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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1951
Page
6
At Monticello's John McDonald Hospital a baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs David Cuckler on August 24. Also a daughter Karen Ann was born to Mr and Mrs Boyd Chatterton on Friday August 17.
Marriage licenses issued by the district court clerk include Philip Petersen age 20 and Patricia Lee Podhaski age 20 of Monticello, and Robert L. Thumma age 22 of Tipton with Betty Jane Rhemke age 23 of Oxford Junction.
Norman Engle of Waubeek area scout executive from Marion spoke at the Monday Rotary gathering. The Monticello Rotary project includes scouting. Dave Cuckler distributed cigars for the birth of his third son. Guest Robert A. Balster, former Monticello resident, attended.
The past week saw new registrations in Blanche I. Corwin's office. Cars include Mercury and Plymouth entries for Wyoming Anamosa and Olin. Trucks list Ford Studebaker and Chevrolet from Anamosa andMonticello.
Seventy six crippled children from Jones county were examined at a weeklong clinic in the Anamosa courthouse. Mrs. Marion Serbousek, county public health nurse, says the State University of Iowa Hospital and the State Service for Crippled Children supplied a team of specialists to run the event including pediatricians orthopedic physicians psychiatrists physiotherapist nutritionist medical social consultants dental hygienist and a speech and hearing consultant.
Mrs. Hubert C. Metcalf secretary of the county draft board said eight Jones county youths will enter the armed forces on September 17. the group includes two from Monticello and lists registrants from anamosa wyoming oxford junction and o lin with names such as robert husman frank fritz melvin o shea and others.
John Edward Guler died August 18 at the Santal Veterans Administration hospital in California after about a month of illness. Funeral services were held August 21 at Wadsworth chapel with burial in a Veterans Administration cemetery. He formerly lived in Monticello and ran the local ice manufacturing plant north of the feed mill. Survivors include his wife Marie, a son John V., two grandchildren, two sisters Mrs Charles Glaser Sierra Madre Calif and Mrs William Graff Marquette Ia and a brother Bert Guler of Dubuque.
A state truck driven by a prison inmate collided with a Henry J on Buffalo road about a mile from Anamosa last Wednesday afternoon. Arthur Baker sustained a broken arm and was hospitalized in Anamosa. the inmate driver Edward Baloney was unharmed.
Northwestern Bell announces higher monthly local charges in Monticello effective bills dated September 10 1951. Manager T E Hamilton cites rising costs wages taxes and materials with wages now the largest expense. New rates list basic charges for residence business and rural service across 1 2 and 4 party lines and extensions.
Monticello mayor A P Lambert orders end to double parking to ease traffic disruption from street work. He cites safety concerns and urges motorists to use regular spaces or distant parking to reduce hazards. W D Magee of Ames visited relatives nearby.
At the 8th annual Fat Steer show in Monticello, Father Flanagan's Boys Town claimed top honors as Ronald Hutchings accepted the $1,000 first prize and trophy for a 1,175-pound Hereford. The event drew about 5,000 with 72 steers entered.
A prized steer won the top prize at a national level judging widely regarded as one of the toughest shows. After the judging, all steers were auctioned, with prices and purchasing firms recorded only for non prize winners.
The seventeenth annual Wyoming horse show runs today and Friday with judging set to begin Friday at 9 a.m. Premiums totaling 789 dollars are offered across 26 classes including handwork culinary items and 4-H exhibits. The Jones County Dairy Princess will be crowned at 7 30 p.m. and prize winners parade that evening.
Most Monticello business and professional establishments will close at noon next Monday, Labor Day, according to the Greater Monticello Committee.
Nan Barron daughter of Mr. and Mrs J R Barron leaves for St Paul to attend the Eighth National Congress of the National Federation of Catholic Students at St Thomas College She is president of the Mount Mercy Junior College student government in Cedar Rapids In St Paul she acts as a delegate representing her college and region Guests at the Stumbaugh home include Capt and Mrs Ross MacAskill and Prof and Mrs Gerald Smith with Capt MacAskill serving in the Marine Corps
The Jones County death toll on highways rose to five with the death yesterday morning of Mrs. Fred Sigworth. Sheriff Lewis Dreibelbis reported the year’s fatalities include 77 year old Roy Beach of Marion, George Stimpson of Anamosa, and three others killed after Sunday’s accident: Dr. Fred Sigworth, Mrs. Betty Brokaw, and Mrs. Fred Sigworth, all of Anamosa.
A man without a shirt forced entry at the Jake Lemmer farm in Richland Township last Sunday evening. The intruder shouted at two children and fired two shots into the air, demanding gasoline and claiming he had escaped from jail before fleeing without gasoline.
Dr. Fred Sigworth and his daughter in law Mrs. Betty Sigworth Brokaw died instantly when their car collided with two trucks on Highway 64 east of Wyoming. Also injured were Mrs. Sigworth and Wilson Walker husband of Mrs. Brokaw and their daughter. The accident occurred Sunday afternoon near Mercy Hospital Anamosa.
Mrs Sigworth died early yesterday morning at the Anamosa hospital. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon with her husband and daughter in attendance. Glenn Brokaw remains in critical condition at Anamosa hospital, with doctors giving him a less than fifty percent chance to survive the accident.
A three-vehicle collision near Anamosa killed Dr Sigworth and Mrs Brokaw and injured a third, with coroner's jury declaring the deaths accidental. Dr Sigworth, a 51 year Anamosa physician born in Waubeek, practiced since 1900 and held local and state medical memberships. The Brokaws had farmed nearby for two years and left behind a young daughter. Funeral services for all three were held.
Three additional teachers for Jones county rural schools were named by County Superintendent Joseph Beave. The list includes Donna Sager Ana Mosa for Fairview No. 8 Eleanor Schlimmer Monti Cello Cass No. 1 and Louisa Wardell Anamosa Wayne No. 6. Louisa Wardell will replace Robert Husman who will leave for military service on Sept. 17.
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