Midland voters elect school board directors and treasurer
Midland Community school voters elected Mrs. John Paulsen Jack Stingley Richard Rohwedder Joseph Cathey and Calvin Reiss to the reorganized district board. Mrs Donald Levien was elected treasurer. Sworn in Wednesday at Wyoming High School, the new board will hire teachers set curriculum and manage district affairs.
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Midland Community School
John Paulsen
Jack Stingley
Richard Rohwedder
Joseph Cathey
Calvin Reiss
Paulsen
Reiss
Cathey
Stingley
Rohwedder
Donald
Lorraine) Levien
Arbor.Felker
Wyoming High School
Onslow
John Gray
Center Junction
Lyman Thompson
Wyoming
Thompson
Ralph Orth
Jack Stirley
Donald Levien
Wyoming Youth Earns Eagle Scout Badge in Wyoming
Richard Kouba son of Mr and Mrs Louis Kouba Wyoming received the Eagle Scout badge at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor held Tuesday evening at Zion American Lutheran church. About 800 attended Lyman Thompson presented the troop charter and Philmont Scout Ranch film was shown.
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Wyoming
Richard Kouba
Louis Kouba
Zion American Lutheran Church
Robert Ahrens
Lyman Thompson
George Hansen
Men’s Brotherhood of the Lutheran Church
Len Kennard
Anamosa
Wapsi
Keta
Philmont Scout Ranch
Mexico
Ron Beckman
Richard
Five Ton Truck Ban Shuts County Roads With No Exceptions
County supervisors in Jones vote to embargo all roads carrying five tons or more including load with no exemptions though emergency vehicles may be spared. School buses switch to paved highways only, while engineers post signs on rural routes as floodwater rises and fog shrouds Monticello.
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Monticello
Jones County Supervisors
Plan Bond Vote April 27 in Monticello district
A special election for Monticello Community School district will be held April 27 to decide issuing 750000 dollars in bonds for additions to Carpenter and Central schools and for a new elementary school. Five precincts will vote at five polling places including Castle Grove No 2 schoolhouse Wayne No 4 schoolhouse George Bohlken Garage in Scotch Grove and two other locations.
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Monticello Community
The
Express
Carpenter and Central
Lynn County
Castle Grove Township
Castle Grove No
Cass
Wayne
Wayne No. 4
Scotch Grove
George Bohlken
Richland
Lovell
Central High School
Monticello
Dubuque
Delaware
Sand Springs
Carpenter
Jones
Dubuque and Linn
Iowa
the Express
Boyd Shannon
B. M. Maxwell
Jones County
Western Dubuque district appeal targets excluded areas
The Dubuque and Delaware county boards appealed to the state board of public instruction challenging the Janus excluded zones from the Western Dubuque district plan. A hearing is set for April 13 in Des Moines.
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Dubuque County
State Board of Public Instruction
Joe Davis
State Office
State Board
Des Moines
Board of Education
Colony Township
Bremen Township
North Fork
South Fork
Delaware County
Richland Township
Jones County
Davis
West Dubuque
Monticello
Washington Township
South Fork Township
Maquoketa Valley
Births and marriages noted in Jones county records
Births from John McDonald hospital include a girl to Edwin Kray and wife Monti cello. Scotch Grove couple Robert Husmann and wife had an eight pound five ounce boy named John David on March nineteen. Grandparents listed for both families. Licenses issued for Ronald Ness and Donna Lange Scotch Grove and Walter Schulz Margaret Kinnan Milan. New car licenses record Elmer Storm Monticello and Leonard Reichart Monticello. Coe College Band touring unit selection for Wilma Cox and Thomas Null ahead of April tour and Chicago WGN broadcast.
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Scotch Grove
Robert J. Husmann
John McDonald Hospital
Mar
John David
Ben Tholen
Tipton
Jack Husmann
Anamosa
Jones County
Ronald Wallace Ness
Atkins
Donna Joyce Lange
Walter M. Schulz
Legal
Milan
Ill
Margaret D. Kinnan
Marvin Gronewald
Janice Meade
Mrs Bjork seeks county recorder post in Democrat ticket
Martelle resident Mrs Elizabeth Bjork announces her candidacy for the Democrat nomination in the June primaries for county recorder. Her long list of affiliations includes Veterans of Foreign Wars DAR Century Club Farm Bureau Women Rebekah Lodge and local church groups. Others on the ticket include Goldsmith Engelbart Goen Specht Stimpson and Bedneschek.
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James
Elizabeth) Bjork
Martelle
Bjork
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Daughters of the American Revolution
Century Club of Women’s Federated Clubs
Jones County Farm Bureau Women
Rebekah Lodge of
Anamosa
Hospital Alarm System Fires First Test at McDonald Hospital
Hospital administrator Myri Ray reported the first test of the automatic fire alarm system, installed a year ago, triggered by excess coal fed into the furnace. Firemen responded promptly at 4:30 a.m. but no blaze occurred, and the stoker was repaired after the incident.
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John McDonald Hospital
Myri Ray
Ray
McDowell Brady Divorce Petitions Filed in Two Counties
Irene Specht Brady of Monti cello sues Michael Francis Brady of Monticello for absolute divorce claiming cruel treatment since their 1945 marriage. Bernice McDowell of Anamosa files for absolute divorce from Harold C. McDowell in Jones County citing cruel treatment drunkenness and obscene language. three children named.
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Irene Specht Brady
Monticello
Michael Francis Brady
Bernice McDowell
Anamosa
Harold C. McDowell
Buchanan County
Jones County
Rhinebeck
Sharon
Betty
Eddie LI
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Midland Voters
Levien
John Hein
DIST
Paulsen Gray
Victory
W. Oak Grove
Maquoketa River
Kitty Creek
Carlie Humphrey
Beaumont
Tex
Highway 151
Seventh Street
Gilbert Hearn
Pat First
West Seventh Street
Wes Whitley
First
Edwin Kray
Elmer
Hazel Storm
Chevrolet
Eldon Benedict
Rambler
Leonard Reichart
Oldsmobile
Wilma Cox
Edward H. Cox
First St
Thomas Null
Orlando Null
Maple
Coe College
Chicago
WGN
Rebekah
Verona Landis
Florence Bleadorn
Martha Hanken
Erma Steinick
Assembly
Lucille Balsiger
Pearl Claus
Stet
County Recorder Post
Elizabeth Bjork
McDowell
Brady
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