Death crash near Monticello prompts district court notes
A two-car collision north of Monticello on June 15 1961 left five killed in 1961 with one near miss if location shifted. Glenda Stickley 19 Anamosa survived with shock. Ruth and Doris Paul treated for injuries. Miss Swecker 1960 Anamosa HS graduate died in the crash. Jones county court week quiet with two new filings and a habeas corpus hearing set for June 19 plus a civil suit over an unpaid account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Delaware County
Jones County
Glenda Stickley
Anamosa
Miss Swecker
Mercy Hospital
Ruth Paul
Doris Paul
Miss Snecker
Methodist Church
L. W. Swecker
Anamosa High School
Maquoketa Valley
Jones County District Court
Welch, Book, Beals Co
Cedar Rapids
Irvin Leggett
Leggett
William Leroy Brown
Warren Lawrence
Anthony Jay Rogers
Men’s Reformatory
Dr. RR. Cameron
B. F. Baer
Katherine Irene Himes
Loren Earl Himes
Venetian blinds contract awarded for Carpenter school
Allied Blind Co. won the bid for venetian blinds at Carpenter school with a contract valued at 797 dollars. The bus insurance contract went to Baty and Hoffman who bid 829.59 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell
South Fork
Sand Springs
Wayne
Allied Blind Co
Carpenter School
Baty and Hoffman
Two Women Fly Second Transcontinental Air Race
Two pilots from Denver with about 400 hours each and over five years of flying experience prepare for their second transcontinental air race. Both are active Ninety Nines members and plan to compete in the challenging cross country event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment and Management
Denver
The
Ninety-Nines
Delegates Named for Jones County 4-H Short Course
Twenty one 4 H ers from Jones county attend the State Boys Short Course June 13 to 15. Pre course workshop June 12 included leadership tips. Attending were county Extension Director Joe Legg and Assistant David Hammond, along with listed delegates from multiple towns and 4 H clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Brian Reade
Onslow
Steve Walken
Monticello
Joe Legg
David Hammond
Jim Brainard
Cass Center Hustlers
Phil Schlarman
Castle Grove Royal Rangers
Keith Christensen
Center Junction Royal Rustlers
John Frasher
East Martello
John Kramer
East Wayne Eagles
Ken Shover
Fairview
Thunderbolts
Jim Bartels
Hale Wapsie Boys
Dwayne Shaffer
Jackson Beavers
James Zimmerman
Lovell Lions
Dennis Ahrendsen
Olin Hawkeyes
Chester Denniston
Onslow Corn
Crops Meeting Set Across Several Iowa Towns
A Farm Bureau cropland adjustment meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m. Monday June 19 in Monticello with William Reade and Max Specht presiding. Other sessions follow June 20 in Olin June 22 in Anamosa and June 23 in Onslow. the long range farm program and cropland adjustment will be discussed. Three Monticello firemen head to Iowa State University for a two day school led by Fire Chief Ray Marolf Eggie Schoon and Phillip Schneider.
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Farm Bureau
Monticello
Harlan Hawker
Olin
Anamosa
Onslow
William Reade
Max Specht
Iowa State U
Monticello Volunteer Fire Department
Iowa State University
Ames
Ray Marolf
Eggie Schoon
Phillip Schneider
27 In Jones County TB Contact X-ray Program Concludes
The 18th annual Contact X-ray program in Jones County ended with 27 people having chest X-rays. Four showed suspicious findings, six had other abnormalities, and 17 were normal. Public health nurse Marion Serbousek conducted 39 home calls and 10 physician conferences guided by sponsors and approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Glenn Jones
Marion Serbousek
R. N
Jones County Association
Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association
State Department of Health
Jones County Medical Society
Rural Carriers Honor Retiring Member at Jones County Meet
Twenty six rural carriers and auxiliary from Jones County met in Oxford Junction on Monday June 5 to honor Vernack Miller of Anamosa on his 40 years of service retirement. Joe Barron of Monticello presented a past carrier pin and cash purse. Plans for the state convention in Cedar Rapids the third week of June were discussed. A July 17 potluck supper in Delhi hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Plueger was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Jones County Rural Carriers
Vernack Miller
Anamosa
Joe Barron
Monticello
Jones County
Cedar Rapids
Annamosa
Miller
Bruce Ruhl
Don Robertson
William Rosen
Claude Appleby
Carroll Podhaski
Gerald Faust
Earlville
Lyman Thomsen
Wyoming
Irvin.Pl
Must File for Tax Exemptions by July 1
Anamosa residents must file for homestead credit and veterans exemptions at the Jones county courthouse assessor’s office before July 1. Veterans need discharge on file and homestead applicants must provide a deed or contract. Eligible veterans include WWI, WWII, and Korean War service periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
E. T. Lorenzen
Welfare officials plan Homemaker Service meeting in Des Moines
Mrs Nellie Rummell Jones county welfare director will attend a Des Moines meeting Friday June 16 with welfare workers and others interested in establishing a Homemaker Service in Iowa. The event is sponsored by the Adult and Family Service division of the Iowa Welfare association. Rummell sits on the division's executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Rummell
Jones County
Des Moines
Iowa
Adult and Family Service Division
Iowa Welfare Association
Lions Convention trip for Monticello club leaders
Dale Adams incoming president of the Monticello Lions club and Harold Gottleaber will attend the international Lions convention in Atlantic City New Jersey from June 21 to 24. Their wives will accompany them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Adams
Monticello Lions Club
Harold Gottleaber
Atlantic City
N. J
Local graduates and anniversaries feature in Oxford Junction
Janis Soppe earns a State University of Iowa degree while relatives attend. Mrs Mizaur attends Cornell graduation. Robert Becker, Mizaur nephew, graduates. Edwin and Ada Bicknese welcomed a son at Mercy Hospital Davenport. Convocation attendees include the Burdas and Steinbeck, who will intern at St Luke's Cedar Rapids. American Legion Auxiliary notes ceremonies and new officers. Gustave and Esther Hoyer celebrate 50th anniversary with family events. they lived near Strawbery Point, Edgewood and Arlington before moving to Oxford Junction. They have 10 children, 25 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Janis Soppe
Wilbur Soppe
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Fred Lasack
Roxie Lasack
Marilyn Benson
Chicago
Robert Mizaur
Cornell College
Robert Becker
Mizaurs
Edwin Bicknese
Mercy Hospital
William Steinbeck
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
American Legion Auxiliary
Marian Shedek
Carolyn Sue Close
Sharon McCreight
Jean Koranda
Laurel Paulista
Bess Christensen
Bernice Hanwardsen
Shirley Koranda
Doris Shimanek
Emma Klahn
Dorothy Moeller
Janis Vacek
Chaplin
Mabel
Charlene Peters
Gustave Hoyer
Strawberry Point
Edgewood
Arlington
Edward
Olin
Albert
Maquoketa
Kermit
Monticello
Quinton
Juanita Prussel
Lillian Colton
LaMotte
Alice Kluth
Ruth Kostichek
Mountain Home
Ark
Faith Strackbein
Lowden
Lauretta Turner
Family honors and graduation notices from Coe College and Iowa University
Mr and Mrs Allison Fishwild George Fishwild and Henry Fishwild attend Coe college graduation June 4 where Rev Lester Nickles of Westminster Colo a 25 year Coe graduate receives an honorary MA degree. Mr and Mrs William Peck attend UI commencement June 9 where son Jerry earns a BBA in accounting. Jerry will work for Price Waterhouse Co Chicago and live in Park Forest Ill. Word arrives from Wyoming of Mrs Bernice Buckingham injured in a two car crash April 6 visiting a brother in Minnesota hospitalized in Minneapolis for seven weeks and improving last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison Fishwild
George Fishwild
Henry Fishwild
Coe College
Lester Nickles
Westminster, Colo
Coe
William Peck
University of Iowa
Jerry
Price Waterhouse Co
Chicago
Park Forest
Ill
Wyoming
Bernice Buckingham
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Old Settlers Picnic Draws Record Crowd in Loveland
The Old Settlers picnic on June 4 attracted 91 attendees with guests from Kalamazoo Michigan Dix Nebraska Sidney Nebraska and several Iowa towns including Cedar Rapids Marion Hiawatha Martello Monticello and Wyoming. Legion Auxiliary elected officers on June 6 with installation slated for July 5.
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Loveland
Colo
Buckinghams
Wyoming
Scott McDonald
Ferring
Dubuque
Don McDonald
Maquoketa
Old Settlers
Elsie Bender
Kalamazoo
Mich
Dean Scheele
Diana and
Lonnie
Dix Nebraska
Sunday Socials Spotlight Local Families Visits and Baptism
The community's weekend activity lists visits among families including the Hunters in Cascade with infant Lana Sue baptized, Sternhagen sponsor Donald, and guests from Marshalltown Strawe berry Point Dubuque Hopkinton Monticello Marion and Chicago. Gerald Gadient and Aelred White share seasonal stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Miller
Fred Hunter
Cascade
Lana Sue Hunter
Fred Hunters
Donald Sternhagen
Louis Fpotjafskey
Marshalltown
Arnold Turnis
Alphonse Ries
Ralph Brown
Straweberry Point
Bob Burke
Dubuque
Mable Guthrie
Peter Kelchen
Greeley
Dorrance Chapman
Larry Goodyear
Monticello
Chapmann
Sam Bacon
Hopkinton
Dorrance Chapmann
Don Thompson
Marion
Mary Gadient
Chicago
John Gadient
Vernon Gadient
Gary James
Ryan
Aelred White
Sunday Guests and Family News From Hopkinton
Sunday dinner guests at the A. M. Casteel home included Clifford Gillilan of Maquoketa and James Casteel and family from Marion. The Livingstones and daughter Diane left for Chicago after staying in Hopkinton for business matters. The Delaware County Historical Society met in Manchester. A daughter Debra Kay was born to Richard and wife at Memorial hospital Manchester with grandparents Louis Gaddie and Harold Payne. A birthday dinner at William Murray Sr. honored four family members. Ventura Dillon visits Dubuque this week with cousin Bess Heuchlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Casteel
Clifford Gillilan
Maquoketa
James Casteel
Marion
William and
Huberta Livingstone Adams
Diane
Chicago
Ill
Hopkinton
W.L. Gates
Maud Joseph Smith
Verna Neil
Jennie Winch
Delaware County Historical Society
Manchester
Louis Gaddie
Harold Payne
William Murray Sr
Dubuque
Bess Heuchlin
Monticello Area Obituaries and Funeral Notices
Funeral services for Robert Moncrief 92 were set for 10 a.m. Friday at Goettsch Funeral Home with burial at Scotch Grove cemetery. Also noted are services for Berdina Steuri Center Junction, William Strong of Wyoming and Jacob Yossi of Monticello with details on birth, marriage, locations, and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Moncrief
Monticello
Goettsch
Gerald Shibley
Center Junction
Scotch Grove Cemetery
Berdina
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Lowa
Paul Knipe
Cuckler
REM Electric
Mutual of Omaha
Austin A. Reynolds
Martelle , Iowa
Mrs
Worthington
Clarence Zahina
Leo Greco
Mr. Moncrief
Johnson Nursing Home
Matilda Carson Moncrief
Samuel
Garriet Harms
Elize Schlemmer Harms
Otto Steuri
SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran
Lovell Township
Janet
Galen Engelbart
Betty
Shirley
Henry Harms
Henry Folkers
Scotch Grove
Elmer Delaney
Leo Ambuehl
Nickolas Kremer
Lavern Buol
Henry Bader
Harry James
Marvin Brehm
Carl Seehusen
Edward Zumbrunnen
Fred Zumbrunnen
William E. Strong
Wallace
F. E. Somerville
Mr. Strong
Peter E
Amanda Letze Strong
Jessie DeMoss
Monmouth
Margaret Luke
Wyoming Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Modern Woodmen of America
Margaret
John
Mae
Roy Walters
Hattie
Frank Fairbanks
Jacob Yossi
Evangelical & Reformed Church
John G. Siegle
Oakwood
Switzerland
Fred
Anna Inabnit Yossi
Franklin Equipment Company
John Yossi
Alfred Yossi
Harry Babler
Monroe
Wis
Bertha Husman
Oscar Am~buehl
John Gesse
John Jaggi
Fred Jaggi
Fred Mader
Adolph Steuri
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