New Car Licenses and Rotary Club Talk Highlight Monticello Week
Don Ruhl issued licenses for ten new cars one new truck and one used car to residents including A J H McNeill Monticello 1946 Buick Dale Allen Anamosa 1946 Ford L P Hartwig Anamosa 1946 Ford Joe Mead Center Junction 1946 Chevrolet Eldon B Fisher Clarence used Studebaker Joe Knepper Cascade 1946 Chevrolet Louis J Finn Cascade 1946 Chevrolet Fred Pegarick Oxford Junction 1946 Ford Iowa Electric Company Anamosa 1946 Chevrolet Otto Fisher Mar tella 1946 Chevrolet Mrs Dorothy J Godfrey Wyoming 1946 Plymouth and Ray Adams 1946 Diamond Truck. Burton McLaughlin Monticello Rotary Club past president spoke of a McAllen Texas trip and oil pipeline pumps plus the district’s oil shipments. Rotary party planned December 16 for the club’s 25th anniversary. Lions Club dinner at Peterman’s featured Dr Wm J Grassheim and Ray Naylor presenting a film on Our Iowa with guest Ray Adams from the Monticello public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Ruhl
A. J. H. McNeill
Monticello
Buick
Dale Allen
Anamosa
Ford
L. P. Hartwig
Joe Mead
Center Junction
Chevrolet
Eldon B. Fisher
Clarence
Studebaker
Joe Knepper
Cascade
Louis J. Finn
Fred Pegarick
Oxford Junction
Iowa Electric Company
Otto Fisher
Martello
Dorothy J. Godfrey
Wyoming
Plymouth
Ray Adams
Diamond
Burton McLaughlon
Lions Club
Peterman’s
Wm. J. Grassheim
Ray Naylor
Iowa
Monticello Polio Drive Raises 407.25
The Monticello polio drive collected 407.25 led by Mrs. Leslie Linn. It marks the third year of the national campaign but the first Monticello contribution. Funds support polio fight in all phases. Organizers thank residents for their cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Leslie Linn
Four registrants listed for Jones county selective service
The Jones county selective service board received four new registrants this past week. Named are Richard H Brickley Anamosa Thomas L Finn Cascade Robert B Jeffrey Oxford Junction and Clark Adamson Monticello. The next board meeting is Friday December 27 at 10 30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Selective Service Board
Richard H. Brickley
Anamosa
Thomas L. Finn
Cascade
Robert B. Jeffrey
Oxford Junction
Clark Adamson
Monticello
Births at John McDonald Hospital Include Three Boys and Two Girls
Recent births reported at John McDonald hospital this past week include a girl for Vernon Weers and Langworthy on December 7, a girl for John White of Hopkinton, and boys for Louis Alferts of Monticello and John Haar of Monticello on December 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Vernon Weers
Langworthy
John White
Hopkinton
Louis Alferts
Monticello
John Haar
H P Barber 82 Dies at Oxford Junction
H P Barber aged 82 of Oxford Junction died of a heart attack Thursday at his son Robert’s home. A longtime Jones county resident, he served 12 years on the county board of supervisors, last term ended in 1942. Born Oct 20 1864 near Wyoming, he was a horse buyer and member of Wyoming Masonic lodge Clinton Consistory and Oxford Junction Knights of Pythias. Surviving: son, a daughter Mrs Elwood Kirkpatrick of Clarence, six grandchildren and a great granddaughter. Services were held Sunday at the Wyoming Presbyterian church with burial in Wyoming cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Barber
Oxford Junction
Robert
Jones County
Board of Supervisors
Wyoming
Highway Patrol to Hold Chauffeur License Exams in Anamosa
Sheriff Henry Eichhorn announced that the State Highway Patrol will conduct chauffeur license examinations at the Jones county sheriff's office in Anamosa on Saturday night December 14. Exams will be offered only for chauffeur licenses due to Christmas and New Year Day falling on the regular licensing days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Eichhorn
State Highway Patrol
Anamosa
Eichhorn
Jones County
Express Classified Ad Sells Boats for Vincent Drummy
Vincent Drummy reports the Monticello Express sold his boats via a classified ad and asks to stop the ad as he is sold out. He notes the paper is effective for dog sales and plans to advertise bred gilts later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Vincent Drummy
Ryan
Drummy
Express
Women Name County Officers Women Name County Officers
The Jones County Farm Bureau women’s department installed new officers on Tuesday December 3 in the county courthouse Community room. Past president Mrs C D Brown led a candle lighting ceremony. New chairman is Mrs Forrest D Deischer Monticello with multiple department delegates and a county secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Department
Jones County Farm Bureau
Jones County Court House
C. D. Brown
Jones County Women's
Forrest D. Deischer
Monticello
Truman Stanton
Rudl McColm
James Ritmore
Harlan Russell
Ed Urban
Robert Barber
W. B. Clark
Russell Eldred
Fred N. Kromming
Ruth Hurley
Farm Bureau Gets Tama Oat Samples
Tama oats samples were received at the Jones County Farm Bureau office to show the effect of Ceresan dust on helminthosporium blight. County agent C B Jessen noted a favorable 1946 season for blight and root rot in Tama Boone Control and Wickland oats. Marion oats are blight free but not suited to rich soil. Tama and Boone should be cleaned and treated 60 to 90 days before seeding. Orders for Ceresan dust should be placed in advance to ensure supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
C. B. Jessen
Jessen
Tama
Boone
Control
Center Jct Farm Tops Dairy Herds
The Jones County Dairy Herd Improvement association reports November testing of 27 herds totaling 521 cows. 380 are in milk and 141 are dry, with an average of 488 pounds milk per cow and 19.9 pounds butterfat. Ten high herds for the month are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Dairy Herd Improvement Association
First Fox Hunt Set For December 15
The opening fox hunt of the season will be held Sunday December 15. The group will meet on the west side of the Zimmerman Western Associate store at 1 p.m. No rifles will be allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zimmerman Western Associate
Change of address for Pvt Galen Haven overseas
Monticello residents are alerted to a change of address for Pvt. Galen Haven 17172508 of the 5th Company Syndicate Wing. He has been shipped overseas with APO 929 care of Postmaster San Francisco California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Pvt
Galen Haven
Sam Francisco
Calif
Jones County Fair directors plan for 1947 Great Fair
Jones County Fair board members Max E. McCrabb Glen Jones Ross Baty and Clarence J Matthiessen attended a three day Des Moines planning program with Fair Managers Association of Iowa. They discussed county fair prospects and attracted new acts while predicting the 1947 fair will exceed all previous ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair Association
Des Moines
Iowa
Jones County Fair Group
Fair Managers’ Association of Iowa
Hotel
Fort Des Moines
Monticello
Jones’ County Fair Board
Max E. McCrabb
Glen Jones
Ross Baty
Clarence J. Matthiessen
Jones County Fair
Iowa to Sell Centennial Half Dollars at $2.50 Each
The Iowa Centennial Committee opens Dec. 16 for Iowans to buy 100000 commemorative coins at 2.50 each through local banks. Banks distribute coins Dec. 23 as proceeds fund the Iowa Centennial Memorial Fund. Non Iowans pay 3. One coin per person rule. purchases via the state treasurer's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Centennial Committee
Robert D. Blue
Iowa
Centennial Committee
Jowans
State Treasurer's Office
German Mutual Files Incorporation Articles
Articles of incorporation for the German Mutual Fire Insurance Association of Monticello were filed this week. Officers named for the next year include Henry H. Coden president, Henry Schafer vice president, Elmer A. Folkerts secretary, George H. Moenk treasurer, with Doden Schafer Folkerts Moenk Edward J. Heeren Herman Helgens and Henry G. Bohlken as directors, all from Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Mutual Fire Insurance Association of
Monticello
County Recorder
Henry H. Coden
Henry Schafer
Elmer A. Folkerts
George H. Moenk
Doden
Idle Not Club Christmas Party at Community Building
The Idle Not club plans a Christmas party at the Community building on Thursday December 19. Attendees will participate in a 25 cent gift exchange and share in the holiday event.
Loretta Gerdes Honored on SUI Tea Dance Committee
Loretta Gerdes of Monticello is elected to the Iowa Memorial Union program committee for regular Wednesday tea dances at the State University of Iowa in Iowa City. The junior nursing student and Lutheran Student Association member plans intermission programs for River room dances and will graduate in June 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Gerdes
Anna Gerdes
Monticello
Iowa Memorial Union
University Social Center
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Miss Gerdes
River Room
Lutheran Student Association
Gerdes
School of Nursing
Organ Scholar Dedicates Ohio Church Pipe Instrument
Dr. Josias Friedli, noted theologian and former Monticello resident, delivered the dedicatory sermon for a new pipe organ at First Evangelical and Reformed Church in New Knoxville Ohio on December 1. The service drew over 1100 attendees and noted a 1000+ pupil Sunday school as Gruenstein and editor of The Diapason helped with the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josias Friedli
Mission House and Seminary
Sheboygan
Wis
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
New Knoxville
Ohio
Monticello
Rudolph Bohren
Andrew Steiner
Friedli
United States
S. E. Gruenstein
Chicago
Diapason
Mr. Gruenstein
Elias E. Gruenstein
Reformed
Monty Cafe Reopens After Week-Long Closure
Don Peterman operates the Monty Cafe which reopened Sunday after a one week closure. The interior has been redecorated with holiday freshness, new flooring, and a new back-bar setup completed by Jacque Decorating Company. Peterman earns praise for progressiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monty Cafe
Don Peterman
Jacque Decorating Company
Peterman
Boland Resigns from Amber Mutual Creamery
W C Boland resigns as manager of the Amber Mutual Cooperative creamery and plans to run a creamery milk and ice cream plant in Springville. His brother LeRoy E Boland remains employed as manager at Amber Mutual Cooperative creamery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Boland
Amber Mutual Cooperative Creamery
Springville
LeRoy E. Boland
Santa Gives 22 Express Gifts
Jim Kraner, subscription solicitor from Mount Vernon, boosts Express subscriptions by visiting Amber, Scotch Grove, and Monticello. He gained 22 new subscribers for 1946 and 1947 and aims to add 500 more across Jones county and parts of Delaware, Dubuque, and Linn counties. New names include Marvin Johnson, Henry Oaken, George Barnts, Mahlon Seehusen, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Kraner
Mount Vernon
Santa Claus
Express
Jim
St. Nick
Santa
Amber
Scotch Grove
Monticello
Jones County
Delaware
Dubuque
Linn
Santa Claus Kraner
Marvin Johnson
Henry Oaken
George Barnts
Mahlon Seehusen
J. J. Eggers
Barbara Hemmer
Lulu Conley
Orlando Null
Elmer Holmes
Ted Krause
Roy Berlin
Hubert Gray
William Rickels
William Thompson
Henry J. Husmann
Fred Lewis
Minnie Husmann
R. J. Lazare
Art Jansen
E. E.willis
Laurence Schmidt
Seattle
Wash
Pfc
Ray Hall
San Francisco
Monticello Seals Campaign Reaches Two-Week Total
Monticello residents have raised 200 in the first two weeks of the Christmas seal drive. Mrs F E Stimson oversees sales while about a third of mailed envelopes have been returned in Monticello and vicinity. Donors are urged to include checks and extra stamps with returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
F. E. Stimson
Big Walve Ber
E. H. Huibregtse
Women Republicans To Meet Saturday In Anamosa
All women Republicans in Jones county are invited to a meeting in the community room at the court house Anamosa on Saturday afternoon December 14 at 2 30 p m. An officers election will be held and plans for the 1948 campaign will be laid. Miss Sara Nott of Marion will be guest speaker. Wives of Republican office holders will serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Court House
Anamosa
Sara Nott
Marion
Man Leaves Hospital After Hand Injury From Fall
Ralph Otten, Hoag Duster employee, was discharged from John McDonald hospital after treatment for an infection in his hand following a fractured small finger caused by a fall on the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Otten
Hoag Duster Company
John McDonald Hospital
William Otten Undergoes Spine Operation at University Hospital
William Otten underwent surgery on December 6 to remove a carriage from a lower vertebrae. The procedure occurred at University Hospital in Iowa City and he remains a patient in room C533.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Otten
University Hospital
Iowa City
Public School Christmas Program Planned for December 19
The vocal and instrumental departments will combine to present a Christmas program at the high school auditorium on Thursday evening December 19. Miss Miriam Hansen and Ray Stumbaugh lead, with Mrs. Bess Greenley and speech classes assisting. PTA sponsors the event open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam Hansen
Ray Stumbaugh
Bess Greenley
P.T.A
Chambers
Marjory Luett
Fern Decker
Betty Lou Bebece
Herbert Clarke
Paul Seehusen
Randall Ganfield
Mary Alice Wilcox
Betty Hoult
Paul Schneider
Bugs
Vocal Department
Glee Clubs
Johann Schop
Betty Kammerman
Arlene Arduser
Carl Leesekamp
Don Shelley
Winslow
Girls’ Glee Club
Christ
Adam
Boys’ Glee Club
Dean ‘Willworth
Laurence
Delores Doden
Elaine Buol
Gruber
Local Flier Buys New Piper Cub
Dr. H. B. Willard of Manchester purchased a Piper Super Cruiser through Monticello airport operator Edmund Gartner. Gartner and Willard will fly the craft to Lock Haven Pa to return to Monticello. The plane has a 105 mph cruising speed and 600 mile range. Cecil Perkins aged 18 of Center Junction earned his private pilot license on Saturday December 7 after training with Gartner and attends local high school in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Willard
Manchester
Monticello
Edmund Gartner
Gartner
Dr. Willard
Lock Haven
Cecil Perkins
Center Junction
Perkins
Carr Sells Interest In Manchester Papers
Hubert Carr longtime editor of Manchester newspapers sells one sixth stake to partners Howard L. Rann Fred W. Hermann and William C. Snyder Following consolidation Carr remained political editor of the Democrat He and his late father Major E M Carr helped found the Manchester Democrat over 50 years ago Carr also serves as attorney and part owner of the Manchester and Oneida railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Carr
Manchester
Howard L. Rann
Fred W. Hermann
William C. Snyder
Carr
Hermann
Manchester Press
Manchester Democrat- Radio
Press
Democrat
Radio
The
Major E. M. Carr
Charles Bronson
Manchester Democrat
Manchester and
Oneida
Royal Rangers View Old Fair Slides At December Meeting
Regular monthly Castle Grove Royal Rangers meeting at Albert and Jim Heiken home on December 2. A Lovell 4-H club thank you letter for the Halloween party was received. Twenty-five members and ten parents enjoyed slides of Jones County fairs from previous years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Fox Farm Forum to Feature Dr H Clifford Fox on Hope of America
Dr H Clifford Fox dean of liberal arts at University of Dubuque will speak at the Farm Forum banquet in the school gymnasium next Monday December 16. His talk titled The Hope of America reflects his extensive travels and academic work. A pot luck supper will follow with attendees asked to bring their own table service and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Clifford Fox
College of Liberal Arts
University of Dubuque
Farm Forum
America
Fox
Scotland
England
Belgium
France
United States
Findlay College
University of Iowa
University of California
Northwestern University
Outdoor Lighting May Be Lifted
The Yowa Electric company reports it has not yet received official notice to resume unlimited electricity in Monticello. Since Washington orders to cut street lighting and remove outdoor signs, the town has had darkness in early evenings, delaying Christmas decorative lighting. Electric manager Walter Zubler said the company will provide needed power for holiday lighting if possible and will issue a rain check for free service next year if decoration cannot be completed this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yowa Electric Company
Monticello
Washington
CPA
Des Moines
Walter Zubler
Iowa Electric Company
the Express
Electric Company
First License Holders Get New '47 Plates First License Holders
Three hundred fifty automobile licenses were sold by noon last week Wednesday at Jones county treasurer Don S. Ruhl’s office. The first ten licensees listed include Ralph Orth and F. L. Harrington of Wyoming, Robert Killerlain of Anamosa, Howard C. Porter of Anamosa, Vern Purcell of Anamosa, A. L. Flockhart of Anamosa, John Gray of Center Junction, George Zeuch of Anamosa, O. T. Ruhe of Anamosa, and Dale Adams of Monticello, with Allen E. Weiss of Anamosa receiving number 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don S. Ruhl
Jones County
Ralph Orth
Wyoming
F. L. Harrington
Robert Killerlain
Anamosa
Howard C. Porter
Vern Purcell
A. 10
Flockhart
John Gray
Center Junction
George Zeuch
O. T. Ruhe
Dale Adams
Monticello
Allen E. Weiss
Pete Hall Sells Home on West Grand Street
Pete Hall seller of the Monticello Greenhouse sold his West Grand Street home to Joe McAleer of LeMars. Possession is set for March 1. McAleer has bought Jones County Oil Co and will run it. Hall will live above the greenhouse while he plans a new home opposite Henry Adams residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Hall
Monticello
West Grand Street
Joe McAleer
LeMars
McAleer
Jones County Oil Company
Hall
Henry Adams
Cedar Falls woman visits parents this weekend
Helen Jean Kopp of Cedar Falls spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Kopp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Jean Kopp
Cedar Falls
Mrs
R. J. Kopp
Second Trial Of Escapees Takes 3 Days
The State v Charles Larson opened in Jones county district court with Judge M C Hamiel presiding. Glen McLaughlin led the prosecution and Warren Rees Howard Remley defended. The jury was empaneled and began evidence, then returned a verdict of second degree murder at 10:50 PM. Lawrence Shanney was foreman. Sentencing to be scheduled. defense may seek a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Charles Larson
Jones County District Court
M. C. Hamiel
Glen MceLaughlin
Warren Rees
Howard M. Remley
Lawrence Shanney
Larson
Jury selection and closing arguments in Maquoketa escape case
The article recounts the evidence introduction ending, followed by McLaughlin's opening and defense rebuttals. Jurors named include Lawrence Shanney, Ray Heideman, Arthur Engelking, and others. It notes Louis B. Hofer’s first degree murder conviction and death sentence, his transfer to Fort Madison, and the capture of Larson and Hofer after an escape from the state penitentiary near Maquoketa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLaughlin
Rees
Remley
Lawrence Shanney
Ray Heideman
Arthur Engelking
Arthur Ehlers
Barbara Mizaur
John T. Kehoe
Lawrence Martinsen
W. E. DeMoss
John Altman
James P. O'Shea
Raymond Skahill
Marvin Dethman
Larson
Louis B. Hofer
Indianapolis
Ind
John Hinz
Hofer
Jones County
Fort Madison
Larsch
Fort Dodge
Maquoketa
Pooh To California Dandelions In The City Park
Lee Ireland found two dandelions in Monticello City Park last Monday. One was budding with yellow blossoms, the other already seeding. Irvin Davis plans to outdo Ireland and take his 10 year old on a fishing trip using night crawlers found at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Monticello
Lee Ireland
Lee
Express
Irvin Davis
Ireland
Davis
Irvin
Rudolph E Tjaden Files Discharge From Army
Rudolph E Tjaden of Monticello formerly a private first class in Company C 390th Infantry filed his discharge with County Recorder Bess Sherman. Inducted at Fort Snelling December 7 1944 he was discharged at Fort Sheridan November 11 1946 and earned the Expert Infantryman Badge Army of Occupation Medal Asiatic Pacific Theatre Medal Good Conduct Medal and two overseas service bars. Served in the Pacific from May 28 1945 to September 22 1946. The Bud Reynolds family spent Sunday with friends at Atalissa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Tjaden
Rudolph E. Tjaden
Monticello
390Th Infantry
Bess Sherman
Tjaden
Ft. Snelling
Minn
Ft. Sheridan
Japan
Pacific
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Rotary Club
Lions Clu
Polio
Highway Patrol
George Poppe
Dick Merrill
Merrill
Poppe
John B. Hanken
Carl Dirks
Farm Bureau
R. J. Hanken
Muller Bros
Clarence Wolfe
Bud Bros
Geo, Slater & Son
Olin
Dillon Story
Monroe & Walderbach
Paul & Walt
John F. Sievers
Geo
Slater & Son
SUI
Dr. Josias Friedli
Amber Creamery
Plan Holiday
Piper
Royal Rangers
DR. H. Clifford Fox
Hamiel
Bud Reynolds
Atalissa
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