Monticello 8th Graders Win Triangular Meet
Monticello eighth graders defeated Prairie and Anamosa Cedar Rapids in a triangular junior high track meet with 56 2 3 points to 30 for Prairie and 24 1 3 for Anamosa. First places claimed by Don Holmes Tom Barnes Monticello relay team Holmes Stalken Ricklefs Parker lead seventh graders.
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Monticello
Anamosa
Prairie
Cedar Rapids
Don Holmes
Tom Barnes
Holmes
Steve Stalken Broad
Ron Richardson
Leland Buel
Weers Af Anamosa
Raymond Ricklefs
Dave Savage
Jerry Long
Parker
Dan Hinrichs
Dave Eilers
Jim Perkins
Jack Siebels
Robert Hosford
Steve Lambert
Dave Balster
Jay Husmann
Bob Robinson
Dave Swimm
Dubuque
Trout Stocked Again on Maquoketa and Wapsi Pinicon Rivers
The Iowa Conservation Commission reports recent trout stocking on the Maquoketa and Wapsi Pinicon rivers plus Otter Creek Richmond Springs Elk Creek Wexford Creek Joy Springs Bigalk Creek Spring Creek Trout Run Trout River Bohemian Creek and Twin Springs. All Iowa trout streams have been stocked so far this year and more rainbows browns and brookies are being leased for fishermen daily.
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Maquoketa
Wapsi- Pinicon
Iowa Conservation Commission
Iowa
Otter Creek
Richmond Springs
Elk Creek
Wexford Creek
Joy Springs
Bigalk Creek
Spring Creek
Trout Run
Trout River
Bohemian Creek
Twin Springs
Memorial Day ceremony opens Keokuk National Cemetery observance
The first National Cemetery ceremony in Keokuk featured Sunday Schools and local societies on May 30 1868. Rain postponed the district Class A track meet with preliminaries and finals spread over the day led by impressive times including Bill Frazier of North Scott and Bruce Stumbaugh of Monticello in the 880 yard run.
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National Cemetery
Keokuk
Keokuk Gate
Vance Stead
Bill Frazier
North Scott
Iowa
Stumbaugh
Frazier
Monticello
Bruce Stumbaugh
Dubuque
Legion
John Brokens
Hawkeye Boys State
Harold Schlimmer
Ted Krause
Women's Fellowship Met at Congregational Church in Monticello
The General Meeting of the Women’s Fellowship at the Congregational Church met April 27 with 32 members. Mrs. Helen Guyan led a book review on Dear and Glorious Physician. Hostesses included Mrs. Max McCrabb and others.
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Women’s Fellowship of the
Congregational Church
Helen Guyan
Max McCrabb
Wesley Borden
Harold Blair
Robert Myers
Freda Hanken
Missionary Federation
Iowa
Bellevue
St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Monticello
Leslie Linn
Merritt Swim
Otto Senft
Arnold Schlueter
Harold Gottleaber Sr
Steve Hoag
American Lutheran Church
John Osterkamp
James Conley
Israel Bissell Poem Highlighted In Iowa History Notes
A 1957 poem by T. G. Murray of Oxford Junction Iowa titled Israel Bissell is featured in a Cedar Rapids meeting and placed in an Iowa City State Historical Society poetry collection. The piece recalls the Patriot era and the 1775 post rider Israel Bissell of Waterford Philadelphia routes. The poem’s final verse honors Bissell and references Paul Revere.
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Oxford Junction
T. G. Murray
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
State Historical Society
Israel Bissell
Iowa
Springfield Union
Springfield
Mass
Hinsdale Lions Club
Bissell
Watertown
Boston
Connecticut
New York
Philadelphia
Phildelphia Historical Society
Paul Revere
Henry W. Longfellow
Mr. Murray
Deadline to request pond fish for Iowa farms extended
Farmers must file stocking requests with the Iowa Conservation Commission by May 15. Pond owners should contact their local conservation officer now to have ponds inspected and forms completed for this year’s stocking program.
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Iowa Conservation Commission
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Bowling News
Jones Co. Oil
Phillip’s
Larry's
Ac's
Robinsons
Schuetz
Bank
H.L.G
Dorothy Freese
Iva Yeoman
H.T.G
Jones Co
H.T.S
Stead
WaMac
Manchester
Vinton
DeWitt
Eldridge
Community League
Stahler’s
Bob's Royal Blue
Harriss-Way
Till & Carnahan Schlitz Tavern
Monticello Jaycees Covington
Hig
Vanourny
John Deere
Howard Andres
H.ls
Howard Andrews
Lover’s Youth Town
Monti Machine Shop
Meier Farm Service
Club
Goettsch
Stoner Plumbing
Seehusen Oil Co
Freese Motors H.T.S
Bud Bader
H.I.G
Classic League
North Side Tavern
Johnson Mill
Super Valu Rite Way
Petersen Feed
Shaffer Clothing
W.F.W
Shaffers Clothing
Long’s
C. Kissick
F. Kephart
Jones County Oil
Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Auxiliary
Janice Brokens
Shreiner
Order of the Eastern Star
Eleanor Yeoman
Lillian Stewart
Retta Stumbaugh
Jennie Shelley
Vernita Schafer
Olive Abel
Jennie Clark
Harold
Mary Ellen Yeoman
Edith Rhatigan
Emma Maurice
Ken
Margaret Howie
Edna
George Buel
The
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
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Ed Leishner
General Aid
Methodist Church
Louis Morf
Ray Stumbaugh
E. H. Huibregtse
Tuetken
Russell Meade
W. E. Tuetken
A. J. H. McNeill Jr
Louis Mors
Roy Miller
Jim Robinson
Florence Clark
I. Covington
Virgil Hunt
H. Huibregtse
Carl Schneiter
Marshall Wynn
Lyman Perkins
Richard Long
Ruby Kopp
B. E. Abel
Rebekahs
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Noble Grand
Con
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Bette Bender
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Thomas Schlueter
Warry Reade
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Mike Myers
Terrance Feeney
James Thomas
David Greenawald
Richard Heeren
Dick Farley
Webelo
Tom Yeoman
Orvin Yeoman
Robert Myer
Peerless
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Marguerite Schnoor
Davenport
Harry Ingwersen
Fred Harms
Rainbow Girls
Opal McClure
Otto Koranda
John Buresh
Mabel
Harro Ing Wersen
Harold Jeffery
Robert Barber
Delbert Steffens
Mabel First
Joe Strake
Walter Long
Renwick
Allen Hronik
Emma Hronik
Francine Hronik
University of Iowa
Mary Hronik
Patrick O'Connor
George O'Keaf
McCormick
International Harvester
Gibson’s
Waikiki Beach
Liason
Purina
Purina Research Farm
Testa
Rubina Chows
Monticello, Lowa
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