V F W Post and Auxiliary Elect Officers for 1947
The Veterans of Foreign Wars post and auxiliary installed new officers for the year. Post Commander Harry N. Lyon led the ceremony with officers including Clarence A. Rhatigan as Commander and Mary Catherine Craig leading the auxiliary as President. The groups also announced chairmen for Iowa Cottage Americanization National Home and other committees and donated to Cancer Control, the National Home, and a nursery cottage memory for Mrs. Jarrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Harry N. Lyon
Clarence A. Rhatigan
Fred W. Kreeb
Eugene Barnts
James M. Farley
Vernon P. Steiner
Raymond L. Clark, Sr
George Barnts
L. R. Hong
Leo Kiburz
Sam Reyner
William H. Jarrett
Carrie Moncrief
Earl Null
Clare Hayes
Mary Catherine Craig
Minnie E. Rickels
Sylvia Kreeb
Florence Metzenberg
Mabel Rhatigan
Jean’ Echternacht
Myrtle Ross
Antoinette Howie
Helen Meier
Ellen Barnts
Lanie Pickett
Mathilda Schneider
Anna M. Gerdes
Fannie Milroy
Olive Lyon
Katherine Ridenour
Katie Jacobs
Hope Marolf
Mabel Yousse
Helen Dunn
Joyce Timmer
Iowa Cottage
Anne and
Jean Echternacht
Mary Jane Steiner
Margaret Carmichael
National Home
Minnie Hedwig Rickels
Hope Marcif
Eloise Null
Veterans
Louise Field
Edith C. Bender
Jennie Clark
Helen Barrack
Ann Allamand
Honor L. Clark
Iowa
National Home For
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Mabel Jarrett
Students Elect Officers For Youth Center
Nine students from Sac red Heart and Monti High elected officers at the Community hall last Tuesday. Officers chosen include Paul Seehusen as president Regina O Rourke as vice president Richard Jacque as secretary and Karl Behrends as treasurer. Committees were formed to run Social House Financial Affairs and Rule to Draft Constitution and By laws with Jacque chairing the drafting committee and Behrends chairing the Financial committee. Election of new officers will occur every six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart and
Monti High
Paul Seehusen
Regina O'Rourke
Richard Jacque
Karl Behrends
Louis Helms
Shirley McCurdy
Harold Wilcox
Ray Fuller
Mifred Claus
Forrest Deischer
Ruth Potter
Dwaine Plueger
Jeanne Howie
Stuart Sutherland
Delbert Bell
George Harris
Claire O'Rourke
Stanley Maire
Earl DeShaw
Leigh Clark
Rummage Sale Announced By Local Methodist Church
The Methodist church schedules a rummage sale in the church basement on Saturday April 19 from 8 am to 5 pm. A good selection of clothing will be offered. Sandra Currie nine broke her arm skating this week. Local residents share weekend visits with relatives in Iowa and Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Gerdes, O.N
Iowa City
Anna M. Gerdes
Strawberry Point
Methodist Church
Sandra Currie
Salvation Army forms Monticello unit led by Goettsch
Cecil L. Goettsch announces a Monticello Salvation Army Service Unit with a local committee chaired by Goettsch. Members include Nella M. Hoffman treasurer C A Coxsee Mrs Clare Hayes Mayor R C Hoag and several doctors. Envoy Abner Bolander will meet next week to finalize the campaign. The unit supports local welfare needs and a regional program including a hospital for unmarried mothers in Des Moines which treated 163 girls and 107 babies last year. The hospital provides care seclusion and social services and helps girls adopt or keep their babies as funds permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil L. Goettsch
Salvation Army Service
Monticello
Goettsch
Nella M. Hoffman
C. A. Coxsee
Clare Hayes
R. C. Hoag
Mark F. Hogan
James Hollar
Karl M. Keyes
Frank E. Patterson
Sam Schuetz
Tion
Miss Hoffman
Salvation Army Hospital
Room to Stretch on Queen Elizabeth Walk 22 Miles
The steamship Queen Elizabeth offers a route that allows passengers to walk 22 miles without retracing ground. The feature emphasizes ample deck space and extended promenade options on the vessel.
Committees Plan Meeting April 24 for 4-H Club
Girls club committees readers and county officers of the 4-H Club will meet in the Farm Bureau office at 8 p.m. April 24. The committee will set up the summer program and make plans for the Jones County Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Jones County
Hackbarth Car Burns On First Street
A car driven by Donald Hackbarth caught fire last Thursday evening after 6. Firefighters tried chemical extinquisher but could not save the vehicle, which burned near the First Street area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackbarth
Donald’ ‘Hackbarth
Train would stretch 14 thousand miles if loaded with all freight cars
If the 1,750,000 freight cars owned by Class 1 railroads were lined up on a single track, they would form a train about 14,000 miles long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Class 1 Railroads
Later Victory Plasty 5 Program Api 300
Jones County Farm Bureau holds Victory party planning for Wednesday April 30 in Monticello Community Building auditorium. Committees arrange events and activities as preparations begin. A small daughter of Mr and Mrs John Shover was knocked down by a bicycle on the sidewalk, suffered facial abrasions, and spent two days in the hospital before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
Peca
Monticello
Mite Steete
John Shover
Evitt “Streat
First Ether Anesthetic Used in Surgery in 1842
The first recorded use of ether anesthesia occurred on March 30, 1842, by Dr C Williamson Long in Jefferson, Georgia, when he administered ether to a patient during surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Williamson Long
Jefferson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pythian Sisters
Monticello Pythian Sisters
Temeple No. 112
Loma Peters
Belle Plaine
Clara Rhatigan
Stephen’s Cafe
Cedar Rapids
Maquoketa
Blanche Lambert
Frances Pierson
Theresa Rohr
Effie Parsons
Marion
Leah Blatchely
Lois Porter
Eldridge
Marie Douglass
Minnie Rickels
Jessie Hoag
Edna Yeoman
Norman Davis
Los Angeles
California
E. J. Davis
Pequot Lake
Minn
V. F. W. Post and Auxiliary Elect
League of Women Voters
C. R. Smith
Wyoming
Mrs. Heidecker
Sibley
Cecil Goettsch
Ralph Redmond
Michael and
Stephen
Sterling, Ill
T. M. Redmond
Leland Shelley
Des Moines
E. E. Hicks
Maxine Redmond
Chicago
Mrs
Rena Kettlitz
William Low and
Bob Liddy
University of Iowa
J. A. Liddy
Paul Rettig
Harlan
W. F. Hintz
Irving Hintz
Mr.Rettig
Will Hintz
Don Schmidt
Ralph Wilson
A. T. Kuriger
J. W. Downs
Savannah
William Bonwell
Betty
Davenport
Dick Bonwell
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Guy Bonwell
Eduard Witt
Chicago Heights
Walter S. Hall
John Messerli
Manchester
H. L. Adix
Carrie Janzig
Helen Jean Kopp
Sue Treichler
Cedar Falls
R. J. Kopp
Donna Donovan
Mary Bjorndahl
Moline
Louis Leonard
Robert Holub
Anamosa
John Joseph
Dorothy Corcoran
Carl Eiben
Joy, Til
E. F. Eiben
Donald Peterman
Ruth Peterman
John Tullis
New Nevada
A. H. Voss
Elgin Cove
Alaska
Voss
Margarite Bader
Stahlers
Stuhler
Salvation Army
Lady Borden
America
Borden
Stahler
Earl
Paul
Birdseye Foods
Jemima
Dubuque
Lalate
Penney
Sunkist
Rome
Pascal Celery
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