Monticello Community Schedule and Events
Monticello minutes list activities for June including Alcoholics Anonymous at 8 p.m. in rooms above Monticello State Bank, Marine recruiter at the post office 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Cub Scouts pot luck at 6:30 p.m. at Lions Club shelter, and family dishes. Also notes Jones County Forage Field on Friday at R. O. McColm farm Castle Grove township 10 a.m. plus meetings for 4-H leaders Rotary Firemen Past Noble Grands F.H.LA. service and more with Rebekah lodge and 4-H convention in Ames through June 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello State Bank
City Park
Lions Club
Jones County
R. O. McColm
Castle Grove Township
Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah Hall
Ames
Births Reported By John McDonald Hospital
Wednesday morning births list includes a Cascade boy to Mr and Mrs Andy Sto on June 8 and a Scotch Grove girl to Mr and Mrs Jerry Naylor on June 10. Monticello couples Mr and Mrs Charles Soper and Mr and Mrs Richard Parsons welcome boys on June 10 and June 11, respectively.
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John McDonald Hospital
Andy Sto
Cascade
Jerry Naylor
Scotch Grove
Charles Soper
Monticello
Richard Parsons
Local Vehicle and Traffic Records From Monticello Area
Records list vehicle transfers and incidents: June entries show Morris Jones at Olin with a Chevrolet from Freese Motors and Monti cello, June 8 Taylor Motor Sales at Olin with a Buick, June 10 Gordon Hall or Louise Hall of Wyoming with a Plymouth, Barbara Dietiker of Onslow with a Ford, Robert Hill Sr of Oxford Junction with a Chevrolet. June 8 Glenn F. Paulsen cited for a stop sign violation with $3 fine plus costs. all from Frank Shimanek Monticello justice of the peace records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Jones
Olin
Chevrolet
Freese Motors
Monticello
Ford Truck
Otto A. Steuri
Center Junction
Taylor Motor Sales
Buick
Gordon C. Or Louise Hall
Wyoming
Plymouth
Barbara Dietiker
Onslow
Ford
Robert Hill, Sr
Oxford Junction
Frank Shimanek
Justice of the Peace
Glenn F. Paulsen
Four More Teachers Hired By Monticello Board
The Monticello public school board announces four new teachers for the 1957 58 year including Gary D Sells who will lead high school biology chemistry and senior physical science. Victor Wallace Diercksen a 1957 ISU Teachers College graduate will teach government and history. Mrs Norene Norgaard McCaustland and Mrs Orvin Yeoman add half time elementary staff with a new kindergarten class and elementary vocal music respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Monticello Public School
Boyd Shannon
Gary D. Sells
Argyle
Iowa
Victor Wallace Diercksen
Iowa State Teachers College
Norene Norgaard McCaustland
Earl McCaustland
Lime Springs
Orvin Yeoman
Monticello
Sells
New Hartford High School
I.8.t.c
Pot Luck Dinner Honors Former Monticello Residents
A pot luck dinner in honor of Mr and Mrs Glenn C Rogers, former Monticello residents now of St Francis Kansas, will be held at the Monticello Gun Club Sunday June 16 at 12 86 PM. Relatives and friends of the Rogers are invited. table service should be brought. The Rogers are visiting friends in the Monticello area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn C. Rogers
Monticello
St. Francis, Kans
Monticello Gun Club
Rogers
Senior medical student studies with Dr DeShaw for month
Joan Nichols of Epworth, a medical student entering her senior year at the State University of Iowa, is spending a month with Dr Earl H DeShaw for practical instruction in medical reports patient records and general duties of a doctor in a community. She stays at the home of Dr and Mrs DeShaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Nichols
Epworth
State University of Iowa
Earl H. DeShaw
Miss Nickols
DeShaw
Mrs. DeShaw
Blue Bird Play Day at City Park Tuesday
Annual Blue Bird Play Day will be held next Tuesday June 18 at City Park. A program of outdoor cookery games and nature study has been planned announced Mrs Earl H DeShaw.
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Earl H. DeShaw
Hopkinton Set to Vote on Gas Franchise
Hopkinton residents will vote at the town hall from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday June 14 to decide if the town grants People's Natural Gas Company of Omaha a 25 year non exclusive franchise for natural gas service. Cascade incident left James Joseph Lyons with a broken nose and head bruises after his car left a gravel road six miles southeast of Cascade.
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Hopkinton
People’s Natural Gas Company of
Omaha
Nebr
Cascade
James Joseph Lyons
Marjorie White Wins Clarke College Music Scholarship
Marjorie White a St. Pauls high school Worthington graduate receives a music scholarship from Clarke College Dubuque division of fine arts. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil White of South Fork township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Fork
Marjorie White
St. Paul's High School
Worthington
Division of Fine Arts
Clarke College
Dubuque
Emil White
South Fork Township
Librarians Attend Sixth Annual Library Workshop at Iowa
Mrs Florence Roberts of Monticello and Blanche C Wartman of Anamosa joined 51 public and school librarians from across the state for the sixth annual library workshop at the State University of Iowa last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Roberts
Monticello
Blanche C. Wartman
Anamosa
State University of
Muzumdar Urges Peace Over War at Rotary Talk
Dr Haridas Muzumdar Cornell college Mt Vernon argues wars cannot resolve East West differences, urging peaceful means. He cites Middle East changes past 50 years, nationalism, colonial legacy, Suez Canal issues, and calls for equality among peoples. Meeting led by President Dave Duckler at St Luke's church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haridas T. Muzumdar
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Monticello
Asia
Africa
Middle East
Muzumdar
Far East
Muzmdar
Mahatma Gandhi
Dave Duckler
C. R. Hosford
St. Luke's Methodist Church
Fish Derby Draws 400 Plus Prizes and Sportsmanship Honors
The Monticello Community Conservation league derby at Swan Lake drew over 400 participants with Larry Webber Larry Ray and Ralph Shaw winning sportsmanship prizes. Juanita Tuel earned the first fish prize for children ages 2 to 12, with awards for longest and smallest fish across three age groups. Free entry, poles and tackle provided, and tickets rewarded for poles and treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Janice Reed
Robert*Tjaden
Aviamoéa
Donald Watters
Steve Lambert
John Livermore
Gary Willmack
Onslow
Community Conservation League
Richard
Janice
Dorothy Dahl
Pee Wee Teams Organized for Monticello Summer Baseball
Four Pee Wee teams have been formed for the Monticello summer recreation program under Director Dean Nelson with 84 boys currently listed and expectation of more joining. The varsity schedule adds three games with a new 8 p.m. start for home games to improve lighting. featured contests include Mt. Vernon on July 8 and July 26, and Wyoming on July 30. Pee Wee play at the fairgrounds diamond on Monday and Wednesday at 5:45 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Dean Nelson
Nelson
Mt. Vernon
Wyoming
Fairgrounds
Cardinals
Pete Ponder
Leo Simmons
Bob Hines
Tom Barnts
Stephen Stuhlken
Larry Meier
Bernard Luensman
Stephen Lambert
Braves
Dave Stead
Ricky Westhoff
Danny Nieters
Jerry Long
Mark Vanourny
Harvey Johnson
Kenneth Lewis
Bill Nelson
Merle Cox
Gordon Westhoff
Larry Howie
Joe Hobart
John Ferring
Jim Locher
Michael Lambert
Richard J. Mettler
Merle Kuhng
Larry Lamont
Victor Lamont
Parke Behn
Lynn Baldwin
Three Iowa high school musicians sign for all state music camp
Shirley Hanken of Monticello Ruth Hawley of Anamosa and Mary Hrouik of Oxford Junction are among nearly 300 students from four states who joined the all state music camp at the State University of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa University
Shirley H. Hanken
Monticello
Ruth E. Hawley
Anamosa
Mary A. Hrouik
Oxford Junction
State University of Iowa
Iowa State Teachers College Extends Courses at Monticello High
Supt Boyd Shannon announced Monticello High School will host extension classes for the 1957 58 year during fall and spring semesters. The fall course Religions of the World offers three semester hours, while The Exceptional Child in spring offers two hours. Classes likely meet Mondays from 7 to 9 pm for 10 to 12 weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Teachers College
Monticello High School
Supt
Boyd Shannon
Shannon
Notable Shot By Golfer Maurice At Monticello Course
In a Sunday round at Monticello Golf Club Maurice tee'd off in fine shape on the No 1 fairway. His third shot struck another ball on the green six feet from the hole but he still made a birdie three as his ball rolled into the cup.
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Jim
Maurice
Monticello Golf Club
Ftine
Two Anamosa Men Injured In Rollover Truck Crash
Two Anamosa men were seriously hurt when a pickup rolled over on a sharp curve near Russell Orr farm five miles north of Onslow. Emil Bel ling remained in fair condition with a fractured collar bone and head injuries at the University of Iowa Hospital. driver G W Behnken suffered a collapsed lung and other injuries and was moved from Mercy hospital to the Veterans hospital Iowa City. An ambulance carrying Behnken was involved in a separate crash south of Monticello on its way to Mercy hospital. no major damage to the truck was noted.
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Anamosa
Russell Orr
Onslow
University of Towa Hospital
Towa City
Emil Belling
G. W. Behnken
Mercy Hospital
Veteran’s Hospital
Iowa City
Lewis Dreipelbis
Behnken
Lewis Dreibelbis
Monticello
Louis Hayden
Oxford Junction
Highway 151
Scotch Grove Road
County Officers Attend Instruction School in Cedar Rapids
All Jones county officers will attend an all day school of instruction at the Roosevelt hotel Cedar Rapids today starting at 9 a m State officers will explain new laws pertaining to county offices.
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Cedar Rapids
Jones County
Roosevelt Hotel
Surplus Food Distributed to 233 Jones County Families
Jones County at Anamosa courthouse distributed surplus foods to 786 individuals in 233 families. Welfare director Nellie Rumell said 1,070 individuals in 352 families remain eligible. Total 7,894 pounds included cheese milk flour corn meal rice and beans.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Nellie Rummell
Field Day Friday Forage Demonstrations At Jones County
Iowa State specialists Dale Hull and Richard McWilliams will discuss roughage feeding during the Jones County Forage Field Day Friday June 14 at the R O McColm farm seven miles west of Monticello and 10 miles north of Anamosa. A 20 by 120 foot silo will show grass and legume silage with liquid molasses preservative. Equipment will display starting at 1 00 am with demonstrations to 4 00 pm. Lunch by 4 H members and a 2 3 pm program. All local implement dealers invited appear.
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Iowa State College
Jones County
R. 0
McColm
Monticello
Anamosa
4-H
Dale Hull
Richard MecWilliams
Iowa State
Clarence Man Faces Third DWI Charge In Court
Clarence Carlson of route 2 Clarence was charged June 10 with a third offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was arrested June 6 by Highway Patrolman John Beckmann on highway 136 in Oxford Junction. Carlson posted $1,100 cash bond after appearing before Justice of the Peace Thomas Stimpson in Anamosa and was bound over to Jones county district court.
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Jones County
Roy Stanley Carlson
Route
Clarence
John Beckmann
Oxford Junction
Jones County District Court
Justice of the Peace
Thomas Stimpson
Anamosa
Tena Wroblewski
John Wroblewski
Wilbur John Behnke
Behnke
Beckmann
Justice Court
Warren P. Lawrence
District’ Court
Lcense
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Rotary
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Pearl Claus
F.h.la. Service
State Employment Service
Court House
Court House Records
Marvin L. Tallman
Shirley Freeman
Ronald Merlin Rhatigan
Alice Anna Jones
Courthouse Records
Weather Report
NEW Jones County
Donna Woods
Hale Wapsie Wanderers
Constance Holub
Wyoming Polly Pigtails
Sandra Ballou
Olin Sailorettes
Judith Black
Castle Grove
Diercksen
Manchester
Manchester High School
Luther College
Gun Club
E. H. DeShaw
Blue Bird
Boy's State
William Ballou
Bert Ballou
David Westhoff
William Westhoff
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
American Legion
Ballou
Westhoff
Nasser
Egypt
Suez Canal
Muzumdér
Russia
Germany
Haridas Muzumpar
Clarence Man
J. E. Helserman
SDIT
W. F. Lamont
Harold Payne
Millard
Millard First
Josephine and
Kenneth Fishery
Colorado Springs
Fisher’s
Heiserman
Gilman A. Jackson
Robert Eugene Jones
Delhi
Jones
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