Rotary Family Picnic Set for Monticello City Park
No marriage licenses issued in Jones county since July 7 per W L Pearson clerk of the district court Anamosa. Monticello Rotarians invite families to a picnic at Monticello City Park tonight led by Rotary President Albert McNeill. If rain, the event moves to Loyal Oddfellows hall on Wednesday July 21 at 6 30.
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Jones County
W. L. Pearson
Anamosa
Monticello
Rebekah ‘Lodge No. 306
Odtfellows
Patch Test Update for Castle Grove Residents
Mrs George A Rickels announces that residents of Castle Grove who missed the TB Patch Test at Castle Grove No 2 can still take the test. The make up session is Tuesday July 20 from 10 am to 8 pm at the Monticello Community Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. ‘Rickels
Castle Grove
Monticello
Ernie Schnier
Jones County
Washington
Skule
Scotch Grove
Richland Township
Stone School
Clay Township
Sutton
U. S. Public Health Department
New Car Licenses Reported in Jones County
Official records from county treasurer Blanche E Corwin list new licenses in Jones County including Virgt Rickels Wyoming Fuyrd Cletus McNamare Anamosa Cadillac Charles Neel Thelma Easterly Olin Pontiac Lee Ray McMickle Anamosa Ford Allen Siebels Anamosa Chevrolet truck Charles Schofield Monticello Dodge McDonald Mowery Monticello semi trailer Mrs Henry L Wismeier Monticello Ford Edward Patnode Anamosa Chevrolet Robert Joseph Lawrence Antanosa Buick Sherwood Naylor Swotch Grove and Sean Burgee Anamosa Buick. Births include a July 14 boy to Mr and Mrs Elmer Orcutt Monticello, Creston. a July 12 daughter Vicki Ann to Mr and Mrs Marvin Jansen. a July 10 baby boy Thomas Lynn to Mr and Mrs Lee Romer Anamosa Mercy hospital. twin daughters announced to Mr and Mrs Dillon Massey Sutton. One twin birth July 01 in Dubuque.
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Jones County
Blanche E. Corwin
Virgt
Rickels
Wyoming
Fuyrd
Cletus
John McDonald Hospital
Elmer Orcutt
Monticello
Creston
Marvin Jansen
Vicki Ann
Gerd Pruit
Langworthy
William T. Jansen
Amber
Anamosa Mercy Hospital
Lee Romer
Thomas Lynn
Sutton
Kyle Alden
Dillon Massey
Dubuque
Pool Party Draws Large Crowd Friday Night
More than 400 people gathered at the Monticello swimming pool Friday to watch a free show tied to the Red Cross water safety program. Keo Mann directed with Leo Cabalka and Robert Deppe assisting. acts included diving clowns, class demonstrations, relay races, and a synchronized swimming solo by 13-year-old Lynda Bridgers. Beulah Gundling from Cedar Rapids delivered a championship routine set for later international events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Red Cross
Keo Mann
Leo Cabalka
Robert Deppe
Florida
Lynda Bridgers
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Beulah Gundling
Cedar Rapids
Gundling
Vancouver
B. C
Turin
Italy
Large Group Attends 4 H Camp in Monticello
A large group from Olin Clay Castle Grove Lovell Madison Oxford Scotch Grove and Castle Grove towns attended a 4 H camp in Monticello. The list of participants includes Sharon Broderson Hale Diane Rutenbeck and several others with ties to local communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Sharon Broderson
Hale
Diane Rutenbeck
Olin
Glatha Jean Guhl
Donna Woods
Mary Ellyn Reid
Clay
Marilee Brunsheen
Alberta Eiselstein
Marianne Biere
Jo Ann Delay
Castle Grove
Shirley Hanken
Lovell
Judith Black
Barbara Eberhart
Luella Rickels
Scotch Grove
Shirley Steari
Madison
Mary Hronik
Oxford
Royal Corbit to Open New Floral Shop in Monticello
Former Monticello resident Royal Corbit announced plans to open a retail florist shop in Monticello in the Pearson building at Main Hill. He has long worked with flowers including roles at the local greenhouse, Shenandoah, Crystal Lake, and now a local shop, with wife Edna Doyle helping as they await completion of the shop and living quarters. Corbit, son of the late Mons and wife, is a Masonic Lodge member and Presbyterian church attendee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Corbitt
Monticello
Pearson
Corbit
Mons Corbit
Fonticello
Stit
High Aind
Shenandoah
Crystal Lake
Edna Doyle
Masonic Lodge
Presbyterian Church
Zoo seeks raccoon pair for summer bear cage
Jones County Fair Board asks for a pair of raccoons to borrow for the summer to occupy the old bear cage at Swan Lake zoo. Contact Ralph Lambert or Claude Appleby if you have or know of a suitable pair. The zoo recently added two young peacocks bought for Monticello by a bird dealer.
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Jones County Fair Board
Swan Lake Zoo
Ralph Lambert
Claude Appleby
Monticello
University of Iowa acts headline regional swimming show
In a European championship style program at the Iowa pool performers include Ecker and Baker with balancing displays, Holzenpfel and Jannett on trampoline and diving, Keo Mana head lifeguard presenting a Hawaii linked swimming exhibition, and life saving staff Jones Appleby Robinson Morey Clemon showcasing safety techniques. Fans queued hours early for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ecker
Waverly
al Baker
Oelwein
University of Iowa
Dick Holzenpfel
Claire Jannett
Keo Mana
Mana
Hawaii
Mann
Alice Jones
Bruce Appleby
Charles Robinson
Donna Morey
Logan Clemon
Two Hopkinton Residents Die in Marion Area Crash
A midmorning crash on Highway 64 near Marion killed Hopkinton residents F. M. Wheeless 72 and Mrs. Louise Dean 64 and killed Marion youth Richard Nelson 15. Deputy Sheriff reports a Marion car crossed into Wheeless westbound lane. four Marion youths were injured. Double funeral services were held in Hopkinton Methodist church.
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Hopkinton
Marion
F. M. Wheeless
Fred
Louise) Dean
Richard Nelson
Marion Wheeless
Dean
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Larry Condon
Francis Akerly
George Sanderson
Waukegan
Sanderson
Akerly
St. Luke's Hospital
Hopkinton Methodist Church
Hopkinton Cemetery
Young People of St John’s Meet at Henry Jacobs Farm
The young people of St John’s Lutheran church will gather Wednesday July 21 at 8 p.m. at Henry Jacobs farm. A wiener roast precedes a short informal business meeting.
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St. John's Lutheran Church
Henrys Jacobs
Four OMVI cases lead Anamosa court week
New district court filings in Anamosa include four OMVI charges among a mix of cases: a partition suit over property in Wyoming, a divorce petition by Shirley Tapken, and an account suit by Jordan's Locke Service. Specifics name Charles Cleaves Ralph Meade Ivan French Lawrence Helms Mildred Coburn and parties First Jackson First executor Lyons E E and Gladys H Lyons.
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District Court of
Anamosa
Charles Edward Cleaves
Arkansas
Cleaves
Lawrence LaBarge
Justice of the Peace
George C. Lawrence
Cleave
Mildred M. Coburn
District Court
Clarence A. First
Alice J. Jackson
Samuel A. First
Wyoming
Shirley F. Tapken
Harvey A. Tapken
Wayne Township
Lyse
Harold Jordan
Jennie Jordan
Jordan
Locke Service
Onslow
E. E
Gladys H. Lyons
Charges Filed In Hit And Run Case On West Fifth Street
Ray DeWald was charged with striking an unattended vehicle and failing to report the incident after his car hit James Pickett’s on West Fifth Street Friday night. Damage to Pickett’s car had not been determined at press time.
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Ray DeWald
Kennett Carter
James Pickett
West Fifth Street
Pickett
Schoon Building Gets New Front Entrance
The William G Schoon building once rented to the National Tea Co. is being fitted with a new front entrance this week. Schumacher Furniture will occupy the space and a side entrance is added to create a display window area. The structure previously featured a center entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G Schoon
National Tea Co
Schumacher Furniture
Monticello ISD seeks higher tax amid budget cuts hearing set
The Monticello Independent School District proposes a higher tax levy and a smaller general budget for the coming year as it funds remodeling and classroom expansion. A public hearing August 9 will review receipts and disbursements, with a detailed financial statement available at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Monticello Independent School
Boyd Shannon
the Express
Iowa
School House
Shannon
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Deppe
Helen Tucker
tHame
Marjorie Tjaden
Greenfield
Virginia Nost
Sandra’ Westphal
Bonita Finkenbindker
Martina Lawrence
Prairiehill
Arlette Oester
Doris Darrow
Mary Holmes
Judy Shankland
Fairview
Phyllis Lurikens
Iludith Schneider
Kovell
Shirley Bearce
Janet ‘Steuri
Jioyce ‘Fairbanks
Alice Goedken
Jludy Ingwersen
Judy Berner
Janice Weseman
Fay Taylor
Express Photo
Royal Corbit
Coon
August K. Stenzel
St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Delaware
Theodore Rottmann
Methodist
Cirses
Women’s Society of Christian Service
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
City Park
R. V. Porter
Lionel Martin
South Bend
Indiana
Ava Main
Frank Martin and Son
John Pegerick
Louis Morf
Otto Smith
Darrell Blay
Marion Thurs
St. John’s
Omvs
Ralph Meade
Ralph M. Meade
OMVI
Meade
Oxford Junction
Kenneth Carter
J. E. Heiserman
Ivan Laverne French
Buffalo
French
Jones Fairy Anornes James
Keavey I
Cascade
John Beckmann
Heiserman
Manchester
Lawrence Vincent Helms
Rt 2
Heims
Montucello
Bai
Schoon
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