Births And Police Court Notes From Monticello Region
Birth notices list Aleths born February twenty three to Patrick Huber Hopkinton a girl February twenty four to Lynn Ritter Monticello a bay baby February twenty five to Benny McQuirk Olin a girl February twenty seven to John Kremer Cascade a boy birth notices also name Donald Bertling Monticello a boy and Allan Merfeld Cascade a girl and Marlyn Green Hopkinton a boy Police Court records show judge M E McCrabb handling parking violations with numerous fines and costs assessed to residents of Monticello Hopkinton Cascade Edgewood and surrounding areas.
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John Me
Donald Hospital
Patrick Huber
Hopkinton
Lynn Ritter
Monticello
Bay
Benny McQuirk
Olin
John Kremer
Cascade
Donald Bertling
Allan Merfeld
Marlyn
Green
M. E. McCrabb
Virgil Offerman
Kenneth Wilson
Robert H. Clark
Richard Eby
William Klosterman
Phillip Carradus
Kathryn Loop
Jones County records first traffic fatality of 1966
The first traffic fatality of 1966 occurred in Jones County at 12 15 p m Tuesday Edith Hocum 71 Route 1 Springville was killed instantly when her car collided with a gas transport truck at the intersection of highways 15 and 14 near Anamosa Her husband Edwin was injured and taken to Anamosa Community hospital truck driver Harvey Fritz 41 Epworth not injured Investigating officers said Mrs Hocum who was west bound on highway 64 stopped at a stop sign then pulled into the truck’s path Officials noted recent accidents at the intersection following a bypass opening and added signals and markings The Hocum Rambler was a total loss and the truck sustained about 200 damage Ten fatalities were recorded in Jones County during 1965
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Jones 151
Anamosa
Hocum County
Eawin
Hocum
Springville
Jones County
Edith Hocum
Route 1
County beef banquet set for Mar 24 in Monticello
The Jones county Beef Producers Assn sponsors the annual county beef banquet to be held March 24 at the Youth Center in Monticello. State Senator Max Milo Mills of Marshalltown will speak. dinner served family style by the 4 H Builders and entertainment by the Small Frys of Lettendorf. Tickets are available at local banks Extension office and from Beef Producers directors led by John H Hacke Bernard chair Urban Hagemen Monticello vice chair Fred Hefflefinger Olin secretary treasurer Neal Robertson Mar telle Daryl Jansen Onslow and Fred Hronik Oxford Jet.
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Jones County
Ho Iy
Tellyha Transport, Inc
Monticello
McIntyre Travel Go
Tallyha Oil Co
Big Timber Cattle Co
Lettendorf
Danny
Emmy
Brenda
Jones County 4-H Builders
Jones County Beef Producers Assn
Monticello State Bank
Dean
John H. Hacke
Bernard
Urban Hagemen
Fred Hefflefinger
Olin
Neal Robertson
Martelle
Daryl Jansen
Onslow
Fred Hronik
Oxford Jet
Jones County Court Actions Report Past Week
Four civil suits filed seven criminal actions heard and three judgments awarded in Jones county district court. Judgments include Clinton Lincoln Mercury seeking 239.23 from Thomas Hatheway for goods from 1963 to 1964, and Sherman Watson claiming 391.24 from Douglas Petersen for services in 1961. Florence Kula seeks divorce from Dennis Kula with child custody and injunction requests. Ernest Goldsmith pleads guilty to reckless driving, sentenced to 100 dollars plus costs. Donald Musak sentenced to Fort Madison for false uttering of a check, with probation and restitution. O'Brien pleads guilty to abandonment of children after a resisted officer charge. The court handled parole violation and escape motions for Calhous and Maud. Anamosa Lumber Co awarded 121.25 from Cracker, 29.21 from Newhard, and 2714 from Setzer.
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Jones County District Court
Clinton Lincoln-Mercury Csc
Clinton
Thomas Hatheway
Thos, Hatheway
Monticello
Sherman B. Watson
Douglas B. Petersen
Ernest Duane Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Anamosa Lumber Co
Leroy
Dorothy Cracker
Lyle
Patricia Newhard
Dean
Irene Setzer
Group plans 23 acre shopping center north of city
One of two men who walked off with 62 in cash from a Monticello 7 States Oil station on Feb 20 was captured in Jones County. Herbert LaBorde of Monticello is held in the county jail awaiting arraignment for larceny in the nighttime. He surrendered in Peoria and was returned by Deputy Sheriff Larry Himes and Monticello police chief Archie Wink. A second man Eddie Bowman of Scotch Grove and Victoria Yeager of Monticello are also wanted on larceny charges. Bowman, a parolee from Anamosa reformatory, worked at the station at the time.
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Monticello
Jones Couny
Herbert LaBorde
Jones County
LaBorde
Peoria
Larry Himes
Monticelio
Archie Wink
Eddie Bowman
Scotch Grove
Victoria Yeager
Monticelin
Bowman
Anamosa
Agway Announces Monticello Shopping Center Project
William Ankrum of Agway Inc announces a 23 acre Monticello site on Highway 151 for a new shopping center set to begin about April 15 with completion planned for fall 1966. The project aims to boost Monticello’s growth as a regional center near Cedar Rapids and the Quad Cities, with 25 associates as investors and ongoing progress reports to follow.
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Away, Inc
Mofticello
Monticello
Wiliam Ankrum
Agway, Inc
Highway 151
Ankrum
Lights Shot Out Sparking Attention in Monticello and Anamosa
Iowa Electric Light & Power reports about 22 street lights shot out over the weekend in Monticello and Anamosa. A city ordinance bans throwing projectiles from any sling or similar device at streets or public places, with penalties up to 30 days imprisonment or a $100 fine. Police urge tips on perpetrators as Bargain Roundup and Family Days at Wears Inc promise refreshments, prizes, and displays of farm equipment and trucks Friday and Saturday.
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Monticello
Anamosa
Walter Zubler
Iowa Electric Light & Power Co
Wears Inc
Cliff Wears
Wears
Third Annual Monticello Sports Show Planned for April 16 17
Plans for the Monticello Conservation club sponsored event include April 16 and 17 at the Youth Center with 2500 in prizes. Highlights feature fly tying demonstrations, BB skeet range, archery and casting demos, shell loading, factory reps, color outdoor movies, live music by The Westernaires and Dies Ketelzen, a Jaycees lunch counter, and exhibitor displays across boats motors trailers gear and more. All proceeds support local outdoor recreation projects.
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Monticello
Poors
Monticello Conservation Club
Lacey Gee
Wapsie Fly Co
Independence
Westernaires
Dies Ketelzen
Monticello Jaycees
Jones county selects weed commissioners in 1966 session
The Jones county Board of Supervisors met February 23 and appointed weed commissioners Ed Meter for the north of highway 64 and west of 136, Neal Bright for the south of 64. Compensation is 1.70 dollars per hour with 10 cents per mile. Bonds for Truman Langager, county engineer, and Dr A P Randolph, county health physician, were approved, along with the annual county Conservation board report and Raphael Nelers fourth quarterly report as justice of the peace.
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Jones County Board of Supervisors
Ed Meter
Monticello
Neal Bright
Truman Langager
A. P. Randolph
County Conservation Board
Raphael Nelers
Monticello High Students Sweep District Speech Contest
Four of seven Monticello Community High School entrants won first place at the district speech contest held Saturday at LaSalle High School in Cedar Rapids and advance to the state contest March 19 in Grinnell. Charlotte Tobiason won humorous declamation for The Bear Story, Cindy Mlerks took storytelling, Jane Sara earned interpretive prose with selections from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, and Lars Renken earned interpretive poetry.
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Monticello Community High School
LaSalle High School
Cedar Rapids
Grinnell
Charlotte Tobiason
Cindy Mlerks
Jane Sara
Charles Dickens
Lars Renken
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Delhi
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Wyoming
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Marshalltown
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Mempers
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Lowe
Moncieella High School
Jones District Court
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Wayne
Charlene Dolan
Florence Powers Kula
Dennis Frank Kula
Donald DB. Musak
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
John Patrick O'Brien
O'Brien
Jake E. Williams
Reformatory
Theodore Chester Calhous
Gary Maud
Monticello, Iowa
Mumber
MHS
Henry Bemrose
Bob Kehoe
Lawa
Meredith Willan
Winthrop
Gary
Maclanthe
Lauren Wilken
Fig
Lois Renken
Meredith Willana
Doug Schneker
Mason City
Ceneral School Audiorium
MHS Music and Dramatics
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