Hospital Plans $250000 Fund Drive for Three-Story Wing
John McDonald hospital launches a $250000 fund drive to finance a new three story expansion. Arend Balster chairs the trustees and building committee with architects Thorson Thorson and Madson of Waterloo and Beaver Associates as campaign consultants. The plan adds 50 beds and maternity, pediatric floors, new heating and sterilization systems, and relocates driveways and parking with a goal to conclude by August 1.
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John McDonald Hospital
Arend Balster
Scotch Grove
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson Counties
Balster
Hospital Board of Trustees
Thorson, Thorson
Madson
Waterloo
Beaver Associates, Inc
Beaver Associates
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Hospital
Jim Maurice
John Locher
John Shover
Harry Stuhler
Millington Carpenter
Charles Luett
T.M. Redmond
C. G. Thomas
Maurice
Robert Dolan
Robert Myers
Stuhler
Shover
Thomas
Monticello Births And Local Court Fines Reported
births reported from John McDonald hospital include a June 18 list for Anamosa Baldwin Prairieburg and Hopkinton with multiple newborns and Onslow birth in Palo Alto California. local fines recorded by Monticello justice of the peace include intoxication improper registration and nighttime speeding with names and amounts. weekend visitors noted to Sam Moncrief and Bob Moncrief homes plus Thursday guests from Cedar Rapids and Burlington.
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John McDonald Hospital
William Wessels
Anamosa
James Blunt
Baldwin
Art Kula
Lewis Weber
Prairieburg
Wilfred Kleitsch
Hopkinton
Onslow
Glenn ‘Wasson
Palo Alto
Calif
Capt. Wasson
Stanford University
Air Force Institute of Technology
Frank Shimantgk
Monticello
Justice of the Peace
Herman J. Bartels
Martin Rapids
Andrew A. Lange
Dubuque
Costa
Sam Moncrief
Bob Moncrief
Dale Griggs
Kennewick
Wash
Otto Hansen
Cedar Rapids
Woodard
Burlington
Moncrief
Dairy Spot Title Would Go to Castle Grove Two
The 1957 Iowa farm census shows Castle Grove township leading Jones county dairy cows with 1 910 and a total county dairy count of 15 066. Wayne and Lovell townships follow with 1 674 and 1 451 cows respectively, among others. Five creameries in the county posted gross sales of 2 307 630 12 dollars in 1957, up 187 014 32 from 1956.
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Jones County
Castle Grove Township
Wayne Township
Lovell Township
Cass
Jackson
Richland
Fairview
Washington
Rome
Scotch Grove
Hale
Wyoming
Madison
Greenfield
Clay
Oxford
Monticello
Onslow
Amber
Anamosa
Center Junction
Langworthy
Two Collection Suits in Court
Bert Loop doing business as Loop LP Gas at Monticello filed two suits in Jones county district court. He seeks $254.45 plus interest for merchandise delivered to Walter Davidson from 1955 to 1957 and asks for a writ of attachment as Davidson plans to leave the state with the goods. The Citizen's Savings Bank of Anamosa sues Tirzah Niles for $126.20 plus 7 percent interest from April 12, 1958 and costs after partial payments on a note dated October 9, 1956. attorney fees are also sought. Judge J E Hetherman granted Ruth Knott permission to remarry before a year had passed since her January 4, 1958 divorce from Walter Knott.
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Jones County
Bert Loop
Loop -Lp Gas Service
Monticello
Walter Davidson
Loop
Davidson
Citizen's Savings Bank of
Anamosa
Tirzah Niles
Miss Niles
J. E. Hetserman
Ruth Knott
Monticello FFA Holds June Regular Meeting at School
The Mon ticello Future Farmers of America met June 19 in the agriculture room of the public school with thirty six members present. Medals for the point system were awarded and slides from the senior trip were shown.
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Monticello Future Farmers of America
Calendar of Events Requires Timely Submissions
The Express notes deadlines for the Calendar of Events on page 2. Items must reach the paper by Monday 5 pm for Thursday’s issue and by Thursday 5 pm for Monday’s issue. The column will appear regularly on page 2 starting with this issue.
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The
Express
Plan Larger Fireworks For July 4
A larger than last year fireworks display is planned at the fairgrounds on July 4 under the sponsorship of the VFW and American Legion posts. Stan Peters, speaking for the display committee, said the event will be in the evening and precede a concert by the Monticello summer band. Organizations and businesses are being contacted to contribute to the funding.
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Fairgrounds
V.F.W
American Legion
Stan Peters
Monticello
Jones County Sees No Voters in Wheat Quota Referendum
Jones County had no eligible voters on Friday for the national referendum on 1959 wheat marketing quotas, continuing a pattern since the area is not wheat territory.
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Jones Wheat
Jones County
Veterans Urged to File for Exemptions by July 1
Jones County Assessor L. T. Lorenzen announced the deadline for signing Homestead and Soldier's Exemptions is July 1. Property owners who bought a home since July 1, 1957 and meet residency and deed requirements may file at the assessor's office. Veterans of Spanish American War World War I World War II and the Korean conflict must sign by July 1, 1958, with eligible service periods listed as World War I 1917 to 1918 World War II 1941 to 1946 and Korean conflict 1950 to 1953.
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Jones County
L. T. Lorenzen
Lorenzen
Virgil Hunt Attends International Shoe Clinic in St Louis
Virgil Hunt co owner of Stuhlers Shoe store attended a three day retail sales clinic conducted by International Shoe Company in St Louis from June 15 to 17. About 1 000 shoe merchants from the eastern United States participated to discuss store operations focusing on sales training window displays and advertising.
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International Shoe Company
St. Louis
Virgil Hunt
Stuhler
United States
Rocky Mountains
Woman's World on the Richard Hanken Dairy Farm
The Richard Hanken dairy farm in Wayne township highlights a family with three daughters Shirley Dixie and Beverly active in 4-H dairy work. The farm ships a 68 head Holstein herd with strong records including 64 pounds butterfat per cow and a top two year old heifer named Beauty.
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Richard Hanken
Wayne Township
Hanken
Shirley
Hankens
Jones County TB Clinics Screen 215 for X-rays
In Monticello and Anamosa, 215 persons received chest X-rays in Jones county tuberculosis contact case finding. Public health nurse Marian H Serbauselx said 102 were school bus drivers hot lunch personnel and school janitors. Twenty six with appointments did not report.
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Jones County
Monticello
Anamosa
Marian H. Serbauselx
Building New Office and Plant at Scotch Grove
Workmen last week poured the foundation and flooring for a new 40 by 125 foot building for Naylor's Farm Seed and Service company at Scotch Grove. The structure will be an office seed processing plant and warehouse on old highway 38 just north of the town intersection. The old warehouse near the depot building is being torn down.
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Scotch Grove
Naylor
Farm Seed and Service Company
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University of Iowa
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