Monticello Community Event Calendar May Notes
A multi day list from Monticello and Anamosa covering events May 9 to May 15. Includes square dance at Community building, 4-H officer nominations due May 10, mother daughter potluck May 12, various 4-H and Lions Rotary meetings, Navy recruiter hours, League of Women Voters meeting, VFW and auxiliary gatherings, state employment rep visit, and a May 5 May 6 weather note. Births announced May 5. Weather readings show May 5 60 30 and May 6 64 35.
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Rotary
St. Luke's Methodist Church
Navy
Monticello
League of Women Voters
W. B. Clark
Royal Neighbors
K.P. Hall
V.F.W. Post
V.F.W
State Employment Service
Anamosa
Boye
Eye
False Pretense Charge In Cesspool Job Case
Belle Watson of Center Junction files a false pretense charge in Warren Lawrences justice court against Wayne Ward an itinerant cesspool cleaner. Ward and two others cleaned a cesspool at the Watson home May 2 and charged 185 for the job. The trio traveled in an Ohio registered car. Watson stopped payment on the checks including a 100 cashing at Faust Shelley service station in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Belle Watson
Justice of Peace Court
Warren Lawrence
Anamosa
Wayne Ward
Watson
Jones County
Ohio
Faust Shelley
Monticello
Randall Ganfield Visits Friends in Monticello
Warrant Officer Randall W. Ganfield formerly of Cascade and now in Chicago visited friends and former classmates in Monticello over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Ganfield
Monticello
Cascade
Randall W. Ganfield
Chicago
Eberhart Girl Chosen 4-H Leadership Delegate
Barbara Eberhart 17 of Monticello is selected as Jones county 4-H delegate to the state leadership training conference at the Madrid 4-H camp. Two sessions in August will include about 50 4-H members and 30 delegates each. Barbara, an eight year 4-H member, has held multiple club offices and participates in Monticello high school bands and other activities.
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Jones County
Barbara Eberhart
Castle Grove
Findera
Clarence Eberhart
Monticello
Maxine Hunt
Madrid
Harlan Geiger
Iowa State College
Ames
Barbara
Monticello High School
Future Homemakers of America
16th Anniversary Sale at Super Valu Monticello
Super Valu in Monticello continues its 16th anniversary food sale through this weekend. Shoppers can enter to win prizes totaling $40,000 as part of the celebration.
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Super Valu
Bud's
Monticello
Olin Grocery Store Damaged by Fire
Firefighters responding to a 6:30 p m call confined the blaze to the basement of Benny s Grocery causing extensive damage to fixtures and contents. Defective wiring is suspected as the cause with heavy smoke and water damage. Stanwood fire department assisted. The store had been recently purchased by Benischek from EB H Lawson.
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ULTN
Vulin
Benny
Stanwood Fire Department
Benischek
EB. H. Lawson
4 H to Select Good Grooming Girl on May 24
Junior and senior good grooming contestants from Jones county 4 H clubs will meet at the Farm Bureau building in Anamosa at 9 30 am on May 24 to be judged for county representation in the state wide good grooming contest. Mrs. Maxine Hunt reminds contestants to wear the same school garb and bring their record books.
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Jones County
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Maxine Hunt
County Home
Helgens and Larson Join Veishea Farm Committees
Harlan Helgens and Harold Larson, sons of local residents, study farm operation at Town State college and will serve on Veishea committees for the three day festival and open house May 15 17.
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Harlan Helgens
Louis Helgens
Monticello
Harold Larson
Anamosa
Town State College
Veishea
Jones County 4-H selects Bill Ballou for state office
Bill Ballou aged 17 son of Mr and Mrs Bert Ballou of Monticello is named the Jones county nominee for boys 4 H state office. Announcement by Paul Schneiter Monticello 4 H committee chair notes Ballou’s seven years with Wayne Wranglers 4 H club and leadership roles. He has worked with baby beef field crops and junior cattle feeder projects and competed on county crops and livestock judging teams at the Iowa State fair. Ballou has participated in the Massachusetts and Kentucky 4 H exchange programs and serves as president of his 4 H club and Monticello high school senior class, previously as county 4 H vice president in 1956.
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Bill Ballou
Bert Ballou
Monticello
Jones County
Paul Schneiter
Wayne Wranglers
Ballou
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Two New Members for Teen Aged Drivers Club
Monticello Teen-Age Drivers club welcomes Roger Oaken and Larry Martin sen as new members. The group votes to meet twice monthly beginning June on the first and third Tuesdays. Next meeting is June 3 at 8 p.m. in Community building room 2. Four members will place copies of the state's traffic safety point system on car windshields this Saturday. The volunteers are Ernie Goedken Jack Kuriger Dick Meier and Larry Martinsen.
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Roger Oaken
Larry Martinsen
Monticello
Ernie Goedken
Jack Kuriger
Dick Meier
Monticello Bike Ordinance Changes Sought
The Monticello city council studied League of Women Voters suggestions to modernize Bicycle Ordinance No. 159. Proposals call for more bicycle racks in the business district single file riding strict enforcement and distribution of the ordinance to riders with a bicycle license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
League of Women Voters
H. M
Johnny) Jones
League
Gene Chamberlin
Kirby Wahl
Jones
Chamberlin
Wahl
Paul Bender
P.T.A
B.P.W
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Iowa
Marie
Ace Hardware
Schultz’s
Dime Store
Mode O Day Shop Opens In Town
The grand opening of the Mode O Day Frock shop is set for Friday and Saturday at a new location beside Stahler's Shoe store. Owner Mrs. Chester Condit cites buying advantages from 600 plus Mode O Day stores to promise lower prices, as Monticello joins Iowa’s 24th outlet. Local remodeling was completed by Kuriger Bros., Harold Scherrer, Rem Electric, and Lavern Lambert.
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Stahler
Chester
Jennie) Condit
Iowa
Edwards Department Store
Chester Condit
Kuriger Bros
Harold Scherrer
Mother Daughter Potluck Hosted by The Pythian Sisters
The Pythian Sisters announce a mother and daughter potluck supper at the K P hall on May 12 at 6 30. Members are urged to bring daughters or, if none, a friend to join the event.
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K.P. Hall
Trail Ride Draws 90 Horses at Manternach Farm
The Dubuque County Saddle club held its second trail ride of the season at Matt Manternach's Cascade farm. President Manternach led 45 horses in the morning and 90 in the afternoon as riders traversed creeks timber and bluffs amid blustery wind. A sack lunch preceded the next ride on May 18 at Bill McDonald farm between Worthington and Hopkinton.
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Cascade
Matt Manternach
Dubuque County
Hopkinton
Dubuque
United States
Saddle Club
Bill McDonald
Dubuque County Fair
John McGinn
Stanley Connoly
Dick Bertling
Frank Kramer
Bill
Deadline Set for 4-H Host Family Applications
Jones County extension announces May 15 as the cutoff for families to apply to host 4-H members from Canada and Kentucky. About 25 applications are on file. eligibility requires a family with an active 4-H member aged 14 or older as of January 1, 1958.
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Jones County
Canada
Kentucky
Gene Neven
Maxine Hunt
Neven
Iss
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Bernie Reuter
Roger Kuhn
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