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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1959
Page
1
The Sand Springs Spit and Whittle Club announces an award for the Abbie and Slats cartoon strip. Cartoon Editor D M Register notes the selection as The Most Nauseating cartoon in any newspaper.
Editorial urges appreciation for the dairy industry during June Dairy Month. Warns of a hypothetical catastrophe wiping out cows and its wide economic and nutritional impact, praising farmers, processors, truckers, grocers, and dairy products. Ends with a nudge to choose dairy over oleomargarine.
A jumble of June and July listings runs from X ray, nursing, and recruitment sessions at Anamosa and Monticello venues to Rotary and K of P meetings. The column also recounts family visits, birthdays, anniversaries, and neighborhood dinners across Anamosa, Monticello, Center Junction, and surrounding homes with names such as Engelbart, Gerdes, Jensen, Harms, and Dirks.
Louis E. Christensen dies after a short illness in Cedar Rapids at St. Luke's hospital. The funeral was held June 23 at English Lutheran church in Oxford Junction with burial in Mayflower cemetery. He leaves wife Bessie Mowry and two children Donna Ahrendsen and Duane Christensen, plus siblings and extended relatives. He worked 19 years in Iowa state service including the State Reformatory at Anamosa and the State Liquor Control Commission before retirement.
The piece notes visitors from Houston to the Siebels home including Amber Amber and family, lists other callers such as Anna Heiken and the Folkers, mentions Hugh John Hoff man born June 18 to Jack and Carla Hoffman in Monticello, and says Janda Hoffman stays with grandparents while mother is hospitalized, with Grace Otten staying with the Gerdes family.
The Monticello Express is published weekly on Monday and Thursday and entered at the Monticello Iowa post office as second class mail matter. It is the official Monticello and Jones county newspaper established July 10 1865. Subscription rates are 450 for local Iowa counties and 550 for elsewhere in the United States. It is a member of the Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association with advertising via Newspaper Advertising Service Inc Chicago IL and Iowa Press Advertising Service Des Moines IA.
The State Conservation Commission will inspect privately owned boats used on 24 state owned artificial lakes in Iowa to ensure seaworthiness capacity and buoyancy. Pontoon craft are banned and inspectors will assess rugged design materials and overall condition before stamping passenger limits on boat tags. Boating safety aims to prevent fatalities on Iowa’s waterways.
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