Monticello area pushes for highway 38 improvements
The Iowa Highway Commission pledged early completion of paving between Monticello and Center Junction with surfacing planned within about two years. Local business leaders and farmers pressed for action, citing the road’s poor condition while delegations from Cedar, Jones, and Delaware counties urged upgrades along the route.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Emery W. Loomis
Waterloo
Iowa
Greater Monticello
Monticello
Center Junction
Scotch Grove
Loomis
Highway Maintenance Department
the Express
Highway 38
Commission
Muscatine
Cedar
Jones
Delaware Counties
Wilton Junction
Tipton
Stanwood
Olin
Diets of Teenagers Lacking Protein Spark Calls for Change
Authorities including Secretary Benson cite teen girls as poorly fed and note 50 percent in a studied group showing inadequate diets. Nutritionists say teen males also often undernourished, with meat as a key lacking nutrient. Analysts urge increased meat intake and better eating habits to boost future welfare.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Ercel Eppright
Iowa State College
Industrial News Review
Hopkinton Couple Celebrate 55th Wedding Anniversary
Hopkinton Mr and Mrs Albert Miller observed their 55th wedding anniversary at home on Wednesday July 13. The Millers married July 13 1900 in Monticello and lived on farms near Delhi and Quasqueton before retiring to Hopkinton in 1937. They have eight children, 28 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
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Hopkinton
Albert Miller
Charlotte Sackett
Monticello
Delhi
Quasqueton
Ellen
Hemlin Bensley
Irene
George Sugden
Mildred
Merritt Haigh
Lavonne
Lowell Sackett
Letha
Elmer Ridenour
Naomi
Alfred Mettler
Zella
Steve Curry
Howard Miller
Cedar Rapids
Harlan Johnston
Jimmy
Joyce
Forrest Johnston
Albert Lea
Minn
Johnston
J. A. Johnston
Howard Zeuch
Los Angeles
Calif
Paul Gienapp
Chicago
Aurora
Ill
Zeuch
Clara
Anna Riley
G. G. Brown
Tucson
Ariz
Iowa City
Russell Bradle
Patrick Riley
Lloyd Burdick
Michael Loeffelholz
Cuba
City
Wis
D. W. McDonald
Monticello Area Residents Attend Regional Gatherings
The Monticello Express notes visits by OWA Cedar Rapids area families and others from Marion Muscatine and Hopkinton. It catalogs trips to Madison Wisconsin Ames Dubuque Presbytery Henry Illinois and Cedar Falls with church events Synod meetings and family gatherings.
Farm Safety Week Urges Action After Farm Accident Toll
S. M. Hosford cites 105 Iowa farm deaths to tractor and machine accidents last year. He notes 3,800 farm worker fatalities nationwide in 1953 and urges organized action during National Farm Safety Week July 24 30 with the theme Your Safety Is in Your Hands.
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Commission
Iowa
Hosford
Jones County
M. Hosford
Association
Department of Agriculture
United States
Iowa Farm Safety Council
94th Birthday of Hopkinton Woman Nelle Wheeless
Mrs. Nelle Wheeless, Hopkinton's oldest resident, turned 94 on Tuesday July 19 with a Memorial park picnic dinner by relatives. Born July 19 1861 on a farm northeast of Hopkinton, she is the daughter of William and Adelma Reed who settled 80 acres in South Fork township. She learned spinning and knitting early as the only girl among six, and her father died when she was 10.
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Uriah Wheeless
Bar
Coggon
Hopkinton
Ada Gearhart
A. R. Wheeless
Delhi
Vern Wheeless
Longwood
Fla
The
Methodist Church
Nelle Wheeless
Memorial Park
William
Adelma Martin Reed
South Fork Township
Morton Family Dinner Honors Steve Rook at Memorial Park
A Morton family dinner at Memorial Park Sunday honored Steve Rook of Cedar Rapids on his birthday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Morton Jr and family of Rock Island HL Mrs.
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A. W. McDonald
Gearhart
Cthe
Julia Kirby
Don L. Smith
Reggentine
River Valley
Leland
Silas Crim
Monticello
Charles Reggentine
Velma Gienapp
Cedar Falls
St. John's Lutheran Church
Floyd Wall
Wail
Vollmer
Yankton
S. C
Missouri Valley
Dunlap
Wall
Duane Billings
Roy Marolf
Morton
Memorial Park
Steve Rook
Cedar Rapids
Charles Morton, Jr
Rock Island
Maquoketa Boy Injured by Homemade Bomb Blast
In Maquoketa a 14 year old, Jimmy Hanlon, suffered the loss of a middle finger and part of a thumb when a home made bomb exploded. The accident occurred at a residence where the device reportedly detonated during construction or testing, causing injuries to the youth and prompting medical treatment.
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Maquoketa
Jimmy Hanlon
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Johnny) Jones
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