Local Golfers Place Third in Eastern Iowa Tourney
Maquoketa won the 20th annual Eastern Iowa Golf Association tournament on the Manchester links with 1283 27 holes. Manchester finished second with 1301 Monticello third 1336 West Liberty 1340 Tipton 1359 Bellevue 1354 and De Witt 1386. Low medalists were J E Goodnew and Winfield Rim mer of Maquoketa scoring 120. Goodenow defeated rival by one hole for the day’s trophy. bronze statue.
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Monticello
Eastern Iowa Golf Association
Maquoketa
Manchester
Manchester Links
West Liberty
Tipton
Bellevue
de Witt
J. E. Goodnew
Winfield Rimmer
Goodenow
George H. Heeren Buried Monday
Monticello resident George H. Heeren died August 8 at John McDonald Hospital after five weeks ill. Funeral at Goettsch Funeral Home and St. John's Lutheran Church with Rev. R. P. Young officiating. Buried at church cemetery. Heeren survived by wife, children, stepchildren, grandchildren and siblings. aged 75. He was born May 19, 1873 and confirmed April 14, 1889.
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George Henry Heeren
Monticello
John McDonald Hospital
Goettsch
St. John's Ey
R. P. Young
Joe Heeren
Henry Monk
Carl Monk
Elwin Behrends
Henry Rath
Lawrence Rath
Heeren
Henry
Elizabeth Gramm Heeren
Henry Bartels
Scotch Grove
Louis
Albert
Lawrence Heeren
Dora Parrot
Manchester
Dubuque
Francis Matthe Lawrence Rath
Gayle MeElmeel
Ed Heeren
William R. Heeren
Platte
South Dakota
Mary Oltman
Bellevue
Neb
Reusche Marie Monk
Mr. Heeren
Martha Rath
Woellert
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Dick Naylor In Serious Accident In Arizona
Dick Naylor of Yuma is hospitalized with a skull fracture after a tractor overturn on a ditch. He is conscious but blind and may undergo surgery when able. He was thrown from the tractor and lay injured a week before realizing his condition. Relatives in Scotch Grove rushed to Arizona to assist.
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Dick Naylor
Yuma
Aziz
Wade Riley
Scotch Grove
R. A. Naylor
Arizona
Edward Engelbart Buried Saturday
Funeral services for Edward Engelbart were held at Zion's Lutheran Church with burial in Zion Cemetery. He died August 7 after working in the harvest field and suffering a heart attack. Born April 12 1894 in Scotch Grove he married Esther Anderburg in 1917 and is survived by his wife, eleven children, twelve grandchildren, a sister and several brothers.
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Edward Engelbart
Amber
Zion's Lutheran Church
Zion Cemetery
Everett
Mr. Engelbart
Scotch Grove
Bernhard and
Anke Jansen Engelbart
Wayne Township
Christopher Mardorf
Cedar Rapids
Esther Anderburg
Engelbart
Evelyn
LeRoy Taylor
Langworthy
Lucille
J. Joslin
Ruth
Louie Balichek
Oxford
Rubie
John Pashek
Everett Engelbart
Dale
Worthington student pilot injured after scenic flight crash
Crashed plane injures 22 year old Leo Ling of Worthington and passenger Helen Paling at Lake Park farm home. Ling suffers a broken thigh while Paling fractures skull. both are recovering.
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Leo Ling
Worthington
Lake Park
Helen Paling
Ling
Fawn Rescued Near Milford by Franker Farm
Conservation officer Dwight Morse tended a tangled fawn with badly lacerated hind legs found near Milford on the Franker farm. If it recovers it will be entered in the state fair game exhibit and then released back to the river herd roaming the Franker property for 11 or 12 years.
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Milford
Harlan Franker
Dwight Morse
Franker
Mrs. Rose Loetscher Dies at 81 in Marion
Joseph Loetscher widow Rose Loetscher aged 81 died at a Marion nursing home after a stroke. Funeral Friday at Goettsch Funeral Home with Rev. Andrew Mast, final services at 3 p.m. at Evangelical and Reformed Church. Interment Oakwood Cemetery Monticello. Surviving children Lena Peckosh Emma Husmann Vernon Benedict Emettler Coggan John Mettler and more.
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Joseph Loetscher
Marion
Goettsch Funeral Home
Andrew Mast
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Mast
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello
Loetscher
Daniel
Anna Stockle Troxal
Berne
Switzerland
America
Benedict Mettler
Lena
James E. Peckosh
Oxford
Emma
Henry Husmann
Vernon
Benedict E. Mettler Co
Anna Zweck
Mrs Loetscher Dies After Illness in Marion Nursing Home
Houston area obituary notes Mrs Rose Herman and Mrs John Dews ter of Denver recall the life of Mrs Loetscher who spent years with her children in Marion before a recent illness led to her admission to a nursing home. A lifelong member of the Evangelical Reform church.
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Houston
Texas
Rose Herman
Chico
Calif
John Dewster
Denver Cole
Loetscher
Marion
Evangelical Reform Church
William Aldrich Dies at Waterloo
William Sherman Aldrich 82 died August 7 in Waterloo after a heart attack at his daughter's home. Interment was at Oakwood cemetery Monticello with Manchester American Legion assistance. He was born October 27 1865 in Monticello and lived in Manchester and Waterloo. Surviving: son Martin Aldrich of Monticello. four daughters Mrs James Cook Mora Minnesota Mrs W S Hinde Waterloo Mrs Garrett Hill Bloomfield Iowa Mrs Bertha Rosenkrans Long Beach California. sister Miss Mollie Aldrich Kansas. 26 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Preceded by wife two sons and a daughter. He served in Company H National Guard of Manchester and Mexican border duty and World War I service.
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Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello
William Sherman Aldrich
W. S. Hinde
Waterloo
American Legion of Manchester
Aldrich
Manchester
Martin Aldrich
James Cook
Mora, Minn
Garrett Hill
Bloomfield
Iowa
Bertha Rosenkrans
Long Beach
California
Mollie Aldrich
Kansas
Mr. Aldrich
Company H
National Guard of
Company H Veteran Fought in World War I and Legion Founding
The record notes a Company H veteran who entered service in the 168th Regiment and served in Europe during World War I. He was a charter member of the Manchester Post American Legion.
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168Th
Europe
Manchester Post American Legion
Elkader gum chewing contest ends with 25 stick bubble
Vincent Kraus wins a bubble blowing contest by inflating a bubble with 25 sticks of bubble gum, breaking a ten way tie as others chewed 25 sticks but did not produce a bubble. The remark notes ongoing research in the field.
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Elkader
Vincent Kraus
Oscar the horned toad found by Denison boys
Oscar the horned toad traveled from Denison Texas to Arizona. two Denison boys found it in an alley. Mystery remains how the animal ended up there. In Anamosa Sunday evening Mr and Mrs Eugene Wink and daughters called at Bert Wink home. Mr Wink, recently released from University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, returned home last Wednesday. John Hopping of Indianapolis arrived to visit his daughter and son in law at Tipton and will spend the weekend with Don Emery and his wife.
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Denison
Towa
Texas
Arizona
Oscar
Eugene Wink
Bert Wink
Anamosa
Wink
University Hospital
Iowa City
John Hopping
Indianapolis
Ind
Wilbur K. Coxsee
Tipton
Hopping
Don Emery
Barron Home Guests Include Dunns Mills and Dunn
Guests at the J. R. Barron home on Wednesday included Commander Bess Dunn of Washington D C Miss Kathryn Dunn of Los Angeles California Mr and Mrs Lester Mills their son Pat and W J Dunn of Independence
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J. R. Barron
Bess Dunn
Washington, D. C
Kathryn Dunn
Los Angeles
Calif
Lester Mills
Pat
W. J. Dunn
Independence
Forget-Me-Nots Sale Raises Funds for Disabled Veterans
The Monticello Auxiliary No. 1683 VFW report 947 blue Forget-Me-Not flowers sold last Saturday for 94.89 dollars. Thirty percent stays in Monticello for local disabled veteran relief. Sellers included Marvin Schneider Allen Westhoff Janet Fluckiger and others. Visiting guests include Mr and Mrs C A Coxsee and Emerson Tull with family.
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Monticello
Marvin Schneider
Allen Westhoff
Janet Fluckiger
Christa Key Mast
Carol Skelly
Judith Lee Hobart
Sandra Curry
Lyle Ridenour
Monticello to Sell 40000 Juvenile Pool Bonds
The City of Monticello Iowa will sell at 7 30 p m on August 25 1947 at the Community Building Monticello Iowa forty thousand dollars in Juvenile Swimming Pool and Playground Bonds. Attorney H N Rogers Des Moines Iowa will furnish the opinion. Rose Hines Clerk.
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Monticello
Jones County
Iowa
H. N. Rogers
Des Moines
Carnauba Wax and Frost Resistant Harvest Notes
The article notes carnauba wax from a South American tree used in paints polishes cosmetics and lubricants. It discusses its high melting point hardness and non tacky surface and touches frost resistance and storage tips for cabbage broccoli and Brussels sprouts indicating extended bearing into late autumn and cool storage after real freezing weather.
Classifieds for Sale and Meals at Castle Grove Fair
One of the best dwellings in Monticello offered through referee J. J. Locher. Contact ECE Electrical Service trade name. Peniel Church Castle Grove announces meals at Jones County Fair grounds during fair week.
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Monticello
J. J. Locher
ECE
The
Electrical Service
Peniel
Castle Grove
Jones County
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Ralph Cruise
Vathorie Grossman
Itivude Now
Dau Wilmer Lary
Arthur Bf, Janssen
Tick Guise Vereenee
Ww. Coons Weed
HH. L. Brinker
Pata
Don Mullan
Jim Williamson
Donald J Goen Ads
Don Dolphin Eeveene
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Howard Spaight
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John J. McKeag
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Claude Appleby Sree
Dick Long Weet Ae
Jones County Fair
Clifford Jansen
William T. Jansen
Clifford
Poland
George H. Heeren
Carl Cordes
G. P. VanDusen
Dorothy Jean
Keansburg New Jersey
Helen McLaughlin
Armstrongs
Oxford Jet
Nelda
Lawrence Jensen
Onslow
Leona
Medlin Ahrendsen
Freda
George Schoon
Norman Engelbart Amber
Ben Engelbart
George Siebels
Adolph Schoon
Henry Hinrichs
John Bodeker
John F. Husmann
Engwert E. Willms
Tom Sawyer
Tom Kelly
Jackie Moran
May Robson
Pete Smith Short
Walter Slezak
Anthony Quinn
George Tobias
Axo Ig
Hughes VS
Brewster
Joe
Rose Loetscher
William Aldrich
Forget-Me-Nots
Honor L. Clark
C. A. Coxsee
Emerson Tull
James
David
Cincinnati
Ohio
Minnesota
Tull
Allan T. Dusenberry
New Orleans
L. W. Lovell
Rose Hines
City of Monticello
Sheford
Penick
Ford
Columbus Chicken Noodle Soup
Boy-Ar-Dee Spaghetti
Dan Hershey
Hershey’s
Simon Biscuit
Cedar Valley
Georgie Porgie
Can Blackhawk
Frazier
Stokely’s Baby Food
Durkee
Malaga
Washington
Hunt
Phillip
Libby
Dare
Oregon
Rose Lake
Garcia
Cragar
Jar Hill’s
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