Monticello Track Team Sees Second in Triangular Meet
Monticello finished second by a half point in a triangular with Tipton and Maquoketa after Bruce Stumbaugh's absence. Underclassmen Ervin Etten and Tom Greenawald, plus freshman Steve Balster in a key 880, fueled the effort as district prep builds toward a state meet and WaMAC title bid.
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Jay Wehbley
Bruce Stumbaugh
Monticello
Tipton
Maquoketa
Roger Ganfield
Larry Goettsch
John Maurice
Jim Helgens
Dave Stead
Paul Skelly
Steve Balster
Ervin Etten
Tom Greenawald
Etten
Monti
Greenawald
Panthers
Marion
Des Moines
End of School Year Reflections From The Cokes With Carole
Seniors have ten days left, underclassmen five as The Annual staff rushes to finish copy and photos. Mothers are praised on Mother's Day as the Mixed Chorus plans a city park picnic with sack lunches and a fire. Friday night promises a big event before a restful break.
Student Council Plans Picnic At Delhi On May 20
The Student Council discussed an outing set for Friday May 20 at 4 p m. They will travel by bus and the menu includes hot dogs baked beans marshmallows buns and potatoes notes by Shirley Otten.
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Shirley Otten
Delhi
FHA Officers Initiated May 2
The Monticello Chapter of the Future Homemakers of America held an initiation ceremony on Tuesday evening May 2 for the new officers Martha Edwards president Sue Schneider vice president Regina Ostrander secretary and Dorean Wilken treasurer. Each received a red rose from the outgoing officers Dianne Hoffman Nancy Perkins Treva Folkers and Georgia Folkerts. A social hour followed the ceremony.
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Treva Folkers
Monticello
The
Future Homemakers of America
Martha Edwards
Sue Schneider
Regina Ostrander
Dorean Wilken
Dianne Hoffman
Nancy Perkins
Georgia Folkerts
Seniors Departure Echoes From Undated Yearbook Poll
Students weigh the impact of seniors leaving 607 Tammy Eden with mixed views. Jennifer Schneider and Judy Whittemore foresee adjustment challenges while others anticipate coping and wishing luck. Russell Stadtmüller notes missing the senior girls as he walks to school.
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Jennifer Schneider
Freshman Class Picnic Planned for May 10 at City Park
Plans for the freshmen class picnic at the city park May 10 from 5 to 8 p.m. include roasted weiners potato salad baked beans and chips. Elizabeth Specht chairs the food committee and Carol Ann Weers leads the entertainment committee organizing softball and volleyball games.
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Janet Wahl
Elizabeth Specht
Carol Ann Weers
Underclassmen To Aid Seniors This Kindness Week
Janet Postel reports on a school plan for Kind to Seniors Week. Underclassmen will assist seniors by fulfilling requests such as carrying books and running errands during the last week of school.
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Janet Postel
Boys Glee Club Earns Rating In District Music Contest
Sharon Wright reports the Boys Glee Club led Monti cello and large groups to a rating in the District Large Group contest. Other entries Concert Band Girls Glee Club and Mixed Chorus all earned H ratings. The event was held in Marion on Saturday April 30.
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Sharon Wright
Glee Club
Monticello
Marion
Local Social Notes from Onslow and Surrounding Areas
Onslow residents report visits and family gatherings in Seymour Indiana Cedar Rapids and Monticello Iowa Mrs Velma Nielsen hosted a dessert luncheon and card games with Mrs J W Allen and others John Jansen Roy and Velma Nielsen attended a funeral for Ernest Hamilton in Emeline Iowa Intermittent hospital stays and family moves are noted including Hinrichs Jansen Barnts and Schrader family members with several dinner gatherings and visits to Cedar Rapids Maquoketa Swisher and Delmar Iowa.
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Onslow
Herman Garzett
Charles Beatty
Seymour
Ind
Garrett Juilfs
Cedar Rapids
Juilfs
Nettie Alberry
University Hospital
Iowa City
John Jansen
St. Luke’s Hospital
Velma Nielsen
Robert Hinrichs
Morley
Hinrichs
W. C. Barnts
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Gene Barnts
Emma Hinrichs
John
Louie Schrader
Velma Nielson
Ernest Hamilton
Presbyterian Church
Emeline
Hickory Grove
First Holy Communion at St Josephs Prairieburg
In Prairieburg on May 1 at 9:30 Mass 17 boys and girls from St Josephs School received First Holy Communion. Names include Dennis Rahe Norman McDowell Edward Dolan Richard Holub Marsha Holub Patricia Kula Joann Kula Douglas Lawrence Carol Holub Keith Weber Elaine Babok Stephen Kelchen Donald Reichenauer Joseph Prull. PWC Club met Apr 27 at Mrs Warren Parrington home with 12 members answering Easter activity. Next meeting at Mrs Ernie Cooper home. Mr and Mrs Melvin Boyse of Wellman visited Lee Boyse. Karen Boyse of Coggan stayed overnight.
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Prairieburg
St. Joseph’s School
St. Joseph’s Church
Dennis James Rahe
Norman Paul McDowell
Edward Dolan
Richard Holub
Marsha Holub
Patricia Kula
Joann Kula
Douglas Lawrence
Carol Holub
Keith Weber
Elaine Babok
Stephen Kelchen
Donald Reichenauer
Joseph Prull
P.W.C
Local families host visits and First Communion dinner
A series of Sunday and weekend visits unfold across Waubeek Marion Center Point Cedar Rapids Anamosa and Springville with multiple households hosting guests. Highlights include Mrs Hubert Powers and family and Mrs Tony Beranek attending an open house at the Men s Reformatory Hospital and a May dinner at the L Lawrence home celebrating Douglas Lawrence s First Holy Communion.
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Hubert Powers
Tony Beranek
Barbara
Men's Reformatory Hospital
Keith Boyse
Gerald Merritt
Waubeek
Don Walmutt
Wendy
Marion
Roy Walmutt
Ross Brutsman
Central City
Leo Lala
Mardella
Center Point
Bob Woodward
LeRoy Bickford
Chuck Lawrence
Virgil Moser
Mrs. Moser
Leo Lawrence
E. J. Patnode
Anamosa
Rufus Hanken
Joe Cashman
Leo Holub
Tom Dougherty
Leo Baum
Mart Woodward
Bert Walter
Cedar Rapids
James Wolmutt
Bill Johnson
Leo Stancle
Douglas
Luke Lawrence
Don Wolmutt
Howard Hart
Mercy Hospital of
Arthur Holub
Springville
Stanley Holub
Leonard Holub
Margaret
Leo Wolfe
Tony Holub
Ed Mershon
Tony Babak
Elaine
L. L. Lawrence
Norma Smith
Fred Whiting
Joe Wright
Douglas Lawrence
May Breakfasts and Club Gatherings At Castle Grove
Idle Not Club plans a May breakfast on May 12 at 9:30 a.m. at Mrs. Art Weber. Dairy farm products feature on the menu with support from the Kromminga and Oltmann households. Worthwhile Homemaker’s group meets May 11 at 9 a.m. at Mrs. See husen’s home with a plant exchange and June picnic plans.
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Castle Grove
Idle Not Club
Art Weber
Iowa Farms
F. H. Kromminga
Richard Kromminga
Buck Creek High School
Ss, Peter and Paul Lutheran Church Missionary Society
Bellevue
George Seehusen
Ambrose Schlarmann
Ben Eiben
Caroline Heiken
Iowa
Wyoming social rounds mix births moves and town news
The report covers hometown events including host gatherings for Mr and Mrs Herbert Husman and Mr and Mrs La Vera Schoon in Monticello, new home moves for the Diggs and Buckholtz families in Wyoming Davenport, a house move to Buckholtz’s lot, a nearby Laundromat installation, and Ernie Hamilton’s death. It also lists new books at Roche Memorial Library and local prize winners with brief notes on a leg injury.
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Wyoming
Herbert Husman
LaVera Schoon
Monticello
Husman
Schoon
George C. Schoon
Susan
LaVern School
Henry
Bill Ortgies
George Dirks
Darlene Volkenant
Eldon
Amber
Glenn Diggs
Davenport
Kenneth Jurgensen
Diggs
Fred Buckholtz
Dave
Sylvester Benischek
Buckholtz
Hospitalized after horse accident injures Ortgies
John Ortgies remains in Monticello hospital two weeks after a horse fell on his leg at Russell Brown's home on April 24. The accident occurred as Bob Eden John and Russell Brown planned to ride their horses. The 500 Club met at George and Mrs. Browns home that evening with Carl Cordes unable to play.
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Cass
John Ortgies
Monticello
John
Russell Brown
Bob Eden
500 Club
George Brown
Carl Cordes
Local Social Notes From Cedar Rapids Area
Eastern Iowa Postal Area meeting held April 28 in Cedar Rapids Federal Court Room. Mrs H S Bennett returned April 29 from a three week vacation in Kansas and Colorado. May 1 dinners and visits include Mrs Louie Helgens and Harlan with Ben Engelbart. Mrs Herman Ricklefs with Chester Sauegling in McGregor to visit William Sauegling. May 3 guests in Arthur Riedel and Gerd Prull homes with Henry Tobiason present.
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Chester Sauegling
McGregor
Cedar Rapids
William Sauegling
Olin Community notices and events across spring 1960
Residents share visits birthdays and club activities from Olin Iowa in late April and May 1960. Dora Fisher returns from Salina and Litchfield. Roy Easterly aids Fred Rummel’s 93rd birthday. weekly socials and meetings of the Methodist W S C S are noted. The 500 Club luncheon and Legion district events are recorded along with kindergarten entry plans and the upcoming Chicago class trip. The county wide TB skin test and cookie program for Oakdale and Woodward facilities are listed with organizers and dates. Poppy Day and Memorial Day parade plans conclude the notes.
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Olin
Dora Fisher
Jack Knight
Jimmy
Salina
Kan
William Tennan
Peggy
Kate
Barbara
Litchfield Navy Air Base
Goodyear
Ariz
Roy Easterly
Fred Rummel
Oelwein
Rummel
William Kell
Carl P. Laetare
Michael Swenson
A. L. Swenson
Strawberry Point
Steven Kruse
Slater
Carl B. Laetare
Methodist
W.S.C.S
August Amend
Jay Slater
Leo Levien
John Schlosser
American Legion Auxiliary Meeting Plans July 4 Fish Pond Project
Twenty five members attended the American Legion Auxiliary meeting on May 3. President Mrs Vernon Shedek displayed the new unit flag and a children fish pond project for the park during the July 4th dance to benefit the Park fund. Donations of suitable pond articles are requested with boxes in local stores. A canteen book for a Glenwood sponsored child was sent to the State Office. Delegates reported a May 1 district meeting in Dubuque. The department convention is set for July 28 29 at the Fort Des Moines Hotel Des Moines. Poppy posters and junior corsages were shown and will be featured in Earth Drug Store windows the week before Memorial Day.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Vernon Shedek
Park Fund
Glenwood
State Office
Dubuque
Department
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
Earth DrugStore
Jones County families count on earlier Express editions
Twice weekly readers in Jones County rely on the Express for news a day sooner, gaining quicker access to local updates and happenings. The shift aims to boost timeliness for households and businesses.
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Jones County
Express
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FHA
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Russell Stadtmueller
Jack Kiburz
Steve Wolken
DAVCO
Irene Edwards
Gene Palmer
Delmar
J. M. Hanna
Charles Heeren
Glen Meader
Jackson County Hospital
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Ernie Buresh
Swisher
Kuriger Bros
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Thomas and
Leona Alden Hamilton
Clay Mills
Emmeline
Millie Brady
Woodmen of America
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Gladys) Streets
Carl Pence
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Roy Folkerts
Clarence Aschbrenner
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Frank Pillard
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Thur Riedel
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Gerd Prull
Arthur Riedel
Henry Tobiason
Legion Cafe
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Mary Helen Luckstead
Stanton
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Frankie
Richard Luckstead
Cynthia Jean
Leona Rohwedder
Loretta Luckstead
Elbert Stingley
Walter Rohwedder
Mary Jo
Jan Rohwedder
Wayne Simerman
Hilbert Stolte
Kenneth Guhl
Robert Mason
Clifford Taylor
Marguerite Moreland
Bliss Switzer
James Postel
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T.B
Oakdale
Bess Christensen
John Carstensen
Elward Ledvina
Orville Behne
Clifford Close
George Willimack
Henry Koranda
Julia Williams
Helen Lasack
Joe Benhart
Woodward State Hospital
Woodward
Shedek
Allen Hronik
Ervin Hansen
Elizabeth Vanicek
Vlasta Guyer
Charlie Sheldon
Robert Kleineck
Jim Shelley
Till Wosoba
Richard Wheery
Louise Nesper
Dean Caraway
Ron Fritz
Caraway
Caraways
Minin
Central Iowa
Adequate Wiring Bureau
Tete Ee Ee
American Petroleum
RCA Victor
M & J Service
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