Farm Bureau Sport Day Planned at Monticello Fairgrounds
Plans are complete for a county wide Farm Bureau Sports Festival at the Monticello fairgrounds on August 10. The program includes 4 H Kitten Ball finals, softball women vs Rural Youth girls, a 100 yard dash, high jump, broad jump, baseball throw, dart throwing, chair quoits, nail driving, free throw, tug of war and horseshoe pitching with separate youth divisions and a fat man's race.
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Farm Bureau
Monticello
R. O. McColm
Howard Masteller
Farm_ Bureau
Ames
Ray Sanford
Max Specht
Harry Newman
John Eichhorn
Lee Crain
Don Meeks
James Kearns
Fred Kromminga
Loyal Byerly
N. E. Clark
William Bailey
George Specht
Harold Hartman
Stanley Waggoner
John Mayberry
James McLaughlin
J. E. Porter
Reverend Leonard Duckett to Preach Sunday
Monticello residents host Rev. Leonard Duckett of Ecorse Michigan this week at the Steck home. He is invited by Rev. Samuel Gutensohn to preach at the Congregational church next Sunday August 6 at 11 o clock, with cordial invitation to Monticello congregations and nearby churchgoers.
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Monticello
Leonard Duckett
Ecorse
Mich
Cornelius Steck
Samuel G. Gutensohn
State Gladiolus Show At Cedar Rapids Soon
The tenth annual Iowa State Gladiolus show will be held in Cedar Rapids August 12 and 13 at the Memorial Coliseum. Local and out of state enthusiasts expect a larger turnout and broader display with newer and finer gladiolus varieties from domestic and international growers including Canada Great Britain France Australia and New Zealand. The exhibit will also feature seedlings of new varieties and a garden flowers section for all to enjoy.
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Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Exacs
Great Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
National Tea Co to Open Store in Schoon Building
National Tea Co will open a new grocery branch on September 1 in the Schoon cafe building. A five year lease at 85 dollars monthly rent was signed. The store will offer groceries meats and bakery goods as part of a regional chain. Schoon will operate the cafe until after the Fair and then move the fixtures.
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National Tea Co
Schoon Cafe
William Schoon
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Schoon
Bob Guyan Has Tonsils Removed at McDonald Hospital
Bob Guyan son of Mr and Mrs Siegfried Guyan was a patient at McDonald hospital last Monday where he had his tonsils removed. He notes he will soon be able to eat pickles at a summer picnic.
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Bob Guyan
Siegfried Guyan
McDonald Hospital
Bob
Williamson Receives 50 Year Masonic Certificate in Hopkinton
Frank Williamson formerly of Hopkinton now living near Lamont received a 50 year certificate from Rising Sun Lodge No. 187 A F and A M at Hopkinton Tuesday evening. More than 60 guests attended the dinner at the Masonic Temple. Monticello figures included Dr L J Swift A W Steiner Arthur E Skelley Ben Cotton J W Doxsee and C A Doxsee. Dewain G Thompson presided over the presentation and delivered an address before Williamson spoke on his Masonic history and the lodge’s early members. Five candidates were raised. all but Williamson and A W Steiner are now deceased.
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Frank Williamson
Hopkinton
Lamont
Rising Sun Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Monticello
Dr. L. J. Swift
A. W. Steiner
Arthur E. Skelley
Ben Cotton
J. W. Doxsee
Captain Owen Smith Addresses Monticello Rotary Club
Captain Owen Smith of Davenport spoke to Monticello Rotary members at the Goudy cafe last Monday. Introduced by Dr. John H. Fraser, he noted 22 months with the Royal 1st Army in the recent Spanish war and a University of New Hampshire graduate. The talk opened with war sidelights but veered into a political discussion.
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Monticello
Board to award road contracts for county project
The county board of supervisors will award contracts for a 3.5 mile grading project on county trunk roads in two sections in the northeast corner of Washington township. County engineer Charles Spaeth said bids were received Friday and contracts were delayed awaiting word from the state highway commission on a possible Farm to Market fund contribution for bridge construction.
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Washington Township
County Board of Supervisors
Charles Spaethe
State Highway Commission
Farm To Market Fund
Decree Lets Executors Collect From Genevieve Braun
Judge J E Heiserman orders Kate Stover Furroughs and H E Stover as executors of S G G Stover estate to receive 1000 dollars and costs from Genevieve Osborne Braun in full and final. The case stems from a prior 3381 dollar claim. Meanwhile Elizabeth Noble estate final report approved and executrix discharged. George W A Cook will probate and Geo C Lawrence named administrator.
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J. E. Heiserman
Kate Stover Furroughs
H. E. Stover
S. G. G. Stover
Genevieve Osborne Braun
Elizabeth M. Noble
George W. A. Cook
Geo. C. Lawrence
Monticello Municipal Band Last Concert Of Season
The Monticello Municipal Band presents its final season concert at the city park this evening at 8 00 p m featuring instrumental solos and vocal selections including Gaiety Polka Italian Fantasia Two Little Bullfinches and The Wanderer with solos by Billy Marsh Ben Long Roy Ricklefs Emil Ricklefs and Dean Tedrow Meet your friends at the concert then the band will play at Castle Grove Lutheran church social next Monday evening Also noted were a baptism and funeral service at Monticello Hospital and Oakwood cemetery respectively bearing on local church and community activities.
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Monticello
Billy Marsh
Ben Long
Roy Ricklefs
Emil Ricklefs
the Wanderer
Dean Tedrow
Emil Prult
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Ice Cream Social At Castle Grove Lutheran Church
The Castle Grove Lutheran Church hosts an ice cream social next Monday evening August 2 with homemade cakes coffee candy and cigars. The event features the Municipal Band as entertainment and invites the community to bring families and friends for a relaxing evening at the church grounds.
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Castle ‘Grove
Lutheran
Anticello Municipal
Cree Grove
Sewage Plant Worker Survives Bridge Plunge
Loren Roster of Vinton crane operator at the sewage treatment Plant escaped serious injury when his car went through a guard rail on the Kitty creek bridge. The vehicle plunged into the creek, leaving the windshield shattered and causing cuts to his arm and cheek. He stated he was coming from work at the plant and used his crane to hoist the car from the water.
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Loren Roster
Vinton
Kitty Creek
Shover Farm
Roster
Old Town Clock Reopens in New Tower
The Monticello community clock tower resumes service with a Howard tower clock restored for 62 years of timekeeping. Bill Sawyer winds the weights weekly while Billy Sloan, longtime clockkeeper, helped start the clock in the rebuilt structure.
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Anticello
Monticello
Bill Sawyer
Billy Sloan
Mrs. Helen Copps Marks Dies at 44 in Lan sing
Former Monticello resident Mrs. Henry Marks wife of the Richland Center pastor died Saturday at 7:30 AM at her Lansing home aged 44 She was born Helen Mae Copps in Chicago June 6 1895 attended Fond du Lac West High and Minnesota and studied at Presbyterian Training School Chicago She is survived by her husband daughter Ruth Marion her parents two sisters and two brothers Funeral services were held in Lansing with multiple clergy and local attendees.
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Monticello
Henry Marks
Richland Center Presbyterian Church
Lansing
West High School
University of Minnesota
Presbyterian Training School
Chicago
Grace Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Richland Presbyterian Church
Lancaster
Wis
Presbyterian Church
Iowa
Marks
Ruth Marion
KE. E. Copps
Stevenspoint
Roland Rorick
Palo Alto
Calif
E. M. White
Elgin
L. A. Copps
H. E. Copps
Arnold Buol
Dubuque
Lloyd Bartholomew
Elaine Wismeier
Margaret Wismeier
George Allen Sr
John L. Hein
Carl N. Hein
John Yossi
Delores
Herbert Balsiger
Will Balsiger
Paul Guyan
Will Hoffman
Bie Duplla-Baleiges
Cedar Rapids
Schenck
Highland
Monticello Passes Green River Ordinance No 83
Monticello merchants alert housewives to the Green River Ordinance No 83 enacted by the city council. It aims to protect residents from peddlers and urges reporting any annoyance to Mayor F. D. Mec Laughlin or the city clerk to keep Monticello from becoming a peddlers paradise.
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Monticello
Green River
F. D. MecLaughlin
Telephone Rates To Be Adjusted In Monticello
Northwestern Bell plans a rate increase in Monticello on August 7 to cover higher wages taxes and maintenance costs. Manager T. B. Hamilton cites 18 percent payroll rise since 1922 and a 48 percent tax increase, with $31,000 spent on major plant improvements over 17 years. The change aims to sustain satisfactory service.
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Monticello
T. BE. Hamilton
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Hamilton
Government Plans Project On A Water Shed Basis for Farms
The state will establish a CCC Camp at Monticello to run soil building and farm management demonstrational projects. The camp, on 11.7 acres, will open October 1 with 150 to 200 men, staffed by agronomists, engineers, and technicians, and linked to a six township watershed program in Jones, Delaware, and Dubuque counties.
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CCC
Monticello
John Schneiter
F. 5S
Vetter
Jones County
Goverment
Delaware County
Dubuque
Army
Jones County Farm Bureau
William M Stevenson Dies After Eight Months Illness
William M Stevenson died at McDonald hospital in Monticello on Sunday July 30 following an eight month battle with heart trouble. Born September 23, 1867 at Sand Spring he was the son of Robert and Martha Stevenson. He never married and is survived by a sister Mrs Frank Johnson of Sand Spring and brothers John Coggan Max Morris Minn Gene and Charles of Sand Spring. Burial was at 2 PM Tuesday at the family home with Rev David De Best officiating. Nephews Cyril Stevenson Paul McDonald Marvin Johnson Vernon Stevenson Mark McDonata and Paul Johnson served as pallbearers.
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William M. Stevenson
Sand Spring
McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Robert
Martha McGlade Stevenson
Frank Johnson
John
Coggan
Max
Morris
Minn
Gene
Charles
David de' Best
Cyril Stevenson
Paul McDonald
Marvin Johnson
Vernon Stevenson
Mark McDonata
Paul Johnson
Iowa Electric Co Appeals Cascade Case
Attorneys for Cedar Rapids based Iowa Electric Co filed an appeal in Jones County District Court to overturn Judge H. C. Ring’s injunction against Cascade’s municipal light plant project. The appeal seeks reversal of the injunction dissolving order allowing Cascade to proceed with the plant.
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Iowa Electric Company
Iowa Supreme Court
Jones County
Cedar Rapids Company
H. C. Ring
Cascade
Telephone service rate changes announced for residents
The new monthly net rate for residence one party telephone service will be 2 dollars, replacing 1.75. Two party residence service will be 3.75 per month and four party service, now 1.50, will be discontinued. Rural and business rates stay the same. Residence extension desk service drops from 1 to 75 cents, same as the wall extension rate.
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Hamilton
Mrs Tobiason Injured After Monticello Area Car Crash
Mrs Hayo Tobiason remains in John McDonald hospital with brain concussion from a late Monday collision on the Y road south of Monticello. Her husband Lew Tobiason drove south and collided with Harrison Bohlken’s northbound truck from Farmers Mutual Creamery Co. Both vehicles skidded into a ditch. Tobiason suffered two broken ribs and facial lacerations. Mrs Tobiason had fractured ribs and severe head injuries. Bohlken and accompanying Ehart Nagel were uninjured. Damage to the Tobiason car exceeds 200 dollars with major front-end damage. truck damage was lighter.
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Hayo Tobiason
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Tobiason
Harrison Bohlken
Fred H. Bohlken
Farmers Mutual Creamery Co
Bohlken
Anamosa To Stage Three Day Carnival
The Anamosa American Legion post sponsors an annual car nival over three days Friday through Saturday. Concessions are selected individually to ensure wholesome entertainment. Each night features gifts of twenty, thirty, and fifty dollars respectively to winners.
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Anamosa
Anamosa American Legion Post
The
Legion
Dance at Country Club Thursday Event
A dance will be held at the Country Club Thursday evening with music by the Maplesiders. All members are invited and asked to bring a guest. Committee includes Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Maurice, chairmen, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rhatigan, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Appleby, Gene Byers and Ray Coyte.
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Maplesiders
J. A. Maurice
Sam Rhatigan
Claude Appleby
Gene Byers
Ray Coyte
July Tax Receipts Total $3 211 87 for County
Don S. Ruhl county treasurer reported July current tax receipts totalled 3 211 87 with delinquent taxes at 709 56. First half taxes due 358 564 45. Motor registrations yielded 884 and 666 71 from sales taxes on new and other cars. Delinquent aid totalled 280 14. Second half taxes due Sept 1 with penalties Oct 1. Land tax notices go out Nov 1 and tax sale set for December first Monday.
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Don S. Ruhl
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Owen Smith
Rotary
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Municipal Band
Wayne Township
Herman Zimmerman
Monticello Hospital
Enneth Leigh
Iverson
Oakwood Cemetery
Wayne Zion
Louis Helgens
Wayne Zion Luther League
Wayne
Lutheran Church
Billy
Andy Bajasch
Huf” Arduser
Adolph Grassmeyer
Adolph
Illy
Garret
Oscar Soetje
Arthur Lyons
McNeill Hardware Store
Howard Tower
Housewives
Delaware
Iowa Ccg
Winona
Belle Plaine
Corydon
Audubon
Cherokee
New London
Wm. Stevenson
Ilness
Iowa Electric Co
Appeals Cascade
Hoffmans
William Hoffman, Jr
Stack
Will Hoffman, Sr
Will Hoffman, Jr
Henry Wismeier
Loveta Hein
Linda Kiburz
John Mathiessen
Charles Schneider
Mary Ben Wismeier
Marjorie Hoffman
Paul Reiniers
Harrison Bohiken
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