Railcar Cattle Shipments Reach U S Yards Chicago Past Week
Reports show high cars of cattle shipped to U S Yards Chicago from Monticello yards including Joe F Simmons George G Rickels O Shea Brothers Clarence Finn Ernest Goldsmith Leo Lawrence and Dubuque Packing Company plus Hygrade Foods transport poultry and eggs to Detroit Tommy Shipley sent walnut logs to Evansville Incoming cattle cars arrive for George Kurt Jim Hamilton Ed Reiter Pete Hosch Tama Kansas City and Oklahoma City. Camp Fire Girls in Canowesi elect officers for three months led by Marjorie Luett Marileigh Clark Lavonne Fluckiger Shirley Shelley and Mary Alice Wilcox. Snow blankets region as California weather departs and zero is forecast.
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U. S
Chicago
Monticello
Joe F. Simmons
George 2. Rickels
O'Shea Brothers
Clarence Finn
Ernest Goldsmith
Leo Lawrence
Dubuque Packing Company
Dubuque
Hygrade Food Products Company
Detroit
Tommy Shipley
Evansville
Oklahoma City
Okla
George Kurt
Jim Hamil
Ed Reiter
Kansas City
Kan
Pete Hosch
Tama
Canowesi
E. H. DeShaw
Marjorie Luett
Marileigh Clark
Lavonne Fluckiger
Shirley Shelley
Mary Alice Wilcox
Wilcox Hatchery Head Talks To Monticello Rotary
Harold Wilcox proprietor of Wilcox Hatchery in Monticello spoke to the Monticello Rotary Club last Monday evening. He reviewed the egg and chick business and described modern hatchery methods. His assistant Paul Petersen attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wilcox
Wilcox Hatchery
Monticello
Red Cross sewing project reports finished overseas bags
Mrs Hei Schoon, chairman, said many overseas bags for soldiers were finished in Red Cross rooms Tuesday afternoon. No knitting is needed now, but a shipment of yarn is expected soon.
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Hei Schoon
Red Cross Sewing Project
Red Cross
Schoon
Lions Club Indoor Circus Arrives in Monticello
The Lions Club brings the second annual indoor circus to Monticello March 16 at the community building. Advance-promoters promise a bigger show with new side acts, concessions, and greater talent, while avoiding definite guarantees.
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Monticello
Lions Club
Bond sales lag in Jones county during war loan drive
With one week remaining, Jones county had met 55 percent of its 995 000 dollar war bond quota, totaling 572 594 dollars in purchases. Monticello reached 134 610 50 of 157 000, while Oxford Junction lagged at about 41 000 of 41 000 and others barely met or exceeded their small town goals.
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Axia
Jones County
F. E. Stimson
Italy
Monticello
Stimson
Oxford Junction
West Cascade
Morley
Anamosa
Blue Launches Candidacy for Town Governor Nomination
Eagle Grove man Lieutenant Governor Robert D. Blue announces his bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. A Drake Law School graduate and former Wright County attorney, Blue has served eight years in the Town Legislature, including four years as floor leader and two as speaker. He was elected lieutenant governor in 1942, on the ticket with Governor Hickenlooper, and states he will run in the June primaries. He is married with a son and daughter in high school.
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U. S
B. B. Hickenlooper
Robert D. Blue
Eagle Grove
Town
Blue
Drake University Law School
Wright County
Hickenlooper
W A Fairburn of Cascade Dies at 84
William Aitchison Fairburn 84 died Thursday at his daughter's home in Cascade after a two month illness. Funeral held Saturday at Community Church Cascade with burial in Cascade Cemetery. Survived by wife Clara and three daughters in Milwaukee and Cascade plus six grandchildren. He served 30 years as Sunday School superintendent and was an elder at the church. Jones county Draft board to meet Friday Feb 11 at 10 a.m. in court house offices.
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Cascade
William Aitchison Fairburn
Fairburn
Archie Marcomber
Scotland
United States
Clara Weir
Monticello
William
Blanche) Webbles
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert
Janette) Krimmer
Archie
Helen) Macomber
Community Church
Jones County
Draft Board
Court House
Names Of Men Placed In 1 A
Jones county selective service board reclassified 100 men from 8 A to 1 A making them eligible for army induction. The list includes numerous names by town such as Monticello Anamosa Cedar Rapids Postville Waterloo Shenandoah Clinton Grinnell and others with multiple individuals per locality. The secretary is Carmela O Toole.
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Selective Service Board
Jones County
Carmela O'Toole
Monticello
Michael R. Leytem
James E. Read
Clyde L. Clough
Samuel C. Rhatigan
Dale S. Clark
Carroll E. Podhaski
Clifford A. Kidwell
Laurence E. Walton
Harvey J. Lecter
Harold J. Dunn
Gene W. Chadwell
Harley R. Stoneking
Kenneth W. Harms
Harold J. Gottleaber
Mahlon H. Sechusen
Willis G. Rickels
Anamosa
Cecil F. Blayney
Lawrence J. Conmey
Everett E. Sproston
Max L. Mitchell
Howard J. Grassfield
Guy C. Taylor
Earl B. Mckinstry
DeWitt C. Stingley
Francis L. Miers
Andrew H. J. Tobiassen
Laurie E. Taylor
Francis J. J. Payton
Clarence C. Barker
Gary R. Matthiessen
Dean A. VanAmburg
Richard F. Nichols
Charles L. Highley
Cecil R. Farmer
Clifford A.thompson
Carl G. Schoon
Earl R. Tobiassen
Mark C. van Antwerp
J. Olin
Otto E. Schlemmer
Harold E. Fairley
Harold S. Fall
John A.phillips
LeRoy A. McCormick
Wilbur L. Darrow
Emery F. Wood
Louis McGuire
Cecil x. Wall
Owen L Merritt
Donald E . Wood
Oxford Junction
Glenn M. Bright
Louis C. Bizek
Albert C. Wink
Wyoming
Alfred E. Leeper
Kermit W. Usher
Frank Pegorick
Lester J. Schaeffer
George W. McCalmant
Martin L. Carstensen
Frank W.millgap
Cedar Rapids
Donald J. Jansen
Claire H. Adams
Franklin H. Bunce
Jack A. Rees
Howard F. Countryman
Lawrence E. Joslin
Claire D. Thompson
Postville
Mark K. Blackman
Dallas
Tex
Charles E. Lauden
Morley
Mervin E. Switzer
Cascade
Albert A. Green
John N. Turnis
Amber
John G. H. Bodeker
Martelle
Ellis V. Miller
Argus
D. McConaughy
Jackson
Miss
Earl C. Schuchman
Monmouth
Raymond F. Nowachek
Mechanicsville
George K. Shover
Marion
Lyle R. McMullen
Millard E. Wells
Ames
Louis H Burger
Aledo
Charles O. Hurt
Phoenix
Monticello Housewives to Use New Food Token Plan
The Monticello Express explains a national rationing scheme starting February 27. Tokens become change, blue and red stamps gain value, and validity lasts twelve weeks. The plan reduces page turning and emphasizes simplified administration for shoppers and officials.
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Monticello
America
Monticello Express
Stamp and coupon validity notices amid ration changes
Wartime ration guidance outlines stamp validity through various dates for sugar, shoes, fuel oil, meat fats, and green stamps. Notices specify periods 3 to 5 coupons, regional allowances, and redemption values while flagging tax filing reminders.
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Middle ‘West
Patrons Elect New Creamery Officers in 1944 Meeting
The Farmers Cooperative Creamery in Monticello held its annual meeting Monday afternoon with stockholders noting satisfactory returns. Directors elected were Fred Cramer Castle Grove as president, Ed Zirkel Yach Wayne as vice president, and J Heeren Scotch Grove Neal Hayden Hardscrabble Carl Heiken Cass Harold Egger Sand Springs Carl Schneiter Bowl Prairie. The board met Tuesday to confirm the officers.
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Farmers Cooperative Creamery Company of
Monticello
Fred Cramer
Castle
Fred Cramer Grove
Ed Zirkel- Yach
Wayne
Doe J. Heeren
Scotch Grove
Neal B. Hayden
Hardscrabble
Carl G. Heiken
Cass
Harold Egger
Sand Springs
Carl Schneiter
Bowl Prairie
Candidates To Seek Offices In Jones County Race
In Jones county politics this week, seven Republicans and two Democrats announced candidacies. Republicans include Bess Sherman for county recorder C F Shimanek for county attorney Leigh Pearson for clerk of the district court Don Ruhl for county treasurer Bill Bailey and Henry Adams for supervisor and Lee Crain for supervisor 1945 1946 terms. Shimanek former two term state representative partners with Frank Shimaneck, Oxford Junction. Democrats George Specht for county auditor and Henry J Eichhorn for county sheriff also seek nomination in June. Incumbents dominate the field except Shimanek.Available text appears imperfect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Sherman
C. F. Shimanek
Leigh Pearson
Don Ruhl
Bill Bailey
Henry Adams
Lee Crain
Shimanek
Jones County
Frank Shimaneck
Oxford Junction
George Specht
Henry J. Eichhorn
Warreni Réemosa
Cou ‘ Sires
Mi Returi
Jones County Court Notices Of The Week
Two new cases filed in Jones county district court include Bert Kibura and Franc Kiburz versus Oliver Kiburz and Amelia Kiburz over a land purchase agreement and a March 1 1944 money balance with a warranty deed and abstract to be furnished. A divorce action Garside versus Gar side cites a Wyoming marriage November 5 1988 and a January 26 1944 separation with property stipulations. Judge Heiserman ordered Wayne Mdpar Ruhl to remain with the plaintiff and a $2000 award plus household goods to the plaintiff. Judge Thompson ruled Keating versus Zimmer growers not entitled to workmen compensation benefits due to agricultural activity, and Green versus Jones county found total disability with $720 due plus 6 percent interest and medical costs.
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Jones County District Court
Bert Kibura
Franc Kiburz
Oliver Kiburz
Amelia Kiburz
Maxine M. Garside
Raymond P. Garside
Wyoming
J. Heiserman
Elsie H. Ruhl
Percy R. Ruhl
Wayne Mdpar Ruhl
G. K. Thompson
William Keating
Charles W. Zimmer
State Industrial Commissioner
Albert Green
Jones County
Monticello Woman Assumes VFW Auxiliary Leadership
Hedwig Olson of Denison becomes president of the Department of Iowa Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW after the death of Madeline Walsh of Burlington. Olson previously served as department senior vice president and is the daughter of Rudolph and Hedwig Aebi of Monticello.
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Hedwig Olson
Denison
Department of Iowa Ladies’ Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Olson
Hedwig Aebi
Rudolph Aebi
Monticello
V.F.W
Madeline ‘Walsh
Burlington
Walsh Tricken ongHer
Celal
Fort Dodge
Hickenlooper
Leo Warren Memorialized In Service
Memorial services for Leo Warren son of Mr and Mrs Ben Warren killed on the Italian front December 10 1944 will be held Sunday February 13 at 2 30 p m in Onslow high school The ceremony will be led by the American Legion post of Wyoming with Rev Frank Schrader In 1944 Warren was 22 when he died and was buried in Sicily with full military honors He served in the Italian campaign under Lt Gen George S Patton with the Seventh Army He was born August 1 1922 graduated Onslow high school in 1940 enlisted in the army in February 1942 and trained at Fort Lewis His only furlough ended when he returned to duty for the invasion of North Africa on November 8 1942 His parents and sister Helen survive It is hoped his body may be reinterred in Onslow cemetery after the war.
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Onslow
Leo Warren
Blys
Ben Warren
Onslow High School
American Legion Post of
Wyoming
Frank Schrader
Warren
Sicily
War Department
George S. Patton
United States Seventh Army
Fort Lewis
Wash
North Africa
Helen
Anamosa Cons Take Monti Car Two Escapees Captured
Two men from Anamosa Cons escaped a dairy barn reformitory at Anamosa and were captured near St Francis church in Dyersville at 6 45 p m Friday. Bernard Sweet 19 and Paul Smith 22 surrendered to Police Chief Charles Platz and State Patrolman Carl Meinhart and Arthur Longseth. They were returned to the reformatory by Warden Foss Davis Friday night. The pair had escaped with a ransacked church, abandoned cars, and a sequence of town-to-town travel concluding in Dyersville. They were serving 10 year terms with Sweet convicted for forgery in Clarion in 1942 and Smith convicted in CONVICTS continued.
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Anamosa
St. Francis Church
Dyersville
Bernard Sweet
Paul Smith
Charles Platz
Carl Meinhart
Arthur Longseth
Manchester
Reformatory
Foss Davis
Monticello
A. H. Hobert
Harold Schlimmer
Selma Specht
Sisters of the Order of St. Francis
St. Francis School
Hickenlooper Announces Iowa Candidacy In 1944 Bid
U S senator candidate Bourke J Hickenlooper declares for the Republican nomination in Iowa stating support for international cooperation and the Golden Rule in world politics He criticizes current farm policy as confusing and vows a permanent non political program to ensure fair prices and soil conservation. He stresses full support for armed forces and aims for postwar stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickenlooper
United States
Dr Ray Fuller Opens Chiropractic Practice in Monticello
Dr Ray R Fuller a Dubuque chiropractor has set up offices in the Ferring Building Monticello and will practice from First Street upstairs over First's Electrical Shop. He graduated from Palmer in 1925 and previously worked in Dubuque. His nephew Kenneth Fuller is a former Monticello high school instructor. The Fuller family has one son, Dean, 12. The Methodist church insurer settled a 1800 loss from a roof fire and repairs await materials. services continue in the church Sunday school room.
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Ray R. Fuller
Methodist Church
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