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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1962
Page
2
Supt Ridout will announce awards while Principal Foy presents calls and diplomas. Dr Lagomarcino delivers commencement, with church invocation and benediction by Rev Norris. The 1962 class includes 40 plus graduates and a lengthy roster of program members.
The 1961 graduation item notes the subject taught at Vinton and service as superintendent at Keystone for four years and at Anamosa for two years. He later served as regional supervisor for the State Department of Public Instruction before joining the Iowa State University staff.
From Heaven Lorene Catlett Ella Elvis Presley Cox and the Quartermen Tom Greenawald Dave Specht Bill Nelson Merle Cox sing Cecilia Sentimental Journey performed by girls sextet Jane Hertzler Margaret Behrends Bev Wynn Tanya Eden Mary Myer Carol Miller girls quartet Jane Hetzler Bev Schoon Sue Schneider Sheryl Eden Moon River Bill Nelson hosts the event student directors Joyce Appleby Lorene Catlett Jerry McChristy Bev Schoon Sue Schneider
Commencement exercises for 15 Oxford Junction seniors take place at 8 p m in the school gym. Harlan Higgins of Story City speaks on Worthwhileness A Way of Life. Dr E A Piper delivers the invocation and Dr Joseph Kissling the benediction. Sharon McCreight reads the class history. Diplomas are awarded by Supt Ted Urich and John Pashek. The 72nd graduating class includes Leeanne Barnhart Evelyn Bendixen Jean Bicknese Irene Foley Diane Hodgden Karen Kleineck Jean Koranda Thomas Koranda Herbert Marr Sharon McCreight Kenny Mizaur Richard Morris Bens Olson Ruth Robey Lyle Wilert.
Monticello Jaycees announced Project Jaycees to Paint House as part of Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up Week. They will select a widow widower or someone unable to paint their own house, with entries due by May 23.
Free shows funded by Monti cello merchants will be shown every Wednesday for 13 weeks at the Monte Theatre starting May 23. Tickets are available from sponsors including Spahn and Rose Lumber Shelley Market Longs Royal Blue Food Market Jake's Standard Service Iowa Electric Light and Power Ferrari Drug Monticello Express Kuriger Plumbing Great Plains Supply Stuhlers Clothing Nelsons Jewelry Yeoman and Company McLaughlin Motor Chester Con dit Insurance Monticello Standard Parts Grace's Cafe Shopper's Guide Freese Motors Shaffer's Clothing Buds Super
Commencement at Coggon Community High School will be held 8 p m Monday May 28 in the high school auditorium. Dr Herschel Hendrix dean at Upper Iowa University Fayette will be the speaker. Baccalaureate will be 8 p m Sunday May 27 with Rev William Dreyer in charge. Thirty four seniors will receive diplomas including Ronald Wendt Thomas Kronlage John Avis Dwight Garner Jimmy Patton Mary Huber William Gray Karen Hungerford Patrick Houla han Michelle Bacon Charles Gib son John O'Hara Betty Bickel Cheryl O'Hara James Poppe Donald Kerr Wanda Falconer Kathryn Wenger Dennis Arduser Sherry Henderson Roger Boss Carol Zumbach Dennis Russell David Hinton Donald Wilgenbusch Patrick Kratzer Ronald Boss Louis Grief Hartlieb Dausend Deanna Powell Patrick Casey James Robinson Lyle Boone Freda Snodgrass.
Dr. Glenn Hawkes spoke at the May 16 commencement for Olin high school. Thirty-one seniors received diplomas as part of the 1962 class with earlier baccalaureate on May 13 and alumni banquet set for May 25. The graduating seniors include Sheryl Ahrendsen Linda Ballou Richard Becker Marcia Benischek Sarah Brodersen Linda Bunting Kathleen Catlett Karen Fall Sharon Hanna Linda Hawley Jana Henderson Charles Hoffner Mary Houstman John Jackson Linda Joslin Bernard Kennebeck Leroy Krutzfield James Kuchen baker Richard Levsen Jack Lindstrom Sandra Lorenzen Karla Kay Lyon Fritz Meineke Bill Milder Robert McAfee Sharon McCormick Janet McMorris Constance Redmann Larry Sell Linda Sharon Paul Thomsen.
Monticello elementary students conclude the school year with a 1:30 p.m. track meet at the high school track in south Monticello on Wednesday and a Thursday May 24 picnic. All classes dismiss at noon and buses run last at 2 p.m. Friday.
A 21 year old Hale man named Stanley Fall was injured in a one car crash on Highway 38 north of Olin around 2 30 am Friday He was alone and transported to University Hospitals Iowa City for head and chest injuries after the car struck a bridge railing A passing trucker found him and the vehicle blocked the highway briefly Water from an overflowed Wapsipinicon River covered the road at the time of the accident
Two separate crashes damaged four cars in Monticello on Monday. The first at 845 a.m. involved James Hennessey and Loras Goodken near Sacred Heart school. The second at 1 p.m. involved Robert Hanssen and Robert Behrends at East Grand and South Sycamore. Also, Fashionaire Beauty Salon at 321 North Maple will open Monday May 21 with Bernice Gravel as operator, owned by Judy Kiburz.
Funeral services for Robert Clothier 36 were held May 8 at St. John's Church of Christ Tipton with burial at Cedar Memorial Cedar Rapids. He died May 5 in Iowa City after an extended illness. survivors include his wife Evelyn and two children. John M. Lange Jr. died May 11 of a heart attack in Scotch Grove. services May 14 in Monticello with burial at Oakwood. survivors include wife Emma and two daughters.
Louis L. Morf, cashier at Monticello State Bank, will deliver the commencement address at Fredericksburg Community School tonight. The event marks Morf’s 25th anniversary since graduating from Fredericksburg High School and the motto will be The future belongs to those who prepare for it. A separate report notes a house fire near Anamosa struck by lightning. the Clyde Price residence suffered heavy roof and attic damage, with smoke and water impact, as Monticello and Anamosa firefighters responded.
Two youths were treated for minor injuries after a cream truck they rode in collided with a dump truck Monday afternoon on a county road between Troy Mills and Coggon. Driver Terry Knapp, 20, Central City, and passenger James Rigby, 17, rural Monticello, were treated and released by a Coggon physician. Knapp reportedly came over a hill and could not avoid the crash.
The Iowa State Department of Health urged John McDonald Hospital Monticello to limit visiting. Obstetric wards should allow only fathers or a designated adult if needed. Other areas cap visitors at two per session for short periods. Children under fourteen, except patients, should be excluded from the hospital. Hospitals should regulate patient travel in corridors and other areas for patient welfare.
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