Holiday strains hit the newspaper office this season
The staff recounts how holidays disrupt production as key workers fall ill, travel, or take time off. With a linotype operator out for appendicitis and others away, the paper warns readers they may find fewer pages but still emphasizes news, features and photos. Subscriptions rise while ad managers note gift efforts for the first baby of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Stadtmueller
Iowa City
Ione Scott
Missouri
Eulah Blsir
Express
Patsy Ambuehl Celebrates 16th Birthday Party
Patsy Ambuehl marked her 16th birthday with a December Saturday party for 16 guests at the hospital. Hostess Lena Ambuehl and attendees Charles Robinson Noel Henderson Dave Cartano Bruce Appleby Ronnie Rhatigan Bing Aldrich Bob Hill Rose Maire Janice Gottleaber Sarah Vernon Mary Ellen Steiner Judy Podhaski Julie DeShaw Linda Hargrave and Donna Morey shared games and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Ambuehl
Lena Ambuehl
Charles Robinson
Noel Henderson
Dave Cartano
Bruce Appleby
Ronnie Rhatigan
Bing Aldrich
Bob Hill
Rose Maire
Janice Gottleaber
Sarah Vernon
Mary Ellen Steiner
Judy Podhaski
Julie DeShaw
Linda Hargrave
Donna Morey
Four Boys From Monticello Join Navy
Four boys from Monticello enter naval service. Joe Bayne Robert Spahr Donald Schroder and John Behrends are cited as sons of local families with enlistment details. Donald plans to depart December 28 while the others report January 15. Also notes Christmas visitors and local holiday figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bayne
Ralph Bayne
Robert Spahr
Austin Spahr
Donald Schroder
August Schroder
John Behrends
Wm. Behrends
Navy
Donald
Christmas Dinner Guests and Holiday Visitors Across Families
Red Cross Blood Unit photos noted. Mr and Mrs Irv Lubben hosted Christmas dinner at home Sunday for Will Lubben Shirley and Bob with extended family including Mr and Mrs Dale Griffith and family Mr and Mrs Dale Falconer and family of Ryan Mr and Mrs B H Roberts Gary Barbara Denver Cole and Ruth Roberts Muscatine all visiting their mother Mrs Florence Roberts for the holidays Tommy Maire son of Mrs Maurice Maire arrived from San Diego California where he trains for the Navy and must report back January 3. Mr and Mrs F S Stahler also spend Christmas holidays with their son and daughter in law Dr and Mrs John Stuhler in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Irv. Lubben
Will Lubben
Shirley
Bob
Dale Griffith
Dale Falconer
Ryan
B. H. Roberts
Gary and
Barbara
Denver Cole
Ruth Roberts
Muscatine
Florence Roberts
Tommy Maire
Maurice Maire
San Diego
Calif
Navy
F. S. Stahler
John Stuhler
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Paul Locher
Georgetown University
Washington,d. C
J. J. Locher
M. F. Hogan
Dillon Franks
DeWitt
Five Escape From Burning Farm Home
Five people escaped a smoke filled house early Wednesday when a fire broke out around 1 am at the Harley Ma Jone residence on Bert Ballou's farm. The Malone family fled to the Ballou home with two children and a guest as firefighters arrived, keeping flames to the east kitchen wall and causing smoke damage to household goods.
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Harley Ma Jone
Bert Ballou
Malone
Ballou
Ballous
Monticello
Paul Hearn
PMA voting tally tops 70 000 in 1952 election
More than 70 000 farm owners voted by mail in the 1952 PMA elections to select three community committeemen and two alternates per township and to appoint county delegates. Kossuth County led with 1 435 ballots. Jones County total reached 827. County committees oversee PMA loan and conservation programs and crop insurance across 100 offices in 98 counties plus two in Pottawattamie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Production and Marketing Administration
H. E. Hazen
PMA
Kossuth County
Dubuque
Fayette
Woodbury
Wright
Pottawattamie
Jones County
Neal Hayden
It’s Been A Bad Week For Bert Ballou
Bert Ballou a farmer south of Monticello in Wayne township has had a rough week starting last Saturday with a hand injury from an oil can spout. A fire at his adjacent farm damaged the home and caused eye irritation from soda acid extinguisher fluid prompting hospital first aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Ballou
Monticello
Wayne Township
Worthwhile Homemakers Christmas Party Held at Specht Home
The Worthwhile Homemakers club celebrated its annual Christmas Party on December 12 with a pot luck dinner at Mrs. Max Specht. A business roll call, a talk on metal tray making by Joan Holub and Hattie Stadtmueller, member readings, carols, and a gift exchange highlighted the event. The group planned a January 9 meeting with a pot luck supper hosted by Mrs. John Wacker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homemakers Club
Max Specht
Joan Holub
Hattie Stadtmueller
John Wacker
Guilford Automobile Fire Leaves Vehicle Damaged
An automobile owned by Charles Guilford caught fire Friday morning near the Albert Hackbarth residence on Main Street and was extinguished before firefighters arrived. The report lists several holiday visits by local residents including Dr. Paul Locher and various families visiting from Des Moines, Wilmette, and Chicago for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Guilford
Albert Hackbarth
Main Street
Panthers Face Wheatland In Holiday Cage Showdown
Monticello Black Panthers meet Wheatland in a Christmas holiday game. Wheatland rides a 26 game win streak, 13 this season. Freshman Sophomore team beat Anamosa 36 to 25 last Friday with 10 points from Adamson and Eggers each.
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Cage
Monticello Black Panthers
Anamosa
Leo Cabalka
Wamac
Monticello
Monti
Wheatland
Adamson and
Eggers
Inflation Forces Higher Cost for Penny Postal Cards
The article notes postal cards jump to 2 cents each after rate changes. Local post offices must buy from the government at 2.1 cents each, raising a 10 000-card order to 220 dollars. A 10 percent surcharge applies to orders of 50 or more, while small orders under 50 incur deficits. Dr. M F Hogan, postmaster, explains the impact on Express printing and rough unit sales.
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Congress
M. F. Hogan
Hogan
Express
The
Expre
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