Births Report From Local Hospitals Mayo May 13 19
The John McDonald hospital reported births on Wednesday morning. Anamosa saw a boy born May 19 to Mr and Mrs Virgil McNamara. Mercy hospital Anamosa welcomed an eight pound baby boy born Monday May 12 to Mr and Mrs Richard Wall. Cedar Rapids St Luke's hospital recorded a baby boy born Saturday May 17 to Mr and Mrs Leroy Harris, who already have two children. Buck Creek Memorial hospital noted a daughter Mary Elaine born to Mr and Mrs Justin Harrington on Tuesday May 13.
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John McDonald Hospital
Virgil McNamare
Anamosa
Olin
Richard Wall
Mercy Hospital
Leroy Harris
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Harrises
Buck
Local fines listed by Monticello justice of the peace
Wednesday morning reports by Frank Shimanek include speeding fine for James R. Maurice of Monticello and a series of vehicle fines in Anamosa Mechanicsville Amber and surrounding areas for dates May 13 to May 20. Marriage licenses show Byron Arendenburg and Patricia Rae Fritz on May 17 and Kenneth Edgar Sweet with Marlene Ann Wolfe on May 19.
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Frank Shimanek
Monticello
Justice of the Peace
James R. Maurice
Edman J. Vernon
Mechanicsville
Chevrolet
Melvin and
Lillian Stoecker
Anamosa
Ford
Charles
Agnes Darsee
Martelle
E. H. Brunscheen
Wyoming
James L
Darlene Blythe
Oldsmobile
Bertha C. Locher
Buick
Clara M. Manternach
Virgil L. Behrends
Amber
Jean F. Leonard
Byron Arendenburg
Palo
Patricia Rae Fritz
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Edgar Sweet
Central City
Marlene Ann Wolfe
Delegates Nominated For County Republican Convention
Delegates to the Jones county Republican convention on June 27 were nominated at precinct meetings. Names listed include Monticello wards I II and III, West Richland, Lovell and Cass factions with numerous individuals such as Mrs. Glenn Hargrave, H. E. Morrow, Willard Yeoman, J C Bender, Dale Adams, Everett Mayberry and others.
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Monticello
Jones County
C. F
Glenn Hargrave
Ralph Bone
H. E. Morrow
Howard Hicks
Tom Hamilton
Eugene Byers
Ike Suter
H. H. DeShaw
W. E. Tuetken
C. J. Matthiessen
Max McCrabb
Stuart Hoag
James Maurice
Grammar Coward
Edward Cox
B. B. McLaughlin
Monticello Ward II
Willard Yeoman
Harry Hoag
John Eden
C. D. Shaffer
John Behn
Donald Jacque
Ernest Wahl
Eileen Behn
Ralph Bader
Chauncey Robinson
J. F. Hollar
Monticello Ward III
C. F. Shimanek
EB. D. Vernon
H. Elvin Erdahl
J. C. Bender
Ralph Crim
Madge Shaffer
Rex Schrader
Ethel Nickel
Roy Miller
Henry von Sprecken
West Richland
Galen Hein
Lovell
M. T. Stott
I. R. Hintz
Dale Adams
Joe Messers
Neal Hayden
Cass
Everett Mayberry
Albert Schrader
Board of Review Set to Hear Assessments on May 26
Jones County Assessor L. T. Lorenzen says the Jones County board of review will meet Monday May 26 to hear comments on personal assessment rolls that have been corrected. Corrected rolls were mailed Saturday May 17 and residents may appear May 26. a final season meeting is slated May 29 unless changed.
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Jones County
L. T. Lorenzen
Jones County Board of Review
Board of Review
Beer-to-Minors Case Ends With $300 Fine
Judge J. E. Heiserman Saturday fined Glenn A. Bernet $300 plus costs for making beer available to minors. Bernet’s appeal bond was set at $500. Joseph Edward Jeffers Monday pleaded not guilty to a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
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Jones County
J. E. Heiserman
Glenn A. Bernet
Bernet
Joseph Edward Jeffers
All You Can See Is Corn: Holland Girl Describes Home
Ankie Huysman a 17 year old from Holland spoke to the Rotary club describing her country from The Hague west to the German border and near Zoetermeer. She explained Holland’s three high school tracks and the five to six year path to graduation. She outlined her selection for the American Field Service program and discussed her farm family during a Monday meeting at St Luke's Methodist Church.
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Holland Girl
Towa
Holland
Ankie Huysman
Rotary Club
Miss Huysman
Hague
Zoetermeer
National Board of Education
Huysman
Fred Stuhler
Andy Strittmatter
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Eight Girls 4 H Candidates Named for Jones County
The Jones County girls 4-H offices will be elected June 3 at Cascade Memorial Hall. Eight candidates were announced by Mrs. Maxine Hunt, listing Laura Goodken, Beverly Fairbanks, Barbara Eberhart, Joyce Smith, Ardyce Vernon, Rosalie Dusanek, Andria Meeks, and Shirley Hoult. Forty-six girls enter the county rally with junior and senior reps for each club.
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Memorial Hall
Cascade
Hnt
Jones County
4 H Club Members and Leaders Highlight Local Youth
Listings detail Laura Goedken Monti cello aged 16 and peers Beverly Fairbanks Ana Mosa Cass Corner Chums Barbara Eberhart Monti Castle Grove Fortune Finders and Joyce Smith Monticello Lowell Happy Helpers 4 H clubs. Each member shows years in club work offices grooming and creed awards, demonstrations, and community activities.
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Laura Goedken
Monticello
Prairie Hill
Be Natural
Sacred Heart High School
Creed
Beverly Fairbanks
Anamosa
Cass Corner
Chums
Barbara Eberhart
Castle Grove
Fortune Finders
Ames
Farm Bureau
Monticello group entertains veterans at Clinton hospital
Two busloads of Monticello students and adults performed for veterans at Schick hospital Clinton for two hours. The VFW post and auxiliary organized the event with public and Sacred Heart students in a mock wedding skit and a variety of vocal and instrumental numbers. The cast included Mrs. Kuntz M rs. Nisters and several others with Mrs. Drury singing. A Sacred Heart violin quartet David Kuhns Paul Smith Neal Becker performed. Leroy Jacque tap danced. Public school musicians led by Ray Stumbaugh and Boyd Shannon included The Fabulous Five and several vocal and instrumental acts with Ron Long as master of ceremonies. The VFW provided cake cookies coffee with Freda Bilers in charge of lunch.
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Monticello
Schick Hospital
Clinton
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Sacred Heart
V.F.W. Post
Herbert Kuntz
George Nisters
Clarence Stoneking
Herbert Balsiger
Fred
Aldrich
Herschel Drury
Ray Marolf
Drury
Larry McDonald
David Kuhns
Paul Smith
Neal Becker
Leroy Jacque
Ray Stumbaugh
Boyd Shannon
The
Fabulous Five
Bruce Stumbaugh
Jim Maurice
Bill Eby
Ron Burrichter
Mike Suter
Marilyn Nelson
Jeryl Goettsch
Judy Mc
Ron Long
V.F.W
Freda Bilers
V.F.W. Auxiliary
Auditor's Office to Remain Open for Absentee Voting
Jones County Auditor George Specht announced the county courthouse offices will be closed Memorial Day and the following Saturday except the Auditor's office. It will stay open all day May 31 until 5 p.m. to allow absentee voters to file ballots. May 31 is the final day for absentee voting.
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Auditor's
Jones County
George Specht
Auditor’s
Jones and Dubuque Boards Agree on School District Line
In a joint meeting the Jones county and Dubuque county boards reached a consensus on a dividing line between the Monticello and West Dubuque districts. The plan transfers specific townships and sections, with ongoing debate over which areas join Dubuque or Monticello and the location of a future school near Epworth.
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Jones
Dubuque
Jones County
Dubuque County
Monticello
Cascade Township
Robert Hasler
Phil Himebaugh
Herman Eggers
Herman Becker
Harry Ingversen
Oxford Junction
Jones County Board
Herman Helgens
Joe Takes
Cascade
Richland Township
Washington Township
Harold Driscoll
Bernard
Takes
Leigh Clark
Clark
Wayne Drexler
Leroy Dirks
Center Junction
Epworth
Drexler
Harold Larson
Larson
Temple Hill
Paul Jarman
State Board
Roth Boards
Supt
Jarman
Supt. Drexler
Ingversen
Supt. Jarman
Poppy Day Declared in Monticello by Mayor Schuetz
Monticello proclaims Saturday May 24 as Poppy Day in a citywide ceremony led by Mayor Paul T. Schuetz. Citizens are urged to wear memorial poppies to honor Americans who died in World War I II and the Korean conflict. Funds from the day support veterans rehabilitation and child welfare programs.
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Monticello
Paul T. Schuetz
America
Organization
Monticello FFA Seniors Plan June Trip Across Midwest
The Monticello FFA chapter seniors and advisor Howard L. Webb begin a six day educational and recreation summer tour June 1. They will travel about 2000 miles through Illinois Indiana Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas and Missouri visiting farming regions and notable sights. On the return they hope to visit the Ralston Purina research farms near St Louis Missouri.
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Monticello
Royal Rangers Meet at Peniel Church May Meeting
The Cas tle Grove Royal Rangers held a May 5 meeting at Peniel Church. Thirty members answered roll call "My Favorite Baseball Team." A tour was planned from Loren and Richard Lubben's at 7 30 am on June 2. Phillip Gerdes won Boys 4 H short course and Bob Black as alternate. Gary Kramer was accepted as a new member. Dean Muller spoke on A Place for Everything and Every thing in Its Place. Ken Schatz led a livestock terms discussion.
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Castle Grove
Car Leaves County Road A Near Monti In Weekend Incident
The condition of Marvin Ehlis of Monticello was not immediately known after the car he was driving left County Road A around 11 a.m. Wednesday. The vehicle did not incur heavy damage.
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Marvin Ehlis
Monticello
County Road A
Hole in One Or Trick Play At Monticello Golf Club
Carl Winkler executed an improbable shot at Monticello Golf Club during a round on No 8. The ball caromed off a tree and landed on the No 4 green where it was later found in the keeper John Stahlberg’s pocket, observed by Gene Byers Rex Ricklefs and Gump Ferring.
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Carl Winkler
Monticello Golf Club
Gene Byers
Rex Ricklefs
Gump Ferring
Winkler
John Stahlberg
Clu
Stahlberg
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Shimanek
J. R. Hintz
C. J.atthiessen
Bill Shaffer
Expressphoto
Justice Court
Courthouse Records
Ford Truck
Frank Or Esther Zaruba
John W. Fahey
Alva H. Wink
Civrolet
Montilcello
Sheen
Recreation Leaders Training School
Joyce Smith
Lowell Hanpy
Clinton Hospital
Donald
Larry Goettsch
Bill Mitchell
Sue Sims
Paul Tobiason
Judy McDonald
Susie Shoop
Post and Auxilliary
Monticello V.F.W
Express
Sand Springs
Worthington
Richland
Taylor
Fillmore
Robert Hosier
Irvin Becker
F.F.A
Royal Rangers
Monti
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