Four Lane Highway Rumor Clarified in Monticello Area
State Highway Commission chief engineer John G. Butter says survey work in Monticello on Highway 151 related to funding Highway 88 from Monticello to Center Junction. He states no definite plan for a Cedar Rapids to Dubuque four lane route exists.
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State Highway Commission
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Dubuane
John G. Butter
Highway Commission
Montticello
Center Junction
Dubuque
Key West
Butter
No. 151
Chemicals Not Advised For Dairy Sprays Warned By Association
Jones County dairy groups caution that new FDA rulings do not approve Methoxychlor Linane or DDT for spraying dairy cattle. The Jones County Dairy Improvement Association recommends Pyrethrins for direct sprays and Diazinon Lindane Malathion or Methaxychlor for spraying buildings and fly breeding areas. General sanitation is emphasized as the most effective fly control measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Food and Drug Administration
Jones County Dairy Improvement Association
Amber
Anamosa
Center Junction
Langworthy
Monticello
Happy Homemakers Meet at McFate Home
The Happy Homemakers club gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McFate home on Thursday June 20. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ahrendsen. High scores went to Mrs. Richard Benischek and Dean Henderson with Mr. and Mrs. Grover Benischek second. The traveling prize was won by Mrs. Fred Hefflefinger. Lunch concluded the meeting.
Miss Benischek Honored At Scotch Grove Shower
Scotch Grove hosts shower Friday evening July 21 for Miss JoAnn Benischek with about 50 guests. Hosts and helpers included H J Dirks Otten Henrichs Paulsen Schrader Paulsen and Jeanette Wilcox. Kathy gifts and games prizes highlighted the event ahead of her July 14 wedding to Keith Dirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
JoAnn Benischek
Leroy Dirks
H. J. Dirks
John Otten
William B. Henrichs
Emil Paulsen
August Schrader
Paul Paulsen
Jeanette Wilcox
Ralph .Paulsen
Eugene Hanken
Robert Buol
Boyd Chatterton
Olin
Center Junction
Benischek
Keith Dirks
Olin Lutheran Church
Oxford Junction Girl in Grand Rainbow Assembly
Judy Ingwersen daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Ingwersen of Oxford Junction took part in Grand Rainbow Assembly ceremonies at Fort Dodge last week serving as grand service officer. Mrs Ingwersen accompanied Judy and four others. Mary Ellen Reid, Karen Heinrich and Jerilyn Jensen joined. Mary Ellen and Mary Ellen and Karen sang in the Grand chorus. Mary Ellen earned the Cross of Colors.
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Oxford Junction
Judy Ingwersen
Harry Ingwersen
Fort Dodge
Family and guests gather for Father’s Day dinner in Iowa towns
A South Fork pionic dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Dick Turnis drew Frank Turnis Joe Krogmann Steve McDowell Jr Lawrence Rolling Gilbert Bahl George Sorensen and many Dubuque residents. Roy Slauson of Hopkinton attended a family reunion at Bixby State Park near Edgewood.
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Mike Gudenhauf
Worthington
Kenny Hosch
Castle Grove
Vernon Melchert
Hopkinton
Reynold Becker
Frank Digmann
Grundmeyer
Manchester
Ben Digmann
Dyersville
Bert DeShaw
Lyle DeShaw
Dick Thompson
South Fork
Dick Turnis
Frank Turnis
Joe Krogmann
Steve McDowell, Jr
Lawrence Rolling
Gilbert Bahl
George Sorensen
Dubuque
Harold Greenwood
Larry Jasper
Louis Gudenkaut
Bixby State Park
Edgewood
Roy Slauson
Feldmanns
Bill Ries
Art Feldmann
Marlajean DeShaw
Howard DeShaw
Mary Lou Gearhart
Donald Gearharts
Joe Trenkamp
Ed Laufer
Winthrop
John Finlay
Hugh McGlade
Walter Johnson
Sherri Jaeger
Lawrence Kramer
Celester Jaeger
Kramers
Presbyterian Youth Camp At Cedar Falls Park
A group of Presbyterian junior high youths attended a church camp at Riverview Park Cedar Falls last week. Notables include Peter and Paul Shelley Barbara Null Nancy Krein Virginia Toetken Karen Kidwell Lynn Balster from Scotch Grove. Accompanied by Mr and Mrs Howard Shelley Julie and Rev and Mrs Gideon Krein and Richard.
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Presbyterian
Riverview Park
Cedar Falls
Peter and
Paul Shelley
Barbara Null
Nancy Krein
Virginia Toetken
Karen Kidwell
Lynn Balster
Scotch Grove
Howard Shelley
Julie
Gideon Krein
Richard
New Titles At Roche Memorial Library Wyoming
The library adds Dr. Frank Slaughter Sword and Scalpel about an American surgeon in Korea. Cherry Ames Rest Home Nurse and Cherry Ames Country Doctor's Nurse join the shelves. Animal Families teaches family names. Circle of Faith by Marcus Bach is missing. inform the librarian.
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Wyoming
Roche Memorial Library
Frank Slaughter
Cherry Ames
Circle of Faith
Marcus Bach
Local social notes from Dixon and nearby towns
Gladys and Ethel Jamison of Dixon and others from Wyoming attended a bridge party hosted by Mrs. Elsie Rohwedder on June 18. Ju-Wom-O club members traveled to Anamosa on June 17 to see The Tattered Dress, expenses covered by club funds. Weekend guests included Roy and W. B. Finkenbinder families and Alvin Mohr of Monmouth, with Hertha Levsen visiting from Denver.
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Gladys and
Ethel Jamison
Dixon, Ill
Hertha Levsen
Denver
Colo
Freda Jamison
Maude Stoffel
Jane Inglis
Emma Rohwedder
Wyoming
Elsie Rohwedder
Anamosa
Dale Yardem
Roy Finkenbinder
W. B. Finkenbinder
Alvin Mohr
Monmouth
Histe Rohwedder
August Hansen
Leota Wherry
Waterloo
Cecil Wherry
Margaret Dunn Joins Missionaries To Teach in Mississippi
Margaret Dunn a 1956 Ottumwa Heights graduate and Monticello resident has joined Ottumwa Heights graduates to help the Sisters of Humility staff a summer school for Negro children in Olahoma Mississippi. The July 1 to July 31 program offers basic subjects taught by catechist trained team members.
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Margaret Dunn
Ottumwa Heights College
Monticello
Olahoma
Miss
Ottumwa Heights
Sisters of Humility
Miss Dunn
Walcott
Heights
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
Trinitarian Fathers
Mississippi
Two Monticello Women at Iowa Farm Bureau Conference
More than 250 farm women attended the Iowa Farm Bureau Women's summer conference in Des Moines from June 28 to June 30. Representing Jones county were Mrs. Max Specht and Mrs. Charles Tuttle of Monticello as chair and vice-chair, outlining goals to strengthen Farm Bureau programs for 1958.
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Butter
Les Balster
Scotch Grove
Jones County, Good Roads Association
Des Moines
Marion
Anamosa
Jones County
Iowa Farm Bureau
Max Specht
Monticello
Charles Tuttle
Monticcello
Farm Bureau
Specht
Monticello Express
Iowa
Iowa Press Association
National Hiditorial Association
Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
Chigo Bee Ts
Iowa Preas Advertising Service
Iowe
Jones, Clinton
Cedar
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson
Linn
The
United States
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Palimpsest
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Krew Kut Klan
Carl Kane
Kuehl
Gene Kuehl
California
Gene
Mill
Elkader
Herbert Moise
Sacramento
Calif
New York
Woods
Rundus
Cascade
R. H. Oltmanns
Joseph McDermott
Indianapolis
Ind
Emmett McDermott
Rockford
Ill
Clair Conklin
Davenport
Laurence McDermott
Anthon
Lou Leonard
Mark Leonard
Mike
Robert Leonard
Kathy
Vernon Helgens
Rex Schrader
H. Elvin Erdahl
North Cedar Street
E. W. Brashaw
Baty
Locher, Locher & Strittmatter
Attorneys-at-Law
Locher
Phone 99 Insurance Service
Louie Hanken
C. R. Hosford
D.D.S
Iowa Electric
J. H. Devaney
Ulrick
Baty - Hoffman
Insurance Agency
Monticello, Iowa
Chester A. Condit
General Insurance
Optometrists
Alvin K. Jones
Optometrist
Arthur G. Riedel
Monument CO
Mrs
Frank Jasper
Cedar Falls Park
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Creamery
Marion, Iowa
Dial Empire
Eamily
Aewie
America
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
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