Hosford elected president of Jones County Farm Bureau
S M Hosford a Castle Grove township farmer was elected president of the Jones County Farm Bureau at the Anamosa meeting last Monday night Lyle Callahan was re elected secretary Clem Liddy selected vice president J C McConaughy became treasurer Mrs H E Stover was named county chairman and Mrs Sam Workman secretary The gathering endorsed farm welfare aims and tax relief proposals urging government to cut expenses raise farm prices stabilize the dollar and adjust public salaries and road funding to farmer income levels
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Hosford
Castle Grove Township
Jones County Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Monticello
Lyle Callahan
Clem Liddy
J. C. McConaughy
Martello
Hosford
Harry Newman
Martelle
Women’s Organization
H. E. Stover
Sam Workman
Carl Smith
H. G. Miller
Morley
Miller
Farm Bureau
Ita
James Maurice Initiated Into Scabbard And Blade
James Maurice a general engineer at Town State College Ames was initiated into Scabbard and Blade a national honorary military fraternity Membership is restricted to men in advanced military leadership and command Maurice son of Dr and Mrs A M Maurice was prominent in athletics at Monticello high school serving as football captain and participating in basketball and track He transferred to Iowa State from the University of Iowa in junior year and earned a football numeral in freshman year He also joined Sigma Chi while at Iowa City.
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James Maurice
Town State College
Ames
Scabbard and Blade
Maurice
A. M. Maurice
Monticello High School
Iowa State
University of Iowa
University
Sigma Chi
Iowa City
County Ministers Meet at Methodist Church Event
Rev and Mrs Roy V Porter hosted the Jones County Ministers association at the Methodist church last Monday. The ministers gathered for talks and a noon meal, with plans for continued collaboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy V. Porter
Jones County
Ministers’ Association
Methodist Church
Sacred Heart Senior Joins Believe It or Not Club
Charles Renk of Sacred Heart high school Monticello is set to become a life member of the Believe It or Not club after a dare involving freezing a goldfish. He placed a gold Ash in water, froze it outdoors at about 10 degrees, and left it for three hours before thawing and watching the fish resume swimming and exploring its bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Renk
Sacred Heart High School
Monticello
Seek Clue For Cascade Killer
Sheriff W. H. Fraser searches for Harold Johnson a farm hand in connection with the October 13 murder of Charles Pierce at the Pierce farm near Cascade. Johnson identified by clothing found in the house. a $300 reward offered by Governor Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Fraser
Anamosa
Harold Johnson
Charles Pierce
Pierce Farm
Cascade
Pierce House
Johnson
Dan Turner
Sheldon Sprague
Dudley
Pierce
Sprague
Jones County to Receive Road Refunds January 1
Anamosa Eureka reports Iowa will issue road refunds totaling 833000 plus to 94 of 99 counties on January 1. Warrants are being prepared by Acting Auditor C. Fred Porter and mailed to the state highway commission for distribution. Jones County will receive 1117.93 as its share under the forty second general assembly provisions.
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Forty-fifth General Assembly
Iowa
Anamosa Eureka
C. Fred Porter
State Highway Commission
Forty-Second Extra General Assembly
Jones County
Christmas Rotary Party Held At Maples Inn
The Monticello Rotary Club hosted its annual Christmas party for the Rotary Anns at Maples Inn last Monday evening. Riess Stuhler led songs while Rotarian T. M. Redmond proposed white elephant gifts due to the depression. Boxes contained varied items with some suited to individuals and others less so. the event was considered a success.
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Rotary Anns
Monticello
Alleged Anamosa Bandit Identified in Slayings
Ray Kinney, held in Des Moines on suspicion of involvement in a fatal Anamosa area shooting. He is named among two men accused of shooting and critically wounding Ralph Griffith, 34, during an attempted off station hold-up in June 193%. Griffith survived after injuries to his face and chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Kinney
Des Moines
Ralph Griffith
Anamosa
Griffith
Rent the Bee Baeluen
Ane
Mrs. Herman Dunlap Dies After Illness and Hospital Stay
Funeral services were held at the Hopkinton Methodist church for Mrs. Herman J. Dunlap who died Sunday morning at McDonald hospital Monticello after an emergency appendectomy and influenza. Survived by son Allan D. LeClerc and stepsons and siblings, she was remembered for unselfish service to church home and family. A. B. Soule, assisted by Rev. D. de Best and Rev. Moore, led the services with a quartet choir and organist Mrs. W B Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. McDonald
Hopkinton
Herman J. Dunlap
McDonald
Bessie Marie Porter
Thomas C
Josephine Porter
Buck Creek
Epworth Seminary
West
Earlville
LeClerc
Allan D. LeClerc
A. EB. Soule
David de Best
Moore
the Golden Church
Mesdames W
J. Kirkwood
Chester W. Ward
F. R. Brooks
N. A. Gearhart
Students Return For The Holiday Vacation
Monticello readers list returning students for the holiday break including names and their colleges such as the University of Iowa Iowa City and Grinnell College Grinnell along with several junior colleges and military academies. The roster spans institutions in Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and Ohio with many named students listed.
Spencer mayor tests porch jail system for ordinance violators
Mayor W H Lewis of Spencer in Clay County tries a novel punishment requiring violators to report daily to the city street commissioner after a night in hard isolation. They work on city repairs, saving jail costs while improving streets. A doorbell that sounds after dusk is used in Hell to deter mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Lewis
Spencer
Clay County
Hard Lake
Christmas Programs At Sacred Heart and Methodist Churches
Sacred Heart plans a 6:00 a.m. senior glee club program with Silent Night and Adeste Fideles, followed by a 3:00 a.m. Christmas Rose and other carols as listed with many named performers. The 9:30 junior glee carols and a Friday program feature congregation and Sunday school selections, poems, and solos. At Methodist Episcopal Church a play The Magic Star by Jewell Bothwell Tull of Cornell College Mount Vernon is set for December 24 7 p.m. casting Gladys Howland and others with a large children's program and Santa Claus readings.
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Sacred Heart Church
Pollowing
Gruber
Leona Fothergill
Jeanne Kurt
Haller
J. E. Tozer
Christus Natus Est
Melvil
Jesu Bambino
Neidlinger
Singinberger
Shepherd's Song
Helen Louise Stuhler
Maxine Redmond
Mary Minnis
Clara Flack
Kathleen Hayes
Marcella O'Rourke
Everetta Maloney
Jean Ann Liddy
Eileen Neilly
Charles Renk
Bud Denkhoff
Donald Nordman
Harold Schlimmer
Naomi Maloney
Margaret Hayes
Kathleen Hogan
Catherine Fothergill
Lillian Locher
Blanche Kane
Annabelle Minnis
Lucille Fluckiger
Mary Catherine McLess
Helen Reichart
Junior Glee Club
Helena Calkins
Jean Echternacht
Mary Hanssen
Betty Lou Podhaski
Wanda Podhaski
Ruth Roberts
Josephine Ricklefs
Joann Schemmel
Eloyce Timmins
Jimmie’s
Milton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Jewell Bothwell Tull
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Mother
Gladys Howland
Betty
Lavonne Landis
Billy
Carl Howland
Nena
Antonette Coxsee
Kitty
Miriam Lovell
Nell
Frances Barlow
Jack
Dean Milroy
Chent
Marshall Zweifel
Joseph
Alfred Fitzsimons
Fay Haeussler
Jack Beeks
Wiliam Griffith
Harry Boots
Billy Marsh
George Coxsee
Graydon Reade
Dickey Landis
Yola Rodman
Lucille Huibregtse
Audrey Ritter
Virginia March
Estella Smith
Calleen Holmes
Jesus
Santa Claus
Clark Shannon
Santa
Patricia Bond
Jean Hearn
Donald Hill
Janice Grimes
Ronald
Ronald Hill
Dorn Power
Santa’s Little Helpers
Virginia Marsh
Helen Mastin
Grace Hutton
Ruth Mastin
Qeuellle Power
Tole Milroy
Dorothy Mie O'Neill
Mayor's Court Busy With Alleged Thievery
Mayor F D McLaughlin presides over cases of Eddie Eggers and Kenneth Turney accused of stealing chickens from John Fluckiger and attempting to cook them at the McCrea restaurant and later at Ray Yousse pool room. Eggers bound over for district court, Turney to await grand jury action. both jailed. Also Lee and George Bartlett sentenced to thirty days in county jail after being caught with coal in C M St Paul and Pacific Railroad yards by railroad detectives Patterson and Oswell.
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F. D. McLaughlin
Eddie Eggers
Kenneth Turney
John Fluckiger
McCrea
Ray Yousse
Eggers
Jones County District Court
Savanna
McLaughlin
Farm Bureau Set to Meet at Will Balsiger Farm
The Lovell township Farm Bureau will convene at the Will Balsiger farm on Tuesday December 31. A. F. Walker newly elected township chairman will preside. The daylong gathering invites all to bring food and dishes and has a planned program.
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Farm Bureau
Lovell Township
Will Balsiger Farm
A. F. Walker
Hopkinton Hunter Fined for Hunting Offense
Hopkinton resident Leo Harder was fined last Monday after being caught hunting without a license. He admitted meeting a game warden and was fined ten dollars for the violation.
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Hopkinton Hunter
Leo Harder
Agia
Hopkinton
New
Christmas Eve Sunday School Program at Presbyterian Church
The Sunday school at the Presbyterian church presents its Christmas program on Christmas Eve at 7:30 PM. The schedule includes hymns, readings, recitations by students Kenneth Hubbard James Balsiger and more, violin duets by Wilma Grossheim and Bonnie June Burris, and class exercises led by multiple teachers.
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Sunday School
The
Presbyterian Church
Little Town of Bethlehem
Kenneth Hubbard
Frank Walker
James Balsiger
Wilma Grossheim
Bonnie June Burris
Charles Kreeb
Jesus
Sister Of Dr Drinkwater Dies In West Virginia
Dr William Drinkwater learns his eldest sister Miss Alena A died at his brother W J Drinkwater’s home in Yermania West Virginia She had cared for the household since January 1925 burial was in St Thomas Ontario She recently passed her seventieth birthday Survivors include William Drinkwater veterinary surgeon Monticello W G Drinkwater MD Vermania West Virginia Mrs W J Perkin Chatham Ontario Canada and Mrs John Bate Victoria BC
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William Drinkwater
Alena A
W. J. Drinkwater
Yermania
West Virginia
George
Ann A
Walter
Drinkwater
Tara
Bruce County
Ontario
Canada
St. Thomas
Monticello
W. G. Drinkwater
Vermania
W. J. Perkin
Chatham
John Bate
Victoria
B.C
Robert McNeill Injured While Sawing Wood
Robert McNeill aged 18 son of Mr and Mrs R J McNeill south of Hopkinton was taken to Mc Donald hospital Monticello last Saturday with a badly lacerated hand. He injured it while feeding wood into a wood saw and his hand struck the blade severing the bone of the third and fourth fingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McNeill
R. J. McNeill
Hopkinton
McDonald
Lisbon
C. L. Gerd
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Mary C. Black
F. O. Ellson
Miss Black
Cedar Valley Nash Company
F. O. Ellison
Washington, D. C
Dubuque
William Prochaska
Charles Currell
Hubert H. Schimberg
Long-Lost Pocahontas County Warrant Finally Cashed
W. C. Heller of Fonda received a county warrant dated April 19, 1908 for four dollars. Auditor J. A. Terry issued it and M. J. Dooley, while clearing the office, found the long-forgotten document and sent it to Heller, who collected the four dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Heller
Fonda
Pocahontas County
Mr. Heller
J. A. Terry
M. J. Dooley
Terry Bry
Heller
Santa Clauses Mail Bag Returns Heavy This Year
A compilation of Christmas letters from Monticello and nearby Iowa children requests include dolls, toys, candy, a bike, a puzzle, a sewing set, and clothes. Children such as Imogene Cram Ruth Ann Hintz Lonna Helken Jack Heiken Olive Nagel La Vern Nagel Raymond Nagel and Jean Rathbun express hopeful Christmas wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
U. S
Jack Heiken
Monticello
Iowa
Santa Claus
Raymond Nagel
Monticello Teachers Home For Christmas
Monticello teachers stationed in Iowa and nearby states plan to be home for Christmas. The list includes Helen Meyer Holstein Hazel Brazelton Decorah Mary Stadtmueller Spirit Lake Mabel Heisey Cedar Rapids Alice Reed Mediapolis Jayne Shover Eau Claire Wis Bernice Rodman Chicago Heights IL Josephine Meyer Councy Bluffs Nelle Wilson Manchester Frances Coyle Boone Jean Sutherland Clinton Irma Rohr Newton Bernice Burrichter Viola Dorothy Johnson Victor Vivian Benesh Fairfax Althea Bancroft Maywood Ill Mildred Deischer Wyoming Ethelwyn Wilcox Buck Creek.
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Monticello
Iowa
Helen Meyer
Holstein
Hazel Brazelton
Decorah
Mary Stadtmueller
Spirit Lake
Mabel Heisey
Grant High
Cedar Rapids
Alice Reed
Mediapolis
Jayne Shover
Eau Claire
Wis
Bernice Rodman
Chicago Heights
Josephine Meyer
Councy Bluffs
Nelle Wilson
Manchester
Frances Coyle
Boone
Jean Sutherland
Clinton
Irma Rohr
Newton
Bernice Burrichter
Viola
Dorothy Johnson
Victor
Vivian Benesh
Fairfax
Althea Bancroft
Maywood
Ill
Mildred Deischer
Wyoming
Ethelwyn Wilcox
Buck Creek
Welfare League Distributes Groceries From Princess Theater Drive
Early week activity sees twelve boxes of groceries prepared by the Welfare League and given to those in need. No Christmas boxes will be made. funds will be conserved for greatest need. Food baskets Monday drew groceries from a Princess Theater fundraiser organized by E T Landis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare League
E. T. Landis
Princess Theater
Cascade Farmer Burned While Lighting Stove
John Duffy a Cascade area farmer was badly burned Monday evening while trying to light a stove. His sleeve caught fire and his arm suffered severe burns possibly requiring amputation. He was taken to Mercy Hospital in Anamosa for treatment.
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John Duffy
Cascade
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Christmas Time Reflections on Present Blessings
Quote from Charles Dickens about Christmas stirring jovial feelings despite hardship. Urges readers to dismiss gloom from past losses and gather near the fire with drink and song. Reflects on diminished circumstances yet preserves festive spirit.
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Charles Dickens
Fire destroys Clemens meat market in Dy ersville
A early Saturday blaze leveled the Clemens meat market in Dy ersville with no losses saved. Insurance partly covers the ~15060 loss.
Goat Leads to Bootlegging Trial for Council Bluffs Man
Abraham Romero of Council Bluffs, Iowa, blamed a goat for his legal troubles after police found five gallons of liquor buried in his yard during a search. Romero admitted bootlegging for two weeks while Orrie Johnson, who had liquor from Romero, was arrested. Officers consider the animal’s pension as a joke in the tale.
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Pierce
Cascade
Johnson
Abraham Romero
Council Bluffs
Pottawattamle County
Orrie Johnson
Romero
Local Monticello Falls to Hopkinton in Varsity Battle
Monticello lost the varsity game 25 to 15 after a strong Hopkinton defense held the locals to few open looks. Springville junior high won 28 to 9 while Monticello’s senior high struggled against the visitors. Glenn Lambert starred for Springville with a basket and free throw.
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Monticello
Junior High
Monticelli Hopkinton
Hopkins
Hopkinton
Monti Boys
Monticello Planiasa
Springville
Cello
Fic
Glenn Lambert
Ray Form
Ben
Matthiessen
Acee
Monti
Monticello Boys
Smith
Basketeers
Christmas Party Brightens Monticello Post Event
A 200 member Monticello Post 1683 Christmas party held December 1 at club rooms featured Santa Claus gifts for 200 youngsters and 7 sketches directed by Alfreda Reed Barrack. Volunteers H Helms R Morey B Ohr and G Timmins organized refreshments while the tree lanterns and hospital drive drew praise and a busy morning for the hospital collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Directioa Ohe
Alfreda Reed
William Jar Doyle
Ray Echternacht
Lers
Hartley Wilkinson
Brett
Laura Waddick
the John Hospital
Ness
Mesdames H Helms
R. Morey
B. Ohr
G. Timmins
Program Of Reform Church Is Sue- Choral Pictures Star Of Bethlehem
The Reform Church program titled Star of Bethlehem was performed by forty singers in the daytime and evening at the church auditorium. The production featured excellent music and a bright stage setting with a star centerpiece, drawing a full audience and ending with silent night and angelic choirs.
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Reform Church
Sue
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P. J. Nelson
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Sinclair Packing Company
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Cedar County
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Charles Raffour
Independence
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