Postmaster Bender Urges Early Mailings Overseas for Christmas
Postmaster Paul Bender urges mailing Christmas parcels to armed forces overseas within Oct 15 to Nov 18 for surface mail and by Dec 1 for air mail. He urges strong, well packed boxes with legible typed addresses, a sender list, and delivery notes. Weather and distance to Japan Korea and Pacific islands make early mailing essential.
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Bender
Continental
United States
Paul Bender
Armed Forces
Army
Navy
Japan
Korea
Pacific
Marine Corps
New York
N. Y
Armed Services
Monticello Visits Highlight Local Social Weekend
Monticello resident Mrs Lou Spooner from Cedar Rapids spent Friday visiting friends. Weekend guests included the Dirks family from Downers Grove with Mr and Mrs Will Dirks. Sunday dinner attendees were Mrs Otis Thomas and Arlene of Clinton and several Amber residents.
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Lou Spooner
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Will Dirks
George Dirks
Downers’ Grove
Otis Thomas
Arlene
Clinton
Ralph Harms
Hank Hinrichs
Billy
Donnie
Amber
Henry Badberg
Scotch Grove
Pilot survives by ejecting from high speed test jet near Monticello
McDonnell Aircraft pilot George Mills bailed out at 20 000 to 25 000 feet from an F3H 2N Demon during a spin test. The jet crashed in a corn field near Monticello Iowa after Mills parachuted, suffering foot injuries but escaping death.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The
Express
George Nieters
McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
George Mills
Carrollton
Ill
St. Louis
Monticello
Iowa
Mills
Milly
McDonnell
Deaconess Hospital
Steve McDowell
Authorities coordinating search amid wild plane roaming
Officials warned to proceed with caution as a plane roamed. The search utilized Civil Aeronautics Authority Airways Traffic Control and McDonnell facilities to locate the aircraft.
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Civil Aeronautics Authority
Airways Traffic Control
McDonnell
Junior Class Play Set For November 11
The public high school's junior class presents The Little Dog Laughed a Vera N Tartley comedy on November 11 directed by Adel First with John Behn stage manager and Jame Hargrave assistant. Cast includes Evonne Reth Sharon Read Phyllis Drexler Mary Karen Paulsen Verna Merritt Lois Harms Kermit Bodenhofer Marvin Wink Janice Kuntz Wilma Cox Tom Rhatigan John Morning Mary Ann Buol Karole TerVeen Larry Cartano Judy Sutherland Gary Poock and Robert Benson.
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Public
Vera N. Tartley
Adel First
John Behn
Jame Hargrave
Nichauls
Evonne Reth
Sharon Read
Phyllis Drexler
Mary Karen Paulsen
Verna Merritt
Lois Harms
Kermit Bodenhofer
Marvin Wink
Janice Kuntz
Wilma Cox
Tom Rhatigan
John Morning
Mary Ann Buol
Karole TerVeen
Larry Cartano
Judy Sutherland
Gary Poock
Robert Benson
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Jim Stadtmueller
Hiway 38
S.E
International Harvester
Miller’s
Castle Grove Township
Glenview
Naval Air Station
Francis Miller
S. Louis
Willke
Northwestern Bell
Telephone Company
Monticello and
Cascade
Good Rock Road
Evangelical & Reformed Church
Brown Swiss Sales Service
Norman E. Magnussen
Lake Mills, Wis
Rothers
Monticello, Iowa
Martin Fromm
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