Birth notices from Monticello hospital and area
Reports list several newborns and parent details across towns including Monticello Anamosa Hopkinton Sand Springs Dubuque and St. Joseph Michigan Births occur Jan 20 24 27 29 30 with names Cynthia Jane Roger Joe Corinne Louise David Milton Anne and others noting parental and grandparent roots and family ties
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John McDonald Hospital
Joe Clement
Anamosa
Leo Baum
Hopkinton
Kermit Hoyer
Monticello
Dallas
Texas
Max Schrader
Cynthia Jane
Connie
Albert Schrader
Sand Springs
Paul Bartels
Roger Joe
Bartels
Nina Price
David Milton
Milton ‘Wilson
New Cars Listed by Dealers in Brief Ad Snippet
A tersely written list shows car brands and buyers including Eugene N. Lees of Cascade purchasing a DeSoto on Jan 28 and V F Miller or Esther Miller of Anamosa buying a Chevrolet. Other names and brands include Harold WwW Eoger Monti cello International truck and Ford models by H E Rittmer of Mechanicsville.
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Harold Www
Eoger
Monticello
International Truck
Eugene N. Lees
Cascade
DeSoto
V. F
Esther Miller
Anamosa
Cheerolet
SeBne Anamoss
Ford
H. E. Rittmer
Mechanicsville
Chevrolet
Marriage Licenses Issued in Anamosa Area
Jan 29 marriage licenses announced for Melvin D. Taylor 23 and Janet Lea Butterfield 19 both of Anamosa. Also Gerald J. Weers 23 of Scotch Grove and Judith Elaine Weighels 19 of Anamosa.
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Melvin D. Taylor
Janet Lea Butterfield
Anamosa
Gerald J. Weers
Scotch Grove
Judith Elaine Weighels
Mrs. Ruby Miller of Wyoming Dies
Mrs. Ruby Miller 61 died suddenly at her Wyoming home Monday at 2 30 a m Funeral services were held at 3 p m at the Methodist church with Rev Kenneth Harden officiating She had run a beauty shop in Wyoming for 16 years Survivors include her husband Roy Miller and one daughter Mrs John Minish of Dysart
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Wyoming
Ruby Miller
Methodist
Kenneth Harden
Minstrel Practice Set Friday Evening for Lions Show
Lions club members rehearse for the minstrel show Friday February 3 at 7 30 p m in the public school. Selected cast includes Laverne Eilers Bob Loomis Frank Williams Carroll Vaughn and Harold Shugart with L C Perkins as interlocutor.
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Lions Club
Ead
Laverne Eilers
Bob Loomis
Frank Williams
Carroll Vaughn
Harold Shugart
L. C. Perkins
Two County Men Inducted For February In Jones County
Jones county draft office reports two men from the area will be inducted into the army on February 8 as the February quota. Inductees are John Joseph Meis of Dyersville and John Lewis Walderbach of Anamosa.
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Anamosa
Army
Jones County
Selective Service Office
John Joseph Meis
Dyersville
Cascade
John Lewis Walderbach
Eldon Welter
Monticello
Howard Kurth
Henry Pillard
John Emmett
Lewis Walshire
Wyoming
Donald Starry
Olin
Wyoming Bank Installs New Micro Filmer
The Citizens State Bank in Wyoming installed a Micro-Twin film machine recording both sides of documents up to 11 inches wide on 16 mm film. It photos 400 checks per minute and preserves 500000 deposit tickets dating back to 1932, saving space and speeding future access.
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Wyoming
Citizens State Bank
Ralph Orth
Surplus Food Plan Discussed by Iowa Officials
The Jones county board of supervisors and the board of social welfare will meet Friday at 10 a.m. in the courthouse to consider joining the surplus food commodity program. Nellie Rummell said the discussion will include R. H. Whitlatch and Harlan M. Keller. The plan would aid recipients of old age, blindness, dependent children, direct relief, or soldiers and sailors relief in some Iowa counties.
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Anamosa
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Board of Social Welfare
Nellie Rummell
Tones
R. H. Whitlatch
State Department of Social Welfare
Harlan M. Keller
Iowa
Ordination Ceremonies Set For Rev Carl J Manternach
Rev Carl J Manternach 25 son of Mrs George Manternach of Manternach will be ordained a Catholic priest at Christ the King chapel Loras college Dubuque Saturday Feb 5 His first Solemn High Mass will be in Sacred Heart church Monticello Monday Feb 7 Born May 14 1929 he graduated Sacred Heart High in 1946 1951 from Loras college and will finish theology studies at Mt St Bernard seminary in June The ceremony on Saturday will begin at 10 am with Rev E P Lorenz assisting and a reception in Sacred Heart school gym from 2 to 5 pm
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Carl J. Manternach
George Manternach
Manternach
Christ the King
Loras College
Dubugne
Sacred Heart Church of Monticello
Rev
Sacred Heart
Mt. St. Bernard Seminary
Sacred Heart Church
E. P. Lorenz
Allen Kurt
Albert Manternach
Nicholas Cigrand
William J. Ament
Thurifer
Donald Welter
Robert Ejler
Monticello Cub Scouts Award Ceremony At Legion Hall
Seventeen Monticello Cub Scouts received advancement and badge awards in a Thursday ceremony at the American Legion hall attended by seven dens. Den 6 led by Mrs. Robert Savage won best display with a railroad themed skit Driving of the Golden Spike, as several scouts earned wolf bear lion and bobcat badges and silver and gold arrow points.
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Monticello
DEN
American Legion Hall
Richard Himebaugh
Ronnie Richardson
John Myers
Scott McLaughlin
David Schoenbeck
David Savage
Roger Thompson
David Arduser
John Savage
Kenneth Kephart
Jerry Lang
Susan Savage
John Baty
Jackie Ross
Den 6
William Westhoff
Kenneth Bradford
Robert Savage
Merle Kuhns
Tommy Barnts
Larry Weber
Bobby Holmes
Michael Bradley
Merle Cox
Terry Reynolds
Blake Widemann
Paul Vanourny
Neal Becker
Steven Stulken
Mark Vanourny
Gerald Breitbach
Robert Hennig
All Girl School Faces First Boy Enrollee in District 3
In Scotch Grove rural school district No 3 the once all girl Rocky Ridge school admitted a boy, Henry Bemrose, whose family moved from Monticello. The community had long noted the school as exclusively female and the change marks a historic shift as two new girls had already joined at the start of the second semester.
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Scotch Grove
Rocky Ridge
Laura Lynn Eggers
Lois Boktken
Henry Bemrose
Monticello
Funeral Services for Rev Adix Pastor of 50 Years
Rev H L Adix 71 died after brief illness. Funeral at St Matthew Lutheran Church with Rev A E Schlueter Dr S Salzman Dr A Jagnow Rev S H Sandrock officiating. Interment Oakwood Cemetery. Born May 21 1883 near Sumner Iowa. married 1904 to Bertha S Litscher. Ordained 1904, served Lutheran churches in Jost area.
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Rev
Adix
H. L. Adix
John McDonald Hospital
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
A. E. Schlueter
St. Matthew's
S. Salzman
A. Jagnow
Dubuque
S. H. Sandrock
Waverly
J. Henry Rieniers
Willie Behrends
Louis Heiken
Ben Behrends
Alva Behrends
Alva Zimmerman
Frederick Rieniers
Eilert Prull, Jr
Wilfred C. Schatz
Paul Barrack
Ralph Otten
Paul Gerdes
Lavern McVay
Oakwood Cemetery
Bertha S. Litscher
St. John’s Lutheran Church
William Adix
Jost
Fire destroys Snyder home near Onslow
Onslow Iowa Jan 29 fire destroyed the Melvin Snyder farm home two story frame house and its contents about 10 30 p.m. after the Snyders returned from a Stanwood dance. No personal injuries occurred. The cause is unknown but may have started in the kitchen. Carroll fire department assisted. the Snyders work at Clinton Machine Co Maquoketa and are staying with Fred and Mrs Bramer.
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Onslow
Snyder
Fred Bramer
Snyders
Stanwood
Paul Ritenour
Wyoming Fire Department
Clinton Machine Co
Maquoketa
Bramers
Beef Banquet Here Tonight at Community Building
Tonight in the Community building the Jones county Beef Producers association sponsors a prime roast beef dinner at 6 30 followed by a beef banquet. Speakers include Jerry Sotola associate director of Armour's livestock bureau and William G Smolek beef specialist at Town State college. A Davenport entertainment bureau arranged the floor show with several professional numbers and Big Bills band of Wyoming will provide dinner music.
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Jones County Beef Producers Association
Jerry Sotola
Chicago
Armour’s Livestock Bureau
William G. Smolek
Town State College
Davenport
Big Bill
Band of Wyoming
Mary Fitzsimmons Undergoes Broken Hip Surgery in Iowa City
Mrs. Mary Fitzsimmons, patient at University hospital in Iowa City, underwent surgery Saturday for a broken hip after a fall from a step ladder at the Glenn Hargrave home on Wednesday. She had previously been at John McDonald hospital before transfer.
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Scotch Grove
Roscoe Easterly
Jones County
Here
Independence Mental Health Institute
Lewis Dreihelbis
Easterly
Independence
Young County Home
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Mary Fitzsimmons
University Hospital
Iowa City
Polio Fund Reaches $603.11 in Local Drive
Local polio fund drive chair Mrs. L. V. Drexler reports receipts total $603.11 so far with additional funds arriving. Containers placed in area stores await pickup, and contributions continue. The drive is sponsored by the Business and Professional Women's club.
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L. V. Drexler
Confessed killer requests delay in pleading at Anamosa
Melvin Wildt a 20 year old Anamosa reformatory inmate was given until February 9 to plead to a murder charge in the death of Clifton Clauson 32 another inmate. Wildt admitted to stabbing Clauson during a fight in the reformatory boiler room. Warren J Rees is Wildt's counsel.
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Anamosa
Melvin Wildt
Penningroth
Warren J. Rees
Wildt
Clauson
Petit Jurors Called For Jones County Court Terms
Anamosa Iowa March term jurors named with six excused for January session Judge Penningroth set March 1 at 9 am for 44 jurors to report A criminal case state of Iowa vs Lee Sam Monroe Anamosa charged with second offense operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated Monroe posted 700 bail October 27 on Highway 64 past Anamosa Civil assignments list eight cases across February and March including divorces quiet title and motor vehicle damage suits with amounts from 296 to 1009.94 plus interest and costs.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Monticello
Eleanor Wunder
State of Iowa
Lee Sam «Monroe
Monroe
Highway 64
Dorothy Barlow
Harry Eugene Barlow
Lou D. Carpenter
Dora D. Browne
Equity
Adolphn Burda
L. F. Zeller
Burda
Johnn Osborn
Nevada
Iowa
Gary Edward Schmidt
Osborn
C. M
Towers
Helen Dinnie
Iola C. Binley
Dade C. Binley
Binley
Jones
County Board of Supervisors
George J
Effie Daugherty
Fairview
Springstreet
Daughertys
Ben A. Potter
Edward Benischek
Potter
Local Salvation Army Unit Plans Appeal for Funds
Chauncey Robinson chairs the Monticello Salvation Army service unit committee with Nella M. Hoffman as treasurer. The group will soon run its annual appeal to fund local welfare needs and state programs including Booth Memorial hospital and state disaster relief.
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Monticello
Salvation Army Service Unit
Chauncey Robinson
Nella M. Hoffman
Mark F. Hogan
James Holler
Karl M. Keyes
Clarence Matthiessen
Frank E. Patterson
Sam Schuetz
Glenn O. Hargrave
Frank G
Booth Memorial Hospital
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David James
Center Junction
Dean Petersen
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Stuart Ireland
Robert Nissen
Patrick Foulkes
Loras Hughes
Bernard Darrow
Jackie Jones
Ottumwa
Thomas Eganhouse
Monmouth
Jerry Wink
John Rathmann
Marvin Rathmann
Robert Emmerich
Dean Mortensen
Devere Barger
Loren Hayes
Stanley Woodward
Melvin Taylor
Russell Streeper
Darrell West
Irie Welch
Lloyd Welter
Donald Rieniers
James Donald Marugg
Robert Che
Dean Hagen
Louie Wehde
Lisbon
Virgil Ortgies
Elmer Nissen
Lloyd Harrington
Merlin «Peiffer
Dapha Burkey
Wyoming Bank
LORAS
Carl Manternach
Cub Scouts
Rev. Adix
Sumner
Bremer County
William and Marie Kunder Adix
Clinton College
Clinton
Wartburg College
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Suellen Schoop
Guy Karsner
Karsner
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
James T. Remley
Reformatory
Herbert M. Radamacher, Jr
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Rademacher
Anamosa Reformatory
Central City
State Farm No. 1
Linn County
Charter Oak
Salvation Army
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