Births Reported in Monticello and Iowa City Areas
Birth notices list new babies from January 5 to January 9 at John McDonald hospital including Kra mer Cascade girl Eganhouse Monmouth girl Koppes Bernard boy Mc Elmeel Cascade boy Moriarity Cascade boy Smock Wyoming girl plus Roxane Ridenour born December 30 at Mercy Cedar Rapids with Monticello grandparents. Also Iowa City Diane Kay Mawe born January 8 with Monticello grandparents. Weather section noted by Monticello police. Marriage licenses listed for Marion Cruise Olin and Neva Van Dyke Cedar Rapids Steven Barth Oxford Jct and Joan Benischek Oxford Jct. New cars and trucks registered in Jones County include Monticello Oldsmobile Victoria McDonough and Monticello Mercury Wayne Bohlken and Monticello Chevrolet truck Gilbert Field Wyoming Rambler Melvin Tobia son Mildred Tobias on January 4 Carl Kintzle Monticello Mercury list continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John “Mc.Donald Hospital
Frank Kramer
Cascade
Leland Eganhouse
Monmouth
Merle Koppes
Bernard
Eugene Mc
Elmeel
Leo Moriarity
Leslie Smock
Wyoming
Jones County
Marion Cruise
Olin
Neva van Dyke
Cedar Rapids
Steven R. Barth
Oxford Jct
Joan M. Benischek
Oxford
Ernest
Victoria McDonough
Monticello
Oldsmobile
Wayne Bohlken
Motorcycle
Carl B. Kintzle
Montcello
Mercury
Roy M
Berlin
Chevrolet
Gilbert
Esther Field
Rambler
Melvin
Mildred Tobiason
Ford
Russell L
Bonnie Meade
Chevrole
McNamara Plumbing
Elementary School to Be Finished by Sept 1
Monticello works through snow to finish a 15 room elementary school and add to Central, with the vocational agriculture shop due for use within a month. Remodeling of the old shop will house industrial arts with new partitions for a printing room dark room and more. LA and voc ag classes meet in the Community building until the new areas are ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Central School
Boyd Shannon
Vocal and Industrial Arts
Voc Ag
Voc-Ag
Loop couple sue Home Gas for 104000 plus rent
Kathryn E. Loop and Bert H. Loop seek 104016.20 from Home Gas Co Inc of Monticello claiming unpaid inventory value, unverified propane quantities, unpaid accounts receivable transfers, and escrow fund misdirection plus 375 rent for Sept-Nov 1961. They also request court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn E
Bert H. Loop
Loop LP Gas
Monticello
Jones County
Home Gas Co., Inc
Home Gas Co., In
Merchants National Bank
Cedar Rapids
Alley District Petition Prompts Countywide Reform Proposal
A 1486 signature petition urged Jones County to divide into five districts with supervisors elected by district. Farm Bureau sponsors presented the plan to the county board, which deferred action to the Jan 16 meeting. Deputies and clerks salaries were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Tues
Farm Bureau
Max Specht
Castle Grove
Bill Reade
Clay
Clarence Asch
Kindergarten Round-up for Parents Only at Carpenter School
Monticello Community Schools host a kindergarten round-up at Carpenter School on Monday Jan 15. Parents attending should not bring children. classes unavailable that day. A to M families meet 9 30 to 11 am. O Z from 1 30 to 3 pm. A child must be five by Sept 1 1962 to enroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter School
Lois Shover
Monticello Community Schools
Shover
Creamery Expands with New Butter-Making Unit
Far mers Mutual Co-op creamery in Monticello adds a 32 by 42 foot glazed tile addition with glass block windows on the west side and a 22 foot breezeway to connect to the old building. Butter making equipment will move into the new section with a refrigerated storage unit included to separate butter and cheese departments to meet U S C A standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Mutual Co-op Creamery
Monticello
Louie Hanken
Scotch Grove
Creamery Board
U.S.C.A
K and P Opens Used Car Sale in Monticello
K and P Chevrolet Olds in Monticello announces a used car sale starting Thursday. Dave Miller and Jack Knopp state the entire stock will be sold with details on page A-4 of this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K & P Chevrolet Olds
Monticello
Dave Miller
Jack Knopp
Monticello plans nine month retail drive with Monticello Dollars
The Greater Monticello Committee unveiled a nine month retail promotion series in which shoppers earn Monticello Dollars at participating stores, plus nine monthly public auctions and selling events. Floyd Kephart named city clerk, effective September 1, succeeding the late John Behn. Lois Shover appointed elementary principal as Dale Greenawald moves to high school principal. Roy Miller sold his implement firm to Cliff Wears with sale effective January. The 108th Great Jones County Fair set attendance records and featured Charlie Weaver David Nelson Bud Abbott Candy Candido. Cliff Greiman of Garner won Fat Steer show top honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Greater Monticello
Monticello
Floyd Kephart
John Behn
John C
Lois) Shover
Dale Greenawald
Roy Miller
Cliff Wears
Jani
Jones County
Charlie Weaver
David Nelson
Bud Abbott
Candy Candido
Cliff Greiman
Garner
City weighs alley land dispute as new police chief named
Monticello council reviewed a lingering dispute over a south Bradview Court alley. City attorney Strittmatter reported private claimants lack clear title while city deeds reserve the land for street and alley use. He urged affirming municipal ownership as officials pressed to protect city rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradview Court
Andy Strittmatter
Roger Pratt
Monticello
Strittmatter
F. D. McLaughlin
Ray Lampe
Glen Gabriel
Phil Tuetken
Bud Suter
Ray Marolf
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monticello Community High School
Janice Lehman
Joyce Appleby
Shirley Podhaski
Mary Copley
JoAnn Ballou
Janice Martinson
Diane Adams
Bev Schoon
Cheryl Rhatigan
Sue Schneider
Jane Hetzler
Wamac
Lyle J. Ridenour
Roxane
Mercy Hospital
Alva Oaken
Lyle Ridenour
Iowa City
William Mawe
Diane Kay
Cecil Goettsch
Anamosa
Chevrole Edward J
Sarma
Buick
Mobile
Mary M. Watters
Arden F
Achenbach
Morley
Ford Truck
Harry Hoisington, Jr
Buick Burrell
Kathryn Fagen
Clyde F. Zedick, Jr
C. F. Shimanek
Roy V. Porter
Robert D. McCormick
James Schneider
Corley Humphreys
Dubuque
Lawrence M. Kelley
Owen Tjaden
A. T. Bergins
Bellevue
Lyle E
Ridenour
A. T
Bergins
Loren
Justice Court
M. E. McCrabb
Justice of the Peace
Lawrence Burlage
Albert C. Meier
Loops
Home Gas Co
Tom Koppenhaver
Leslie B. Stansberry
Highway 64
Ing
Koppenhaver
Vernie Michels
Ronnie Boots
Larry E. Lacey
Selma Stickley
Robert Stickley
Contineds
Firestone Stores
Jerald H. Trimble
Jerry’s Texaco
the Texas Co
Robert J. McDonough
Bertha Stimpson
Harm J. Dirks
Wilfred James Carew
Dorothy Arlene Carew
B. J. Maxwell
Monticello, Iowa
ASC
Ray Fluckiger
Robert Michael Power
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Creamery
Roger Pratt In
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