Monticello school board votes on Shannon aid request
Monticello Iowa Monday night debate over hiring an extra full time aide for the Shannon school first and second grade differentiated staffing program ended with a defeated motion. Board President Paul Schneiter voted no while Jack Knopp and Sam Schuetz supported the measure.
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Monticello
Shannon School
Paul Schneiter
Jack Knopp
Sam Schuetz
Clarence Hosford
Donald Bergman
Transportation and
Parked cars damaged in city accidents last week
Several city crashes damaged parked vehicles with two drivers charged. Robert L. Stutt, 24, faced charges after a Friday 11:30 p.m. collision on N Farley Street with a 1970 Chevrolet striking an unattended car. Damages totaled about 350 dollars to the Stutt car and 250 to the Adams vehicle.
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Robert L. Stutt
Stutt
Dale H. Adams
N. Farley Street
Rotary Club Learns About Those Old Cars Program
Leigh Clark served as program chair at the Monticello Rotary Club meeting in St. Luke's Methodist Church. He spoke on Those Old Cars while President Jim Nelson presided over the weekly session.
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Leigh Clark
Monticello
Fifth Grade Players Share Thanksgiving The Making of Our Country
Fifth grade students at Carpenter school presented a play titled The Making of Our Country last week. The Express captured a holiday cover photo featuring Jane Green Miriam Naig Kathy O'Brien Roxie Wink and Brenda Michaels. Teachers Mrs LeRoy Page and Judy Huntsberger guided the production.
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Carpenter School
Express
Jane Green
Miriam Naig
Kathy O’brien
Roxie Wink
Brenda Michaels
LeRoy Page
Judy Huntsberger
Monticello Scout Troop 66 Sells Christmas Trees
Boy Scout troop 66 in Monticello will sell Christmas trees starting Dec. 1 on the new bank lot west of the depot. Hours are 3 30 to 9 p m weekdays 9 a m to 9 p m Saturdays and noon to 6 p m Sundays. Proceeds support local scout projects.
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Monticello
Mishap kills steer on county road Sunday
Two accidents on Jones county roads over the weekend left no injuries or charges. A 500 lb shorthorn steer owned by Raymond Buel was struck near Langworthy at about 6 50 p m killing the animal. The car driver was John Sander 32 of Dodgeville Wis who swerved to avoid the steer but could not. Damage to his 1970 Chevrolet was about 500 dollars.
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Hale Township
Herman
Oscar
Arnold
Marvin Dethmann
Clarence
John M. Christopherson
Conservation Board
Weed Commission
Helen Murray
Jones County
Raymond Buel
Langworthy
John Sander
Dodgeville
Wis
Highway 151
Monticello
Terry Watkinson
Cedar Rapids
Dana Richard Picray
Hopkinton
Watkinson
Picray
Rotary district governor to visit Monticello club
Monticello Rotarians will welcome Ed Zeller cedar Rapids. district governor number 597 on Nov 29 at the evening meeting. Zeller will confer with James Nelson and club officials on service plans and administrative matters. Rotary International has 321 governors and more than 700000 members in 14700 clubs across 149 countries.
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Monticello
Rotary
Ed Zeller
Cedar Rapids
Rotary Club
James Nelson
Zeller
Rotary International
Area Band Festival Draws 14 Mon ticello Students
Fourteen Mon ticello Community School students earn spots in the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters Honor Band Festival set for Saturday December 4 in Independence. Eight high school players join a 250 member ensemble from 40 schools while six junior high students represent 45 area junior highs. A 7 30 p m concert closes the day in Independence Middle School gym with Dr Tom Slattery and Don Jackson directing the high school and junior high bands respectively. Players include Kathy Haag Jerry Egger Aaron Tobiason Lynette Miller Janice Welter Vickie Freese Eulen Steiner John Chaplin Kevin Freese Randy Kay Sunder Scott Cowen Mike Hough Cindy Gilmore Janelle Hinrichs.
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Monticello Community School
Iowa
Independence
Tom Slattery
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Kathy Haag
Jerry Egger
Aaron Tobiason
Lynette Miller
Janice Welter
Vickie Freese
Eulen Steiner
John Chaplin
Kevin Freese
Randy Kay Sunder
Scott Cowen
Mike Hough
Cindy Gilmore
Janelle Hinrichs
Savage named to five member Highth Judicial Nominating Commission
Dr. Robert E. Savage of Monticello is appointed to the five member Highth Judicial Nominating Commission by Governor Robert D. Ray. The district includes Cedar, Johnson, Jones and Linn counties with terms to January 31, 1972. The commission also names four other members from Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. a Williamsburg man is the fifth member. Savage, 54, a veterinarian and Monticello city council member, serves without pay.
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Robert E. Savage
Monticello
Highth Judicial Nominating Commission
Robert D. Ray
Cedar, Iowa
Johnson, Jones and Linn
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Williamsburg
Dr. Savage
Monticello High holds NHS initiation with ten new members
A National Honor Society ceremony at Monticello High School welcomed twelve new initiates. Speaker Jack Knopp addressed attendees, with principal Stephen Williams and NHS adviser Ray Stumbaugh participating. Listed initiates include Cindy Petersen and Vicky Martin among others. Jo Campbell and Kim Brokaw were absent.
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Monticello High School
Jack Knopp
Stephen Williams
Ray Stumbaugh
Cindy Petersen
Vicky Martin
Kim Jones
Sue Senft
Jody Hines
Janet Freese
Jim Freese
Eric Wahl
Kevin Dirks
Jan Hoag
Jo Campbell
Kim Brokaw
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Shannon
Dale Greenawald
Carl Schneiter
Dean Nelson
Sacred Heart
Don Bergman
Virgil Hunt
James Corwin
John Messerli
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Acre
Chevrolet
Adams
Byron M. Goettsch
Theodooe D. Freese
S. Main Street
Goettsch
Freese
David M. Steffen
Worthington
N. Main Street
Caroline C. Bedtka
Dubuque
Steffen
Roy Miller
Charles William Cooper
Louis Gilbert
Anamosa
K & P Garage
Cooper
Boy Scout Troop
Don Jackson
Augustana College
Rock Island, Ill
Commission
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