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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1954
Page
5
Rotary members plan a Manchester meeting tied to a district golf event. A League of Women Voters board meeting is set for Tuesday at Mrs Charles Ellett s home. County records show two marriage licenses, multiple births, and sixteen new motor vehicle registrations across area towns.
The Langworthy Post Office, led by postmaster Mrs. Art Riedel, will advance from fourth to third class on July 1, boosting retirement benefits and enabling hiring of extra clerks. Stamp sales barely exceeded the required $1500 threshold, and the office now serves about 50 box holders in the Langworthy community. Other eastern Iowa offices receiving upgrades include Amana Center Point Coggon Tiffin Millersburg and Walford.
The North Jones county meeting to plan an adult 1B patch testing program for tuberculosis begins Tuesday evening led by co chairmen Mrs J H Fraser and Howard Hicks. Fred Herring and Mrs Bernice Beale of Des Moines oversee pre registration for about 12 000 to 13 000 adults in August with Mrs Marion Serbousek in charge of testing and reading.
City officials led by Councilman John Behn sprayed the town twice and the dump four times this summer to reduce flies amid a surge of mosquitoes and ants. Eilert Prull Jr. conducts the treatments using a DDT based regimen from Iowa State College experts. Monthly sprayings at the dump are planned and up to 200 dollars was approved for this year.
A compilation of residents and married names appears, including Lovell, Mrs. Robert Appleby, Mrs. Frank Schneiter, Washing ton, and Esther Sinclair, among others linked to Onslow Clay, Scotch Grove, Monticello, and Hollywood in a local notice.
Arend Balster Jr will retire Wednesday after more than 24 years as Scotch Grove postmaster. Leslie M. Balster will serve in an acting role until a permanent appointment is made following examinations. The Scotch Grove post office, opened in 1851, has grown from a 4th class office to a third class office and now serves 26 boxholders and a 392 mile rural route.
Fred J. Iben Jr. sustained a badly lacerated face and arm abrasions when his car crashed into a tractor and hay wagon blocking the road Friday around 5:30 p.m. in Monticello. The tractor, driven by Frank Peterman, was hit after Iben's view was obstructed by a hill. The tractor and hayloaf were owned by Iben's father, Fred Iben Sr.
Twenty two year old Lawrence Timothy Holmes was seriously injured Friday morning when the car he rode in flipped after skidding on Highway 34 near Monticello. The victim suffered a deep head cut brain injuries and possible paralysis while driver William Riburz escaped with minor injuries. Holmes remained unconscious with two concussions four broken vertebrae and paralysis at a Veterans Hospital in Town City.
Rev. Arnold E. Schlueter of Scottsdale has accepted a call from St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Monticello. The current pastor Rev. H. L. Adix resigns effective July 10. Schlueter plans to move within two months with his wife and three children.
Henry Adams of Monticello, member of the Jones county Board of Supervisors, was elected vice president of the Iowa State County Officers association at the state convention in Des Moines. He had previously served as president of the county supervisors association. Also honored was George Specht, Jones county auditor for 22 years and the oldest county auditor in attendance.
Ray Stumbaugh will be installed as Monticello Lions Club president, succeeding Leslie Linn. Other officers include Chester Condit as vice president, Dr Alvin Jones secretary, Rev H E Morrow treasurer, and directors Robert Patton George Nicters Carl Wolken James Bender. Past District Governor C F Shimanek will attend as honored guest.
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