Social events honor birthdays across multiple gatherings
Frank Wright was honored at his home for his birthday with dinners and afternoon calls from family and friends including Charles Wright, Mrs. Anthony Knish, John Schneiter and more. A separate 91st birthday dinner for Chris Wenger drew guests from Marshaltown and Cedar Rapids. The T.A.B. Club and bridge groups hosted birthday celebrations for Clarence Stoneking and Mrs. George Timmins while Nena and Susan Landis and Bobby Hines celebrated their birthdays with friends and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wright
Charles ‘Wright
Manchester
Anthony Knish
Terry
John Schneiter
William Wright c
Charles Sherman
Ana‘mosa
Hubert Gray
Chris Wenger
Obert Quamn
Emma Cox
Marshalltown
Ed Wenger
Luther Howland
Grant Stambaugh
Pat Stambaugh
William Stambaugh
W. T. Rieken
Herman Dirks
Fred Kness
Cedar Rapids
T.A.B. Club
Herbert Kuniz
Clarence Stoneking
George Timmins
Helen Guyan
S. S. Rhatigan
M. E. McCrabb
Nena
Susan Landis
Richard Landis
Lani Morf
Barbara Stumbaugh
Cynthia Hanken
Donna Behrends
Pamela Johnson
Pamela Peterson
Sheryl Behrends
Kim Steiner
Nancy Landis
Mrs. Landis
George Hines
Bobby
Hines
Becky Hines
Delbert Loop
Jerry Haag
Jackie Schlimmer
David Kuhns
David Luck
Larry McChristy
Donald McDonald
Jackie Luensman
Mike Lambert
Six from County Show Champions At CR Hog Show
Swine producers from Jones county dominated the Cedar Rapids Hawkeye Downs event. Helgens brothers won reserve in open division with a Poland China barrow. In juniors Galen Helgens placed fourth with Berkshire and Marvin Elliott fifth with Berkshire. In seniors Ed Harms and Son Amber earned reserve champion, Galen Harms third, Harms and Son fifth, with Otto Danneman assisting as judge committee. Vernon Werning exhibited a 207 pound Hampshire grand champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Downs
Helgens Brothers
Monticello
Poland
China Barrow
Galen Helgens
Berkshire
Marvin Elliott
Anamosa
Chester Whites
Ed Harms
Amber
Galen Harms
Harms and Son
Otto Danneman
Newhall
Vernon Werning
Hampshire
Buol Family Celebrates 25th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Buol marked their 25th wedding anniversary on Thursday March 1 with a gathering of about 30 friends and relatives. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. George L. Buol, Bill Buol, Edna Buol, Paul Buol, Herman Hoffman, Ken Serbousek, Louie Freese family, Bud Stoneking, Jack Buol, Loren Buol, Dick Finson, George Burrichter, Robert Tufts of Moline, Cleo Korns of Cedar Rapids, plus Marjorie Buol and others from Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Buol
Claire Aitchison
George L. Buol
Adam Buol
Ben Buol
Edna Buol
Paul Buol
Bill Buol
Mary Ann
Bonnie and
Leland
Herman Hoffman
Ken Serbousek
Louie Freese
Bud Stoneking
Klosterman Rites Held on March 3
Funeral services for Mrs. Lawrence Klosterman aged 42 were held Saturday at Sacred Heart church Fillmore. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. She was born May 30 1913 daughter of William and Mamie Hardin Rogers. Survived by husband four daughters Lois Jean Janice Mary four sons Carl Leo Larry Gary one sister Lorraine Besler of Dubuque and one brother Merlin Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Sacred Heart Church
Fillmore
Lawrence Klosterman
Klosterman
William
Mamie Hardin ‘Rogers
St. Joseph’s Church
Farley
David
Lois) Gavin
Jean
Janice
Mary
Carl
Leo
Larry
Gary
Herbert
Lorraine) Besler
Dubuque
Merlin Rogers
Sixty Jones county Farm Bureau women tour Des Moines
Sixty Farm Bureau women from Jones county travel in two chartered buses leaving Anamosa at 6 30 AM for a Des Moines tour. The itinerary includes a coffee break at the Iowa Farm Bureau building a hospital visit a TV studio lunch and style show at Younkers visits to Colonial Baking and Firestone plants and dinner at Bishop's cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County Farm Bureau
Des Moines
Milt Grosenbach
Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau
Blank Memorial Hospital
Krnt-Tv
Younkers
Colonial Baking Company
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Bishop’s
Thoeni Joins Iowa State College Band Spring Tour
Monticello student Jack Thoeni to join Iowa State College concert band on its annual spring tour from March 19 to 21. The 75 member ensemble visits eight central Iowa cities and one in Minnesota. Jack plays the cornet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Thoeni
Monticello
Iowa State College
Iowa
Minnesota
Jack
Unaliyi Club Hosts Meeting At Mrs Hamilton Home
The Unaliyi Horizon club met at Mrs Tom Hamilton’s home on Monday February 27 with Joan Suter presiding. Members received personal papers and began projects including plans for the father and daughter banquet. Mrs Hamilton served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unaliyi Club
Hamilton
Unaliyi Horizon Club
Tom Hamilton
Joan Suter
Sutherland to Conduct Worship at Breakfast
Presbyterian layman Donald Sutherland will lead the worship at the all faith breakfast in the Congregational church activity room. The Lenten series invites all men in the community to attend the weekly breakfast at 7 am Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Donald Sutherland
Congregational Church
Onslow Man Fined for Illegal Liquor Transport
MAQUOKETA Walter Edwards of Onslow was fined 500 dollars and costs in Jackson County District Court after pleading guilty to illegal transportation of liquor. Judge Arthur Janssen suspended 500 dollars of the fine for good behavior. Edwards paid 100 dollars. The incident stemmed from January 2 with grand jury indictment issued January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Onslow
Walter Edwards
Jackson County
Arthur F. Janssen
Edwards
Nazarene Church Hosts Guest Speaker in Lenten Series
Rev. Sherman D. Hunter, pastor of the Dubuque Church of the Nazarene, opens a week of Lenten revival services at the local church of the Nazarene. Nightly meetings at 7 30 feature Mrs. Hunter in music. The series began Sunday March 11 and runs through March 18 with public welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman D. Hunter
Dubuque
Chairmen Named for Easter Seals Drive in Jones County
Local efforts for the Jones County Society for Crippled Children and Adults were announced by Mrs. John H. Fraser. County, town, and township chairmen across Monticello Anamosa Olin Oxford Junction Center Junction Castle Grove Cass Fairview Greenfield Lovell Wayne Jackson Rome Richland Scotch Grove Madison Hale Washington Clay Wyoming Oxford and others will oversee porchlight drives and fundraising efforts with officers and directors listed for the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Jones County Society For
John H. Fraser
Monticello
Township
Castle Grove
William Marsh
Ernest Schnier
Cass
E. J. Mayberry
George Brown
Fairview
Lester Abbott
Greenfield
Everett Russell
Harlan Russell
Lovell
Charles Tuttle
George Schmidt
Wayne
Carl Wolken
Ed Helgens
Jackson
Elwyn May
Rome
Dean Henderson
Glenn Brown
Paul Ketchum
Byron Darrow
Richland
M. J. Lahey
Oliver Hutton
Scotch Grove
Edwin Helgens
Harm Dirks
Madison
Arthur Lincoln
Marvin Lacock
Hale
James Irons
Jay Slater
Washington
Earl McAllister
Clay
Alva Larkey
Elwin Reid
John Hughes
Wyoming
Ed Kleineck
Oxford
Jerry Bicknese
Rawson
Julia Fearde
Anamosa
Ralph Bone
Irving Hintz
LaVerne Lambert
Richard Long
John Shover
D. P. Sutherland
Ralph Wilson
Edgar Beach
Willard Byerly
Ralph Clemens
Julia Foarde
Max Fayram
W. H. Goettsch
Marjorie Monroe
C. J. Neffers
Evan Owen
Vern Purcell
Martha Rawson
O. A. Rife
Earl Rummell
Marion Serbousek
C. M. Strawman
Oxford Junction
Otto Karanda
Lovell Township
A. Frank Walker
G. A. Rickels
Cass Township
Galen Brainard
Rollie S. Bronemann
Gladys McNeilly
Center Junction
Ronald Hanna
Onslow
Donald Brunsceen
Myron French
Jackson Township
Walter Hartman
James Hartman
Martelle
Art Sievers
Earl Blake
Mechanicsville
Cancer drive kickoff set for Anamosa March 19
Jones county fund drive aims for a 4500 goal with local grants and research funds allocated. Rev John Hosmer chairs the effort and announces speaker Anne Wilson of Dubuque and Dr John Byrne of Anamosa at the court house community room kickoff. Captains lead house to house canvass across Monticello Olin Oer wards and townships with local and national allocations detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
John Hosmer
Anne Wilson
Dubuque
Iowa
Cancer Fund
Court House
Anamosa
John Byrne
Hosmer
National Unit
Monticello Express keeps Monticello paper lineage alive
The Monticello Express is the official Monticello and Jones County weekly, published Mondays and Thursdays since July 10, 1865. It’s a member of the Iowa Press Association and the National Editorial Association with advertising reps in Chicago and Des Moines. One year subscriptions run 4.50 in local Iowa counties and 5.50 elsewhere in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
Iowa
Monticello Express
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
Newspaper Advertising Service, Inc
Chicago
Iowa Press Advertising Service
Des Moines
Jones
Clinton
Cedar
Delaware
Dubuque
Jackson and
Linn Counties
The
United States
Iowa Caucus Delegates Named For Anamosa Area Regions
The list details GOP delegates and officers across multiple townships including Oxford, South Hale, Greenfield, Castle Grove, Wyoming, Anamosa, and Stone City with chairmen and secretaries named. Featured names include Humpal, Ballou, Caspers, Trevarthen, Remiley, Rees, LaBarge, and others from Monticello, Lisbon, Martelle, and surrounding communities.
Alice Jones to Appear In College Swim Show
Alice Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs G M Jones is among 46 Iowa State gymnasts slated for the 1956 Naiads swimming show Star Light Star Bright to be held on April 5 6 and 7 in the college pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Jones
G. M. Jones
Iowa State College
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Layvern Nagel
Ray ‘Poppe
Elmer Jacobs
Ray Nagel
Armin Jacobs
Paul Schneiter
Melvin Hein
Everett ‘Herndon
Ray Poppe
Everett Herndon
Lawrence Goodyear
Raymond Marolf
Buols
Des Moines Tour
Sutherland
Onslow Man
Community Conservation League
American Legion
Tait Cummins
Walleye Pike Fillett Door
Nazarene Church
S. D. Hunter
Business and Professional Women’s Club
William Thomp
Olin—Lions Club
Wyoming—Lions Club
James Ketlinek
Floy Ellison
George Paulsen
Marvin Hanwardsen
Ed Hodoval
Sam Thompson
Andrew Serbousek
Frank Royden
C. R. Smith
D. O. Wasson
Mel As
Jack Hoffman
Farm Bureau Insurance Services
County Cancer Drive
John H. Fraser Onslow
Mildred Streeper
L.H. Ketelsen
Albert Doyle
Oscar Miller
Dean Bunce
Maye Davenport
Charles Gray
Beulah Larson
Morley
L. D. Greenawald
Olin
Lee Crain
Robert Barth
William Day
Glenn Andrews
Washington Township
Joseph Carroll
Richland Township
Ruth Lahey
Oxford Township
Floyd Hodgden
North Hale
Calvin Glenn
South Hale
Merle Hawley
GOP
Humpal
Clifford Strawman
Ray C. Peet
Evelyn Livingstone
Robert W. Peet
Martello
Rolland Dasenbrock
Wayne Township
Bert Ballou
Richard Hanken
Richard J. Hanken
Greenfield Township
Harry Holcomb
Flo Ellison
Arthur Siver
Harry Newman
W. B. Meeks
Harry Davis
Mr. Vernon
Herman Schmidt
Lyall Beighle
Lisbon
Castle Grove Township
Paul
Anamosa IT
D. E. Brickley
Bess E. Sherman
Blanche Brickley
Vierlyn Davenport
Charles Niles
M. M. Platner
W. L. Pearson
Charles Ryan
Patricia Dearborn
Anamosa I — A
Dolores H. Lozier
James T. Remley
Dolores Lozier
Mary Wallace
Ida Rawson
Lewis Dreibelbis
J. August Pearson
H. C. Keseberg
Mildred Pazour
J. la Holden
Evelyn Newhard
Anamosa IV
Warren J. Rees
Thomas B. Powell, Jr
James E. Remley
Ethel Hartman
Glen J. McLaughlin
J. E. Heiserman
L. L. Albaugh
Wilson Kouba
G. M. Fisher
Stone City
Lawrence LaBarge
Paul Weiler
Mary Thuman
Mary Fowler
James S, Carlborn
Alfred R. Wellersby
Byron D. Goversane
Davenport
Power’s Service, Inc
S. State St
Ill
First's Electrical Service
Kuriger Bros
Morey Plumbing Shop
REM Electric
Staner & Reynolds
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