Monticello Community notices list events and births
No marriage licenses issued since August 24. One birth reported at John McDonald hospital, a son to Mr and Mrs Donald Ends of Rt 2 Clarence Town. X ray truck visits Monticello Sept 9 for TB tests from 8 30 a m to noon. Lions Club and Rotarians set Sept 13 meetings with dinners. New cars listed by Jones County Treasurer. Farm Bureau meeting Sept 9 8 p m at St Matthew s Lutheran Church basement with tax road and school discussions and colored slides. Don Zimmerman director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Donald Ends
Rt. 2
Clarence, Town
Beef Producers Feedlot Tour Planned Across Jones County
The second annual Beef Producers Feedlot Tour will visit several southern Jones County feedlots on Saturday September 11 starting at 10 a.m. at the Louis Lorenzen and son farm south of Olin. Participants will stop at multiple farms for judging weight forecasts and market predictions with prizes awarded at lunch and later at the winter banquet. Accompanying the group are industry reps from Ingwersen Compton and Dubuque Packing, with emphasis on labor saving devices feeding programs and farm management.
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Jones County
Pruess
Chicago
Louis Lorenzen and Son
Olin
Lorenzen
Melvin Pruess
Leo Levsen
Jones County Beef Producers
Howard Freeman
Dethman Brothers
Lee Freeman
Ezra Werndt
Louis Buresh
Henry Ingwersen
Ingwersen and Compton Commission Company
Dubuque Packing Company
Wilbur Cartano
Monticello
Clarence
Wyoming
Calvin Reiss
Center Junction
Ray Kurt
Cascade
Don Meeks
Martello
Monticello approves plans for new elementary school
Final plans for Monticello's new elementary school were discussed by the Board of Directors and the Parent-Teachers Association. Karl Keffer Associates of Des Moines will prepare specifications for a brick building facing Gill street on a five acre site. The design includes seven 30 by 30 foot classrooms, two with toilets, an all purpose room, principal's office, storage, staff workroom, showers, and separate boys' and girls' facilities, with oil and gas heating and saw-tooth roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Monticello Independent School
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Karl Keffer
Firemen to canvass Monticello for Charity Ball
Fire Chief Paul Hearn leads a door to door ticket drive tonight at 6 45 in Monticello. The Annual Fireman’s Ball is next Tuesday at Floral Halls Monticello Fair Grounds with Howdy Roberts and his WMT Rangers. A Kelvinator refrigerator and freezer is the door prize awarded that evening to a ticket buyer.
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Monticello
Monticello Fairgrounds
Paul Hearn
Howdy Roberts
WMT Rangers
Hearn
Tony Siebels Dies Suddenly After Heart Attack
Johannes Anton Siebels of Monticello died Saturday afternoon after a severe heart attack in downtown Monticello. Services were held Monday at SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran church with Rev. Paul C. Kenyon officiating. Born January 27, 1892 in Wayne township, he was a World War I veteran and farmer who never married. survived by two brothers and a sister, with several nieces and nephews. Interment at Prairie Hill Cemetery with American Legion color guards. Goettsch funeral home oversaw arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannes Anton Siebels
Monticello
SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
Paul C. Kenyon
Wayne Township
John
Inez Margarete Siebels
Castle Grove
Siebert
Anamosa
Garret
Mary
Henry Lubben
Cedar Rapids
William
Nell
Lawrence Siebels
Edward Siebels
Albert Siebels
Robert Siebels
Fred Siebels
Richard Mardorf
Prairie Hill Cemetery
American Legion
Arthur P. O'Rourke
Goettsch Funeral Home
Two Cases Heard In Police Court
Two cases were filed and acted upon this week in Monticello Police Court. Seymore Clark of Monticello received a 10 day sentence for intoxication. Maxine Sullivan of Madison Wisconsin was fined five dollars plus costs for a school stop sign violation.
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Monticello
Seymore Clark
Maxine Sullivan
Madison
Wis
Mrs Louise M Graff Visits Mrs Elizabeth Bender in Austin
Mrs Louise M Graff of Austin Minnesota visited in the home of Mrs Elizabeth Bender Tuesday afternoon.
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Louise M. Graff
Austin
Minnesota
Elizabeth Bender
Teachers To Attend Health Meeting In Anamosa
A Jones County Health Conference for all county teachers will be held at the Community Room in the Courthouse Anamosa on Saturday September 11. Program includes welcome by Joseph A. Beave and talks by Oliver Johnson and Maud Mullins on preventing and controlling communicable disease and using materials in the classroom. Also notes that county bus routes were approved at a meeting last Tuesday evening.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Joseph A. Beave
Oliver Johnson
Division of
Laws State Department of Health
Marion H. Serbousek
Wilma A. Mullins
Iowa State Department of Health
Beave
Accident report from Jones County on County Road C collision
Tuesday afternoon about 4 on County Road C four miles northwest of Anamosa an accident involved drivers Joseph Teymer and Edward Husman both of Anamosa Teymer lost control on a curve their cars sustained excessive damage Patrolman John Beckman charged Teymer with failure to yield the right of way
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Jones County
Anamosa
Joseph Teymer
Edward Husman
Teymer
John Beckman
OASI Provisions Bill Enacted Into Law in 1954 Changes Benefits
The Social Security Act amendments enacted August 25 1954 expand OASI to include more survivors such as surviving parents widows and children of deceased workers from 1939 to 1950 and raise monthly checks. Benefits to reflect the increase will be mailed the first week of October with many recipients now eligible for higher payments up to 30 dollars from prior minimums.
Carson Visiting Toledo Kin After Summer Outing
Frank B. Carson of Toledo visits for a week at the home of his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Arthur E Shelley. He is en route home from a summer spent with friends in New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Carson
Toledo
Arthur E. Shelley
New York
Chicago
Quarterback Club To Meet In Monticello
The Quarterback Club, a local football fans group, will hold its first 1954 season meeting at the public school Monday at 7 30 PM. Officers will be elected, a film shown, and season tickets for home games sold. The Panthers open conference play Friday September 17 against Tipton. Past members and new joiners are invited.
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Monticello
Panthers
Tipton
West Liberty
Iowa City
Monticello Black Panthers
Mrs Otto Burrichter Seen As Monday Guest In Anamosa Home
Mrs Otto Burrichter of Anamosa visited the Martin Burrichter home as a Monday guest, sharing time with the family and friends in a local social visit.
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Mrs
Otto Burrichter of
Anamosa
Martin Burrichter
Monticello Okays Winter Ice Rink Plans On Highway 151
The Monticello City Council announced the new ice skating rink will be built this winter on the east side of Highway 151 near the bridge. Lights are hoped for evening use and ample parking will be provided to avoid highway-side parking. A stop street ordinance was adopted for several school zones. Mary Locher resigned from the Monticello Library Board.
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Monticello
Highway 151
Carl Egger
Maquoketa
Maple Street
First Street
Ford Garage
North Cedar
3Rd Street
Lutheran Church Corner
Main
Grand
Paul’s
Maple
Paul's
Conoco
DeShaw
Washington
Public High School
3Rd
Sycamore
Sacred Heart School
Mary Locher
Boys Must Have Desire To Win Says Shugart
Monticello's Black Panthers open the season by visiting West Liberty in a Friday 7 45 p m kickoff. Shugart stresses will to win and rough play and notes an inexperienced line but strong backfield depth. He outlines probable starting positions and warns the travel to West Liberty will reveal much about the squad.
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Monticello
Black Panthers
West Liberty
Eastern Iowa
Panthers
Panther
Harold Shugart
Shugart
Larry Himes
Max Wismeier
Keith Clark
Art Kromminga
Lynn Serbousek
Bob Qohe
Bob Marsh
Jim Simmons
Carl Egger
Bob Morey
Mike Carter
Keith Blayney
Don Donovan
Carl Morning
Bob Che
Dale Atwood
Lutheran Church Marks 75th Anniversary in Castle Grove
Members of SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church celebrate a 75th anniversary with services led by Rev. Arnold Thalacker and speakers Rev. William Burrack Rev. H A Diers Rev. Herman Senft and Rev. Daniel Cronrath in Castle Grove township Jones county. The church, led by Pastor Rev. Paul Kenyon, is the third oldest Lutheran church in Jones county.
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SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
Castle Grove
Castle Grove Township
Arnold Thalacker
Des Moines
William Burrack
Readlyn
Barrack
Thos. McNally 79 Dies Suddenly at Home
Thomas McNally 79 died suddenly at his trailer home in Monte View trailer court Monday morning Sept. 6. The body was taken to Devaney Funeral Home for arrangements and transferred to National Funeral Home in Memphis. Burial will be in Nashville Tennessee.
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Thomas McNally
Monte View Trailer Court
Devaney Funeral Home
National Funeral Home
Memphis
Tenn
Nashvile
Tean
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lions Club
Monticello Lions Club
Rotary Club
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
W. K. Coxsee
Fred C. Cripps
Olin Buick
Hank T. Siebels
Amber
Chevrolet
Marvin Frank Elwood
John W. Voss
Ford
Louis Jamieson
Dodge
John Fedderson
Kaiser
E. P. Lorenz
Lyle Ridenour
Farm Bureau
Beef Producers
Paul Kurt
John M. Webber
Minneapolis, Minn
T. W. Hockel
Seattle, Wash
Seattle
John Knight
Everett Merritt
Nevada, Mo
Ed Cox
Bob
Tony” Siebels
P.T.A. Elementary School
Glen Jones
Glenn Hargrave
Roy Miller
Dick Long
Earl DeShaw
Ross Baty
Arch Edwards
Vernon Steiner
Boyd Shannon
Express
Merle Aldrich
Norman Newton
Floral Hall
Council
Jerry Schneiter
Morris Barger and
DeVere
Bert Schultz
Edgewood
Merle Wardehoff
Fred Everette
Audrey Egger
Harold Egger
Cpl
Paul Lumpa
Diane
Lou Ebrivnan
Ruth of
Davenport
Prairieburg
Lutheran Church
Thos. McNally
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