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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1954
Page
5
Motion pictures of a July vacation by Mr and Mrs Bill Stuhler and Dr and Mrs Clarence Hosford were shown at the Monticello Rotary Club meeting Monday evening. Guest Marvin Chevalier, new assistant cashier at Monticello State Bank, attended.
Jones county will have a new type of bridge installed tomorrow near 7 Neswport Mills in Jackson township. The 24 by 40 foot span will use a precast concrete floor and mark the first such bridge built in eastern long. Installation starts about 10 am Friday with county crews ready. observers may watch as 38 inch by 24 foot precast floor sections are put in place.
The article notes progress on Clarence Kuriger and Bob Thoeni residences with foundations up for Rittmanic and Kruger homes. A power shovel operated by Jim Schneider starts the Galen Haven basement as only two lots remain undeveloped in the block.
Marvin Chevalier age 33 named assistant cashier at Monticello State Bank with duties in GI and FHA loan work. He and his wife and four children will move from Strawberry Point once housing is found in Monticello. Chevalier, a SUI graduate, served in World War I and was a prisoner for five months. He previously worked five years as assistant cashier at Union Bank and Trust in Strawberry Point and last year at Feuther Lusheer Co. The family attends Lutheran church and Chevalier has Legion Lions and Masonic affiliations.
R. I. Miche and Son offer sixty English Yorkshire boars gifts and bred sows at Montindio Fair Grounds auction Friday at 7 p.m. Jenny Peters of Jacksonville will assist along with noted leaders from Farm Bureau and Yorkshine News. Catalogs mailed last week list four proven boars with strong lines. Hog herd records will be transferred to purchaser upon sale.
A Rankin driven project uses pre cast flooring to build a large bridge deck efficiently. Pre cast flooring and curb sections measure 3 feet 2 inches by 24 feet and are bolted in three places along the length. Concrete flooring costs estimated under $2,000, reducing form work and construction time.
Monticello fresh-soph football opened with a 21 0 loss to Marion. The game featured a tough Marion defense and several penalties negating Monticello advances. Next Monday they host Maquoketa with coach Bob Reed noting the WaMat conference will be strong.
Monticello High School prepares for a severe test against Vinton in the WaMaC Conference with lineup changes expected. Coach Harold Shugart plans backfield adjustments with Bob Morey likely to start at quarterback or halfback and shifts along the line to counter Vinton’s strong front. Vinton, coming off a 32 to 7 win over Marion, is noted for hard hitting as Monticello aims to keep its 1954 record intact on the road and inaugurate a new football field dedication.
Volunteers hosted Pancake Day in Monticello drawing hundreds to the Community Building. From 11 am to 7 pm the event fed an estimated 4 500 parishioners with Jemima pancake flour and syrups from Penick Ford and Smitty’s Super Valu. Local dairy and sugar firms provided cream and sugar. A merry go round provided kid friendly entertainment as about 4 000 visitors queued for the pancake spread.
Ninety nine men and boys attended the annual Presbyterian church banquet held Monday evening. Special guest speaker Rev Walter Pierce of the Sunshine Rescue Mission Cedar Rapids spoke, joined by Mission worker Harry Withrow. Circle 3 of the Presbyterian Ladies served the dinner.
Monticello Fire Department will accept sealed bids over 10 days for a $800 Kelvinator refrigerator freeer. The prize from the Firemen's Dance was donated back by R H Shover to fund the Emergency Unit. Bids are mailed to the fire secretary and REM Electrical Service will demonstrate features.
Miss Sarah Vernon daughter of Mr and Mrs E D Vernon of Iowa city was among 45 of over 300 applicants chosen for membership in the Scottish Highlanders last week at the State University of Iowa.
More than 60 of Delaware County's top cattle feeders visited Bert Ballou's 400 acre Monticello area farm and the Becker farm north of Sand Springs on Friday morning. Ballou described 175 acres of corn on the year and a 55 Angus cow herd with 110 new cattle, 78 on the feed floor, plus annual purchases of 200 steer calves and 250 to 300 yearling steers and heifers. He outlined winter gains with silage and 4 to 5 pounds of grain and a pound of protein daily, and noted he also raises about 300 hogs yearly.
Two young men escaped from the state reformatory at Anamosa Friday night using a chain and hook. Stephen Penrod 23 of Quincy Illinois was captured near Rocky Ridge school after a long bagged chase while Leo Teer 25 of Los Angeles surrendered following a plane search directed by Sheriff Lewis Dreibelbis. Both will receive an additional five years on their prison terms.
The Federated Garden Clubs district meeting was hosted by Monticello on Tuesday September 21 with business sessions, judging, and a horticultural show. Judges Mrs Rasmussen and Mrs Busch praised arrangements and spoke on conservation scholarship funds, with guests traveling from numerous Iowa towns and even Minnesota and California.
Other conference games scheduled for Friday night include Anamosa at Tipton, Marion at Independence, and Maquoketa at Manchester.
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