Laurence Jones and Piney Woods A Dream Realized
Laurence Jones built Piney Woods School from a 1909 Cedar tree start into a 12 building campus serving 500 students. The Iowa graduate taught reading, funded by donors, with teachers from the north and a strong emphasis on religion and hands on learning.
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Jackson
Miss
Jones
Marshalltown
University of Iowa
Deep South
Piney Woods School
Piney Woods
S.U.S
Iowa
Pines
Reader’s Digest
Laurence Jones
Booker T. Washington
George Gallup
Abilities Take Center Stage Over Disabilities
An editor notes that most people have some handicap and urges employers to judge workers by what they can do not by what they cannot. Glasses illustrate overcoming limitations, suggesting job judgments should focus on abilities over disabilities.
Publication staff list for Monticello Publishing Co
The document lists roles and names at the Monticello Publishing Co including President H M Jones News Editor Betty Wagner Advertising Manager Ken Moats Society Editor Malee Williams Shop Superintendent Bob Goodyear and production staff Ray Luckstedt Joann Steger Sharon Hasler Mildred Bach Doris Robertson Dennis Bayne with various assistants.
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The
Monticello Publishing Co
H. M. Jones
Betty Wagner
Ken Moats
Luella DeShaw
Mike Bach
Iane Scott
Malee Williams
Bob Goodyear
Ray Luckstedt
Joann Steger
Sharon Hasler
Mildred Bach
Doris Robertson
Dennis Bayne
Clem's Post Cards on Drivers Lacking Turn Signals
Satirical note blasts drivers who skip turn signals, suggesting a humorous image of them lined up end to end. The quip reflects street etiquette and frustration with unsafe driving.
Oxford Homemakers Plan July Picnic In Wapsie Park
Oxford Jct residents attend meetings at Mrs. August Petersen home. Members and families plan a July 26 picnic at Wapsie park. Prizes awarded for hat roll call. REA home economist Patricia Archer demonstrated ice cream making. 41 Jones county 4-H members set to EXCHANGE trip to Frederick County Maryland, New York, World’s Fair.
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Oxford Jct
Oxford
August Petersen
Wapsie Park
Francis Burda
Patricia Archer
REA
Anamosa
Janis Soppe
Wilbur Soppe
Europe
Linda Hansen
Jones County
4-H
Frederick County
Maryland
New York
Duane McCreight
Alice Purdy
Clinton, Pa
L. L. McCreight
Sais Slauson family holds picnic dinner reunion in Hopkinton
Mrs. Roy Slauson hosted a June 27 family picnic in Hopkinton with many relatives from Cedar Rapids Monticello Olin Worthington Earlville Ryan and other nearby towns. The note also records births and visits, including Loreen Ann Brown born June 29 in San Pedro California to Dean and Maeda Brown, and various travel and illness notices among local residents.
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David Reed
Brown
Maeda Reed
Hopkinton
Helen DeVore
Joe Carroll
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Lahey
Richard Lambert
Elgin
Ronald Lambert
Robert Lambert
Fayette
Jessie Kirkwood
San Diego
Calif
James Ricketts
Everett
Rickett
Lenox College
Blanche Gillilan
Waterloo
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Kenneth Jausel
Ryan
Iane Reid
Minneapolis
Minn
H. F. Stoddard
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Monticello Express
Armerica
America
Fiona Press.association
National Editorial Association
Monticello
Monticello and
Jones Country
Iowa Press Association
Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
Chicago
Iowa Press Advertising Service
Des Moines
Jones, Clinton
Cedar
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson and
Linn
United States
Snoopin
Clem
Ken Carter
Hiway
Monticello, Ia
Dereken
Oxford Jet
A. Petersen
Allen Hronitk
Mary
Edward
Pam
Stanley
Rehmke
Louis Rehmke
Durant
Robert Rehmke
Eskader
Anna Rehmke
Coretta Hodoval
Richard Woefle
Camp Dodge
National Guard
Gerald Schmidt
Tom Mhinwardson
Ed Lasack
Orlando
Fla
Lillian Rees
Mary Hayden
Robert Farber
Keith Barber
Carl Broderson
Anna Rose Benhart
Sally Ann Hungerford
Larry Hungerford
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Ray Jackson
Methodist Church
Nevin Williams
Pictured Rocks
Sais
Slauson
Robert Littlefield
Berwyn
B. M. Ferguson
W. F. Lamont
James Littlefield
LaGrange
Ill
L. E. Dunlap
Washington
Bell Davis
Kalona
Glee Dunlap
Iowa City
Kimball Gates
Wilfred Kenny
Thomas Joseph
Kansas City
Kan
Joseph
William Lux
James Lux
Las Crucas
N. M
University of New Mexico
White Sands Missile Range
Raymond Joseph
West Branch
John Coxon
Walter Schipul
Arlington
N. A. Gearhart
Patton
Gearhart
Marshall Neill
Harlan Williamson
Manchester
Vernon
Sylvan Bixby
Baxter Funeral Home
Emma Smith
Edna Burns
Glen Smith
Lloyd Collmann
Collmann
Square D
Randall Morgan
St. Louis
Archie Payne
Theresa Albany
William Matter
Fairview
Ghost Ranch
New Mexico
Vicki Gibbs
Luella Blanchard
Donald
Clifford Saunders
Robert Husk
Pat Cooney
William Hart
P.S
Webster's Dictionary
Insurance Service Center
Dyersville
Q. J. Hess
Mar
Mercury
Colony Park
Biscayne
FORD
Corvair
Bel Air
Thunderbird
Freese Motor Company
W. 2Nd St. Monticello
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