Monticello Community Meeting Schedule And Birth Announcements
Monticello minutes list January 10 11 and 12 meetings across public library K P hall Masonic temple and various groups plus church circles and DeMolay. Birth notices include Shirley Sue Murray December 31 at Hopkinton and Brent Allen Leytem December 30 at East Chicago with parents and residence details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starlighters
Pythian Sisters
K.P. Hall
Presbyterian Church
The
Methodist Church
DeMolay Club
Masonic Temple
MM/1
George Leytem
Brent Allen
East Chicago
Leytem
Art Keiser
George
7Th Fleet
Navy
Local Vehicle Records From January to March
A collage of names and vehicles lists owners and makes including Buick Dodge Chevrolet Ford Oldsmobile Mercury and Chrysler. Entries show dates from January 3 to January 7 with locations Anamosa Center Junction Onslow Oxford Junction Scotch Grove Olin and Beulah Haring Onslow among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folker Melchers
Anamosa
Buick
Marvin C
Selena Blohm
Center Junction
Dodge
Buresh Chevrolet
Oxford Junction
Chevrolet
Harold L. Switzer
Ford Truck
Lyle A. Vernon
Olin
Leland
Beulah Haring
Onslow
Alfred Schneck
Ford
Edgar H. Lawson
Chrysler
Dale A. Bickford
George H. Bohlken
Scotch Grove
Victor M. Tatak
Oxford Junetion
Oldsmobile
B. M. Fagan
Mercury
Hans H. Rohwedder
Universal Body Shop
Robert Barth
Hans Hinrichsen
John Holub
Wyoming
Herbert McNally
Cascade
H.J .Morrison
J. H. Peters
Monticello
George H. Plueger
Art Austin
Herbert Balsiger
Charles Benhart
Marvin Blohm
Harry Boedecker
Gerke Behlken
L. K. Bronneman
Jerman Burkert
Francis Dodds
Effie Dougherty
Harold Eby
Ray Eby
Harold Ejben
Langworthy
Vincent Eilers
Barney Fagan
Beulah First
Allen Graf
Ray Grassfield
Alfred Groth
Floyd Groth
Dale Hansen
Ed Harms
Amber
Albert Heeren
Glen Henderson
Elmer Henrichs
Gerald Kehoe
Carlton Landis
Marie Ledvina
Evelyn ‘Leggett
Stanley ‘Leslie
Lillian Like
Marriage Licenses Issued in Cedar Rapids Area
Jan 5 Clarence F Hoover and Lorraine H Old field both listed as Cedar Rapids legal prospects. Dec 31 couples include Robert J Husman 26 Monticello and Elnora Marie Tholen 24 Tipton. Clayton Bickford 18 Anamosa weds Phyllis Coleman 18 Anamosa and Leonard J Prehal legal Blairstown with Pauline Buelow legal Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence F. Hoover
Legal
Cedar Rapids
Lorraine H. Oldfield
Robert J. Husman
Monticello
Elnora Marie Tholen
Tipton
Clayton Bickford
Anamosa
Phyllis Coleman
Leonard J. Prehal
Blairstown
Pauline Buelow
Teachers Aim to Raise 1800 for Honor Fund Drive
Jones county launches a two week campaign to raise about 1800 for the Salisbury house purchase in Des Moines serving as the new headquarters for the Town State Education association. The fund will honor teachers with a Book of Memories for each $20 donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Town State Education Association
Salisbury House
Des Moines
Vance Stead
Iowa
Stead
United States
Humboldt
Calhoun
Marshalltown
Keokuk
Winneshiek
Mahaska
Oskaloosa
Jones County plans $200000 in 1955 road work
Jones County engineer Donald Ratekin reports more than $200000 in farm to market road construction for 1955. Four new projects are approved by the board of supervisors, with a fifth carried from 1954. Projects include a 6.78 mile Monticello to county line road and a $30,000 bridge in Washington township, plus grading and surfacing on a Hale township link and an Amber to highway 38 trunk road. A railroad crossing warning signal at Morley costs about $8000 under a 1954 project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Donald Ratekin
Jones County
Board of Supervisors
Ratekin
Castle Grove Township
Monticello
Washington Township
Temple Hill
Hale Township
Hale
Highway 38
Amber
Milwaukee Railroad
Morley
Railroad
Bureau of Public Roads
Farm To Market Authority
Hosford Installed Worshipful Master Of Local Masons
Co. R. Hosford was installed as worshipful master of Burns lodge No. 173 A F and A M at the Masonic Temple Tuesday evening. Installing officer William Shaffer was aided by Leslie Balster and Rev. H E Morrow. Other officers installed included Jerry Naylor senior warden William F Marsh junior warden William C Hintz senior deacon Kenneth Howie junior deacon Richard Finson senior steward Joseph Erler junior steward D P Sutherland treasurer Howard Hicks secretary and Rev Morrow chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. R. Hosford
Burns Lodge No
A.F
A.M
Masonic Temple
William Shaffer
Leslie Balster
H. E. Morrow
Jerry Naylor
William F. Marsh
William C. Hintz
Kenneth Howie
Richard Finson
Joseph Erler
D. P. Sutherland
Howard Hicks
Rev. Morrow
Wayne Township Students to Attend Monticello and Anamosa
Wayne township will send 19 seventh and eighth grade pupils to Monticello and Anamosa for the second semester as part of a township board plan. Ten students will go to Monticello and nine to Anamosa, with additional names listed for Wayne No. 3 and Wayne Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Anamosa
Wayne Township
Bert Ballou
Township
Amber
Wayne Center
Wayne No. 3
Ballou
Ronald Bronemann
Beverly Wolfe
Jack Cross
Errol Dierks
DeWayne Schafer
Ruth Ann White
Leon Wilken
Shirley Hoult
Phyllis Hubner
Judy Wennekamp
Irvin Bohlken
Georgia Folkerts
Janet Postel
Ambert
Ronald Harms
Michael Zimmerman
Beef Producers Dinner Planned For Feb 3 Here
The county Beef Producers association banquet will be held at the Community building on Thursday February 3. Tickets limited to 400 go on sale this week. Calvin Reiss Center Junction is new board chairman succeeding Wilbur Cartano Monticello. Howard Freeman Clarence named vice chairman and Ezra Wenndt Wyoming as secretary treasurer. Other board members include Don Meeks Martelle Dale Adams and Ernest Schnier Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Beef Producers’ Association
Association
Auvamosa
Calvin Reiss
Center Junction
Wilbur Cartano
Monticello
Howard Freeman
Clarence
Ezra Wenndt
Wyoming
Don Meeks
Martello
Dale Adams
Ernest Schnier
Bonnie Meade Installed as Noble Grand of Rebekahs
The Loyal Rebekah lodge held its regular meeting on January 5 with Dottie Richardson presiding and officials from Anamosa installing the Monticello lodge. Bonnie Meade was installed as noble grand while several officers were named or later scheduled for installation. Committees were formed for the year with names including Hilda Podhaski, Dottie Richardson, and Gwen Kuntz. Refreshments followed, provided by Blanche Landis, Dottie Richardson, Donna Chaplin and Hulda Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Dottie Richardson
Noble Grand
Ethel Barker
Matilda Schneider
Lucille Balsiger
Bernice Meier
Martha Hanken
Ethel Aldrich
Anna Rolls
Blanche Landis
Florence Bleadorn
Shirley Drury
Guardian
Eunice Prewitt
Outside Guardian
Louise Luck
Donna Chaplain
Gwen Kuntz
Bonnie Meade
Ways and Means
Hilda Podhaski
Grace Bohlken
Marie Vernon
Caroline Schoenhut
Edna Yeoman
Donna Chaplin
Lanie Pickett
Verona Landis
Frances Goodyear
Patty Balster
Hulda Robinson
Gun Club to Meet Monticello Members Thursday
Monticello gun club schedules a Thursday evening gathering on January 13 with card games and refreshments. Tickets are sold at 1 dollar each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gun Club
Monticello Gun
Jones County Residents Picked for 1955 Juries
Sixty three Jones County residents were named to court juries for 1955 by Clerk W L Pearson. Fifty one will serve on petit jury duty beginning February 7 and continuing through early April. Twelve were selected for the grand jury with reporting dates to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County
District Court
W. L. Pearson
Bandparents to Pick New Band Uniforms at Meeting
Public school bandparents meet Thursday evening January 13 at 7 30 to select new uniforms for the school band. Ray Stumbaugh and the director say the fund drive is $500 short and hope to raise the remaining amount soon. Committee members listed include Mr and Mrs Podhaski Goettsch Shannon Long Drexler Suter Edwards Burrichter Cox Martin Sutherland Hargrave Hollar and Hanken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Stumbaugh
Stumbaugh
Thes
Charles Podhaski
Cecil Goettsch
Boyd Shannon
Dick Long
Elmer Drexler
Bud Suter
Arch Edwards
George Burrichter
Ed Cox
Frank Martin
Donald Sutherland
Worthwhile Club To Meet Wednesday
The Worthwhile Homemakers club meets at Mrs Richard Kromminga's home Wednesday afternoon January 12. Dessert luncheon at 1 30. Co host will be Mrs Harold Deischer. Roll call Sewing Short cuts and the lesson Weight Control and Nutrition. Recreation will be led by Mrs Robert Holub and Mrs Henry Marek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Homemakers Club
Richard Kromminga
Harold Deischer
Robert Holub
Henry Marek
Foreign Trade Topic Set For LWV Meeting
Members of the League of Women Voters will meet at Mrs. Charles Ellett home on Tuesday Jan 11. Mrs. Henry Adams will lead a workshop on United States Foreign Trade Policy. Any person interested may attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Charles Ellett
Camera Club
Montiscello Public Library
Henry Adams
United States
Bank Tops Million in G I Loans to Veterans
Monticello State Bank reached over one million dollars in G I loans by end of 1954 with the Siebels couple of Amber receiving a 4500 loan for farm machinery and dairy cattle. Jim Maurice, cashier, noted the bank’s first loan in 1946 and that veterans have used funds for homes, farms, and business ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello States Bank
Maynard Siebels
Amber
Wayne Township
G. I
Siebels
G.I
Monticello Bank
Jim Maurice
Becky
Maurice
Monticello State Bank
Ebony Echoes Named for Lions Minstrel Show
The Lions Club christens the annual minstrel revue Ebony Echoes to be staged February 21 and 22 at the public school auditorium. Ray Stumbaugh, show manager, announces committees led by Bette Bender with plans for sets, construction, acts, props and costumes. Tickets are to go on sale soon through Lions members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebony Echoes
Public School
Ray Stumbaugh
Bette Bender
F. E. Patterson
Frank Williams
Jim Bender
Chan Robinson
Ray Fluckiger
George Nieters
Vance Stead
Louie Freese
Harold Shugart
Bob Patten
William Bailey Named Chairman of Anamosa Supervisors
William J. Bailey of Morley was chosen chairman of the Jones county board of supervisors at the 1955 organizational meeting in Anamosa. He succeeds Henry Rickels and will oversee duties for the year while districts remain as last year. The board set 1955 budgets for aid to dependent children, the blind, and the public health service, and designated three county newspapers as official publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Joes County
Oxford
Wyoming
Jackson
Madison
Harm Dirks
Washington
Clay
Scotch Grove
Henry Rickels
Cass
Fairview
Wayne
William J. Bailey
Greenfield
Rome
Hale
Public Health Service
Monticello Express
Anamosa Journal
Anamosa Eureka
State Holstein Meeting At Cedar Rapids Jan 13
The Iowa Holstein Breeders Association will hold its annual state meeting on Thursday January 13 at Cedar Rapids at the Montrose Hotel. George Slater of Olin Jones County association director announced the event which begins at 1 1 am with a banquet dinner entertainment and the annual business meeting. He urged all Jones County Holstein breeders to attend as the meeting will not return to this western area for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Holstein Breeders’ Association
Cedar Rapids
George Slater
Olin
Jones County
Montrose Hotel
Slater
Public Hearing On New Well Set for Jan 24
Roy Miller, once a failed city council candidate, was sworn in to Monticello’s council and appointed head of health and needs. The council plans a public hearing January 24 at 7 30 p.m. in the Community building on a proposed new city well near the water reservoir with an estimated cost around 8000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Miller
Monticello
A.P. Lambert
Miller
Lambert
Carl Egger
A. P. Lambert
Hopkinton Man Faces C M V I Charge In Monticello
Robert John Mohr of Hopkinton was arrested Friday in Monticello on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and bound over to the Jones County district court after posting a $350 bond in George C. Lawrence’s court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert John Mohr
Hopkinton
Monticello
Jones County
Mohr
George C. Lawrence
Anamosa
Kenneth Carter
Ralph M. Callaghan
Waterloo
Lawrence
Henry E. Onken
O.M.V.L
Onken
Monti Band to Join WaMac Festival at Marion
Monticello high school band will participate in the WaMac music festival in Marion on January 15. The event includes two massed band practices, a picked band concert, and a full program conducted by guest directors Ebbs and Martino. Readied musicians include Eleanor Wilcox and Bonnie Schoon among others. meals provided after practices. public invited to the evening concert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monti
Marion
Monticello High
Tan
Monticello
Eleanor Wilcox
Bonnie Schoon
Helen ‘Postel
Carol Leytem
Delores Folken
French Thorn
Carl Egger
Bill Jansen
Phillip Skelley
Jula
Judy Podhaski
Belle Isle
Smith
Anderson
Mr. Ebbs
University of Town
Alberich
Wagner
Moore
M. Martino
Drake University
Sousa
Morrissey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Royal Neighbors
Delphinians
John McDonald Hospital
Andrew Emmerich
Donald Ketelsen
Raymond F. Murray
Shirley Sue
Ler Council
Salisbury
Iowa Classroom Teachers Organization
L.E.A
Jessie M. Parker
State Association
Hosford
Bonnie Meade Noble Grand of
Rebekahs
James T. Remley
Pearson
Grand Jury
Grace Robertson
Carroll Rockwell
George A. Rickels
Margaret Sacora
Donald Sigmund
Melvin Sievers
Gwelda Siver
Joe Soper
Donald Starr
Olga Stott
Wilfred Wherry
Hia Wooder
Eleanor Wunder
Women Voters League
Carl Siebels
Young Siebels
Ebony
William Bailey
John Behn
Harry Lyer
Alfred Egger
Harold ‘Wilcox
Greater Monticello
Masons and Eastern Star
St. Luke's
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