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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1965
Page
9
In Monticello high school performing arts groups stage Brigadoon in MacConnachy Square with performances March 11 and 12 at 8 PM in Central school auditorium. Cast includes Meg and Jeff in key scenes as villagers barter and mingle in a magical Scottish setting.
Seventy five Jones County 4 H members attended a Saturday Career Day at Straw berry Hill School Anamosa with sessions on agricultural and non agricultural tracks for boys and girls. Glenn Holmes ISU education specialist opened with Choosing a Career followed by group discussions and lunch entertainment by The Stompers. Additional sessions featured trade and business schools with Cedar Rapids Vocational Technical schools DeVry and U S Trade School among others and nursing beauty and secretarial tracks for girls.
Iowa tax release shows Monticello quarter sales at 2 123 040 with Dec 31 1964 period. Anamosa total 2 286 613 includes Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Cooperative customers. Jones County total 5 880 125 with other towns listed.
The Monticello city council in regular session agreed to a plan by Mayor E H DeShaw to have the fire department conduct a thorough inspection of all public buildings in Monticello. Ted Cowen and Ray Marolf were named to work with the fire department on procedures and costs.
About 1000 expected at the third Monticello Athletic banquet. Paul Beck named assistant principal at Monticello High for 1965-66, replacing Darold Albright who becomes high school principal. Beck, previously at MHS 1959–63 and Jefferson High Cedar Rapids 1963–65, holds a 1964 master in school administration and a 1959 Luther College bachelor’s. University of Iowa basketball squad members will be honored at the event March 15 at the Youth Center with coaches and squad listed.
All present special education teachers and specialists in Jones County have been offered contracts for the 1965 66 school year. Paul Jarman, county superintendent, said the board re elected all personnel. two resignations were submitted. Contracts or resignations are due by March 22.
A truck driver from Joplin claimed his 20 ton cheese cargo was hijacked near Monticello after being knocked unconscious by a blow. FBI concluded the driver was overcome by gas fumes from a leaky manifold, explaining the reported hijacking and prompting a hospital check.
Ticket sales for the third annual Monticello Athletic banquet show strong demand with 800 attendance last year and plans to serve 1,000 this year. Ralph Miller of the State University of Iowa will be the featured speaker at the Youth Center, with honors for Monticello and Sacred Heart high schools and the SUI squad.
Monticello High School senior Steve Miehe selected for the 1965 American Youth Band Chorus European tour. The group, directed by James H. Smith, will perform in 10 European cities, including Paris and London, with rehearsals in Washington before departure.
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