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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1958
Page
5
Monticello minutes list weekly meetings and events including League of Women Voters and Farmers Union venues, and officers elections for VAW Auxiliary and FLW. Unemployment representative, driver exams, and four square dance training are slated. Births and fines reported by local authorities accompany the schedule.
Three Monticello public high school students earned division 1 ratings at the district speech contest in Marion, advancing to the state event atGrinnell March 28 or 29. Carla Folkers interpreted reading Judy McDonald radio speaking Kan Burrichter original oratory.
A Petersons Food Mill truck slid into a roadside ditch about a half mile west of Monticello on county road A Wednesday afternoon. Driver Rudolph J. Zimmerman swerved to avoid a crosswise car driven by Bernnard Buel of Anamosa in a 1952 auto, but no injuries occurred. Most spilled corn was recovered. Hollywood garage pulled the truck free.
The 1958 Salvation Army drive will start shortly led by Chauncey E. Robinson as chairman of the local service unit committee. The campaign funds support social programs from visitation to the poor and sick, maternity homes, low cost hotels, employment bureaus, and day care centers with portions staying for local urgent needs. Oversight on the drive includes Miss N. M. Hoffman as treasurer and committee members Mrs. James Hollar Dr. Karl M. Keyes Dr. Frank E. Patterson Sam Schuetz Glenn Hargrave Frank G. Williams and Boyd Shannon.
Four Gentz brothers participate in a joint service air sea and land exercise with the Third Marine Division in the Philippines during the first week of March. The assault involves the First Marine Air Wing Seventh Fleet and Camp Pendleton units at Din galon Bay. Other Gentz brothers serve in the Army and Air Force, with postings in Germany and Oklahoma.
Jones County Farm Service hosts a fertilizer usage and application discussion and demonstration at the Arm Bureau building in Anamosa on Tuesday March 11 at 7 80 pm. Attendees should bring soil samples and questions. Speakers include Jon I Legs Jones County extension director Bill Oschwald Cedar Rapids soil laboratory and John Burton agronomist for Lowi Bara Supply.
Jones county officials map a tentative Monticello Community district covering 235 square miles across four townships in Jones and parts of three more in Delaware county. The plan includes talks with neighboring districts, potential incorporation of Washington and Richland townships into other districts, and a preliminary hearing set for Maquoketa Valley in Delaware county. The proposal cites valuations, pupil counts, and rural urban ratios to gauge impact on Monticello public schools and future enrollment.
Three Monticello area students at the State University of Iowa earned RA or better in first semester courses and received invitations to the Smarty Party. Joyce Roberson, a nursing senior from Monticello, Carolyn Moran, a liberal arts junior from Cascade, and Catherine Olmanns, a liberal arts freshman from Anamosa, are invited to the luncheon at the Iowa Memorial Union on Saturday March 15.
The city of Monticello becomes owner of its sewage disposal plant and retires the $35,000 bond with interest, while plans to retire the $87,500 Community building bonds push ahead. Total interest on related bonds runs into thousands, with final retirements projected across 1963 to 1965. Parallel bond issues amounting to $225,000 face $44,403.35 in interest.
Glenn Brokaw of Anamosa is the second person to seek the Jones county clerk of court post. He recently filed nominating papers with Auditor George Specht. John Pearson of Anamosa had already announced his candidacy. Current clerk W. Leigh Pearson will not seek re election.
A petition for divorce was filed March 4 in Clerk of Court Leigh Person’s office by Maxine R. Boomhower against A. J. Boomhower of Morley. The couple, married June 29 1968 in Amery Minnesota, have no children.
Surplus commodities will be distributed to needy Jones County families Thursday March 13 in the basement of the Anamosa courthouse beginning at 8 am. County welfare director Mrs. Kari Rummell announced the plan.
Cascade figure John Lane vice president of Jones County Farmers Union and former Town National Farmers Organization director will speak at a regular Hardin County Farmers Union meeting on Wednesday. He will attend as a delegate to the national Farmers Union convention in Denver later this month.
The Monticello Camp Fire plans its annual father daughter banquet at the Community raiding Tuesday evening March 18. Camp Fire girls will attend Sunday services in their uniforms with Catholic girls at Sacred Heart and Presbyterian girls at the Presbyterian church as both hold multiple services.
The Red Cross fundraising drive runs March 10 to 21 with a $2,200 goal in Monticello and eight north Jones county townships. Rev. Arnold Schlueter says 150 volunteers canvas door to door and donations go to both local and national chapters.
The joint Jones county conference of the American Legion and Auxiliary will be held at Monticello Thursday evening March 20. Memorial services for veterans who died since 1952 will be conducted. Attendees include state commander Vincent J. Maxheim and district leaders from Clinton Dubuque and Lisbon among others. County Commander Howard Jarto of Oxford Junction will preside.
The annual FFA parent son banquet will be held in the Community building on Tuesday March 11. Highlights include crowning the sweetheart a Star Chapter Farmer named, a talk by Bob Patten farm manager for the Monticello State Bank and former vocational instructor, and awards for beer dairy swine corn and record book. Special guests include Vaney Stead principal Boyd Shannon superintendent with invitations sent to the WAPLAS chapter and charter members. The menu features ham potatoes corn relish milk coffee rolls butter and pie a la mode.
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