Mrs John McNeilly Center Junction 86th Birthday
Mrs John McNeilly aged 86 celebrated with a 4 family dinner at her daughter Mrs Elmer Burr's home near Walker. Attendees included J R McNeilly Ruth John McNeilly Donna McNeilly Frank McNeilly and L Balster Scotch Grove. Kathleen Dirks injured after a fall from a hay wagon. her great grandfather G J Dirks seriously ill. Community activities include school opening plans with Mark Risinger as superintendent and teachers from Cedar Rapids Britt Wyoming and South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
John McNeilly
Elmer Burr
Walker
Bever Park
Cedar Rapids
J. R. McNeilly
Ruth
Donna McNeilly
Frank McNeilly
L. Balster
Scotch Grove
Kathleen
George Dirks
Dirks
G. 3. Dirks
Monticello Hospital
Mark Risinger
Bernice White
Dorothy Thompson
Britt
Olive Bender
Wyoming
Evelyn Sorensen
South Dakota
Irma Sanford
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Presbyterian Women’s Christian Service Guild
Methodist Church
R. C. Scott
Pauline Wilcox
South America
Miss Wilcox
Ecuador
Peru
Chile
Bolivia
Ray Bohler
Lydia Decious
Willard Yates
Harry Decious
Mount Vernon
John Gray
Louis Heeren
Delta Ehlers
Wilma’ Harter
Jerry
San Diego
Calif
John Gray, Jr
Donald
Anamosa
Harry Scheele
Myron Meads
Scheele and Mead
Des Moines
Ruth Hansen
Imogene Chase
Ruth McNeilly
Hollyce Chase
Feed Wheat Sells At 80 Cents Per Bushel
A memorandum from Jones County AAA in Monticello sets feed wheat at 80 cents per bushel for August, based on 85 percent of parity for October 1 1942. Price rises 0.5 cent monthly. county ordered 55 000 bushels to fill bins. state prices range 74 to 80 cents. Farmers are advised to contact local AAA committees or Monticello office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Aaa
Monticello
Jones County Aaa Committee
Jones County
Snakes Used in Mexico To Control Mice
Non poisonous snakes in parts of Mexico are kept to catch mice. They are harmless and swallow their prey, serving a natural pest control role similar to house cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Milwaukee Road
Hopkinton Community News Highlights and Births
Local items report Mr and Mrs Raymond Sires purchasing a Tama hatchery and taking immediate possession. Several marriage notices, military service moves, and community roles include Ruth Bryan and Irvin Young wed in Kahoka and Mary Gearhart's August nuptials, with varied travel and work updates across Hopkinton and surrounding towns.
Richland Center Folk Entertain Visitors
Miss Olea Schweiter spent last week as a guest of Rosalind Kiburz in Cedar Rapids. Lois and Calvin Schneck Rolfe and Betty Randall LaPorte City were guests Sunday and Monday of Delores Yossi. John Schweitzer Cedar Rapids was a guest of relatives at Richland Center Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kross Onslow were Sunday guests of Mary Ellen Wismeier. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dietl Minneapolis were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marugg this week. Mr. and Mrs. Cap Arduser Sand Spring were Sunday guests of Galen Hein. Miss Edna Boul accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Serbousek to Grand Island for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Lincoln
Wyoming
Mary Belle Collins
Monticello
Monticello Park
H. E. Stingley
Jack
Leroy Dirks
Iowa City
Robert Manley
Kalona
Mr. Manley
Center Junction
Swift
Matie Serbousek
Compton
W. H. Archer
JoAnn Serbousek
John Gray
Harry Alyea
Dixon
Harold Eggers
Alyea
Stuart N. Smith
Jimmy
Sandra
Fred Kempf
Boone
J. N. Smith
Ray Christensen
Kennard
Coin
Wesley Christensen
Northboro
Boyd Christensen
T. E. Stanton
Sally
Des Moines
J. J. Stanton
John, Jr
Presbyterian Christian Service Guild
S. W. Clark
Herbert Cox
J. R. McNeilly
F. G. Tyrrell
Richland Center
Olea Schweiter
Rosalind Kiburz
Cedar Rapids
Lois
Calvin Schneck
Rolfe
Betty Randall
LaPorte City
Delores Yossi
John Schweitzer
Earl Kross
Onslow
Mary Ellen Wismeier
Andrew Dietl
Minneapolis
Minn
Paul Marugg
Cap Arduser
Sand Spring
Galen Hein
Edna Boul
Kenneth Serbousek
Grand Island
Neb
Corp
Donald Arduser
Scotch Grove
Monmouth
William Reade
Baby
Gerhard Ommen
Langworthy
F. C. Cramer
Robert Beatty
Inglewood
Calif
Mr. Beatty
John Hiller
Richard Hall
South Dakota
Mary Petersen
Anamosa
Albert Johnson
S. M. Hosford
Lyle Hosford
Clarence Hosford
G. H. Bedell
Cincinnati
Ohio
W. D
C. A
Castle Grove Man 89 Fetes Birthday at Anamosa Picnic
A. F. M. Caspers of Castle Grove, aged 89, celebrated with a Sunday picnic at his son Peter M. Caspers’ home in Anamosa. The event drew numerous relatives and friends from Monticello, Rockford, Martelle, Garret, Scotch Grove and Coggan, honoring the elder statesman of the Caspers family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
A. F. M. Caspers
Peter M. Caspers
Anamosa
Caspers
Henry Caspers
G. H. Poppe
Monticello
Tobe Husman
Bernard Husman
Rockford
Gerd Mardorf
Dean
Frederick
John Caspers
Mabel
Leis
Tobe Caspers
Paul
Lorna
Edwin
Carol
Don
Clyde
Robert
Ronald Husman
Ill
Anna Moenk
Grace
Garret
Lillian
Margaret Mardorf
Dale
Jane
Martelle
Michael Tobiason
Georgia Moats
Emma Kray
Marie
Edna
Lester
H. F. Folkerta
H. L
Local News From Anamosa and Surrounding Towns
A flurry of social and personal notices fills the page. Burned by a gas fire, Mrs. Clarence Eberhart suffered facial, arm and hand burns after lighting a match when gas appeared to have escaped. Shower honors Mrs. Clarence Hosford, a recent bride, with guests including S. M. Hosford and Lyle Hosford. Various residents listed for visits, travels, teachership, and hospital care, including Albert Johnson healing from a car crash neck injury and several local families visiting Cedar Rapids and Monticello.
Private Paul Brady Transfers to Camp Gruber Oklahoma
Mr and Mrs Edward Brady learned their son Private Paul Brady has moved from Fort Warren to Camp Gruber Oklahoma. He writes that he enjoys reading The Express and provides his new address: Pvt Paul F Brady QMBN Co C 64th Camp Gruber Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Brady
Paul Brady
Fort Warren
Camp Gruber
Okla
The
Express
Paul F. Brady
Q.M.B.N
Co. C
Oklahoma
Hopkinton Man Hurt At Manchester Fair
Harley Foster of Hopkinton was seriously injured at the Delaware county fair in Manchester when a racing car struck him while he stood near a ramp. Ray Morris of Morris Thrill shows said wheels locked and Foster sustained 12 fractured ribs a crushed shoulder a possible skull fracture and internal injuries. Foster a Hopkinton Leader printer was taken to Willard Hospital where recovery prospects were bleak. He and his family moved from Atlantic to Hopkinton in February.
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Harley Foster
Hopkinton
Manchester
Ray Morris
Foster
Morris
Willard Hospital
Mina
Tina
Atlantic
Jones County People Become U S Citizens
Thirty five former aliens were naturalized in Cedar Rapids federal court with Judge Charles A. Dewey presiding. The Jones County group included Thomas Peterson Pauline Christine Emeline Peterson Johannes Moritz Peterson Olin Emma Gesine Oaken and Margaret Gehret among others from Monticello.
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United States
Charles A. Dewey
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
Thomas Peterson
Pauline Christine Emeline Peterson
Johannes Moritz Peterson
Olin
Emma Gesine Oaken
Monticello
Margaret Gehret
Also Mentioned on This Page
Center Jct
Kathleen Dirks
Bethurum
Norman Johnson
Miss Sanford
Frank Himebaugh
Fred Bangs
Peter Prahm
Chase-Ferguson
B. M. Ferguson
Jennie Ferguson
Rachel Littlefield
Miss Winch
Don Wilson
Nashville
Tenn
Don Johnston
Donna Lee
Thompson
Glen Sutton
Lee Way
Edgewood
Russell Eldred
Mechanicsville
Anna French
Tampa
Fla
Stanley Ness
Fari
Kanit
Otto Allen
Mildred
Mabel Streeper
Angie Allen
Otha Johnson
Thelma
Dept
Chester Condit
Iowa
J General Insurance Agency
America
Gouby
CAFE
Hone 249
Jones County Fair
Raymond Sires
Tama
Red Cross Chapter
Sires
Lux Hatchery
Grace Hucker
Eleanor Gerlick
Red Cross
Town Hall
Carl Stringham
St. Louis
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
Lenox College
Franc Earhart
Edwin Swanson
Joe Swanson
Esther Peterson
Waterloo
Las Vegas
Nevada
Buck Creek
Swanson
Consolidated Aircraft Factory
L. P. Guthrie
Helen Tidball
Charles Main
Independence
L. W. Main
Irene
Dale Prahm
Carl Gebhart
Oak Park
Emil Pfalsgraf
Dubuque
William Schnittjer
Delhi
Harry Reggentin
Steven
Minnie Reggentin
Glenn Wolmutt
U.S.N
Great Lakes
George Wolmutt
Mary Elizabeth Gearhart
N. A
Renwick High School
Department of Forestry
Iowa State College
Ames
Denver
Colo
U.S. Army Air Corps
Victorville
Ruth Bryan
Manly Bryan
Irvin Young
J. B. Young
Marion
Kahoka
Methodist Parsonage
J. W. Monroe
Young
Hopkinton High School
James Gerlick
Iowa Dairy Industry Laboratory
Julius Gerlick
George Coleman
Beaver Falls
T. J. Joseph
Louis Smith
Richard Smith
Scott Field
Belleville
S. E. Smith
Clarence Shadey
Fallmouth
Mass
U.S
Kate Doiley
John Trier
Toulare
S. D
A. L. Gray
Clarence Eberhart
McNeill
Peter G. Hagen
Sal
Highway 151
Coxsee & Heiserman
C. A. Coxsee
Anna Husman
A. Thalacker
Ruth Mary
Paul Johnson
Martello
Lena Poppe
Tobe Poppe
Coggon
George Heiken
Margaret Folkerts
Henry J. Husman
Brady
Manchester Fair
ALL Metals
Childress Motor Company
Pzey Mete
St. Anthony
Dakota Lumber Co
Alog
Sperai
Gamble Stores
Long
Gap
Rockies
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