Dear Santa Claus and Christmas Wishes from Local Kids
A collection of juvenile letters to Santa from area children seven and younger. They request items such as an electric train, a typewriter, a record player, dolls, doll houses, toy guns, bicycles, puzzles, trading rifles, batteries, candy, nuts, and various clothing and toys for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Shirley Otten
Dydee
Fay
Joyce Leggett
Mary Ann
Kathy
John Kuriger
Cheryl Rhatigan
Barbara Null
Santa Claus
Gene Autry
Jr. Boys
Jimmy
Bernard
Jerry
Love
Loren Bud
Ann
Roger Kremer
Jerry Kehoe
Lorraine Kehoe
New Cars Twenty-Three License Plate Rush
New postwar license plates go on sale December 1 as registrations for many new 1949 cars are listed. Names and car brands include Keseberg Anamosa Packard Hanna Anamosa Ford Fairley Mechanicsville Pontiac Ahlrichs Langworthy Willys Barron Monticello Barron Willys Henrichs Scotch Grove Ford Brunscheen Wyoming Chevrolet Jones Monticello Oldsmobile Laetare Olin Dodge Balsiger Monticello Allen Martello Ford Eggers Monticello Edith Sieveka Center Junction Plymouth Ortgies Anamosa Lincoln Anamosa Powell Anamosa Stimson Monticello Chrysler Lang Monticello Davidson Monticello Martens Anamosa Steel Anamosa Ford Tobiason Scotch Grove Studebaker Roberts Monticello Fahey Anamosa Chevrolet Robert Steel Anamosa Ford Tobiason Scotch Grove Studebaker
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Keseberg
Anamosa
Packard
P. M. Hanna
Ford
Kenneth Fairley
Mechanicsville
Pontiac
Henry Ahlrichs
Langworthy
Willys
Willys; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Barron, Monticello, Pontiac;w. B. Henrichs
Scotch Grove
Herman Brunscheen, Jr
Wyoming
Chevrolet
G. M. Jones
Monticello
Oldsmobile
August Laetare
Olin
Dodge
Herbert Balsiger
L. M. Allen
Martello
Alfred J. Eggers
Edith Sieveka
Center
Junction
Mrs. Dena Ortgies
Anamos
Bennie Tobiason
Studebaker
Rotary Club hears Adams on Chicago Livestock Show
Rotary members from Monticello heard Ray Adams describe his trip to the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Guests included Dr. C L Cassidy of Monticello and J B Mullen of Madrid, father of R V Mullen of Monticello.
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Ray Adams
Monticello
Births Reported at John McDonald Hospital
In the past two weeks three births are listed at John McDonald hospital. On November 22 a girl was born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Lux of Hopkinton. Also on November 22 a girl was born to Mr and Mrs Donald Huggins of Hopkinton. On December 1 a girl was born to Mr and Mrs John Sill of Hopkinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Ralph Lux
Hopkinton
Donald Huggins
John Sill
Marriage license issued to Edwin Willimack and Betty Pegerick
The Clerk of the District Court Leigh Pearson issued a marriage license this week to Edwin D. Willimack 25 and Betty Pegerick 18 both residents of Oxford Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Pearson
Edwin D. Willimack
Betty Pegerick
Oxford Junction
Ceremonial Thursday For Cub Scouts
The first ceremonial Cub Scouts meeting in the area is set for 7 30 p m this evening at the Monticello community building. Cubmaster Frank Martin invites all Cubs and parents to attend where badges will be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Martin
Monticello
J. E. Heiserman
Anamosa
Scout Assembly
Jones District Scouters
Rotary Club
Boy Scout Troop 66
Merle Jacobsen
Campfire Girls Drive to Finance Camp Pool at Huaga
The Monticello Camp Fire Girls join Cedar Rapids groups in funding Camp Huaga swimming pool via a Christmas candy sale. They sell Brad's bridge mix and citrus fruit mix for 1.00 with 36 to 50 cent profits to the pool fund and five cents per pound to Campfire. About 600 girls visit Camp Huaga near Troy Mills each season and only filtering equipment remains to finance so the pool can be used next summer.
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Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Brad
Camp Huaga
Troy Mills
Christmas Seal Returns Good
Mrs. John Shover city chairman of the Christmas seal association reports strong returns in the drive with several business houses buying multiple bonds. She urges all recipients to remit or return seals promptly. Last year funds bought a moving picture machine for the Oakdale tuberculosis sanatorium the Patients received books and a mobile X ray machine used for school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shover
Christmas Seal Association
Shover
Oakdale
Wayne Zion Lutheran Dedicates Organ with Recital and Services
Wayne Zion Lutheran church holds a triple dedication service next Sunday featuring Dr. Albert A. Jagnow of Wartburg Seminary in a 7:45 p.m. organ recital and a 10 a.m. dedicatory service for the M. P. Moeller pipe organ extension. The morning sermon, Dona Jagnow, a fellowship dinner at noon, and a 2:15 p.m. Ten Years Confirmands reunion follow, with remarks on faith and class notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert A. Jagnow
Wartburg Seminary
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Jagnow
F. H. Kehren
M. P. Moeller
Arnold Willis
Alfred A. Butler
Los Angeles Conservatory of Music and Art
Harold Gleason
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
N. Y
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Wartburg Seminary Chorus
Funeral services for Mrs Frieda Kray Ortgies
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 from Goettsch funeral home to St Peter and Paul Lutheran church for Mrs Frieda Kray Ortgies who died Sunday night at John McDonald hospital. She was born September 10 1894 at Anamosa and married Henry Ortgies January 23 1913. Surviving: husband two sons William and Alvin her mother Meta Kray one brother Henry Kray of Monticello three sisters Mrs George Dirks Anamosa and Mrs George Schoon and Mrs John Brokens both of Monticello and two grandsons John and Richard. Pallbearers were Gerhard Kray Albert Kray Edwin Kray Bernhard Brokens Marion Dirks and Lavern Schoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frieda Kray Ortgies
Goettsch
St. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
Ortgies
John McDonald Hospital
Prairie Hill Cemetery
Henry Kray
Meta Steenbloch
Anamosa
Henry Ortgies
William
Alvin
Meta Kray
Henry ‘Kray
Monticello
George Dirks
George Schoon
John Brokens
John
Richard
Gerhard Kray
Albert Kray
Edwin Kray
Berhard Brokens
Marion Dirks
Lavern Schoon
Four Jones Youths Register With Draft Board
Four more Jones county youths this week registered with the county selective service board having reached their eighteenth birthday. They are Arthur William Jorgensen Monticello, John Lee Westphal Anamosa, Bruce William Glick Olin, and Clifford Leroy Heyen Langworthy. The board office at Anamosa is not open on Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
County Selective Service Board
Arthur William
Jorgensen
Monticello
John Lee Westphal
Anamosa
Bruce
William Glick
Olin
Clifford Leroy Heyen
Langworthy
Three Men Fined for Driving While Intoxicated in Anamosa District Court
In Anamosa district court last week three men received a total $1,300 in drunken driving fines. Clarence Oaken pled guilty to operating while intoxicated and drew $300 plus license suspension for 60 days. Robert N. Sillers paid $500 for a second offense, with details from Ralph J. Bader. Orland Bernard Keating was fined $300 on his first offense. Also, Floyd R. Lewis was released from custody to the U.S. Veterans Administration hospital in Knoxville after a habeas corpus suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Clarence Oaken
J. E. Heiserman
Oaken
John Beckman
Monticello
Robert N. Sillers
Sillers
Ralph J. Bader
District Court
Anamosa Justice of the Peace
George
Lawrence
Bader
Highway 151
Orland Bernard Keating
Keating
Beckman
Cascade
Floyd R. Lewis
Foss Davis
Anamosa Reformatory
Monticello Diesel Plant Progress Surges Toward Completion
The $105000 diesel electric power facility in Monticello nears finish as a 79000 pound high speed diesel engine and generator, built near the current waterpower plant at the dam, await arrival and start. Iowa Electric managers Ing ham and Stover, Cedar Rapids, approved plans October 12, with Zubler leading construction to offset Cedar Rapids plant delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa Electric
Walter Zubler
Chicago
Iowa Electric General
Ray Ingham
P. A. Stover
Cedar Rapids
Zubler
Paulsen Litter Third In Iowa
Paulsen's 12 Durocs ranked third heaviest litter in Iowa in the National Duroc Ton Litter contest. The 2683 pound weight at 180 days places them among 21 heavier litters nationwide. Paulsen earlier won grand champion boar at Jones county fair and prizes at the Iowa State FFA show and Des Moines state fair. He is a Monticello high school junior and Monticello FFA member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Paulsen
Iowa
Duroc News
Breed Magazine
Paulsen
Des Moines
Monticello High School
Monticello
FFA
Five Jones County fair board members attend Des Moines convention
Five members of the Jones County Fair board attended a convention of fair board members in Des Moines this week. Attendees were Ross Baty, Max McCrabb, Clarence Matthiessen, Tom Eden, and Claude Appleby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair Board
Fair Board
Des Moines
Ross Baty
Max McCrabb
Clarence Matthiessen
Tom Eden
Claude Appleby
Inner Willy Pleasing Comedy by Monti High Junior Class
The three act play Inner Willy features 16 year old Willoughby Adams played by Robert Reuter. He is dominated by three maiden aunts who dispute his future as graduation nears. Inner Willy, the youth’s other self, causes comic trouble as he must navigate three dates to the senior dance. Superintendent Boyd Shannon says no advance ticket sales.
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Willy
Monti High
Willoughby Adams
Robert Reuter
Willoughby
Illy
Boyd Shannon
CROP Solicitation Drives Jones County Pledges Ahead
Jones county and nearby areas run a few days behind in the CROP drive yet pledges arrive. Volunteers from Farm Bureau civic social and church groups mobilize December 15 to 17 transporting corn to drying centers for overseas aid. Distribution by Church World Service Lutheran World Relief and Catholic Rural Life targets the neediest without money or food.
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Jones County
Iowa
Europe
Crob
Hn Eee
Church World Service
Lutheran World Relief
Catholic Rural Life
Dog Tax Due January 1 Reminders Issued
City Clerk Rose Hines calls dog owners to license pets with January 1 as the due date. Police report eleven unlicensed dogs eliminated last week for property damage. Unlicensed dogs increase as farmers abandon animals in Monticello. Fees run 2.00 for male and neutered dogs and 5.00 for females, with penalties after April 1.
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Rose Hines
Monticello
Two Days Left to Renew Chauffeur Licenses
Jones County sheriff warns that only two days remain before the December 31 deadline to renew chauffeur licenses. Examiners will be at Anamosa this Saturday and Monticello the following Saturday to issue renewals. Regular licenses available 9 AM to 6 PM. chauffeur renewals 9 AM to 4 PM and December 18 Anamosa 4 PM to 10 PM.
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Anamosa
Monticello
Jones County
Delegates Named for Fall American Legion Auxiliary Conference
Delegates from Monticello were appointed for the fall conference of the American Legion auxiliary at Ox ford Junction tonight during the local auxiliary meeting. The listed delegates include Marie Vernon Katherine Loop Helen Dunn Blanche Lambert Matilda Schneider Myrtle Ross Alice Taylor Ethel Aldrich Matilda Balsiger Lucille White Catherine Ridenous Esther Hearn Antonette Howie Augusta Harris Mary Jane Steiner and Hope Maroif. President Marie Vernon presided and new secretary Myrtle Ross was introduced. Matilda Schneider became rehabilitation chairman. Reports were given and dolls donated for the Davenport orphanage Christmas party.
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Monticello
Marie Vernon
Katherine Loop
Helen Dunn
Blanche Lambert
Matilda Schneider
Myrtle Ross
Alice Taylor
Ethel Aldrich
Matilda Balsiger
Lucille White
Catherine Ridenous
Esther Hearn
Antoinette Howie
Augusta Harris
Mary Jane Steiner
Hope Maroif
Davenport
Christmas Program Planned by PTA at High School
Plans for a Christmas program by the Parent-Teacher Association to be held at 8 pm on December 21 in the high school auditorium. The band and vocal department organize the event with band selections and choruses, plus the junior high chorus. The program ends with a Christmas Story pageant featuring grade school students, under Ray Stumbaugh Miss Darlene White and Mrs. John Shover. Funds from a free will offering support the PTA sponsors.
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Parent-Teachers Association
Ray Stumbaugh
Darlene White
John Shover
Monticello Assessor Leigh Clark Takes Post
Leigh Clark starts as Monticello assessor under Deputy Lorenz Lorenzen. Verne Aller begins similarly in Anamosa. John F. Petersen starts in Wyoming and C. H. Freeman began in Olin. Five crews operate in rural districts including Rome, Greenfield, Oxford, Wyoming and Lovell townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Clark
Monticello
Lorenz Lorenzen
Verne Aller
Anamosa
Wyoming
John F. Petersen
C. H. Freeman
Olin
Rome
Greenfield
Oxford
Lovell
Jury Recalled For Escape Case In Anamosa
The petit jury, dismissed after reporting to the Anamosa courthouse, is recalled for tomorrow to hear an escape case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frida
Petit Jury
Anamosa Court House
Monticello Retail Sales Surpass Million Dollar Mark
Iowa state figures show Monticello's 2 percent sales tax on retail purchases during the quarter ending September 30 totaled 23084.91 for 1,154,245.50 in sales. Countywide retail activity reached 3,384,687.50 with Monticello up 4 percent from the prior year, leading gains over Anamosa.
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Monticello
Iowa State Tax Commission
Des Moines
Anamosa
Jones County
Free Holiday Events In Monticello With Santa And Candy
Monticello shoppers are invited to two December 18 and 22 events hosted by the Monticello Chamber of Commerce. Santa will roam streets and stores both days, candy will be given at 1 30 p.m. and 7 30 p.m., and a free children’s show starts at 2 p.m. on December 18.
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Monticello
Santa Claus
Herschel Drury
The
Monte Theatre
Chamber of Commerce
S C Woman Speaks Here
Marjorie A Clark extension librarian at Iowa State College Ames will speak at the County Rural Women's meeting set for December 14 in Anamosa Iowan hotel dining room. The county event gathers county and township officers and committee members to review goals and hear about children's reading and organization scope. Reports on the State Farm Bureau women's meeting will be given by Mrs C D Brown and Mrs James Whitmore.
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Marjorie
A. Clark
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowan
Anamosa
F. D. Deischer
Monticello
Miss Clark
State Farm Bureau
C. D. Brown
James Whitmore
December Activities At Public School Schedule
The public school calendar lists events through December including a cage team game with Roosevelt on the 14th, two matinee and night performances of The Inner Willy on the 15th and 16th, a December 17 basketball match with Maquoketa, and a December 19 Christmas party by faculty and school board members. The Parents-Teachers association hosts a Christmas program on December 21, followed by a holiday vacation from December 22 to January 3.
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Roosevelt
C.R
Maquoketa
Parents-Teachers Association
Monticello Chamber of Commerce Invites Members for Christmas Decoration Night
Monticello Chamber of Commerce members are invited to this evening at 7:30 p.m. at Schoon Motor Co to help erect Christmas decorations. Chairman LeRoy Schoon expects the project to take up to two hours with a large turnout. Coffee and doughnuts will be provided after the work.
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Monticello
LeRoy Schoon
The
Schoon Motor Co
Arduser Elected Masonic Head
Burns Lodge 173 AF and AM officers were elected at the monthly meeting Tuesday night at the Masonic Temple. Clifford Arduser became worshipful master with Edgar Vernon senior warden and Richard Long junior warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Lodge 173 AF
A.M
Masonic Temple
Clifford Arduser
Edgar Vernon
Richard Long
Don Sutherland
Howard Hicks
Glenn Hargrave
Lester J. Swift
Glenn Lambert
Fred Shover, Jr
Lowell Black
Ryler
Bert Ballou
Cecil Goettsch
Goettsch
Services For Tech Sgt Edwin E Craig Held
Graveside services for Technical Sergeant Edwin E Craig were held Saturday December 4 at Oakwood Cemetery in Monticello. He died July 10 1944 in Italy from wounds received in battle. Born April 22 1919 at Center Junction he was the son of F E and Mrs Craig and studied at Center Junction high school class of 1936. He farmed with his father before joining the service in June 1941. He married Mary McLees of Monticello on December 27 1941 and is survived by his wife and daughter Catherine Ann of Monticello, his parents of Sand Springs, and sisters Mrs Harry Ireland Des Moines Mrs Clarence Taylor Olin Mrs Robert Duncan Morley Ethel at home and Betty of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin E. Craig
Oakwood
Monticello
Craig
Italy
Center Junction
F. E. Craig
Center Juncsion High School
Ijai
Mary McLees
Mary Craig
Catherine Ann
F. Ie. Craig
Sand Springs
Harry Ireland
Des Moines
Clarence Taylor
Olin
Robert Duncan
Morley
Ethel
Betty
Cedar Rapids
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Rotary Clu
Cub
Chamber
Boy Scouts
Heiserman
Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Services
Guilmant
Bach
d'Aquin
Harker
Sicily
Pietro A_Yon
Mulet
Lemmens
Jesu
Lux
Dubois
Hallelujah Chorus
Handel
Zion
Iowa Electric Project
American Legion Auxiliary
Schoon
Presbyterian Church
Proctor’s
First Street
S.C
C of C
Arduser
Tech
Sgt
E. Craig Held
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