Monticello Community Calendar and Births Report
Local Monticello events span Nov 24 to Nov 28 with classes, clubs, and meetings at the Farm Bureau building Monticello public school and various venues. Birth reports show several newborns including Osterkamp Glanz Beyer Schneiter Pearson and Williams with Kathleen Gaye Williams born Nov 17 in Manchester Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Clarence Osterkamp
Anamosa
Ray Glanz
Wyoming
Eldon Beyer
Delhi
Harold Schneiter
Monticello
Harry C. Pearson
Buck Cheek
Roy Williams
Kathleen Gaye
Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Justice Court Dockets From Warren P. Lawrence Nov 20
Robert G. Gartland of Oxford faces three charges for false uttering of a check and a warrant is issued for his arrest V Tennyson of Anamosa is charged with assault and battery on Nov 12 the case was dismissed and costs paid
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
Warren P. Lawrence
Justice of Peace
Robert G. Gartland
Oxford
V. Tennyson
Anamosa
Pairings in Young Couple Notices Include Two Matches
Nov 15 Kenneth D Widel 19 Monmouth and Alice Supple 16 Onslow appear in a social notice. Nov 17 Neil Simmons 25 Cedar Rapids and Marilyn Seehusen 23 Center Junction listed in another pairing notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth D. Widel
Monmouth
Alice Supple
Onslow
Neil Simmons
Cedar Rapids
Marilyn Seehusen
Center Junction
Motor Vehicle Dealer Entries by Towns and Brands
The list records multiple dates in November with names from Monticello Anamosa Cascade Hale Center Junction Martello and others, noting buyers and brands including Buick Ford Chevrolet Dodge Pontiac Mercury and associated individuals. It appears as a roster of transactions or entries across towns with buyers sellers and vehicle brands.
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Gregory J. Haag
Monticello
Ford
Dillon
Clarice Story
Wyoming
Chevrolet
Thomas
Lucille Day
Anamosa
Buick
Fred Benhart
Oxford Junction
Fred Lees
Cascade
Dodge
B. B. McLaughlin
Peter T. Petersen
Hale
C. K. Gordon
Martello
Steve Wheelock
Ray 8
Dearborn
Stone City
John R. Or Lois Stoker
H. Edwin Knight
Center Junction
Pontiac
Carl Zimmerman
Olin
Mercury
Olin Hawkeyes 25th Anniversary Highlight Club Leaders
The Olin Hawkeyes 4-H club marks its 25th year with a history of leaders from 1931 to 1956. Notable county officers include Leo Waggoner, Dean Henderson, Jay Slater, Richard Grafft, and Don Mackey among others. Outstanding members and champion record books list prominent names such as Leo Levsen, Dee Hansen, Garth Grafft, and Don Mackey.
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Olin Hawkeyes
Leeds
Olin
Don Meeks
Maynard Allen
Marvin Blohm
Alfred Manwiller
Leo Waggoner
Dean Henderson
Jay Slater
Richard Grafft
Willis Glenn
Dee Hansen
Don Steffen
Garth Grafft
Duane Sorensen
Thomas McCormick
Don Mackey
Milton Luckstead
Leo Levsen
Bill Horr
Calvin Glenn
Leo Levien
Harry Iinster
Jones County Voters Decide 1957 Corn Program
Corn growers in Jones County and surrounding areas will vote on December 11 in a referendum to choose between a soil bank base acreage plan or the traditional allotment plan for 1957. A two thirds favorable vote in the commercial area is required to implement the base acreage plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Neal Hayden
A.S.C
Monticello
Soil Bank
Corn Soil Bank
Iowa
Group Drives Rainy Outreach for Retarded Children
Monticello group of the Monticello Business and Professional Women's club collected 256.71 dollars Tuesday night to benefit the Cedar Jones Association for Retarded Children. The porchlight drive ran from 7 to 8 pm with Mrs. Grammar Coward reporting some residents were missed and invites contributions via Time Shop or Kuriger Brothers plumbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Cedar-Jones Association
Grammar Coward
Extension Service Holds Class on Recreation in Anamosa
Jones County Extension service hosted a Recreation school at the Farm Bureau building in Anamosa with 39 attendees. Instructors included Don Mackey Garth Grafft Joe Barth and Mrs Maxine Hunt with Jerry Parsons. leaders from churches homemakers clubs Campfire Girls and schools participated. The group learned mixers relays and circle games for use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Jones County Extension Service
Jerry Parsons
Don Mackey
Garth Grafft
Joe Barth
Maxine Hunt
Parsons
State 1957 Plan Details Highway 38 and 88 Surfacing
Iowa Highway Commission released the 1957 setting program listing temporary surfacing on Highway 88 from Monticello to Center Junction and resurfacing on Highway 38 from Highway 64 to Olin. Projects may be contracted Oct 1 1956 to Dec 31 1957 with many not completed until 1958 or 1959. Grading and rerouting Monticello to Center Junction nears completion.
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Monticello
Center Junction
Highway 64
Olin
Iowa Highway Commission
Commission
Jones County
Scotch Grove
Anamosa’s Ralph Hatcher Elected Jones County Saddle Club President
Ralph Hatcher of Anamosa was elected president of the Jones County Saddle Club at the annual turkey dinner meeting in the Community auditorium. He succeeds Jim Porter, with Alva Behrends of Monticello named vice president and Marilyn Larkey re elected secretary treasurer. Directors include N R Waggoner and Ervin Juebring with four hold overs named. About 235 attended as LeRoy Jacque and others performed entertainment and bids were given to a queen candidate Cheryl Carpenter of Mechanicsville and escorts Robert and Joseph Buresh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Saddle Club
N. R. Waggoner
Olin
Loyal Byerly
Anamosa
Arthur Siver
Martello
Mark Larkey
Onslow
Alva Behrends
Monticello
Ralph Hatcher
Alva Larkey
Jim Porter
Ervin Juehring
Oxford Junction
John Jacobs
Jones Couty Saddle Club
Bill Eilers
Joe
Steve
Dan McAleer
Art Eilers
Laverne Eilers
Hatcher
Louis Steinke
London
Marilyn Larkey
Ervin Juebring
LeRoy Jacque
Louis Zimmerman
Frances Sievers
Marilyn Behné
Porter
Kenneth Like
Sally Like
Jack Bhits
Roy Like
Cedar Rapids
Christmas Idea Meeting Series Planned in Jones County
Mae Amelia hosts a three day Christmas decorative ideas series in cooperation with the Jones County Extension service at the Farm Bureau building Anamosa on November 23 24 and 25 Demonstrations will show table and mantel décor card displays and unusual supplies With group timed viewings by township and teachers to prevent crowding assignments run Friday November 28 9 am to 12 noon Cass and Wayne townships 1 to 5 pm Richland Lovell Castle Grove 7 to 9 80 pm Clay township Cascade Federated Women’s clubs Saturday November 24 9 am to 12 noon Scotch Grove Washington 1 to 5 pm Fairview Greenfield Monticello and Anamosa teachers 7 to 9 30 pm Madison Wyoming Oxford townships Sunday November 25 1 to 5 pm Rural and town school teachers 7 to 9 30 pm Jackson Rome Hale s townships and Clarence group
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Jones County
Mae Amelia
Anamosa
Jones County Extension Service
Farm Bureau
Cass
Wayne
Richland
Lovell
Castle Grove
Clay Township
Cascade Federated Women's
Scotch Grove
Washington
Fairview
Greenfield
Monticello
Madison
Wyoming
Oxford
Jackson
Rome
Hales Townships
Clarence Group
Alden
Clay
Lee Crain
Olin
Madison Township
Hale
Adams
Dirks
Pearson
Madison Names Representative for Jones County Extension Council
Madison township elected Melvin Sievers of Wyoming as its representative on the Jones County Agricultural Extension Council for a two year term, replacing John Holmes of Wyoming. Nomination committee members were Marvin Lacock Donald Starr and Larry Jones all of Wyoming. Irvin Sievers presided as meeting chairman and Mrs Irvin Sievers acted as secretary. Les Kral Cedar Rapids district extension economist spoke on farm outlook. Joe Legg county extension agent attended.
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Madison Township
Melvin Sievers
Wyoming
Jones County Agricultural Extension Council
John Holmes
Sievers
Marvin Lacock
Donald Starr
Larry Jones
Irvin Sievers
Les Kral
Cedar Rapids
Joe Legg
Supervisors Reassigned To Township Districts In Jones County
Jones County supervisors redraw township districts after the swearing in of Robert Alden of Wyoming. Board Chairman Harm Dirks assigns all five supervisors to seven committees and keeps Henry Adams’ areas unchanged. Alden, sworn in, fills the vacancy left by the late Henry Rickels.
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Jones County
Robert Alden
Wyoming
Harm Dirks
Center Junction
Alden
Henry Rickels
Anamosa
Bess Bi
Sherman
W. L. Pearson
George Specht
William T. Jansen
Amber
Republican Central Committee
Jansen
Dirks
Henry Adams
Monticello
Jones County Man Sentenced in Pett y Larceny Case
Donald Wayne Studer 20 of Mechanicsville received a 20 day jail term after pleading before Justice of the Peace Thomas Stimpson in Anamosa for petty larceny. He allegedly stole two fender skirts from a 1949 Chevrolet in Olin and was arrested in Mechanicsville on Nov 16 by Sheriff Lewis Dreibelbis. The sheriff also reported handing Marvin Fisher of Olin to Cedar Falls authorities on a wanted check charge.
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Jones County
Donald Wayne Studer
Mechanicsville
Thomas Stimpson
Anamosa
Justice of the Peace
Patty Larceny
Studer
Olin
Lewis Dreibelbis
Dreibelbis
Marvin Fisher
Cedar Falls
Fisher
Distribution of surplus food at courthouse notice
Jones County social welfare director Mrs Parl Rummell announces surplus commodities distribution at the courthouse on Wednesday November 28 from 8 a.m. to noon. Eligible recipients on old age assistance relief rolls A D C and borderline cases will be notified by the office.
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Jones County
Parl Rummell
Pre Christmas Appliance Sale at Miller's Store
Miller's launches a pre Christmas appliance sale featuring freezers washers and dryers. The event runs Thursday through Saturday December 22 with dryers half price when bought with a washer. Jim Robinson appliance department manager announced substantial freezer price cuts.
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Now At Miller's
Miller's
Jim Robinson
Robinson
Lions Host Farmers Night Meet Monday at St Matthew Lutheran
Monticello Lions club members invite area farmers to a dinner meeting Monday at 6:30 p.m. at St Matthew Lutheran church. Guest speaker F Forbes Qsberg, banker from Cedar Rapids, will speak after remarks by club president Irving Hintz.
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Strawberry Hill
Anamosa
Monticello Public School
Lions Club
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Cedar-Jones Association For
Tipton
Monticello Lions Club
Irving Hintz
F. Forbes Qsberg
Merchants National Bank
Cedar Rapids
Jones County Appraisal Nears Completion
L. T. Lorenzen, Jones county assessor, reports county appraisal is well on the way to being finished. Oxford township is the last to be appraised, with Anamosa near completion and Monticello expected to finish next week. Cascade has not started but is only a day away.
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Zen
Jones County
Oxford Township
Anamosa
Monticello
Cascade
State Retail Tax Jump Shows Up In Quarterly Report Comparison
The 25 percent rise in Iowa's retail sales tax to 2 percent, effective July 1 last year, appears in the Jones county quarterly tax reports for the period ending Sept 30 1956 versus 1955. Jones county retail taxes rose to 110 424 40 from 87 908 94 with use tax up to 1125 36. Monticello led gains among local towns, and Anamosa also posted a large jump, while rural Monticello and non permit filers rose modestly. Delaware and Dubuque counties also show near 25 percent increases in the recent quarter.
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Iowa
State Tax Commission
Jones
Jones County
Monticello
Anamosa
Anamost
Delaware
Dubuque
Dubuque County
Monticello Merchants Sponsor Christmas Car Giveaway
A 1957 Ford two door sedan will be awarded Saturday December 22 at 3 p.m. at the Community building in Monticello. Tickets are issued by 105 sponsoring businesses and professionals. eligibility excludes owners managers partners and those living more than 30 miles away, with employees and their families allowed to win if they meet all other rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Greater Monticello
Read's
Monticello State Bank
Ferrall, Drug
Hilers Furniture
Northwestern Bell Telephone
Robinson Dairy
Chuck's Repair Shop
Leigh Clark Construction
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Farm Bureau Building
Garden Club
Courthouse
Hawkeyes
Hayden
County Saddle Club
Alden Gop
Mr. Rickels
Wayne Townships
William Bailey
Greenfield Township
Wayne Township
Lions
Olberg
University of Wisconsin
LaCrosse
Wis
Olbérg
Marine Corps
Footlighter’s Community Theater
Jane Boyd Community House
Linn County Association For Mental Health
First Presbyterian Church
L. T. Loren
City Merchants
Baty Insurance
Sam Schuetz
Leslie Linn
R. J. Bone
Max McCrabb
Chester Condit
Western Auto
McNeilly Hardware
Gamble Store
Ace Hardware
Nelson Jewelry
Hollywood Garage
McLaughlin Buick
Freese Motors
Buckner Motors
Barbers
M. BH
Prewitt
Alva Behrenda
R and W
Seven States Oh] Company
Hand E Sinclair
Matthiessen DX
Schmidt Brothers
Faust Skelly
Hearn Oil and Tire
Vern’s City
Freese Sinclair
Alvin Bleadorn
Ray Coyle
Seehusen Oil
Hanken Farm Service
Robert Dolan
Karl Keyes
L. C. Perkins
John Fraser
BH. H. DeShaw
Alvin Jones
James Indekofer
Clarence Hosford
F. Shimanek
B. W. Brashaw
Locher
Locher and Stritt
L. O. Caraway
Richardson’s Typesetting Service
Julia Printing
Economy Printing Company
Monticello Express
Glymer Manufacturing
Energy Manufacturing
Hoag Duster Company
Cuckler Manufacturing
J. L. Bader and Company
Staner and Reynolds
Kuriger Bros
Farmers’ Club
Wagon Wheel
Zedick's
Hemmer'’s
Thompson's Inn
Kramer's Sweet Shop
Petersen Feed
Shaffer Feed and Supply
Farmers Mutual Creamery
Monticello Feed Mill
George Schoon
Monticello Implement and Truck
Roy Miller
Vanourny John Deere
Drew’s Ready To Wear
Shaffer's Clothing and Shoes
Stuhler's Clothing
Stuhler’s Shoe
Edwards Department Store
Rickless Dry Goods
Caroline's
First Electric
Rem Electric
Iowa H Electric
Hclipse Lumber Company
Great Plains Supply Company
Meade’s
Tedrow
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