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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1956
Page
5
Monticello minutes list evening classes at Monticello public school topics safe guarding for retirement and a schedule of meetings for Lions club Rotary K P hall and Garden Club. Also notes youth and service group gatherings plus local court records of traffic violations.
Nov 21 Burton E Brandt 29 St Ann Mo and Joyce A Clapp 21 Oxford Junction. Nov 20 Stutt Brothers Anamosa International truck.
Visit from Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Anderson and their three sons of Chicago lasted from Wednesday through Sunday at the Will Albers home.
Monticello high school receives Phi Beta Kappa recognition for nine 1955 graduates who were University of Iowa freshman’s a year ago. Superintendent Boyd Shannon calls the honor the high point of his teaching career. The Monticello chapter also initiates seven seniors into the National Honor Society.
Dinner guests on Thanksgiving included Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dierks and family and Mrs. Hazel Harford and Sandra Harford.
At least 16 officers and members of the Jones County Farm Bureau will join thousands at the Iowa Farm Bureau federation’s 38th annual convention in Des Moines from November 26 through 28. The program features state policy finalization for 1957, district director elections, and talks by national and local leaders.
Jones county announces delinquent personal property taxes at the county treasurer’s office in Anamosa. First notice appeared in the Nov 22 Monticello Express with a second listing in the Nov 29 edition. If unpaid within 10 days after the final notice, a distress warrant will be issued.
Five new members join the girls and boys 4-H club committees in Jones County. New girls members include Mrs Harro Ingwersen Oxford Junction and Mrs Frolighlers Center Junction along with others for two year terms. New boys members include Harold Larson Anamosa Carl Folkers Scotch Grove and M P Paulsen Center Junction plus more. Retiring members are listed.
Center Junction will host a community night at the schoolhouse at 7 30 pm on Wednesday November 28. The event features a local art display and a film Your Community, plus a Penny Art Fund skit by club members. Chairmen are Mrs Roscoe Hasterly and Mrs Harm Dirks. Lunch is provided by the committee including Mrs Anna Seehusen Mrs Martha Heiken and Mrs Mike Calloway.
Jones County shows progress in the 4-H membership drive with a goal of 950 members for the coming year. The program lists 25 girls clubs and 17 boys clubs, with 43 small thermometers recording each club’s members and a roster of 4-H leaders guiding boys and girls ages 10 to 21.
Jones County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution naming township officers after the November 6 election. Officials include Justice of Peace Warren P. Lawrence and Tom Stimpson, and numerous constables trustees and clerks across Fairview Monticello Rome Scotch Grove Oxford Wyoming and other townships. The list covers terms for 1957 1958 and vacancies with names such as C F Shimanek Max MetCrabb J S Moreland Harold Fairley Rundolph Soukup Lester French and many others.
Jones county women will meet with Iowa State College nutritionist Jewell Graham on November 27 at 1 30 pm in the Farm Bureau building Anamosa. The discussion aims to ease meal planning for 1095 annual meals and promote economical, nutritious choices through advance prep and varied dishes.
National Children’s Book Week runs Nov 26 to Dec 1 with the slogan It’s always book time. The Monticello Public Library showcases over 50 titles for lower grades to teens including biographies and adventures. Salem resident Mrs. Walter Pierce donated three books in memory of Aunt Mary Marvin Jones, Monticello’s first public librarian.
The Monticello Campfire Girls Council will meet at 6 30 pm on Tuesday November 26 for a pot luck dinner and meeting at the Congregational church Arch Edwards council president says Miss Ruth Elizabeth Fouke director will be guest speaker at the meeting
Funeral services for Paul Gilbert Hearn, 61, Monticello, were held Nov. 24 after he died of a heart attack at John McDonald hospital. He served 26 years in the Monticello fire department and six years as fire chief before joining the city council this past January. He was a longtime member of the Methodist church and Knights of Pythias. He is survived by his wife Esther Jaeger, four children, his mother, three half-siblings, two half-sisters, and three grandchildren. Burial was at Oakwood cemetery. The city council plans to fill two vacant seats, created by deaths, at its Dec. 3 meeting.
Mr and Mrs John G Dirks celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on Sunday December 2 with an open house at the home of Mr and Mrs Leo Bohlken from 2 pm to 5 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm.
MEDIA PA A former Monticello area resident and wife of University of Pennsylvania professor Lincoln D Harter has been appointed full time director of religious education at Christ Church in Media Pennsylvania This marks a first for a woman in the role The duties include coordinating Sunday school activities teaching at the day school choir direction and parish outreach The Harter family also includes daughter Susan 17 and son Var 22 along with a menagerie of chickens and pets
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