Great Jones County Fair Opens With Big Lineup of Stars
The 123rd Great Jones County Fair in Monticello runs August 6 to 10 with top entertainers David Houston Loretta Lynn Porter Wagoner Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass and more. Cash prizes totaling 6500 will be awarded with 500 to 3,000 on select nights plus three bicycles after the rodeo. Open Exhibits hall features public judging, hand arts demonstrations and a Bicentennial Day.
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Monticello
Loretta Lynn
Porter Wagoner
Danny Davis
Nashville Brass
FFA
Olin High
Olin
Midland High School
David Houston
Ben Smothers
Stony Mountain Cloggers
Grove Ruwe
Shoji Tabuchi
Calvin Crawford
The
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Tonyons
Jones County
Fund drive targets new building with steam facilities
A late May fundraising effort aims to raise 28000 dollars for a new building featuring 150 pens chutes wash racks scales and restroom facilities. The drive seeks community support to complete construction and equip the site.
Births And Marriages In Monticello Area
Birth notices list July births for Bemrose Hopkinton Feldman and several other couples. Marriage licenses show Cress Bickford Stark Highshoe Andrews Stoll Barenz and Ammeter with ages and towns. Hospital admissions include names for Monticello Cascade Hopkinton Center Jct Farley Janesville and Onslow with multiple repeats and a page note.
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Henry Bemrose
Monticello
John McDonald Hospital
Delmar Feldman
Hopkinton
Randy Lee Cress
Carol Jo Bickford
Onslow
Patrick Anthony Stark
Susan Claire Highshoe
Springville
Dale Edward Andrews
Center Jet
Lois Kaye Stoll
Cascade
Russell Gene Barenz
Cedar Rapids
Karen Sue Ammeter
Hospital
John W. Reiken
Henry Peiffer
Lynn K. Ritter
Raymond Prult
Daisy Collins
Paul Chapman
Bonnie Lyon
Center Jct
Thomas LeClerc
Farley
Shadd Soper
Dora Stoll
John Gross
William Strayer
Etta E. Baldwin
Janesville
Jerry Volk
Wilma Linn
Ethel Rockwell
Bryan Mooney
Jennie Clark
Kathleen Hunt
Veryl Ann Leech
Martha Schwendinger
Mary Holmes
Eda Bajasch
Sally Bemrose
Kathryn Hughes
Mary Husman
Hazel Zimmerman
Loras Stoll
SEATS cuts hours in Jones County operations
SEATS minibus service in Jones County reduces daily hours to 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with most Thursday trips discontinued. Reservations now accepted 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Aug 8 designated Jones County Fair day with trips to the fairgrounds Monticello. An Aug 15 excursion to the Iowa State Fair is planned. The changes aim to conserve funds through Aug 31 as interim funding expires.
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Jones County
Jones County Seats Advisory Committee
SEATS
Monticello
Des Moines
County Boards of Supervisors
Kirkwood Community College
Retail sales report shows county totals for 1975 quarter
The Iowa Department of Revenue released the March 31 1975 retail sales tax report with Monticello gross sales 9 595 016 taxable 3 803 196 tax due 114 097 57 192 reporting units. Anamosa totals 6 697 129 gross sales 3 804 369 taxable 114 132 31 tax due 152 units. Other areas list Rural 2 537 539 gross sales 828 264 taxable 24 848 86 due 116. Wyoming 1 347 073 gross 540 120 taxable 16 204 42 due 52. Olin 825 140 gross 328 718 taxable 9 861 84 due 40. Under 500 609 257 gross 279 612 taxable 8 388 76 due 56. Oxford Jet 457 824 gross 228 854 taxable 6 866 05 due 44. Non-permit 8 924 gross 5 548 taxable 166 53 due 13. Two small claims were filed in Jones county regarding a coat replacement cost 75 and an insufficient funds check.
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Anamosa
Wyoming
Olin
Oxford Jet
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Don Ballinger
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Junior Butler
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