Births and personal notices from Jones county area
Birth announcements list a Jan 13 birth for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Farrington of Anamosa a boy, plus a Des Moines girl born Jan 11 at a Methodist hospital weighing 10 pounds 1.5 ounces. Cedar Rapids and Wyoming families welcome Sandra Kay and a boy and girl among other新增 births.
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John McDonald Hospital
Robert Farrington
Anamosa
Carl Potter
Monticello
Vilura Parkway
Des Moines
Iowa
Methodist Hospital
Wyoming
James McGovern
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Sandra Kay
McGovern
Marilee Brunscheen
Marvin Brun Scheen
George Herzberger
Henry Brunscheen
Oxford Junction
Robert Benischek
Maquoketa Hospital
Benischeks
Jones County Names Petit and Grand Jurors for February Term
Glenn Brokaw, clerk of Jones county district court, announced sixty petit jurors for the February term and twelve grand jurors for the year. Petit jurors report February 15 at 9 a.m. Judge Charles Penningroth of Cedar Rapids will preside.
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Jones County
Glenn Brokaw
Jones County District Court
Charles Penningroth
Cedar. Rapids
School Board Reverses Decision After Technicality
In a special meeting Tuesday night the Monticello Community School board unanimously rescinded its mid November adoption of the Citizens Advisory Committee recommendations. Superintendent Boyd Shannon cited a board interpretation technicality and announced seven public meetings across the district starting January 19 with the CAC to explain the school construction plan and take questions.
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Monticello
Boyd Shannon
C.A.C
Shannon
Citizens Advisory Committee
Maquoketa Valley Bond Issue Defeated In Delaware County
Voters in the Maquoketa Valley district did not reach the 60 percent threshold for a 700000 bond to build a new high school. Total 1739 ballots with 962 yes and 777 no. Earlville contributed 377 no and 74 yes. Had it passed, funds would buy a site east of Delhi for a high school serving Hopkinton Earlville Delhi Buck Creek and Oneida-Delaware districts.
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Hopkinton
Maquoketa Valley
Earlville
Delhi
Buck Creek
Oneida
Oneida-Delaware
Delaware County
Seventh Grade Dance at Monti cello Community School
The Monti cello Community School seventh grade hosts a dance at the Masonic Temple on Friday evening January 22 from 7 30 to 10 p m Chaperoned by seventh grade teachers Sections A and B invite Sections C and D as guests to the event.
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Monticello
Masonic Temple
Bad Roads Snow Close Schools Here
Two fines were handed down by Police Judge Frank Shimanek on Saturday January 16. Frederick Lewis Mesenbrink of Charter Oak was fined ten dollars for selling door to door without a license. Arion Bernard Benter of Hopkinton was fined ten dollars for failing to yield at a stop sign after a two car collision at Grand and Maple streets. Sara Mae Busse of Monticello was involved in the crash.
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Frank Shimanek
Frederick Lewis Mesenbrink
Charter Oak
Grand
Maple Streets
Arion Bernard Benter
Hopkinton
Benter
Sara Mae Busse
Monticello
Weeklong Battle with Rain Fog and Snow in Monticello Area
Monticello faced a week of rain fog and snow with country roads impassable and buses struggling to reach schools. Over 300 Iowa schools closed on Friday as blizzard conditions hit the western part of the state. Weather stations logged 4.8 inches of moisture with six to seven inches of snow falling Thursday night into Friday morning. Snow crews worked all day Friday to clear streets while some rural telephone lines were knocked out briefly. Flood warnings spread on the Maquoketa Wapsipinicon and Cedar rivers as high water loomed on Mississippi and Cedar rivers. officials noted roads may freeze aiding travel.
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Monticello
Iowa
Maquoketa
Wapsipincon
Jones County
Anamosa
Mississippi
Cedar
Wapsipinicon
One Account and Divorce Case Filed in District Court
Two cases entered district court on Tuesday January 12. One account suit by H W Taylor Olin seeks 142.62 against Merlin Ahrendsen for auto work. A divorce action by Harold Heideman Jr. against Anne Heidemann cites cruel and inhuman treatment and seeks custody of two minor children. married July 29 1950, lived together until January.
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H. W. Taylor
Olin
Merlin Ahrendsen
Harold Heideman Jr
Anne Heidemann
Three Car Crash West of Anamosa Last Wednesday
One man charged with moving from a parked position into traffic after a three car collision on Highway 151 and 64 west of Anamosa Wednesday at 10 15 p m. Drivers were E F Huibregtse Monticello W M Thompson Anamosa and Donald Nacke Marcus. Damages totaled about 1150. Nacke’s wife was treated for minor injuries at Mercy Hospital Anamosa and released.
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Anamosa
Huibregtse
Monticello
W. M. Thompson
Donald Nacke
Marcus
Thompson
Rainbow Club
Nacke
Mercy Hospital
Dairy association official to speak on high protein diets
Frank Barker merchandising director for the American Dairy Association of Iowa will discuss high protein diets with Lowell and Scotch Grove Farm Bureau women hosting in Monticello Public School Home Economics room on January 26 at 7 30 p.m. He will demonstrate dairy foods in cheese spreads and distribute his latest recipe booklet of over one million copies annually.
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Jones County
Frank Barker
American Dairy Association of Iowa
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Lowell
Scotch Grove Township
Sixty Nine Building Permits Issued in Fifty Nine
Monticello issued 69 building permits in 1959 totaling over 400000 dollars per city clerk John Behn. The list includes Ed Scherrer Laundromat Hargrave Grauty Realty bowling alley Kenneth Schneider trailer patio and many residences and additions across local properties.
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Monticello
John Behn
Ed Scherrer
Hargrave
Grauty Realty
Kenneth Schneider
Gus Norlin
Monty Cafe
W. F. Yeoman
Mrs. Liddy
Reshingle House
Len Reichart
Monti Panthers Retain Second in Class A Ranking
The Monti Panthers stay in second place for the second straight week in the Class A rating by Brad Wilson of the Des Moines Register Sioux Center. Sioux Center remains first. Tama Wilton Junction Mason City Holy Family and Jefferson follow.
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Monti Panthers
Brad Wilson
Des Moines Register
Sioux Center
Monticello
Tama
Wilton Junction
Mason City
Holy Family
Jefferson
Eagles County Champs Again
Sacred Heart girls defeated Olin 57 to 45 in the county finals at Wyoming Friday night. Linda Staner scored 36 points as Sacred Heart erased a 14 12 first quarter deficit, tying at 28 at halftime and pulling away in the final period to repeat as county champions by winning the final 14 10.
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Sacred Heart Girls
Olin
Wyoming
Linda Staner
Eagles
Sacred Heart
Olin Sextet
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Blue Raiders
LeRoy Siebels
Judy Hinzman
Manuel David Himes
Springville
Margaret Folsom
Melvin Cress
Mercury
Donald McDonough
Dodge
Wilbur R
Cartano
Buick
Raymond Mizaur
Ford
Wm. L. Howie
U.S
APO
New York, N.Y
Roger Raftis
Fort Riley, Kansas
Anamosa High School
Wentworth
M. A
Harold A. White
S. Chestnut, Monticello
Wentworth Military Academy
White
PETIT
Ruth Adams
Augusta Appleby
Clair Armstrong
Martello
Harold Becker
Edwin Bicknese
J. C. Brannon
G. L. Buel
Loyal Byerly
Floyd Chatterton
Onslow
Lloyd Clark
Lou Christensen
W. L. Cram
Dale Danneman
Amber
Albert Doyle
Beryl Denlinger
Michael Duschner
Jack Fahey
John Hansen
Charles Harness
Mechanicsville
Elizabeth Hinrichs
Glenn Hinrichsen
Manford Hintz
Emile Hanwardsen
Ione
Jones
John Kivlahan
Cascade
Evaline Lambert
Adra Lane
Jennie Larson
Marie Lazio
Ben Lowman
Reuel McColm
Jeane McDonald
Center Junction
Owen McGuire
Earl Mayberry
Howard Miller
Catherine Nielsen
Harry Nost
Martelle
William Peden
Francis Peiffer
Edna Prader
E. J. Becker
Faye Robinson
Morley
Idel Russell
Maude Scheele
Montiicello
Lawrence Shanney
Ralph Smith
Eileen Snyder
Ann Sobotka
Ruby Stadtmueller
Loren Stewart
Clarence Stoneking
J. W. Streeter
Martina Thompson
Ben Thuman
Jerry Trinka
Cole Welty
Henry Weseman
Esther B. White
Maxine Wilkinson
Louie Zimmerman
Herbert Balsiger
Dorothy Fritz
Walter Hartman
Howard Jamison
James.McLaughlin
John McNamara
Henry Moenk
Laura Reiss
Louis Schladetzky
Hale
Paul Schuetz
Ruth Sieveka
Howard Zirkelbach
Genter Junction
Maquoketa Vally
Vanourny Addition
Barker
E. J. Davis
Leo Hosch
Max Fitkin
Herman J. Welter
Glenn Hargrave
Paul Chaplin
McNeill Hardware
Grant Sundquist
Sacred Heart School
Laverne Lambert
Lester G. Monk
Energy Mfg. Co
Great Plains Supply Co
Ivan Reynolds
James Morrissey
Leonard Fluckiger
Ray Kleinow
Clarence Stutt
Congregation Parsonage
Fred Kreeb
Anthony DeSousa
Cecil Goettsch
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