Draft board plans September call with eight inductees
Draft board secretary Mrs. Hubert C. Metcalf reports a new draft call set for Sept 18 with eight boys to be inducted. Marriage licenses issued this week include Charles Penne and Florence Webb, James Henderson and Geraldine Ayers, Kenneth Brokens and Daisy Rundle, and J Ernest Gearhart and Mabel Streeper. Rotary Foundation Fellowships program led by Leigh Clark highlighted as fostering international understanding. New vehicle registrations in Jones county list several cars and trucks from Anamosa Monticello and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert C. Metcalf
Charles Penne
Dunkerton
Florence Webb
Waterloo
James L. Henderson
Hopkinton
Geraldine Ayers
Ryan
Kenneth John Brokens
Daisy Rundle
Monticello
J. Ernest Gearhart Hopkinton
Mabel Streeper
Onslow
Leigh Clark
Rotary Foundation
Jones County
Rudolph Soukup
Anamosa
Harry Kulins
Scotch Grove
Studebaker
Willis Glenn
Olin
Chevrolet
Fred. Powers
Oldsmobile
C. J. Matthiessen
Charles A. Kreeb
William A. Hurst
Wyoming
Plymouth
Geo. C. Schoon Implement Co
Dodge
Arend Balster Jr
Birth notices from several towns report five new babies
Recent Births listes three girls and two boys born at John McDonald hospital this week with dates August 16 to 19. Additional births include a son born August 20 at Mercy hospital Anamosa to Mr and Mrs Joe Kouba and a daughter Marchelle born August 19 to Mr and Mrs Fletcher Dunlap with mother Betty Lowther of Salem West Virginia. A daughter born August 16 at Anamosa hospital to Mr and Mrs Virgil Hinz and a son named Glen born to Mr and Mrs Jerry Zonis of Los Angeles California. the Zeonis mother is Ruthe Schneiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Fletcher Dunlap
Hopkinton
Boyd Chatterton
Center Junction
Hershel Ponder
Monticello
Clifford Donovan
Bernard
Richard Mardoff
Wyoming
Joe Kouba
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Marchelle
Betty Lowther
Salem
W. Va
Anamosa Hospital
Virgil Hinz
Hinz J
Leanna Mae Wehling
Carl Schneiter
Jerry Zonis
Los Angeles
Calif
Zonis
Ruthe Schneiter
Glen
Monticello Police Officers to Change Shifts
Monticello will switch police duties immediately as Officer Don ald Howard reports. Howard and Bill Null will alternate day and night shifts with a two week rotation starting September 1 after this month’s schedule of six days on with a relief officer on days off. Dr and Mrs Karl M Keyes left Friday for a week in Denver Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Donald Howard
Howard
William Null
Null
Ivan Reynolds
the Express
A. P. Lambert
Bill Null
Karl M. Keyes
Denver
Colo
Rathmann Brothers Sweep Baby Beef Show at Great Jones Fair
James Rathmann aged 10 won the 4-H Baby Beef Grand Championship with a 1010 pound Angus. Brother John Rathmann Jr. 16 earned reserve with his Angus, and Marvin Rathmann was reserve champion showman in Baby Beef. All six calves wore blue ribbons. The Rathmann brothers, Oxford Junction, are members of the Oxford Live Wire 4 H club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathmann
James Rathmann
John Rathmann
Oxford Junction
Angus
Marvin Rathmann
Oxford Live Wire
James
John, Jr
Marvin
Clarence
John Jr
Richard Grafft
Olin
Glen Heeren
Monticello
Gordon Eberhart
Harlen Helgens
Richard Graft
Monticello Council Finds Reynolds Guilty of Misconduct in Office
The Monticello City Council ruled on August 18 1951 after a lengthy hearing that Ivan Reynolds used intoxicants while on duty and in uniform and while off duty in public. The council found him guilty of misconduct and voted to discharge him from the Monticello police force on May 9 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Reynolds
Monticello
A. P. Lambert
City of
Iowa
Grand Champions Highlight County Fair Show
Ivan Reynolds plans to take his misconduct case to a higher court after a Monticello City Council ruling. The county fair featured Galen Englehart as Grand Champion swine showman and Gary Eichhorn with multiple reserve honors, while Roxie Lasack won the 4-H Style Review and local officials held no comment on Reynolds case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Reynolds
Express
Galen Englehart
Anamosa
Gary Eichhorn
Oxford Junction
Thomas Streets
Scotch Grove
Gene Eldred
Allen
Monticello
the Express
Reynolds
Marjory Luett Crowned Monticello Dairy Princess 1951
Marjory Luett, candidate from Midway Sweet Shop, was crowned Monticello Dairy Princess at a banquet sponsored by the Greater Monticello Committee. She will compete in the county Wyoming Horse Show for the title, with the Iowa Dairy Empress final at the Dairy Cattle Congress. The event drew about 2000 spectators and 1200 free ice cream bars were given to children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Monticello Committee
Marjory Luett
Midway Sweet Shop
Monticello Dairy Princess
Luett
Wyoming
First Street
Monticello
Princess Marjory Luett
Monticello Public School
Iowa State Teachers College
Anamosa
the Express
Iowa Dairy Empress
Greater
Monticello Man Given Jail Term
Lester Schaeffer of Monticello was given a six month suspended jail sentence by Judge J E Meiserman in Anamosa district court after pleading guilty to false drawing and uttering a check for 92 66 drawn on Monticello State Bank and returned no account. Sentence suspended on repayment timing and with state recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Schaeffer
Monticello
J. E. Meiserman
Anamosa
Schaeffer
Geraldine M. Wood
Donald E. Wood
Clear Lake
Four Monticello Boys Attend National Air Races
Four Monticello youths Bob Rathigan John Behrends Charles Robinson and Roland Greenwood traveled to Detroit to see the National Air Races at Wayne Major Airport. The two day event drew an estimated 165000 in paid admissions as a new world record was set for the 100 kilometer race and demonstrations by manufacturers private pilots and government air wings were shown. They returned to Monticello Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Detroit
Wayne Major
Bob Rhatigan
John Behrends
Charles Robinson
Roland Greenwood
Inmate Hangs Self In Anamosa Cell
Kenneth Warren Kiplinger a 21 year old convict at the men’s reformatory in Anamosa Iowa hanged himself Tuesday evening using a small leather belt tied to cell bars state authorities report he had served time in Eldora and Fort Madison Kiplinger left a letter to his mother the rest of the item notes Swift home guests from Minneapolis Minnesota
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Warren Kiplinger
Des Moines
Anamosa
Kiplinger
Eldora
Fort Madison
Opening Day Spark At 98th Jones County Fair
About 12 000 visitors attended the first day of the 98th Jones County Fair in Monticello. The event featured rodeo judging a long carnival midway and a two day baseball tourney. The Fat Steer Show drew 80 plus entries with top prize a $1 000 bill and trophy. awards total 2 450 for other top steers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair
Monticello
Jones County
Anamosa
Dyersville
Wyoming
Monti
Ce Heamt-Cascade
A. J. Minish
Dysart
Ray Kurt
Cascade
Schmidt Bros
Delmar
Kurt
Eli Shada
Wilbur Colby
Mechanicsville
Tom Sherlock
Oxford
Fair Board
Maui
Fire Destroys Fred Messerli Farm Home
Fire early yesterday morning destroyed the Messerli farm home six miles north of Monticello on Highway 151. Lawrence Burlage had just purchased the property and planned to take possession March 1. Fire departments from Monticello and Cascade failed to save the house or belongings, preserving only a north wing used for third party storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Messerili
Monticello
Highway 151
Lawrence Burlage
Cascade
Messerli
Monticello Pool Seeks Quiet Close to 1951 Season
The Monticello pool ends its 1951 season next Sunday after drawing between 20 000 and 23 000 visitors this summer. Attendance dipped last week due to cool weather, following an all time weekly high of over 4 000 earlier in the season. The Red Cross sponsored program closed Saturday with local students participating, and a planned swimming demonstration was canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Wayne Halsted
American Red Cross
Auto Crash Near Police Station Injures Two Drivers
George E. Manternach and George R. Nordmann were in a minor collision near the police station on Monday morning. Police say Manternach pulled from the curb into Nordmann’s lane without signaling. Each car sustained about $155 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Manternach
George R. Nordmann
Donald Howard
Manternach
Nordmann
Howard
Cedar Rapids Man Dies in Anamosa After Street Attack
Clarence Dalton Geary, 62, of Cedar Rapids died at Mercy hospital Anamosa early Saturday following a street attack in Anamosa. His death is linked to injuries from the incident. Local authorities investigated the assault and classified it as a fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Clarence Dalton Geary
Mercy Hospital
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Rotary Clu
Rathmann Brothers
Galen Helgens
Poland
China
Elden Brashaw
Jake Meyer
Win Mueller
Mittee
GMC
Freese Implement
Lois Tschantz
Gamble Store
Marjory Hoffman
Palmer Drug
Lois Buarnis
Marie’s Sweet Shop
Althea Fluckiger
McNeill Hardware
Jane DeShaw
Hospital
Joyce Rink
Franklin JoAnn
Wilcox Hatchery
Rose Stadt
DUROC
Hampshire
Mites
C. G. Fortune Finders
Greenfield
Oxford Happy Hustlers
Wyoming Polly Pigtails
Wyoming 49Ers
Madison
Merry Maids
Hale Wapsie Wanderers
Wayne Willing Workers
S. G. Sunshine Girls
Jackson Wise Owls
Fairview
Judy Ingwersen
Sharlene Edwards
Katherine Wacker
Joyce Walterback
Beverly Origies
Janice Walterback
Elda Blohm
Martina Lawrence Weeene
Lucies Blohm
Beverly Wolfe
Jack Brewer
Evonne Beth We
Betty Pillard
Terry Edwards
Donald Bunting
Mt. Vernon
Cliff
Chester
Galen Harms
Amber
Milton Luxstead
Olin Ett
Amber Tr
Blue Bears
Milton
Darrell Helgens
Jerry Schmidt
Lisbon
Darwin
Lowell Nelson
Emma
BB. Shetler
Frank Shetler
Dubuque
L. J. Swift
Mrs
C. C. Jillson
Minneapolis, Minn
Monticello Express
H. W. Stuhler
Ross Baty
Claude Appleby
J. A. Maurice
C. L. Goettsch
M. T. Stott
C. Appleby
R.C. Lambert
James Maurice
G. M. Jones
R .C. Lambert
T. J
Tommy” Eden
M. E. MccCrabb
P. Shaffer
M. F. Hogan
Harlan Russell
L. Helgens
Russell Eldred
Jamez McLaughlin
Helen Tucker
Vance Stead
Arthur Johnson
H. V. Stephenson
Baty
Stott
Shaffer
Barrow
Helgens
Dairy Improvement Assn
Fred Messerli
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