Monticello Minutes: Birth Announcements
Scotch Grove and Center Junction families welcome newborns Michael James Dewey born Sept. 2 in San Diego California. Evelyn Courtney Dewey is the former Scotch Grove resident. Maquoketa Jackson county hospital receives Harold Bonney and wife’s second son born Sept. 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
James Dewey
San Diego
Calif
Michael James
Dewey
Evelyn Courtney
Center Junction
Onslow
Harold Bonney
Jackson County Hospital
Maquoketa
Monticello Board Rejects School Oil Bids
The Monticello board of education rejected all fuel oil bids after bidders failed to meet specifications. Bids will be resubmitted once bid sheets with exact specs are printed for the new elementary school. The meeting also approved two dozen desk lamps to reduce the light bill and planned fall painting of bleachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Board of Education
Nen
Boyd Shannon
Dick Long
Earl DeShaw
G. M. Jones
Jim Maurice
Ed Cox
Shannon
Supt. Shannon
DeShaw
G. M
Jones
Forget-Me-Not Sale Run By Camp Fire Girls Again
Camp Fire girls in Monticello will handle the Forget-me-not sale on Saturday September 16 for the benefit of disabled veterans and their dependents with all proceeds to go to the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire Girls
Monticello Camp
Fire damages Nelson's Jewelry store in Monticello
Firefighters battled a blaze discovered around 5 30 am at Nelson's Jewelry on First Street. A metal ceiling helped slow spread while merchandise including dishes glassware and silver was ruined. Lightning may have sparked the fire. the rear shop and storage area were gutted and part of the roof was damaged. Firefighters remained on scene over four hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson’s
First Street
Paul Hearn
J. W. Nelson
Monticello
Merle Breiholz
Breiholzes
Hearn
Nelson
Gerald Muller
Rickless
East First Street
City Candidates File Dates Set For Monticello Election
Monticello voters will choose a mayor five councilmen and a park commissioner in the November 8 election. Filing opens September 29 and runs to October 15. petitions require 2 percent of last election's top vote getter, with a maximum 15 candidates. Absentee ballots available October 19. Incumbents report no decisions yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Robert Schuetz
Court Suspends 8 Year Sentence in Manslaughter Case
Robert J. Smith of Cedar Rapids received an eight year suspended sentence for manslaughter in Jones county district court after pleading guilty in the Wyoming crash that killed Betty Lou Harms. He also pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and served six months for that charge. State parole officer Oscar Story will supervise the parole after Smith serves the six month term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Robert J. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Philbrick
Smith
O.M.V.L
Betty Lou Harms
Wyoming
O.M.V.I
Howard Remley
Philbrick
Sharley Bearce
Rhineheld
J. Simmer
Harold Smith
Freda M. Lambertson
Remley
Oscar Story
Anamosa
Roy William Schoon
Monticello
Highway Patrol
Schoon
Stanley Lester Kolsto
Van Dusen Accepts Superintendent Post at Ohio Power Plant
Mr and Mrs Van Dusen and two children Dorothy and Paul Jr will move Oct 1 to Carey Ohio where he will assume duties as superintendent of the municipal power plant The family previously resided in Monticello and he worked as journeyman lineman for Iowa Light and Power Company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Dusen
Ohio
2Ul van Dusen
Dorothy
Paul, Jr
Carey
van Dusens
Monticello
Iowa Light and Power Company
Lions Club Amateur Rodeo Draws Nearly Twelve Hundred Fans
Nearly 1,200 spectators attended Hopkinton's first annual Lions Club amateur rodeo on Sunday. Riders from multiple towns competed in events such as bareback riding, saddle bronc, bull riding, calf roping, pony class, and races. Winners include Douglas Zangerle Hopkinton and Dick Murray Anamosa among others. the event will join Frontier days next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Lions Club
Monticello Express
Douglas
Zangerle
John Murphy
Anamos
Bell Creek Bridge
Fred Cochran
Circle
C” Ranch
Solon
Kenneth Zangerle
John Sackett
M. T. Stott
Monticello
A. M. Casteel
Louis
Hanken
William Hart
Frank Smith
C. W. Mussmann
Don L. Smith
Duane Billings
Archie Beitz
Howard Kirkwood
Main Hucker
Charles Cochran
Donald Urbanck Solon
Rollie Hawker
Manchester
Douglas Zangerle
Fred Kauder
Cascade
James Meade
Oxford
Don Urbanek
Bill Clemens
Farley
Lee Minor
Fairfax
Anamosa
Milton Gauger
Cedar Rapids
Bruce Besh
Cedar Falls
Pat Meade
John Ketelsen
Dick Murray
Birk C. Lowther
James Estling
Lamont
LaVern Eilers
Ray Payne
Monticello Western Auto Store Ranked Second in Sale
The Monticello Western Auto associate store placed second in a four week sale as ranked by Western Auto officials. Twenty three stores in Iowa and Wisconsin competed in the sale. Elton C. Cop ley serves as Monticello store manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Western Auto Associate
Western Auto
Iawa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Elton C. Copley
Monticello
Highway 38 Survey Chief Addresses Rotary Club Here
Monticello Rotarians heard Henry Brockman discuss highway surveying aims at minimizing damage to existing installations. He described locating buried utility lines, right of way purchases, and the process from appraisals to possible condemnation and court appeals. Harry Stuhler chaired and Urban T. Marr of Osage attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Monticello
Henry Brockman
Brockman
The
Highway Commission
District Court
Courts of Appeal
Supreme Court
Harry Stuhler
Urban T. Marr
Osage
Improvement Corporation Idea Approved in Monticello Meeting
The Greater Monticello committee approved forming a Monticello Improvement Corporation aimed at attracting industry. The plan calls for a $50,000 incorporation with $100 per share stock and 10 share blocks. Proceeds would fund land, a building, or renovations. Industry day set for October 8 with city open house details to follow. The group met at the Community Building with 16 members. President Dick Long presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Improvement Corporation
Orde
Greater Monticello Committee
Special Promotion Committee
Earl DeShaw
DeShaw
Johnny Jones
Monticello Industries
Jim Bender
G.M.C
Dick Long
Two Dubuque youths face larceny charges in Anamosa case
Two boys aged 15 and 17 waived to the Jones county grand jury on larceny of a motor vehicle. They were jailed in Anamosa after being accused of stealing a 1953 car owned by Louis Stoll and abandoning another car near Langworthy. The younger suspect is on parole from Eldora reform school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Charles F. Lambert
Monticello
Hopkinton
Buck Creek
Remley
Anamosa
Dubuque
Thomas Stimpson
Lewis Dreibelbis
Louis Stoll
West Des Moines
Highway 15
Langworthy
Fred Endsley
Endsley
Ohio Man Surrenders To Anamosa Policeman
William E. Floyd of Kingston Ohio surrendered to Anamosa officer William Allen claiming escape from a Chillicothe county jail on December 24. Sheriff Lewis Dreibelbis took over the case to verify Floyds admission and pursue the authorities pursuit.
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Ohio
Anamosa
William E. Floyd
Kingston
William Allen
Chillicothe
Allen
Lewis Dreibelbis
Floyd
Students Suffer Minor Bruises In Bus Mishap
Monticello public school bus tipped on its side near the Herbert Balsiger farm about 34 miles northeast of Monticello. Driver Ronnie Behrends escaped injury as 18 students received mainly minor injuries and were examined by Dr. Earl DeShaw before being returned to town on a different bus.
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Fleven
Monticello
Herbert Balsiger
Ronnie Behrends
Earl DeShaw
Behrends
Funeral Rites Held for John G. Mardorf in Monticello
John G. Mardorf 77 died at John McDonald hospital after 30 days as a patient. Funeral services were at St. Matthew Lutheran church with Rev. Arnold E. Schtueter. burial at Oakwood. Surviving wife Matilda, two daughters Celena and Florence, a son Carl, eight grandchildren, and several siblings. He had long served the Monticello church and funeral arrangements were by Goettsch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John George Mardorf
John McDonald Hospital
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Arnold E. Schtueter
Oakwood Cemetery
Waterloo
Christoph
Celena Hertz Mardorf
Wayne Township
Wayne Zion Church
Matilda Zimmerman
Wayne Church
Jackson Township
Anamosa
Mardoff
South Linden Street
Monticello
Celena
Louis Schladetzky
Florence
Herbert Lehrman
Olin
Carl A. Mardorf
Herman Rickels
Anna Muardorf
Henry Rickels
Carl Mardorf
Jones County Court Sets 24 Docketed Cases including Murder Trial
The September term docket before Judge Floyd Philbrick in Jones County lists 24 cases with three criminal actions. A murder charge against Archey Burkey of Wyoming is slated for Oct 10 with motions Sept 23, amid a heavy schedule of jury trials and civil matters in Cedar Rapids era law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Floyd Philbrick
Cedar Rapids
Archey Burkey
Wyoming
Burkey
Gregory Lee
State of Laws
Donald D. Haden
Osterkamp
Reid
Haun
Diedrich Moenk
Freda Moenk
Gary
James Howie
State
Henry Moenk
Elvin A. Schwartz
O.M.V
Edward Frasher
Raphael P. Neiers
William Reed
Solomon A.wyrich
Freese Motors
Dayton Yousee, Jr
Eleanor M
Harvest Value Days Bring Bargains and Prizes to Monticello
Twenty-two Monticello firms participate in Harvest Value Days with events and prize judging Saturday evening at 7 to 8 pm on the west side of the Community building. Prizes include cash for largest family, tallest corn stalk, and biggest produce, with first prizes up to $5 and a $10 top for family size._entries accepted Friday and Saturday 10 am to 4 pm, or Saturday 7 to 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
At & Pm
A G Hanken Dies After Long Illness
A G Hanken 87 died Tuesday September 13 after a long illness. Services Friday at 2 PM from Devaney Funeral Home with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Born July 11 1868 in Wiesede Ostfriesland Germany he came to the United States in 1883 and settled in Monticello township. He worked in Wayne township and later ran a furniture and undertaking business and was the first licensed embalmer in Jones County. He retired in 1913. He married Charlotte Rickless in 1895, who died in 1910. Survived by wife Frieda their daughter and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers named Calvin Reiss Marvin Holst Emil Paulsen W C Lang Paul Tuetken Carl Harms.
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A. G. Hanken
Devaney
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Hanken
Wiesede Ostfriesland
Germany
United States
Monticello Territory
Wayne Township
Hanken
Jones County
Charlotte Rickless
Frieda
Ida Holst
Onslow
Calvin Reiss
Marvin Holst
Emil Paulsen
W. C. Lang
Paul Tuetken
Carl Harms
Milton B Grossenbach Named Fieldman for County Farm Bureau
Grinnell farmer Milton G. Grossenbach has been named fieldman for the Jones County Farm Bureau, per President Floyd Hodgden of Oxford Junction. The bureau had lacked a fieldman since Leslie Bollman’s resignation two years ago.
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Jones County
Milton G. Grossenbach
Grinnell
Wies
Farm Bureau
Floyd Hodgden
Oxford Junction
7Ane
Leslie Bollman
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Sacred Heart
Frank Zangerle
A. P. Lambert
Alfred Egger
Roy Miller
Harold Wilcox
John Behn
Harry Lyon
Gerald Rohr
E. W. Brashaw
Howard Hicks
Lambert
Lyon, Egger and Wilcox
M. B. Leonard
W. F. Yeoman
Behn
Miller
Carl Egger
Egger
Schuetz
O.M.V.E
Ray Estling
William Etters
Monticelo
Joe Myers
Howard Payne
Richard Murray
Keith Welch
Mary Jiane Welch
Anita Keener
Bonnie Buel
Leland Buol
Ivan Hein
Keith Gilmore
Larry Gilmore
Carl Rieniets
Judy Rieniets
Gary Rieniets
Billy Martin
Evan Gilmore
Robert Meier
Carol Rieniers
Ronnie Burtichter
Larry Bronemann
John Martin
John G. Mardorf
Mt. Pleasant
Lyle Arduser
Marlene Chapman
Monticello State Bank
Fart Derr
William Schoon
Ruth Mullenix
Snyder Transportation Company
Brunswick- Balke-Col
the Express
Ace Hardware
Schumacher Furniture
Meyer
Freese
Smitty
Gambles
Stahler’s Clothing
Wilcox Hatchery
Vanourny
John Deere
9&C
McNeill Hardware
First’s Electrical Service
Crisco
Long’s
Stuhler’s
Campbell's Soups
Superior
Farmers Mutual Creamery
Edwards Dept
C.c
Ferrall Drug Store
Shaffer’s
Ottawa
Schoon ‘Implement
Schultz Bros. Co
Greater Monticello
Carroll Vaughn
Milton B. Grossenbach
Fieldman
County Farm Bureau
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