Monticello Community Meeting and Event Schedule
Monticello minutes list community events for June 24 to June 29 including extension budget committee sessions Boy Scout and Rotary meetings at local venues. A Marine recruiter will visit the post office June 27 with Alcoholics Anonymous meeting evenings and a Royal Neighbors picnic. Birth announcements note three newborns from Russell Meeks, Robert Trumm, and Ambrose Knepper families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Lions Club
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Pythian Sisters Meeting
Farm Bureau
Garden Club
Mt. Vernon Rose Gardens
Ames
Royal Neighbors
K.P. Hall
Marine
Post Office
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello State Bank
Davenport
John McDonald Hospital
Russell Meeks
Mechanicsville
Robert Trumm
Cascade
Ambrose Knepper
Farley
Court records list multiple June couples from Iowa towns
On June dates several couples appear in court house records. June 14 Lynn G. Tjaden 24 of Martelle and Carol Lynn Aldrich 19 of Cedar Rapids. June 18 Leland Arthur Egan house 25 of Monmouth and Evelyn Jean McAndrew 25 of Wyoming. June 19 Virtus J. Bartels 25 of Anamosa and Donna Mae Moenk 18 of Anamosa. Lawrence Grone wold 27 of Tipton and Greta Ann Moreland 20 of Olin. Harley H. Slemer 28 of Anamosa and Frances B. Smith 21 of Anamosa. June 20 Donald M. Starry 24 of Olin and Jerie K. Catlett 17 of Center Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn G. Tjaden
Martelle
Carol Lynn Aldrich
Cedar Rapids
Leland Arthur Eganhouse
Monmouth
Evelyn Jean McAndrew
Wyoming
Virtus J. Bartels
Anamosa
Donna Mae Moenk
Lawrence Gronewold
Tipton
Greta Ann Moreland
Olin
Harley H. Slemer
Frances B. Smith
Donald M. Starry
Jerie K. Catlett
Center Junction
Local Car Dealers and June Listings Mentioned
A June notices list records multiple automobile makers and buyers. Names include John Fahey Oliv., James Dean Monticello, Arthur Lincoln Wy ming, R P Odhenfe Monticello and George F Specht Ct rolet with brands Mercury Plymouth Buick Chevrolet and Ford. The text continues to Page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fahey
Anamose
Chevrolet
James Dean
Oliv
McDonald
Mowre Monticello
Chamberlin
Max Dutcher
Center Junctio Ford
Jones County Oil Compan
Anamosa
Ford
Arthur Lincoln
Wyming
Mercury
R. P
George F. Specht
Ctrolet
Peter Schladetzky
No Votes In for Wheat Referendum
Jones County reports no votes in the statewide wheat marketing quotas referendum. Neal Hayden, county A. C. office manager, notes no farmers in the area will harvest more than 15 acres next year, a voting requirement for the referenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Ery County
Neal Hayden
A.8.c
Monti
Post Office Special Services Fees to Rise July First
The post office department will raise fees for special services effective July 1 per Postmaster Paul Bender. Increases cover registered and certified mail, money orders, return receipts, restricted and special deliveries, correction of mailing lists, business reply, and notices to sender. Registered mail rises from 40 to 50 cents, certified from 15 to 20, special delivery from 20 to 30, and money orders see multiple increases across denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Paul Bender
Livermore Opens Upholstery Shop in Former Monticello Site
Robert C. Livermore, a former Dubuque resident and overseas Marine veteran of World War II and the Korean War, has opened an upholstery shop at 130 North Cedar Street in a building once occupied by Monticello Machine Shop. He brings 12 years of upholstery experience since 1940, with past work at Northorne Furniture Industries and Feller Upholstery, and he and his wife Sarah have five children. The site has undergone extensive remodeling and is owned by C. J. Matthiessen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Livermore
Dubuque
North Cedar Street
Monticello Machine Shop
C. J. Matthiessen
Livermore
Northorne Furniture Industries, Inc
Feller
Sarah
Mrs. Smith of Center Junction Featured in Farm Journal
Mrs. Jack Smith of Center Junction is featured in the current Farm Journal issue in an article titled Milk Made Desserts. The piece shows her in her kitchen preparing a recipe from the magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Jack Smith
Farm Journal Magazine
Watch Attendance Prize for Tourney Announced
Monticello Sports association will award a $79.95 wrist watch as the grand attendance prize of this week’s baseball tournament. The prize is funded through local sponsors with Grammar Coward of the Times contributing. Eight teams compete: Monticello Hopkinton Ryan Delhi Dyersville Colesburg Worthington Cascade. Games run 7 and 9 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Sports Association
John Behn
Behn
Grammar Coward
Time Shop
Monticello
Hopkinton
Ryan
Delhi
Dyersville
Colesburg
Worthington
Cascade
Maire Hospitalized After Auto Accident Near Colesburg
Local insurance man Don Maire is hospitalized at St Luke's Cedar Rapids with a fractured vertebra after a Wednesday accident near Colesburg. He lost control while testing a car at about 5 pm and the vehicle nearly demolished. Boy Scouts at a nearby camp cared for him until aid arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Maire
St. Luke's
Cedar Rapids
Colesburg
Maire
Homemakers Camp Attended by Jones County Leaders
Mrs Don Meeks of Martello and Mrs Maxine Hunt a Jones county home economist attended an extension home makers camp at Madrid Iowa June 5 7 with 234 leaders from Iowa counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Don Meeks
Martello
Maxine Hunt
Madrid
Towa
Iowa
Jones County 4-H Girls Summer Workout Schedule
Jones County 4-H announces six judging workout sessions for the week of June 24 to teach judging points and workmanship standards. Each session lists date time location and the 4-H adult leader, with clubs from Olin Monticello Oxford Junction Anamosa Center Junction Onslow and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
County Extension Service
Louis Schladetzky
Olin
Hale Wapsie Wanderers
Olin Sailorettes
Monticello
Merle Postel
Wayne
Wyoming Junior Homemakers
Madison Jolly
Austin Spahr
Castle Grove
Fortune
Finders
Cass Corner
Prairie Hill
Naturals
Prairie Pals
Bids Sought for New Stoker at Post Office
Postmaster Paul Bender announced bids for a coal stoker installation at the post office will be received by the General Services Administration until 3 p.m. July 9. The office is located at 2306 East Bannister Road Kansas City 14 Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bender
General Service Administration
East Bannister Road
Kansas City
Gilbert Hearn to Assume Ownership of Hearn Oil and Tire
Gilbert L. Hearn will assume ownership of Hearn Oil and Tire in Monticello on Monday July 1. He has run the Sheil station since his father Paul Hearn’s death for the Paul Hearn estate. The station will keep offering Goodyear tires and Shell oil products under new ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Hearn
Hearn Oil and Tire Company
Gilbert L. Hearn
Monticello
Sheil
Paul Hearn
Goodyear
Shell Oil
Two New Inmates Added To County Jail
Deputy Sheriff Lawrence LaBarge reported Friday that two new inmates arrived at the county jail. Loren Schneider of Monticello received 30 days for a bad check and Carl Thomas of Anamosa serves 10 days for a careless error. Both sentences were handed down by Monticello justice of the peace C. F. Shimanek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Lawrence LaBarge
Loren Schneider
Monticello
Carl Thomas
C. F. Shimanek
Korn Karnival Plans Told Center Junction
Center Junction announces the Korn Karnival set for Thursday July 25 with an afternoon and evening dinner menu featuring ham corn and home made potato salad. The event includes entertainment rides games a queen contest and a charity drive for playground equipment. Committee heads and volunteers are listed for organizing the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Jack Smith
Merle Husmann
Russell Jamieson
Robert Serbousek
Eileen Mitchell
George Burch
Jack Stingley
Noel Ostrander
Truman Stanton
Smith
Tamieson
George Dirks
Russell Jamie- 30N
Harm Dirks
Norman Marsens
John Gray
Ralph ‘Hyusmann
Stanton
Gladys McNeilly
Frank Himebaugh
Alan Serbousek
Leroy Dirka
Joshm Gray
Galen Brady
Glenn Smith
Dillon Mead
50 Year Masonic Award for L W Lovell in Monticello
L W Fay Lovell of Monticello received a 50 year Masonic pin and certificate at a Thursday night ceremony in the Masonic Temple. The event, led by Milo G Gabriel, included speeches by Harry A Palmer and attendance by 52 supper guests and 59 meeting attendees from multiple lodges across Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. (Fay) Lovell
Monticello
Masonic Temple
Milo G. Gabriel
Clinton
Masonic Grand Charity Board
Harry A. Palmer
Cedar Rapids
Lovell
Des Moines
Marion
Dubuque
Mechanicsville
Anamosa
Alden
Lost Nation
Grinnell
Glenn P. Wilson
Edwin L. Lunde
Sioux City
F. G. Holsinger
Albert Wharton
Grand Charity Board
William E. Shrop
No ASC Candidates Nominated by Petition in Jones County
No petitions nominating candidates for community ASC committees were received by the 5 pm deadline in Jones County. If any had been filed they would join the slate compiled by the county ASC election board. Ballots by mail July 1 to 8 will count votes to elect chairs and officers across 16 townships with counting set for July 10 in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
A.S.C
Neal Hayden
Monticello
A.S.C. Election Board
Joe E. Legg
U.S.C
Jones County A.S.C
Jones County Women Meet to Hear Family Living Program
Sixty two Jones county women gathered at the Farm Bureau building on June 11 to hear the 1957 58 Extension Family Living program. Mrs Mildred Wellman from Iowa State College spoke on world changes and how women will meet them. Further information available from Home Economist Maxine Hunt in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
JONES _ COUNTY
Farm Bureau
Mildred. Wellman
Iowa State College
Maxine Hunt
Anamosa
DeWitt Jaycees Seek Monticello Chapter Leader
Three DeWitt Junior Chamber of Commerce members Vern Carlson Floyd Perkins and Dick Bracewell visited Monticello to organize a local Jaycee chapter. They sought a young man to lead the effort and establish the Monticello Jaycee unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt Junior Chamber of Commerce
Monticello
Vern Carlson
Floyd Perkins
Dick Bracewell
Plan for New Addition at Monticello Church Urges Expansion
Monticello's First Presbyterian Church begins a two story education building and basement remodel costing about 93000. Dr Earl DeShaw leads the building committee and reports contracts signed. The east side addition adds four classrooms a pastor study and restrooms on the first floor and seven classrooms plus a choir room on the second. The basement will be redesigned for larger gatherings six classes and improved kitchen facilities. A new hot water heating system will serve both structures and part of the lot will provide off street parking. Funding comes from a three year pledge drive started October 1954. Tenants include architects Paul Rossiter and Dubuque and contractors Gordon Peterson Garnaville Staner Reyold Acme Electric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl DeShaw
Dr. DeShaw
Ralph Bone
Paul Bender
Howard Shelley
William Shaffer
William Wellner
Orvin Yeoman
Melvin Hein
Floyd Kephart
Harold Wilcox
Don Sutherland
Clarence Hosford
Joe Messerli
Glenn Jones
George Rickels
Paul Rossiter
Dubuque
Gordon Peterson
Garnaville
Staner and
Rey‘old
Acme Electric
Bremer County Girl Extension Trainee For Summer Work
JoAnn Vos, a Bremer County 4 H extension trainee, will be in Jones County until Sept 21 assisting Home Economist Maxine Hunt. She will help with camp judging workouts achievement days fair and all 4 H activities while staying at the Robert Livingstone home in Anamosa and attending Iowa State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
JoAnn Vosseller
Maxine Hunt
Miss Wesseler
Bremer County
Iowa State College
Robert Livingstone
Anamosa
Presbyterians install Rev Krein as pastor and mark 75th year
Rev. Gideon I. Krein is installed as the new pastor of the Monticello First Presbyterian Church in a sunset ceremony after the 75th anniversary observance. The program includes readings from former pastors and a sermon by Rev. Philip B. Lewis, with music and a reception following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Krein
Gideon I. Krein
First Presbyterian Church
Earl
Swanberg
Mt. Vernon
John Saathoff
Dubuque
Krein
Jamestown College
Jamestown
N.D
Philip B. Lewis
McCormick Seminary
Francis R. Laren
Ely
Guilmant
Schubert
Hart DeShaw
Gounod
D. BL. Cassidy
Women’s Fellowship of the
Krein’s Serman
William Wellner
Frank Walker
George Rickels
Paul Lumpa
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Carla Ann Folkers
Scotch Grove
WMT
Carl A. Folkers
Bob Nance
Wave
Goddbye
Washington, D.C
Miss Folkers
St. Matthew Ladies Aid
Iowa Electric
Weather Report
Court House Records
Courthouse Records
Presbyterians
Gideon S. Krein
Howard Sheiley
Greenfield
Lucky Lassies
Hillcrest
Wapsie
Fairmore Lively
Pam
Onslow Presbyterian Church
Irving Eilers
Cascade Co
Clay Busy Bees
Washington Whippoorwills
Madison Merry Maids
Korn Karnival Committee
Judy Hollar
Letters
Bud’s
Bud's
Hatchery
Honegger
S “Casey” Jane
Big D Amusement Company
Iowa City
L. W. Lovell
Burns Lodge No. 173
ASC
DeWitt Jaycees
Jones
Monticello Church
Oconto
Wis
Russell W. Hunter
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