Past Noble Grands of the Rebekah Lodge Meet
Past Noble Grands of the Rebekah Lodge will meet Monday evening September 20 at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs Naomi Jurgensen. The Jones County American Legion posts will hold their county meeting Thursday evening September 16 in Anamosa. Two births were reported at John McDonald hospital this week a son to Mr and Mrs Anthony DeSousa of Monticello on September 12 and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Herman Yossie of Monticello on September 14.
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Rebekah’ Lodge
Naomi Jurgensen
the Jones .County
American Legion
Anamosa
John McDonald Hospital
Anthony DeSousa
Monticello
Herman Yossie
Marriage Licenses Issued in Jones County This Week
Jones county records show two marriage licenses issued last week by W L Pearson clerk of the district court. Patl J Gassman 27 Cedar Rapids and Joyce A Freese 26 Monticello are among the new couples. Friedrich Stoffers and Sophia Rosencrans both of Anamosa are also listed as to be wed. New car licenses in Jones county include Archie B Mewall Mechanicsville Ford Viola M Harms Wyoming Ford Clarence M Nielsen Anamosa Plymouth Edward B or Betty Ann Gorius Anamosa Pontiac and Robert L Aldrich Monticello Ford. The Blue Bird Flyzap will be held at the high school Monday Sept 27 at 4 pm with seventh grade Camp Fire groups Witaka and Wataka hosting. Blue Birds will be welcomed and fourth grade Helpful Blue Birds recognized as they advance into Camp Fire. Parents and friends urged to attend.
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Jones County
W. L. Pearson
District Court
Patl J. Gassman
Cedar Rapids
Joyce A. Freese
Monticello
Friedrich, Stoffers
Sophia &Rosencrans
Blanche E. Gorwin
Archie B. Mewall
Mechanicsville
Ford
Viola M. Harms
Wyoming
Clarence M.~nielsen
Anamosa
Plymouth
Edward B
Betty Ann Gorius
Pontiac
Robert L. Aldrich
Witaka
Wataka
Rotary program features paper making film in Monticello
The Monticello Rotary club met Monday evening with Bill Coxsee in charge as a film on paper making was shown. Next week's program will be by Dr Clarence Hosford. President Albert McNeill named Richerd Long Virgil Hunt Robert Wilkinson James S Nelson and Ralph Wilson as representatives to the Greater Monticello Committee for the year and noted a $50 Boy Scout fund contribution from the Monticello Camp Fire Council.
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Monticello
Pancake Day planned for Monticello on September 22
Final plans for Monticello's annual Pancake Day set for Wednesday September 22 with a wide shopper lineup. Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup donated by Quaker Oats and Penick and Ford Cedar Rapids. Smitty's Super Market providing coffee. bacon or sausage options to be announced. merchants promise many bargains.
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Monticello
Monticello Express
Aunt Jemima
Quaker Oats Company
Cedar Rapids
Penick and Ford
Smitty's
Annual Garden Club Flower Show Planned
The Monticello Federated Garden Club schedules its annual flower show for Tuesday September 21 at the Monticello Community building. Twenty federated and non federated clubs participate with arranged displays for tables. Public invited entrants may enter flower arrangements and horticulture products. an accredited judge will assess entries.
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Monticello Federated Garden Club
Monticello
Pupils in Monticello Take State Development Tests
Monticello public high school pupils join about 80 000 Iowa students taking a nine unit development examination. The test, created by the State University of Iowa, measures ability to use learned knowledge rather than recall facts, aiding instruction and curriculum revisions across four grade levels.
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Iowa
Monticello
United States
State University of Iowa
Vance Stead
Stead
Becase
Hopkinton Resident Jessie Mae Nesey Dies at Home
Jessie Mae Nesey of Hopkinton died suddenly at her Hopkinton home on Tuesday morning September 14. Funeral services were planned for September 16 at Goettsch Funeral Home in Monticello with Rev. Porter officiating. Nesey, born July 3, 1875 near Monticello, was the daughter of Michael Hofacre and Rebecca Clemmer, the last of ten siblings who all preceded her in death. Survivors include several nieces and nephews. She spent her life in Monticello and Hopkinton areas.
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Jessie Mae ‘Nesey
Hopkinton
Goettsch
Monticello
R. V. .Porter
Bors
Michael Hofacre
Rebecca Clemmer
Ropkinton
Jones County Opens Bids for 94 Road Projects
Jones County and Ames publish plans to let bids for resurfacing and surfacing county roads. Auditor’s office to open bids Oct 1 for 157.41 miles involving 75,781 tons of crushed stone at an estimated cost of 166000 plus. Route work covers roads south of Amber to Highway 64 and Morley to Anamosa with 10 000 tons of Class A material for farm to market routes.
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Jones County Board of Supervisors
Donald Ratekin
Jones County
Ratekin
Highway Commission
Ames
Amber
Highway 64
Morley
Anamosa
Birthday gathering at Olin honors Mrs Geland
Sunday dinner guests at the John Schladetzky home in Olin celebrated Mrs Geland’s birthday. Attending were Mr and Mrs Lee Ireland and the Marvin Jacobs family from Scotch Grove.
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Lee Ireland
John Schladetzky
Olin
Geland
Marvin Jacobs
Scotch Grove
Fresh-Soph Football Prospects Aired By Coach Reed
Coach Robert Reed, new to Monticello, prepares 27 hopefuls for the Fresh-Soph season as he studies a schedule including Marion Maquoketa Anamosa Coggon Manchester. The squad lists ten lettermen and potential starters, with a Monday game against Marion looming and practice under lights possible tonight.
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Reed
Robert Reed
Monticello
Panthers
Marion
Maquoketa
Anamosa
Coggon
Manchester
Fresh-Soph
Maynard Lang
Dean Rickels
Tom Rhatigan
Marvin Wink
Jim Holmes
Neal Bleadorn
John Behn
Larry Cartano
Richard Wright
Galen Kuper
Bill Vesey
Larry Eye
John Morning
Ron Eden
Howard Hall
Bill Merritt
Marv Ricklefs
Bill Meyer
Stan Chadwell
Gordon Eberhart
Bill Martin
Joe Spahr
Larry Eilers
Dean Helgens
Leonard Monck
Lewis Bergstrom
Carl Rieniers
Women’s Bowling League Opens Next Monday
Monticello’s ladies bowling league will begin first round play Monday evening with the Locker Plant and Poplar Heights scheduled for opening night. Tuesday features Phillips 66 against the Bank team. A complete schedule will appear in next Monday’s paper.
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Monticello
Locker Plant
Poplar Heights
Phillips 66
the Bank
At 60 Years Tom Faust Faces Long Quiet to Heal
Tom Faust, a lifelong worker at Wilcox Hatchery, survived a truck egg crash north of Monticello. He broke two neck vertebrae, spent four days in traction, then a plaster cast confines him from waist to head. He endures inactivity and can’t help around the house as he recovers.
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Tom Faust
Tom
Faust
Monticello
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Wilcox Hatchery
West Grand Street
Express
Social Security Law Change Increases Benefits Across the Board
The new social security law raises benefits for 6 million recipients including old age and survivors insurance. Retired workers will gain at least $5 monthly, with some up to $13.50. family group payments rise by a minimum of $5 and some by as much as $31. First higher checks arrive by October with automatic adjustments and no action required by beneficiaries.
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H. T. Thorson
Dubuque
Social Security Office
Social Security Administration
Marion Man Fined For Careless Driving
James Appleby of Marion was fined ten dollars and costs after pleading guilty to a careless driving charge in Monticello city police court. The case was prosecuted by Monticello police authorities.
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James Appleby
Marion
Monticello
Heavy District Court docket at Anamosa opens term
District Judge Floyd Philbrick faced a busy start to the September term in Anamosa with numerous criminal dockets. He dismissed the entire jury list and oversaw guilty pleas for OMVI cases including Herbert S. Anderson and Albert Levi Bemrose, plus fines and installments for Lawrence Bernard Kramer. A new OMVI charge against Prokop Kandry was filed and Monticello’s Lester J Schaef fer faced license suspension tied cases. A young escapee received an additional five years to his sentence at Fort Madison.
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Floyd Philbrick
Philbrick
Omvi
Herbert S. Anderson
Monticello
George C. Lawrence
Anamosa
Kenneth Carter
Francis Andrew Murphy
Worthington
Murphy
Highway Patrol
Albert Levi Bemrose
Bemrose
John Beckmann
Lawrence Bernard Kramer
Hopkinton
Kramer
Carter
Justice Court
District Court
Prokop Kandry
James T. Remley
Kandry
Beckmann
Lester John Schaeffer
Schaeffer
Donald Gilmore
C. F. Shimanek
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Monticello Tops Jones County In Yearly Retail Tax Totals
Monticello merchants reached 5.72 million dollars in retail sales for the year ending June 30 1954, with 698 quarterly returns and a 5 percent rise from the prior year. The county’s total retail tax revenue, including a 320 32071 state line, reflected major gains and Monticello accounted for over 35 percent of county business.
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Monticello
Iowa
Anamosa
Jones County
Tax Commission
Tipton Hopes To Avenge Last Year's Defeat
Tipton aims to rebound from a non conference loss to DeWitt and a 47 to 0 defeat last year as they host the Black Panthers at 7 45 p m Friday. Returning lettermen and a improved line look to lift the team with a defensive backfield and increasing emphasis on passing.
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Tipton
DeWitt
Black Panthers
Panthers
Cliff Bartlett
Ron Rife
Don Manatrey
Keith McClellan
Dick Rogers
Chet Christianson
Jim Jeffers
Bob Peck
Jerome Worsham
Junior Class Magazine Sale Start Set by School
Two junior class teams will begin their annual magazine subscription contest on Sept. 23 with team selection the day before. Money raised funds junior activities and top sellers win prizes. Mrs. Wayne Wacker of Amber visited the Ervin Wacker home. Dr and Mrs L J Swift left Thursday for Kansas City weekend.
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Vance Stead
Mrs. L. J. Swift
Kansas City
Coaches Of Competing Teams Were Former Teammates At ISC In 1947
Friday night football pits Monticello Black Panthers coach Harold Shugart against Tipton coach Bill Chauncey in a clash built on old ties. The two were teammates on the Iowa State College Cyclones in 1947 with Shugart as end and Chauncey as fullback.
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ISC
Harold Shugart
Monticello Black Panthers
Bill Chauncey
Tipton
Iowa State College Cyclones
Shugart
Chauncey
Monticello Panthers stand alone as WaMaC win leaders
Monticello handed West Liberty a 13 to 0 defeat Friday night, the lone conference victory in WaMaC play as eight teams opened non-conference schedules. Monticello remains undefeated in league play and eyes a rematch with Tipton, while other results included Marengo over Tipton 33 to 6 and Elkader over Manchester 14 to 13.
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Monticello
West Liberty
Wamac
Tipton
Panthers
Marengo
Belle Plaine
Vinton
Waverly
Marion
Elkader
Manchester
DeWitt
Anamosa
Bettendorf
Maquoketa
Oelwein
Independence
Wennekamp Home Receives Frequent Evening Visitors
Mr and Mrs William Wennekamp hosted Wednesday evening callers while Mr and Mrs Harvey Siebels and family visited on Sunday evening at the John Wennekamp home.
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William Wennekamp
John Wennekamp
Harvey Siebels
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Rebekah Lodge
Legion Meeting
Garden Club
Ken Wirtner
Expess Photo
Iowa University
Marion Man
Jones
Towans
Jim Simmons
Panther
Carl Egger
Don Morey
Don Donovan
Carl Morning
Keith Blayney
Wismeier
Kromminga
Himes
Atwood
Ohe
Serbousek
Simmons
Keith Clark
Morey
Donovan
Monning
Blayney
Mrs. Wayne Wacker
Ervin Wacker
Monticello Panthers
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