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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1958
Page
5
Monticello minutes list a busy week calendar with club meetings and events at local venues including V F W rooms Center Junction high school gym years. Rita Tarr of Iowa State College is guest speaker at landscaping meeting.
Rev Don Hastings and his wife with three children stay at the Condits home after returning from three years in Japan. Hastings argues the United States should be a market for Japanese goods to foster friendship, noting Japan's postwar growth, booming construction, and unemployment challenges. He cites exports like plastic shoes and cultured pearls while recounting his own military and family experiences in Japan.
Fire Chief Larry Goodyear warns residents to use extreme caution when burning yard debris after two grass fires in Monticello and Wayne No. 3 school area. He emphasizes dry grass and spring winds heighten fire risk and could destroy property. Both fires started from burning trash blowing into dry fields.
Jones County plans its annual Family Life conference at Iowa State College with a two day program on April 9 and 10. Mrs. Maxine Hunt says local participation will involve transportation from Anamosa. Key speaker is Robert Nolte of Minneapolis, a national recreation authority.
Monticello public schools plan a 1,500 pupil Monticello Community district covering four townships and parts of five. The proposed budget totals 380,375 with a general fund near 340,000 and a schoolhouse fund around 40,375 to cover new classrooms and existing debt.
Mrs. David Gray of Anamosa was elected president of the Jones county American Legion Auxiliary. New officers include Mrs. James Postel Olin vice president and Mrs Otto Lasack Oxford Junction secretary treasurer. District guests were Mrs Don Minert Lisbon district president Mrs Viola Willey Clinton district vice president and Mrs Emile Paulista Oxford Junction district secretary. A memorial service was held for veterans who died since 1952. A Jones county Legion and Auxiliary picnic is set for July 20 at Wapsie park Oxford Junction. Jamieson Selling Feed For Center Jet Co op CENTER JUNCTION Russell Jamieson was hired as a feed salesman by the Center Junction Co op creamery.
In Wyoming on Thursday March 20, 334 students from Jones County schools participated in the annual vocal music festival. William Foy welcomed attendees at Wyoming High School, introducing instructor Frank Kluesner and guest conductor Gerald Lawson of University High School Iowa City. The event featured boys and girls choirs performing multiple pieces, with the full group linking in four numbers. Various instructors from nearby towns aided, and the festival was sponsored by the Jones County Schoolmasters Association with a recreation room, meals, and a rehearsal session throughout the day.
Landscape Architect Margherita Tarr of Iowa State College will lead a county wide program in Center Junction on Wednesday March 26. A 9 45 a m morning farm tour will visit Jack Stingley Howard Zirkelbach and Paul N Smith farms followed by an afternoon workshop with 10 families and an evening slide based landscaping presentation open to the public. Coffee will be served by the Center Junction Woman's club.
An open house at Miller's is set for Saturday night inviting all Monticello area families. Roy Miller describes it as a plain old fashioned get together with free door prizes and hot dogs and coffee provided.
James Connolly of the Quality cafe in Anamosa announced the second annual Coffee Day for Crippled Children. Monticello Mrs Howard Bowman Bowman's Sweetshop Anamosa Everett Anderburg The Nook Onslow Janet Sawyer J G cafe Onslow Mrs Viola Hintz The Hub cafe will lead local eateries as chairs. Proceeds fund a summer camp and equipment for dining and therapy. Citizens are urged to donate at designated containers near registers.
The Curran school house nine miles southeast of Cascade Washington township will be sold for cash at 2 p m on April 10. The building must be removed from its site within 30 days after the sale, per Henry P Hughes secretary of the township school board.
A 1958 vehicle driven by Helmut Seaman of Madison Wisconsin left the highway at the junction of Highway 151 and Amber road and rolled into a ditch at 7 30 Saturday morning. The car was damaged on the top front end and right fender but no one was injured.
Four additional Jones county candidates filed nominating papers from county auditor George Specht signaling plans for the June primary ballot. The entrants include Lewis C. Vernon Anamosa Republican for clerk of court Leonard Kula Anamosa Democrat for one of two 1960 supervisor terms William T. Jansen Amber Democrat for a 1960 supervisor term and Mrs Roscoe Easterly Jones county home stewardess Republican candidate for county treasurer. Mrs Easterly is the second Republican to enter the treasurer race. Gene Taylor Monticello and Eileen Mitchell are noted as other candidates. Incumbent treasurer Mrs Henry Adams Monticello is not seeking re election.
Monticello city council overruled objections in a special session and approved 1956 curb and gutter work in Wales addition for levying special assessments. A petition with 21 signatures asked delay until permanent repairs, but it arrived after work was accepted and assessment notices were mailed.
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