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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1963
Page
2
Birgitta explains socialism in Sweden distinguishing it from Communism and notes the Socialist party is elected by the people. The Sweden government is by the people with high living standards and broad political participation. The panel concludes with audience questions and farewells in native languages.
The program featured talks on soil conservation districts by Art Thoreson of SCS Des Moines and on the European common market by Marvin Scadberg extension economist Ames. John Maddy discussed soil loss research and mapping, while Richard Presteman spoke on state legislation. Attendees from Jones county included Kenneth Howie Montecillo Harold Calvert Anamosa and Dale Newman Martelle district commissioners Ardyce Vernon district clerk Bill Jensen Anamosa state forester Bill Hamilton VOAG instructor Anamosa Joe Legg extension council director Roger Koster and Lester Abbott SCS technicians.
Northwestern Bell Telephone company will send $41,167.98 to the Jones county treasurer as the first half of its 1962 operating property tax. The total for the year in Jones county is projected at $82,331.31, which is $38,165.05 or 115.72 percent higher than five years ago in 1957.
From the official docket of C. F. Shimanek the police judge several fines are listed for speeding no operator licenses improper parking and failure to yield right of way. Names include Margie Ann Meeks Loretta Soppe John Loop Robert Kirpes Norman Lofchie Larry Bader Mike Kaser William Wilcox Patrick Fleming Darrell Ashby Clarence Speake James Ehrichman Jacob Steiner Alva Gerdet Willard Stichter Robert Soukup Alfred Ommen Hargrave Cleaners James Balsiger Eugene Foster and Walter Lawin with fines ranging from 1 to 10 dollars plus costs.
At the Olin senior science fair 90 exhibits were judged by Dr. Edwin Rogers and others. Top winners include Edward Parmenter and Garen Lorenzen in Astronomy, Esther Inglis in Biology, Reatha Rix in Chemistry, Barbara Jayne in Geology, Dave Lasack in Mathematics, and Gale Von Behren in Physics with multiple runners up.
Fred H. Faust of Monticello was named agency manager of Jones county Farm Bureau insurance services, succeeding Clarence Lamp who moved to Muscatine. Faust joined the staff in 1961 after running a Monticello service station for 11 years and serving in the armed forces. He and wife Irene have three children and operate the F&D Dairy Mart. Arthur Phil Himebaugh was hired as career underwriter, serving Richland Wayne Scotch Grove and Cass townships with his wife and two daughters.
Officials probing the death of Henry Hults 62 Oxford Junction still await a pathologist report. Hults died from burns found in his Anamosa area yard Friday morning after moving from Oxford Junction where he and his wife ran a nursing home. Survivors include a son William and two daughters plus seven grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday in Anamosa.
A 2860 judgment was awarded Friday in Jones county district court after a jury trial in a damage suit. Gary Wessels and Arthur Baker faced defendants Coca Cola Bottling Co Cedar Rapids and others over a 1962 collision on Highway 151 near Anamosa. Also listed are bond releases and hearings in several civil suits and a divorce filing by Helen C Miller of Anamosa against Paul E Miller with requests for custody child support and property settlement.
The FAQ covers who should take the Sabin on Saturdays program at the Youth Center March 30 May 4 and June 8, noting no upper age limit, fever rules, chronic illness considerations, and that three doses are needed for full protection. It explains administration on sugar cubes, cost twenty five cents per dose, and free vaccination for those unable to pay.
Hopkinton Mr and Mrs Archie M Casteel were injured Saturday afternoon near the Coggan safe barn when their car left the road rolled down an embankment. They were treated at John McDonald hospital Monticello. He 73 suffered multiple fractured ribs and was released Monday to stay with son James in Marion. She 72 hip injury confined several days longer. The couple was driving from Cedar Rapids at the time of the accident.
Four Jones county high school students vied in the Washington DC youth tour contest sponsored by Maquoketa Valley REC. The winner earns a nine day all expense paid trip to the Nation's Capitol. Contestants include Suzanne Milder Olin Vickie R Johnson Anamosa Gaylan Wilken Monticello and Eileen Dusanek Wyoming. A student will also be chosen from Delaware Dubuque and Jackson counties for the trip.
Midland Community schools announce the annual kindergarten roundup and registration for 1963 entrants on Friday April 5 at Onslow at 1 30 pm with one session. Dan O Rourke will speak and Marian Serbousek will handle registration.
A two car collision in Oxford Jct at Broadway and 4th Ave involved Jens Latare and James Kimrey. Latare turning south, Kimrey north and allegedly failed to stop. Kimrey charged with failure to stop and driving without a license. The second item notes Fifth District Iowa Nurses Association meeting at 7:30 tonight near University Hospitals in Iowa City.
Paul Bowers 55 former Hopkinton resident died Mar 23 at University Hospital Iowa City after seven months illness. Funeral in Independence Howe. burial Independence cemetery. Born Hopkinton Jan 29 1908. married Daisy Nelson in Manchester. Surviving daughter Pauline Kirsch Marshalltown son William Independence. five sisters and two brothers listed.
Bessie Gertrude Palmer Switzer 1881 after illness. married to Sam Switzer in 1902. lived in Olin. survived by nieces and nephews. Joseph F. Zaruba 1897 veteran of World War I. funeral March 19 at St Mark's Lutheran. burial Mayflower cemetery. survivors include widow Donna Mae Eilers, son Arnold, daughter, eight grandchildren, and siblings.
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