A G Bohlken Burial Tuesday At St Johns Lutheran
Adolph G. Bohlken died December 22 after illness. Funeral held December 24 at home and St. John's Ey. Lutheran Church, pastor Rev. Paul Gutknecht officiating. Born March 12, 1878 in Fedderwarden Germany. Survived by Emma Kathrine Bohlken, eight children Henry George Carl Adolph Jr Mary Ellen Agnes, one grandson. Longtime St. John's member and former church chairman. Also director in local mutual insurance and Federal Land Bank boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph G. Bohlken
McDonald
Germany
Hienrich
Henrietta (Eggers) Bohlken
Fedderwarden
Groden Hersortum Oldenburg
United States
Jones County
Henry
Bohlken
St. John's Church
Fritz von Strohe
Emma Kathrine Bohlken
W. H. L. Schuetz
Laura
George
Carl
Adolph Jr
Mary
Ellen
Agnes
John
Mr. Bohlken
St. John’s Church
German Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Wayne Kanmehies
Farmere Mutual Amery. Company of
Monticello
Faederal Land.Bank
Final Red Cross Roll Call Total for Jones County
The twenty fourth annual Red Cross roll call is complete for the north half of Jones County under the Monticello chapter. Totals by township and district total 3802.50 with 600 members. comparisons show increases over 1939. Remitted to Red Cross Headquarters amounts to 365.60, local treasury 486.00, thanks extended to all township chairmen and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Jones County
Monticello
Cass Two
Harold Largon
Castle Grove
Max Specht
Clay Two
Clarence Doll
Lovell
Ver
Eve
Richland
Josephine Knepper
Scotch Grove
W. B. Clark
R. A. Naylor
Washington
E. P. Lorenz
Wayne Two
John Rickels
E. H. Huibregtae
M. Thoeni
Vnicerereterial
Mra. Wm
Chaitman Or
Userservice
A. B. Grimes
Chaiman Livessvereoes
Red Call
George Woodall
Statewide move to assess real estate at actual value
The attorney general directs all real estate and personal property be assessed at actual value, replacing the prior 60 percent basis. The change aims for uniformity though it may not raise taxes. counties near bonding limits were cited as a reason, but Jones County is not near its limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney General
Thosa
Jones County
Kellogg Named Scout Chairman in Jones County District
Dr L W Kellogg of Anamosa was elected 1941 chairman of the Jones county Boy Scout district on December 18 succeeding Lee Lanner. Harry I Rodman of Monticello was chosen vice chairman and Howard Remley of Anamosa reelected district commissioner. Fourteen district committeemen at large were elected including H d Corne, Guy Martin, Tom Powell, Kenneth Humpal, Dr R L Hyde, James T Remley, the Rev J K DelaHooke, A E Hodoval, E A Grimwood, Tom Hamilton, L L Leibrech, Frederic Miles, Lee M Sherrill, and Don Southard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Kellogg
Anamosa
Jones County
James T. Remley
J. K. Delahooke
A. E. Hodoval
E. A. Grimwood
Oxford Junction
Tom Hamilton
Monticello
L. L. Leibrech
Frederic Miles
Olin
Lee M. Sherrill
Wyoming
Don Southard
Morley
Judge Heiserman Judgement in Smith Divorce
Judge J E Heiserman ruled for the defendant in the Anamosa district court last week in the divorce case Lucille Smith v William Smith. The plaintiff failed to prove cruel and inhuman treatment as required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Heiserman
District Court of
Anamosa
Lucille Smith
William Smith
Town hunts she sleeps Joanne gone two hours of worry
Joanne Podhaski, two, wandered from home on Monday afternoon while her neighbors were away. Found asleep on a bed in the Rodman house at six o clock after fire and police were alerted and neighbors searched the block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joane
Joanne
Carroll Podhaski
Harry Rodman
Rodmans
Jack Liddy
Elmer Brokaw
Rodman
Local Firm Builds New Feed Mill In Anamosa
E. H. Huibregtse announced the Anamosa feed mill will likely open around February 1 if construction stays on schedule. The mill features a 30 by 31 foot driveway, four 24 by 60 feed houses, a 20 by 31 foot elevator, hamper bottomed construction to reduce grain scooping, air lite dumps, and corn crushers. Burrel Fagen of the Monticello mill will oversee operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Huibregtsa
Anamosa
Huibregtse
Monticello
Burrel Fagen
Milwaukee Club Banquet Plans Free Dinner for Shippers
The Milwaukee Service Club schedules a free banquet for shippers and businessmen from Monticello Cascade Sand Springs Wyoming Anamosa Scotch Grove and Langworthy. The event is set for Thursday January 9 and expects to serve 460 people at the community hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Club
Milwaukee Service Club
Monticello
Cascade
Sand Springs
Wyoming
Anamosa
Scotch Grove
Langworthy
Mrs. Rose Magee Waltermire Died At Sioux City
News notes record the death of Mrs. Rose Magee Waltermire at age 83 in Sioux City after a long illness. A Monticello native, she ran a Sioux City dress shop for years and survived by son Worth Waltermire and brother W. D. Magee, with sisters in Lincoln and Portland and several nieces and nephews. Her early life included surviving the 1918 Ruff Building collapse in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Magee Waltermire
Sioux City
Monticello
D. F. Magee
Phillip Waltermire
Richard Clark
Lincoln
Neb
Ella Simington F
Portland
Oregon
Ralph Magee
Des Moines
John Magee
Cornell College
East Berman
Town
Carl Agee
Oklahoma City
Santa Makes Two Final Calls In Monti
Santa Claus visited Monticello last weekend and again yesterday leaving bags of candy and good cheer for local children. The Community Club arranged one visit and crowds filled Community Square as Santa rode his trolley. Residents now look toward Christmas Day and the New Year as he returns to the North Pole. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weir of Today Rapids are staying with the Matthieagen family over the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
New Monte Recreation
Mapleways
McLaughlin
Claus
Monticallo
Senta
Jin Community Square
Santa
North Pole
Robert Weir
Today
Rapids
Will Matthieagen
Eastern Iowa Conference Jamboree Set for Jan 3
Monti cello Panthers coach Roy Moore will lead seven players from each conference school to the jamboree in Mt Vernon on January 3. Invited schools include West Liberty Monticello Tipton University High Iowa City and West Branch. Jamboree runs twelve-minute periods in six halves with a five minute intermission. Each school will supply a cheerleader and a jamboree band will be led by the West Liberty director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Moore
Monticello Panthers
Mt. Vernon
West Liberty
Eogos
College Students Return to Homes List of Those Envying The Holiday Season
A reader notice lists numerous college students home for the holidays, naming students from University of Iowa, Iowa State College, Cornell College, Coe College, Town State Teachers College, University of Dubuque, Grinnell College, Clarke College, Wartburg College, Mt. Marcy Junior College, and other institutions. The roster includes Ruth Clark, Mary Lucille Ricklefa, Julie Rodman, Colin Thomas, Esther Bender, and many others, reflecting a broad regional census of student households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Maxine Redmond
Gordon York
Fred Bone
Miriam Lovell
Royal Rodman
Helen Reichart
Mary Esther McLaughlin
Shirley Hobert
Delores Poppe
Robert
Helen
Iowa State College
Ames
Wilbur Coxsee
Josephine Rickels
Mark Rodman
Olin Howie, Jr
Robert Wahl
Loren Cramer
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Antonette Coxsee
Dean Morey
Clarence Hosford
Charles Field
Lucille Huibregtge
Max Palmer
Coe College
Cedar Rapida
Ruth Clark
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Harold and
Orvin Yeoman
Glenn Gerdes
University of
University of Dubuque, Dubuque Hilda Balster, Johanna Kehren, Grinnell College
Grinnell
Frances Bone
Clarke College
Dubuque
Mary Lucille Ricklefa
Wartburg College
Waverly
Carl Eiken
Wartburg Seminary
Herbert Adix
Mt. Marcy Junior College
Cedar Rapids
LaVon Lambert
University of Chicago
Chicago
Colin and
John Thomas
Western Military Academy
Alton
Billy Thomas
Beaver College
Philadelphia
Wyo
Willa
Roy Pearson Loses Mother in Des Moines Tragedy
Word reached Roy Pearson on Monday that his mother Mrs. Pearson died after a hospital incident in Des Moines. He left at once, and she will be buried in Swea City beside her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Pearson
Pearson
Des Moines
Swea City
James S Ricklefs Article in Aero Digest
Monticello readers note James S Ricklefs executive at Northrup Aircraft Inc Los Angeles authored a nine column feature in the December Aero Digest titled So You Want to Build an Airplane. Jim a pilot explains broad topics beyond standard texts and editors praise the piece for its depth. He visited Monticello this month while en route from Detroit where he traveled after a car incident. Complimentary copies were sent to several Monticello residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mantivella
Aero Digest
James S, Ricklefs
Northrup Aircraft Inc
Los Angeles
Calif
Jim
Monticello
Detroit
Mich
Stores Closed All Day New Year's
The Community Club announced that all Monticello retail stores will be closed on New Year’s Day, January 1, 1941. Preparations should be completed by Tuesday and grocery purchases for the January 1 feast arranged and delivered before Tuesday night. No deliveries will be made Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
REA Grants $420000 To Iowa Rural Coop Districts
The Maquoketa Valley Cooperative Rural Electrification district in Iowa is among two groups awarded 420000 by the Rural Electrification Administration last week with 264000 for Maquoketa and 133000 for Linn County Cooperatives. Previous allocations totaling 866000 have funded 853 miles of lines across Linn, Jones, Jackson and Clinton counties, serving about 2014 customers. Adrian L. Schlimmer, stationed at Fort Warren Wyoming, visits family in Cedar Rapids and Denison while on leave from enlistment two months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa Valley Cooperative Rural Electrification District
Iowa
Rural Electrification Administration
Linn County
Coopers
Maquoketa
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Clinton County
Adrian L. Schlimmert
Phyllis
Cecil Goettsch
Fort Warren
Wyo
John Schlimmer
Cedar Rapids
Denison
Monte Theater Adopts Cyelox Lamps for Screens
The Monte Theater installed Cyelox lamps, a blue white light said to be brighter yet easier on the eyes than carbon arc lighting. Invented a year ago, the lamps support color pictures and technicolor shows, and Monte is the only theater in Jones county with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Monte Theater
Cyelox
Clelox
Civic Leader Gj J Hughes Dies After Stroke
Civic leader Gj J Hughes dies at home in Center Grove township after a stroke. He was a longtime resident of Jones County Iowa, born September 1868 in Rush Creek, married twice, with four children and eight grandchildren. He served as county supervisor for six terms and was active in farming and local civic affairs. He leaves brothers J N Hughes Des Moines K C Hughes Marion and W P Hughes Council Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cident J. Hughes
Jones Minoily
Riday
Sentech Grove
Mr. Uigghon
Rush Creek
Jo Davies County
Minois
John
Selina Hughes
Towa
Trgr
Seated Grove Township
Marcel
Mabel J. Krause
Center Luestian
Laater
Marriad
Decanber 6
Dena Hy Rickels
Alt Haprie
James Hughes
Mira
Richardt Hankon
Monticello
Robert Norris
Center Junction
KE. J. Feddeler
Chicago
J.N. Hughes
Des Moines
K. C. Hughes
Marion
Former Local Girl Hurt In Accident
Falua Peters formerly of Monticello and a Chicago nurse was seriously injured in an automobile crash between Savanna and Preston, Iowa, while en route to Montieth for Christmas. She is in Savannah hospital in critical condition with serious leg and shoulder injuries, unconscious as of this morning. Peters is the daughter of Ma and Mrs. J. Peters and lived nearby before moving to Chicago for horse training years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falua Peters
Monticello
Chicago
Savanoa
Alamt Preston
Iowa
Montieth
Miss Peters
Savanna
Mn Nieve
del McVay
Montivello
J. 1B Peters
My. Stemmer
Arrest Man For Sale Of Mortgaged Cattle
William M. Weeks alias R J Sanderson arraigned in lawrence county court at Anamosa on selling mortgaged cattle. His Clinton arrest ends a months long search. Bond set at 3000, preliminary hearing moved to Monday. Weeks had prior charges including past acts in Manley and Olin territory. His wife and children live near Lost Nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Weeks
R. J. Sanderson
Dua
Anamosa
Clinton
Weeks
Henry Wichhorn
Lost Nation
Express Employee Weds In Anamosa
Ralph E. Rundell advertising manager of the Monticello Express married Ernestine Sterna of Duluth Minnesota last Thursday in Anamosa. She is daughter of Lovin Sternal and Mrs. Sternal of Duluth and studied at Duluth Jane College and the University of Minnesota. Rundell, a former merchant and journalist, moved to Monticello on November 17 to take over The Wapress star. They will reside with Mr. and Mrs. Jake Matthiessen. The bride wore a street length dress of sheer gold wool and carried Johanna Hill roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Ralph E. Rundell
The
Monticello Express
Ernestine Sterna
Duluth
Minnesota
Mr. Rundell
Mike Steen
Aba
Vera Roraminagi
Jake Matthiessen
Johanna Hill
Buol Family Celebrates 51st Wedding Anniversary at Home
Mr and Mrs Len Buol of Bowen’s Prairie near Monticello observed their 51st wedding anniversary on December 19 with 45 family members present for a noon gathering. The couple married December 19, 1889 and their 80 year farming lineage includes 18 children with Casper Buol living in Sheboygan. The occasion featured a cake made by Ruth Hoffman and gifts of substantial checks to descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len
Buol
Monticello
Bowen's Prairo
Huvey
A Buol
Jones County
Switzerland
Bud
John
Casper Rt. Buol
Sheboygan
Wis
Ruth Hoffman
Herman Hoffman
Burl Wasian
Bath
George L
Martin A
Margaret Aitchison
Adam H
Paul
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. G. Bohlken
St. John’s
Ben Kallum
Aon, Ban
A. G. Hohlken
Dr. Kellogg
Gladys Skelley
Iowa City Press
Towa City
James Shelley
AT. H. McNeill
Charlene Winans
Misa Parks
Barron
Express
Monti
Lewis Bohlken
Fort Des Moines
Betty Campbell
Harry Carbaugh
Palo
Vivian Kirkpatrick
Clarence
Svarett Blakely
Eau Claire
Wises
Beverly Steakar
Wise
Lloyd Andre
Mechanicsville
Rachel Hoover
Springville
Roy Edward Miller
Manchester
Edith Cole
Rea
J. Hughes
Scotch Grove Church
G. J. Hugiles
G. J. Hughes
Mrs. L. Buol
Aife
Abraham Benjamin
Katherine Hoffin
Dwarf
Casper i
Martha Serbousek
Miss Dna
Aml Wiliam L
Dohn
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