Postmaster Election Sparks Historic Luverne Victory
Luverne residents celebrated a first in town history as a postmaster election concluded with Daniel E. Pond winning 425 votes to 418 for Anton Matthiessen and O R. Ricker. The contest drew 55 patrons and featured active campaigning, recounts, and public speculation on results.
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Daniel E. Pond
Anton Matthiessen
O. R. Ricker
Ricker
Matthiessen
Pond
First Street
Post Office
The
Express
Center Junction Creamery Holds Annual Dinner Jan. 30
Center Junction Creamery Association will host its annual roast beef dinner January 30 in the school. About 200 people are expected. the event is served by the Women’s Christian Service Guild. A business meeting will be followed by a speaker tied to consumer cooperatives. The group reports $47.85 raised from Christmas Seals, up $6 from last year. Local basketball teams won. the independent CJ team beat Monticello 63–62, and the school team defeated Onslaw 39–37, with March of Dimes contributions totaling $24.
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Center Junction
Farmers Mutual Co-op Creamery Association
Women's Christian Service Guild
Consumers’ Cooperatives
Onslaw
Monticello
March of Dimes
C.J
Phil Dart
Glen Andrews
Clarence Guthrie
Ralph Husmann
Gail Williams
Lewis Norris
Kenneth Smith
Harm Dirks
Boyd Chatterton
Karen
Laurie
Cecil Perkins
Catherine
Cliff McDonald
Marion Clark
Nora Streets
Streets
Belle Dodson
McDonald Hospital
Claude Batchelder
George Burch
Ray Price
Charles Hendricks
Cedar Rapids
Center Junction Presbyterian Church
Eugene Lass
DeWitt
Jack Smith
Kimberlee
Ames
Martha Wilkins
Marold Yeager
Anamosa
Bob von Spreecken
John McNeilly
Boris
Shenandoah
Gladys McNeilly
Larry
Raymond Teut
Teut
Husmann
B. D. Heiken
John
Louis Zimmerman
Olin
Services Jan 22 For Gene Bacon
Funeral services for Gene Bacon 27 killed in a highway accident north of Monticello on highway 38 were held in Hopkinton. Burial in Buck Creek cemetery with American Legion military rites. Surviving include wife two stepdaughters and parents. He served in the Pacific during World War II and worked in Cedar Rapids.
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Hopkinton
Gene Bacon
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
East Presbyterian Church
R. Aurial
Buck Creek
American Legion
Harvey
Florence Wilson Bacon
Pacific
Betty Benedict Gatewood
Marion
Collins
Phil Himebaugh
al Melchert
Vera Janaan
Tom Wilson
C. C. Bacon
Fear
James
Dennis
Lynn
Zack Brown
Lakewood
Calif
Lyle Brown
Prairieburg
Walter Hill
Methodist Church
H. E. Morrow
Bert Fear
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Congressman Cousins
Lowell House
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J. W. Doaxsee
MW. Herrick
Robert William Reuter
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Dennis McDonald
Walter Zubler
Don Serbousek
Miami
Key West
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Don Heasty
Charlie Classen
Don Hagem
Kermit Dirks
Tom Lamont
Minneapolis
Cornell College
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Tom Wilgenbusch
Hessing Farm
Lola Brown
Charles and
Verna Harris Brown
Dorrance Chapman
Marlene DeShaw
University Hospital
Iowa City
Korea
Red Cross
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St. John’s Lutheran
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Earlville
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Irvin Bentler
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Paul Kenyon
Castle Grove
Ranger Alfalfa
Timothy Brome
Lincoln
Birdsfoot
Washington
Montana
Northern
Iowa
Nebraska
N.Y
Nemaha
Farm Seed & Service Co
Scotch Grove
Jones Co
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McNeill Hardware
Monticello, Iowa
Pat Lee
Abond
Femous Pireetone
Firestone
Freese
Agr
Dr Pee Ae
Ed L. Vanourny
John Deere
iAonticello, Ta
Eclipse
Chicken and Brooder
Frank Williams
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Steam Mill Corners
Onslow
Monmouth
Chester White
Hampshire
McCormick Deering
Jake
Coronado Electric
Mrs. George Meadow
Louie Hanken
Monticello State Bank
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