Winter Street Tale of Horses and Sleds in Monticello
A nostalgic photo captures First Street in winter before cars, showing horse teams and sleds on cold days. The piece recalls explorers and local life across decades with notes on scouts, church anniversaries, bank staff changes, and community gatherings in Monticello and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Street
Dayton
Monticello
Steve Vanourny
Bob Shimanek
Dan Prewitt
Joe McAleer
Joe Mullen
Steve Poock
Jct. Presbyterian Church
Donald Bergman
Dike
Monticello State Bank
G.I
FHA
Marvin Chevalier
Postville Bank
Robert Dolan
Jones County Medical Society
Mrs Kenneth Shep Pard Calls On Mrs John Deese in Manchester
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Shep Pard visited Mrs John Deese at Memorial hospital in Manchester for a get well call. The brief social call highlights local hospital visits by residents of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Sheppard
John Deese
Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Visitors and visits listed from Worthington area families
Thursday and Wednesday social call roundup shows Mr and Mrs John Rogers and Ida Greif in Worthington for a birthday, Neigger and Boge wedding in Delhi with reception in Worthington Memorial Hall, and numerous other local visits across Prairieburg Castle Grove Delmar and surrounding towns. Leonard Ament travels to Baltimore for school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Woolcutt
George Hodgkins
Louie Heiberger
Adolph Swee
Delhi
Duane Leamer
Cedar Rapids
Fred Wilson
Curt Grigg
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Grigg
Delbert Anders
Delaware
Raymond Porter
Hago Tobiason
Monticello
Lew Porter
Roscoe Porter
Ryan
Merlyn Lange
Merle Schneiters
Eugene Flannagan
Lange
Louis Lange, Sr
Alfred Lahey
Bill Mardorf
Pat Huber
Harold Crowley
Justin Supple
Loras Kehoe
Orville Offerman
al Takes
Cascade
Donnie Mesch
John Rogers
Ida Greif
Worthington
Celester Jaeger
Neigger and Boge
Worthington Memorial Hall
Ray Trenkamp
Marc
Maynard
Frank Jasper
Trenkamp
Minneapolis
Minn
Jack Digmann
Cathie
Billy Uhlenkamp
Prairieburg
Steve McDowell
Castle Grove
Leo Ament
Leonard Ament
George
Dick Guise
Donald Ament
Delmar
Baltimore
Oxford Junction News Briefs Highlight Local Births and Meetings
A son named by Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Bisinger was born January 3 at Jackson County Hospital in Maquoketa. Several residents, including Beverly Benischek and Jean Koranda, attended a Cornell College music recital in Mt. Vernon. Other items note hospital patients, trades school enrollment for Herbert Marr, a property purchase by the Feists, and the 49th wedding anniversary of Henry and Alma Otte, with out of town guests listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Flannagan
LeRoy Miles
Jayne
St. Luke’s Hospital
Gordon Keith
Fritz Kramminga
Richard Kramminga
Monticello
Roy Haynes
Ben Keith
Herman Dolley
O.E.S
Cedar Rapids
Roy Dighton
Duane Dighton
Coggan
Wayne Wilson
Hopkinton
Harold Wilson
John King
Manchester
Everett Beitz
Roger Lee Beitz
Beitz
Carolyn
Charlene
Doug Orr
Lloyd Sheppard
David
Dennis
Joe Orr
Lyness-Wolfe
Sandy Strief
Dubuque
Chris Strief
Phil King
Gordon Smith
Sally Hudrilik
Jerry Bahnsen
Pam Nowachek
Richard Dobling
Vernon Vacek
Vicki Ann
Jackson County Hospital
Maquoketa
Leland Barnhart
June Barnhart
Arnold Yoerger
Harold Beerbauer
Bettendorf
LeRoy Pahl
Davenport
Julia Koranda
Floyd Hodgden
John Burhop, Jr
Poplar Heights
Oxford Jct
Arnold Bisinger
Beverly Benischek
Otto Benischek
Cathy Rehmke
Brenda Bartels
Molly Koranda
John Buresh
Otto Koranda
Gene Weide
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Cornell College Department of Music
King Memorial Chapel
Jean Koranda
Raymond Benischek
James Kotilinek
Darrell King
Wilton Jct
Leroy Hansen
Marvin Jeffery
London
Scott Burda
Ferdinand Burda
St. Luke's Hospital
Herbert J. Marr
Anna Marr
Universal Trades School
Omaha
Nebr
Marr
Freda Gade
Henry Otte Jr
Fred Otte
Henry Otte
Alma Gade
Tipton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cpl
Dorrance Brady
Ed Brady
Iowa
Washington
Corps
Lynn Clark
Clarence Heyen
Langworthy
Paul Barrack
Herman Behrends
Bill Corbin
Frances Jones
Town City
Belle Markovum
Geraldine Roberts
Indianola
Harriet Brindley
Je E. Heiserman
Treasuerer
Anamosa
Henry Vernimont
Thomas Jefferson
Maude Littleton
Kathy Wilson
Denise Kremer
David Wendt
Dennis Kremer
Gene Moulton
Tom Wilson
Joe Schemmel
Robin
Clarke Thompson
Florence Bacon
Ellen Stadtmueller
Jan Himebaugh
Floyd Wilson
Henry Wilson
Chas
Joann Preussner
Fallot
Kim
Citrus Heights
Calif
Ivan Wilson
Howard Preussner
Dorrance Porter
Thompson Farm
Maynard Thompsons
Joel Hall
John Hall
Ivah Wilson
Jack Larson
Lee J
Marion
Jim Delay
Lyle Flannagan
Marie Bacon
Darwin Green
Mr. Green
Mrs. Green
Todd
Mrs. Bacon
Amana
Wilfred Kleitsch
Jeff Greenwood
Lou Ehrismann
John Feltes
Bill Feltes
Mary
Janice Feltes
Luvern Digmann
Anton Grundmeyer
Dean Cooper
Delmar Philips
George Turnis
J. L. Kramer
Edw. Laufer
Independence
Joel Trenkamp
Bobby Trenkamp
Laufers
Mary Trenkamp
Margaret
Wilfred
Frank Miller
Fred Hunter
Rhiny Topping
Marlene Sternhagen
Vernon Becker
Mrs
Kenny Becker
Jim Lahr
Dick Turnis
Frank Turnis
Lowden
Otte
Milwaukee Railroad
Henry Jr
Fred
Carl
Ray Sobotka
Geraldine John
Louis Ledvina
Lewis Hayden
Harold Hall
Home Arts Club
Emile Burian
Anna Slouha
Neal Bright
Frank Tye
Frank Tyce
Mary Lasack
Cale Welty
George Cress
Frank Hodoval
Carl Lorenzen
Zealous Lodge A. Fe
John Burda
Charles Sheldon
David Flory
Harro Ingversen
Gary Hansen
John Carstensen
August Hansen
Robert Coker
Ronald Hansen
Delbert Steffens
Ryler
Mary Hudrick
Raymond Hudrlik
Calamus
Frank Hudrlik
Charles Brown
Frances Buresh
Oxford
Hudrlik
Joseph Hudrlik
Berwyn, Ill
Mary Alswede
Chicago
Delta Dee Bridge Club
Robert Barth
Blanche Fifield
Orville Behne
Agnes Zeller
Esther
Omar
Orlando
Fla
Ememben
Finst
Amaonticello Town
Freese Motors
Seabee Donuts
Tied Feature Syndicate, Inc
Falcon
Freese Motor Company
Henry Prull
Paul Melhow
Rowley
Edd Fass
Ervin Plueger
Scotch Grove
Worthington, Iowa
Edwin Althoff and
Mary Ann Jesenovec
Frank Barry
America
DBO
Bud
K&p Sinclair
Bud's
State
K&p
Sinclair Service
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