Monticello July events calendar details community activities
The Monticello calendar lists July activities including Alcoholics Anonymous at 8 rems above Monticello State Bank on July 12, DeMolay bake sale at Iowa Electric July 14, St Matthew Luther League ice cream social and VEW Auxiliary picnic on July 15, plus 4 H meetings, Marine recruiter at the post office, story hour, Massachusetts 4 H exchange and Chuck Wagon event through July 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholics Anonymous Meeting
Monticello State Bank
St. Matthew Luther League
Masonic Temple
Local Births Noted At John McDonald Hospital
Wednesday morning updates report two births on July 9 a boy to Marvin Nickel Epworth and a boy to William Corbin Monticello. On July 11 a girl was born to Charles Soper Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Marvin Nickel
Epworth
William. Corbin
Monticello
Charles
Soper
Anamosa
Youths Married in Union County Notice
July 7 Raymond Ellis twenty from Russell Iowa and Lorna Prult twenty one from Martele wed. July 9 Duane Mallicoat twenty one from Wyoming and Janette Von Behren nineteen also from Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Ellis
Russell
Iowa
Lorna Prult
Martele
Duane Mallicoat
Wyoming
Janette von Behren
Monticello Court Docket Highlights July Offenses
July entries list a Monticello minor cited for violation of school permit with $5 costs. Other July cases include reckless driving with $25 costs and leaving scene of an accident with $10 plus费用. Louis G. Collman Cedar Rapids faced no operator's license with $5 costs. George William Scherrer Farley speeding $7 costs. Melvin Stadtntueller cited for following too closely $10 costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Louis
G. Collman
Cedar Rapids
George William Scherrer
Farley
Melvin John Stadtntueller
Cotts
Open House Planned at Harold Wilcox Residence
Harold and Mrs Wilcox invite the public to view their Monticello home on Sunday from 1 to 5 pm at 206 North Walnut. The Jersey cream four level house features a two sided fireplace and spans basement family room utility area kitchen living room dining room top floor two bedrooms sewing room and bath. Construction started September 1 1955 with move in on December 15 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wilcox
North Walnut Street
Wilcox
Monticello
A and W Drive In Opens With Free Root Beer
The new A and W Drive In at 604 South Main Street opens Saturday with free root beer for children five and under. Owners Mr and Mrs Glenn Krejci of LaCrosse Wisconsin say the stand will run 10 am to 11 pm offering sandwiches malts floats and draft root beer. Construction began June 10 and was completed recently.
Hughes Joins Koob of Hollywood Garage
Tom Hughes formerly of Buckner Motors becomes a full partner with Joe Koob at Hollywood Garage a mile northeast of Monticello on Highway 151. The shop offers complete auto service and repair.
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Tom Hughes
Buckner Motors
Joe Koob
Hollywood Garage
Monticello
Two Youths Nabbed in Night Chase
Monticello Independent School District faces a budget of 268,300 for 1956-57, up 53,359 from last year and 87,674 from 1954-55. A public hearing is set for August 13 to review the plan, with 38 faculty planned and costs rising due to teacher salary boosts and the new Carpenter Elementary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Independent School District
Boyd Shannon
Shannon
Carpenter
Shinon
Local Scouts Set 2 Camp Records at Waubeek Camp
Boy Scout Troop 66 led by Dr. Robert Savage at Camp Waubeek July 17 set two new camp records. Danny Prewitt established an under water swim record while Prewitt, Dave Stead and Colin Ponder formed a medley relay swim record. Ponder tied the crawl sprint record. Three boys John Baty Ponder and David Stead earned Order of the Arrow honors and Baty completed Eagle requirements. Over 70 achievements were recorded with a full list to be announced at a focal awards court. The 18 attendees included John Baty John Fraser David Stead Jerry Rohr Colin Ponder Larry Goettsch Larry Scott Paul Vanourny Steve Vanourny Jim Robertson Joe Mullen Mike Dolan Steve Balster Robert Shimanek Peter Sheiley Mike Bradley and Danny Prewitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waubeek
Boy Scout Troop 66
Robert Savage
Danny Prewitt
Dave Stead
Colin Ponder
Prewitt
Ponder
John Baty
David Stead
Order of the Arrow
National Scout Camping Society
Baty
John Fraser
Jerry Rohr
Colin
Lyman Ponder
Larry Goettsch
Larry Scott
Paul
Steve Vanourny
Jim Robertson
Joe Mullen
Mike Dolan
Steve Balster
Robert Shimanek
Peter Sheiley
Mike Bradley
Tschantz Passes Critical Stage After Injury
Cullen Tschantz of Monticello is reported to have moved past the critical stage of lockjaw and is slowly recovering at St. Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids. The farmer injured the middle finger of his right hand on a rotary power mower last week and was hospitalized after tetanus shots proved ineffective. Relatives say doctors believed he left the critical stage on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullen Tschantz
Monticello
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Tschantz
County Board of Education Sets Hearing on Budget
Jones County schedule a July 30 hearing at the courthouse on the 1957 budget totaling 17,600 dollars an increase of 2,760 from 1956 to fund a new educable retarded child class in Anamosa. Beave says state funds cover part of the class with Jerry Parsons as instructor and transportation by private autos.
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Jones County
Jones County Board of Education
Joseph Beave
County Board
Beave
Anamosa
Brokens Named Head of Legion Post 209 Monticello
Ed Brokens was installed as commander of Monticello American Legion Post 209 succeeding Don Schlimmer. New officers include Frank Eilers first vice commander John Brokens second vice commander Ray Rieniers adjutant Frank Williams finance officer Dr Earl H DeShaw service officer Stan Peters chaplain Leamon Scott sergeant at arms and grave registration members Alva Hinrichs and Frank Williams. Schlimmer becomes a three year post trustee. Frank Shimanek district adjutant installed the officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brokens
Monticello American Legion
Don Schlimmer
Frank Eilers
John Brokens
Ray Rieniers
Frank Williams
Earl H. DeShaw
Stan Peters
Leamon Scott
Alva Hinrichs
Schlimmer
Frank Shimanek
August Siebels Dies Following Extended Illness
August Siebels died at his daughter’s Onslow home on Saturday morning July 7 after a long illness. Funeral services were held July 10 at St. Matthew Lutheran church with Rev. Arnold Schlueter. interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery. Born October 19 1865 in Hafer Germany he came to the U S in 1871 with parents John and Alta Siebels. He married Grace Margaret Oltmann October 19 1898 and lived in Amber before moving to Monticello in 1910. He was a charter member of St Matthew Lutheran and survived by his wife two sons A J of Moline and Raymond of San Francisco three daughters Elsie Seehusen Burlington Augusta Spooner Burlington and Edna Lees Cascade seventeen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Casket bearers were Gerhard Siebels G W Gerdes Henry Schafer William Siebels Alva Gerdes and Carl Gerdes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
August Siebels
Herman Seehusen
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Arnold Schlueter
Oakwood Cemetery
Hafer
Germany
John Siebels
Alta Ricklefs Siebels
Amber
Grace Margaret Oltmann
Siebels
Monticello
Henry Schafer
William Siebels
Alva Gerdes
Carl Gerdes
Falling Limb Injures Iowa Lineman at Work Site
Harold Hausman, lineman for Iowa Electric Light and Power, was struck by a falling limb Sunday morning. While workers removed another limb from a wire, the limb toppled and knocked him down. he suffered a broken leg, back bruises, and an elbow laceration and is hospitalized at John McDonald Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hausman
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Hausman
John McDonald Hospital
Jones County approves tentative 1957 budget with tax relief
Jones County supervisors tentatively approved a 1957 budget totaling 1,363,356 dollars, up 13,856 from 1956. A public hearing is set for August 14 at 10 30 a m in the Anamosa courthouse. Tax levy drops to 637 500 dollars from 651 500, while non tax income is forecast around 403 500. Unencumbered balances are 165 000 this year and 160 500 last year. State funds include 150 000 for farm to market road work and 7 356 for bovine tuberculosis eradication. Assessed value per thousand units falls to 20 27 from 20 85. city and town assessments also decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Board of Supervisors
Board Room
Anamosa
County
Extension Council
Board of Education
County Assesent
Reflector Tape For Bikes Free Friday and Saturday
Anamosa and Monticello officials back the Lite-a-Bumper safety drive by the Anamosa Junior Chamber of Commerce. Parking will be reserved in front of the Community building on First Street Friday and Saturday for motorists to have reflector tape applied to auto bumpers and door edges. A three foot strip costs $1. bicycles receive a free rear reflector tape during July 13 and 14 from 3 to 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Street
Anamosa
Champion Farm Youth Contests Announced
Final plans for statewide contests to name Iowa's champion farm boys and girls in 1956 at the Iowa State fair August 24 to September 2 have been announced by exposition officials. Cash prizes totaling 35671 dollars will be offered to this year's winning junior farmers and farmerettes in combined 4 H club and F F A events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
GMC Approves Weather Station in Monticello Area
The Monticello GMC committee voted Tuesday to establish an official weather station on hospital grounds. Chairman Ernie Becker to buy a rain gauge and thermometer and build a shelter. Harold Bleir to check gates. Other actions include hosting 4-H watermelons, and forming a bylaws committee chaired by Earl DeShaw, Bill Shaffer and Arch Edwards. Ed Cox led the meeting in the Community building and urged public attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
Monticello
Ernie Becker
Harold Bleir
Massachusetts Exchangees
Kwwl Waterloo
Earl DeShaw
Bill Shaffer
Arch Edwards
Vocalist Slated For Band Concert Tonight
The sixth summer band concert is tonight at 8 o clock at the swimming pool. Director Ray Stumbaugh says soloist Wilma Cox will perform Desert Song plus a program including America Marcho Poco Morning Noon and Night Overture The Big Bow March Russian Sailors Dance The Liberty Fleet March Desert Song and Nightsbridge March Star Spangled Banner and more selections with Miss Cox as soloist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Stumbaugh
Wilma Cox
America
Moore
von Suppe
Wright
Gliere
King
Miss Clark Visits Clinton Aunt This Week
Miss Marian Clark of Clinton visited her aunt Miss Carrie Clark at her home this past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Clark
Marian Clark
Clinton
Miss Carrie Clark
Jones County Sees No July Inductee Yet
Jones County faces no inductee for July as the board reports all eligible men in I-A 22 to 26 are prioritized and none yet meet July quota. Inductees likely delayed to September when eligible birthdays rise. nine 18-year-olds registered, with several June enlistees and recent discharges listed from Monticello Anamosa Cascade and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Selective Service
Hubert Metcalf
County Selective Service Board
Monticello
Ronald Dean Behyends
Paul Boblken
James Bender
Royal William Black
Cascade
Stuart Fay DeMoss
Olm
William Frank Newcomb
Donald Cruise
Anamosa
Willie Wyatt Townsend
Harold Louis Mortensen
Cedar Rapids
Roy Pearson
Monmouth
Dennis Bullock
Alva Baugh
Moberly
Herbert Wallroff
Prairieburg
Grant Adamson
Robert Reade
Arthur Burrichter
Willis Dirks
Jones County Selective Service Board
Larry James Himes
Allen Leroy Eden
Alva Robert Streeper
Eldon Clyde Stickley
Marvin Keith Taylor
Galen Dean Etten
Willard Rex Price
Dean John Rickless
Robert Marvin Adamson
Two Boys Admit $22 Burglary of Anamosa Store
Two Anamosa youths Terry Countryman 15 and Johnny Proctor 13 admitted burglarizing Kouba's Drug Store early Sunday morning and taking 22 dollars from a cash register. Police traced them after a motorist found them on a highway near Fairfield and they were returned to Anamosa to face burglary charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Dreibelbis
Jones County Aeliff
Terry Countryman
Johnny Proctor
Fairfield
Dreibelbis
Jones County Sheriffs Office
Anamosa
Justice of the Peace Court
Wilson Kouba
Monticello School Board Buys Equipment for New Carpenter Elementary
The Monticello public school board approved purchases for the new Carpenter elementary at a Monday night meeting. Superintendent Boyd Shannon announced playground gear including a merry-go-round slides a swing set and teeter-totters along with classroom items such as 25 pupil desks four teacher desks and two filing cabinets.
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New Carpenter Elementary
Monticello Public School Board
Boyd Shannon
Clarification on Armed Forces Exams by Local Board Chairman
John Kinler of the Jones county local board explains that the armed forces set and conduct physical mental and moral standards for military service not the selective service system. Local boards skip full physicals unless obvious disqualifications trigger a medical interview and possible Class IV F. Normally the pre induction exam occurs at an armed forces examining station.
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John Kinler
Jones County
Kinler
Local Board
Armed Forces
A.S.C. Sets Wool Incentive Payments for 1955 Marketing Year
Jones county A S C announces wool incentive payments for 1955 marketing year. The shorn wool rate is 44.9 percent of the dollar return, plus 77 cents per hundredweight for pulled wool on lambs and yearlings. Payments target 62 cents per pound and will be issued to 217, 145, and 143 farmers for wool, shorn wool, and pulled wool programs respectively.
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Jones County
A.S.C
Girls Promote Park Clean Up at Monticello Pool
Monticello Camp Fire girls start a service project to keep the park by the swimming pool clean. At the band concert tonight they will distribute sacks like national park trash containers. Sacks are prepared and given by Tawasi Camp Fire for Firemaker rank work.
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Monticello Camp
Tawasi Camp Fire
Firemaker Rank
Two-Day-Old Son Dies Rites Held
Funeral services for John Charles Appleby Jr. infant son of John and Arlene Rickels Appleby, born July 3 1956 in Wichita Kansas and died July 5, were held July 7 at Goettsch Funeral Home. Interment at Oakwood cemetery. Survived by parents and grandparents. predeceased by a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Charles Appleby Jr
John
Arlene Rickels Appleby
Wichita
Kan
Goettsch
August K. Stenzel
Oakwood Cemetery
Wichita, Kan
Willis Rickels
Alfred Appleby
Carl Rickels
Scotch Grove
Highway Episode Ends at Cascade for One of Boys
Two Cedar Rapids teens, ages sixteen, involved in a car theft spree sparked a statewide pursuit. Authorities across Jones, Dubuque, and Linn counties, along with state officers, chased them from Cascade to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday night, ending the incident around 10:30 p.m. on the following Wednesday.
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Cascade
Cedar Rapids
Jones
Dubuque and Linn
Carter
Highway Patrol
Dubuque
Sheriff’s
Sam
John Beckmann
Highway 136
Ray Miller
Beckmann
Peck
Joss
Elmer Strang
Cedar’ Rapids
Strang
McKinley High School
Search plane aids chase in Cascade theft spree
State patrol plane piloted by Clinton Moyer joined the morning pursuit from Monticello to Cascade along Highway 151. Youths Charles Jogs and Gary Peck led a stolen car spree, crashed near Cascade, and fled. Jogs later arrested in Cedar Rapids, Peck jailed in Dubuque after a truck theft and police chase across Cedar Rapids and Cascade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton ‘Moyer
Iowa
Maselle
Paplo Carter
Moyer
Miénticellé
Wahl Herd Tops Dairy Group for June in Jones County
In Jones County the Wahl herds of Ernest and Robert Wahl of Monticello headed the Dairy Herd Improvement group for June with 1405 pounds of milk and 48.2 pounds butterfat as top average among 251 milking cows and 43 dry cows in the association. The overall association averaged 840 pounds of milk and 29.4 pounds butterfat with other leading herds listed as Larkens Martelle 1179 and 39.6, Boots Emmerich 1173 and 35.8, Darsee Martelle 763 and 33.7, Freese Monticello 934 and 31.7, Brokaw Anamosa 993 and 31.0.
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Jones County
Ernest
Robert Wahl
Monticello
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
John Larkens
Martelle
Boots and
Emmerich
Gerald Darsee
Gerhard Freese
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Iowa Electric
Massachusetts
State
B.P.W
Justice Court
C. F. Shimanek
Justice of the Peace
Harold Wilcoxes
Hughes
Koob
County Board of Education
Legion
Light Co
Monticello Pee Wee Baseball
Phillies
John Rhatigan
John Payne
Glen Kuntz
Leo Simmons
Gordon Westhoff
Joé Mullin
Pete Ponder
Braves
Bob Eastman
Harvey Johnson
Merle Kuntz
Mark Vanourny
Bob Shimanek
Loren Black
Russell Behrens
Steve Lambert
Pirates
Steve McDonald
Tom Hoag
Joe Hobart
Charles Hursch
Larry Howie
Tom Schwendinger
Lonnie Meyers
John Ferring
Steve Stulken
Dale Schaffer
Giants
Larry McDonald
Bob Hines
Bob Mettler
Doug Himes
Bob Holmes
Rickey
Westoff
Larry Meyer
Jack Lintzman
Don McDonald
Harlan Johnson
Dick Mettler
Bob Reed
GMC
Ed Cox
G.M.C
Jones” County
Richard Hartwig
Park Clean-Up
Charles Jogs
Gary “Peck
Eldora
Cartér
Mercury
Tat Ag
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