Monroe County News, The (Newspaper) - March 19, 1962, Albia, Iowa It's News to The Weekly Almanac By George Seibert Official Weather Observer High Uw 15 30 10 None March 16 35 20 None March 17 43 15 None March 18 53 27 None March 19 33 10 Albia received a small storm Sunday night which in- cluded hail Total precipitation in the storm was 10 of an inch Warmer weather has melted nearly all of the snow away though some drifted snow re- mains Officially this morning a trace of snow remained Snow measurements have been eight inches Thursday and day mornings six inches day and four inches Sunday morning ALBIA Prices quoted are as of 10 on the day of publication change daily Where prices paid vary among local produce houses highest prices are quoted Cream Sweet butterfat Ib No 1 butterfat Ib No 2 butterfat Ib Eggs Jumbos Grade A large doz Grade A medium Grade B 21 doz Dirties and Checks doz Pullets dpz Cracked Dirty Pullets doz ALBIA Subject to Change Delivered in Albia Soybeans No 1 Yellow bu Corn No 2 Shelled Yellow bu Admissions March 15 Joseph Jr Rte 1 Albia and Robert Lewis Rte 5 Albia March 16 Mrs Craig Fletcher S A St Albia Mrs ard Barnes Bussey Mrs James E James Rte 3 Albia Barbara Hurst Rte 3 Albia Clyde ter 420 A Ave E Albia and Mrs Joe JUe 5 March Rte 1 Albia Harold Booth 627 N Third St Albia James W lace Bussey and Mrs George Havelock Rte 4 Albia March 18 Walter A Vestal S Fifth St Keokuk Eu- gene Vestal 218 Vi S Fifth St Keokuk Mrs Elmer Aitken 211 D Ave E Albia and Guy Moser Benton Ave E Albia March 19 Ronald Wayne Ward Rte 4 Albia and Newton Allison Lovilia Released William Torrance Rte 5 bia Gary Campbell 1216 ington Ave E Albia William Dixon Rte 5 Albia Mrs Lloyd VerPloeg and daughter 1223 Fourth Ave E Albia Mrs tha Rogers 601 Benton Ave W Albia Mrs Hamilton Major 628 N Third St Albia Joseph ko Jr Rte 1 Albia Robert is Rte 5 Albia Michael Grath Ernest Dicks tRe 1 Albia James Asher Sr Rte Albia and Carl ton 222 North Clinton Albia March 12 A son Bryan Keith at Collins Hospital in to Mr and Mrs Elmer Keith Con- ner of Lovilia March A daughter Traccy Ann weighing 7 Ibs 11 oz Monroe County Hospital to Mr and Mrs Craig Fletcher 222 S A St Albia March A son Paul An- thony weighing 7 Ibs 13 oz at Monroe County Hospital to Mr and Mrs Walter Lahart Rte Albia March son Russell De- wayne weighing 6 Ibs oz at Monroe County Hospital to Mr and Mrs Richard Barnes of Bussey March daughter Kayla Marie at Des Moines General Hospital to Mr and Mrs Gil more Keller of Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Pete Coady Rte 2 Albia and Mr and Mrs Leo Keller of St Mary's Mrs Mary A Willson 61 near Russell March 16 at Lucas ty Memorial Hospital Chariton Harold Carlson 45 Bussey March 15 at the Jude Coal Co mine south of Bussey Harry F Derby 91 Blakes burg March 16 at Ottumwa MARRIAGE James Lee Hackett 21 Albia and Judith Ann Chapman 17 Albia FIRE March 17 Fire call at p.m to Floyd Bettis home east of Hiteman Fire damaged east end of roof REAL Harvey Day et al to Henry Phipps and wife part of Lot 4 SEYt SEV4 Sec 10 Union ship Lot 2 Block 12 Town of Lovilia Frances Calahan to James L and Mary Pat Brandon sion C of Lot 5 SEV4 Sec 4 Jackson township James King Now On Bank Staff James King son of Mr and Mrs J E King 1401 S Main St today joined the staff of the Peoples National Bank King was graduated from Albia High School in 1946 and received A degree with a economics from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1950 In 1957 he re- his masters degree in from the State College of Iowa in Cedar Falls King served four years in the air force and taught a total of five years in Iowa and Illinois high schools Mrs King and their two John will move here later from their home in Arlington Heights 111 Robert Kellys At County Home Mr and Mrs Robert Kelly began working Tuesday at the Monroe County Home Kelly is the new steward His wife is the matron They replace Kelly's brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs Richard Kelly who are now steward and matron at the Mahaska County Home Robert Kelly formerly worked in the office of Bell Construction Co in City Lyle Briggs Wins Trip to Mexico Lyle Briggs has won a five-day trip to Mexico in a Ford truck sales contest Mr and Mrs Briggs will leave Des Moines Saturday March 31 and fly to Mexico City to begin the vacation Displays Show Operation Of Automotive System Chevrolet's new thrift car the 1962 Chevy II with a body that rises to reveal what's under neath is the center of attraction at the 1962 Regional Chevy Show coming here Wednesday at Duea Chevrolet Company Described as America's fore- most road show of automotive engineering in action the exhibit was produced by Chevrolet in Detroit It will be seen during the next several months b approximately 12 lion people at fairs expositions auto shows and other public events and brought here at the request of Duea Chevrolet Company In the show the body of the Chevy II 300 sedan rises three feet ing parts of engine transmission axles and other com- Cutaway sections allow observation of the parts in action The car is equipped with the 90 horsepower four-cylinder en- gine The animated display talks and sings too A taped message the car's features can be heard by spectators Small signs label the various features Another interesting display is a cutaway version of the horsepower V8 engine option for the standard Chevrolet with all parts finished in bright chrome or colorful enamel The moving unit is in a glass case also contains a automatic transmission a ened and a differential with the rear axle cut off near the housing The engine and other moving units revolve slowly in- side the case and moving parts are visible through openings Two other Chevrolet systems are seen in equally elaborate away versions One is the Corvair the 80 horsepower cooled engine transmission nnd rear axle which are combined in one unit for the rear Corvair The other is Chevrolet's new four-cylinder diesel engine introduced in 1962 for use in trucks Monday March 19 1962 VOL NO 12 Albio Iowa ALBIA Investigating a Reorganization School officials in these districts are again ing the possibility of a school reorganization which would result in one school district for most of Monroe county The boards of the Lovilia and Albia districts met Wednesday for the initial discussions A survey is Repair Work At Schools Repair work at three schools was approved Friday night by the Albia school board The work Insulation of the high school and corridors ington School Jefferson School Repair of the high school roof Storm windows for the west side of the high school More lighting at the high school A grant of in gency Camp Aid will pay most of the cost of the work GOP Sets Caucuses Republican precinct caucuses in Monroe county will be held March 27 at 8 p.m The places the caucuses will be held and the number of gates to the county convention each precinct will elect Albia first ward City Hall 14 Albia second Morris law office 7 Albia third ward Hugh W Lundy law office 8 Albia fourth ward Albia NEWSpapers office 12 Pleasant township John Scott home 3 Bluff Creek township Carl Sr home 4 Union township Joe Spencer home 5 Cedar township Ellen land home 2 Wayne Sterling tin home 1 Guilford township Hurley home 1 Guilford Joe Judge home 1 Troy township Herbert Bettis home 5 Mantua Avery Carl Clouse home 2 Mantua township Ralph er home 2 Urbana township place not designated 2 Monroe township Bob nis home 2 Franklin township B F Whitchead home 2 Jackson township John J Grath home 2 ACCOUNTING The Albia school board Friday night approved a new financial accounting system for the dis- The system will become mandatory in all districts in on July I Harry F Derby Blakesburg Dies Harry Franklin Derby 91 Blakesburg died Friday evening at the home of his son Kenneth in Ottumwa He had been in ing health for two months Born July 8 1870 in Wapello county near Blakesburg he was the son of Nelson and Trussell Derby He spent his life farming For the past nine years he had lived with his son Surviving are four sons Ken neth George and Paul of Ot- tumwa and Thayer Derby of Col- lins two daughters Mrs Edna Smith of Hednck and Mrs ine Smith of Hollywood 18 grandchildren 17 children a brother Charlie of near Blakesburg and three ters Mrs Minnie Hunter of Blakesburg Mrs Martha send of Albia and Mrs Buchanan of Pierre S D His wife Dollic Thayer Derby died in 1941 A brother also pre- ceded him in death The funeral was held at 2 p m today at the Funeral Home in Blakesburg with the Rev Orval E Walker of ville officiating Burial was in Blakesburg cemetery Will Discuss Fertilizer The extension service will hold a meeting to discuss fertilizer and other topics Friday at p.m at the Farm Bureau Hall Dale Uehling county sion director and Joe Phillips area agronomist will discuss fertilizer land use soil and as pro emergent sprays Uehling said that as farmers plan their 1962 fertilizer grams they should use soil teMs now to decide how much what kind of fertilizer to use By investing from three to live cents an acre and a little time a can make sun1 he is getting the most out of the to or more lie will in fertilizer and lime for each acre of corn Soil samples taken now can be tested and the report can be back by May The soil test takes into consideration the past history and soil type Fertilizer samples can be brought to the extension office Wells Smashes End of Finger Keilh Wells of Lovilia had the end of the small finger on his loft hand smashed and cut day when it was caught as he was replacing a part on heavy equip ment al the Maytag Company in Newton where he is being made of the people in the districts involved A meeting which had been scheduled for Tuesday at vilia of school directors from the districts has been de- layed until the survey is completed Father Morrissey Mel rose Ordained 25 Years Father Morrissey The anniversary of the ordination of Father J J rissey of St Church Melrose was celebrated day night at Melrose Approximately 500 persons at- tended the Mass of Thanksgiving held at p.m and the dinner that followed The sermon was delivered by Father E J herd of Sperry Father J streit of Weller served as deacon and Father Charles Gannon Georgetown as boys were John Golob Jack an Dave McGrath and Joe Grath Other priests attending were Father Joseph Anthamatten and Father A Weiner both of terville Father Leroy of Richland Father Dennis halan of Oskaloosa Father Lloyd Connolly of Rosemount Father Joseph Denning of Albia Father Baul C Hart Father John and Father William Sullivan all of Ottumwa Father Karl kamp of Colfax Father John vacs of Lacona Father George of Lovilia Father Wilbur Sondag of Bauer of Father bert Fe of Mystic Father Paul C Albers of ville was speaker at the dinner and Father Denning served ns master of ceremonies tcr was Father Gannon and a was led by Greetings were extended to Father Morrissey by Jack Ryan from the young students of the parish by E J kin of Leon from the Des Moines Diocese by Father Joseph Pound of West Burlington from former classmates and by Monsignor W E Cullinan of Ottumwa from the Ottumwa Deanery Response was given by Father at which time he thanked all those made arrangements for the evening and those present for attending his anniversary ance He point oil out Hint sine his anniversary and St Patrick's Day were both in the same week the two were being celebrated at the same time Father Morrissey a native of Ottumwa attended St Ambrose College Davenport and Catholic University Washington D C He was ordained March 13 1937 at the Cathedral in Davenport He served for seven years at St Mathias parish in Muscatine for two years at St Ambrose in as a teacher five years in St Mary's parish at Davenport six years as pastor at St Mi- parish in Holbrook and has been pastor of St Patrick's Church in Melrose for the past live years His mother makes her home with him at Melrose and was present for the mass and dinner Thursday Among those attending the an- events were friends not only from his own parish but others from surrounding Mrs Mary Willson Dies at Chariton Mrs Mary A Willson 61 died Friday at Lucas County Memorial Hospital in Chariton after a long illness A daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick Shovlain she was born Dec 3 1900 near Weller Surviving arc her husband Lawrence A Willson at their farm near a daughter Mrs Don and four grandchildren The rosary was recited at the Funeral Home in bia Sunday at 8 p.m A solemn Requiem High Mass at St Catholic Church in rose at 10 today was by the Rev Father J J Morrissey of Melrose the Rev Father J J Gaule of burg and the Rev Father J A Hebenstreit of Weller Burial was in St Mary's cemetery at Weller Mayor Guy Moser Is in Hospital Mayor Guy Moser entered Monroe County Hospital day for observation and tests for a hypertensive condition Moser for several weeks has been having outpatient treatment for hypertension John R Wood third ward councilman who was placed on mayor status last month will assume that duty in Moser's absence Wood will preside at the regular meeting of the city council this Mother of 10 Dies in Crash Mrs Shirley Mane Vestal 32 Keokuk was killed earls Sunday morning in an automobile dent near Albia Mrs Vestal mother of 10 dren died instantly when she was thrown from a car drisen be her husband which left the road and went down a ment Also in the car was their year-old son Walter Eugene who received minor cuts and sions The father Walter Eldon tal 43 who received a broken collar bone bruises and abra sions and the son are in roe County Hospital The son and the mother were thrown from the car The father was still in the car when it ed at the bottom of the ment Sheriff William F who investigated the accident said Mrs Vestal died of chest ies The accident happened about No Changes On Teachers The Albia school board met Friday night with teachers whose contracts for the school year have been withheld Four teachers in the district have not received new contracts Five others have been notified they have been placed on tion Also at the meeting of the Education Association a teachers professional organization Superintendent W W Hartzell said any decision on the teachers contracts is still being postponed pending further study Help Set Up Training Plan Paul F Johnston ent of the State Department of Public Instruction and other re- of the agency will be in Albia Tuesday helping set up a vocational training program The program a part of the Department of Commerce area redevelopment program will in- include classes in glove cutting and sewing machine ation 1 on North Hocking Hill three miles south of Albia The car ly hit ice on the curve leading into the hill and skidded out ot control It rolled over going down the embankment The 1949 Ford was demolished Vestal went to the Edwin son home near the scene of the accident The Wilsons called Sheriff Bagley Mrs body was taken to Downs Funeral Home in bia It taken from there to a Centerville funeral home The three people had left kuk late Saturday afternoon to relatives in Melcher They had stopped at Centerville to visit relatives there The other nine Vestal dren were at home in Keokuk Mrs survivors also in- clude her father Elmer of Numa The death was the second in Monroe county this year which has been attributed to motor hicle accidents Harold Carlson Dies at Work Harold Carlson 45 of Bussey died Thursday ing while working at the Jude Coal Co mine south of Bussey The funeral was Saturday at 2 p.m at the Methodist Church with the Rev Frank L Greenwood officiating Burial was in cemetery at sey Military graveside services conducted by the Bussey American Legion Post bora at Buxton a son of and Anna Marie Carlson of Bussey He was married Feb 25 1941 to Jean Lomax at Bussey where they have lived since then He was employed as a shovel operator at the mine Surviving are his wife mother two sons David of Bussey and Danny at two daughters Sharon Kay and Linda Lu at five sisters Mrs Ruth gel Mrs Elsie Reed and Mrs Agnes Stewart of Albia Mrs olet Senn of Des Moines and Miss Margaret Carlson of Bussey and two brothers Carl Carlson and Art Carlson of Bussey He preceded in death by his father in 1943 and a sister He served in both the Euro- pean and Pacific theaters during World War II Style Show Mrs Clell Smith of Albia was one of about SO en from Monroe county who modeled dresses they had made m a cotton dress workshop sponsored by the ily living committee of the Monroe County Extension Service The style show was held Friday afternoon Moro pictures are on society page
