Monticello Sets Ambitious New Year Goals
Monticello outlines resolutions for other growth focusing on street resurfacing and paving, sewage disposal modernization, housing expansion with a 35 to 40 unit project, and completion of all weather farm to market roads. It also calls for parking rule reforms and involvement from the Junior Chamber of Commerce to realize a stronger town.
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Monticello
Daniel Varvel
William Clark
Junior Chamber of Commerce
County Board of Supervisors
Jaycees
Martha
Monticello musings mix humor with world news
A local column blends playful notes on Monticello life with observed humor about Chicago driving tests and milk bottles. It touches on Christmas calls, Santa Claus, housing news, printer vacancies, New Year resolutions, and Finland's wartime aid repayment.
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Santa Claus
Richland Pinochle Club Entertained during holidays
The Richland Pinochle Club was entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Buel last week. Many relatives and out of town guests shared Christmas day with local families including Mr. and Mrs. Eilers and Mr. and Mrs. Len Buol. Further visits spanned Cresco Muskegon Danville and Cascade with several Christmas gatherings noted across households.
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William Buel
Anna Blackmore
Tingley
Towa
Frana Schneider
Cresco
Margaret Wismeier
Walter Heath
Elva Eilers
Bernard Lerch
Junior Heath
Eilers
Max
Joyce
Advance
Len Buol
Robert Anderson
Muskegon
Michigan
Carl Schneiter
George Allen
Ramona
Herbert Balsiger
Carl Hein
Fiana Schneider
Raymond Tuetken
Henry Badberg
Henry Bartels
Scotch Grove
Bernard Burkey
Cedar Rapids
Robert Morley
Robert Buol
Carol
Edwin Kiburz
Danville Ind
Robert Buols
Frank Schneiter
Alva Rodman
Springville
Loren Rodman
Waukon
Charles Schneiter
Cascade
Monticello
Old Age Assistance figures for December in Jones County Iowa
Iowa's Department of Social Welfare reports Jones County had 341 old age assistance pensioners in December, receiving a total of 13,435 at an average of 39.40 per month. Needy blind accounted for nine cases at an average 46.84. Aid to dependent children covered 39 cases with 93 children paid 2,164 in December, averaging 70.87 per case or 29.72 per child.
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Department of Social Welfare
State of
Iowa
Jones County
Trailer Fire Claims Two Infants In Waterloo Home
A trailer home owned by Mr and Mrs Edward Birett in Waterloo burned last week, killing two infants. The mother had left to visit a nearby filling station when the blaze started. Eugene aged 20 months and Catherine aged 7 months suffered fatal burns.
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Edward Birett
Waterloo
Eugene
Catherine
Anamosa Sees No Justice Court Cases Before Santa
Good behavior by Anamosa citizens led to a quiet week with no cases filed in any justice court before Santa Claus arrived, marking the first such lull in 1947.
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Anamosa
Santa Claus
Santa
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National Sorial Association
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Boke
Adi Ry Service, Inc
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