Monticello High Adds Sheet Metal Course This Fall
Monticello high school will add a sheet metal work course in the fall. The board approved the plan on May 13 after a survey by Willis H. Wagner. Twenty two students have signed up for the class to use industry standard machines. Also, Bob Reed resigns to take a teaching post at Fairfield. The board approved a new auditorium curtain from Metropolitan Supply of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Boyd Shannon
Board of Education
Shannon
Willis H. Wagner
Iowa State Teachers College
Wagner
Supt
Vance Stead
Dave Cuckler
Elmer Andrew
Cuckler
Bob Reed
Monticello
Fairfield
Metropolitan Supply Company of
Cedar Rapids
Beavo
Beave
Iowa
Monticello Club Calendar and Birth Notices
Monticello minutes list May 20 Rotary and fireman meetings at St Luke s and Mrs Martha Moore home postponement to May 27. May 21 FHA office hours and rural teachers meeting. May 22 employment service and license exams. May 25 dance at Golf club and May 26 Langworthy school picnic and baccalaureate. Births reported May 16 17 and local parents noted.
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Rotary
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Firemen
Noble
Martha Moore
Rebekah Lodge
S.C.S
Anamosa
Monticello
Legion Hall
Dubuque
Social Security
Wayne Homemakers
Farm Bureau
Roll Call
Royal Neighbors
Gertrude Hessing
State
Court House
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello State Bank
Golf Club
Jobo McDonald Hospital
Jacob Vietstra
Birnamwood
Wisboy
William Aitchison
Cascade
Buck Greek
Merlyn Lange
Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Lange
Marilyn Thompson
Albert Hutton
Oxford Junction
Elmer Linda
de Witt Community Hospital
Automobile Listings Spark Business in Wyoming and Monticello
May 15 mentions H L Countryman and Gladys Countryman of Wyoming with a Ford Freese Motors Monticello Mercury. May 17 references Freese Motors Monticello Ford truck John F Hansen Wyoming Buick. Indicates local automotive dealers and vehicle sales in these areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Or Gladys Countryman
Wyoming
Ford
Freese Motors
Monticello
Mercury
John F. Hansen
Buick
Red Cross Drive Short of Quota in Monticello Chapter
Monticello American Red Cross closed its drive with 1985.87 dollars, 387.13 short of the 2373 goal. Chairman Rev Sterling J Baldwin urged final donations to reach 2000, with 836.65 kept locally for water safety disaster relief and first aid programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
American Red Cross
Sterling J. Baldwin
Drive
Louis Morf
Monticello State Bank
Red Cross
National Red Cross
Shover and Helgens Named Residence Hall Committee Chairs
Two Monticello students at Iowa State college become chairmen at Alumni hall campus residence for men. John Shover son of Mr and Mrs J C Shover agricultural business freshman is athletic chairman. Harlan Helgens son of Mr and Mrs Louis Helgens route 2 farm operation sophomore is etiquette chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa State College
Alumni Hall
John Shover
John C. Shover
Harlan Helgens
Louis Helgens
Sacred Heart Seniors Take Final Class Trip to Crystal Lake
Thirteen Sacred Heart high school seniors traveled May 13 to Crystal Lake cave and Palisade park near Savanna Illinois. Accompanying them were Msgr. Eugene Lorenz and Rev. John Herzog. Named seniors include Joyce Gudenhauf Mary Thomas Linda Ferring Ruth Maternach Madonna Seehusen Phyllis Eilers Joe McAleer Harlan Hall John Goedken John Barron Clara Chapman Eldon Muller Dorothy Schwendinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart High School
Crystal Lake Cave
Palisade Park
Savanna,Ill
Msgr
Eugene Lorenz
John Herzog
Joyce Gudenhauf
Mary Thomas
Linda Ferring
Ruth Manternach
Madonna Seehusen
Phylis Eilers
Joe McAleer
Harlan Hall
John Goedken
John Barron
Clara Chapman
Eldon Muller
Dorothy Schwendinger
Tipton Company Wins 3 Day Trial
The Hargrove Implement company of Tipton won a three day jury trial against Dan Tipton with a verdict in favor of the plaintiff after about seven hours of deliberation. The jury found $1,144.64 due on two promissory notes, $108.47 damages for breach of warranty, and $1,150 additional, with dates and prior petition details noted. Judge J B Heisermann presided. jurors listed.
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Jones County
Hargrove Implement Company of
Tipton
Dan Tipton
J. B. Heisermann
Clarence Aschbrenner
Anamosa
Francis Birner
Bernita Carradus
John Henry Dirks
Pearl
Austin
Martélle
Hazel Harford
Jane Perkins
Raymond Poppe
Monticello
John Grant
Center Junction
Pete F. Schladetzky
Onslow
Mary Jane Smith
Morley
Hazel Wood
Olin
Marycrest Scholarship Award For Rosemary Barron
Rosemary Barron daughter of Mr and Mrs J R Barron 301 North Cedar Monticello is one of 19 freshmen at Marycrest college Davenport to receive special awards aiding sophomore year tuition The award from a 5000 grant for top ranking lower division students was presented by Mother Mary Geraldine C H M college president for outstanding scholarship and campus influence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary Barron
J. R. Barron
North Cedar Street
Monticello
Marycrest College
Davenport
Miss Barron
Mary
Geraldine
C.H.M
28 Page Building Issue for Thursday
One of the Monticello Expresss largest issues will publish a 28 page Building Issue on Thursday. The edition highlights pictures of newly constructed and remodeled buildings across the Express area and includes a rundown of local building developments.
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Monticello Express
Appiance
the Express
Peter Paul minister accepts Hull pastorship
Rev. Paul Kenyon of SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran Castle Grove leaves after sixty years to serve Zion Lutheran Hull and St. Pauls rural parish. He plans to depart the week of June 9. He came from Thorn ton Iowa. The church has not yet named a replacement. The Kenyons have four children Naomi 9 Eunice 6 Timothy 5 and Rachel 1.
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Paul Kenyon
SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
Castle Grove
Hull
Iowa
Zion Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Kenyon
Thornton
SS. Peter and Paul Church
Rev
Mrs. Kenyon
Naomi
Eunice
Timothy
Rachel
Women Clean Presby Manse for Krein Family Arrival
Women from the Presbyterian church cleaned the manse to ready it for Rev and Mrs Gideon Krein and their family who will move from Oconto Wisconsin to Monticello and make it their home.
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Presbyterian Church
Gideon Krein
Oconto
Wis
Monticello
Rural Teachers Named for Jones County 1997 98
Jones county superintendent Joseph A Beave released the list of rural school teachers for the 1997 98 year organized by school district. The roster includes assignments across Center Junction Cass township Castle Grove township Pleasant Hill Fairview township Jackson township Layvelt township Richland and Scotch Grove townships Washington and Wayne townships and Wyoming township Spencer ville with educators such as Mary Holmes Grace Woodworth Mildred Meyer Eliza Shannon Helen Rickels Leona Gearhart and Hazel Bearinger among others across Monticello Anamosa Cascade and nearby communities.
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Jones County
Joseph A. Beave
Dirks
Center Junction
Kenneth Smith
Cass Township
Mildred Meyer
Monticello
Rosalie Suett
Anamosa
Ethel Landers
Ida Cass
Selma Schlimmer
Marcella Rees
Castle Grove
Juanita Walderbach
Ryan
Mabel Kaufman
Coggon
Velma Hollar
Veryle Purcell
Venus Beardsley
Gladys Rickels
Clay Township
Pleasant Hill
Lillian Weber
Cascade
Fairview
Wilma Walton
Martello
Velma Heady
Mount Vernon
Jackson Township
Antioch
Helen Rickels
Black Oak
Ruth Duncan
Midland
Janaan Smith
Hopkinton
Layvelt
Eliza Shannon
Grace Cigrand
Helen Harms
Scotch Grove
Berniece Meier
Richland Township
Bernice Dietiker
Betty McGovern
Della Miehe
Washington Township
Mary Callahan
Bernard
Mary Innocentia
Wayne Township
Leona Gearhart
Dewain Thompson
Kathryn Thompson
Velma Winkler
Hazel Reade
Cass
Richland
Washington
Wayne
Clay Mills
Mineral Valley
South Temple Hill
Sutton
Victory
White Oak Grove
Greenfield
White Oak
West Corner
Center
Waggoner
Missing girl Rebecca Vacek letter raises no foul play
Rebecca Vacek, 14, missing since May 10, reportedly wrote from Cedar Rapids that she is okay and caring for children for eight dollars weekly. The note gave no location of work or residence and asked for clothes. Cedar Rapids police and Sheriff Lewis Dreibelbis's office have been informed.
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Darrell Huston
Canton
Rebecca Vacek
Cedar Rapids
Lewis Dreibelbis
Clean Sweep for Panthers With WaMac Track Crown
Monticello clinches WaMac conference track title for a clean sweep of three championships in a season tied with Anamosa late, beating Anamosa 64 56 to 56 84 7. Panthers place in most events with relay wins by Norris Helgens Long and Rhatigan and lifting football and basketball titles previously.
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Panthers
Marion
Monticello
Anamosa
Maquoketa
Independence
Manchester
Tipton
Winton
Dean Nelson
Bill Vesey
Panther
Bob Norris
Jim Helgens
Roni Long
Tom Rhatigan
Rhatigan
Dean Hartman
Long
Lynn Baldwin
Jim Holmes
Holmes
Bruce Stumbaugh
Baldwin
County Study Guides 33 Rural Districts to Merge by 1962
Jones County education board studies a plan to merge 33 rural districts with four year high school districts under a 1957 law requiring all schools to be in a high school district by July 1 1962. Board members list non high school districts including town township and rural independent districts and note possible changes before the 1962 deadline.
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Jones County
Board of Education
Joseph A. Beave
Jones County Board of Education
Town Independent
Center Junction
FFA Members Featured in "Slave Auction" Fundraiser
The Monticello FFA chapter plans a Saturday auction at the Milwaukee depot lawn selling the services of 52 members. Bids start at 8 p.m. with 8-hour workdays and proceeds go to the chapter treasury. Auctioneers Louie Hanken and Tom Eden handle bids. John Bryant serves as clerk.
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Monticello
Future Farmers of America
Milwaukee
F.F.A
Louie Hanken
Tom Eden
John Bryant
Roger Benedict
Loren Buol
Charlie Classen
Gordon Eberhart
Jerry Eggiman
Lyle Ehits
Marvin Ehlis
Darrell Elison
Phillip
Eight Girls Named as 4-H Office Candidates in Jones County
Jones County 4-H selects eight girls as candidates for county office. Rally Day on Tuesday June 4 at Wyoming High School will elect four officers. Named candidates include Marjorie Tjaden Virginia Ost Constance Elaine Holub Katherine Wacker Sandra Ballou Lucien Blohm Judith Black Donna Mae Woods. Officers departing after one year are Carla Folkers Glatha Guhl Judy Poppe Coleen Hay.
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Jones
Maxine Hunt
Wyoming High School
Marjorie Tjaden
Henry Tjaden
Springville
Virginia Ost
Martelle
Constance Elaine Holub
Lumir M. Holub
Wyoming
Katherine Wacker
Edmund Wacker
Anamosa
Sandra Ballou
J. H. Ballou
Olin
Lucien Blohm
Fred Blohm
Monticello
Judith Black
Paul Black
Donna Mae Woods
Donald R. Woods
Carla Folkers
Scotch Grove
Glatha Guhl
Judy Poppe
Don Meeks
Martello
Austin Spahr
Most Rural Schools In Jones County To Close
Jones County rural schools will close this week as planned by county superintendent Joseph Beavo. Closures depend on the 180 day requirement and the number of days missed since last fall’s opening.
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Jones County
Joseph Beavo
Beavo
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Shover
Helgens
Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart School
Giralda
Marie Therese
Tipton Company
Marycrest
SS. Peter, Paul
Mary Holmes
Grace Woodworth
Marlene
Ernie Murphy
Worthington
Duane Danford
Lou Breuer
Dick Lybeck
Maynard Lang
Monticello and
Aviamosa
Runnner
Lowell Township
Madison Township
Pine Grove
Bear's Creek
Spencerville
White Water
West Cascade
Dubuque County
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Clarence
Mechanicsville
Monmouth
Viola