Century-old St Johns Lutheran church organized in 1864
The history of St Johns Lutheran Church in Wayne Township Jones County Iowa recalls its 1864 organization after a German Lutheran colony arrived from Dixon Illinois beginning in 1857. The congregation built a combined church and parsonage in 1865 and installed Rev G H Brecht as first resident pastor later that year with subsequent ministers from the Synod.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Monticello
C. C. Gutekunst
The
Express
St. John’s ‘Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Jones County
Mississippi
Dixon
Lee County
Illinois
Jacob F. Matthiessen
Waters
Gerhard Eilers
Anton Eilers
Johann H. Kleen
Nanne Hanken
Wessel B. Hanken
Heinrich Hanken
Gerhard Ahrend Zimmerman
Johann Jacobs
Heinrich Jacobs
Altmeyer
Robert Oswald
Marion
Linn County
Iowa
George Reinach
Rehweldt
G. H. Brecht
Brecht
Franz B. Cunz
L. Osterhus
Dubuque
Lorenz Traub
Births and marriages noted in Jones county records
Birth announcements from John Mc Donald hospital list several July and August births including a Hopkinton girl and Monticello boys while Cedar Rapids reports a son named James Patrick for Dennis Coleman and Janice Rahe. Marriage licenses issued in Jones county include Otten Podlaski and Schulze Fletcher Spinner Parks Ward Moore. New cars and trucks registered feature multiple residents of Monticello Anamosa Olin and Cascade with various makes and trailers.
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John McDonald Hospital
Joan Digmann
Hopkinton
Lloyd Welter
Monticello
Paul Langenberg, Jr
Eugene Gudenhauf
Cascade
Richard Meier
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Coleman
Mercy Hospital
James Patrick
Coleman
Janice Rahe
Kenneth Rahe
Coggan
Jones County
Edward Lawrence Otten
Shirley Ann Podlaski
Arden F. Schulze
Legal
Marion
Oletha M. Fletcher
Vinton
Reuben Phil and
Leggett
Leona Mae Johnson
Maquoketa
Thomas Herbert Spinner
Minneapolis
Minn
Monica Terry Parks
Terrance John Ward
Coleen
Yvonne Moore
Olin
Patrick T. Foulks
Onslow
Ford
James M. John
Oxford Jct
Geraldine Lois
Phyllis Ann Russell
Chevrolet
Lewis D. Walshire
Skamper
Gerhard
Eloise Buscher
Oldsmobile
Donald R. Zimmerman
George Anderson
Stambaugh
Zimmerman Motors
Chrysler
Nine Civil Actions and One Criminal in Jones County Court
Ten cases were filed in Jones county district court over the past week. One criminal count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated first offense, filed July 31 against Matt Supple of Monticello, led to a guilty plea, a $300 fine plus costs, five days in jail, and installment payment terms. Five civil suits were filed by Mercy hospital seeking $159.40 plus interest and costs for services from June 21 to June 28, 1961. The Jones county social welfare department filed five support actions to recover child support from divorced couples. Other filings include Barrack vs. Simkins for a writ of replevin over a breached conditional sales contract on a forage harvester, a $15,000 damages suit by Offerman for assault, a $134.40 judgment sought by Smith against Snyder for services rendered 1960–1963, Harris’s habeas corpus petition against state authorities over a delayed release, and a quieting title suit where guardian ad litem and attorney were appointed for Welter and Goedken against Wilson et al.
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Jones County
Matt Supple
Monticello
Lionese
Vernon H. Barrack
Robert Simkins
Barrack
Robert L. Offerman
Leon N. Offerman
C. R. Smith
Jerry R
Doris Snyder
Earl W. Harris, Jr
Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
State of Iowa
Charles Haugh
Iowa State Board of Parole
Harris
Reformatory
Guardian Ad Litem
Lloyd
Eldon Welter
J. J. Goedken
David S. Wilson
St Johns Lutheran church to observe 100th anniversary
Buck Creek notes the Buck Creek fair on Tuesday August 11 features a 3 30 p m parade booths and a chicken and ham supper with serving at 4 30 p m. Committees are announced by Neva Thompson with many named workers on roles such as host hostess roasters cooks salad makers dishwashers and ticket sellers.
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Buck Creek
Neva Thompson
John Hall
Thelma Dolley
Elsie Winch
Mazie Wilson
Georgia Swanson
Dorothy Flannagan
Shirley Saunders
Bessie Wilson
Sadie Milroy
Nellie Ratcliff
Tables Circle
Shirley Flannagan
Bernice Moulton
Kay Miles
Lois Porter
Nelia Bacon
Darlene Wright
Dora Winch
Muriel Hall
Dorothy Nelson
Vivian Fay
Ruth Spurgeon
Jerri King
Charlotte Moser
Maxine Wilson
Lois Winch
Dixie DeHaven
Marilyn Lange
Freda Smith
Beverly Smith
Sharon Beit
Freeman Smith
Joe Pederson
Hubbard in fair condition after traffic crash near Cass Corner
Jim Hubbard of Monticello remained in fair condition at Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids after injuries from a traffic collision at a northwest Cass Corner intersection. A 1964 Ford pickup driven by Hubbard overturned, while a 1955 Plymouth driven by 16 year old Larry Huston Anamosa rolled, with Huston and three passengers sustaining minor injuries. Huston charged with failure to yield.
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Jim Hubbard
Monticello
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Hubbard
Cass Corner
Larry Ray Huston
Anamosa
Huston
Anamosa Hospital
Gary Anderson
David Huston
Kenneth Paulson
del Antle
Center
Center Jct
Howard Zirkelbach
Gary Marvin Holst
St. John’s Lutheran to Mark Centennial With Services
St. John’s Lutheran church near Monticello will celebrate its 100th anniversary with two services and a dinner on Sunday August 9. The 9:30 a.m. service will be led by Rev. P T Gutknecht of Petaluma California a former pastor of 21 years. A duet Mrs Reinhard Eggers and daughter Linda will sing and Janet Wahl will be organist. An 8 p.m. service features Rev. R P Young of Shawnee Oklahoma son of the late Rev R P Young who served St John’s from 1944 to 1952.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Monticello
St. John's Lutheran Church
P. T. Gutknecht
Petaluma
Calif
Gutknecht
Reinhard Eggers
Linda
Janet Wahl
R. P. Young
Shawnee
Oklo
St. John’s
Center Jct barbecue draws nearly a thousand attendees
About 950 people attended Center Junction’s annual barbecue and celebration last Thursday. Proceeds benefit the town park. Queens of Conservation Connie Clark and Marie Reiss, both 18, were named and will compete in the Aug 11 regional at the Dubuque county fair. Judges included Bill Halverson, Mrs. William Walters, and Kenneth Howie.
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Center Jct
Center
Jones County
Queens of Conservation
Connie Clark
Donald Clark
Monticello
Marie Reiss
Calvin Reiss
Dubuque County
Dean Borg
WMT
Bill Halverson
Farmers Grain Elevator
Martello
William Walters
Wyoming
Kenneth Howie
Mont
Center Jet
Dubuque
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H. Hanken
A. G. Zimmerman
A. Hanken
Ludwig Pause
Heinrich Heeren
W. H. Helgens
Michael Heeren
J. H. Heeren
Johann T. Mueller
August Schatz
H. A
B. Toel
Tobias Tobiassen
W. B. Hanken
Albert Siemers
Herman Rehwoldt
John Jacobs
George McKeever
James Stadtmueller
Jones County District Court
Jones County Department of Social Welfare
Betty Feddersen
Donald J. Feddersen
Rose I, Berry
David Harris Phelps
Selma Stickley
Robert Stickley
Willine L. Cavey
Verney M. Cavey
Monticello, Iowa
Jack Knopp
K & P Chevrolet Olds
C. Gutekunst
Elizabeth Young
St. Louis
Queens
Babe Ruth
Midland High School
Bud Hoisington
Jan Brady
Bob Gray
Vickie Englehart
Lyle Thompson
Jennifer Harms
Russell Jamieson
Dillon Mead
Paul Ernie Paulsen
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