4-H Elects and Hale Wapsie Wanderers Lead Ceremony
The 4-H election rally featured Toni Grafft as outgoing president and Elizabeth Specht leading the ceremony with help from officers and the Jackson Wise Owls. A lengthy list of club committees, greetings, talks, and skits followed, plus recognition for perfect attendance and winners of the better groomed girls contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale Wapsie Wanderers
Toni Grafft
Elizabeth Specht
Carol Kost
Dorothy Freese
Jackson Wise Owls
Merle Postel
Monticello
John Kuntz
Lisbon
J. W
Chicago
Jean Pillard
Wayne Willing
Diane Larson
Anamosa
Helen Schnier
Pamela Domer
Morley
Fairmor Lively Learners
Oxford
Happy Hustlers
Prairie Hill
Wayne Willing Workers
Wyoming
Polly Pigtails
Prairie Hill Be Natural
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls
Wapsie
Castle Grove Fortune Finders
Lovell Happy Helpers
Richland Roc-Etts
718 Farms Enrolled in New ASC Feed Grain Plan
Garry Cooper of the Monti cello ASC office reports over one million dollars in payments for 21 634 diverted acres across 718 farms in Jones County. Contracts cover 55 553 acres with 38.94 percent diverted. sign up ended June 11. Advance payments total 407 437.76, 40 percent of the total. 401 728.78 certificates issued by June 2 with 339 514.22 redeemed.
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ASC
Jones County
Garry Cooper
Monticello
Cooper
Lovell
Wayne
Scotch Grove
Wyoming
Cass
Monticello Band Tops Lions Parade at State Meet
About 92 Monticello Lions and wives attended the Cedar Rapids convention banquet at the Hotel Roosevelt with Per Stahl of Sweden as guest speaker. The Monticello high school band won a trophy for best band in the convention parade Monday morning.
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Monticello
Hotel Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Bob Patten
Per Stahl
Sweden
Lions International
Monticello High School
Two Accidents Reported in Jones County This Week
Two traffic accidents occurred in Jones county with no serious injuries. At 4:45 p.m. Sunday on highway 261 at Martello Everett L. Smith and Phillip D. Kuhn drove cars damaged in the crash. three passengers were examined and released. At 5:45 a.m. Monday near Monticello James Sherman Conlin’s car struck a telephone pole after missing a curve. no injuries reported. A Rath Day Open House is set for June 14 at Monticello Creamery Co op with free coffee ham sandwiches and premiums for Rath Animal Protein feed.
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Jones County
Martello
Everett L. Smith
Madrid
Phillip D. Kuhn
Marion
Smith
Galen Robertson
James Sherman Conlin
Cascade
Monticello
Kenneth Carter
Farmer’s Mutual Co-op Creamery Association
Monticello School District Rehearing Ends Plans Move Forward
No petition for rehearing was filed in the Monticello Community school district certiorari case. The district may proceed with a 425000 addition to Carpenter school and a 325000 new 15 room elementary school. Bonds go on sale late June and bids for two building projects are expected this month. Spahn and Rose won a 13500.45 bid for a bus garage. Carson Construction began work on county road A, about 10 miles from Monticello, with sections closed in stages. K and P Chevrolet Olds offers five new pickups, a 1961 demonstrator, and used models in Monticello.
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Monticello Community School
Carpenter School
Boyd Shannon
Monticello Community Schools
Spahn and Rose
Leigh Clark
County Road
Carson Construction Co
Des Moines
Monticello
Immaculate Conception Church
Castle Grove
Chevrolet
Olds
Obituaries notice for Mrs Ella Drew and Mrs William Welch
Memorial services were held May 31 for Mrs Ella Drew born December 23 1869 in Wyoming died May 28 at her niece’s home. Rev Wayne Norris presided with interment at Wyoming cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs William Welch 73 were June 3 at Goettsch Funeral Home Monticello with Rev Norris officiating. Burial followed at Oakwood cemetery. Welch died June 1 at Brandt Nursing Home Wyoming after seven months illness. She was born March 5 1888 near Emaline Iowa and married William Welch June 29 1905 at Maquoketa. Survivors include husband Thelma Mrs Frank Kiburz Monticello Manville Scotch Grove Sarah Mrs Harold Darrow Wyoming Herman Maquoketa 13 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by daughter Gladys and leaves a brother sister and half brother.
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Ella Drew
Wyoming
Wallaces Funeral
Elsie Mott
Wayne Norris
Wyoming Cemetery
Ida Bell Welch
Monticello
William Welch
Goettsch
Oakwood Cemetery
Welch
Brandt
Emaline
Jackson County
Iowa
Matthew Bickford
Sarah Post Bickford
Maquoketa
Jackson
Jones Counties
Oak Drive
Scotch Grove
Thelma
Frank Kiburz
Manville
Sarah
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Jim Murray
Steve Wolken
Central
Iowa Electric Light & Power Co
Chiropractor
Nature
Montcello
Atheretbe
Neal Retane
Sysie
Allis-Chalmers
Allis- Chalmers
Geo. C. Schoon
Allis Chalmers
MHS
Farmer’s Creamery
Kuriger Bros
Monticello, Iowa
ATT Colonial
Kephart
Naama
Samson
COSCO
Brass Placques
Rockers
Pop
Nile
Peoples
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