Muller Couple Celebrates 40th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs George Muller marked their fortieth anniversary at the old home place with family Easter observances. He is a Monticello Express Half Century Club member and farmer, born 1870 near Galena Illinois. she was born 1870 near Marysville California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Muller
Old Home
Muller
Monticello Express
Galena
Ill
Monticello
Marysville
Calif
John
Matt
Frank
Coggan
Susanne Kurt
Cascade
Kate Turnis
John Kurt
Lizzie Gudenhauf
Worthington
Nick Kayser
Joe
Anamosa
Mary Kurt
Adolf Hitler
Wale
Alteing
Methodist Pastor Announces Retirement in June
Rev. George Woodall, pastor of the Monticello Methodist church, will retire effective June 1 after serving since 1937. The church board granted May as leave, with pulpits filled by Upper Iowa conference pastors. Woodall plans to settle in California near relatives and his daughter Katherine attends the College of the Pacific. Easter visitors included C Wea ver and Gladys Stambaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Woodall
Methodist Church
Monticello
Woodall
Orri Yi Rey JW éSvito
E. T. Gough
Upper Iowa
E. T. Gough Ae
C. A. Coxsee
E. H. Huibregtse
F. E. Stimson
California
Katherine
College of the Pacific
Sham War Exercises Show Modern Army Telephones
Russell Jamieson describes a three day drill at Fort Lewis Washington with the 10th F A Br Battery C detailing the EES radio and walkie talkie gear and a night movement to simulated enemy positions. The exercise includes sleep disruptions and camouflage with flag signaling training and a move to permanent batteries after the field test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Br
Fort Lewis, Washington
Old Age Assistance Reports For March In Jones County
The March report shows Jones County with 470 pensioners totaling 9,682.60 dollars, averaging 20.60 per recipient. Eight blind pensioners received 181.04 dollars, averaging 22.63 each for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Former Resident Buried at Stanwood
Funeral services for Mrs. Ed H. Haesemeyer 45 died Thursday after a lingering illness at her Rockford Illinois home were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Stanwood home of Mrs. Fred Haesemeyer Born in Monticello as Ruth Wilson she attended race school in Stanwood before her marriage Surviving besides her husband are two sons Frederick and Richard a sister Ethel Leytem and four brothers James Norman Wallace and Malcolm Wilson all of Monticello
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanwood
Ed H. Haesemeyer
Rockford
Fred Haesemeyer
Monticello
Ruth Wilson
Sherage
Frederick
Richard
Ethel Leytem
James
Norman
Wallace
Malcolm Wilson
Community group considers Blue Cross hospital plan for Monticello
A Monticello meeting discussed bringing Iowa's Blue Cross non profit hospital plan to the area. Hamilton M. Clarke of Cedar Rapids and Dubuque outlined the service now in operation for over a year with 1200 Iowa residents already helped. The plan serves 25,000 Iowa members and aims to expand to Monticello as a first small city in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Blue Cross
Monticello
Hamilton M. Clarke
Blue Cross Plan
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Clarke
United States
Canada
Joe Doakes Opens Huibregtse Mill
E H Huibregtse owner opened Deee aaa Feed Mill April 4 with a community celebration headlined by Joe Doakes. Tommy Dwyer served as master of ceremonies while guests from commercial feed manufacturers and state inspector LaFollet attended. The Anamosa site, purchased from Carl and Elmer Headlee after a devastating fire, features fireproofed construction and new equipment including a modern grinding and mixing floor and ample storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Huibregtse
Deee Aaa
Joe“Doakes
Radio
Tommy Dwyer
Inspector LaFollet
State Department of Agriculture
Huibregtse
Anamosa
Local Volunteers Prepare for Army Induction
Local volunteers Earl John Null and James William Stahr of Monticello have signed for military service and will undergo induction procedures. Stahr, under draft age, joins early after leaving CCC camp in Anamosa, along with others from Anamosa Langworthy Bernard and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl John Null
James William Stahr
Monticello
Null
John Null
Stahr
Henry Stahr
Anamosa
CCC
Samuel Schuetz
Rex Edwards
William Keating
Onslow
Rhinehard Dirks Bunting
Langworthy
Raphael Rollinger
Bernard
Fort Des
Monticello VFW elects 1941 42 officers
Dr F E Patterson heads VFW Monticello Post 1683 as commander with Arnold Jacobs senior vice commander and John Guler junior vice commander. Auxiliary names Katie Jacobs president and Florence Metzenberg treasurer. Installation set for April 30 with Ray Echternacht and Ione Hein in charge. A surprise party followed for retiring president Florence Carmichael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars
F. E. Patterson
Arnold Jacobs
John Guler
W. R. Baumgardtner
J. A. Hoegen
A. B. Grimes
Katie Jacobs
Helen Barrack
Anne Schneider
Marie Guler
Jean Echternacht
Florence Metzenberg
Honor L. Clark
Sophie Jacobs
Lucille Bader
Florence Carmichael
Iane Hein
Dora Che
Mabel Hoag
Inez Lubben
Alta Rathbun
Margaret Bader
Department
Ray Echternacht
Ione Hein
Reputes
Cascade Youths Fined for Larceny
Deputy Sheriff Roy Cooley and Constable Bill Donnelly of Anamosa brought three Cascade youths before Justice Scott McIntyre. George Roach Clarence Breitbach and Bill Aschton were fined 26 dollars each with 20 dollars suspended for good behavior for stealing gasoline from a car in Anamosa last Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Cooley
Bill Donnelly
Anamosa
Cascade
Justice of the Peace
Scott McIntyre
George Roach
Clarence Breitbach
Bill Aschton
Lawrence F Doden Joins New Bank Position
Lawrence F Doden, manager of the Farmers State Bank of Ellsworth, a branch of a Jewell Junction bank, spent Good Friday and Easter with his parents Mr and Mrs Henry H Doden. He was selected for the new position on March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence F. Doden
Farmers State Bank of
Ellsworth
Jewell Junction Bank
Henry H. Doden
Doden
Special Speaker To Address Methodist Father Son Supper
Rev R H Hamill of Center Point will address the Methodist father son supper April 23 sponsored by the Women s Society of Christian Service. Hamill led youth work in the Upper Iowa conference and was a World Youth conference delegate in Amsterdam 1939. Ray C Hoag will show South America travel films. All Monticello area men invited. tickets at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Hamill
Center Point
Upper Iowa
Methodist Church
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Glenn Bancroft
Hamill
Wesley Foundation
Iowa City
Amsterdam
Holland
United States
Germany
Denmark
Switzerland
Belgium
England
America
Center Point-Urbana
Ray C. Hoag
South America
E G Burrichter Buried After Long Monticello Career
Funeral services for Edward G. Burrichter 61 a Monticello businessman of 42 years were held Sunday at the Evangelical and Reformed church at 2 30 p m Burial was in Oakwood cemetery He died Friday noon at John McDonald hospital after a stroke Born Lost Nation June 27 1879 he moved to Monticello as a child He worked in a general store then owned a shoe store with his brother later partnering with Archie Legg and Wade Long He married Mary O Rourke Feb 28 1911 and had two children Donald and Mary He survived by multiple Burrichter siblings and sisters from Monticello Lost Nation and Anamosa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward G. Burrichter
Monticello
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
Oakwood Cemetery
Burrichter
Lost Nation
John McDonald Hospital
Frederick and
Elizabeth Bovenschulte Burrichter
Famae
Henry Burrichter
E. G. Hicks
George Guyan
Emil Burrichter
Archie Legg
Wade Long
Long
Mr. Burrichter
Mary O’rourke
Dubuque
Donald Burrichter
Shenandoah
Mary
J. K. Martello
Cedar Falls
Otto Burrichter
Anamosa
Emil
Will
Martin Burrichter
C. W. Brazelton
Albert Dickman
Balster Named May Queen at University of Dubuque
Hilda Balster of Monticello has been elected May queen for the University of Dubuque May Fete. A senior biology major, she is a Gamma Phi Delta member and former Homecoming queen. She aims to teach after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Balster
May
L. F. Balster
Monticello
University of Dubuque
Dubuque
Miss Balster
Gamma Phi Delta
Drake
Cedar and Jones Supervisors Meet Over County Line
The Cedar and Jones county boards held a joint meeting in Anamosa last week to settle questions about the Cedar Jones line. County Auditor George Specht said they signed a new agreement on line maintenance and construction after an older agreement, long lost, had no record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Supervisors
Cedar and
Jones County
Anamosa
Cedar-Jones County
George Specht
Last Jones County Marriage License Issued Before New Law
Fred Henry Dirks aged 30 of Anamosa and Minnie Johanna Folkers aged 28 of Olin received the last Jones county marriage license before a new agricultural law took effect. Only ten licenses were issued in the first nine days of April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Henry Dirks
Anamosa
Minnie Johanna Folkers
Olin
Jones County
Towa
Iowa Adopts Redistricting After Census Shifts Seats
Iowa completes redistricting reducing its congressional delegation to eight districts though nine seats exist until 1942. The bill, with one amendment, passed 84 to 20 in the House and swiftly approved by the Senate. New district lines mix counties and parties, altering majorities and keeping some districts aligned with prior configurations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Congress
House
Senate
Winnebago County
Thomas Martin
H. O. Talle
W. S. Jacobsen
J. W. Gwynne
Karl LeCompte
P. Cunningham
F. C. Gilchrist
Ben F. Jensen
W. F. Harrington
Fire at Phillips 66 Station Turns Out To Be False Alarm
Monday morning the fire whistle summoned trucks and townspeople to Phillips 66 gas station owned by Carl Eggers. Citizens feared an explosion but the blaze proved to be a stack of burning boxes behind the station, leaving everyone relieved yet deflated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips 66
Carl Eggers
Kirby Page to Speak in Dubuque
World famous author and peace advocate Kirby Page will address a community meeting in Dubuque tomorrow night April 18 at 8 o clock. The event at Washington junior high on Grandview avenue is backed by churches clubs and other organizations working for world peace. Page has written nineteen volumes sixteen pamphlets and many magazine articles. His latest book Living Creatively is ranked first among 434 books in a Hazen Foundation survey. He received an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Drake University in 1940 and has spoken at over 300 colleges and major churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby Page
Dubuque
Washington Junior High School
Grandview Avenue
Page
Tiv
Hazen Foundation
Drake University
Des Moines
Columbia
Chicago
America
DeMolays Initiate Two Candidates at Waterloo Temple
George Washington chapter of DeMolay initiated Don Howie and Gene Walker into the first degree at the Masonic Temple last evening. Guests included W. 8. Watkins and John Drilling of Waterloo as judges for the state ritualistic contest. Refreshments followed. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Leonard visited Davenport on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Order of DeMolay
Don Howie
Gene Walker
Masonic Temple
W. 8. Watkins
John Drilling
Waterloo
Tom Collins to Speak On May 5 for Business Men
Washington April 16 4A B Grimes superintendent of schools Monticello named to the committee on academic freedom of the National Education association the national professional body with over 790000 teachers. The committee supports freedom to teach and to learn as an instrument of democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
B. Grimes
Monticello
National Education Association
Association
National Professional Organization of Educators
Grimes
Humorist Tom Collins to Speak at Monticello Dinner
Tom Collins a Kansas City Journal humorist and columnist known as the speaker who is asked back will appear at a Monticello Commercial club community dinner on August 5. Dinner tickets cost 1 and serve as club membership. He has delivered over 2,000 talks, appeared in 40 states plus two foreign countries, and was named outstanding humorous speaker in Kansas and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Collins
Kansas City Journal
Will Apear
Ag 5
Monticello Commercial Club
Monticello
Collins
Mr. Collins
United States
Kansas
Missouri
School Board Rehires Teachers With Salary Increases
At a regular Monday meeting the school board voted to re hire all teachers with salary raises. Board president Leigh Clark said the raises align with state regulations and district policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Clark
Discharged guard commits suicide at Anamosa park
Fred J. Cassidy a 46 year old former guard at the men's reformatory near Anamosa shot himself and was found in a wooded section of Wapsie state park. Authorities said he was discharged Friday for insubordination. A World War veteran, Cassidy had worked at Fort Madison and hailed from Winterset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Fred J. Cassidy
Men’s Reformatory
Wapsie State Park
Cassidy
Reformatory
Fort Madison
Winterset
Simultaneous Meeting Held by Burns Lodge in Iowa
Burns Lodge No. 178 A. F. and A. M. held a special meeting at the Masonic Temple Monday evening requested by the grand master. The event celebrated simultaneous meeting night with a program directed by Worshipful Master Cornelius Steck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Iowa
Cornelius Steck
Mrs Mary Jane Lynchard dies at 88 in Omaha
Mrs Mary Jane Lynchard 88 died at her home in Omaha Thursday night April 10. Her remains were taken to Monticello for burial Easter Sunday and interred in Oakwood cemetery on the family lot. Her maiden name was Livingstone. She had married Albert Howard in 1874 who died in Walnut in 1883. Surviving daughter Mrs W L Burgess of Los Angeles accompanied the body to Monticello. Funeral party included Charles Heath William Matheson Mrs B Cole Mrs F Heath and daughter Sue of Council Bluffs. Relatives in the area include Mrs Laura Livingstone Arnold Fred Matheson and Mrs Berk Smith of Hopkinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Lynchard
Omaha
Monticello
Oakwood Cemetery
Mary Jane Livingstone
Albert Howard
Howard
Walnut
W. L. Burgess
Los Angeles
Calif
Charles Heath
William Matheson
B. Cole
F. Heath
Sue
Council Bluffs
Laura Livingstone Arnold
Fred Matheson
Berk Smith
Hopkinton
Trucker Fines For Exceeding Jones County Load Limit
Five Linn county drivers including M G Clark and C H Sweet of Marion and John Abraham Chris Niedermeyer and H W Graber of Cedar Rapids were fined for hauling 93 head of cattle on a trunk road in Jones county while violating the four ton load limit. Fines cover 250 in gas costs according to Justice RR D Mc Toyre's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Justice RR
McToyre
Hone Thintadey
Jones County
M. G. Clark
C. H. Sweet
Marion
John Abraham
Chris Niedermeyer
H. W. Graber
Cedar Rapids
Reuel McColm
Monticello News Radio Time Changes
The Monticello News weekly program on WKBB Dubuque will move from 2 30 p m to 1 15 p m Fridays starting May first. WKBB recently changed frequency from 1490 to 1500 kHz and the Monticello Express remains the local news source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community
WKBB
Dubuque
Monticello and
Vicinity
Monticello Express
Onslow Matron Mrs Lydia Lyons Marks 100th Birthday
Lydia Lyons of Onslow will celebrate her 100th birthday on Thursday April 17 with an open house. Born in Ohio and moving to Iowa in 1854, she recalls Civil War events, Lincoln’s death, and years in eastern Iowa. A lifelong Presbyterian, she taught Sunday School, supported the Missionary Society, and remains active in her community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Lydia Lyons
Onslow
United States
Mrs. Lyons
Ohio
Iowa
Dubuque
Freeport
East Dubuque
Mississippi River
Joseph B. Lyon
Lincoln
Lyons
Maquoketa
John Lamey, Onslow
Presbyterian Church
Missionary Society
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Muller
Luther Howland
Mrs. C. Weaver
Gladys Stambaugh
Russ Jamieson
Sham
Eld
Joe Doakes
Huibregtse Mill
Dr. F. Patterson
Cascade Youths
E. G. Burrichter
Seatis Es Bette Tee
Cedar, Jones
KIRBY
Mrs. M. B. Leonard
Davenport
N.E.A
Anamosa Park
Monticello News
John Wherry
Battle of
Bull Run
Bulb
Her
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