Oxford Junction Horse Show Highlighted by Local Prizes
The ninth annual Oxford Junction horse show set for Sunday July 30 with over $1,000 in prizes. Jiggs Kenny Columbus Junction will judge. Ringmaster Kenny Keating Anamosa and announcer Hub Elder West Liberty. Camile Siver Morley and Sharon McCreight Oxford Junction Legion queen present trophies and ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Jiggs Kenny
Columbus Junction
Kenny Keating
Anamosa
Hub’ Elder
West Liberty
Camile Siver
Morley
Jones County Saddle Club
Sharon McCreight
American Legion
The
Saddle Club
the Legion Post
Queen Contest Entries Highlight Anamosa Youths
Judy Lubben, 16, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvin Lubben of rural Anamosa, and another contestant from route three, Anamosa, will be juniors at Anamosa high. Lubben is in band glee club GRA Horizon Girls and serves as 4-H vice president. the other contestant is active in glee club GRA 4-H and church groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Humpal
Route Three
Anamosa
Anamosa High
Glee Club
GRA
Judy Lubben
Alvin Lubben
Band
Horizon
County
4-H Girls
Lutheran Church
Stead Resigns From Monticello Post
Former Monticello educator Stead resigns after serving as principal following brief tenure as vocational agriculture instructor. Wife Evelyn teaches science in junior high. They have five children Janet Andreesen Anamosa Carol Hosch Monticello Tom Sheri and Dave and later four more Dave Peg Tom Kathy plus moves earlier to Iowa State University trained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tary
Knights of Phythias
Methodist Church
Evelyn
John
Janet) Andreesen
Anamosa
James
Carol) Hosch
Steads
Monticello
Stead
Iowa State University
Ames
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Dave
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Peg
Tom
Kathy
Three Cited as Outstanding in Soil Conservation
Leroy R. Trumm of Cascade Ed Kennebeck and Melvin Doermann of Anamosa named division winners in the Jones county Soil Conservation District contest for the 1961 Iowa soil conservation achievement awards. Trumm owner operator farm southeast of Cascade shows rotation contouring strip cropping waterways tree planting and stock water pond. Kennebeck operator of Shuf flin farm Cedar Rapids managed by Midland Farm Management Co Cedar Rapids wins landlord and tenant division six miles east of Anamosa on highway 64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy R. Trumm
Cascade
Ed Kennebeck
Melvin Doermann
Anamosa
Jones County Soil Conservation District
Trumm
Kennebeck
John B. Emery
Doer
Morley Road
Jones County
SCD
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Iowa Farm and Home Register
Jones
Benton
Linn
Jackson
Johnson
Cedar
Clinton
Scott
Muscatine
Roger Koster
Jones District
Joe Legg
Kenneth Howie
Monticello
Membership Drive Underway in Greater Monticello
The Greater Monticello Committee reports 90 members pledged as a midweek milestone. Membership chairman Elton Shorty Copley urges joiners to send dues to Dr E H DeShaw, with Les Voss Chester Condit Rex Schrader LaVern Eilers Johnny Jones Ted Krause A J H Mc Neill and Jack Knopp also serving on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Monticello
Elton
Shorty) Copley
GMC
E.H. DeShaw
Copley
DeShaw
Les Voss
Chester Condit
Rex Schrader
LaVern Eilers
Johnny Jones
Ted Krause
A. J. H. McNeill
Jack Knopp
Buck Creek Fair Draws Crowd With Parade And Fried Chicken Supper
Buck Creek will host its annual fair on Tuesday August 15 featuring booths and a parade. A fried chicken supper starts at 4 p.m. The YMCA group will run a lunch stand all day. Jaycees hear Pete Holland discuss YMCA plans and costs for Monticello. Regional contests and state finals for soil and water conservation winners noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Creek
Jaycess
Monticello
Band to Give Last Concert Tonight at the Pool
The final summer band concert of the season is set for this Thursday at 8 p.m. at the swimming pool. A dance band and the Hungry Five will perform with pieces including American Flag Parade and Climb Every Mountain. Lorene Catlett is soloist for Bennett selections and the program closes with Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcleod
Ohio
Fillmore
Romberg
Trimphal
Roza
Anderson
Red Cross Funds Fall Short of Needed Amount
Elton Copley Monticello chapter chairman announced the 1961 Red Cross fund results. Total raised 1539.75. chapter income 1700.40, expenses 1801.27, with 5488.08 in securities earmarked for emergencies. Publicity chair Mollee Williams and first aid chair Dr L D Caraway were named. Major spend supports water safety swimming lessons for about 800 children. 510.02 reserved. Other outlays include home service 305.75 and national fund 916.52.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Fund
Elton
Shorty) Copley
Monticello
Mollee Williams
L. D. Caraway
First Aid
Copley
Red Cross
National Fund
Northwest
Northeast
Cass
Clay
Castle Grove
Lovell
Richland
Scotch Grove
Washington
Wayne
Social notes from S Sand Springs and surrounding towns
Mr and Mrs Jerry Rourke of Waterloo spent two days in the George Leibold home. Joyce and Nancy Weber spent a week there. Norma Weber stayed Wednesday to Saturday. Mrs Elmer Heeren mourns her foster grandmother. Mrs Perry R Payne dies at 91 in Hopkinton. Perry Payne visited Elmer Heeren this week. George Helgens visited John Batchelder. Perry DeShaw and Tom of Manchester dined with D L Chapman family. D L Chapman and family visited Mary Schneider at Monticello. D L Chapman visited Ronald Wolfe in Worthington. John Turnis and wife hosted Sunday dinner for George Turnis. Louis Arthofer of Dubuque stayed with Louis Schrader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Springs
Jerry Rourke
Waterloo
George Leibold
Joyce
Nancy Weber
Norma Weber
Elmer Heeren
Perry R. Payne
Hopkinton
George Helgens
John Batchelder
Perry DeShaw
Tom
Manchester
D. L. Chapman
Mary Schneider
Monticello
Ronald Wolfe
Worthington
John Turnis
George Turnis
Louis Arthofer
Dubuque
Louis Schrader
Monticello Hospital
Harry Miller
Kenneth Garvin
Cedar Rapids
Long Beach
Calif
Ed Bacon
Miller
Esther Bacon
Huberta Livingstone Adams
Chicago
John Barrack
Suellen
Ethel Morton Rook
Oklahoma City
Okla
Charles Morton
Lyle Allen
Lockwood
Erma Johnson
Marshalltown
Louis Herington
Rosalyn
Farmington
Mich
Raymond Stevenson
Linde
Carl J. Robinson
Janet
James
Colorado Springs
Colo
Robinson
South Gates
Robert A. Poland
Robert
David
Evansville
Ind
Harvey Talmadge
R. A. Poland
Clarence Leibig
California
Paul Pridey
H.S. Pierce
Minnie Wheeless
Local Social Visits Highlight Springville and Area
Hopkinton hosts Mr and Mrs N A Gearhart and families with Susan from Arlington and Grace Laxson from Earlville calling over the weekend. Wednesday guests include Grace Laxson and Mrs William Koppele visiting N A Gearhart. Roy Maralf dined with Marcus Fitzpatrick’s family in Strawberry Point as Joyce Murray returned from an unspecified trip.
Local notes from Monticello and surrounding towns
Monticello hospital report notes eight days of post operative care. Residents and relatives travel between Hopkinton, Cedar Rapids, Long Beach, Chicago, Oklahoma City, and Minnesota for visits and vacations, with many offerings of local genealogies and extended family movements. Two new members elected to Jones county board of review term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Jones County Board of Review
L. T. Lorenzen
Anamosa
Thomas Eichorn
Wyoming
Monticello Area Moves Through Five Years Ago To Present
A survey of Monticello area events lists highway work on 38 from Monticello to Center Junction, bank rate changes at Monticello State Bank, a forthcoming marriage announced for Janet Fluckiger and Donald Monk, land purchases near Sand Springs, and a new A and W Drive In in La Crosse Wisconsin. Also noted are a partner change at Hollywood Garage, traffic signal plans, park shelter financed by the Lions Club, and a farm herd with milk and butterfat outputs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 38
Monticello
Center Junction
Glenn Krejci
la Crosse
Wis
South Main St
Tom Hughes
Hollywood
Joe Koob
State Highway Commission
Park Board
Lions Club
Sid Blair
Jim Robinson
Bernard Matherly
Grinnell
J. E. Ahlrich
Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Castle Grove
Jackson
Manchester
Prull Family Hosts Extended Housewarming and Picnic
A large South Fork gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Henry Prull’s home included relatives from Prairieburg Ryan Monticello Cascade Buck Creek and more for a Sunday visit and barbecue. Other groups visited the Henry Feldmann Garber DeShaw and Turnis households while baptisms at Immaculate Conception in Sand Springs highlighted community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Fork
Henry Prull
Donald Prull
al Helms
Prairieburg
Dick Prull
Ryan
Harry Prull
John Prull
Monticello
Joe Lauser
Cascade
Alfred White
Art Feldmann
Henry Feldmann
Garber
Phil DeShaw
Worthington
Howard DeShaw
Bert DeShaw
Steve DeShaw
Bill Vernemont
Montice
Roy Hein
Dyersville
Alphonse Ries
Charles Ries
Cedar Rapids
George Turnis
John Turnis
Buck Creek
Ed Husak
Vining
Louis Pothapky
Louis
Birthday Dinner Gatherings In Manchester And Cedar Rapids
Mr and Mrs Ben Keith attended a birthday dinner for Mrs Georgia Dunlap in Manchester with guests Mrs Grace Hucker Mrs Howard Dunlap and family. Mrs Margaret Dettbarn and daughters visited Cedar Rapids with Floyd Dufoe family and returned home after two weeks. Sunday evening callers were Mr and Mrs Dean Dufoe with visitors including Mr and Mrs Junior Polk and children Coggan Friday Mr and Mrs Mike Saunders and Mr and Mrs Marion Marolf Alburnett Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Creek
Ben Keith
Georgia Dunlap
Manchester
Grace Hucker
Howard Dunlap
Margaret Dettbarn
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Dufoe
Dean Dufoe
Junior Polk
Coggan
Mike Saunders
Marion Marolf
Alburnett
Albert Sill
Freeman Smith
Robert Nelson
Ruth Ann
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa
District Court
Oxford Jct
C. F. Shimanek
William Schoon
Loren Himes
Lucille Hayes
Russell Hayes
State Department of Social Welfare
Gwelda Siver
Glenn Siver
Monticello Community School District
Jones-Delaware-Dubuque-Linn
Augusta Melsha
Eo LD Uo
da Ve Ag Aes
Fama
Ag & Ad
General Fund
Enet Seeg
Silver Star Saddle Club
Hopkinton Rodeo Grounds
John Feltes
Louise Schuster
George McNamara
Lorrance
Barney Feltes
Lou Ehresmann
Emil Stelken
Farley
Celester Jaeger
Alfred Melchert
Harvey Bacon
Mickie Stadtmueller
Phil Himebaugh
Dale Gilmore
Vernon Weers
Alma Gilmore
Donald Kula
Don Gilmore
Harold Fox
Davenport
Melvin Holub
Parieburg
Michele
Gilmores
William J. Oltmanns
Melda
Phyllis Darrow
Boulder
Arlen Oltmann
Cass Center Hustlers
Dick Nielsen
George Brown
500 Card Club
Roy Folkerts
Galen Brainard
Clarence Schbrenner
Carl Cordes
Frank Pillard
Edward Murray
Claudia
David Aschbrenner
Reinhold Rathe
Readlyn
Linda Rathe
Becky Huebner
Arnold Aschbrenner
Clarence Aschbrenner
Urars
Wyoming Journal
Frank Riches
Hale Township
Killias’ Springs
Albert
Reis Stuhler
Kate Stuhler
Edna Templeton
McIntrye
Gene Byers
Speedy" Hicks
Detroit
Lyle
William Heeren
Arch Koop
Pictured Rocks
Rosemary
Nelsons
Artelle Ransier
Marion
Montana
Karl Zumbach
Memorial Hospital
Zumbach
Charlotte Sackett
Leonard Sacketts
Kenny Zangerle
Zangerle
Maxine Smith
Clarence Smiths
Dee Marie Gearhart
Clarence Bacon
Carol
Doug
Leslie Bacon
Delhi
Clifton
Andy Gearhart
Craig
Chris
Kevin
Scottie Saunders
Pam
Kevin Milton Bacon
Diana Flannagan
Ethel Miller
Paul Gearhart
Marvin Bacon
Bill Gearhart
Debbie
Tom Wilson
John Ratcliff
Amos Richardson
Lloyd Sheppard
Alfred Lahey
Floyd Wilson
Grace Blount
Rock of Ages
Abi
Ag Monticello Monument Co
Bud's
Super Valu
M&m
Cio
Chambray
Monty Surplus
Aree
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