Monticello Birth Notices Reported At Local Hospital
The Monticello area lists multiple births from John McDonald hospital over the weekend. May 29 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Fred Faust Monticello. June 2 daughters to Mr and Mrs Alvin Kelchen Cascade and to Mr and Mrs Arthur Kelley Hopkinton. a son to Mr and Mrs John Dolphin Cascade. LANGWORTHY Mr and Mrs Marvin Tapken Cedar Rapids are parents of a son born May 26 at St Luke's hospital. Louie Tapken is grandparent.
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John McDonald Hospital
Fred Faust
Monticello
Alvin Kelchen
Cascade
Arthur Kelley
Hopkinton
John Dolphin
Langworthy
Marvin Tapken
Mt. Vernon Toad
S.E
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Louie Tapken
Calendar of Events for Monday and Tuesday
Primary election day opens polls 8 am to 8 pm. Rotary meeting 6 05 pm at Methodist church. City council 7 30 pm at city hall. Schreiner chapter OES 8 pm at Masonic Temple. Sacred Heart alumni banquet 6 30 pm at Newman hall. On Tuesday events include Legion auxiliary officer elections 7 30 pm. 4 H rally 9 am at Morley High School gym. Marine recruiter 10 30 to 11 am at post office. Social security rep 10 to 11 30 am at Monticello city hall and 1 30 to 3 pm at Anamosa courthouse. Rebekah lodge memorial 7 30 pm at Odd Fellows hall. ISU employment rep 9 30 am to 3 pm at Anamosa courthouse. Scotch Grove Ladies aid 8 pm at church. Extension council extension office Anamosa. Democratic women’s dinner Poplar Heights 7 30 pm. Alcoholics Anonymous 8 pm over bank. Swine Producers association trip Ames 6 30 am. Joint 4 H readers demonstration training extension office Anamosa 8 pm.
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Rotary Club
Methodist Church
City Hall
Schreiner
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
Sacred Heart School
Newman Hall
Legion Auxiliary
Morley H.S
Monticello City Hall
Anamosa
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Iowa State Employment Service
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Ladies Aid
Poplar Heights
Alcoholics Anonymous
Over Bank
Swine Producers Association
Summer Driver Training Planned for Monticello
Monticello will offer a summer adult driver training program led by Paul Knipe, a first for the town with classes starting June 18. The course covers general instruction along with parallel parking and hill starts using the district car or the student’s vehicle, with fees of 2.50 per hour for school car and 1.50 per hour if using the student’s car.
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Monticello
Paul Knipe
Knipe
L. M. Schoon Named Cost Accountants Officer
L M Schoon of Anamosa has been elected secretary of the Cedar Rapids chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants. He is employed by Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids as assistant treasurer.
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Anamosa
L. M. Schoon
Mary Schoon
Cedar Rapids
National Association of Cost Accountants
Schoon
Collins Radio Company
John Baty Wins Bond in Pool Ticket Contest
John Baty led the Monticello pool ticket drive with 222 dollars sold earning a 25 dollar savings bond and 19 dollars cash. Parke Behn and Carole Behn followed with 133.20 and 126 dollars respectively receiving cash prizes.
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John Baty
Bond
Ross Batys
Monticello
Boyd Shannon
John
Parke Behn
Buck Creek flood damages bridges and roads estimated at 50000
Delaware county engineer Charles Spaethe estimated 50,000 in damage from heavy rainfall along Buck Creek. One bridge north of Buck Creek village was washed out. about twenty other bridges and many roads were damaged. Most damage occurred from Ryan to Hopkinton with 4 to 5 inches of rain in two hours.
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Buck Creek
Ryan
Hopkinton
David Huber
Dean Smith
Carroll
Valerie
Delhi
Charles Spaethe
Delaware County
Spaethe
Monticello Schools Honor Students At Year End Assembly
Monticello Public School held a one hour awards assembly marking the last day of the 1955-1956 school year. Principal Vance Stead opened the program and awards were given for perfect attendance and participation across more than a dozen activities. Report cards were issued by teachers and Superintendent Shannon dismissed the school.
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Monticello Public School
Vance Stead
Shannon
Ron Bronemann
Ron Burrichter
Jim Maurice
Richard Meier
Kenneth Schatz
George Alferts
Rudolph Alferts
Joyce Dirks
Mildred Cole
Shirley Hoult
Phyllis Hubner
Laura Reuter
Luella Ricklefs
Carol Saskett
Janice Schneider
Joyce Schoenbeck
Sharon Zimmerman
Jerry Bronemann
Ron Eden
Larry Gilmore
Robbie Norris
Joe Spahr
Robert Tu
Bill Hacke
Tom Null
Keith Welch
Clyde Zedick
Ruth Eiben
Doreen Streeper
Bill Bleadorn
Robert Deppe Pins
Margaret Edwards
Mike
Jones County Democratic Women Plan Club Dinner
Jones county Democratic women are invited to a dinner meeting at Poplar Heights club on Thursday June 7 at 630 p m to organize a Jane Jefferson club in the county Mrs Robert Myers Monticello organizer Miss Phyllis Hughes Manchester second district organizer will attend to introduce the club and answer questions All Democratic women in the county are urged to attend.
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Jones County
Poplar Heights Club
Robert Myers
Monticello
Jane Jefferson
Myers
Phyllis Hughes
Manchester
Paulsen Elected 4 H President in Jones County Round Up
Paulsen of Scotch Grove was elected president of the Jones county boys 4 H club at the second annual round-up in the public high school assembly. New officers include Ballou mastering farmers vice president Lubben Castle Grove Royal Rangers secretary Luckstead Olin Hawkeyes reporter and Burhop Oxford Livewires historian.
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Ken Paulsen
Scotch Grove
Jones County
Paulsen
Scotch Grove Cornhuskers
Monticello High School
Bill Ballou
Wayne Master Farmers
Loren Lubben
Castle Grove Royal Rangers
Milton Luckstead
Eugene Luckstead
Wyoming
Don Mackey
Olin
Bernard Goodken
Monticello
Dennis Larson
Anamosa
Jerry Schneiter
Allen Miner
Fairview Thunderbolts
Marion Cruise
Hale Wapsie Boys
Vernon Tjaden
Martello
Jack Burds
Washington Tigers
Dick Fishwild
Wyoming Pioneers
Castle Grove Royal Rangers Club
Wyoming Pioneers Club
Lockstead
Goedken
Schneiter
Larson
Jerry Parsons
Jones County Extension
Jerry Lineweaver
Town State College
Cal Reiss
Center Junction
Albert Heeren
Vern Embree
William Waldrebach
Harro Ingwersen
Oxford Junction
Paul Schneiter
Stanley Allen
Paul Caspers
Jim Trons
Clarence
Mass Feeding Demonstration Set June 5 6
ANAMOSA The Jones county courthouse and the lawn of the Men’s reformatory will host civil defense mass feeding demonstrations and instruction for representatives from 100 counties on Tuesday and Wednesday June 5 and 6. The program aims to teach emergency techniques for nuclear attack readiness with topics including water purification waste disposal cloth ing contamination food poisoning radiological hazards and field expedients.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Jones
Earl Rummell
Swimming Awards To Fran Ferring
Fran Ferring a student at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant received multiple swimming honors at the athletics awards assembly. She earned a water safety pin and badge and was recognized for the 20 yard backstroke and the 80 yard medley relay freestyle. Miss Ferring is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ferring of Monticello and plans to teach and lifeguard at the local pool this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fran Ferring
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Miss Ferring
Kenneth Ferrings
Monticello
Hungarian D. P. Couple Reunited With Relatives
A young displaced Hungarian couple, Toni Rappl age 27 and his wife 24, arrived in Monticello Iowa last week and were reunited with relatives in the Jenei family. The Rappls, who lived in Halchruzen Ulm Germany since 1944, were sponsored by local residents Charlie Wynans and the Jeneis. They settled in a house built by the Jeneis as they pursue work with Kuriger Bros and aim to obtain a bartender license once eligible. Mayor Petersen aided their move from Oxford Junction amid a rainstorm and Officer Carl Gudenhauf helped locate their residence.
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Monticello
Hungary
Germany
Toni Rappl
Alexander Jenei
Jenei
Rappi
Toni
Kuriger Bros. Plumbing and Heating
Jeneis
Dubuque
Ruppis
Oxford Junction
Monticelo
Fred Petersen
Oxford Mills
Rupp
Iowa
Petersen
Carl Gudenhauf
Jones
Rappl
New York City
Berlin
Halchruzen
Ulm
Herzegszantmrrten
Mrs. Ruppl
Sopron
County NFC Conducting Primary Vote Campaign
The Jones county chapter of the National Farmers' Organization launches a Get Out and Vote in the Primary effort led by local officers. The campaign urges all eligible members to participate in upcoming primary elections across the county.
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Jones County
The
National Farmers’ Organization
Milking Shorthorn Parish Show Set at Monticello
The Milking Shorthorn Society Eastern Iowa parish show and picnic will be July 4 at the Great Jones County fairgrounds Monticello. Duane Mallicoat and Fred Gill lead the arrangements for the event with top Monticello animals forming the parish herd for the All Iowa Milking Shorthorn Show in Cedar Rapids in August.
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Eastern Iowa Parish
Towa Milking Shorthorn Society
Great
Jones County Fairgrounds
Duane Mallicoat
Wyoming
Fred Gill
Wilton Junction
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Wallace F. McKee
Carlisle
Eldora
Mckee
Sacred Heart Students Earn Honors at Annual Assembly
Sacred Heart high school held its awards assembly before a school picnic at the fair grounds. Top scholars included Rosemary Barrorm with 93.3 percent, Dorothy Schwendinger 91.8, Lois Kramer 89.6, and Laura Goedken 89.1 percent. Multiple awards covered scholarships, contests, attendance, and poetry eligibility with participants named throughout.
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Sacred Heart High School
Fairgrounds
Rosemary Barrorm
Dorothy Schwendinger
Lois Kramer
Laura Goedken
Rosemary Barron
Marycrest College
Davenport
Jean Hennessey
the Witness
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Marlene Egger
Mary Ann Buol
Julie Shelley
Jeanne Morey
Maynard Lang
Lynn Baldwin
Gary Rieniers
Jery Goettsch
Don Marston
Philomonte
Elaine Appleby
Wilma Cox
Ruth Eibeen
Lynda Folkers
Paul Hinrichs
Libby Hoffman
Judy Hollar
Gladys Mellor
Myra Schoenbeck
Naomi Stadtmueller
Judy Rieniers
Clarence Meyer
Eldon Benedict
Robert Morey
Sharon Zubler
University of Iowa
Monticello Express
Darleen Niehaus
Silverpin
Bonnie Schneider
Carla Folkers
Goldwin
Judy Schneider
G.A.A
Mari Johnson
Jane Edwards
Leona Folkers
Jeryl Goettsch
Mary
Sonya Morning
Carolyn Cousins
Judy Schoon
Bonnie Buol
Judith Black
Verna Merritt
Sharon Read
Marilyn Nelson
Forrest John
DeKalb
Loren Buol
Ray Stumbaurgh
Selma Ehlis
Mary Zedick
Anita Keener
Arlene Bunting
Lyda Lehman
Jane Maurice
Joan Suter
Shirley Hanken
Linda
Beth Hoffman
Karole TerVeen
Gary Poock
Janice Kuntz
Lois Harms
Dixie Hanken
Adel First
Mary Egger
Karen Harms
Jeff Podhaski
Ronnie Long
Robert Martin
Judy Sutherland
Phyllis Drexler
Kenneth Paulsen
Janalee Bender
Philip Shelley
Frosh-Soph
Mary Jean Plueger
Mary Jo Goodyear
Robert Deppe
Marilyn Bright
Evonne Reth
Joyce Fairbanks
Mar Jene Poppe
Carol Aldrich
Jeryl Goettish
Jerry Broneman
Null
Janice Reyner
Jerry Shaw
Dale Volkman
Bob Morey
Patrick Simmons
John Morning
Tom Rhatigan
Roger McMunn
Democrat Women Plan County Club
Paign
Mackey
Jones County Girls 4-H
Judy Ingwersen
Alice Goedken
Jones County 4-H Builders Group
Helen Tucker
County Extension Home Economist
4-H Builders Group
Olin Hawkeyes Club
Gary McCormick
Gary Waggoner
Larry Scharff
Lynn Woodworth
Lynn
Garth Grafft
Chicago
Veteran of Foreign Wars
Jim Reding
Sam Reyner
John Brokens
Loren Schneider
Brokens
Max Zeadow
John Boysen
Zeadow
Ernest Becker
V.F.W
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Nick Clement
Joe Erler
Bud Reynolds
Ray Marcif
Stan Peters
Frank Williams
Irvin Pleuger
Lester Justifs
Dewie Gesse
Frank Eilers
Gene Barntz
Allan Stenzel
D. P
Rappls
United States
Charlie Wynans
Great Smoky Mountains
Farmers of America Club
Tennessee
South Carolina
Stuart DeMoss
John Bohlken
Keith Clark
Loren Dirks
George Bader
Bob Garfield
Forrest Johnson
Johnson
Charles Kissick
Sacred Heart
Homemaker Award
Kathleen Kuriger
Betty Crocker
Joan Kramer
Susan Staner
Rosalie Holmes
Iowa University
JoAnn Delay
Carol Oaken
Jack Kuriger
Mary Kramer
Richard Schwendinger
Carol Grote
Sondra Parker
Carole Seehusen
Phyllis Manternach
Daniel Manternach
Marlene Oeschger
Janice Thomas
Elizabeth Barron
Marc Beckman
Donna Hennessey
Madonna Lawrence
Elizabeth Pieray
Margaret Holmes
Bernice Gravel
Jerome Manternach
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