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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1944
Page
2
Fragmentary note from a local paper highlighting service members and women in uniform. Includes partial names and units but missing clear events or dates. summarizes in broad terms the community’s focus on service and veterans.
A Coggon youth receives lieutenant wings after completing aviation cadet training. The recipient, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Tras, is the first in Macnesus to achieve this milestone, marking a notable milestone for local families and the States Army.
Local notes recount Easter holiday visits across towns including Monticello and surrounding areas. Guests include Mr and Mrs Br Bone of Altona, Mr and Mrs Raymond of Bernard, Helen White and Mount St. Dubuque student, and the Kearns family from Nora Hollywood California.
Readable fragments describe a local figure and event with unclear dates and places. Names appear as Hermar Joyemse and SS Lat Tsbe with generic references to a school or community action. Further context is illegible, providing limited concrete facts.
The article lists numerous individuals visiting relatives in multiple towns including Manchester, Perrine, Fairbanks, Anamosa, Clinton and Wash. Names such as Mrs. Paul A. Riaus Carel Lynne and Thomas, Mrs. J. G. Rhodes, Mrs. Eva Rigby and Miss Clive Nagel are noted along with brief references to professions and locations.
The March or April quota for the Marine Corps Women's Reserve has been increased for town women aged 26 to 30. Women meeting basic education and availability criteria are urged to contact the Des Moines Procurement District office for details and to obtain enlistment application blanks.
Various churches list weekly worship times Sunday schools and special events for Lent and post Easter. Notable confessions study at Presbyterian, mass and confessions at Sacred Heart, Congregational and Methodist services, Zion Lutheran German service, Castle Grove Ladies Aid, Evangelical and Reformed activities, and youth society events with dates noted for April and May.
A Jones County Youth Council rally will be held at the Congregational church in Anamosa on Sunday April 1. Rabbi Herman Schaalman from Cedar Rapids will discuss Jewish relations in the afternoon program. Dr Marcus Bach of the University of Iowa will deliver the keynote address. A supper will follow in the church parlors and all local youth organizations are invited.
Ice Cream 1, wife of the fourth U.S. president, reportedly introduced ice cream at a presidential reception in the early 1800s, an early instance of the dessert in Washington society.
County Public Health Nurse Rut Hurley announces a plan to list children starting school in fall 1944. Township meetings will determine immunization status and parents will be notified of conference locations and dates for completing records before year’s end.
W F Yeoman purchased the Lester Hearn residence in the past week and will take possession on May 1. Hearn currently occupies the dwelling. Mrs Lillie Hearn sold her home to Tom Henderson and moved in immediately. Mrs Hearn is now living with Mr and Mrs Ray Hearn.
Vernona Vernona passed the telegraph operator and station agent exam at Marion over Friday and Saturday and was assigned to Donahue. She graduated January 1 from the School of Electronics and Television in Omaha and trained under M. B. Leonard. She left Wednesday for her new work.
Mrs. Otto Kucera president pro tem of the Women’s Guild attended the Central Iowa Regional Women’s Guild meeting in London with delegates Mrs. Jack Maire and Mrs. Abe Allamand. Ciara Egger from the local society also attended at Zion Evangelical church. guest speaker was Mrs. Melsh Beck of North Canton Ohio.
Mrs Frank Ferring remains gravely ill at University Hospital Iowa City. In the past week she has responded to treatment with limited improvement. Her condition prohibits visitors.
All Eastern Stars wishing to attend the 6:30 dinner Friday April 21 when the Iowa Grand Matron will be present must send reservations to Caroline Schoenhut by April 17.
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