Marriage licenses and vehicle registrations in Jones County
Over the past week marriage licenses were issued for John Menster and Maxine Poppe. Donald Dalmater and Mona Thorne. Robert De Meulenaere and Regina Keating. Richard Moenk and Elfrieda Behrens. Jones County residents also registered new cars and a truck, listing owners and vehicle makes in Monticello, Oxford Junction, Center Junction, Mechanicsville, and other towns. The Great Jones County Fair was discussed at Monticello Rotary Club with talks on fair plans, 4 H program participation, and future scouting efforts coordinated with Rotary projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Menster
Cascade
Maxine K. Poppe
Langworthy
Donald E. Dalmater
Mona Lee Thorne
Cedar Rapids
Robert de Meulenaere
Regina Keating
Onslow
Richard H. Moenk
Elfrieda Behrens
Monticello
Jones County
Blanche E. Corwin
Kenneth F. Ferring
Plymouth
George H. or Mary _ M._ Balster
Dodge
D. L. Cassidy
Pontiac
August Ahrendsen
Olin
Buick
Quentin Hoyer
Oxford Junction
Chevrolet
Otto Fisher
Martello
Paul Timmes
Mechanicsville
Ford
William E. Foy
Lewis Renken
Ralph J. Husman
Center Junction
Studebaker
Ross Baty
John H
Mary J. Husman
George E. Oster
Babies Born to Monticello, Delhi and Sterling Families
Four babies were born this August at John McDonald hospital and Mercy hospital Anamosa. A boy to Clarence and Eilers Monticello on August 1. a boy to Donald and Zimmerman Monticello on August 1. a boy to Jesse Linch Delhi on August 5. a boy to Clarence and Chapman Hopkinton on August 7. a daughter to Ralph and Mildred Redmond Sterling Alabama on August 8 at Sterling Community hospital, the first daughter and fifth child. The mother and daughter are reported fine. In Winthrop a daughter named Varelie Lynn Sullivan was born July 29 to Marlin J. Sullivan and Jeri Turner Sullivan. In Castle Grove James Hogan and wife welcomed a son born July 27 in Anamosa Mercy hospital, their second child. In Wyoming Kenneth and Betty Brunscheen welcomed a daughter born August 1 in Anamosa Mercy hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Clarence Eilers
Monticello
Donald Zimmerman
Jesse Linch
Delhi
Clarence Chapman
Hopkinton
Sterling
Sullivan
Jeri Turner
Castle Grove
James Hogan
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Wyoming
Kenneth Brunscheen
Anamosa Doctor Honored With Bronze Star
Dr Daniel M O Toole son of Mr and Mrs M F O Toole of Anamosa earned the Bronze Star for meritorious service with the First Marine division in Korea during late 1950. He cared for 200 battle casualties in five hours under fire before returning to inactive duty and serving as a physician at Queen of Angels hospital in Los Angeles. Also noted is the illness of 10 year old Bobby Morey from Donald Morey family, admitted to John McDonald hospital with a fever and infection for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel M. O'Toole
M. F. O’toole
Anamosa
First
Marine Division
Korea
Queen of Angels Hospital
Los Angeles
O’toole
Bobby Morey
Donald Morey
John McDonald Hospital
Major Rise in Jones County 4-H Entries at 98th Fair
The 98th Great Jones County Fair opens August 22 and runs through August 25 with record 4-H participation. There are 382 enrolled in 4-H clubs across 26 Jones County groups, 140 boys and 242 girls, up sharply from last year. Baby beef entries exceed 100 with 145 enrolled. demonstration entries double. Junior Beef Feeder Show debuts with three entries. no ceiling prices on livestock. auction for 4-H baby beeves and hogs at 9 a.m. August 24 in the Fat Steer Judging ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Joe Legg
Guardian Named for Johannes Schafer in District Court
W L Pearson reports a light district court week. Herman Schafer petition to appoint guardian for Johannes E Schafer granted. Higbee of Cedar Rapids sues Mrs Mino Zimmerman for 110.11 plus interest and costs. Bruno Jensen sues Harry Clapper for uttering a false instrument over a bad $375 check. Writ of attachment on a Chevrolet truck. Costs and interest requested. Mrs Vada Boots files for absolute divorce from W E Boots alleging desertion. seeks custody of four minor children and further relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Pearson
Herman Schafer
Johannes E. Schafer
Higbee Company of
Cedar Rapids
Mino Zimmerman
Bruno Jensen
Harry Clapper
Vada Boots
W .E. Boots
Galena
Ill
Red Cross Re-Elects Officers For Year
Fred S. Stuhler was unanimously named chairman of the Monti cello chapter of the American Red Cross at a board meeting in the Community Building last Wednesday. Officers were reappointed for another year with Bill Coxsee named vice-chairman to replace Rev. Donald Chapman who is moving from Monticello. The next chapter membership drive chairman will be named later. Mrs Olin Howie will host the Monticello League of Women Voters next Tuesday. Mrs Baumgartner will host the legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Stuhler
Monticello
American Red Cross
Bill Coxsee
Donald Chapman
Olin Howie
Monticello Dairy Princess Contest Set For August 17
Monticello plans a Dairy Day with a parade and townwide dairy promos as the candidate is chosen to represent Monticello in the Jones County Dairy Princess contest. Unmarried women 17 to 23 by October 1 1951 may enter and judging includes Beauty 30 percent Poise 25 percent and Talents 15 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
John Shover
Boyd Shannon
Monticello Public High School
Monticello Saddle Club
Dairy Cattle
Congress
Waterloo
Olin Man Denied License After Vision Test Failure
Jean Barker of Olin failed the vision test at the Anamosa courthouse for a new license. He then drove away, ran over a parked motorscooter, and left the scene without stopping. He was fined 10 dollars and costs for driving without a license and 10 dollars and costs for leaving the accident scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Barker
Olin
Barker
Sacred Heart School Opens New Playground Site
Work began this week on a new playground at Sacred Heart school north of the church. Bulldozers cleared land where the old rectory stood. The project will level the land for younger children to play and keep them off the streets. The Iowa Electric Co moved wires underground and added an extra pole on North Cedar street to feed power overhead to the church and school during grading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart School
Sacred Heart Church
Eugene Lorenz
Iowa Electric Co
North Cedar Street
Madison Wisconsin Man Serves as Relief Telegraph Operator
Frank Vestat of Madison acted as relief tele graph operator at the local railroad station this week taking the place of regular operator Robert Mullen who was on a short vacation with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Vestat
Madison
Wisc
Robert Mullen
Pre School Workshop Set For Teachers August 27 28
Anamosa plans a two day workshop for all teachers starting Monday August 27. The program covers general philosophy, elementary, music, physical education, and room preparation. High school focus on guidance, testing, and English curriculum with a picnic to close events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Keyser
Reading Clinic
University of Iowa
L. A. van Dyke
University High School
University
van Dyke
Board of Education
Anamosa
Patrolmen arrest two drivers in Monticello area
Highway Patrolman John Beckmann and Officer Sam Clark arrested two drivers over the past weekend. Harry Glen Chase was seized Saturday at the junction of highways 38 and 64 for violation of a restricted operator's license. John Joseph Pieray was picked up Sunday for a second offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Also noted is a social visit by the Benedict families near Morley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beckmann
Monticello
Harry Glen Chase
Center Junction
Sam Clark
Beckmann
John Joseph Pieray
Rotary District Governor Here Next Monday
Rev. J R Kirby of Pocahontas will visit the Monticello Rotary Club Monday Aug 18 meeting president Raymon E Adams and secretary Boyd Shannon to discuss Rotary administration and service. Kirby heads the 191st district overseeing about 7 300 clubs with 350 000 members in 83 regions worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Monticello
J. R. Kirby
Pocahontas
Rotary International
Rotary
Iowa
Raymon E. Adams
Boyd Shannon
Kirby
Rotary Club of
Abilene Couple Visits Morrows This Week
Rev and Mrs Wayne Lorensen of Abilene Texas visited Tuesday and Wednesday in the home of Rev and Mrs H A Morrow. Mrs Lorensen is a niece of Mrs Morrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Lorensen
Abilene
Texas
H. A. Morrow
Lorensen
Morrow
Council Adopts Budget With Only One Change
The Monticello city council approved a 100000 budget for the coming year with a single amendment a $500 increase to the municipal enterprise fund raising that line from 5500 to 6000. Bills were approved and the treasurer’s report filed. The Midway Sweet Shop got beer and cigarette permit transfer to the fair grounds for the Great Jones County Fair. A $12.50 refund was granted to Larry Walton for an unused class C beer permit and a refund to Holmes Coffee Shop for an unused cigarette permit. Max Fitkin’s retail cigarette permit was denied and his class C beer permit was tabled for investigation. Robert Schuetz was hired as city clerk replacing Kenneth Webber who resigns September 1. Schuetz starts August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Midway Sweet Shop
Larry Walton
Holmes Coffee Shop
Max Fitkin
Fitkin
Leonard
Wilcox
Bob Schuuetz
Robert Schuetz
Schuetz
Sinclair
City Council
Kenneth Webber
Webber
Accident near Scotch Grove injures no one and damages totaled
Walter S. Eby of Scotch Grove and Willis Heideman of Center Junction sideswiped about two miles east of Scotch Grove on a hill. Estimated damage was 400 to Eby's car and 125 to Heideman's cream truck. No injuries were reported. The Monticello public library will close for two weeks starting August 18 with returns due August 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Eby
Scotch Grove
Willis Heideman
Center Junction
State Highway Patrol
Eby
Heideman
Monticello
Ready School Set to Open August 29
Preparations wrap up as custodians finish redecorating the public school building for the new term. Registration schedules begin August 13 for staff and August 15 for seniors, with others spread over August 18 to 21.
Men jailed for fishing violation in Iowa
Two railroad workers Clyde Harrison Winamac Indiana and Michael Buchenic Youngstown Ohio were fined 10 dollars and costs each for fishing without an Iowa license. When unable to pay Mayor Miles of Olin Iowa ordered four days in jail after confirming their out of state licenses did not cover Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Harrison
Winamac
Ind
Michael Buchenic
Youngstown
Ohio
Court Miles
Olin
Iowa
Miles
Lewis Dreibelbis
Mrs Jacobs Injured in Central City Area Auto Crash
Mrs John Jacobs is reported hospitalized in Cedar Rapids after an auto accident three miles east of Central City while en route to a homecoming. Two other occupants in the opposite car are said to be in serious condition. She sustained a dislocated hip a fractured right forearm a fractured left arm and multiple contusions and abrasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jacobs
Cedar Rapids
Central City
Jacobs
John McDonald
Monticello to Host Novice Motorcycle Races at Fair
The Great Jones County Fair will feature 40 to 75 motorcycles in a Class C novice race on August 25. AMA members from several states travel to Monticello for this unique midwest event, marking the first motorcycle race here in 27 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair
Jones County
American Motorcycle Association
the Fair
Claude Appleby
Monticello
The
AMA
Mid
South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Midwest
Monticello Men Set for Eastern Iowa Golf Tourney
Ten Monticello golfers enter the Eastern Iowa annual tournament at Bellevue with improved team strength and confidence. The 10 names listed include Claude Appleby, Robert Mullen, Irvin Rhatigan, Richard Long, Leo Cabalka, Ronnie Matthiessen, Sam Rhatigan, Leonard Fluckiger, Howard Hutton, and William Shaffer as they aim to mirror the Monticello women's recent stroke-margin victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Don Hughes Named New Diamond Manager
Don Hughes was named manager of Diamond Bros. Grocery replacing Max Fitkin. He previously ran a business in Emmetsburg for 20 years and managed a large city supermarket for 14 years. Hughes has won over $1,000 in prizes for grocery displays and seeks a Monticello home for his family of six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hughes
Diamond Bros
Max Fitkin
Hughes
Emmetsburg
Monticello
Vincent Supple Held in Monticello Jail for Intoxication
Vincent Supple spent several hours in the Monticello jail on a Monday on a charge of intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Supple
Vincent . Supple
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Norman Engle
Marion
Bob Alden
Dr. O'Toole
Red Cross
Olin Man
Sacred Heart
Madison, Wisc
Monticello Farm
Dubuque
Jones County Farm
John Deere Tractor
Howie Farm Supply
John Deere
Edwin Freese
Earl Benedict
Ivan
Eldon
Ernest Benedict
Roger
Roy
Michael
Guy McConoughy
Morley
North
South
Central America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Islands of
Pacific
John R. Kirby
Central City Sun
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