Monticello Area Weekly Events May 1 8 9
Community listings show meetings and activities across Monticello Anamosa Cascade and Oxford Junction May 1 9 including Alcoholics Anonymous sessions Marine recruiter public square dances 4 H and 4 H county officer meetings 4 H boys activities and civic gatherings across local buildings and halls.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello State Bank
Legion Hall
Monticello
Glenn
Grace Harris
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Oxford Livewires Club Launch Ticket Contest Apr 25
Monticello Mercury reports the Oxford Livewires Club plans a launch ticket contest on April 25 at Monticello. New member David Giebelstein joins. meeting at Oxford Junction Elementary School featured talks on budgeting feed and seed oats. Verlyn Wenndt seeks county office. Dale Thomas band to play May 3 with ticket pricing for adults and students.
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Oxford Livewires
David Giebelstein
Oxford Junction
Rohwedder
Ingwersen
John
Gary Burhop
Jim Murray
Steve Koranda
Adults Children Can Save Dollar On Pool Tickets
Monticello public and Sacred Heart schools run a special sales contest May 2 to 23 offering reduced swim season tickets. During the sale a child ticket costs 4 dollars and an adult ticket 5 dollars, versus 5 and 6 dollars after the sale. Prizes include free tickets, cash, and commissions. top seller could win a $25 savings bond if 1000 dollars in sales is reached.
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Monticello
Sacred Heart
Pythian Sisters Hold Apr Meeting at K P Hall
The Pythian Sisters met April 28 at 8 p m in the K P hall under Most Excellent Chief Bess School. All sisters planning to attend the School of Instruction at Anamosa on May 6 are asked to call Mrs Bess Schoon.
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Pythian Sisters
K.P. Hall
Chief Bess School
Anamosa
Bess Schoon
Locher and Ridenour Help Host Otyokwa Camp Fire Meeting
Members of the Otyokwa Camp Fire group visited the Locher home with Margaret Locher and Kay Ridenour as hostesses. They work toward torch bearer rank in aviation and led air travel demonstrations at a potluck supper with Mrs. Les Linn and Mrs. Robert Durst. guests from Dubuque and Guttenberg joined relatives in the gathering.
Rural Number Plan Proposed in Jones County
A public hearing on a proposed county wide rural home numbering system is planned for May 14 at the Anamosa courthouse. Jones County board of supervisors met with the Jones County Firemen's association and a Cornhusker representative to outline the plan. Each rural home would receive a number to speed rural fire alarms, with many groups expected to send representatives to the open hearing.
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Monticello
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Prairieburg
Masonic
Jones County
Courthous
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Jones County Firemen’s Association
Cornhusker Company
Monticello school approves two new buses
Monticello public school board approves buying two new school busses at 5830.90 each with trade-ins to replace 1951 models. Freese Motors is the low bidder. other bidders include K & P Chevrolet-Olds and Miller's.
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Monticello Public School Board
Freese Motors
K & P Chevrolet-Olds
Miller's
Boyd Shannon
Shannon
John Shover
Earl McCaustland
Carpenter
Hopkinton Cow Sets Strong 305 Day Dairy Record
A Hopkinton owned four year old cow by Floyd Wilson topped 305 day production with 13 730 pounds of milk and 600 pounds of fat in unit 2 of the Delaware County Dairy Herd Improvement Co op Other Hopkinton cows included a nine year old Brown Swiss producing 12 490 pounds of milk and 538 pounds of fat Fourteen herds in the unit averaged over a pound of fat per cow per day William Voelker and Son led with 26 registered Holsteins averaging 1125 pounds of milk and 40 pounds of fat April top producer was James Shover of Delhi with 1840 pounds of milk and 88 pounds of fat
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Hopkinton
Floyd Wilson
Delaware County
William Voelker and
Ryan
James Shover
Delhi
Howard Stone and
William F. Voelker and Son
Not Counting Chicks Until They're Hatched at Central School
Kindergarten students in Mrs. John Shover's class at Central School monitor a Five week incubator loaned by Wilcox Hatchery. They track temperature humidity and egg turning as 50 eggs hatch planned for May 6.
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John Shover
Rosemarie Ehits
Greg Brokens
Billy Sanford
Jane Indehofer
Steffy Ehresman
Nancy Freese
Raymond Knepper
Debbie Tholen
Jimmy Hus
Central School
Wilcox Hatchery
Ifier
Harold Wilcox
Program Announced for Pre Contest Concert by Monticello Schools
The Monticello public school music department unveils tonight's pre contest concert at 8 p.m. Ray Stumbaugh and Mrs. Cecil Goettsch announced the lineup. Readings include Grade school band, Cadet band, Senior band, Boys and Girls glee clubs, and Mixed chorus with selections slated for Saturday state contest.
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Monticello Public School Music Department
Ray Stumbaugh
Cecil Goettsch
Weber
Bobby Soxers
Buchtel
Borodin
Williams
Carole Schoon
Lucinda Shelley
Diana Prult
Moore
Glee Club
James
Dvorak
Macfarlane
Beach
God
Foltz
Katy
Smith-Aschenbrenner
Mode O Day Shop To Be Opened by Mrs Condit
A new Mode O Day Frock shop may open Saturday with grand opening planned for May 9 and 10. Owner Mrs Chester Condit cites dependence on decorators electricians plumbers and fixture installers for completion. The store sits just east of Stuhler's shoe store.
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Chester
Jennie) Condit
Condit
Stuhler
Lionism Topic Highlighted At Lions Ladies Night
Rev. J Richard Wagner pastor Cedar Rapids First Congregational spoke on Are You Getting Your Money s Worth at Lions Ladies Night in St Matthew Lutheran basement. One hundred forty Lions wives and guests attended dinner program with Howard Heks introducing speaker Dale Adams and Bob Patten leading singing.
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J. Richard Wagner
Cedar Rapids First Congregational Church
Lions Club
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Howard Heks
Dale Adams
Bob Patten
Cascade senior wins Sears Merit scholarship in national contest
Daniel Patrick Stokesberry of Cascade, a St Martin's high school senior, won a Sears Merit scholarship in a nationwide competition. He will study mathematics at Loras College and plans a mechanical engineering career. Merit scholars are selected from about 256,000 students across 14,000 high schools with four year awards and stipends averaging 650 dollars annually.
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Cascade
Daniel Patrick Stokesberry
Route 1
St. Martin’s High School
Sears Foundation
Daniel
Evelyn N. Stokesberry
Loras College
Stokesberry
Sodality
U.S
Mrs Ray E Adams Elected President of Local 94 Club
Mrs R J Bone hosted the 94 club meeting on Friday April 25. The program Women in the Business World featured Mrs I R Hintz who spoke about Mrs Ray a New York broker and former Anamosa resident. New officers elected: President Mrs Raymond E Adams, vice president Mrs W B Clark, secretary Mrs Byron Abel, treasurer Mrs R J Bone.
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R. J. Bone
I. R. Hintz
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Maquoketa River
Iowa Electric
Watters
Howard Watters
Highway 151
Clifford Snyder
First Presbyterian Church
White Elephant
Building Fund
Zcbj Hall
Dubuque County
Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Republican
Legion
Rebekah Lodge
Oddfellows Hall
County Extension Council
Oak Drive Club
Max Burns
William C. Stewart
Springville
Judith Anne Fowler
Courthouse Records
Oxford Livewires Club
T. A. Or
Bessie Hender
Mercury
Patan
Shane Eet
Justice Court
Frank Shimanek
Justice of the Peace
William A. Thorndyke
Richard G. Rogers
C. J. Wyland
Underwood
Ralph Bone
Realto Radamacher
Debbie
Dubuque
Joe Schroeder
Sharon
Sandra Lau
Guttenberg
J. L. Bader
Carl T. Egger
Corrs
Carl A. Egger
State University of Iowa
Army Reserve Officers Training Corps
Egeger
C. Condit
Lions International
Rev. Wagner
Daniel Stokesberry of
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Ray E. Adams
94 Club
Doubtful
Jack Kuriger
Bob Schmidt
George Schmidt
Schmidt
Kuriger
Doubtful II
Jones County District Court
Mark McDonald
Willis Kray
Kray
McDonald
Leigh Pearson
Theodore W. Eby
Eby
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