Military moves and local notices from Center Junction area
Airman Williamson transfers to Kessler Air Base for missile training and visits Hopkinton relatives after reporting May 29. Specialist Werner recently arrived in Germany and serves with the 10th Ordinance company in Giessen. Recruit Hults trains at Fort Sill as a fire direction specialist. Mrs Buck and children visit Gladys McNeilly for graduation in Monticello. Center Junction Little League announces opening game versus Olin Sox June 1 with a bake sale to fund uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Williamson Jr
Barksdale Airfield
Shreveport
Kessler Air Base
Biloxi
Miss
Williamson
John Williamson
Hopkinton
Richard L. Werner
William C. Werner
Germany
10Th Ordinance Company
Werner
Giessen
Hopkinton High School
ARMY
William H Hults
Field Artillery Training Center
Fort Sill
Oklo
Hults
Henry Hults
Oxford Junction
Center Junction
Jack Stingley
Kenneth Smith
Little League
Olin Sox
Center Junction Park
Unity Club Luncheon At Mrs Weseman Home May 16
OLIN Unity club held a luncheon at the home of Mrs. Leo Weseman on Wednesday May 16 with co hosts Mrs Stanley Allen Mrs Melvin Pruess Mrs Raymond Biere and Mrs Dora Slater. Twenty eight members attended and Mrs Jim Irons and Mrs Nellie Freeman led the program showing photos of locally grown flowers and origin notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLIN
Unity Club
Leo Weseman
Stanley Allen
Melvin Pruess
Raymond Biere
Dora Slater
Jim Irons
Nellie Freeman
Carl Levsen
Jane Taylor
H. W. Taylor
Rapid Creek
Local Engagements Highlight Family Gatherings Across Iowa
Social notes from Buck Creek and Anna Hugh homes recount visits for Donna Casteel Suzanne Mardorf and Patty Kelly. Guests include the Blanchards Casteel family Moultons Huber and Wallace families plus relatives from Delhi Cedar Rapids Monticello Central City Springville and Ames. Patty Kelly attended a weekend visit and farewell events for Dennis Joslyn with 24 friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Creek
Lyle Flannagan
Donna Casteel
Bill Blanchard
Delhi
Lee Streets
Archie Casteel
Leonard Casteel
Jim Casteel
Merle Casteel
Cedar Rapids
Curt Griggs
Delbert Anders
Nick Mesch
Donnie Mesch
Wyoming Quandary Over 1951 62 Basketball Roster
The University of Wyoming roster lists two Monticello students Maynard Lang and Ron Lang from the Lang family. Lang is a 63 inch forward slated as a senior next year with one varsity letter. he previously played on the freshman team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Wyoming
Laramie
Monticello
Maynard Lang
Richard Lang
Ron Lang
Lang
Swimming Pool to Open in Monticello This Sunday
Monticello officials announce the municipal swimming pool opens this Sunday at 1:30 p.m. G. M. Jones, pool board chairman, said it will be open daily 1:30 to 9:30 p.m. Jim Maurice Jr. will manage the pool this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
G. M. Jones
Jim Maurice, Jr
Center Junction Birthday Party for Jolene Von Spreecken
Jolene Von Spreecken celebrated her 7th birthday at her parents home on May 24 with afternoon guests Julie Debra Susan David Buck Geral dine and Michael Calloway. Mothers present were Mrs Homer Buck and Mrs Mike Calloway. Lee Alan Hein, son of the Glenn Heins of Monticello, spent the weekend with his grandparents while his parents attended Ames graduation exercises on May 27. Glenn's brother was a member of the graduating class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne Mardorf
Dennis Joslyn
Dennis
Lackland Afb
Texas
David Turnis
John Turnis
St. Luke’s Church
Hopkinton
David
George Turnis
Frank Jasper
Ralph Wilson
Des Moines
Zarina
Joe Crowley
Alfred Lahey
Mary Ellen Chapman
Ernie Dunkel
Roy Sackett
Bob Garner
Dunkel
Joann Flannagan
Cedar
Center Junction
Jolene von Spreecken
Robert von Spreeckens
Julie
Debra
Susan
David Buck
Geraldine
Michael Calloway
Homer Buck
Mike Calloway
Lee Alan Hein
Glenn Heins
Monticello
Carl Reuter
Ames
Glenn
Local social notes record multiple May gatherings
Mr and Mrs Frank Fairbanks hosted guests from Manchester on May 28. Cass Homemakers held a May 18 breakfast at Mrs Willis Fairbanks’s home with three co hosts. A 500 club meeting May 28 at Galen Brainard’s home awarded prizes to Gene Anderson and Mrs Harold Eden. Alvin Ortgies honored son John’s May 23 graduation with many relatives visiting from Anamosa Central City Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass
Frank Fairbanks
Donald Legassick
Manchester
Willis Fairbanks
Clarence Aschbrenner
Louis Zimmerman
Garett Moenk
Charles Ball
John Lubben
500 Club
Galen Brainard
Gene Anderson
Harold Eden High
Ed Murray
Harold Eden
Roy Folkert
Alvin Ortgies
John
Henry Ortgies
Peter Caspers
William Ortgies
Harvey Siebels
Henry Caspers
George Caspers
T. E. Poppe
Carl Poppe
Emma Kray
Local visitors and neighbors drop by in Monticello area
Susan Brown spent several days with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Richard Nielsen of Coggan last week. Mrs Donald Fair Banks and family Russell and Mark join Mr and Mrs Bernard Buol Monticello and others for visits with local residents.
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Iowa State University
Gladys McNeilly
Lynn Balster
Monticello High School
Buck
Jones, Jackson
Clinton County
Monticello Community High School
John H. Haefner
MHS
Youth Center
Dick Long
Boyd Shannon
Otto Zwanziger
Earl Coppess
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Mary Lee Edwards
Miss Edwards
Business
Davenport
Viola Rutenbeck
ALA
V. A
Clinton
Violet Willey
Blayney Miner Unit A
Lla
Rutenbeck
E.A.B. Church
M L. Dutro
Loren Hartwig
Kenneth Patton
Harry Hoisington Jr
Alumni Association
Charles Hoffner Jr
Jim Dean
Charlotte Swenson Klatt
Etta Stivers Taylor
Alma Devoe Gil
Eva Easterly Swenson
Arno Lawson
Lester Wright
Lorna Crain Voss
Dorothy Slater Grafft
Richard Frazier
Nellie May Sealls Glick
Marie Phillips Schneck
India
M. A. Devoe
Perry, Ia
Richard Sanborn
Fred Newcomb
Howard Willis
Edward Wood
Sam Tarbox
Lester Fall
Henry Kammerman
Jesse Hansen
Howard Mackey
John Foster
Dale Walton
Marilyn
Joe Lasack and Sons
Arthur McGuire
Raymond James
Raymond Tarbox
Grace Thompson
O. N. Hollingsworth
Walter Frank
Linda
M, C. Starry
Charles Holland
Marion Byers
A, D. Clay
Don Wood
Anna Hugh
Art Kelly
South
Sioux City
Neb
Patty Kelly
Hugh and
Raymond
Gus Kirby
Edgewood
Lee Davis
Sharon
Wayne Davis
Junior Wilson
Bill Kelly
Grace Schroeder
Leon Beitz
Patty
Marlene
Charlene
Merritt Spurgeon
Kalamazoo
Mich
Blayne Maring
L.A
Blayne
Pat Huber
Jay Huber
Dewey Hunt
Conrad
Dean Carr
Gayle
Gene Moulton
C. C. Bacon
Harvey Bacon
Gene Thompsons
Wyoming University
Galen
Helgens Farm
Melody Kings
Wedding Dance
Phyliss Tjaden
Gary Teymer
Prairiemoon
Prairieburg
Monticello Municipal Airport
the Express
Monticello Express
George Siebels
Roy Miller
Siebels
Amber
I-H
Mr. Siebels
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