23 records Taylor Motor Sales in Olin with Buick. Feb 25 lists Julius or Wilma West phal in Anamosa with Oldsmobile and Richard L. Rickels in Anamosa with Ford.
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Bernard Boots
Olin
Chevrolet
Ronald Armstrong
Ford
Taylor Motor Sales
Buick
Julius Or Wilma Westphal
Anamosa
Oldsmobile
Richard L. Rickels
Marriage Licenses Report Shows No New Licenses
No new marriage licenses issued since February 9. Weather report from Monticello police records official readings for local conditions.
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Monticello
Estimated 800 Attend Farm Bureau Welcome Neighbor Jamboree
About 800 people attended the Jones County Farm Bureau Welcome Neighbor Jamboree at the Armar ballroom in Marion on Monday night. The free event honored volunteer membership workers with nine special awards. a post party dance ran from 8 30 p m to 12 30 a m and door prizes were given.
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Anamosa
Jones County Farm Bureau
Armar
Marion
Farm Bureau
Henry Sievers
Martello
Frank Zamastil
Wyoming
Lester Lyons
Cascade
Jack Felton
Joe Messerli
Monticello
Albert Boots
Red Cross Drive Quota Set at 2373 for Monticello Chapter
The Monticello chapter of the American Red Cross aims to raise 2373 of the national 1957 campaign total. Rev. Sterling J. Baldwin says 1000 stays in the local treasury. He notes national allocations for armed forces aid disaster services blood services health and safety. Local volunteers will soon solicit funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
American National Red Cross
Sterling J. Baldwin
Drive
Red Cross
Andrea Doria
Stockholm
French Line
Baldwin
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Monticello FFA Wins Three Contest Honors at Maquoketa
In Maquoketa district FFA speech contest Monticello members earned two silver awards and one honorable mention. Ken Paulsen won silver for public speaking Carlyle Wacker won silver for creed speaking while the parliamentary procedure team Loren Lubben Robert Meier Ken Schatz Phillip Gerdes and Chuck Classen received honorable mention. Awards followed order gold silver bronze honorable mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Future Farmers of America
Maquoketa
Ken Paulsen
Carlyle Wacker
Creed
Loren Lubben
Robert Meier
Ken Schatz
Phillip Gerdes
Chuck Classen
Eldred to Meet Constituents at Anamosa Courthouse
Representative Russell Eldred of Anamosa will station at the Jones County courthouse on Tuesday and Wednesday March 5 and 6 to discuss current legislation with constituents. The legislature will be in recess next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldred
Anamosa
Russell Eldred
Jones County
Mt. Vernon
Mechanicsville
Wyoming
Onslow
Lisbon
Viola
Morley
Monticello Sacred Heart
Dubuque Archdiocesan
Solon
Springville
Olin
Marion
Oxford Junction
Welton
Goose Lake
Charlotte
Classification Age Lowered for Selective Service
Jones County local board begins classifying registrants at 18 instead of 20 to provide national manpower data for planning. Registrar Kinler notes eligibility requires 18th birthday registration and timely questionnaire updates, with induction rules delaying under 19 until older registrants are processed.
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Jones County
John W. Q. Kinler
Anamosa
Jones County Selective Service Board
National Selective Service
Congress
Kinler
Interior of Monti cello Community Building Repainted
City employees will complete a two week interior redecorating of the Monti cello Community Building. Mayor John Behn said walls and ceilings in all rooms including the auditorium are being washed and repainted. The building hasn’t been redecorated since it was built in 1989 with tentative plans for acoustic tile in the auditorium ceiling and balcony.
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Monticello
John Behn
Behn
Food Distributed To 256 Families In Jones County
Surplus food was distributed Tuesday at the Jones county courthouse to 256 families representing 863 individuals by county welfare office personnel. Cheese 892 pounds milk 1 174 pounds beans 845 pounds rice 835 pounds corn meal 3 870 pounds flour 3 190 pounds.
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Jones County
Nellie Rummell
Small Shed Behind Home Nearly Destroyed by Fire
A small shed behind Bernard Kuriger’s home at 385 East Third Street was nearly destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon. Origin of the fire is under investigation.
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Bernard Kuriger
Third Street
Cascade votes down gas franchise bid amid municipal ownership signals
In Cascade 309 voters rejected a 26 year bid by People's Natural Gas to erect and maintain a gas distribution system. The result hints Cascade favors municipal ownership as shown by strong support for city control of utilities. Six ballots spoiled. turnout 654.
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Cascade
People’s Natural Gas
Loy
Alty
People's Natural Gag, G
Northern Natural Gag Company of
Omaha
Nebi
Paked
People's Natural Gas Company
Monticello Auto Parts Moves And Deals In Town
Monticello Standard Parts will relocate from 134 North Cedar to the Harold Wilcox building at 817 East First Street. Buckner Motors plans to vacate the site, selling to Breese Motors which will use the former Standard Parts building. Freese Motors will store stock in the 8 5 Locher and A N Stuttmatter property while Freese Implement adds a new site at 102 West Second Street. Friday merger details trace back to July 1953 when Jim Reding and C L Norlin formed the Monticello Standard Parts partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Buckner“ Motors
Standard Parts
Freese Motors
Monticello Standard Parts
North
Cedar ‘Street
Harold Wilcox
Flrst
Buckner. Motors
Breese
Motors
Monti‘gallo’ Stabld
Locher
A. N. Stuttmatter
Freege Motors
East First Street
Pat
Pete First
Freese Implement
West Second Street
Jim Reding
C. L. Norlin
Sheep Shearing School Planned for Jones County
Jones county flock owners will attend a two day sheep shearing school April 1 and 2 organized by the extension service. Dewey Jontz of the Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers association will conduct the sessions, with sign up on a first come basis and no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Extension Service
Joe E. Legg
Dewey Jontz
Iowa Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Jontz
Legg
Anamosa
Cascade Pike Fry Prizes Total 300
A Cascade Pike Fry prize list tops $300 with more than 800 prizes prepared for the annual event. The fry, set for Monday at the Legion pavilion, features special door prizes including a 12 gauge pump shotgun and an electric roaster oven. About 900 tickets have already sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Pavilion
F. B. Til
Fred Lighthart
Wheel Track Planting Topic for Olin Adult School
Olin adult evening school will discuss wheel track planting of corn on Monday March 4 at 8 p.m. in the vocational agriculture building.
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Olin
Vocational Agriculture
Monticello Panthers edge Lamont in regional tilt
Monticello senior Panthers defeated Lamont 73 to 46 to advance to the Manchester sectional semifinals. Maynard Lang led with 22 points as Monticello aims for a third crack at Manchester, with semifinals set for Thursday and the final Saturday night.
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Monticello
Panthers
Manchester
Downing Lamont
Thwin
Dean Nelson
Nto
Agaist Central City
Coggan
Central ‘City
The
Dameé
Lamont
Maynard Lang
Remling
Buck Creek
Colesburg
Two Traffic Violations and an Account Claim in Jones County Court
In Jones County district court two new motor violations and an account suit were filed. Max Eugene Harriman pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, fined 300 dollars, surrendered his liquor permit, and had his license suspended for 60 days. appeal bond set at 500 dollars. Joseph Cortland Chapman faced a second offense DWI, arrested February 17 at Monticello, released on 760-dollar bond.additional judgments and a jury trial underway for embezzlement by an employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Max Eugene Harriman
Charles Pennineroth
Joseph Cortland Chapman
Hopkinton
Monticello
Warren P. Lawrence
Justice of the Peace
Vernon,Company
Newton
M. B Buckner
Buckner
Lester John Schaeffer
J.B. “Heiserman
John Charles Wolfe
Heiserman
Charles Penningroth
Robert Fairbanks
Anamosa
Penningroth
Public Finance Service
Ben Jefford
Siren to Signal Minute of Prayer Friday in Monticello
The fire siren will blow at 10 a.m. Friday March 8 to signal a one minute period of prayer for world peace. Mrs. Ralph Bone announced the World Day of Prayer observance inviting all Monticello residents including workers to join school and church groups in silent prayer.
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Ralph Bone
Monticello
Wetomachick Camp Fire Group entertains parents at church
The We-to-ma-chick Camp Fire group hosted a panel show titled Who I Am Going to Be at the Methodist church Tuesday evening. Tanya Eden served as master of ceremonies. cast members included Mary Myers Donna Buckner Cerena Barnes Janet Wirtner and Tanya Eden. Refreshments followed. group leader is Mrs. Betty Wirtner with assistant Mrs. Marilyn Robinson.
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Tanya Eden
Gary Moore
Mary Myers
Donna Buckner
Cerena Barnes
Janet Wirtner
Betty Wirtner
Marilyn Robinson
Week of Nightly Services Planned By Local Church of the Nazarene
The Church of the Nazarene schedules nightly services March 3 to 10 with Rev. Leon Seager of Muscatine as guest speaker. A Lenten series follows with seven speakers and 7:30 p.m. themes including The Meaning of Christ's Torture and The Prophecy of the Cross. The pastor Rev Albert R. McMurrin notes Matthew 26 41 as the season’s key verse and invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Seager
Muscatine
Church of the Nazarene
Albert R. McMurrin
Robert Day
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Alburnett
H. Bennett
Morley
Hart Day
Africa
Gene E. Phillips
Iowa
Christ
McMurrin
Pacific Bible College
Portland
Ore
Iowa Wesleyan Colleged
Mt. Pleasant
Anderson Theological Seminary
Ander
Ind
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Olivet Nazarene College
Two Girls Voted State Scholarship Candidates in Jones County
Dorothy Schwendinger Monticello Sacred Heart senior and Sally Ann Catlett Center Junction consolidated school senior were named Jones County Iowa Farm Bureau teacher scholarship candidates. A seven member committee selected them from six. Iowa Farm Bureau offers 18 scholarships with announcements in March.
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Dorothy Schwendinger
Monticello
Specht
Harlan Hawker
Jones County Farm Bureau
Everett Mayberry
R. J. Saunders
Temple Hill
Frank Luett
Anamosa
Joseph Beave
Boyd Shannon
Miss Schwendinger
Louis Schwendinger
Miss Catlett
Reservations for Farm Bureau Women Tour
Reservations for the Jones County Farm Bureau women’s tour of Des Moines on March 15 are due by March 6. Mrs. Max Specht of Monticello, committee chairwoman, says chartered buses will leave Anamosa at 6 am and tickets cost $4.26 each. If enough reservations are received, two 387 passenger buses will be chartered.
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Jones County Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Max Specht
Monticello
Women’s Committee
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Farmer Degrees For F F A Boys At Monticello Chapter
Monticello Future Farmers of America chapter awarded farmer degrees to 1 sophomores Friday. Recipients include Roger Benedict Chuck Classen Jerry Eggiman Lyle Hirits Darrell Hilson Phillip Gerdes Keith Hagen Galen Harms Jim Hasler Richard Meier Robert Meier Kenneth Schatz Keith Stadtmueller George Alferts Rudy Alferts Jimmy Zimmerman. The group will honor outstanding and runner-up members and project achievements at year end. Members are germinating seed as a fund-raiser, with oat samples at 25 cents and grass samples at 60 cents.
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Monticello
Future Farmers of America
Roger Benedict
Chuck Classen
Jerry Eggiman
Lyle Hirits
Darrell Hilson
Phillip Gerdes
Keith Hagen
Galen Harms
Jim Hasler
Richard Meier
Robert Meier
Kenneth Schatz
Keith Stadtmueller
George Alferts
Rudy Alferts
Jimmy Zimmerman
F.F.A
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Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah Hall
Congregational Church
Courthouse Records
Jones County Beef Producers
John C. Milton
Chicago
Meat Institute
Dale Adams
Association
FFA
Jones County Beef Producers Association
Gayle Ahrendsen
Don Starr
M. L. Davis
E. J. Schnier
Marvin Holst
Center Junction
Sheep Shearing School
Greeley
Troy Mills
Dundee
Hartville
Cascade St. Martin's
Worthington St. Paul's
St. Mary's of
Peosia
St. Martin’s
Wayne’ Ressler
John Gassman
Worthington
St. Martin's
New Vienna St.Boniface
James Fangman
Fangman
A. H. Aller
Eileen
Hermann Beniachek
Jane Divoky
Arthur Hilers
Ronald Holtz
Fred Lazare
Clarence Johnson
Walter Neppl
George Seehusen
Olga Stott
Francis Taylor
Clifford Zimmerman
Wetomachick
Anamosa Mar
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