Monticello July Community Events Schedule
A week of local activities lists events from July 19 to 25 in Monticello including a Welcome party at Martello School and an AA meeting, a Legion installation, golf club gathering, a square dance, bake sale at Iowa Electric, a family picnic and vespers, a meeting of the Jones Association for Retarded Children, a Lions Club gathering, Story Hour at the library, and a farewell party at Morley High School.
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Martello School
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello State ‘Bank
County Legion
Monticello Legion
Monticello
Iowa Electric
Ladies Committee of
Sacred Heart Parish
Pam
Jones County
Fairgrounds
Cedar ‘ Jones Association
Tipton
American Legion
Lion’s Club
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Morley High School
Births Reported From John Mc Donald Hospital
Wednesday morning births list include a Mechanicsville girl to Mr and Mrs Russell Meeks and a Cascade boy to Mr and Mrs Henry Johnson Sr at area hospitals. A Marion couple welcomed Pamela Rae Rose born July 11 at St Luke's Cedar Rapids weighing 4 pounds 14 ounces. Center Junction notes Susanne Sanford listed as mother. Oxford Junction area records a Bellevue hospital daughter born Friday to Mr and Mrs Victor Valant, formerly Donna Petersen of Oxford Junction. The Valants also have another son.
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John McDonald Hospital
Russell Meeks
Mechanicsville
Henry Johnson, Sr
Cascade
Center Junction
Don Rose
Marion
St. Luke’s ‘Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Pamela Rae
Rose
Susanne Sanford
Ray
Sanford
Oxford Junction
Victor. Valant
Bellevue
Bellevue Hospital
Valant
Donna Petersen
Valants
Marriage Licenses Issued in Cedar Rapids Courthouse
Robert J. Smith aged 22 and Catherine S. Jones aged 20, both of Cedar Rapids, obtained marriage licenses from the courthouse records.
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Robert J. Smith
Catherine S. Jones
Cedar Rapids
Local Car Dealers and Owners List By July Dates
July entries list owners and locations with vehicle makes. J C Porter Anamosa Chevrolet Leland R Barnhart Oxford Junction Chevrolet Helen Deischer Monticello Ford Grant Sundquist Monticello Chevrolet. July 16 Ben and Rita Schroeder Cascade Ford Fay Abrams Wyoming DeSoto. July 17 Austin S Allen Olin Chevrolet Paul C Levien Clarence Dodge Carlos G Payne Anamosa Chevrolet.
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J. C. Porter
Anamosa
Chevrolet
Leland R. Barnhart
Oxford Junction
Helen
Charlotte Deischer
Monticello
Ford
Grant L. Sundquist
Ben
Rita Schroeder
Cascade
Fay T. Abrams
Wyoming
DeSoto
Austin S. Allen
Olin
Paul C. Levien
Clarence
Dodge
Carlos G. Payne
Hail Storm Damages Crops in Jones County Belt
A 20 minute hail storm and heavy rains Tuesday damaged corn and oat fields across southwest Jones County. Head-high corn stalks were stripped or knocked down in places while oats were affected but most had been harvested. Some windows were broken and grape-sized hail littered the ground, especially near Amamosa Morley and Olin vicinities.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Morley
Olin
Monticello
Services Pending For Lewis Zeller
Lewis F Zeller 90 of Oxford Junction died July 16 at Mercy hospital Anamosa after a stroke. Born January 26 1866 at Oxford Junction he married Agnes Leffingwell June 10 1908. A retired banker and insurance man, he attended Lenox College Hopkinton and Cornell College Mt Vernon. Survived by wife Omar Esther and Eloise. Funeral services pending with Hayden's funeral home.
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Oxford Junction
Lewis F. Zeller
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Ludwig Zeller
Agnes Leffingwell
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Express Expansion Program Opens Territories in Monticello Area
Some outside territories begin Express Expansion Program with live opportunity for residents to earn by selling subscriptions. Readers are invited to visit the Express office or call 7 to learn details and capture profits from ad inserts, with an open office from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Monticello Express
Olter
The
Express
Jones County
Child Suffer 2nd Degree Burns in Home Fire
Johnny Long ten year old grandson of Mr and Mrs Hicks sustained second degree burns from hip to ankle on both legs in a Hicks home fire around 8 30 pm Tuesday He spilled turpentine on his clothes while making torches in the Hicks garage Clothes ignited and he rolled in flowers to extinguish the flames Firemen arrived after neighbors summoned by Hicks Dr and Mrs Long were guests at the Hicks home over the weekend and Johnny stayed longer
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Johnny Long
Howard . Hicks
Hicks
John McDonald Hospital
Johnny
J. W. Long
Downers Grove
Monticello
Mrs. Long
Drunk Driving Charge Listed In Jones County Court
James Arthur Wright of Anamosa was charged in Jones County District Court with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was arrested in Monticello Sunday by Monticello police. Information was filed by Highway Patrolman Kenneth Carter in Warren Lawrence’s justice court. Wright waived to the grand jury with bond set at 350 dollars. Mary Mayfield of Olin was granted a divorce from William Lee Mayfield Tuesday by Judge J E Heiserman.
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Jones County
James Arthur Wright
Anamosa
Monticello
Kenneth Carter
Warren Lawrence
Wright
Mary Mayfield
Olin
William Lee Mayfield
J.E. Heiserman
Two Diving Champions Lead Annual Monticello Water Show
Two diving champions from the University of Iowa Obe Ross and Estel Mills headline the free annual water show at Monticello swimming pool Tuesday night July 24 from 8 to 9. Ross is a Pacific coast diving champion who has appeared on TV shows including Ed Sullivan and Horace Heidt tours. Mills is Town AAU diving champion with multiple titles. The program will include canoe races life saving diving and synchronized swimming with bleacher seating for hundreds.
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University of Iowa
Monticello
Obe Ross
Estel. Mills
Ross
Horace Heidt
Ed Sullivan
Mills
Drownings Prompt Funeral for Thomas McGovern at Cascade
Funeral services were held for 20 year old Thomas McGovern at St Martin's church Cascade after a drowning at Hartwick summer resort near Delhi. Witnesses say McGovern walked into the river and disappeared while in a boat with companions Lynch and Casey. McGovern’s body was recovered from 15 to 20 feet of water after helpers used a drag line and artificial respiration. He was born February 21 1936 at Cascade and employed by Hargrave Construction of Cedar Rapids. Survivors include his parents two brothers eight sisters and a step grandmother and grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Martin's Church
Cascade
Thomas McGovern
Hartwick
Delhi
George McGovern
Art Longseth
Delaware
the Express
McGovern
Richard Lynch
Glenn Casey
Vern McCurdy
Monticello
Archie Cooey
Cooey
Covey
Ronnie Landis
Longseth
Dean Nordmann
Lehman Scott
Geo. Richardson
Jones County
Hargrave Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
James T
Hopkinton
Robert J
Francis
Jacqueline) Trumm
Joann
Betty
Faith
Madonna
Linda
Marie
M. Nancy
Cds
Eric Pa
Prudent Brun
Royalton
Minn
Why a Subscription Campaign for The Monticello Express
The Monticello Express explains a subscription drive to expand the paper’s reach the value of advertising to new residents and distant communities. It outlines two year subs as a uniform offer, protects current subscribers from multiple solicitations, and encourages early support to extend the paper’s market.
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Monticello
A.S.C. Election Results In Jones County
Jones County A S C reports mail elections from July 5 to July 13 with 669 ballots cast, 184 more than last year. 2,926 eligible farmers will choose new county and community officers, who become delegates to the July 28 convention at Monticello Community Building.
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Jones
A.S.C
Jones County
Monticello
The
Con
Center Junction Korn Karnival picks seven queen hopefuls
Sponsors announced sketches of seven candidates representing Wyoming Onslow Olin Morley Monticello Center Junction and Anamosa for the Karnival queen. Judges include Chuck Worcester Shirley Jennings and Dave Albright.
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Center Junction
Wyoming
Onslow
Olin
Morley
Monticello
Anamosa
Chuck Worcester
WMT Radio
Cedar Rapids
Shirley Jennings
Dave Albright
KCRG
Also Mentioned on This Page
Courthouse Records
Lewis Zeller
Chicago, Milwaukee i
St. Paul
Vention
Aj County
As.c
Cass
Alvin Origies
Vernon Achenbach
Vernon, Weeks
Leroy Kula
Barbara Gray
John Gray
Miss Gray
Olin High School
J. F. Hollar
Girl's Athletic Association
Future Homemakers of America
Philomonte
Camp Fire Horizon
Order of Rainbow
First Presbyterian Church
Hollar
Janice Huggans
Raymond Huggans
Miss Huggans
Wartburg College
Waverly
Iowa
Dianne Rutenbeck
Marvin Rutenbeck
Miss Rutenbeck
Judith Russell
Wilma Russell
Russell
Anamosa High School
State University of Town
Eastern Iowa
Girls Athletic Association
Thespian Club
Judy Tallman
Harlan Tallman
Miss Tallman
Tallman
4-H
Jerry Smith
Eagles
Carol Westphal
Herb Westphal
Onslow High School
Miss Westphal
Lutheran Church
Wyoming Luther League
W. M. Walderbach
Ralph Conley
Newell
Meeks
Ed Wild
Lloyd ‘Darrow
Clay
Janes Moran
O. K. Alden
Raymond ‘Taylors
Ronald Hanna
Edwon Juilés
Greenfield
Verne Embree
Dor Meeks
Boyd Frantz
Everett Russell
Claude von Sprecken
Hale
Ray, Batchelder
George Topping
Lyle Thompson
Oxford
Louis Kula
T. G. Murray
Jens Lazares
Robert J. Barth
John Pashek
Richland
Clarence Schmidt
Lester Schlemme
Chem Manternach
Marion Clark
Francis Manternach
Rome
J. W. O. Kinler
Howard Wigger
Carl Rohwedder
Howard Mackay
Howard Biere
Ralph Husmann
Washington
Joe Carroll
Herman Morrison
Henry Hughes
John G. Lane
Judy Hollar
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