Three new cases filed in Jones county district court
In the past week in Jones county district court three new matters were filed for the September term. H. S. Bennett versus Roy Bennett seeks guardianship for a 63 year old man unable to manage his business. Mari etta Krite versus Dillon Snyder asks judgment on a $600 note now $666.24 with $39.99 in interest and attorney fees. Odessa Leona Knoke versus Delbert Henry Knoke requests divorce and restoration of her maiden name Odessa Leona Davis. they were married in Manchester January 31, 1931 and separated May 8, 1934. County recorder Bess E Sherman reports a state regulation requiring registration for all machinery propelled boats not used for hire and capable of at least eight mph. registry numbers must be on bow sides in four inch black figures and color contrasting. No registration fee is charged. blanks available from Mrs. Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County District Court
Bennett
Roy Bennett
Lovell Township
Marietta Krite
Dillon Snyder
Odessa Leona Knoke
Delbert Henry Knoke
Monticello
Odessa Leona Davis
Manchester
Bess E. Sherman
Iowa State Conservation Commission
State Conservation Commission
Campfire Groups Plan Headbands and Supper
The We-Tan-Da Campfire group met at the Legion hall with Lucile Yount hosting and Shirley Shel ley presiding. Indian names and symbols were discussed and headbands were planned. A waffle supper and next Friday business meeting were scheduled. The Ca-Na-We-Fi group gathered at Mrs Earl DeShaw’s home to work on rank requirements and the Ma-Na-Da-Ka group met Tuesday to make headbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Yount
Legion Hall
Shirley Shelley
Earl DeShaw
Freeman Resigns as Jones County Weed Commissioner
H. H. Freeman of Olin resigns as Jones County weed commissioner effective Tuesday after a suit by John Merrill of Anamosa alleging failure to order Canadian thistles cut on Merrill’s farm near Anamosa. Freeman was fined five dollars by Justice George Lawrence. The board of supervisors will fill the vacancy Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Freeman
Olin
Jones
Freeman
John Merrill
Anamosa
Anamoga
Justice of the Peace
George Lawrence
Board of Supervisors
Finley Ordered to Active Duty as Army Air Forces Captain
John S. Finley, former Monticello public schools instructor and Sidney superintendent, is ordered to active duty as a captain in the Army Air Forces at Maxwell Field Alabama. Finley, a Coe College graduate, was prominent in Iowa high school football and basketball and served on the Iowa High School Athletic Council. Mrs. Finley and two children will remain at Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Finley
Monticello Public Schools
Sidney
Army Air Forces
Maxwell Field
Maxwell
Ala
Finley
Coe
Monticello
Iowa High School Athletic Council
Iowa
Gilbert Hobson
Goodfellow Field
San Anegro
Tex
Uncle Sam
Air Force
Stephen J. Hobson
Logan
Births at John McDonald Hospital This Week
Two girls and a boy were born during the past week. A girl to Mr and Mrs Walter Gudenhauf Worthington August 7. A girl to Sir and Mrs John Sill Hopkinton August 9. A boy to Mr and Mrs Everett Beitz Hopkinton August 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Walter Gudenhauf
Worthington
John Sill
Hopkinton
Everett Beitz
Marriage License Issued for Paul Ferguson and Gladys Chase
Leigh Pearson of the District Court issued one license last week for Paul Ferguson aged 23 of Hopkinton to marry Gladys Eileen Chase aged 24 of Center Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Pearson
Paul Ferguson
Hopkinton
Gladys Eileen Chase
Center Junction
Sale of Mechanicsville cafe transfers to Mrs Boyles
Mr and Mrs Mural Case sold their Mechanicsville cafe to Mrs Frank Boyles with immediate possession. The deal involves Mrs Boyles as new owner and is noted in local records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mural Case
Mechanicsville
Frank Boyles
Boyles
Dave
Jones County Fair Sets August Event For 4-H Projects
Jones County Fair runs August 25 to 28 with 4-H boys and girls displaying beef hogs and lambs. The cream of the crop is showcased with baby beeves and purebred stock, listing club members and their specific entries across Angus and Hereford classes.
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Jones County
4-H
Prull To Sing At Concert
Monticello Municipal Band offers a park concert at eight with Gene Byers conducting. Selections include Marches and overtures, piano accordion solo by LaVerne Schoon, vocal by Emil Pruit, and the Star Spangled Banner. Also notes a local boy injury from a fall and medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Gene Byers
America
Eureka
LaVerne Schoon
Spirit of America
Emil Pruit
Junk Drive Starts Sept 7 In Jones County
Jones county crop drive for junk metal opens the week of September 7 under county chairman R D Finnigan. Proceeds will be shared between the Red Cross and USC, with scrap trucks provided by county residents and a central pile in each town for sale to highest bidder.
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Jones County
Court House
Anamosa
R. D. Finnigan
Red Cross
USC
USO
C. J. Matthiessen
Monticello
Wreck Near Monticello Injures Three of Eight
A Ford V-8 from 1941 badly wrecked seven miles east of Monticello near the O Shea farm at 2 a m. Three of eight youths in the car were injured including Jennie Shock Anamosa with three rib fractures and internal injuries. Others taken to hospital included Madalyn Miller with a broken collarbone and Albert Johnson bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Cascade
Eichhorn
Old Records Drive Showcases History and Star Names
The Monticello drive collects phonographs ranging from 1909 to 1915 records to Fritz Kreisler and Caruso discs. The Childress box project will ground up old records to create new plates for troops worldwide. October 1 closes the drive under American Legion sponsorship with collection by Campfire girls.
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Monticello
Childress Motor Company
Fritz Kreisler
Johnny
American Legion
Childress
Campfire Girls
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Red Cross
Mischa Elman
Madame Schumann-Heink
Caruso
Alma Gluck
Ford
Kate Smith
Dixie
Cantrell Wins On Kiddies Review With Danny Boy
Monticello singer Lois Cantrell appeared on Des Moines radio Kiddies Review on WMT Saturday morning and won for her contralto Danny Boy. She earned a pound of Rath's Bacon and a bronze trophy and a chance to compete in the final round at the end of the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Cantrell
Monticello
Des Moines
WMT
Danny Boy
New Teachers for Monticello School Next Year
One third of Monticello public school faculty will be new next year as per Superintendent A B Grimes. Names leaving include Lois Smith Marjorie James Roy Moore Fay Wiltse Mrs Cecil Goettsch Laura Bower Frieda Cornelius Esther Lindenmeyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public School
A.B. Grimes
Lois Smith
Marjorie James
Roy Moore
Fay Wiltse
Cecil Goettsch
Laura Bower
Frieda Cornelius
Esther Lindenmeyer
A. B. Grimes
Boyd
Bethel Merrill
Mildred Englund
Dorothy Cox
Barbara Eder
Vaughn Thornburgh
Dorothy Dwelle
Helen Levsen
Frances Bragonier
Ina Cruise
Jean Hutchcroft
Paige Smith
Barbara Jean Eder
Freeport
Ill
Coe College
Coe
Helen E. Humke
University of Dubuque
Muscatine Junior College
University of Iowa
Forty-seven men leave Anamosa for induction August eighteenth
Forty-seven men on the Anamosa list will depart for army induction on Tuesday August 18 with a two week furlough possible on return. Names include Jean G. Barker Olin Fred Joseph Burian Oxford Junction and others from Anamosa Cascade Cascade Monticello Wyoming and Oxford Junction. Some are second registrants and several volunteers are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jean G. Barker
Olin
Fred Joseph Burian
Oxford Anction
Forest Edward Thimmes
Mechanicsville
Malcolm Hansie Jurgensen
Morley
LaVern Raymond Parsons
Wyoming
Ralph Mathies Sturm
Monticello
Lester Boone Wright
Maynard Harold Kuhns
Scotch Grove
John Richard Redmond
Cascade
Howard Elmer Mead
Center Junction
James Lloyd, Jr
John Edward Milvilhill
Oxford Junction
Raymond William Merfeld
Hopkinton
Herman
Edward Behrends
John Habas
Norman Pearl Lenig
Wesley LeRoy White
James Leroy Cruise
Emil Gerhard Prull
Richard John Allred
Monti Sailor and Marine Meet Amid Ocean Censorship
A late war letter from Pvt. John H. Warner describes meeting Roy Ricklefs, a naval hospital apprentice, during convalescence after “some trouble in May.” Warner warns readers not to believe rumors of a Davy Jones’ Locker sinking, noting a land stay of six weeks. The piece notes a rise in rumor spread and fifth column warnings by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Pacific Ocean
John H. Warner
Marines
Thomas L. Warner
Warner
Roy Ricklefs
Naval Hospital
Rex Ricklefs
Davy Jones
FBI
Lenox College Plans To Open Soon
Lenox College Hopkinton will open around September 8 offering a two year junior college program for high school graduates. The school emphasizes low costs and local access with strong Christian leadership and a history dating to 1854. Prospective students may write acting registrar Franck C Earhart for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Franck C. Earhart
United States
Stationery for V Mail Arrives at Monticello Post Office
Monticello residents may obtain free V Mail stationery at the post office to write letters to overseas service members. The government will micro film the letters to reduce weight and space, sending film to military camps for printing and distribution. Only letters to men outside the continental United States are eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Continental
United States
Rotary Leader to Visit Monticello Club August 19
Dr. T. E. Davidson of Mason City Iowa governor of the Wend district Rotary International will speak to Monticello Rotary Club members next Wednesday August 19 at Goudys He also plans to meet with officers directors and committee chairs to discuss administration and local activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Rural Book Sale Set For August 17 In Jones County
On Monday August 17 the second hand book sale for rural schools in Jones County will run from 9 am to 3 pm. The office of County Superintendent Nellie V Morey will be open to buy sell and exchange books to be used in the rural schools for the upcoming term.
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Nellie V. Morey
Jones County
Great Jones County Fair Adds Wild Life Exhibit And Pro Players
The eighty ninth Jones County Fair runs August 25 to 28 featuring a Camp Grant versus pre flight Navy baseball game with enlisted umpires, a free National Sportsman Wild Life exhibit of native animals, and a full nightly program headlined by a new musical review Step Liv ely. Admission stays 50 cents plus nickel tax for adults, auto price 25 cents. acts include circuses, elephants, bears, acrobats, magicians, and a car-pulling stunt with Bella the jaws man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Camp Grant
Navy
State University
Iowa City
United States
Step Lively
Barnes-Carruthers
Chicago
Stevens Brothers
la Temple Company
Inductees Ordered to Report to Jefferson Barracks August 17
Eight 1-B inductees sent from the local selective service board for induction Aug 3 returned from Camp Dodge for a 14 day furlough and are ordered to report to Jefferson Barracks on Aug 17. The men are George O. Ellison Anamosa Lloyd J. Wagner Cascade Ermyl J Karanda Olin Harold J Rumple Martello Charles A Strauser Anamosa George F Larsen Oxford Junction Herman F Bennen Wyoming PaulB Arduser Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Camp Dodge
Jefferson Barracks
George O. Ellison
Anamosa
Lloyd J. Wagner
Cascade
Ermyl J. Karanda
Olin
Harold J. Rumple
Martello
Charles A. Strauser
George F. Larsen
Oxford Junction
Herman F. Bennen
Wyoming
Paulb. Arduser
Monticello
Farm Hand Killed by Bull Near Olin
Orville Calkins, 38, a hired hand on the A. L. Mayfield farm four miles north of Olin, was killed Sunday evening by a bull. He was alone on the farm and believed to have gone into the field to round up cattle. His body was found face down in a ditch around 8:30 p.m. with crushed water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Calkins
A. L. Mayfield
Olin
Calkins
Car Crash Near Cascade Injures Four People
Two cars collided head on three miles east and a mile south of Cascade at 12 45 pm Monday. A 1941 Chevrolet driven by Joseph Dunkel had a mashed grill and $100 generator damage. A Model A driven by Mrs George Steiner had a crushed left fender and other damage. Mrs Steiner mother Mrs Irvin Mahan sustained a fractured knee cap. Mrs Steiner was partly on the wrong side of the road and Dunkel swerved left to avoid her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Joseph Dunkel
George Steiner
Steiner
Irvin Mahan
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Commissoner
Ginley
Cars
Don Ruhl
Sell Mechanicsville Cafe
Lloyd Andre
Lisbon
Keith Barer
Norma Lou Barber
Kenneth Brunscheen
Boyd Chatterton
Onslow
Donald Derga
Richard Eichhorn
Dean Henderson
Ruth Hintz
David James
Ronald Kirkpatrick
Clarence
Merlin
Herefords Club
Gayle Ahrendsen
Norman Ahrendsen
Keith Barber
Donald Brunscheen
Edwin Brunscheen
Willard Byerly
Gene Denniston
Donald
Derga
LaVerne Scheen
Jack
Wolf
Audrey Parks
van Buren
Ark
Hi Ho
Wilbur Adamson
Adamson
Ralph Jamieson
Louis Jamieson
Mason Adamson
Express
Edward John Loesbe
Joe Riches
Ivan Leonard Duncan
Merle Eugene Orr
James Henry Winans
Irvin Wilbur Gross
George Henry Balster
Rudolf Edward Zimmerman
Frank Riches
Raphael Cornelius Hirtz
Vernon Eugene Tschantz
Raymond Wesley Curboy
Donald Eugene Ellison
Donald Rae Berth
Donald Maurice Mulvihill
Irvan Charles Cruise
William Henry Wennekamp
Georgie Leroy Wooder
Hale
William Melvin Johnston
Edward John Knake
John Silver
Ferdinand Carl Oltman
Kenneth Dwight Daws
Robert Leonard McCalmant
Floyd Austin Becker
Raymond Alfred Moran
Howard Merrill Schellin
Monti Sailor
Mid-Pacific
Ities
Henry Carter
Bowen's Collegiate’ Institute
The
Presbyterian
Clarke Hall
Doolittle
Finkbohner
Wen Hai
Blenders
Thorre
Dorothy
Bella
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