Monticello Births and Local Records Update
Birth reports from John McDonald Hospital note a May birth to Mr and Mrs Allen Graf of Olin. Kenneth Luesmann born May 6 at Mercy Hospital Dubuque. Luesmann family has three older children. Courthouse records list a license for William Werder to Vonnie Benischek and new car entries for Dirks and Husman. Police Court fines include Mahlon Seehusen for yield violation and Edward Heady for speeding.
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John McDonald Hospital
Allen Graf
Olin
South Fork
Jinus Luesmann
Kenneth
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Luesmanns
Micheal
Richard
Kathy
Co. F
Shimanek
Mahlon H. Seehusen
Edward G. Heady
Lascivious Acts Charge Placed in Jones County
In Jones County district court Glenn Harrison Smith of Center Junction was arraigned on lascivious acts with children and held on a $5,000 bond. Elden Brashaw was appointed his attorney and Smith may enter a plea by Friday. In Preston Howard Dickerson, a 25 year old escapee from Anamosa Reformatory, was captured and returned. he faces escape charges.
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Jones County
Glenn Harrison Smith
Center Junction
Smith
Elden Brashaw
Preston
Dickerson
Reformatory
Harold Swordes
Anamosa
Olin
Monticello High School Alumni Banquet Arrangements
Final plans for the 1959 Monticello alumni banquet on May 29 were announced by publicity chairwoman Mrs. Phyllis Lumpa. A 6 30 p.m. dinner at the Community Building precedes a dance with $2 tickets available from Nella Hoffman Freda's Beauty Salon Ferrall Drug and Palmers Sundries. Tickets close May 26. The planning session at President Pete Steiner's home included Mr and Mrs Glenn Russell Mrs Boyd Shannon Mrs Hazel Deischer Mrs Lumpa Bud Mc Neill Glenn Lambert and Emil Prull. A luncheon followed the meeting and more program details will be released later this week.
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Monticello High School
Phyllis Lumpa
Nella Hoffman
Monticello State Bank
Freda
Ferrall Drug
Palmer
Pete Steiner
Glenn Russell
Boyd Shannon
Hazel ,Deischer
Lumpa
Bud McNeill
Glenn Lambert
Emil Prull
Steiner
Farm Bureau Set for Two Township Meetings
Scotch Grove township hosts a Farm Bureau meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. on dial equipment with Lois Dunlap of Northwestern Bell leading. A second session in Oxford township May 25 will cover brucellosis eradication with Jones county extension director Joe Legg as guest speaker.
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Jones’ County
Scotch Grove Township
Louie Hanken
Bob Buel
Farm Bureau
Lois Dunlap
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Glenn Goldsmith
Richard Hansen
Noel Ostrander
Oxford Township
Joe Legg
Jones County
John Kostichek
Ferd_Ericksons
John Zamastal
Mike Vacek Jr
Glenn Peace
Paul Benischek
Seehusen Fined After Stop Intersection Accident
Mahlon H. Seehusen of Monticello was fined seven dollars and costs in police court for failing to yield at a stop intersection after a Tuesday afternoon crash with Dorothy H. Yanda of Anamosa on South Street and South Main Street. Vehicle damage included the Yanda car’s left door fender and tire and Seehusen’s front bumper and right front fender. LeRoy Morey of San Bruno, California, arrived to spend the summer in Monticello with relatives.
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Mahlon H. Seehusen
Monticello
Dorothy H. Yanda
Anamosa
Yanda
Seehusen
South Street
South Main Street
C. F. Shimanek
LeRoy Morey
San Bruno
Calif
William Claus
Voting Qualifications Told For June 2 School Election
Jones county Superintendent Paul Jarman specifies who may vote in the June 2 Monticello area school election. Residents meeting age and residency rules in the proposed district and county requirements may cast ballots, with absentee voting deadlines and district boundary details outlined.
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Monticello
Jones County
Paul Jarman
Iowa
Cass Township
Cass No. 6
Wees
Linn County
North Union
Union No. 5
Shannon
Fern Coward Files Divorce Proceedings
Fern Coward of Monticello filed for absolute divorce from Grammer Coward in district court. They were married Oct. 7, 1942 in Searcy Arkansas and have no children. Mrs. Coward seeks alimony along with the divorce.
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Jones County
Fern Coward
Monticello
Grammer Coward
Cowards
Searcy
Ark
Senior Exams Begin May 22 At Monti High
Senior exams kick off May 22 at Monticello public high, per Superintendent Boyd Shannon. The calendar lists events through graduation on May 28 with exams, class day, picnic, and awards in the auditorium, plus a faculty breakfast and alumni banquet to close the year.
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Monticello Public High School
Boyd Shannon
Monticello
Shannon
Dale Wolfgram
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Davenport
Wool Growers Seek Payments In County Area
374 Jones county wool growers applied for incentive payments under the national wool program for the 1958 marketing year ending March 31 1959. Deadline for filings was April 30. National payment rate will be set from nationwide applications and disbursements will go through county ASC offices.
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Jones County
Richard Hartwig
A.S.C
Poppy Day Set By Monticello American Legion Post
Monticello to host Poppy Day with poppies sold on streets by American Legion and Junior Legion Auxiliary members and Camp Fire Girls. Poppies cost 10 cents with donations welcome, supporting veterans families and scholarships.
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American Legion Post
Monticello
Herschel
American Legion Auxiliary Memorial
I. Herschel C. Love
State of
Iowa
American Legion Auxiliary
Mode O Day Marks First Anniversary Sale
Mode O Day begins its first anniversary sale with special low prices on dresses and lingerie. The event runs through Saturday night per owner Mrs. Jennie E Condit and details are listed in the advertisement.
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Jennie E. Condit
Deloris Hennessey Nominated for Mount Mercy Queen
Deloris Hennessey a Mount Mercy College senior Cedar Rapids has been named a queen candidate for the Majestic Memories prom with two other hopefuls Mary Joan Kanes and Catherine Werthein. The election by students will conclude with the 10 15 pm crowning at the college auditorium Saturday. Hennessey plans to work as a registered medical technologist at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids after graduation and is active in Sodality student government chorus and 1957 pageant.
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Deloris Hennessey
Mount Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
Majestic
Mary Joan Kanes
Stanwood
Catherine Werthein
Waukon
Mount Mercy
Miss Hennessey
Don Hennessey
Monticello
Mercy Hospital
Sodality
Also Mentioned on This Page
William T. Werder
Baldwin
Vonnie Rae Benischek
Oxford Junction
Leroy
Keith Dirks
Ford
Merle
Pauline Husman
Monticello Garden Club
Delaware County
Dubuque County
Cascade
Castle Grove
Cass
Wayne
Scotch Grove
Richland
Lowell
Monticello Independent School District
Monticello Public School
Jones, Linn
Delaware
State Department of Public Instruction
W. E
Hulda Behrends
Walter Heath
George Turnis
Clarence Eilers
G. A. Rickels
John Welter
Emma Zimmerman
Express
Isle of Golden Dreams
Sacred Heart
Claire Webber
Sharon Eilers
Dale Mailer
Sally Becker
Bob Schmidt
Monti High
Gov. Lovells
America
Hartwig
U.S
Des Moines Veterans’ Hospital
Clinton Domiciliary
Iowa Soldiers Home
Marshalltown
College Queen
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