Revised election areas set for Jones County education board
Jones County officials redraw district lines to balance population for county board of education seats. Areas I to IV replace former divisions, with about 5 000 residents per area and a fifth at large. Current terms for Howie, Walters, Balster, Ingwersen, and Grafft noted. Board to meet July 10 to prepare 1970 budget and review bills.
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Monticello
Iowa
County Board of Education
Jones County
Anamosa
Fairview Township
Anamosa (School
Jackson Township
Anamosa Corporation
Fairview
Jackson
Jarman
Kenneth Howie
William Walters
Wyoming
Leslie M. Balster
Scotch Grove
Harro Ingwersen
Oxford Jct
Delbert Grafft
Olin
Heavy rains flood Monticello area and nearby homes
Torrential rainfall swelled Kitty Creek east of Monticello flooding North Locust street with several feet of water. The William Tuel family awoke to rising water as police evacuated them. about six inches entered their Locust home and energy Mfg. Co. basement saw intrusion with no further damage reported.
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Kitty Creek
Monticello
Flood Powers Through Monticello Wrecks Roads and Raises Damages
Rain deluge causes widespread flooding in Monticello with water covering Willow Street and East Washington, flooding the Rite-Way Feed Co. and disrupting telephone service. About 1,000 bags of feed at Harold Gottleaber Sr.'s facility flooded, with estimated damages near 1,000 dollars. Floods threaten highways and basements while winds and possible tornadoes loom but no damage linked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julin Printing Co
Rite-Way Feed Co
East Washington St
Harold Gottleaber, Sr
Monticello
Anamosa
Stone City
Monticello July Fourth events feature Dixieland band
A July 4 schedule in Monticello includes a Dixieland band concert from 8 to 9 p.m. at the Youth Center led by Cliff Mardorf with Randy Vogel and other soloists. Fireworks follow after 9 p.m. at the city park. Local offices close for the holiday. mail and post offices halt service. normal business resumes Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
Anamosa
Monticello Park
Four Monticello accidents report no injuries
Police report four accidents in Monticello last Thursday and Sunday with no injuries. Garien, 25, charged with failure to stop after rear ending Sternhagen, 19, at 307 South Locust. damage estimated at 450 dollars. A separate collision at the swimming pool lot at 4:30 p.m. involved Peterson, 16, and Yeager, 28, with Peterson driving a 1967 Chevrolet.
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Monticello
Robert Leroy Garien
South Locust Street
Linda Marie Sternhagen
Hopkinton
Garien
Studebaker
Sternhagen
Miss Sternhagen
South Locust
Garten Auto
Maria Jean Peterson
Dennis Lee Yeager
Miss Peterson
North Cedar
Fifth Street
John Franklin Krager
Delaware
Krager
Krager Auto
Tschantz
Weekend Junction Crash Deals Injuries in Monticello
Mrs Mildred McCurdy 64 of Monticello escaped injuries when her 1964 Plymouth station wagon skidded in a heavy rain and flipped near junctions 151 64 428. Damages to her car about 500, Yeager’s 1968 Thunderbird 150. Deputy Latuska and Officer Rickels investigated.
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Mildred McCurdy
Monticello
Arnold Latuska
Yeager
Rickels
Harold Lewis Mead
Knoxville
East First
North Cedar Streets
Mead
Maxine G. McCullough
Band Concert Thursday Features Trombone Solo
Monticello band plans 8 p.m. Thursday at the band shelter near the swimming pool for a concert headlined by Gordon Goettsch with a trombone solo Swing Low Sweet Chariot. The program includes Discover America Theme Escapade The One and Only Genuine Family Band Vaquero March If They Be Near Mission Impossible Theme Arkansas School Bands March Loving Things Rush Street Tarantella Minnesota March and Star Spangled Banner.
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Gordon Goettsch
Monticello
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Castle Grove Township
Lowell Township
Richland Township
Linn
Dubuque
Midland
Scotch Grove Township
Olin Consolidated
Locust Street
Willow St
Highway 38
East Washington
Kuriger and Vanourny Additions
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Joe E. Legg
Buck Creek
Castle Grove
Center Junction
Delhi
Hopkinton Ee
Onslow
Oxford Junction
Prairieburg
South Fork
Temple Hill
Cliff Mardorf
Mardorf
Randy Vogel
Bob Ballou
Mark McNeill
Les Mardorf
Mike Benedict
Mary Lou Gearhart
Don Peters
Tijuana
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