Births and marriages listed from Jones county records
Births from John McDonald Hospital report a sequence of newborns: Aug 30 James Pflughaupt Central City boy. Aug 31 Thomas Walker Prairieburg boy. Sept 1 Galen Harms Amber boy and Rudolph Tjaden Monticello girl. Sept 4 William Griffith Monticello boy. Marriages licenses issued include Ortgies Denison and Denison, McBell Luett, Dettborn Ridenour, French Krejci, Hahn Folkers, Holub Hirtz. Police court entries show intoxication and improper turn. New car and truck registrations list owners and vehicles by town, with a reminder to return student blanks by Sept 21.
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John McDonald Hospital
James Pflughaupt
Central City
Thomas Walker
Prairieburg
Galen Harms
Amber
William Kelchen
Monticello
Rudolph Tjaden
William Griffith
Jones County
Dennis W. Ortgies
Anamosa
Judith Denison
Wyoming
William McBell
Cedar Rapids
Sarah E. Luett
Augustine M. Dettborn
Hopkinton
Mary Ridenour
James R. French
Sylvia A. Krejci
Mount Vernon
Donald F. Hahn
Alliance
Nebr
Boys 4-H Team Wins Ribbon at State Fair
Jones county 4 H'ers earned blue ribbons for dairy and demonstration entries at the state fair. Tom Hanna and Dave Ortgies of the Fairview Thunderbolts led with a blue for Quality Milk Production, while others received red ribbons for various exhibits and dress projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Tom Hanna
Dave Ortgies
Fairview Thunderbolts
Roger Kost
Steve Howard
East Martello
Bossalie
Eileen Dusanek
Wyoming
Patty Schlimmer
Sharon Behrends
Castle Grove
Nancy Slater
Olin
Klouse
Monticello
Jann Mayberry
Anamosa
Danish Student Looks Forward to New Discoveries
Danish exchange student Finn Skjaerlund, 17, spends his senior year at Monticello Community High School living with the Roger Pratt family. He learns American problems history and speech while comparing Danish schools and culture. He hopes to visit Washington and New York and see the Statue of Liberty before returning to Denmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finn Skjaerlund
Tollese
Denmark
Roger Pratt
Gary
Finn
Monticello Community High School
Betty Wagner
Monticello
America
Washington, D. C
New York
States
Three Day Event Promises Major Savings in Monticello
GMC sponsored three day operation Cartwheel sale starts today with almost all Monticello stores participating. Prices tumble across departments in larger stores as Les Voss of the Greater Monticello committee promotes the event. Advertisements in this issue detail extra-low prices offered to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Les Voss
Greater Monticello
the Express
Hawker Resigns Name Barger to New F B Post
Ralph Bud Barger of Morley named county organizational director for Jones county Farm Bureau after Harlan Hawker resigns as area fieldman Sept 1. Hawker becomes special agent for Farm Bureau Insurance in Wyoming and surrounding townships. Barger to oversee membership from the Anamosa bureau building. former four year Farm Bureau Insurance worker and Morley grocer. Morley mayor and civic leader with two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph
Bud) Barger
Morley
Jones County Farm Bureau
Harlan Hawker
Hawker
Farm Bureau Insurance Company
Wyoming
Oxford
Clay
Madison
Washington Townships
Barger
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Jones County
Betty Wagner Becomes News Editor at Monticello Express
Betty Wagner was promoted to news editor of the Monticello Express, becoming one of the first women in the Midwest to hold the role. A reporter and photographer since August 1960, she will oversee all news and photos, supervise two society reporters and fourteen rural correspondents, and has helped the paper win state honors for photography and typography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Betty Wagner
Monticello Express
Miss Wagner
The
Express
the Express
Carl G. Wagner
Higginsville
Central Missouri State College
Home Gas Buys Loop LP Service in Monticello
Minneapolis firm Home Gas Company buys Loop LP Gas Service in Monticello effective Sept 1 with Kathryn and Bert Loop as owners. Paul Zimmer named new manager based in the Monticello plant, plans include a new office north of the Loop building and construction to begin this week. Zimmer, from Rice Lake, WI, has eight years with the company and recent work at Hager City, with his wife Arlene and two sons Jerry and Darrel moving to North Gill. Katheryn Loop remains in Home Co office. Bert Loop says no future plans announced. There is mention of silver dollars circulating and local economic activity tied to a tourism group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Gas Company, Inc
Minneapolis
Loop
LP Gas
Monticello
Kathryn
Bert Loop
Paul Zimmer
Hager City
Wis
Cuckler Manufacturing Co
Zimmer
Rice Lake
U.S. Army
Arlene
Jerry
Darrel
North Gill
Katheryn Loop
The
Home Co
Monticello Voters To Choose Two School Directors
Monticello Community School District residents will vote Monday September 11 on two director seats. Incumbent R A Dick Long seeks re election in district No 2 and Louis Morf seeks re election at large. Polls open noon to 7 pm with five board members including Chloe Skelly Robert Wahl Bert Ballou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Community
R. A
Dick) Long
Monticello
Louis Morf
Chloe Skelly
Robert Wahl
Bert Ballou
Linn County
Castle Grove Township
Castle Grove
Cass
Wayne Township
Wayne Center
Scotch Grove Township
George Bohlken
Scotch Grove
Richland
Lovell Townships
Central School
Delaware
Dqubuque
South Fork
Sand Springs
Monticello Dollars Promoted for Weekend Shopping
GMC president Les Voss reminded Monticello trade area residents that almost all stores will give out Monticello Dollars with purchases this weekend. The dollars are for a series of nine monthly auctions of valuable merchandise in Monticello, starting Saturday Oct 7 with more than 500 dollars in items to be auctioned by public sale and sealed bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GMC
Les Voss
Monticello
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Thomas G. Peterson
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Roy J. Kleineck
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Chrysler
Richard L. Watkins
Arthur
Wilma Holub
Buick
Henry
Mary Buck
Rambler
Fredrick A. Zumbrunnen
Martelle
Comet
Gordon Horn
Philip Bohlken
Barbara Hoult
Verlene Folkers
Diane Larson
Janet Lubben
Pajamas
Janet Wahl
Joyce Manternach
Diane Hodgden
Oxford Junction
Sharon Brunscheen
India
Ed Huibregtse
Rathna Seshappa
Bihar
Minnie Huibregtse
Charles City
Miss Seshappa
George Peabody Institute For Teachers
Nashville
Tenn
Demark
MHS
Skjaerlund
Monticello, Iowa
Monti
Floyd Kephart
Louise Lees
Kephart
Dick Long
Sam Moncrief
F.B
Buck Creek
Center Junction
Clem
Langworthy
Scotch Grove Wees Servicemen's Co
South Fork Sports
Eeneee
Home Gas Co
Loop LP
Voss
G.M.C
Edwards Dept
Long’s
Royal Blue Food
Made O'Day
Stuhler’s
of Home Gas Co
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