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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1961
Page
5
A writer questions the 1960 Monticello population count of 3193 after noting strong local growth and construction. Comparisons with Anamosa Manchester Maquoketa show slower gains, with voting rates and telephone density also perplexing officials and readers.
About 450 people will converge in Wyoming to attend the annual Jones County Beef Producers banquet set for the school gymnasium.
The Monticello Express details its weekly publication at Monticello Iowa and lists rates for subscriptions. It reports select service re entries and marriages including Phyllis Lasche and Donald Appleby. It also notes civil defense appointments, postmaster changes, and a 10 to 50 year retrospective on weather, cheer squad, and local sports and accidents.
J F Kennedy notes the inaugural speech and Ike's farewell address with irony. He hopes lawmakers in Congress and Pentagon were listening, hinting at vigilance and accountability in Washington.
Weekend social notes record Gary Ommen studying at the University of Iowa visiting with his parents amid multiple households in Anamosa Monticello and Dyersville. The Langworthy Creamery annual meeting is slated for January 28 at 1 30 PM at the Langworthy schoolhouse.
Sunday visits scatter through Delaware and surrounding counties as residents from Delhi Worthington Monticello Hopkinton and Anamosa host friends and family. Notable gatherings include a 65th wedding anniversary dinner for John L Kramer in Worthington and multiple family visits at homes in Dubuque Dyersville Marshalltown and Monticello.
The Scotch Grove Women's Community club held its initial meeting at Mrs. H. J. Dirks home with Mrs. Emil Paulsen assisting. New president Mrs. Henry Hanssen led the program featuring excerpts from Ted Malone's Scrapbook and book recommendations. Fund drive planning, February meeting venue changes, and a potluck dinner were announced. Guests included Mrs. Arthur Wilcox and Mrs. Keith Dirks. Paulsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Paulsen, sustained severe foot injuries waiting for the bus. a walking cast was planned. Westminster Fellowship gathered at the Presbyterian church before attending Judith Sutherland's talk in Monticello about India study. 4H leaders meeting in Anamosa was attended by Mrs. Glen Goldsmith and Mrs. Eugene Hanken.
On Tuesday January 17 observers watched two high flying jets cross west and north northwest leaving pink orange vapor trails forming a sky cross. The glow lasted minutes after the planes vanished and crowds described the sight as unforgettable across Center Junction and surrounding areas.
Castle Grove reports the Peniel Presbyterian church annual meeting set for Sunday afternoon January 29 with Rev. Gideon Krein of Monticello moderating. Morning services precede a noon potluck and 1 p.m. communion led by Rev. Krein.
Participants chosen for the predistrict speech contest include Donna Thompson and Claudia Sears in radio speaking, Julie Brunscheen and Shirley Stears in interpretative reading poetry, Judy Catlett in prose, Alma Brun scheen in original oratory, Rosalie Dusanek in public address, with Luther Ahrens Eileen Dusanek Connie Curtin and Janet Bickford as alternates.
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