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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1954
Page
4
The notice states that Lillian Hoyer has been appointed and qualified as administratrix of the estate of Alfred Von sehen, deceased, of Danes County Iowa. Creditors are asked to present claims with authentication and all debts to be paid to the administratrix. filings to be made with the clerk of the district court.
Auction calendar notes sales for August 10 including the 40 acre Dirks farm in Castle Grave Twp at Hard's Gravel Road with 7 pm start by Louie Hanken. Also Stetto farm items at mile north of Meonth elia on Highway 131 near Monti View Trailer Court starting at 12 noon. Auctioneers Col Ray Fluckiger and Louie Hanken.
Funeral services were held July 31 in Marion for Mrs. Maurice G. Heath 41 who died July 25 in Tempe Arizona after a long illness. She was born Florence J. Ralston March 24 1913 at Stone City daughter of John and Olive Ralston. Surviving are her husband six children two brothers and her parents now of Lisbon. Burial was in Oak Shade cemetery Marion.
Lt DD L Davis in charge of Des Moines recruiting says waiting lists for US Navy enlistment have shortened across Iowa stations. Applicants can enter Navy promptly, pleasing men who want to join with friends, or seek immediate secure employment. For details contact Cedar Rapids or Monticello recruiters on Tuesdays 10 to 11 a.m.
Peter Joseph Hasler SR U S N enlisted into the U S Navy in Cedar Rapids on July 28 and is training in San Diego California He is the son of Mr and Mrs Peter Hasler of Monticello
Amphitheatre at the Great Jones county Fair will have a 22 foot canvas roof extension to shade seating. A steel framework will be erected by Cuckler Manufacturing Company and new canvas purchased. Work starts this week and should finish before the fair opens. Box seats holders were mailed notices and tickets are available at the Monticello State Bank or by mail from the fair secretary.
Ralph Lambert completed rebuilding of the Monticello city park fountain last week. The unit, installed in a circular pool, now features a raised spray and lighting system with a stone base and four extra lighted sprayers. Fifteen color changing spray combinations are available, creating varied nighttime displays.
The Express editor, while covering a proposed telephone change over in Prairieburg, had two tire flats en route. Mrs. Taylor, operator of the Prairieburg phone exchange, directed him to Ralph Kula’s farm, president of the phone company, where a tire was repaired with a hot patch during the interview.
Former Express reporter Jerry B Davis pens a Monticello Hoag Duster Company feature for The Iowan noting the plant in a three story Monticello brick building employing 47 craftsmen. The firm ships feather dusters worldwide and uses 50 000 pounds of turkey feathers yearly sourced from Oklahoma Texas and other states.
All 4-H entries for the Iowa State Fair must be filed in the Extension Office on or before August 21. To show at the fair a 4-H member must be 12 by January 1, 1954. Cattle exhibits arrive by 8 a.m. Sept 2 while swine and sheep arrive after noon the same day. Club livestock release occurs at 4 p.m. Monday Sept 6.
The article lists residents by township including Castle Grove Greenfield Hale Oxford Wyoming Madison Fairview and Fairview areas with numerous surnames and first names such as Wilcox Helgens McDonald Paulsen Jr. Finsman Grom and many others. It notes Sunday dinner guests for Richard Tjaden in Springville.
Robert Anderson, an inmate at Anamosa Reformatory serving for breaking and entering, escaped around 7:30 a.m. Thursday and was found asleep in a corn field about a quarter mile away at 1 a.m. Friday. The report notes the escape was unsuccessful and details a later neighborhood picnic at City Park with activities at Mrs. John T. Breen’s home.
Pvt. Paul J. Supple son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Supple has reached Germany for duty with the 109th Engineer Combat Battalion. He joined the army in January and serves as an engineer in his battalion’s company.
A Wyoming Iowa reader details who appears in a photo of gold nuggets being hauled to the bank in Monticello. She identifies the drayman and several bystander and vehicle owners, naming Walter Bower Geo Pond H Soetje Wilbur W Stott Fred D Slauson and others.
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