Local Officers Nab Fugitive at Maquoketa River
Clinton youth Larry Brewster, 18, sought by Dubuque Jackson and Clinton authorities, was captured by Jones County Sheriff Lewis Dreibelbis and Patrolman Kenneth Carter while wading the Maquoketa River near Monticello. He received a 10 year sentence after being held in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Dubuque
Jackson
Clinton County
Larry Brewster
Jones County
Lewis Dreibelbis
Kenneth Carter
Maquoketa
Monticello
Brewster
Anamosa
Clintor County
Burt Sims
Sims
North
Sheriff's Office
Jones County Fairground
Worthington
Wagner
Alberta Wiese
Savanna
Ill
Worthington - Dyersville - Cascade
Local Births And Marriage Notices In Jones County
Births reported from John Mc Donald hospital this week include six newborns: two girls for Stoddard and Hunt families in Anamosa and Worthington, Central City girls for Pillard and Carpenter, and a Coggan boy for Zieser. Marriage licenses issued in Jones County list six couples with ages and hometowns, including Anamosa and Cedar Rapids entries. New cars and trucks registered with the Jones county treasurer show buyers in Anamosa Monticello and Davison Chemical Division in Monticello listing Chevrolet Rambler and Chrysler models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Robert Stoddard
Anamosa
Clyde Hunt
Worthington
Merle Pillard
Central City
Lyle Carpenter
Ken Zieser
Coggan
Jones County Clerk of Court
Robert Leo Walderbach
Bonnie Sue Goldsmith
Marilyn Lee Bowen
Reinbeck
Sally L. Campbell
Donald H. Junge
Hiawatha
Beatrice D. Fox
Cedar Rapids
Ray Huff
Whittier
Arlys McCleary
William James McDonough
Monticello
Elizabeth Catherine Strang
Cascade
Jones County
John W. Mortensen
Chevrolet
W. R. Grace & Co
Davison Chemical Division
Louie Zimmerman
Chrysler
Everett
Ethel Nichol
Rambler
Scouts Head to Camp Wau-Beek from Monticello
Fifteen of twenty four Monticello Boy Scouts attend an orientation at the Community building before leaving Sunday for Camp Wau-Beek, seventeen miles southwest near Centre City. They return Saturday July 8 with parent visitation Wednesday July 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Waubeek
Centre City
Monticell
Courthouse Action Updates Involving OMVI Cases
Two men were fined on OMVI charges and a third case heard as court actions continued this week. Civil actions filed include a $75,000 personal injury suit against W F Lamont and an OMVI related matter against multiple defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OMVI
Cascade
Jones County
Robert Knapp
Ray Eggers
Farmer’s Tavern
Highway 151
Monticello
LeRoy Besler
Dubuque County
W. F. Lamont
Delaware County
6th Traffic Fatality Occurred Sunday
Clarence Moulton, 53, drowned Monday night June 19 after falling from a Guttenberg sea wall. His body washed ashore Friday morning about three-quarters of a mile from the accident site. He was fishing on the Mississippi River with Roy Marolf and Paul Johnson when the incident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Clarence Moulton
Guttenberg
Clark Mouser
Moulton
Mississippi River
Roy Marolf
Paul Johnson
Moser
Clayton County
Rers
Clarence Iulton
Destroys Ridge Bridge In Country Road Fire
A wooden bridge on a country road near Monticello was destroyed by fire last Friday morning. Fire Chief Ray Marolf said rubbish in a creek bed near the old Art Zimmerman farm likely ignited the structure. An unidentified passerby notified Monticello volunteer fire department around 1 30 a.m. Firemen prevented spread and posted flares. Buck Creek area services followed with burial at Buck Creek Cemetery led by Rev. Dick Watkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Creek
Buck Creek Methodist Church
Dick Watkins
Hopkinton Methodist Church
Buck Creek Cemetery
To Let Bids For Grading of County Roads
Bids for grading work on 6481 miles of Jones county secondary roads will be opened at 10 a.m. Wednesday July 12 at the auditor's office in the courthouse in Anamosa. Roads to be surfaced with gravel span Cass Wayne Rome Hale and Wyoming townships with distances ranging from .78 to 2.08 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Auditor's
Anamosa
Cass Township
Ana
Mosa
Wayne Township
Scotch Grove
Rome
Olin
Hale Township
Wyoming Township
Two Others Are Injured in Wreck
Jones county records show a two-vehicle crash near Monticello on Amber road left Herman Schurbon dead at 37 and two others injured Terry Edwards and James Bumgartner were hospitalized with head laceration bruises and shock. Schurbon's car traveled 90 feet after impact. Funeral services were held in Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
This Farm Service Co
Terry Edwards
Anamosa
Herman Schurbon
Olin
Amber Road
Monticello
Schurbon
Terry David Edwards
James Bumgartner
LaPorte City
John McDonald Hospital
Edwards
Bum
Webelos Day at Camp Waubeek Invites Monticello Scouts
Parents of boys in Jones County invited to reserve spots for Webelos day at Scout Camp Waubeek on July 8. Hawkeye Area Council activities chairman Tom Neenan says reservations are due by July 5 with a 75 cent food charge. Event runs 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. includes archery rifle range swimming obstacle course nature trail fire building tent pitching wood stove and wildlife study. Barbecue dinner will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
Waubeek
Tom Neenan
Center Point
Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
Camp
Pastor Eldrenkamp Takes Post at St Luke's Monticello
Rev Howard J Eldrenkamp of Nora Springs began duties Sunday June 25 as pastor of St Luke's Methodist church in Monticello He previously served congregations in Preston Miles and Sabula Clinton area He is married with four children Stephen 8 1 2 Mark 7 Paul 4 and James 8 months A hearing is set for 1 30 p m Friday June 30 in the Kouba road condemnation proceedings in Wyoming township by the Jones county board of supervisors The board also approved the semi annual report of Gene Taylor Jones county treasurer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard J. Eldrenkamp
Nora Springs
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Monticello
Preston
Miles
Sabula
Clinton
Mr. Eldrenkamp
Stephen
Mark
Paul
James
Kouba Road
Wyoming Township
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Gene Taylor
Jones County
Monticello duo attend national Junior Chamber convention
Mr and Mrs Leroy Hinrichs and Jim Corwin of Monticello plus Ron Prescott of Marion attended the national Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Atlanta Georgia in June 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Hinrichs
Jim Corwin
Monticello
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Ron Prescott
Marion
Monticello School Bonds Put Up For Sale
The Monticello Community School District schedules a 750000 dollar bond sale hearing at Central School on Friday July 7 bids for two projects set for July 14. A 15 room elementary school costs 325000 and a 425000 expansion to Central School will add music shop farm shop and athletic space. Construction aims for completion by September 1962 following district approval on April 27 1960 and a writ of certiorari delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Monticello
Monticello Community School
Boyd Shannom
Special Fourth of July activities in Monticello raise holiday spirit
Monticello declares a full Fourth of July program at the fairgrounds with 9 p.m. fireworks, 6:30 p.m. Pee Wee all star game, 8 p.m. Monticello high school band concert, and a 9 p.m. Teen Hop at the Youth Center. Proceeds from a Jaycee dance fund a Youth Center stage. Other events include swimming, golf, fishing at Swan Lake, picnic areas, and free parking for 1,000. Sponsors are the American Legion, VFW, fire department, and park board. most stores and offices close all day Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Fairgrounds
White Sox
Dodgers
Giants
Swan Lake
Fairy Grounds
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fire Department
Park Board
Band Concert Headlines Soloist Paul Tobiason Tonight
Paul Tobiason is the featured vocalist for the second summer band concert tonight at 8 p.m. The event, held at the band shelter by the swimming pool, includes marches and overtures such as American Flag Parade Ark kansas School Band Magnus Overture 140th Infantry March Wayfaring Stranger Majesty of American La Golondrina Colorama South Dakota State College Wonderland by Night The University of North Dakota and Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Tobiason
Arkkansas
King
Mesang
140Th Infantry
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Lions Club
Ray Stumbaugh
Bob Patton
Ron Fritz
Frank Shimanek
Dave Miller
Men's Reformatory
Boy
John Vanourney
Daton Yousse
Martin Miller
JimClins Ferrell
Jerry Haag
Chaplin
Tom Dolan
Stan Cows
Dick White
George Snyder
la Tedrow
Dave Balster
Charles Hibard
Richard Krein
Ron Balsiger
Steve Loc Don
Jack Luensman
Don Steve McDonald
Dan Schlue
Steve Indekofer
John Willia
M All
Albert Or
Laura An Anamosa
Cadillac
Robert Hi
Minnie Seeger
Morley
William Howard
Ford
Ray Clyde Br¢ Jr
Chevrolet Tr
Huerter
Pontiac
Shimanek
IR Coney
Henry Kerg
Francis G. Barge
Gale C. Welzel
Pville
James Luensman
Justice Court
Mmccrabb
Justice of the Peace
Richard Lawrence
Jaycee
Garry Cooper
Don Appleby
Don Roeder
Don Monk
Leroy Hinrich
Sid Blair
Harold Gottleaber, Jr
Gene Steffes
Gene Adams
Glenn Cy Dickinson
Delbert A. Jennings
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Carl Heideman
Center Junction
O. J. Meade
Oxford Junction
Warren Lawrence
Jay Rodgers
Men’s Reformatory
R. R. Cameron
B. F. Baer
William T. Allen
Mary Niles
John D. Leggett
Darrell Breitenthin
B. O. Maxwell
Leggett
Joyce
Monticello, Iowa
Olin Man
Nancy Jo Swecker
Miss Swecker
Merrill Rawson
Rosalie d’Autremont
Riverside
Larry Lee Mizaur
Highway 136
Charles R. Orthberg
Albert Lea
Minn
Roberta
Gregory
Vicki
Deborah
Cheryl
Karen
Donna
Jack Claussen
Goose Lake
Lee Schoening
Milton
Lost Nation
John
Future Scouts
Camp Waubeek
Methodist Church
Board
ASC
Richard Hartwig
Neal Hayden
Phyllis Harms
Onslow
ACP
Lee M. Allen
Wyoming
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