Storm Hits Monticello Area with Strong Winds and Damage
Late Sunday afternoon a severe storm swept the Monticello area with driving wind and rain. Trees and buildings suffered damage including a blown down machine shed at Jack Chaplin’s Sand Springs farm, damaged sheds at Robert Wahl’s property, downed wires and a torn roof on an old airplane hangar at Vernon Barrack Jr.’s farm, and barn rafters torn at Joe Spahr’s farm. most damage described as minor.
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Monticello
Jack Chaplin
Sand Springs
Robert Wahl
Vernon
Joe Spahr
Escapee hunted after prison break near Anamosa
Jones county authorities hunted for Howard Dickerson 26 after he escaped from the Men's Reformatory in Anamosa Tuesday morning. He stole a parked car and fled toward Olin where it was found wrecked. Dickerson is described 5 foot 10, 160 pounds with brown hair and eyes and ruddy complexion.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Howard Dickerson
Lewis Drebelbis
Dickerson
McCallsburg
Olin
Nieters Named Monticello Lions President For 1959 60
George Nieters was elected president of the Monticello Lions club for the coming year at St. Matthew's Lutheran church. Officers include Bob Patten first vice president Dale Adams second vice president Jim Bender third vice president Dave Miller secretary Don Bergman treasurer Paul Lumpa tail twister LaVern Eilers longtimer Howard Hicks and Leslie Linn as directors.
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George Nieters
Monticello
Bob Patten
Dale Adams
Jim Bender
Dave Miller
Don Bergman
Paul Lumpa Tail Twister
LaVern Eilers Lon Tamer
Howard Hicks
Leslie Linn
Harold Gottleaber
E. H. DeShaw
Births and marriage notices from Monticello area
Birth announcements include a May 10 son for Mr and Mrs Galen Engelbart Anamosa and a Marjorie Appleby daughter born May 8 in Manchester Memorial Hospital. Other births list Donald Scott in Anamosa and David Lynn in Cedar Rapids, plus a nine pound girl at Mercy Hospital Anamosa. Marriage licenses record Chaney Morris and Shirley Slifer and Dwayne Stroud and Karen Gentz. Justice Court reports Billy Wilson fined $10 and costs for defective equipment.
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John McDonald Hospital
Galen Engelbart
Anamosa
Buck Creek
Norman Appleby
Marjorie
Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Olin
J. Clifford Taylor
Donald Scott
Mercy Hospital
Richard McAtee
David Lynn
Cedar Rapids
Center Junction
Robert von Spreecken
Ana
Mosa
Courthouse
Chaney B. Morris
Rock Falls
Shirley L. Slifer
Dwayne Stroud
Marshfield
Karen Rae Gentz
Justice Court
Monticello
Justice of Peace
Max McCrabb
Billy J. Wilson
Home Society Seeks Support From Jones County Residents
Iowa Children's Home Society letters urge local residents to aid the agency which has served 147 people in Jones county including adoptive and foster placements. In 1958 Iowa programs assisted 79 adoptive children, 269 in foster care, and 156 unwed mothers received care. Volunteers listed include Mrs Sterling Baldwin Monticello and others in Center Junction Olin Wyoming.
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Jones County
Iowa Children’s Home Society
Iowa
Sterling Baldwin
Monticello
Truman Stanton
Center Junction
Jones County hires Lane couple as steward and matron
Jones County supervisors appoint Larry and Dorothy Lane to succeed Roscoe and Mrs Easterly as steward and matron of the county home. Martha Rawson resigns as director of relief effective June 1. Lanes to start June 1 at 375 dollars monthly. Amber Co-Op Lumber Co awarded coal for the county home and Eclipse Lumber Co for the courthouse.
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Jones County
Martha Rawson
Amber Co-Op Lumber Company
Eclipse Lumber Company
Judith Hodgen Named Wyoming Candidate for Band Festival
Judith Hodgen, a 17 year old Wyoming Consolidated junior, is the school’s nominee for the Eastern Iowa Band Festival in Cedar Rapids on May 23. She attends the Methodist church activities, serves as youth fellowship secretary, and has held roles in class government, student council, school newspaper, and glee club.
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Wyoming
Judith Hodgen
Wyoming Consolidated School Band
Cedar Rapids
Miss Hodgen
Harold Hodgen
John Miller
The
Methodist Church
4-H
Hawkeye Council Sets Sunday Budget Planning Session
Hawkeye Area Boy Scout Council to inaugurate a new all council budget program with Lou Rodwell visiting from Kansas City to observe. Meeting starts 2 30 p m Sunday at Prairie High School south of Cedar Rapids with volunteers from Monticello and Jones County.
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Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
Boy Scouts of America
The
Prairie High School
Cedar Rapids
Hawaii
Monticello
Jones County
Ed Sears
Lou Rodwell
Kansas City
Sears
GMC Defeats Motion To Keep Stores Open Friday Evenings
Greater Monticello committee members defeated a proposal to open Monticello stores Friday evenings. They voted to keep Saturday openings and form a five member study panel to evaluate broader Friday access. The meeting noted Anamosa merchants favor a Friday option if Monticello participates.
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GMC
Monticello
Greater Monticello Committee
Anamosa
McCrabbs Attend Meeting Of Accountants
Davenport Mrs. M. E. McCrabbs and Ralph Crim among Iowa Society of Independent Accountants members at the 13th annual meeting at Black Hawk hotel. Members outlined plans for the November tax seminar in Des Moines and a statewide program for accounting and tax seminars. S. C. Levin, retiring president, said the program aims to raise professional qualifications. The LS,LA group serves small business and individual tax needs and is separate from CPAs. Mrs Don Mouw and Janis of Fort Dodge visited Mrs Eliza Havlichek on Mother's Day.
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Davenport
M. E. McCrabbs
Ralph Crim
Monticello
Iowa Society of Independent Accountants
Dave
Black Hawk
Des Moines
S. C. Levin
The
State Organization of Certified Public Accountants
Olin Baccalaureate and Graduation Ceremonies Planned
Olin high school schedules baccalaureate services Sunday at 8 p.m. and commencement Monday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. The programs feature Rev. P. J. Daba, Mary Jane Soper, Charles Hartman, and other seniors led by speaker Charles Hartman and valedictorian Charles Hartman.
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Olin
Olin High School
Mary Biere
Charles Hartman
Shirley Lloyd
Glenn Bunting
Catherine Morning
Barbara Paulson
Joseph Allison
Andrew Cubit
Kenneth Patton
Delbert Grafft
P. J. Daba
Gerald Kruse
Eden Receives Minute Man Medal at ROTC Ceremony
Ronald Eden, Monticello engineering freshman at the State University of Iowa, earned the Minute Man Medal for scholastic achievement leadership and knowledge of American history. The award was presented at May 6 ROTC ceremonies for Army and Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps members. Eden is the son of Mr and Mrs Tom Eden Monticello.
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Ronald Eden
Monticello Engineering
State University of Iowa
Eden
S.U.S. Army
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
R.O.T.C
Tom Eden
Monticello
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Prairieburg Road
Express
Vernon Burrack Jr
Burrack
Burrack Farm
Jarman
Monti
Nieters
Monticello Lions
Monticello Community
Paul Jarman
Cass
Cascade
Herman Egger
Castle Grove
McLaughlin
Lovell
Merlin Rupp
William Hintz
John Fegan
Loren Freese
Richland
Stone
Scotch Grove
George Bohlken
South Fork
North Union
Union
Wayne
Wayne Center
Central High School
Board of Education
Boyd Shannon
Monticello Public Schools
Courthouse Records
Julian Printing Co
Chevrolet
John O. Burgett
Oldsmobile
Anton Marten Barruss
John W. Fahey
Howard L
Countryman
Kenny Music Studio
Boyd O
King
Arnold
Bernice Lerch
Martello
Lester and Louise Voss
Ford
Paul B. Bentschek
Oxford Junction
Monticello Police
Home Society
John Boysen Sr
Ray Tout
John Boysen Jr
Hawkeye Council
Anamosa Chamber of Commerce
John Dorothy
Club
Price Slate
Slate
Maquoketa
Marion
G.M.C
Johnny Jones
Independence
Bill Shaffer
Louis Freese
Jim Nelson
Sam Schuetz
Chester Condit
Schuetz
Condit
jJagle
Junior Chamber of Commerce
G.M.C. Board of Directors
McCrabbs
Don Mouw
Janis
Fort Dodge
America
Lloyd Dutro
C. J. Mardorf
Mary Jane Soper
Alberta Eiselstein
David Koch
Charles Hart
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