Wyoming Wins Boys and Girls Showdowns Over Onslow
In Friday results the Wyoming boys beat Onslow 64 to 51 while the Wyoming girls edged Onslow 63 to 61. Tuesday schedule features Hopkinton at St Mary's Cascade vs Oxford Junction at Stanwood and Viola visiting Buck Creek with Clarence at Wyoming.
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Hopkinton
St. Mary's
Cascade
Oxford Junction
Stanwood
Viola
Buck Creak
Clarence
Wyoming
St Marys Defeats Peosia In Jamboree
St Marys of Cascade beat Peosia 31 to 16 at Bankston in a girls basketball jamboree. Grace Strang led with 19 points, followed by Judy Otting 6 and Martha Featherston 4.
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Cascade
St. Mary’s
Peosia
Bankston
Grace Strang
Mary Featherston
Judy Otting
Wilma Knepper
Ann Hosch
Carol Cigrand
Martha Featherston
Jane Dolan
Janet Less
Carol Less
Ann Quint
Kathy Weber
Epworth Defeats St. Mary's Cascade In Jamboree
In a Holy Cross jamboree Friday night Epworth beat St. Marys of Cascade 104 to 46. The result highlights Epworth's offense while St. Marys restricted scoring.
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Cascade
Holy Cross
Epworth
St. Mary's of
Wyoming Skims By Onslow In Double Header
Onslow lost both games to Wyoming in a Friday double header. Wyoming boys led most of the way to win 64-51, Foy 23 for Wyoming and Townsend 15 for Onslow. In the girls game Wyoming held a slim 49-48 edge after three, then won 62-61 with Murphy 28 for Onslow and Carstensen 28 for Wyoming. Nancy Orr starred on defense for Onslow. Half time included rope jumping by Onslow students.
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Onslow
Wyoming
Murphy
Carstensen
Nancy Orr
Foy
Townsend
McDonald
Morley
Clarence
Sacred Heart Girls Open 1956 57 With 32 12 Jamboree Win
Sacred Heart defeated Bankston 32 to 12 in a jamboree opener as six teams played half games. Bankston hosted the event on Wednesday night and the Sacred Heart squad started the season strong.
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Bankston
Sacred Heart
Supervisors to Canvass Jones County Votes
Jones County officials plan a Monday meeting to canvass the November 6 election results. The board will verify total votes for each candidate in the poll books to determine official counts.
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Jones County
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Buck Creek Bazaar Date Changed to November 29
Buck Creek bazaar date moved from November 15 to Thursday, November 29, as announced by organizers. The event retains its location and schedule shift to accommodate vendors and attendees.
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Buck Creek
Postmaster Urges Early Christmas Mailing Tips
Postmaster Paul Bender outlines 1956 Christmas mailing tips emphasizing early card and package mailing. He advises facing all envelopes with addresses right side up and stamps upper right, bundling tied mail, and placing air mail on top of bundles. He notes street and house numbers now drive delivery and urges correct return addresses to ensure timely, intact deliveries.
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Paul Bender
Bender
Post Office
Cub Pack Initiates Five New Members
Five new Cub Scouts were initiated at a Bob Cat ceremony during the Ameri can Legion club meeting. Sponsored by the Legion, the new Scouts are John Savage Glen David Kuhns Bradley Petersen Bill Ferrall and Russell Lee Behrends. Den Eight won the monthly traveling trophy for attendance and inspection. Den Mother is Mrs. Clarence Hosford.
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American Legion Club
Paul Lumpa
The
Legion
John Savage
Glen David Kuhns
Bradley Petersen
Bill Ferrall
Russell Lee Behrends
den Eight
Clarence Hosford
Denner
Danny Reed
John Rhatigan
James Locher
Lee DeWitt
Howard Grum
Bobby Williams
Dickie Mettler
Alan Shedek
Jerry Prult
Neal Becker
David Schoenbeck
Kenny Kephart
David Schluter
Joe Hobart
Dick White
Steven Maurice
Adult Recreation School Planned in Jones County
The first adult recreation leaders training school will be held Monday evening Nov. 15 at 8 pm in the Farm Bureau building Anamosa. Sponsored by Jones County Extension service, the event offers training in many recreation activities and material sources with invitations extended to church groups rural schools homemakers groups and PTAs.
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Jones County
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Jones County Extension Service
Jerry Parsons
County Extension
Extension Family Living Committee
Maxine Hunt
County Extension Home
Don Mackey
Olin
Parsons
P.t.a.’S
Marine Recruiter to Visit Post Office Thursdays
Edwin Brown will be at the post office here each Thursday from 10 30 to 11 30 am to talk with prospective Marine Corps enlistees.
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Marine
Edwin Brown
Marine Corps
Residents Assisted By Social Welfare Programs Across Counties
The state department of social welfare reports 508 Jones county residents received $27,474 in October. statewide totals include 65,771 individuals assisted, with $22,667,838 for old age, $121,922 for aid to the blind, and $814,324 for dependent children. In Jones county 289 old age cases cost $19,511.50, nine blind cases cost $650, and 210 dependent children were aided. Delaware county lists 315 old age cases averaging $70.59 and 126 dependent children totaling $4,132.50. eight blind cases averaged $82.69, and Dubuque county aided 867 old age recipients totaling $58,931.50, 28 blind for $2,181.50, and 512 dependents children for $16,098.50.
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Jones County
State Department of Social Welfare
Delaware County
Dubuque County
Inmate Captured After Iowa City Hospital Escape
An Iowa City hospital escapee from the Anamosa state reformatory was captured in Kansas City Missouri on November 8. Thomas Harvey Neifert 34 of Newton had been transferred from Fort Madison to Anamosa in 1956 after a July 1954 penitentiary sentence. He had been involved as a patient in a medical experiment at the hospital.
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Anamosa
Iowa City
Kansas City
Ray Purcell
Purcell
Thomas Harvey Neifert
Newton
Neifert
Fort Madison
Iowa City Hospital
Hillcrest Helping Hands Form New 4-H Club
A new girls 4-H club Hillcrest Helping Hands held its organizational meeting on Saturday November 3 at Mrs. George Preston's home. Officers include President Sandra Walton Vice President Linda Preston Secretary Judy Davidson Treasurer Kathy Walton Reporter Diane Lewis and Historian Billi Kay Keller. Leaders are Mrs George Shover and Mrs George Preston. County extension home economist Mrs Merle Meeks of Martelle and Mrs Maxine Hunt attended. Installation of officers will occur later.
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Hillcrest Helping Hands
George Preston
Sandra Walton
Linda Preston
Judy Davidson
Kathy Walton
Diane Lewis
Billi Kay Keller
George Shover
Merle Meeks
Martelle
Maxine’ Hunt
County Extension
Monticello Junior High Elects Class Officers
Seventh and eighth grade classes elected officers with eighth graders backing Eisenhower Nixon for president and Stevenson Kefauver for vice president. Eighth graders also gave votes for Hickenlooper Evans Hoegh Loveless Talle Wolf in national and state races.
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Monticello
Larry Goettsch
Bill Johnson
David Stead
Jennifer Schneider
Maxine Taylor
Martha Edwards
Mike Bradley
Cheryl Rhatigan
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Nixon
Stevenson
Kefauver
Hickenlooper
Evans
Hoegh
Loveless
Talle
Wolf
Helgens Pigs Win First in Poland China Class at ISU Show
Darrell Helgens of Monticello won first place in its Poland China pig class at the 19586 Little International Livestock Show held Saturday evening November 3 at Iowa State College in Ames. Winners were chosen on fitting and showing the animals under the Black and Bridle club sponsorship of the animal husbandry department.
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Poland
Darrell Helgens
Monticello
Iowa State College
Ames
Animal Husbandry Department
Post Master Urges Early Gift Mailing
Postmaster Paul Bender urged Monticello post office patrons to mail Christmas packages early as international mail may miss deadlines after November 15. He stressed sending gifts as soon as possible to ensure delivery before Christmas.
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Paul Bender
Monticello Post Office
Don Mackey Featured in 4-H Club Congress Debut
Don Mackey, a long time horse exhibitor from Olin and 1953 graduate of Olin Consolidated high school, earns top Iowa show awards and serves on judging teams. He will join 1,800 other 4-Hers at the club congress, participating in education and entertainment programs coordinated by Jones County Extension and TSU with USDA support.
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Iowa
Don
Olin Consolidated High School
E.F.A
Methodist Church
Jones County
County Agricultural Extension District
Towa State College Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Service
United States Department of Agriculture
National Committee On Boys and Girls Club Work of
Chicago
Bow-and-Arrow Deer Hunting Season Ends in Iowa
The Iowa State Conservation Commission announced the bow and arrow deer hunting season ends Monday November 12. Deer may be hunted with shotguns on December 8 and 9. The bow season ran four weeks longer than last year while shotgun days were cut from three to two. All counties are open and deer of any age or sex may be taken.
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Iowa
Iowa State Conservation Commission
Delphian Club Meets At Joe Barron Home
Thirteen members of the Delphian club gathered Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Joe Barron. President Mrs. Louis Mort gave a humorous reading titled To Grandfather's House and Mrs. Glenn Jones reviewed the book How to Live 365 Days by Dr. Schindler.
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Delphian Club
Joe Barron
Louis Mort
Glenn Jones
Dr. Schindler
Sarah Vernon Feted At Pre-Nuptial Event
A breakfast and shower honoring Miss Sarah Vernon was held Sunday morning November 4 at the home of Mrs. E. B. H. DeShaw. Assisting were Mrs. Glenn Hargrave and Mrs. Charles Podhaski. Thirty guests attended with parasol decor.
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Sarah Vernon
EB. H. DeShaw
Glenn Hargrave
Charles Podhaski
Minutesven and others face multiple traffic charges in Cedar Rapids
Records from Warren P. Lawrence justice of the peace list on November 2 Ernest L. Grouch of Cedar Rapids cited for two overload charges with 35.95 and costs Michael E. Dor terweich of Monmouth charged with reckless driving 25 and costs Darrel B. Ketelsen of Lost Nation cited for failure to keep car under control 20 and costs. On November 3 C W Heideman Center Junction cited for overload 15.65 and costs Ronald J Dalchow Maquoketa improper passing 10 and costs G G Matthiessen Viola charged with two overloads 19.80 and ...
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Ven, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Warren P. Lawrence
Justice of Peace
Ernest L. Grouch
Michael E. Dorterweich
Monmouth
Darrel B. Ketelsen
Nation
Coats
C. W. Heideman
Center Junction
Ronald J. Dalchow
Maquoketa
G. G. Matthiessen
Viola
Local Court Dockets Include Multiple Traffic and Neglect Cases
November docket lists defendants from Crawford Ang mosa to Henry Stahl and Arlo Truesdell facing offenses from improper passing and failure to stop at stop signs to operating while intoxicated and wanton neglect of children. Several entries note fines costs and continuances with no hearings listed.
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Thomas R. Crawford
Angmosa
JoAnn Hayden
Viola
Silas B
Crim
Monticello
Kathryn Gray
Leslie H. Schroeder
Hala
Morris E. Kohl
Springville
Paul D. Hamlet
Pasadena
Calif
Kenneth A. Howards
South
Sam Gabriel
John Geiken
Cedar Rapids
Henry Junior Stahl
Anamosa
Arlo Truesdell
Marriage Licenses Granted in Maquoketa Court
Blair Franklin Williams 24 and Gloria Ann Kuehl 21 both of Maquoketa obtained marriage licenses on November 7 as recorded by courthouse records.
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Blair Franklin Williams
Gloria Ann Kuehl
Maquoketa
New Cars and Trucks Courthouse Records
New cars and trucks listed from courthouse records include Daniel L and Erma H Maury of Oxford Junction a Ford entry dated Nov 7. William F Yeoman of Monticello listed with a Pontiac on Nov 8. John L Tee ple of Anamosa a Chevrolet entry.
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Courthouse
Daniel L
Erma H. Maury
Oxford Junction
Ford
William F. Yeoman
Monticello
Pontiac
John L. Teeple
Anamosa
Chevrolet
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