Setting Our Sights for a 1957 Monticello-Area Plan
Our View asks readers to propose goals for 1957 in Monticello and Jones County. Highlights include hard-surfacing highway 38 to Center Junction, county road A, a new bridge near Eby’s Mill, better street signs, a weather station, improved lighting, and continued fire and zoning efforts. The piece champions a community tree, skating area, and potential natural gas and fluoridation debates.
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Monticello
Jones County
Monticello Express
Oe O
Center, Junction
State Highway, Commission
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Eby's Mill
Scotch Grove
Mon
Ernie Becker
Greater Monticello
Harold Blair
Tomah
Wis
State Highway Commission
First and
Cedar Streets
O.K
Maquoketa
Swan Lake
Fairgrounds
McRo
January meeting schedule for Monticello and area groups
Listings show Legion Auxiliary, Marine recruiter, AA meeting, Down We Go club, and BP.W. schedule on Jan 7 to 9 at Monticello locations. Jan 4 Family Living committee and Jan 8 leaders training noted. births reported by John McDonald Hospital include Ambrosy Bernard, Pil lard Prairinburg, Wurat Wyoming, and Griesin entries.
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Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello State Bank
Bp.w
Farm Bureau
Anamoga
John McDonald Hospital
Wendel Ambrosy
Bernard
Merle Pillard
Prairinburg
Names in a Dubuque age list from a local notice
The excerpt lists several young individuals with ages and towns: Ger 35 and Ruth A Schmitt 31 of Dubuque. December 31 Gary Leland Fuessley 18 of Walker and Juanita L Annis 17 of Coggan. Ernest L Akers 20 of Central City and Donna June Taylor 17 of Prairieburg.
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Ger
Ruth A. Schmitt
Dubuque
Gary Leland Fuessley
Walker
Juanita L. Annis
Coggan
Ernest L. Akers
Central City
Donna June Taylor
Prairieburg
Local Court Notices December Traffic and Misdemeanor Fines
Summary of fines and penalties from December including Lawrence Spoerry Adel improper parking $1 costs Jake Bennett Anamosa intoxication $15 costs $10 suspended 60 days Carl Thoman Anamosa no operator license $10 costs Edward Richert Lisbon assault and battery $26 costs $16 suspended Larry Sproston Lisbon excessive speed 325 costs Behnke Olin double parking $1 costs Leonard Doden Anamosa speeding $10 costs
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Lawrence Arthur Spoerry
Adel
Jake Bennett
Anamosa
Carl Edwin Thoman
Edward Richert
Lisbon
Larry Sproston
Larry ©. Behnke
Olin
Leonard R. Doden
Jones County Supervisors Meet to Close 1956 Accounts
The Jones County board met in regular session on December 31 to finalize year end finances. Transfers from construction to maintenance totaled 73 232 65 dollars with 5 651 42 dollars moved from road clearing. Bonds for county officials were approved and a 19 000 truck crane purchase recorded. The 1956 domestic animal claims were adjusted and the board will reconvene January 2 to finish unfinished business and appoint a 1957 chairman.
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Jones County
Th County Board of Supervisors
Blanche Adams
Bess E. Sherman
Lewis Dreibelbis
George Specht
Earl Beiseil
C. M. Miles
Olin
Board of Supervisors
George F. Specht
Auto Slides Off Road No Injuries Reported
Mrs. Wilma Breitbach escaped injury Saturday afternoon northeast of Monticello when a 1952 auto she drove slid on ice and plunged down a steep embankment after clipping two guard rail posts near the Maquoketa river bridge on highway 151. Patrolman Kenneth Carter reported the loss of control occurred just after crossing the bridge.
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Wilma Breitbach
Monticello
Maquoketa River
Highway 151
Kenneth Carter
Breitbach
Fireman Escapes Injury En Route to Hopkinton Blaze
Hopkinton fireman George Dircks survived a rollover crash on icy roads while responding to a fire at the Robert Monster farm. His truck slid on ice, rolled over, shattering the windshield and causing front-end damage before Dircks escaped with only shock.
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Hopkinton
George Dircks
Robert Monster Farm
Dircks
Stores to Close at 9 P.M. on Saturdays in Winter
Monticello retail stores announce Saturday 9 p.m. closing during winter. Participants include Howards Department Store Schultz Bros Mc Neill Hardware Shaffer's Shoes Stahler's Shoes First Electric Rem Electric Acme Electric Long's Royal Blue Super Market Hi Way Market Smitty's Valu Ferrall Drug Nelson's Coward's Time Shop Bilers Furniture Rickless Dry Goods Gambles Ace Hardware Western Auto Stuhler's Clothing and more.
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Wenty Monticello
Howards
Schultz Bros. Company
McNeill Hardware
Shaffer's Clothing
Stahler's Shoes
First Electric
Rem Electric
Acme Electric
Blue Super Market
Hi-Way Market
Smitty's
Ferrall Drugstore
Nelson’s
Coward’s
Bilers Furniture
Gambles
Ace, Hardware
Western Auto Store
Stuhler’s: Clothing
Stone
March of Dimes Campaign to Start Early This Month
Anamosa prepares to launch the 1957 March of Dimes drive in Jones County with Mrs. Alfred Snyder as campaign chair. The effort leverages school drives and porchlight campaigns, naming Ben Fogel as state chair and promising worker announcements after a meeting.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Alfred Snyder
Snyder
March of Dimes
Ben Fogel
Fogel
Schwendinger Baby Dies in Iowa City
Gregory Augustine Schwendinger two month old son of Mr and Mrs Louis Schwendinger died Monday at University hospital Iowa City He was born Nov 39 1956 at John McDonald hospital Funeral services were held from Devaney Funeral home to Sacred Heart cemetery at 2 30 pm Tuesday Surviving are his parents five sisters and five brothers
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Gregory
Augustine Schwendinger
Louis Schwendinger
University Hospital
Iowa City
John McDonald Hospital
Devaney Funeral Home
Sacred Heart Cemetery
City Clerk Sells One Dog License for 1957
Monticello reports the first dog license of 1957 issued by the city clerk after vets certify rabies vaccination. Licenses due January 1 require a rabies certificate. 270 licenses were issued in 1956 and become delinquent April 1. Fees are 1 dollar for male or spayed dogs and 3 dollars for females. unlicensed dogs will be impounded per ordinance.
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Monticello
Leamon Lcottey
Scott
No Claimant Yet To First Baby Title
At press time a newborn is awaited to claim Monticello area's 1957 First Baby of the Year with no birth reports since midnight Dec 31 from John McDonald hospital or other sources.
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Monticello
Dean Nelson
Panthers
John McDonald ‘Hospital
Christmas Seals Sales Trail 1955 Monticello Report
Mrs G M Jones Monticello chairman reports Christmas seal sales fall $26 behind last year with $672 600 collected toward an unofficial $700 target. She urges outstanding donors to remit funds received in mall drives to support tuberculosis treatment and research.
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G. M. Jones
Monticello
Seals
Lee Rathbun Dies in Veterans Hospital at 68
Lee Rathbun a World War I veteran aged 68 died December 30 at the Veterans Hospital in Knoxville after 12 years of hospitalization. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Surviving wife Mary Webster Rathbun two daughters and several relatives. Funeral arrangements by Devaney Funeral Home.
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Lee Rathbun
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
First Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Devaney
Mr. Rathbun
Odell
Neb
Louis
Ann Hebnel
Jesse
California
Angro
Joe
Bertha
Beatrice
Builders Initiate New Members at Jones County 4-H Event
Thirty one new members joined the Jones County 4 H Builders at a Christmas party held December 29 at the Farm Bureau building in Anamosa. New officers installed include President Denny Larson Anamosa Vice President Loren Lubben Monticello Secretary Colleen Hay Anamosa Treasurer Mary Ellen Reid Wyoming Reporter John Burhop Jr Oxford Junction Historian Barbara Holub Wyoming.
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Jones County
4-H Builders Group
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Denny Larson
Loren Lubben
Monticello
Coleen Hay
Mary Ellen Reid
Wyoming
John Burhop, Jr
Felton of Cascade Named Inductee for Jones County
Jones County records show William Fel ton of Cascade inducted into the armed services December 4 as the county’s December inductee per Mrs. Hubert Metcalf, clerk of the Selective Service board. Four other Jones County men enlisted in December and several returned from duty including six inductees and four enlistees.
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Felton
Cascade
Jones
Jones County
William Felton
Armed Services
Hubert Metcalf
Selective Service Board
Jones ‘County
Edward Heady
Anamosa
Ronald Holub
Springville
Hermann Darrow
Wyoming
Gene Benischék
Monmouth
James Webber
Monticello
Robert. Coder
Eugene Vacek
Oxford
Junction
Jerry Shaw
Vacek
Shaw
Permits Filed for Construction Here in Monticello 1956
Clerk reports 83 building permits issued in Monticello during 1956 totaling estimated costs of 228120. Houses and garages lead, with 15 each, followed by additions and porches. The list includes names like Mahlon Seehusen Joe Messerll Frank O Rourke and Skelly Oil among many others with project types and values.
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Monticello
Liéamon Scott
Mey
Coats
Mahlon
Seehusen
Joe Messerll
Frank O'Rourke
Irvin Bébee
Ray OC. Hall
Clarence Rhatigan
Mont
Fi Inc
Robert
Alvin
Ae New
Porch
Margaret
Ori
Frank Bilers
Alfred
Yossi
Gay Otten
Louis Heeren
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Express
Jones County Historical Society
The
Delhi
Monticello Expréss
Silver Lake’ State Park
Jones County Family
Agierican’ Legion
Legion Hall
V.E.W
E.W
F.W
John Richard Wurat
Betty Jane Bahnsen
Edwin Eildon Griesin
Justice Court
Dirks
Schwendinger
Glen Suttonport
William Milroy
Dan Fiergtine
Manchester
Archie
Jounter Glen
Ronald
Los Angeles
Calif
Vuuhdleuoe
Ad Tney
Terineer
Nancy Mardarf
Bet’ Donna Woods
Tulip 3
Judith Black
Jud’ Guhl
Shirley H. Vernon
North Dakota
Sexter
Florence Ireland
Milwaukee
Owatonna
OIL Company
Seven States Oil Company
Bury
William’ G. Schoon
Luther Howland
Robert Aldrich
Pieray
M. Tobiason
Stahlverg, Jr. Frame
B. B
Walter Heath
Harold Wilcox
Alva Freese
Charles Clark
Raymond Thomas
B. B. McLaughlin
Martha Herren
Henry von Sprecken
Robert Gesse
John
New Hee
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