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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1968
Page
1
Four Sacred Heart students earned blue ribbons at the annual science fair. From left are Tom Locher and other peers, with Locher presenting "What’s Going on Up There."
The Monticello Jaycees heard Rotary district governor Boyd Shannon compare service groups and learned Tom Brokaw will complete the vacated director term. Plans include a teen-hop this Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Community building with The Legends. An Easter egg hunt and a community bridge night March 23 at 7 30 p.m. are announced.
The first detour of the 1968 construction season in Jones county closes Iowa 136 between Wyoming and Cascade for most of the summer. A 19 mile stretch will be shut for bridge work over the Maquoketa river with detours via Iowa 64 to Iowa 38 and Monticello then U S 151 to Cascade.
Hopkinton will host a museum benefit at the Community Building on Friday evening March 15. Two films, Bellingrath Gardens and Home and This is Living, will be shown at 7 15 and 8 15 p m with a free will offering to support museum restoration.
Three kickoff meetings to finalize plans for the April Crusade of the American Cancer Society in Jones County are set. March 21 at Little Bear Recreation Club Wyoming from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. March 22 at Monticello Presbyterian Church 10 to 11 a.m. and Anamosa Congregational Church 2 to 3 p.m. Gene Allen ACS representative will screen two films and distribute materials and kits for the crusade. An athletic banquet is listed for Monday, March 18 at the Youth Center.
A Midland Community school board special meeting on March 4 approved the faculty committee proposed salary plan. Starting pay for teachers with a BA is 6000 dollars and 10 years experience brings 8280 dollars. MA degree entrants start at 6900 dollars and MA plus 13 years reach up to 9900 dollars. A March 11 meeting set teacher insurance terms.
The annual event will be held Friday March 15 in Monticello and Jones county. Proceeds go to the Iowa Association for Retarded Children. Free coffee will be distributed.
A digitized newspaper page lists sections and page ranges including Calendar Farm Dept Obituaries and Sports. It names towns Hopkinton Oxford Junction Prairieburg Sand Springs Scotch Grove South Fork Temple Hill Wyoming and features cross references to A B sections and year gone by notes.
The board rejected immediate expansion for Carpenter school citing feasibility and land limits while tabled projects and asked the superintendent to gather cost estimates. Two teachers resigned effective year end and Esther Gilbertson was hired for fourth grade at Carpenter. Salary talks centered on a 10.31 percent increase and teacher concerns over pay and benefits. An insurance claim followed a student ankle injury in a physical education class.
In an executive session after Monday's school board meeting three principals were elected for the coming year with higher pay. Darold Albright was offered 14500 dollars up from 13000. Dale Greenawald 13500 up from 12000. Lois Shover 11500 up from 11000. Assistant high school principal Dennis Harken recently resigned to pursue graduate work at the State University of Iowa.
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