Woman Injured After Backing Car Hits Pedestrian in Parking Lot
A Monticello woman Dorothy M. Petersen, 36, was pinned between two cars and injured in the J and B supermarket lot at 10 45 am Friday. She suffered cuts to the right knee and hip and bruises to the left elbow and shoulder. Meta M. Rickels, 70, was charged with failure to have control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Dorothy M. Petersem
Meta M. Rickels
Petersen
Merle Franklin Minor
Cedar Rapids
North Cedar
Second Street
Minor
Perry Lee Hanson
Marion
Cedar
Hanson
Phillip A. Specht
South Maple
East Washington
Patrol Conducts Safety Drive in Jones County
Iowa State patrolmen conducted a two day safety drive in Jones County using radar and airplanes. Friday results show 40 summons 25 warning tickets and 165 faulty equipment tickets issued. Saturday 40 summons 35 warning tickets and 61 faulty equipment tickets issued.
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Iowa
Jones County
Four Weekend Accidents Injure Four in Jones County
Four weekend accidents left four people injured in Jones County none seriously. Bert Foltz of Champaign Illinois was cited for driving with an expired license after a car-truck collision on highway 151 near Monticello at 10 a.m. Monday. His car skidded into a truck's left rear dual causing fence and property damage. Lyle Peters of Hopkinton owned the truck. both drivers faced summons. Francis A Callihan, 20, of an area near Monticello, was injured Saturday when his car left highway 38 and slid onto railroad tracks before stopping. he was treated at Xavier Hospital in Dubuque for possible concussion and knee injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Bert Foltz
Champaign
Ill
Monticello
Foltz
Lyle Peters
Hopkinton
Jim O'Shea
William J. Murray, Jr
Francis A. Calliahn
50 000 View Car Races At Jones Co Fair
Drivers and cars from four MARA tracks raced on a half mile Jones County fairgrounds track before about 50 000 spectators. Winners included Mel Morris of West Liberty in the feature with rollovers by Bob Ahtrichs and Jerry Ekstrom. multiple heats were won by drivers from Monticello West Union Ames and Anamosa.
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Mara Circuit
Jones County Fairgrounds
West Union
Tipton
Ames
Marshalltown
Dubuque
Garnaville
Oelwein
Lisbon
Air View Speedway
Ben Sheridan
Dick Steiner
Tom Schuster
Monticello
Lloyd Zell
Hawkeye
Norm Seeley
Anamosa
Mel Morris
Les Moyle
Bob Ahrrich
Don Rueth
John Mullink
West Liberty
al Iben
Jim Marage
Jerry Ekstrom
Martello
Les Offerman
Merrill Knapp
Blacky Lyons
Shorty Thomas
Red Hanover
Cedar Rapids
Bill Brown
Wyoming
Lynn Rickless
Chuck Heskatt
Joel Rasmussen
Darwin Reeber
Covington-Bros Prefix Adopted for Holstein Herd
Michael Covington of Monticello receives exclusive use of the Covington-Bros prefix for all Registered Holstein dairy animals bred in his herd. The Holstein-Friesian Association of America grants the prefix, and it becomes part of official breed records at the national headquarters in Brattleboro Vermont.
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Michael Covington
Monticello
Covington-Bros”n
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Brattleboro
Vermont
Chain reaction crash injures three near Monticello
The Iowa Highway Patrol investigated two weekend crashes. Susie Smith 18 and Ernest Alferts 18 were hurt in a rollover on Ridge Road near Anamosa and taken to John McDonald Hospital Monticello with cuts and bruises. A 14 year old passenger was treated and released. The Smith car a 1960 Ford was demolished. Smith was charged with failure to have control. A separate incident on county road A seven miles west of Monticello involved three westbound cars. Drivers George Kurth 44 Howard Ashlock 23 and Daniel Manternach 24 were uninjured. a fourth car caused a chain reaction but no injuries or summons were reported.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Anamosa
Susie Smith
Route 2
Monticello
Ernest Alferts
John McDonald Hospital
David Huston
Smith
Miss Smith
George Kurth
Coggan
Howard Ashlock
Center Point
Daniel Manternach
Kurth
Ashlock
Manternach
Sharon Gadient enters convent in Chicago
South Fork reports Sharon Gadient daughter of Mr and Mrs John Gadient left for Chicago to join the Little Company of Mary convent. A Sunday gathering at the Gadient home honored her with relatives and friends from Cascade Dyersville Sharon and other area residents attended events.
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South Fork
Sharon Gadient
John Gadient
Chicago
Little Company of Mary
Sharon
Mike Takes
Allen Gadient
John Strang
Ray Seitz
Cascade
Paul Staner
Bernard
John Seitz
Dyersville
Alice Paulus
Arquitt
Sand Springs
Janice Gadient
Connie Helms
Shirley Faber
Irvin Becker
Hans Mohr
Chris Martensen
Sabula
Alex
Beulah Martensen
Les White
Mrs
Donald Leibold
Farley
Rex Stoffel
Ray Hefel
Marion
Clarence Smith
Memorial Hall
Hopkinton
Gerry Keating
Cedar Rapids
Allan Murray
Obituary for Nellie Jansen of Wyoming 1880–193?7
Nellie Benischek Jansen 85 died Aug 28 at John McDonald hospital Monticello. Services Aug 31 at 2 p.m. in Wyoming Methodist with Rev. Nevin Williams. burial Wyoming Cemetery. Born March 30 1880 in Oxford township, married Emil M. Jansen Oct 25 1905. Survived by daughter Velma Paulsen, two grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two brothers Sylvester and Edward. husband died Feb 18 1930.
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Nellie Jansen
Wyoming
Nellie Benischek Jansen
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Methodist Church
Nevin Williams
Leonard
Herman
Otto
Richard
Marvin Benischek
Albert Jansen
Jansen
Oxford Township
John
Marie Benischek
Emil M. Jansen
Clarence
Velma Marie
Edward John
Harry
Velma) Paulsen
Sylvester
Tipton
Edward
Anamosa
Julia Kirby Hopkinton obituary cites large family
Mrs John Kirby 80 of Hopkinton died Aug 29 at John McDonald hospital Monticello after months of illness. Funeral at St Luke's Hopkinton conducted by Rev Leo O Connell. Burial in St John's Placid. Born April 23 1885 in Dubuque county she married 1905. Survived by five daughters and ten sons with spouses, many in Dubuque Delaware and nearby counties.
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Julia Kirby
Hopkinton
John
Julia) Kirby
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
St. Luke's Catholic Church
Leo O'Connell
St. John’s Cemetery
Placid
Julia McDermott Kirby
Dubuque County
John Kirby
Dubuque
Delaware
Masonville
Kirby
James Earl
Emmett
Claire
William
Viola) Clark
Wyoming
Lee
Veronica) Wilson
Montcello
Leonard
Anna) Sackett
Julia O’rourke
E. M
Agnes) Hucker
Francis
Anamosa
Augustin
Edgewood
Paul
Elkader
Raymond
Wayne, Mich
Charles
Chicago, Ill
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Mara
Jones County Fair
Monticello Conservation Club
Milt Rieken
Bob Rink
Clyde Zedick
Gerald McQuillen
Rieken
Specht
Washington
Thomas W. Yeoman
Yeoman
Chris Dircks
Express
Dircks
Joseph Chaloupka
South Main
Chaloupka
Patrol
John Deere
Hosch Implement Co
Callihan
Xavier Hospital
Jones Co
Monticello Express
Monticello Express Awards
Hopkinton Lions Club
Mardon
Midland High School
Center Jct
Onslow
Monmouth
Dundee
Kathie Marbach
Worthington
Art White
Shirley White
Edmond Perrin
New York
Jerry Schneiter
Harold Schneiters
Bob McDonell
Bill McDonells
Kirkwood
Maurice Kirkwood
Bob
Howard Kirkwood, Jr
Barton Kirkwood
Ryan
Vernon Kirkwood
Coggon
Louis Billmeyer
Paul Huber
Bert Stierman
Billmeyer
Gerald Becker
Irvin Recker
Gib Recker
Florian Recker
Joe Moorman
Greeley
Ernie Recker
Ray Recker
George Turnis
Zwingle
John Welter
John L. Kramer
Frank Jasper
John Turmis
Jane
Buck Creek
Florence Helms
Denise Nosbish
Bill Jurgens
Marc
Mike Trenkamp
Ray Trenkamp
Maynard
Henry Prull
Helen
Carol Prull
Harry Pruits
Don Wagner
Douglas
Walter Kraus
Donald Schemmel
Cedar Falls
Ronnie Lawrence
Monticello Fairgrounds
Monticello Drill Team
FORD
Massey Ferguson
Oliver
Ticell
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