Balster to lead Monticello Rotary club in 1950s
Les Balster of Scotch Grove was elected president of the Monticello Rotary club with Jack Knopp as vice president and Ray Kleinow on the board. All take office July 1 as Royal Hunt retires to the board. Retiring members include Jerry Naylor. Glenn Van Etten spoke on special education and a Monticello high school work study class for slower students, praising its outcomes and noting alternatives with high costs. Don Sutherland chaired the program at St Luke's Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Balster
Scotch Grove
Monticello
Monticello Community High School
van Etten
Don Sutherland
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Police Court Docket Reports Bad Checks and Licenses
From the official docket Judge M E McCrabb orders in police court: Bad check case against David J Wilson with a $15 bond. David George Oxford Junction pays check costs and case dismissed. Improper registration noted for Murray Hassler Walnut Illinois with $10 costs. Keith Oldfather cited for hunting license failure with $10 costs. False drawing and uttering a check charged against Phillip C Hoover Cedar Rapids, bond set at $250. David George Oxford Junction pays costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. McCrabb
David J. Wilson
David George
Oxford Jct
Murray Hassler
Walnut
Ill
Keith Oldfather
Phillip C. Hoover
Cedar Rapids
Library Adds 22 New Books
Monticello public library welcomes twenty two new titles for readers of all ages. Beginning reader selections include Bing Bang Pig Murphey and The Animal Hat Shop Murphey. Adult shelves gain Better Homes and Garden volumes and Forever Free by Sterling. Juvenile picks feature The Golden Name Day Lindquist and Across Five Aprils Hunt. Induction notices and local fines are listed among the remaining items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public Library
Bing-Bang Pig
Murphey
Hillert
Animal Hat Shop
Berg
Barefoot Boy
Miklowitz
Todd
Sterling
Lindquist
Wilder
Brooklyn
Rose
Hunt
Dickson
Frontiers of America
James
Garstang
Jones County career day and community events calendar
A schedule lists events for March in Monticello and Anamosa including the 4-H Career Day at Strawberry Hill school, Navy and Army recruiters, Rotary and Lions dinners, Jaycees and Pythian Sisters meetings, Royal Neighbors, and MHS production of Brigadoon. Also notes Driver examinations and Camp Fire board and meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Strawberry Hill School
Anamosa
Navy
Monticello
Rotary
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Lions
Poplar Heights
Jaycees
Pythian Sisters
VFW
Yo-Ag
Central School
Shannon
Onslow
League of Women Voters
Greater
MHS
Surprise party marks 30th wedding anniversary at Temple Hill hall
Saturday gatherings near Anamosa and Dubuque feature visits among DeMoss, Radloff, Sandt and Wagner families. Neighbors and relatives, including Rex DeMoss and Peggy Wagner, attend events and share family time at local homes and convents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Sandt
Dubuque
Nick Radloffs
Sandt
Mina Radloff
Joe Strang
Temple Hill Hall
Marvin Wagner
Peggy
Michael Ann
Sacred Heart Convent
Fillmore
Peggy Wagner
Mary Margene
Mount St. Francis
Ed Oberbroeckling
Theodore
St. Columbkilles
MV Students Win 14 One Ratings In District Speech
Maquoketa Valley high school had 29 entries in the district speech contest at Stormont Saturday and received 14 one ratings. These students will represent MV in the state contest March 20. Speech contestants were coached by Mrs. Myrna McLaughlin and Lloyd Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa Valley High School
Stormont
Myrna McLaughlin
Lloyd Adams
Jim Lux
Bruce Maurer
Kathy Schmidt
Sue Slick
Scott Ortberg
Dawn Carlson
Sharon Timmer
Walter Johnson
Larry Shover
Terry Oelke
Marilyn Miller
Tom Oehler
Robert Wendt
Don Porter
Steve Sperfslage
Bob King
Curt Courtney
Cecelia Gibbs
Joyce Domeyer
Wyoming Doctor to Open Office Hours Starting March Ninth
Dr. Jack Randolph, associate of Drs. Myers and Caraway in Monticello, will maintain Wyoming office hours two afternoons weekly beginning March 9 in the former Dr. C. R. Smith offices. He will be in Wyoming Tuesday Thursday and Saturday afternoons next week and on those days each week thereafter, while keeping Monticello hours on other days. Wyoming has gone without a doctor since Dr. Smith's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Jack Randolph
Monticello
Smith
Fire destroys Onslow farm home near Onslow
Lloyd Fadley suffered facial burns from a Wednesday evening fire that destroyed his farm house and contents near Onslow. Firemen stopped the blaze from spreading to nearby structures. the injuries were not reported as serious and investigators believed an oil heater caused the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Lloyd Fadley
Cornell College hosts 51 seniors for King scholarship tests
Lucinda Skelley of Monticello High School joined 50 other finalists at Cornell College last weekend for interviews and testing to qualify for William Fletcher King scholarships. The awards, the college’s top honor for entering students, go to eight recipients who may receive up to 5600 dollars a year for four years of undergraduate study. Others are considered for additional Cornell scholarships.
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Lucinda Skelley
Arthur Skelley
Monticello High School
Cornell College
William Fletcher King
Cornell
King
Fire damages hit Monticello businesses and apartments
A glare ice Tuesday enabled skating in Jones county while a fire heavily damaged Coast to Coast store and adjacent buildings in Monticello. Owners including Don Schoon and J G Schoon anticipate rebuilds as fire marshal and insurers assess the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Bill Ponder
Herschel Ponder
Monticello
Freese Motors Weekly Feature Promoted by Freese Motors
Freese Motors announces a new weekly feature Meet our Service Department to spotlight a service employee each week with a shop special. Louie Freese says the series will run weekly in the Express starting this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freese Motors
The
Express
Louie Freese
Monticello students win seven I ratings in district meet
Seven Monticello High School students earned I ratings at the district speech contest in Bellevue. Winners include Charlotte Tobiason Mary McLaughlin Sue Bone Linda Brighton Ron Wright and Nancy Baresel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Community High School
Bellvue
Charlotte Tobiason
Mary McLaughlin
Sue Bone
Linda Brighton
Ron Wright
Nancy Baresel
Ann Robertson
Pat Wild
Sharyl Eden
Dick Behrends
Donna Good
Dick Wahl
Marilyn Wahl
Connie Schneiter
Tenhoff Transferred to Schultz Store in Hobart Ind
Brad Tenhoff, longtime Schultz Bros. employee since September 1964, has been transferred from Monticello to the Schultz Bros. company store in Hobart Indiana after the Monticello store was destroyed by fire. Manager in Hobart is Mr. Thomas, who led Monticello’s store about two decades ago. Tenhoff is the son of Mr and Mrs Harold Tenhoff and a 1964 Monticello Community High School graduate.
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Brad Tenhoff
Schultz Bros
Monticello
Hobart
Ind
Gary
Tenhoff
Indiana
Thomas
Harold Tenhoff
Monticello Community High School
Wears Opens Open House With Farm Implements Display
Wears, Inc. announces an Open House and Bargain Roundup on March 10 and 11 featuring new farm equipment and machinery. Cliff Wears invites friends and customers to visit for pancakes and coffee from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Door prizes and Lucky Horseshoe Awards will be awarded during the two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wears, Inc
Cliff Wears
Monticello High to stage Brigadoon in Central auditorium
Monticello high school's all school production of Brigadoon will be staged March 11 and 12 in the Central school auditorium. The 78 member cast will be supported by stage crews including production staff: Student director Nancy Baresel. construction Gary Brokens Don Neill Julian Ponder Randy Monk Susan Peters Marilyn Wahl Bob Williams Ron Balsiger Chuck Hubbard Sandi Bronemann Jerry Husmann makeup Quan Tran Lucille Barnts Cathie Herr Linda Brockers Dianne Buckner Linda Eggers June Smith Trudy Dickman Linda Smith Lois Renden Wanda Gray Props Sandy Harms Jean Edwards Donna Hugh Bonnie Lambert. Fire officials checked the site Sunday morning after heavy smoke and fire damage in the business district with zero visibility at times.
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Monticello High School
Central School
Nancy Baresel
Gary Brokens
Don Neill
Julian Ponder
Randy Monk
Susan Peters
Marilyn Wahl
Bob Williams
Ron Balsiger
Chuck Hubbard
Sandi Bronemann
Jerry Husmann
Quan Tran
Lucille Barnts
Cathie Herr
Linda Brockers
Dianne Buckner
Linda Eggers
June Smith
Trudy Dickman
Linda Smith
Lois Renden
Wanda Gray
Sandy Harms
Jean Edwards
Donna Hugh
Bonnie Lambert
Sacred Heart Students Sweep District Speech Firsts at Bellevue
Four Sacred Heart High School students won firsts at the Bellevue district speech contest with I ratings. Ann Schwendinger and Sue Strittmatter earned firsts in dramatic and humorous declamation, Mary Kay Takes in interpretive poetry, and Elen Strittmatter in interpretive prose will advance to state. Additional II ratings were earned by Beth Becker Loretta Takes Sheila Kuriger Stephen Locher and Eleanor Chapman in various categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart High School
Bellevue
Ann Schwendinger
Sue Stritt
Mary Kay
Elen Strittmatter
Beth Becker
Loretta Takes
Sheila Kuriger
Stephen Locher
Eleanor Chapman
Sacred Heart
Mary Hyacinth
OSF
Mary Thomas
James Klein
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