Monticello News Highlights From Five Decades Ago
Nominations open for Monticello entry in Center Jet Korn carnival queen contest. Judy Hollar was Monticello 1956 queen. VFW conducts flag ceremonies in business district on national days. Bride June 21: Alice Jones wed Ronald Rhatigan. Delphian club funds oxygen tent for John McDonald Hospital. Ray Hayes earns Milwaukee Road Silver Pass after 45 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Judy Hollar
VFW
Alice Jones
G. M. Jones
Ronald Rhatigan
Paul Jacobs
W. C. Jacobs
Bellflower
Calif
John McDonald Hospital
Delphian Club
Ray Hayes
Milwaukee Road
Lenox College Alumni Reunion Draws Large Hopkinton Attendance
A big turnout of Lenox college alumni and friends gathered in Hopkinton for the annual reunion on Saturday. Among those attending were former teachers Mrs. E V Laughlin of Port Arthur Texas and Mabel Binney of Woodstock Ohio. The oldest graduating class represented was 1901 with two of its four surviving members present Mrs Elle Campbell Wheeless and Mrs Mauc Joseph Smith both of Hopkinton. Also present were Mrs Alice Crawford Meinzer of Washington DC and Rev Arthur Wittenberger of Hopkinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Lenox College
E. V. Laughlin
Port Arthur
Tex
Mabel Binney
Woodstock
Ohio
Elle Campbell Wheeless
Mauc Joseph Smith
Alice Crawford Meinzer
Washington, D. C
Arthur Wittenberger
Presbyterian Church
Melvin Blanchard
Helen Johnson
Methodist Church
Shirley Gates
Muriel Hall
Gladys Carson
Pearl Bryan
Bernard Minert
John Hall
Gloria Lux
Angie Marolf
Myrtle Talmadge
Maud Joseph Smith
Vida Bruts
Randy Davis
Albert Parson
University Hospital
Iowa City
Amos J. Richardson
Monticello Hospital
Walter Richardson
A. J. Richardson
Leo Melchert
Matt Melchert
Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Marshall Neil
Frances
Mabel Biiney
Marsbell Briney White
Coshocton
Social roundup highlights visits and family gatherings in Buck Creek
Mrs. Robert Hoffman of Bo Gota Colombia visits her grandfather Clell Moulton and other relatives. Various dinners and breakfasts honor Mrs. Hoffman with family from Bedford Clinton Ottumwa Hyattsville Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. A Hopkinton Memorial park picnic and piano recital attendance round out a weekend of hospitality and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Carr
Gayle
Cedar Rapids
Harlan Johnston
Joyce
Jim
Gene Moulton
Clell Moulton
Clelland Moulton
Eldon Mangold
Stanton
Calif
Dale Mangold
Dale
Eldon Mangolds
Mangold
Thril Park
Manchester
Marcus Kehoe
Loras Kehoe
Margaret Drummy
LeClerc-Porter
Coggan
Everett Beitz
Raymond Porter
Lew Porter
Buck Creek
Robert Hoffman
Roberta Moulton
Bogota
Columbia
South America
Hoffman
East Circle
Mesdames Caryl Ross
Monticello
Tom Wilson
Henry Wilson
Bedford
Joe Moulton
Dwight
Clinton
Hopkinton Memorial Park
E. A. Wimmer
Ottumwa
Ronald Taylor
Seymour
Bruce Johnston
West Union
David Broadrich
Gladys Riley
Hyattsville, Md
Olie Cramer
Delhi
Herbert Gearhart
Debbie
Des Moines
Marie Bacon
Paul Gearhart
Dee Marie
Mrs. Bacon
Ethel Miller
Kenneth Bacon
Ray Saunders
Maureen Fenske
Cher Saunders
St. Paul
Paul
Bud) Saunder
Wyoming
Karen Barrigar
Susan
Kathy Sheppard
Carl DeWoody
Carrie
Chas
de- Woody
Coggon
Leo Saunders
de- Woodys
Arthur Houston
Pam
Hazel Houston
Virgil
Oxford Jct Mother Daughter Tea at Lutheran church
A mother daughter tea was held at the Oxford Jct Lutheran church led by Martha circle and L L McCreight with readings, prayers, and duets. Awards honored oldest and youngest mothers, equal with grandmothers, and a tea followed with Verna Mowry presiding. visitors from Berea Ohio and families from Tucson, Milwaukee, Clinton, Anamosa attended weekend events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Jct
Lutheran Church
Martha Circle
L. L. McCreight
John Miller
George Oster
Robert Nowachek
Pam Nowachek
Cinday Steffens
Verna Mowry
T. J. Birdsall and
Clara Clausen
George Cress
InterLocken
Mich
Clausen
Cress
Michigan
Tom Hanwardsen
Dorothy Barker
Orlando
Fla
Roswell Garth
Coon Rapids
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Gene Byers
Yours
Co. F. Shimanek
Sinclair
REM
First Presbyterian Church
David Walker
A. F. Walker
Walker
Muncie
Ind
Ernie Becker
Knights of Columbus
Camp Waubeek
Ralph Bader
Wallace Schneider
Bud Burris
Bud McNeill
George Coxsee
George Hines
Gerald Taylor
Leslie Burrichter
William Thomas
Merle Cass
Esther
Europe
Paul J. Kehoe
L. A. Iverson
Cecil L. Goettsch
Gladbrook
St Louis
Leroy Clark
Lucy Bryant
Mt Vernon
Floyd Brackney
Center Point
Mt. Vernon
Public Library Board
O. H. Soetje
Peter Meyer
Jones County
Court House
Anamosa
White Sox
Dodgers
City Park
Panthers
Rainbow Girls
Monti Cubs
U.S. Navy
Indians
Giants
City
St. Luke's Methodist Church
American Legion
Legion Rooms
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Farm Home Adm
LDS
National Rifle Association
Monticello Fliers Club, Inc
Masonic Lodge
AF & AM
American Legion Auxiliary
California
Clifford French
Tennessee
Smart Brokaw
LaCrosse
Wis
Paul Melrose
Iris Statler Jones
Concord
Rachel Stanger Brubaker
Dallas
Frances Laughlin
Laura Wheeless Morgan
Minneapolis
Rhodes
Gladys Bradke Herington
Gladys Pulver Hucker
Presbyterian
Methodist
Miss Fenske
Roger Smith
Gordon Smith
Roy Williams
Mr. Saunder
Leo
John
Roy, Paul
Lyle Saunders
Chester Saunders
St Paul
St. Anthony Park Lutheran Church
Fairview Ridge
Freeman Smith
Richardson
Ellis Park
Chet Saunders
St Paul, Minn
Laverne Roberg
Maquoketa
Frank Davis
Norman Appleby
Betty Appleby
Delma Smith
Diane
Donna Beitz
Bob Glynn
CTV Services
Zenith
Hetzler-Copley Agency
Business and Professional Directory
H. Elvin Erdahl
Attorney At Law
North Cedar Street
Dial
Locher, Locher & Strittmatter
Attorneys At Law
Locher
Insurance Service
Rex Schrader
Lowell Bldg
Louie Hanken
Scotch Grove
Don Kaiser
South
Sycamore
Cameron Hill
7Th Ave
Marion
Drake
C. R. Hosford
D.D.S
Iowa Electric
Baty-Hoffman
Dial HO
Iowa
Chester A. Condit
General Insurance
Paul W. Priest
Bud
Bud Reynolds
Arthur G. Riedel
Langworthy
American Vision Institute
Marie Lasack
Joan Shumacker
Chicago
Adolph Lasack
A. T. Murphy
Milwaukee
Ervin Hansen
Robert Mizaur
Roy Russell
John Russell
Accordian
Stuhler Clothing Store
Boddicker School OF Music
Ladies & Fellows
Monricello
Bane sWinleee
Chevrolet
MONZA
Corvair Monza 4
Voila
Chevy
K &P
Chevrolet -Olds CO
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