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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1954
Page
5
The DeMolay holds a regular meeting Wednesday night at 7 45 in the Masonic Temple. Advisory board will preside since no installation has occurred yet. Installation is scheduled for May 26.
The only marriage license issued since May 1 was obtained Thursday by Dubuque pair Donald Beckett aged 45 and Virginia Schumacher aged 28, per records in the district court clerk W L Pearson's office.
The VFW Post and Auxiliary observe their 25th anniversary on Wednesday May 12 with a pot luck dinner at 6 30 p m. Chicken and noodles rolls coffee and cakes provided Attendees are asked to bring their own service The regular meeting follows at 8 p m for both organizations with a memorial service.
New cars and trucks licensed since Wednesday morning list buyers including Mary Shada Anamosa Chevrolet truck Dean A Campbell Anamosa Ford Melvin H Freese Anamosa Ford Allan G Rushford Anamosa Chevrolet John Dirk Hin ig Center Junction Chevrolet H Seiger Morley Chevrolet George H Bohlken Scotch Grove Mercury Carl Folkers Anamosa Chevrolet Forney A Welders Anamosa Chevrolet truck Milton T Stott Monticello Ford truck Walter E Brainerd Monticello Ford Nella Huerter Anamosa Chrysler B J Patnode Anamosa Chevrolet The League of Women Voters meets Tuesday May 11 at 2 p m at Mrs T E Hamilton s home Final planning on Educational System study in Iowa and state convention reports by C R Smith and R I Griffith The John McDonald Hospital reports births May 6 2 girls 1 boy to Mr and Mrs Robert Hosch Cascade May 7 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Melvin Good Monticello May 7 a son to Mr and Mrs Harry Reade Monticello May 6 a daughter born to Earl Dickman Lost Nation May 6 7 pounds 10 ounces The Dickman family note Monticello relatives of Earl Zum bach welcome Marilyn Jean May 5 Willard hospital Manchester Grandparents Zumbach Emma Kray Monticello Albert Zumbach and Mrs and Mrs Albert Zumbach
The board backs a six classroom new elementary school with a seventh room for kindergarten to relieve crowding. Enrollment is projected to rise 37 percent in five years, making a split-site plan on North Gill Street and the present site advantageous for access and age separation.
A report by the Iowa Department of Social Welfare shows April welfare payments in Jones County totaling 26 699 dollars through the county social welfare office led by Mrs Nellie Rummell with 390 cases involving 550 people. Old age assistance averaged 57 10 per case for 319 cases totaling 18 316 50. nine needy blind cases averaged 55 06 totaling 495 50. Dependent children had 62 cases covering 222 children with an average 128 82 per case and 35 98 per child, with totals in the program. Compared with state averages, old age payments were 18c above, needy blind per case averaged 18 02 below, and dependent children averaged 6 91 above the state per case.
Merritt E. Messersmith of the Monticello Express led two advertising prizes at the Iowa Press Association contest in Des Moines. The paper earned a first group honor for layout and design and a second prize for Best Advertising Idea, with judging by Missouri publishers.
The Monticello Independent School District has option on land shown for a new elementary school if voters approve next month. The block long by 320 feet deep site spans just under 5 acres on the west side.
Dr L C Perkins was reelected president of the Chiropractic Society of Iowa at the state convention held at Hotel Fort Des Moines April 29 30. Ronnie Rhatigan won second place in the Northeast district posture contest and competed in the state contest, with Mrs James Bender accompanying him. Convention speakers included Dr B J Palmer Dr Vinton Logan and Dr Richard Yennie.
Dr. C. G. Thomas M.D. moved Thursday to a new office at 040 West First Street in a building recently remodeled. Mrs. Isabel Maire serves as receptionist. The remodeled building was formerly Condit Insulate Company and previously housed the McNeill building.
Fourteen special event days will conclude the seniors year at Monticello Public High School with school closing May 25 at 2 pm after a special auditorium assembly. The calendar lists May 13 14 final exams and a junior senior banquet and senior last day May 14 with multiple events through May 25 including graduation and diplomas.
Clarence Samuel Milroy sought for over a month by Jones county officials after posting bail with a bad $500 check in Anamosa OMVI second offense and false drawing charges. Milroy located at Strawberry Point and returned to jail, held on $1,000 bond per charge.
Jones County Sheriff Lewis Dreiheibis investigated two small robberies in Anamosa last weekend. About $60 was stolen from an office desk at Reece and Remley law offices, with $40 to $45 taken. A second theft yielded about $16 from a piggy bank in Edith Coonrad Moers apartment. No entry method or door condition confirmed.
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