Local notices highlight meetings and births in Monticello area
Monticello Rotarians meet Monday March 15 with a 6 05 dinner at St Luke s church before the business session election of officers. Monticello Lions raised 110 for Cerebral Palsy at the March 8 meeting Cedar Rapids fund. Births include twins at John McDonald hospital Leonard Kremer Hopkinton a boy Dennis Denise and a new Monticello child Richard Davis March 12. Des Moines C C Fothergill and wife Mercy hospital March 10 a girl 6 lbs 8 oz joining brothers Steven and John grandparents Mr and Mrs C E Fothergill Monticello.
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Monticello Rotarians
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Monticello Lions
Cedar Rapids
John McDonald Hospital
Leonard Kremer
Hopkinton
Dennis
Denise
Kremers
Sihid
Richard Davis
Monticello
Des Moines
C. C. Fothergill
Mercy Hospital
Steven 1
John
C. E. Fothergill
Jones County Traffic Accidents Cost State $146 540 in 1953
The state safety department reports Jones county drivers had 368 traffic accidents in 1953 costing $146 540. This compares with 353 accidents and $177 390 in 1952, part of a statewide trend of decreasing totals for three consecutive years.
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State Safety Department
Jones County
Milo Chalfant
State Safety Responsibility Division
Chalfant
Towa
Edward C Gottsch 77 longtime farmer and bank president dies
Edward Christian Gottsch died Friday at St. Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids at 77 after a long illness. He was born November 3 1876 in Davenport and married Ethel Ellison in Martelle in 1912. Survived by wife two children James and Ruth three brothers and two grandchildren. burial at Cedar Memorial Cedar Rapids after services in Anamosa.
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Edward C. Gottsch
Martello Savings Bank
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Goettsch
Anamosa
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Edward Christian Gottsch
Davenport
Martelle
Ethel Ellison
James
Edinburg
Texas
Ruth
Watsonville
Calif
Ethel
Camp Fire Groups Mark Founding Anniversary With Weeklong Program
Monticello Camp Fire Girls join 370000 nationwide for Birthday Week March 14 to 20 celebrating Camp Fire's 44th birthday themed Lets Be Different Together The plan includes parties activities and study of cultures to foster peace and understanding among diverse peoples with Blue Birds Sunshine Blue Birds and Horizon-Club groups hosting events and exhibits led by named leaders sponsors and members across multiple local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire
Monticello
Camp Fire Girls
Arch Edwards
Edwards
Blue Bird
Horizon -Club
Mary Belle Carter
Monticello Council
Bright Star
Wakita
Cantenasta
Analusi
Monticello Sports Association to name officers next Tuesday
Officers of the Monticello Sports Association will be named at a board meeting next Tuesday evening. John Behn, temporary president, announced the gathering at the Acme Electric Co. meeting site. Directors Kenneth Ferring Dick Westhoff and Patsy Stoll were elected at a recent dinner meeting. The group plans to select officers for the coming year and appoint the baseball team manager. The annual report showed assets of 12688.27 including a 10000 baseball field lighting system and bleachers valued at 1000. The 1953 operating report listed income 3190.32 with 1084.33 from game redepots and 910.55 from season tickets and donations. Major expense was 600 principal indebtedness. Cash on hand ended at 88.27, more than double the year start of 34.24. Miss Grace White of Iowa City visited over the weekend with her mother Mrs L T White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Sports’ Association
John Behn
Kenneth Ferring
Dick Westhoff
Patsy Stoll
Sports Association
Monty Cafe
Acme Electric Co
Monticello Sports Association
Monticello Fish Fry Draws 525 At Community Event
More than 525 people attended the annual Fish Fry in Monticello with meals served 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Si Locher served as master of ceremonies as Lloyd Keefer Ken Madden and Bill Basler spoke for the state conservation department. Local merchants supplied prizes totaling over 200, drawn under Locher's supervision, with a two hour process. Conservation League President Henry Schone thanked the committee in a Friday Express request.
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Monticello
VFW
Locher
Conservation League
Henry Schone
Express
Monticello Painter Eugene Smith Turns Hobby Into Side Business
Eugene Smith a Monticello employee at Franklin Equipment Co expands oil painting from hobby to part time business He shows two paintings for the Riedel home Langworthy including a 20 ft mural of a village train yard and countryside and a framed painting of the Riedel home His work uses a snapshot enlarger to recreate color scenes Richard Riedel a Monticello High School student hosts the model railroading layout with 1200 inches of track and two trains operable at once Photographs by the Monticello Express.
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Eugene Smith
Monticello
Arthur Riedel
Langworthy
Franklin Equipment Co
Smith
Riedel
Richard Riedel
Monticello Public High School
Annual fish fry funds local conservation effort and derby
The article notes the annual fish fry funds conservation work and highlights the Swan Lake kids fishing derby in the city park. It mentions dinner music by Emil Pruit and support from merchants, with the derby drawing over 600 children each spring to catch stocked fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Pruit
League
Swan Lake
Conservation League
Rebekahs Promote Cake Mix Sales Across Mont
General Mills and Gold Medal products are sold this Friday and Saturday March 19 and 20 through five local grocers. A portion of each sale supports Rebekah lodge charitable causes and Mason City OC F home for the aged and orphans, with Mrs Glen Russell as chair and store captains named for Hi Way Grocery Shelley's Floyd West and others.
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General Mills, Inc
United States
Rebekah Lodge
George Richardson
Hi- Way Grocery
Paul Chaplin
Super Valu
I. H. Schneider
Shelley’s Grocery
Charles Podhaski
Floyd West's
Nine Monticello residents named for April Petit Jury duty
Jones County Sheriff's office lists 55 jurors for the April 1954 term. Monticello appears with nine names including Mrs. Fred Bohlken, Mrs. Raymond Buel, John Chapman, Fay Haussler, Florence Metzenburg, Freda Pearson, Dora Schoon, Mrs. John Schmidt, and Dorie Supple among others. Jurors report April 12 at 10 a.m. to the clerk’s office in Anamosa.
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Monticello
Jones County
Raymond Buel
Herman Carstensen
Wyoming
John Chapman
Minnie Daub
Marley
Roy Davis
Center Junction
George E. Dusanek
Lester French
Carl Grabbe
Anamosa
Z. A. Graves
Fay Haeussler
Viola Hannah
Onslow
Ray Heasty
Iris Hetzler
Virgil Hinz
James Hoffman
Art Holub
Walter Holub
Ed Hults
Henry J. Husmann
Scotch Grove
Joe Huxtable
Guy Lawrence
Henry Lorenzen
Verna Mais
Earl Martins
Robert McCalmant
Florence Metzenburg
Freda Pearson
Harry Pegarik
Oxford Junction
John H. Petersen
Olin
Helen Pruess
Hale
al Quint
Cascade
William Quirk
Nic Bollinger
Maxine Roben
John Schmidt
Dora Schoon
Ernest Schwab
Monticello School Board Urges 6 Room Addition and Gym
Monticello Independent School District board outlines minimal expansion needs including a 6 room grade school and a large play area to handle growing enrollment. discussion notes that future growth or consolidation could require more rooms and a new high school gym, with cost questions driving next steps.
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Citizens Study Committee
Monticello Independent School District Board
Ed Cox
Ced
Monticello
Monticelléd
Fran Ferring Named to Second All Iowa Tourney Team
Fran Ferring daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ferring earned a place on the second all state girls basketball team of the Iowa Daily Press Association Friday. The Sacred Heart guard has shown marked improvement and is regarded as one of the top guards in the state despite being a junior.
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Fran Ferring
Kenneth Ferring
Iowa Daily Press Association
Bob Mullen
Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart Girls Rally with Poplar Heights Hosts
The Sacred Heart basketball team and coach Robert Mullen were hosted to a 6 30 dinner at Poplar Heights on Thursday evening. Guests included Father Lorenz and Father Rhomberg along with many local families and supporters such as Dick Long Glenn Jones Mary Ellen Helms Marjorie Tuttle Susan Staner Linda Ferring Frank Ferring Rosalie Holmes and Margaret Dunn.
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Sacred Heart
Robert Mullen
the Poplar Heights
Dick Long
Glenn
Casey) Jones
Father Lorenz
Father Rhomberg
Glenn Jones
Mary Ellen Helms
Marjorie Tuttle
Susan Staner
Linda = Ferring
Frank Ferring
Rosalie Holmes
Margaret Dunn
Rosemary Barron
Clara Chapman
Margaret Lewis
Madonna Seehusen
Two Local Entries Win At Spring Market Show
Helgens Bros. and Glen Heeren emerged victorious at the ninth annual Iowa Spring Market Show held at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. Helgens Bros. won reserve open in the purebred Poland China barrow class and Heeren captured reserve Junior Champion in the Yorkshire show. Mr and Mrs Alfred Egger and family visited in Wyoming at the Hens Broderson home on Sunday.
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Mrs
Alfred Egger
Hens Broderson
Wyoming
Unusual Monticello Speeding Record Baffles City Officials
Mayor A. P. Lambert and Police Officer Donald Gilmore report 66 cars on North Cedar street during a two hour check with the speed analyzer, none exceeding the limit. They caution that vigilance continues with periodic checks planned by local courts and city authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Lambert
Donald Gilmore
North Cedar Street
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Glenn Richardson
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Steve E. Wheelock
Ford
Edward A. Meier
International Truck
Frank G. Zamastel
Buick
W. H. Hougelmann
Big Bill
Hudson
Melvin C. Thomson
Douglas C. Meade
George A. Bonjour and Son
E-C. Gottsch
C. R
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Blue Birds
Connie Appleby
Bonnie Claus
Janice Clement
Susie Drury
Charlene Fitkin
Vickie Johnson
Judith Kuriger
Patricia McAleer
Karen Nieters
Diana Prult
Barbara Sanford
Donna Siebels
Sharon Watters
Anne Skelley
Phyllis Lunyon
George Nieters
Nieters
Herschel Drury
Sunshine Blue Birds
Margaret Behrends
Karen Blayney
Maxine Crow
Marilyn Harms
Sharon Holmes
Happy Bluebirds
Donna Buckner
Tanya Eden
Pauline Gray
Marilyn Holmes
Mary Sue Merfeld
Marjorie McChristy
Carol Miller
Janet Wirtner
Karen Messersmith
Joanne Barron
Ruth Null
Leone Seehusen
Les Linn
Vernon Wirtner
M. E. Messersmith
Merry Blue Birds
Trudy Miller
Mary Myers
Patricia Bunting
Helen Schnier
Judy Schmidt
Janet Wahl
Cerena Barnts
Mary Grote
Sheila
Anna Edwards
Carrie Sutherland
Chester Condit
Sam Rhatigan
Carl Schneider
Lynn Balster
Marilyn Bergstrom
Theola Gray
Anna Griffith
Bonnie Hollar
Karen Kidwell
Margaret Locher
Linda Mowrey
Barbara Null
Carol Robinson
Rose Rathbun
Kay Ridenour
Carol Sechusen
Karolyn Thomas
Analiyi
James Maurice
Jeanne Morey
Jane Maurice
Linda Steiner
Joan Suter
Name Sports Association
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Ment
Richard
Monticello Express
Fred Kreeb
Bill Matthiessen
Grammar Coward
Rebekah
General Mills Deal
Iowa
Poplar Heights
Glenda Waggoner
W. H. Walderbach
Arthur Vernimont
Sue Westphal
Roy Williams
Russell Wolfe
Donald Zimmerman
Patio Court
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