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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1957
Page
5
Local calendar lists a Marcos family picnic at city park 7 pm and a Marine recruiter at the post office 10730 to 11:30 am. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8 pm above Monticello State bank, with Royal Neighbors picnic at noon. Summer band concert at the pool at 8 pm.
Courthouse records list a June 24 sale for Jalin Printing Company Monticello DeSoto and buyers Arlo or Kathryn McCormick Olin Ford Aliene Gerdsdorf Anamosa Chevrolet Dillon or Vivian Holcomb Martello Chrysler Charles R Wink Oxford Junction Chevrolet. A June 26 sale involves Charles or Rose Wink Oxford Junction Chevrolet Wilford A Lees Monticello Imperial.
A 1961 auto driven by 17 year old Albert H Hanssen of Scotch Grove struck a parked 1950 auto owned by Walter Ehlis on West First street Tuesday at 9 pm. Hanssen was charged with speeding. Ehlis reported $200 damage to his car and $150 to the Hanssen vehicle.
Monticello seeks contestants for the Korn Karnival queen pageant to be held Thursday July 25. Nominations due July 6 at the city clerk’s office. Entrants must be 15 to 20 years old and unmarried with a photo and sketch of interests. The 1957 queen will be crowned by last year’s winner Judy Hollar.
The cornet section will be featured in Buglei s Holiday at a summer band concert tonight at the swimming pool area. Director Ray Stumbaugh announced Judy Sutherland will sing a vocal Bello Young Love with a girls quartet and band accompaniment. The program includes J J Richards marches America Blue Devil Mounties Athenian Festival Twitters March Buglers Holiday Rainbow March Bathsheba Bombshell March Young Love Ballyhoo March El Dorado South Hi Stepper March and Star Spangled Banner.
Thirteen boys apply for membership in the reorganized Boy Scout Troop 61. The first meeting in Zion Lutheran Church activity room was led by Scout Master Truman Ellifson with troop committee chair Dr Elmer Rexsted and assistants Gene Hamilton and Richard McCalmant. Registrants include Terry Chandlee Terry Campbell Robert Dugsanek James Gronewold Gere Hamilton Eddy Husmann Gary Koranda Ronald Leitz Donis Somerville Denny Somerville Ronnie Mortensen Wayne Saytern and David Sullivan. A troop committee meeting followed and charter night with investiture is set for Monday July. Present were Clifford Dirks Rev R F Gronewold Allison Fishwild George Hansen Dr Elmer Rexsted Truman Ellifson Royal Snyder Robert Somerville and Willam Griffig Cedar Rapids area director.
Ten-year-old Cubs and fathers in Jones county are invited to Camp Wanbeek for Dad and Son Day this summer. Two sessions, Saturday June 29 and Saturday August 3, run from 2 pm to dusk. Harley Bensom of Cedar Rapids chairs the Hawkeye Area council event introducing Cub Scouting activities with craft demonstrations, swimming, archery, fire building, tenting, cooking and relays.
A county wide tour to view conservation practices in Martelle Olin and Oxford Junction areas will be conducted Tuesday July 9 by Cris H Randolph county wa nk conservationist and Joe Lege county extension director The event is sponsored by the Soil Conservation Service the soil district and the Extension Service Participants will meet at the Farm Bureau building in Anamosa at 9 a m The tour includes farms near Ang o ma Martelle and Morley with terraced fields strip cropping waterways and concrete tile outlets A picnic lunch will be on the Olin school grounds followed by visits to oat plots and birdsfoot trefoil pasture The final stop is at the George Shimerda farm near Oxford Junction showcasing runoff water diversion ponds terraces waterways wildlife planting and contour field arrangements
The 1947 report shows Jones County gains in monies and credits to 5 004 106 from 4 826 249 with personal property up to 8 486 000 and real estate at 887 lines. Bank stocks rose to 2 188 395 in 1957 led by Monticello with 1 368 294 and Anamosa second at 332 31. Anamosa tops monies and credits at 1 139 380, up 31 603 from last year. Monticello adds 21 660 to 2 070 949 in monies and credits. Cattle on feed totals 15 923, Richland township leads with 2 695 steers. Real estate peaks in Anamosa at 2 599 009, Monticello second at 2 507 355.
The Mon Ticello public school hot lunch program served about 65 000 meals in the 1956 57 year. Milk totals reached 118 621 half pints with meals sold for 2 cents and a penny cover for straws and napkins. Operating costs were 20 398 05 dollars with receipts 269 39 over cost, and per lunch cost was 25 cents.
The Eastern Iowa Milking Shorthorn parish will hold its annual show and picnic with the state Milking Shorthorn picnic Saturday July 6 at the Great Jones County fairgrounds Monticello. Cat tle judging starts 10 30 a m A 4 H show and junior judging contest will be held A Wasket dinner served at noon with ice cream and a drink furnished by the association
Phylis Byers Fowler of Jones county received a four month suspended sentence in Jones county district court for malicious injury to personal property stemming from a June 23 incident at the Hasterly hotel in Anamosa. The term was suspended for good behavior on state recommendation. appeal bond set at $1,000.
Perfect attendance and long-time membership awards were presented to Monticello Lions Club members at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. Henry Adams received 15 years, and 10-year pins went to Marvin Chevalier Dale Adams Pat First Neal Hayden Bernard Kuriger Les Linn and Otto Smith. Chevalier Prull and Irving Hintz earned sponsors for two new members. International counselor C F Shimanek distributed awards. Thirty-two members earned perfect attendance pins for the 1966 57 club year. New officers for 1957 58 were Dr Jones president Dr Perkins vice president Vance Stead secretary Chevalier treasurer Dale Adams tail twister Patten Lion Jamer Stumbaugh and Henry Adams directors. Russell Eldred Morley state representative spoke on 1957 bills. guest William J Bailey Anamosa Jones County supervisor attended.
Hopkinton hosted the Lenox college alumni picnic with a potluck dinner in the Presbyterian church dining room. Beth McGlade Finlay was elected chairman and E. A. Dunlap re-elected secretary for the 1958 event. Local and out-of-town alumni attended, with talks by Mervin Blanchard, Mabel Binney, and others.
Larry Gordon 21 year old Olin Navy man suffered fractured ribs and a broken jaw after his 1957 station wagon hit a light pole and tree on Main Street at 2 am Wednesday. He was taken to Mercy hospital Anamosa for treatment. Sheriff Dreibelbis stated investigation remains incomplete and cause of loss of control is undetermined.
Portewig of Stanwood reported his 1949 Ford stolen Friday night. Sheriff Dreibelbis said the missing vehicle with plates removed was found Sunday morning by Jim Krouse on the George Hoult property northwest of Amber.
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