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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1960

Page

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Reapportionment Debate Shapes Iowa Constitutional Convention Vote

Editorial weighs rural versus urban power in Iowa’s reapportionment debate. It argues for one house by area and one by population with senate following national standard, warns of dangers of a full convention, and urges a limited approach ratified by voters.

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Monticello Area News Roundup and Notables

The Monticello and Hopkinton communities share a patchwork of local events. Alumni honored include Mrs Ethel George Fraser Howard Hicks and Will McLaughlin. marriages unfold for Lois Tobiason and Raymond Porter and Betty Lou Lowther and Fletcher Dunlap. a Boy Scout DeMolay initiation and a car mishap near Hopkinton are noted along with school commencements and park improvements.

Ethel George Fraser Howard Hicks Will McLaughlin Harold Minter Monticello Max McCrabb Iowa Bookkeeping and Tax Service Association Marshalltown Bill Vesey Robert Veseys Langworthy Dean James Lonnie Ripperton Wyoming American Legion Post Boys State Lois Tobiason Hago Tobiason Raymond Porter Lew Porters Hopkinton Roy V. Porter Betty Lou Lowther Yeoman Ruth Malinda Byers Frederick Mansfield Ritchie Chicago George Washington DeMolay Verdie Richardson Fred Bone Wyland Bone Gordon York Rex Hodson George Bridges Toni Power Madsen Motor Company Georgia Minnis Mary Schlimmer Patty Podchaski Patty Cavanaugh Donald Appleby David Randall Lavonne Fluckiger Beverly Cavanaugh

Commencement Exercises Set for June at Opera House

Tin Missouri reports the 34th commencement ceremonies scheduled for June 1 and 2 at the Opera House beginning at 8:15 PM each evening.

Tin Opera House

Golf Club Plans Five Social Events This June

The Monticello Golf Club schedules five social events in June including a 8 30 a m card breakfast with committees led by Mrs Francis Malloy Mrs Les Weber and Mrs Frank Orting. A couples card party on June 17 at 8 p m with planning by Mr and Mrs John Shover Sr Mr and Mrs Max McCrabb and Mr and Mrs Harry Stuhler. A teenage dance is set for 8 p m June 18 with committees chaired by Mr and Mrs Ike Nickel Mr and Mrs Floyd Kephart and Mr and Mrs Si Locher. A second card breakfast is planned for June 23 at 8:30 a m with Mrs Lou.

Monticello Golf Club Francis Malloy Les Weber Frank Orting John Shover Sr Max McCrabb Harry Stuhler

Community golf event and women’s golf schedule listed

Carpenter Mrs Charles Sappington and Mrs Ross Baty head a committee for a couples golf and potluck dinner at 3 p.m. June 26. Other committee members include Dr Lyman Perkins, Bob Mullen, Eldred Moran, and Tom Goetzinger. Women’s golf events set for June 2 at De Witt and June 7 at Maquoketa.

Lyman Perkins Bob Mullen Eldred Moran Tom Goetzinger de Witt Maquoketa

Lovell Homemakers May Breakfast and Joint Congregational Circle Event

The Lovell Homemakers met at Mrs. Irving Hintz home on May 16 with 23 ladies and 6 children answering roll for My Pet Peeve. A Rural Women's Day report followed and planning for a local group trip was discussed. Assistant hostesses included several members. A joint Congregational circles breakfast occurred May 18 at Mrs. Cecil Goettsch’s home with 33 women attending. Mrs. C J Matthiessen and Mrs. Hulda Behrends led devotions and hymn singing. a brief business meeting was led by Mrs. Bud Suter. Food was organized by a committee headed by Mrs. Goettsch.

Lovell Homemakers Club Irving Hintz Charles Tuttle Dale Adams Wyland Bone Robert Appleby John Wilcox Cecil Goettsch C. J. Matthiessen Hulda Behrends Bud Suter Goettsch Max McCrabb Sophie Lambert J. H. Smith Robert Lang Royal Hunt

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