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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1945
Page
5
The notice lists red stamps Q2 U2 August 81 and others through October 80 for meats and fats, blue stamps for processed foods with various codes, fuel oil period coupons valid for ten gallons per unit through the heating year, and new airplane shoe stamp No 4 becoming valid August 1.
Four marriage licenses were issued from the office of the clerk of the district court at Anamosa during the past week. Harold Waltermeyer 83 and Dora Lee Walker 29 of Cedar Rapids. C Gordon Powers of Custer Michigan and Bessie Dusanek of Wyoming. Howard Wayne Clark 18 of Martello and Golden Marcella Custis 18 of Anamosa. Paul Junior Marsh 21 and Agnes R Schlimmer 20 of Monticello.
The local railroad yards show cattle sent to Union Stock Yards by Chi cago O Shea Bros two cars Ed Reiter two cars Jim Hamil one car Joe Hosch two cars Andrew Watt one car. Dubuque Packing ships two cars of hogs to Dubuque. Farmers Mutual Creamery ships one car of butter to New York. Six teachers wrote uniform examinations in the office of County Superintendent Joseph Beave: Mrs Ronald Mead Don Wherry Marylin Hosch Shirley Manternach Virginia Metzer and Lois Tobiason. Forms are available in Supt Beave s office to collect transportation of pupils to elementary and high school.
Five boys were born last week at John McDonald hospital. Parents listed include Lloyd Wilson and wife of Hopkinton Aug. 2. Thomas Wilgenbush and wife Aug. 3. James Brunken and wife Aug. 5. Clifford First and wife Aug. 5. Jay Kane and wife of Monticello Aug. 7.
The Jones County selective service office registered four 18 year olds this week. They are John D. Stearns of Lisbon Donald F. McDonough of Monticello John N. Tasker of Wyoming and John A. Miller of Anamosa. A board meeting is set for 10 am August 17.
Monday evening Lions Club members their wives and families enjoyed an outing at the city park. After a 6 30 picnic supper the evening was spent socially. In county affairs one new truck was licensed by County Treasurer Don Ruhl a 1945 Chevrolet owned by Anamosa Cement Products Company.
Robert Guyan son of Mr and Mrs Siegfried Guyan is one of 150 boys from 5 000 statewide to win a trip to Camp O Chance at the YMCA camp near Boone August 14 to 20 He is a carrier salesman for the Register and Tribune and earned the trip for quality delivery service attitude toward customers regularity of collection and sales record Coaches from Iowa colleges and high schools will instruct in basketball football track swimming and muscle building The trip follows a week before the Jones County Fair for Guyan.
Donald Haas and Delbert Wells both 18 of Anamosa received 90 days in Jones county jail after a hearing before Mayor Earl R Pulver on petty larceny charges. They were accused of stealing tires and tubes.
Henry Von Sprecken plans a 60 by 120 foot sanitary sales barn on Main Street near Scotch Grove Center Junction, likely opening around January 1 1946. He will liquidate Luzerne farm stock and move to Monticello with daughter Nelda Elaine, aiming for weekly sales and town country access. Von Sprecken, auctioneer at Blairstown, emphasizes up to date facilities and government surplus lumber use.
Jones County physicians reported results from a tuberculosis conference held February 15 and 16 at Monticello. Of 82 x rays, 78 showed healthy lungs. four TB cases were found and ten primary infections identified. The sixth annual effort by the Jones County Medical Society and Tuberculosis Association, with Iowa health support and local Christmas seal funds, aims for early detection to improve recovery and limit spread.
Robert M. Corbit an Oxford Michigan attorney recently renewed his Express subscription for two years He notes that even after 31 years from Jones county and Wyoming he still finds items that remind him of his county and his association with the Express He has read the paper for nearly six decades
Word reached Monticello yesterday of the death of Mrs J A Doutrick of Pasadena California She is survived by a daughter Myrtle and a son Harry Her body will probably be brought to Monticello for burial.
Jones County board of supervisors held the annual budget hearing with no protests. The 1946 budget was adopted showing $372,200 to be raised by taxation, up $49,780 from 1944 due to higher secondary road fund needs. Millage rates rise to 15.22 mills for townships and 9.60 mills for towns and cities.
The Jones county district court reported actions from the past week. Louise Mathesus and F. E. Patterson were named. The judge ruled the defendant in default and granted the plaintiff possession of the property and damages of 25 dollars plus costs. In Nelson F. Brownell et al vs Maye O. Brownell, judgment was entered for the plaintiff. A default was entered for Edna Mae Guyan vs Harry Guyan on Aug 2, with custody of the children awarded to the mother.
The following junior sewing entries were omitted from the fair book this year. Juniors should submit any or all entries to assistant secretary Mrs. B E Abel on Tuesday Aug 21 entry day at the fair. Handkerchief 50c 25c Kitchen Holders 60c 25c Pajamas 76c 50c Pieced Quilt 75c 50c Embroidered Towel 75c 50c All Machine made Garment 75c 50c Article Not Specified 75c 60c Best Specimen Cross Stitch 75c Best Specimen Colored Embroidery 75c 50c
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson announces civilian sugar distribution will be improved by redistributing 40 000 tons freed from military procurement. The move does not increase total civilian sugar but aims for a more even regional supply, especially where shortages are sharp.
Sister Mary Garnier OSS arrived Monday from Sioux City to spend a vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Claude E Fothergill. She has been attending tiny Clif college at Sioux City the past six weeks majoring in mussenleiientition. Other guests include Catherine Fothore employed by Barlow Wright and Shores Inc of Cedar Rapids on vacation and Marguerite Fothergill of Morley home for the weekend.
The 1946 Jones County Fair offers ten or more vaudeville acts plus band, racing, and ball games. Headlining is Dick Clemens and his Jungle Monarchs, a dangerous lion act in a steel arena.
Sheriff Henry Eichhorn has returned a watch to Mrs. Glenn Eilers and a Dundee man, plus boys' clothing to George Seehusen. The items were part of property stolen by Roger Ayers and James White, who were sentenced to 10 years at the men's reformatory.
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Nachtrieb of Dubuque welcomed daughter Janet Ruth born at Finley hospital on Monday in July weighing seven pounds ten ounces. Mrs Nachtrieb is daughter of Mr and Mrs Hinrich Prull.
Mrs Rena Kammermann and Jimmy Lee Kelly visited with Rena's son Harvey and Harvey's family in Greeley over the past weekend.
Thirty carloads of Hereford steer feeders arrived at Monticello on Sunday night totaling 705 head. Buyers included Ed Reiter, Chris Reiter, John P. Kurt, all from Summit Kansas and Cambridge Kansas. Shipment weighed about 1040 pounds per head at an estimated $150 each. The cattle may be fed for the 1946 Great Jones County Fair fat steer contest.
Monticello high school band holds its first rehearsal this evening at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. Alumni will join, attendance affects pay for rehearsals and concerts, and beginners are being welcomed with free daily instruction August weekdays excluding the fair days.
Dr Earl DeShaw remodels the Cropp building at First and Maple, turning the first floor into office rooms with reception and treatment spaces. A new front will be added and upstairs apartments remodeled later, as workers install a new heating plant.
Edna Hinrichs 21 daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Hinrichs died last night at 9 o clock after a prolonged heart illness. She is survived by three brothers and a sister with Raymond serving in the United States navy. Funeral arrangements had not been set at press time.
Amber resident Henrich Poppe died at his son John Poppe’s home on Sunday morning August 6 after a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Goettsch Funeral Home and Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, with Rev. Frederick H. Kehren officiating. Interment followed at Zion Cemetery. Poppe, born August 17, 1865 in Dixon HL, married to Dena N. Folkerts December 17, 1891. He and Dena celebrated 64 years of marriage. she died May 29, 1944. Surviving: John Poppe of Ryan, Meta Rickless, seven grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Three brothers Fred Janssen William Poppe and a sister Maria Poppe Schoon preceded him in death.
Jones county records show six new district court actions in the past week. Norman E. Clark sues Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association for disability benefits totaling 431 dollars plus 520 dollars requested as judgment. Wilbur Soppe sues to quiet title. Somervilles sue Fulgsang for replevin valued at 599.60 dollars. Robert Fowler seeks custody, auto and property in a divorce from Julia Fowler filed Oct 28 1938 in Dubuque. Two 35 000-dollar damages suits target Stoller Fisheries Inc. Administrators Allen and Sobotka file wrongful death style actions from a car truck crash.
The public is asked to be careful in opening envelopes from the War Price Ration board. Coupons are small and easily lost, and replacements take time. Remove all contents before disposal. Many heating fuel applications are out for the coming season. if you have not returned yours, please do so now so they can be processed.
Alpha O. Lambert completes a remodeling of his cafe building including a new front, window and entrance changes, and interior updates on the second floor. The couple plans a vacation before reopening the cafe.
Rev Virgil C Grant new Monticello Methodist minister will preach his first sermon Sunday morning Aug 5 at 10 00 Members and friends invited to attend and greet the new pastor The ladies will hold a reception for Rev and Mrs Grant and their two daughters Sunday afternoon between 3 and 6 o clock
Soviet forces reportedly opened an attack on Japanese troops along the Western Soviet Manchurian border after Tokyo announced an atomic explosion and a wartime declaration in the previous day’s briefings.
Funeral services for Miss Iola F George daughter of the late Mr and Mrs G H George Monticello were held at 2 p m Tuesday August 7 at the Goettsch funeral home Rev Homer Dalrymple Congregational minister officiated Interment was made at Oakwood cemetery Miss George had been vice principal of the Girls Trade and Technical high school at Milwaukee Wis since 1937 and had taught at South Division for 15 years Born in Monticello she attended Rockford college and the University of Wisconsin Madison She received her master's degree from Columbia University in 1922 Surviving are two brothers Robert of Louis town IL and Raymond of Monticello and a sister Mrs John H Fraser Monticello Out of town attendants listed as well as other relatives
Special gasoline rations will be issued for servicemen discharged from the armed forces to handle civilian life matters. Admin Bowles of OPA says the program begins August 3 1945, with a cap of 50 gallons per veteran and eligibility limited to recent separations. Officers on terminal leave or veterans discharged within 30 days qualify, with required War Department Form 100 and OPA 652 forms. Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel use their release orders.
The Working Band and Mission ary Society of the Congregational church will meet Wednesday August 15 at the home of Mrs J G Thomas. John Wherry a former Monticello Express reporter and current WHO radio farm news editor assistant visited Monticello Monday.
United States aviators dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima Japan Monday morning. The blast destroyed practically all living things in the city. About 4.1 square miles, or 60 percent of the area, was wiped out according to photographs.
Bess KE Sherman county recorder lists service discharges for several veterans. Second Lieutenant Clara FE Schatz ANS discharged April 1 and at Letterman General Hospital San Francisco after overseas service. Her brother Robert E Schatz of Headquarters Company 183rd Infantry discharged from Fort Sheridan with battles including Tunisia Naples Foggia Rome Arno Po Valley North Apennines, entitled to multiple ribbons and seven overseas service bars. Corporal Rhinehart J Eggers discharged Jefferson Barracks August 1 with two bronze stars for Guadalcanal and New Caledonia, plus good conduct medal five overseas bars and Asiatic Pacific and American Defense ribbons.
The Poetry Society of America selects two poems from the Annual Anthology of High School Poetry for publication in Sermons in Poetry. Charles Kreeb’s Taps and Irma Schoon’s A Wreath of Roses are to be included.
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