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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1954

Page

8

Payments Under Social Security Rise in Jones County

Retired workers and dependents in Jones County received about 80 percent of the $18 670 monthly old age and survivors payments in December 1953. The county had 501 beneficiaries, up 115 from December 1952, with totals including 296 retired workers receiving 12 865, 118 aged wives and depend ent widowers on 3 158, 70 children on 2 060, 15 mothers with minors on 510, and 77 for dependent aged parents. A Dubuque official noted national trends, and a pair of local aid sessions were announced for July 6 1954 in Anamosa and Monticello.

Jones County H. T. Thorson Dubuque Town Thorson Dubuque, Iowa Social Security Office Anamosa C.S.T City Hall Monticello

Pvt Dale Hein Visits Parents in Arkansas

Pvt. Dale Hein of Camp Chaffee Arkansas spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Carl Hein at their home in Arkansas City.

Pvt Dale Hein Camp Chaffee, Ark Carl Heins Sharon Rose Marie Doris Deloris Price Marion Russell Meade Donald Price Meade Robert Chisman Cedar Rapids

Production reports from two county improvement associations

Jones Dairy Herd Improvement Association No 1 for May shows 26 herds tested with 559 cows, average production 999 pounds milk and 37.6 pounds butterfat. Ten high herds listed led by George Slater & Son and R J and W C Bone. Jones County group tests 528 cows with 847 pounds milk and 30.8 butterfat. top herds include Ernest Wahl, Joe Jacobson, and DeShaw & Nehl. Local social notes mention visits by Sharon Price and the Meade family.

Jones Dairy Herd Improvement Association Lowell Underwood George Slater & Son Olin R. J W. C. Bone Monticello Alvin Byerly Anamosa Marvin Engelbart John F. Sievers Bud Bros Kenneth Howie Max Specht Jones County Dairy Herd Improvement Association Ernest Wahl Robert Wahl Joe Jacobson Onslow DeShaw Gilmore & Wilcox L. R. Bader & Sons Henry Johnson

Virginia Spear Weds Ross Stickley in Ames

Virginia Irene Spear and Ross A. Stickley wed Sunday at 3 PM in the First Presbyterian church Ames with a reception in the church parlors. The couple are the children of Virgil A. Spear and Dillon Stickley. Various visitors and local residents were noted at gatherings and illnesses.

Onslow Ross A. Stickley Dillon Stickley Virginia Irene Spear Virgil A. Spear First Presbyterian Church Ames Jack Harlan Manhattan Kansas George Lyon George Jepsen Prague Okla Margaret Lozier Cedar Rapids Mary Franks Lisbon Onslaw Jepsens Eunice Allen Clay Happy Homemakers Club Beulah Haring

Monticello Park Picnic Brings Local Families Together

A Sunday picnic at Monticello Park drew several area families including Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gearhart Mildred Streeper Zelma Cass and the Donald Gearhart family. Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs. W Thompson of Anamosa with the Al Fuchs family and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scarr of Hampton. Ernie Buresh and daughter Wendy from Swisher visited the George Paulsen home.

Ernest Gearhart Mildred Streeper Zelma Cass Donald Gearhart Monticello Park W. Thompson Anamosa al Fuchs Robert Scarr Hampton Ernie Buresh Wendy Swisher George Paulsen

Sunday Picnic Guests From Multiple Iowa Towns

Sunday evening guests at City Park included Pat Walz Des Moines Earl Wahl Anamosa Bill Corbin and Ernest Wahl. In Guttenberg J L Bader Ralph Bader Justin L Wood and Marilyn Dubuque visited Joe Schrader Rudolph Woock homes. The Woock Bader party also spent the weekend with J L Bader. Mechanicsville residents Clarence Kline called on C J Matthiessen.

Irving Green Des Moines Mr. Green O. E. Green Edwin Reid Averill Orr Marvin Null Esther Wasson St. Luke’s Hospital Cedar Rapids Donald Jansen Minnesota Lonnie Ripperton U.T.C Fred Bramer Onslow Marvin Snyder Raymond Bramer Wyoming Harry Bramer Madison Wis Walter Wagner Marengo Emma Garnett Waterloo Aurora Jerilyn Jansen George Davis L. R. Bonney University Hospital Iowa City Leland Haring Herluf Madsen Hanover Millie Fagler Rapids City South Dakota Ernest Wahls John Jansen Forest Briggs California Martin Petersen Melvin Petersen Pat Walz Earl Wahl Anamosa Bill Corbin Ernest Wahl J. L. Bader Ralph Bader Justin L. Wood Marilyn Dubuque Joe Schrader Rudolph Woock Guttenberg

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John Wilcox Ida Cass Walter Wilcox Evansville Pittsburgh Iowa Pittsburgh Paints County Improvement Assns Virginia Spear Ross Stickley Massey-Harris Massey-Aavee Twine GMC Monticello Implements Truck Co Alfred East Oak Street Monticello, Iowa Under the Stars Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids, Iowa Star Acts Company of TSA lIncl ICE Vogues Linn County 40 & 8 Society P.O Chevrolet Studebaker Frazer Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co Justin L. Woock Marilyn of Clarence Kline Mechanicsville C. J. Matthiessen Alva Hinrichs R. P. Young Stahler Stores Buick America McLaughlin Motor Company South Cedar Street
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