Births and war notices from the local area
The John McDonald hospital reports two births this week a girl born August 20 to Mr and Mrs Leo Hughes Temple Hill and a boy born August 24 to Mr and Mrs Vernon Helgens Scotch Grove. Karl Smykil Anamosa named head drummer of the Marine Corps Band at San Diego. More and Koop run into trouble in Central City fined for speeding. War price and rationing board approves numerous tire tube and tube related applications in Monticello Anamosa Cascade and surrounding areas. The board office closes September 1 for Cedar Rapids meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Leo Hughes
Temple Hill
Vernon Helgens
Scotch Grove
Karl Smykil
Anamosa
Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Karl
Anamosa High School
Jake More
Arche Koop
Democratic Central Committee
Central City
More
Court of Justice
E. M. Wetherbee
James Clapp
Justice Wetherbee
Roosevelt
George Behrends
Monticello
Farmer
Eugene Wink
M. J. Podhaski
H. E. Stingley
Center Junction
W. T. Folkers
Arnold Jacobs
Petersen Produce Co
Peter G. Miller
Henry Eden
Crean
Eclipse Lumber Co
Oliver Hutton
Defense Plant
Jake Dietiker
Cascade
Gerke W. Bohlken
William H. Hoffman
H. F. Zimmerman
William Duffy
Shomont Farms
R. F. Gilmore
C. A. McLaughlin
James Hagan
War Price and
John Hughes
Leo Gavin
Frank Shover
Clark Brothers
Elmer Dunkel
Bernard
War Price and Rationing Board
Cedar Rapids
Red Cross Booth Set Up In Floral Hall At Monticello Fair
First aid students from Monticello will staff a Red Cross booth in Floral Hall Tuesday at the north end. The enclosed area holds a cot while displays show Red Cross work with pamphlets and course questionnaires. Tom Hamilton and Dr. Earl DeShaw lead the arrangements with graduates of recent classes providing assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Monticello
Floral Hall
Tom Hamilton
Earl DeShaw
VFW Picnic Planned at Bartels Park Cedar Grove
The Leo A. Schwindt post and auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars announce their annual basket picnic at Bartels Park Cedar Grove on Sunday August 30. It is to be an all day event with meat and coffee provided and Monticello members urged to attend bringing the usual picnic provisions. The park lies on old Highway 20 and organizers seek a large turnout from Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V.F.W
Leo A. Schwindt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bartels Park
Cedar Grove
Monticello
Two Big Days of Fair Are Left
Hundreds of visitors from 75 to 100 miles distant crowded the Jones County Fair grounds today. They enjoyed music, free acts, and the 4-H exhibits as baby beeves, dairy cattle, lambs, and hogs received prizes. Harness races were cancelled by rain but resume today and Friday. The stock parade at 7:30 p.m. features over a hundred beeves and cattle showing ribbons from yesterday’s judging. County day and the Anamosa band parade guide today’s events along with a 2:30 p.m. baseball game Casade versus Oxford Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair
Anamosa
I. A. Mirick
Cascade
Oxford Junction
First Aid Classes Complete Training
Two standard first aid classes completed their course this week. At the Methodist church 25 students finished Monday evening under Tom Hamilton, followed by cake and ice cream for the instructor and a gift. At St. Matthew's Lutheran church 42 students completed final exams taught by Dr Earl H DeShaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Tom Hamilton
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Earl H. DeShaw
Tracy named auxiliary chief of Iowa Legion
Mrs Tracy Tracey of Manchester is elected president of the Iowa Legion Auxiliary. Her husband, former Legion commander Tracey, left the post for Army duty at Camp Wheeler Georgia last March. She wins unopposed with officers including Mrs Abraham Mount Pleasant secretary, Mrs M Myrton Shelley Des Moines, treasurer, Mrs Carr Des Moines, chaplain Mrs Flanagan Silver City, historian Mrs Brown Whiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auxiliary
Legion
Tracey
Army
Camp Wheeler
Frank Abraham
Mount Pleasant
M. Myrton Shelley
Des Moines
Thomas R. Carr
R. A. Flanagan
Silver City
G. W. Brown
Whiting
Leonard Heisey Dies at Mineral Springs August 15
Leonard Heisey, a World War veteran and former grocer, died Saturday August 15 at the sanatorium in Mineral Springs Minnesota after four years of tuberculosis treatment. He was the son of Mrs. Henry Heisey of New Philadelphia Ohio and the late Henry Heisey. Survived by wife and two children Leonard Jr and Betty Ann of Austin Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Heisey
Mineral Springs
Minn
Henry Heisey
New Philadelphia
Leonard, Jr
Betty Ann
Austin
Ask Farmers To Collect Scrap For War Production
Jones county launches a local junk drive aligned with the national scrap harvest to collect scrap iron steel rubber and other materials. Sept 7 opens the canvass with scrap picked up by truck on Sept 11 and funds split between the Red Cross and USC. Donald Nelson urges farmers to gather all scrap for war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Red Cross
USC
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Japan
Monti Ends Elkader Bicycle Team Trek in Monticello
Two Elkader boys James Stewart and Lee Glesne completed a two week 450 mile bicycle trek ending in Monticello Friday night. They visited relatives across Iowa since August 8, rode at about 10 mph, and logged a 125 mile day from Story City to Cedar Rapids. They toured Clear Lake, captured photos of Guy Lombardo, and attended a Des Moines war show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
Monticello
James Stewart
Lee Glesne
Milton Leonard
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Stewart
Glesne
Story City
Clear Lake
Guy Lombardo
Des Moines
Renters Flock to Kehoe Farm Via Express Ad
A Express want ad for Dennis Kehoe’s farm drew fifty inquiries with 16 applicants in one day and ongoing interest remains. The farm has been rented through the newspaper advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Express
Dennis Kehoe
Want
89th Jones County Fair Opens In Rain
Despite rain a large crowd attended the 89th Jones County Fair as 4-H livestock judging and exhibits drew interest at the north grounds. Judges included Edward Snydergaard Carl Oldson E L Quaife and Thomas Eichhorn with 4-H Girls Achievement events and home economics judged today by Gladys Adams and Morris Christy. The fair decor theme V for Victory featured red white and blue with Monticello band performances under Gene Byers conducted between acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
James F. Kearns
Edward Snydergaard
Redfield
Carl Oldson
Iowa Beef Producers Association
E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College
Thomas Eichhorn
Wyoming
Esther Cation Snydergaard
Morris Christy
Tipton
Gladys Adams
Colt
The
Fair Association
John Chapman
Monticello
Gene Byers
Delinquent James Cummins Reported by Anamosa Draft Board
The Jones County draft board in Anamosa reports James Albert Cummins as delinquent to national selective service. He registered while at a CCC camp in Monticello and was classified 1-B a year ago but has disappeared without a current address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Albert Cummins
National Selective Service
Anamosa
Cummins
CCC
Monticello
FBI
Jones County Buys Bonds Campaign Progress
County Chairman Frank Stim son leads a rural bond campaign in Jones County with a first meeting in Castle Grove township. Minute men aim to canvass every township until quotas are met, persuading farmers to invest surplus income in war bonds, highlighting shortages of farm machinery and household goods. The effort reflects national war savings carried out largely by unpaid voluntary service valued at 100 million dollars through papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stimson
Jones County
Minute Men
Castle Grove
Barns and Machine Shed Burn at Onslow Farm
Two barns and a machine shed on the Fred Von Sprecken farm east of Onslow were destroyed by fire Monday evening due to spontaneous combustion. About 40 to 50 tons of hay burned. cows were milked but all were saved along with most machinery. Wyoming and Onslow fire departments battled the blaze. the property is insured. Also, Red Cross secretary change noted: Mrs. B C Roberts to replace Mrs. Milton Thoeni, who plans to move to Litchfield Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Fred von Sprecken
Wyoming
von Sprecken
Ella Scroggie
Mount Vernon
Red Cross
B. C. Roberts
Milton Thoeni
John Wenger and Wife Mark Golden 50th Anniversary
John Wenger and Minnie Peters celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on August 23. Family and longtime friends gathered at the Wenger home in Monticello to recall the 1892 ceremony performed by Rev. Ek. E. Gruenstein. The couple, life residents of Monticello, have two children and one grandchild, with one son-in-law and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Peters
John Wenger
Wenger
North Cedar Street
Ed Eilers
Eilers
Celan Rollins
Mayron
Godfrey Wenger
Ryan
Flora Hamblin
Manchester
Jake Widmer
Monticello
Lillian Hart
George Peters
Cedar Rapids
Augusta Kellogg
Waterloo
Ek. E. Gruenstein
The
Reformed Church
Switzerland
C. H. Rollins
Marion
Edna McCoy
Donald McCoy
Army Air Corps
Sacred Heart Catholic School Opens August Thirty First
Sacred Heart school will open Monday August 31 with completed registration. New curriculum adds religion aeronautics and first aid with evening class for ladies. Renovations completed and faculty listed headed by Rev Father A L Lorenz and several Sisters. High school accredited to State University of Iowa with credits accepted by state colleges.
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Iowa State Board of Education
Sacred Heart School
A. L. Lorenz
Mary Hemalinda
Mary Engelberta
Mary Adelle
Mary Bernadetta
Mary Gabriel
Mary Hermina
Mary Ruth Ann
Mary Lucille
Mary Anysia
St. Mary’s Orphanage
Dubuque
Mary Olive
Alton
Towa
Sacred Heart High School
State University of
Three Grand Champions Crowned at Wyoming Draft Show
Entrants numbered 150 as Emil Baxa of Lisbon, Herman Brunscheen and Sons, Wyoming, and Moffit of Clarence captured grand championships in colt and yearling, older horses, and 2 and 3 year olds divisions respectively. Judge James G. Fuller of UW Madison oversaw judging with Brunscheen leading heavy aged horse class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Emil Baxa
Lisbon
Herman Brunscheen
Moffit of Clarence
James G. Fuller
Animal Husbandry Department
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Brunscheen and Sons
Edwin Rigby
Stanwood
George Fisher and Sons
Mechanicsville
Larkey Brothers
Onslow
Tom Eichhorn
Hitch
Fred Buchholtz
Kenneth Meyer
Lloyd Ireland
Anamosa
Erwin Butterbrodt
Tipton
Acel Catlett
Fisher and Sons
Carson Moffit
Brunscheen
Fisher
Chris Eichhorn
Henry Lunow
London
Fred Buck
Moore Brothers
Koltz
Emil Hack
Chuck Wendell
Tom Broderson
Livestock judging yields grand and reserve champions at Jones County Fair
At the Jones County Fair livestock judging hundreds of farm families attended as Edward Snydergaard and others assessed dairy calves and sheep. Final results list grand champion Holstein Frederick Shover Monticello and reserve champion Marian Deischer Monticello along with top placements across Holstein Guernsey Jersey and other breeds led by Anamosa Monticello and Olin participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair
Edward Snydergaard
Carl Oldsen
BE. L. Quaife
Holstein Frederick Shover
Monticello
Marian Deischer
Guernsey
Norman Opfer
Anamosa
Gene Opfer
Frederick Biere
Olin
Jim Ehrisman
Jersey
David Walker
Nedra Kromminga
Chester
Donald Ketelsen
Center Junction
Norman French
Poland
China
Charles Martin
Mount Vernon
Robert Shedek
Merle Jansen
Clifford Jansen
Vernon Steffens
Oxford Junction
Duroe
Richard Mardorf
Billy Hintz
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Frederick Shover
Shover
the Express
Robert Messerli
Robert
Mrs. Tracy
Thomas Tracey
Iowa American Legion
Iowa Legion Auxiliary
Heisey
Monti
Elkader Bicycle Team
Want Ad
Sunset Company
Fill the
Jones County Draft Board
Mrs. Roberts
John Wengers
Catholic
Maquoketa
Mare Cott
Reggie Morse
Carl Seehusen
Ballou
Volker
Keegan Brothers
Don Smith
Mare
M. Straesslin
Lloyd Stokesberry
Massilon
Holstein
Melvin Groth
Marian Deiseher
Raymond Nagel
Lloyd Messerli
Paul Messerli
Chester White Market
Dale H. Strother
Martelle
Louis G. Strother
Richard B. Strother
Robert Prall
Martello
Lewis Moenk
China Market
Raymond Freese
Wayne Martin
Joyd Chatterton
Qnslow
Anton Vanicke, Jr
Merbert Derga
Thomas Keating
Glen Adams
Marvin Englehart
Amber
Berkshire
Tom Clark
Lorance D. Mackey
Hereford
Marvin Calvert
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