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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1960

Page

7

GMC Stages Comic Skit For Panther Pep Rally

Greater Monticello committee members staged a humorous pep rally in the Monticello high school auditorium before the semi final state tourney basketball game with Marshalltown. The skit featured actors portraying players and coaches with the broadcast crew and GMC leaders boosting school spirit and presenting tokens of luck to the Panthers.

GMC Greater Monticello Committee Tao Monticello High Panthers Marshalltown Bette Bender Ev “Cockroach Monticello Nelson Andy Strittmatter Bvd-Tv al Erdahl G.M.C

65 Women Awarded Prizes at Cooking School

Sixty five of the 600 attendees at the Monticello Express Cooking School on March 17 and 18 received prizes for foods prepared during demonstrations led by home economist Susan Lowe. Prizes included stainless steel mixing bowls sacks of groceries flour and floral displays. Door prizes Thursday evening went to Mrs. Glen Rickels a floral display Mrs. Richard Pettitt a pot roast dinner Mrs. Eugene Wink a frontier dinner Mrs. Herman Welter a pork roast dinner and Mrs. Marshall Wynn a banana item.

Monticello Express Susan Lowe Sacred Heart School Jane de Chantel Door Prize Glen Rickels Richard Pettitt Eugene Wink Frontier Herman Welter Marshall Wynn Banana Helen Hemmerbread Carl Hemnbread Fred Butschi Kenneth Hendricks Russell Meade Carl Rickless Rebecca Griffith Loretta Stadtmueller Mary Rieken Leo Hosch Clarence Johnson Kate Alferts Gay Otten Paul Schuetz A. M. Lotte Ramon Welter Ruth Zirkelbach

Births and local notices from Jones county week

Two births reported at John McDonald hospital with Mar 15: a girl to Mr and Mrs Paul Long of Monticello. Mar 17: a girl to Mr and Mrs Robert Kula of Anamosa. Also marriage licenses for Mar 19, and car registrations for Mar 16-18 listing residents and vehicles. Police and court docket items include licenses and fines. Weather figures and local prize winners noted.

John McDonald Hospital Paul Long Monticello Robert Kula Anamosa Jones County Douglas Secrist Viola Janis Toenjes Willis Zimmerman Plymouth David Yeend Chevrolet Joe Noble Rambler Henry Hanken Olin Willys Truck Richard McAtee

Census forms mailed to Monticello residents this week

Census forms will be distributed to everyone in Monticello this week by post office staff under Jerry Neill. The advance form asks for household and dwelling details and is to be mailed back within three days with a preaddressed envelope. Census takers begin visits on April 1 and confidentiality is guaranteed under federal law.

Monticello Jerry Neill Jones County Neill Census Bureau

Sacred Heart Chorus Opens Rehearsals for Festival

The Sacred Heart mixed chorus begins rehearsals for the Archdiocesan music festival on May 13 in Waterloo. The group will sing at an evening mass during the event.

Sacred Heart Chorus Sacred Heart School Waterloo

Pasker Fights Snow For Dual Rescue Run

Gerald Pasker flew during a heavy snow emergency to reach the four year old Taylor girl in Olin and deliver her to an ambulance on Highway 38. He then returned to Lone Tree to bring a doctor to the county home and to a rural patient needing urgent care, aided by Patrolman John Beck.

Gerald Pasker Pasker Alexander Taylor Olin Lewis Dreibelbis Lone Tree John Beckman Anamosa

Two New Cases Filed In Jones County Court

Two new cases were filed in Jones County district court. Virgil Dirks of Anamosa faces an operating while intoxicated charge from justice court. Eilers Furniture of Monticello filed a collection suit against Burdette and Irene Wilson. Friday the district judge heard Loop versus Loop but did not pass judgment.

Jones County District Court Virgil Dirks Anamosa Justice Court Burdette Irene Wilson Eilers Furniture Store Monticello Loop

Goldsmith Seeks Nomination for Clerk of Court in Anamosa

Ernest Goldsmith of Anamosa filed nomination papers as a Democrat candidate for clerk of court. A 45 year old employee of the Iowa State Men's Reformatory, he is a 1932 Wyoming high school graduate and past president of the Izaak Walton league in Anamosa. He attends St. John's Lutheran church, is married to Lydia Andreesen, and has two children.

Ernest Goldsmith Anamosa John Goen Goldsmith Iowa State Men's Reformatory Wyoming High School Izaak Walton League St. John's Lutheran Church Lydia Andreesen

Four Injured in Head-On Farm Road Crash Near Sand Springs

A head-on collision on a one way farm road near the Ray Kirby farm in Sand Springs injures four people. Irvin Recker and Edmond Hucker drive the competing cars. Becker ages 46 suffers facial injuries. his wife also 46 sustains leg injuries. their daughter Carol 19 and Hucker 45 receive minor wounds. Monticello emergency truck transports all to John McDonald hospital.

Ray Kirby Sand Springs Irvin Recker Edmond Hucker Hopkinton Becker Carol Hucker John McDonald Hospital Monticello

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