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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1961
Page
5
The conference in Geneva debates Laos future with the Red side favored by military and political leverage. US aid totals rise to nearly 350 million through 1960, including 68.7 million in military hardware, while neutrality or partition loom as possible outcomes.
UNESCO estimates Africa’s illiteracy at 80 percent and has pledged 15 million dollars over two years to elementary and high school education. Forty African states will meet in Addis Ababa to draft a tailored education program as missionaries’ role recedes.
Pfc Richard Riedel stationed in France named Soldier of the Week. Reformed Presbyterian church Hopkinton observed centennial with Rev F E Allen. Rose Rieniets wed Lester Kray at Monticello Presbyterian. Olin recreation area growth noted. Jay Albert Iben baptized at St Matthew Lutheran. Dr Herbert Lee of Richmond visited aunt Mrs L H Lang. Dennis Donovan to report May 15 for Jones county selective service. Ottumwa Heights College graduates 35 women to be certified teachers of Christian doctrine. 10 years ago notes include Energy co additions, water pump pump outage, Rev Norman Fowler installed in Wyoming, Monticello banquet committees, and local social visits. 25 years ago Monticello roads beautified by BPW club, federal bonds for veterans, various weekend visits, new boiler rooms, and new ice cream parlor in Anamosa. 50 years ago Genevieve Lawrence Helen Hosford return to Dakotas, Hoyt nursery thriving, estate administrator Royden active, heavy rain and frost, new parsonage planned for Rev Schuetz, and Col in Thomas a senior medical student visiting parents.
Numerous Sunday dinners and visits link Castle Grove and surrounding towns with families including the Beckers Donovan Mullers Stadtmuellers and Kings. Highlights note May breakfast for Worth Homemaker club, the Smorgasbord set for June 16 in Anamosa, and a priesthood jubilee trip from Cascade to New Haven for Rev. John Breidback.
A sequence of relatives and neighbors visited on Mother's Day and Sunday May 14 at multiple Monticello homes. Guests included Hoff man family at the Gerdes home, Dirks and Feldman family for Dennis Feldman’s First Communion page boy honor, Freese and Rienets households, the Siebels and Eggers family visit, and Jansen families plus extended guests from Jay Joslin and William Jansen homes. Evening guests included multiple Siebels, Willis, Burrach, and Freese families.
A humorous column or caption featuring Clem warning of risks of hard work and joking about becoming the first victim. The piece reads as a lighthearted quip reflecting cautious optimism and downbeat humor.
The Monticello Express is the official Monticello and Jones county newspaper established July 10, 1865. It is a weekly paper issued Thursdays, with post office mailing and class notices. Subscription rates are $4 in eight Iowa counties and $5 elsewhere in the United States, with servicemen pay $4 worldwide.
Mrs Alva Gerdes hosted afternoon guests on May 8 for her birthday with multiple friends listed by name. On May 14 visitors arrived at the Hinrichs home and others attended Mother’s Day gatherings at several local households. The Amberettes met May 10 in the school recreation room with 17 members, and plans were shared for a Cedar Rapids business tour in June.
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