Building and Progress edition sets records in 1960
The Express fifth annual Building and Progress edition weighs nearly 1.25 tons of newsprint, spans 40 pages the largest in 96 years, and includes over 100 photos from four photographers. It required 11 press runs and numerous staffers and rural correspondents to compile.
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Express
Building and Progress
The
Monticello
Iowa City
Plattville
Wis
Betty Wagner
Ron Lauen
Jane Scott
Mollee Williams
Bob Harlen
Ray Luckstedt
Bob Goodyear
Betty Thomas
Joan Steger
Johnny Jones
Monticello 1961 Construction Seen Above One Million
A crystal ball view shows likelihood that 1961 Monticello construction may exceed one million dollars, excluding last year starts. Permits for new houses run seven in four months, with remodeling and garages adding over $110,000. Major projects include a whey factory north of White Containers and laying natural gas pipelines.
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Monticello
White Containers
R. & Corbett
Southhaven Drive
Don Bergman
Hillcrest Drive
Harold L. Tenhoff
West Fifth St
James Adams, Jr
North Arminda
Carl Straub
Hillcrest
Harry E. Starks
Donald Dreibelbis
Alice Taylor
South Maple
Archie Tuel
South Sycamore
Nor
1960 Monticello Building Boom Expands Residential Industrial
Monticello’s 1960 building permits totalled about $700,000 with prior year had 1959 at $999,446 including a $590,336 hospital addition. The year saw extensive home, business and public works including St. Matthew’s Lutheran church expansion and a $100,000 youth center at the fairgrounds.
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Monticello
Carpenter School
Raymond Thomas
North Sycamore
Frank Martin
North Gill
Glenn Lambert
Archie Tuel
John Shover
South Locust
Newton Thomas
Herman J. Welter
Fannie Siebels
South Sycamore
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Leigh Clark
East First
C. G. Thomas
South Cedar
S. H. Hoag
Merrindle
Paul Rieniers
West Sixth
Robert Arduser
Vanourny
Joseph Oswald
Henry von Spreecken
Robert S. Clark
Timberline Road
Clarence Kuriger
West Burroughs
Paul and
Lois Kurt
Vancurny Addition
Carl Kleitch
Wink Addition
Robert Klink
Hillcrest
Yeoman and Company
Goettsch
Carl Egger
South Maple
Marcus McChristy
William Corbin
George Schoon
Carl Steiner
Les Voss
Monticello State Bank
Berndes
Fairgrounds
Harold Wilcox
Robert Schuetz
North Cedar
Spahn and Rose Lumber Company
Sam Rhatigan
Don Wolfe
Dick Steiner
Hillcrest Drive
John Fegan
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Monticello Express
Mhich
Monticello, Iowa
Ture
Bert F. Manternach
East Cherry
Leo Hosch
North Chestnut
Leonard Fluckiger
South Linden
Rudy Schoon
Lester Kray
Kenneth Serbousek
East Washington
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