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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1965
Page
11
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard White of Springville will celebrate 25 years of marriage with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday March 21 at the E U B church in Olin. Their daughter Mrs Gerald Mayberry of Anamosa and son Gary in college attend, with Mrs Mayberry as hostess.
A Rural Women's Day program in Jones County includes an A style show at 1 30 p m on Tuesday April 6 in the Farm Bureau building. Miss Sharon Tapper leads entries with a March 30 deadline. The event features women's and children's garments and invites home makers to participate.
Monticello residents share family updates as Mrs Harold Dunn returns from Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids and Jean Dunn visits from Minneapolis. Lester Monk family hosts Steve's second birthday celebration with E C Prices of Grinnell. Camp Fire group meets 15 students at Carpenter school and plans window posters for Edwards department store. Sacred Heart high school raises 129.16 for Papal Volunteers through a social hour with stunt basketball, candy, popcorn, and lemonade sales.
Beverly Schoon and Jane Hetzler are among area students cited for high academic honors at the University of Iowa and State College of Iowa. Harold White makes the Morningside Dean's List. Scott McLaughlin tours Davis Monthan with Iowa ROTC cadets. Behrends pledges Alpha Phi. Also noted are Smarty Party invitees and additional area students named to the Dean's List at Cedar Falls.
Seaman recruit Errol R. Dierks USCG son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dierks Route 2 Monticello graduated March 5 from recruit training at the Coast Guard Training Center Alameda California. Training covered drill small boat handling small arms firefighting seamanship atomic and biological warfare first aid law enforcement and Coast Guard history. He will be assigned to a Coast Guard unit or training school.
An editorial argues that educating mentally retarded individuals strengthens local economies and reduces long term costs. It cites figures on incidence and compares costs of community education versus institutional care, highlighting self sufficiency and reduced social assistance as outcomes. It also notes a Wyoming operetta event by special education classes at Wyoming Elementary School with a coffee hour.
Kerrie Ellen Campbell infant daughter of Jerry and wife moved from Maquoketa to DeWitt died on birth day March 10 Funeral services were held at Springville She is survived by her parents two sisters and grandparents Mary Sophia Dirks widow of John Henry Dirks died March 9 funeral at Wayne Zion Lutheran church with burial at Wayne cemetery Born June 12 1881 in Langworthy survivors include four children nine grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren Pallbearers listed Donald Ellison services for Althea Ellison were held March 13 at Goetsch Funeral Home and burial in Riverside cemetery She died March 11 aged 45 Clarence Supple lifelong Temple Hill resident died March 11 at Monticello John McDonald Hospital Requiem Mass and burial at St Peters cemetery He was born July 15 1898 and survived by two brothers and two sisters.
Brian Frederick Zimmerman infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmerman of Crawfordsville Indiana died in Indianapolis March 10 1965 and services were held March 15 at Oakwood cemetery in Monticello He is survived by his parents one sister Kathy maternal grandparents Arch Edwards Monticello paternal grandparents Herman Zimmerman Monticello and other relatives
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