Monticello Rotary to host meeting this evening
John J. Locher Monticello attorney will chair the Monticello Rotary meeting this evening as announced by Rotary President Dr C R Hosford. Also Schreiner chapter 226 Eastern Star plans Monday night initiations and two marriage licenses were issued in Anamosa.ႏိုင္
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Locher
Monticello
Rotary Club
Rotary
C. R. Hosford
Schreiner
Order of Eastern Star
W. L. Pearson
Anamosa
Charles J.waters, Jr
Lost Nation
Barbara Lang
Hopkinton
Marvin Willey
Massilon
Dorothy Pegerick
Oxford Junction
Red Cross Swimming Setup Starts Today
Monticello chapter of the American Red Cross begins its annual water safety and swimming instruction at the local pool. Courses run June 7 to August 28 in four four week periods with 15 students per class and sessions three times weekly.
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Monticello
The
American Red Cross
Dyersville
Cascade
Stanwood
Buck Creek
Center Junction
Hop
Robert Deppe
Monticello Public Schools
Two Monticello Men Called for June Induction
Two Jones county residents Robert Dean Reade and Gilbert Henry Paulsen, both of Monticello, are ordered for June induction. They will report in Anamosa June 22 and travel by bus with other inductees to Des Moines then to a Texas army training center. The June call is among the year's lowest, with more inductions expected later this summer or in fall.
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Jones County
Armed Forces
H. C. Metcalf
County Selective Service Board
Robert Dean Reade
Gilbert Henry Paulsen
Monticello
Anamosa
Des Moines
Texas
Bridge Let For Wayne Township Two
A 17,630 bridge project for Wayne township was let in Ames by the state highway commission using Jones county funds. Amos Melberg of Cedar Rapids won with the lowest bid among four rivals for a 55 by 20 foot I beam bridge with concrete floor. About a quarter mile of grading is planned and completion is slated for November 27 this year.
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Wayne Township
Ames
State Highway Commission
Jones County
Amos Melberg
Cedar Rapids
Local Church Launches Campaign to Reach All Members
The Rev. Robert Gilmore of St. Luke's Methodist announces a two week drive to contact every member. Literature and letters will introduce World Service and humanitarian work and prepare Loyalty Sunday on June 13. Visitation teams will reach absentees afterward. Methodists gave over 40 million dollars to benevolence last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gilmore
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Gildner
Sam Schuetz Named Candidate for District Treasurer
Mrs Sam Schuetz was announced this week as a candidate for the office of treasurer in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Women's Missionary League Iowa District East. Nominating chair Mrs Robert Wahl said the district meeting will elect officers in Hampton on June 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Schuetz
Missouri Synod Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
Iowa
Robert Wahl
Hampton
Bridge on reconstructed county road near Henry Tobiason farm
A bridge project started more than 40 days before receipt of steel is being built on the county road recently re constructed near the Henry Tobiason farm.
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Henry Tobiason
Monticello Tops Anamosa in First Quarter Sales
The Iowa Tax Commission reports Monticello merchants paid 31,311.32 in sales tax for the quarter ending March 31, 1954, vs Anamosa at 29,774.91. Rural and non permit sales in Jones County totaled 1,296,454.50, with Monticello leading Anamosa for the first time in six years.
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Monticello
Anamosa
Iowa Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Jones County
Monticello Express
Martelle Man Killed in Train Wreck Near Martelle
A 31 year old farmer, Jack Orr, was killed when his borrowed car was struck by a speeding Milwaukee streamliner at a Linn county crossing near Martelle. Orr, who lived near Martelle, died instantly about 3:45 pm Thursday. his wife and four children survive. The incident raises Iowa’s traffic deaths for the year to 228.
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Jack Orr
Onslow
Monticello
Orr
Express
Martelle
Milwaukee
Freese Motors
Martello
Billy Moran
Center Junction
Everett Bertelsen
Hiawatha
Well Equipped Fire Truck Demonstration Goes Afield
A large Monticello Fire Department demonstration featured the newest fire apparatus. The demonstration halted when the engine stalled and a small fire broke out from unburned gasoline near a hot muffler, quickly extinguished with a portable extinguisher.
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Monticello
Long Opens Royal Blue Super Market in Manchester
Long’s Royal Blue Super Market opened in Manchester last weekend with two days of grand opening specials. Owner Dick Long oversees operations and serves as active manager. Paul Warner, former Monticello employee, is store manager. Meat department overseen by Melvin Sands. Becker sold the Manchester grocery to Long.
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Long
Manchester
Dick Long
Paul Warner
Monticello
Melvin Sands
Clarence Becker
Monticello approves 250000 bond for new elementary school
Voters cast 964 ballots with 817 in favor and 147 opposed to issuing bonds for a new Monticello elementary school. Eight ballots were spoiled though all favored the measure. The plan funds property purchase, construction, and architect fees, with work to start after a canvass and bid process.
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Monticello
Board of Education
Monticello School Board Thanks Voters For Support
The Monticello Board of Education and administration thank voters for overwhelming support in last Thursday's bond election. The board pledges to build an elementary school efficiently and economically, reflecting the community's cooperative spirit.
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Board of Directors
William Burrichter
G. M. Jones
Boyd Shannon
Parent- Teachers Association
the Express
Anamosa
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Shannon
Monticello
Karl Keffer Associates
Des Moines
Board of Education and Administration
Earl H. DeShaw
R. A. Long
Ed Cox
Glenn Jones James Maurice Boyd Shannon
Liquor Triggers Arrests in Monticello on Friday Night
Three men were arrested after liquor-related trouble in Monticello Friday night. Kenneth Carter charged Al Heims with intoxication, Lawrence Heims with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, and Lawrence Bernard Kramer with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. All were released on bond and scheduled to appear in Justice Court in Anamosa Saturday afternoon.
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Monticello
Kenneth Carter
al Heims
Rt. 1
Lawrence Heims
Rt. 2
Manchester
Lawrence Bernard Kramer
Hopkinton
Anamosa
Bond
Justice Court
George C. Lawrence
Ask 90 For Rock and Sand Sold To Cascade Man
One new case filed last weekend in the district court at Anamosa. An account suit against Leland Smalljohn by Floyd Horton alleges Horton delivered sand and gravel to the defendant's Cascade area farm valued at 90 dollars. Horton seeks judgment for the amount plus costs and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Anamosa
Leland Smalljohn
Floyd Horton
Horton
Cascade
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Roman Welter
Donald Anderson
Muscatine
Bernard Rittmanic
Teresa Lynn
Kathy
Rittmanic
Lillian Freese
Camera Club
Brady
New York
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Brooklyn
K.P. Hall
Dale Adams
Fannie Milroy
Blanche E. Corwin
Alva Barber
Ford
R. L. Hyde
Hargrave Cleaners
GMC
E. H. Beanet
Mechanicsville
Buick
James G. Or Angeline Kostichek
Wyoming
George H. Bohlken
Scotch Grove
Ray L. Adams
Ford Truck
Robert Ray Reese
Everett V. Anderburg
Marvin B. Sheldon
Chevrolet
Marvin Tapken
Red Cross
Keo Mana
University of Iowa
Leo Cabalka
Alice Jones
Glenn Jones
Moniticello
University of Town
Charles Robinson
Chauncey Robinson
Cornell
Mt. Vernon
FE. H. DeShaw
George Schoon
Kenneth Ferring
A. E. Shelley
Si Locher
Wayne Two
Monticello Independent School District
E. H. DeShaw
Richard Long
James Maurice
DeShaw
Schoals
Express Photo
Augusta Melsha
Eugene Wing
Claude Fothergill
North Gill Street
Sixth
Seventh
Anamosa Court
Cascade Man
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