Car Licenses Issued by County Treasurer This Week
The county treasurer issued numerous new car licenses over the past week. Recipients include Larry Walton of Monticello with a 1947 Chevrolet, Julius Westphal of Anamosa with a 1947 Willys, T. R. Bohlken of Scotch Grove with a Mercury, Virtus Lorenzen of Olin with a 1948 Buick, Joe Manternach of Monticello with a 1947 Ford, and James E. Kidwell of Monticello with a Frazer. Additional licenses list Tony Nepps of Anamosa with a 1948 Ford, Harold V. Porter of Anamosa with a 1948 Chevrolet, Carlos Eilers of Monticello with a 1948 Chevrolet, and other residents across Monticello, Anamosa, Wyoming, Hale, Center Junction, and Olin riding various makes and years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Walton
Monticello
Chevrolet
Iowa Electric Company
Anamosa
Julius Westphal
Willys
T. R. Bohlken
Scotch Grove
Mercury
Virtus Lorenzen
Olin
Buick
Joe Manternach
Ford
James E. Kidwell
Frazer
Elmer
P. Peterson
Wyoming
Plymouth
Tony Nepps
G. O. Hargrave
Dodge
John Doden
Langworthy
Harold V. Porter
Frank Richardson
Carlos Eilers
Donald F. Zaruba
Hale
Fred Lazare
A. J. Stoll
Lloyd A. Brickley
Rex Brady
Center Junction
DeSoto
Frank Zaruba
Pontiac
Edward and
Duane Herren
Andmosa
Harrison Morse
Studebaker
World Day of Prayer Service at Congregational Church
The annual World Day of Prayer service will be held Friday afternoon from 2 to 3 at the Congregational Christian church. Rev. Andrew Mast opens the meeting with the theme The World at Prayer. Donna Beth Aitchison sings The Lord’s Prayer. The program is prepared by Jessie Bader Mrs Samuel Shoemaker and Welty Hensinger Fisher. Participating churches include Methodist Presbyterian Evangelical and Reformed and Congregational Christian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Christian’church
Andrew Mast
Donna Beth Aitchison
Jessie .M.bader
Samuel
County candidates file papers for June 7 primary
Candidates for county offices have filed nomination papers with a June 7 primary date. Filing deadlines extend to May 7 for completed papers. Signatures must equal at least 2 percent of the governor vote in the last general election. In Jones County Republicans need 63 signatures and Democrats 49. Statewide announcements follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Jones County
Marriage Licenses Granted Last Week
The Clerk of the District Court issued licenses this past week to John Lichty and Mary J. McDermott of Waterloo. James F Hubbard and Betty Lou Kahn of Emmetsburg. Donald Lyon and Marilyn JoAnn Hotz of Olin. Ralph W. Smith and Mary E. O'Toole of Anamosa. Thomas Stahl and Doris M. Anderson of Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
John Lichty
Mary J. McDermott
Waterloo
James Francis Hubbard
Betty Lou Kahn
Emmetsburg
Donald Lyon
Marilyn JoAnn Hotz
Olin
Ralph W. Smith
Mary E. O'Toole
Anamosa
Thomas Stahl
Doris M. Anderson
Births Reported at Joh McDonald Hospital This Week
Recent births listed for Joh McDonald hospital include a girl born Feb 6 to Mr and Mrs Henry Ehits of Monticello a girl to Mr and Mrs Jack Robinson of Monticello and a boy born Feb 10 to Mr and Mrs Francis Feldman of Hopkinton with earlier entry Feb 4 for Mr and Mrs Marvin Lacock of Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joh McDonald Hospital
Marvin Lacock
Wyoming
Acgir
Henry
Ehits
Monticello
Jack. Robinson
Francis. Feldman
Hopkinton
Monticello Lions Club Meets At Monty Cafe
The Monticello Lions Club held a regular dinner at the Monty Cafe last Monday evening with Ed Cox presiding as vice president. The program focused on unity and betterment initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Lions Club
Monty Cafe
Ed Cox
Nthe
Cox
Return of World War II sailor Blythe's body for final burial
The casketed remains of Ship's Cook 3 Robert A. Blythe will be returned from the Guadalcanal grave to his Martelle, Iowa home for final interment next month. Navy escort will accompany the body from Chicago, with delivery dates announced five days prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Blythe
Blythe
Navy
Chicago
American Graves Registration Division
Cook Blythe
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Levi E. Blythe
Martelle
Carroll J. Grinnell
Consignee
Gold Star
Iowa
Keep Food Lockers Working For Table
A combined meeting of Lovell and Castle Grove township women met at St. Matthew's basement Feb 4. Home Economist Emelda Kunan led the session on locker management and savings via frozen foods. She outlined freezing steps for fruits and vegetables and proper packaging for meat, noting poultry or pork should not stay in lockers beyond three to four months. The next St. Matthew's meeting, to be on March 3, will focus on clothing selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell
Castle Grove Township
St. Matthew's Church
Emelda Kunan
Miss Kunan
St. Matthew’s Church
Richardson Can Use Some Passengers
Victor Richardson, a newspaper course student at the State University of Iowa in Iowa City, drives daily except Saturday. He departs at 7 a.m. via Anamosa, Mount Vernon, and Solon to Iowa City and returns in the evening, leaving Towa City at 5:30 p.m. to Monticello, planning to continue this schedule through June with solo trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Richardson
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Anamiosa
Mount Vernon
Solen
Iowa’ City
Towa City
Monticello
Monticello Red Cross names 1948 membership chief
At a Monticello Red Cross executive board meeting F S Stuhler announced Rev A Mast as 1948 membership drive chairman with a goal of 1886. Committees named include Publicity C A Coxsee Home Service Chester Condit Disaster and Preparedness L W Lovell Nursing Mrs O E York First Aid and Water Safety Dr Earl H DeShaw Junior Red Cross Mrs Raymond Coyle. The chapter plans water safety training and may send two people to Iowa City for a water safety school and to a national aquatic event. Proposals to aid needy families with Christmas baskets hot school lunches and a local First Aid Station were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
American Red Cross
F. S. Stuhler
A. Mast
O. E. York
Earl H. DeShaw
Red Cross
Raymond Coyle
Iowa City
National Aquatic and Water
Worthington Couple Married Sixty Years
Mr and Mrs Victor A Stoll of Worthington celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Saturday February 7 with a solemn Mass dinner for relatives and an open house. Married February 7 1888 in Worthington they have lived there all their lives and are parents of five children four living Celestine Claren Schemmel Alphonse Stoll plus 14 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
A. Stoll
Worthington
Stoll
Celestine Stoll
John Claren
Worth
Alcoholics Anonymous Holds Fraternal Meeting Across Towns
The Monticello group of Alcoholics Anonymous held a joint meeting last Friday at 8 p.m. in the K of P hall. About 65 men attended from seven towns including Cedar Rapids Dubuque Manchester Maquoketa Independence Waterloo Monticello and Lancaster Wis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Alchoholics Anonymous
K. of P. Hall
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Manchester
Maquoketa
Independence
Waterloo
Lancaster
Wis
Lenten programs announced across churches for Lent
Multiple area churches outline weekly Lenten services for February and March. Rev. Andrew Mast speaks on God So Planned It at Union services February 18 in the Community Building. St Matthew's Luther Hall hosts Jesus Wrongfully Accused. Sacred Heart and St John’s/Lutheran churches also hold midweek and Friday services with hymns and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Mast
Congregational Church
Union Choir
Richard Leng
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Luther Hall
H. L. Adix
Jesus
Sacred Heart Church
Eugene Lorenz
Barby
Bisah
Retthm _a
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Frederick Kehren
Brotherhood
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Lyman Perkins Named President Of Monticello Country Club
Dr Lyman Perkins has been named president of the Monticello Country Club for the coming season. The board of directors selected him as president and will seek a caretaker to provide meals on order and light refreshments. Leonard Fluckiger serves as secretary with Ed Appleby Leonard Thathiges Eugene DeWitt and Max McCrabb on the board. The group plans evening and afternoon parties for members and aims to launch a complete program early this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Perkins
Monticello ‘Country Club
Leonard Fluckiger
Ed ‘Appleby
Leonard
Inter Church Council Holds Laboratory School
The Laboratory School’s first meeting took place at Anamosa Congregational Church on Monday Feb 9 at 7 30 PM. Nine churches attended and the Sunday school was praised for its interesting and well done work. The next meeting is Feb 16 at 7 30 PM at the Wyoming Methodist Church led by Rev F E Somerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Congregational Church
Wyoming ‘Methodist Church
F. E. Somerville
Scouts Earn Eagle Rank At Cedar Rapids Pancake Jamboree
Scouts from troop 66 Monti cello Boy Scouts and parents traveled to Cedar Rapids for a jamboree and court of honor at Stuart Memorial hall in the Quaker Oats plant. Two boys received the Eagle Scout rank as plans were made to serve 5 000 pancakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop 66
Monticello
Mrs John Heyen Dies After Lengthy Illness
Funeral services for Mrs. John Heyen were held at St John Evangelical Lutheran church following her death at Sit Josephs sanitarium Dubuque on Saturday February 4. Born Johanna Matilda Scheer September 25 1874 in Monticello she was the daughter of Christopher and Engel Scheer Germans. Survived by husband daughter Mary Bennett Santa Monica Calif and sons Clarence Langworthy Henry Chicago Dr Hans Emmetsburg four grandchildren sister Augusta Norris Center Junction and brother August Scheer Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heyen
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Sit. Joseph's Sanitarium
Dubuque
St. John’s Cemetery
R. P. Young
Heyen
Monticello
Johanna Matilda Scheer
Christopher and
Engel Jacobs Scheer
Germany
Citizenship Day Marked By Scouts In County Offices
Jones County Boy Scouts from five troops staged Citizenship Day with ten Scouts acting as county officials. Dean Powers and Duane Christiansen served as supervisors and assessor recorder, while Charles Metcalf and Fred Fifield were among others filling key posts at a luncheon hosted at the Hotel Iowan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Boy Scouts
Iowan
Dean Powers
Anamosa
Duane Christiansen
Oxford Junction
Charles Metcalf
Fred Fi
Monticello Leads Small Iowa Towns in 1947 Operating Cost
A state tabulation shows Monticello with 2 546 people spending 21 880 for the year ending March 31 1947 reducing per person cost from 5 88 in 1946 to 8 59 in 1947. The 71 small towns averaged 8 68 per person in 1947 up from 7 52 in 1946 with names like Marion Anamosa Manchester Tipton and Dyersville listed for 1948 and 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Monticello
Mon Iticello
Marion
Anamosa
Reformatory
Manchester
Tipton
Dyersville
Lovell War Vet Crafts Lamps and Walnut Wood Art
William Schneiter, WWI veteran from Lovell Township, makes electric lamps and wooden articles in bed and wheelchair. He has built over 100 lamps, including twin and floor lamps, and crafts stands, racks, and carved pieces from walnut. He shipped lamps to California, Wisconsin, Michigan and New York and remains active at home in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billl Schhelter
East Veteran
Third Street
Monticello
Bill
Express
William Schneiter
Schneiter
Lovell Township
United States
115Th Infantry
Elizabeth Mettler
John
Hilda
Margaret
Monticelo
California
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York
Communion Service At Zion's Church
An adult confirmation class will partake of holy communion at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church on Sunday February 15 at 10 30 am. Class members are Mrs Dorothy Laban Schafer Mrs Vernita Vernon Schafer and Mrs Kathleen Liebold Schafer. Announcements should be made to the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Dorothy Laban Schafer
Vernita Vernon Schafer
Kathleen Liebold Schafer
Rosboroughs Welcomed Daughter In Moline Birth
Mrs. James Rosborough of Moline Illinois became the mother of a eight pound daughter born February 10 The Rosboroughs also have a son named James The mother is Mary Elizabeth Stuhler before marriage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rosborough
Moline
Ill
Juesday
Rosboroughs
James
Rosborough
Mary
Elizabeth’ Stuhler
Anamosa Women Injured In Waterloo Highway Crash
Miss Emelda Kunan an Anamosa home demonstration agent and Miss Marian Bates a teacher were injured Saturday on highway 20 east of Waterloo when their car skidded on icy roads and struck a telephone pole. Both were taken to Waterloo area hospitals with head injuries and facial cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emelda Kunan
Marian May Bates
Anamosa
Waterloo
Highway
Miss Kunan
Miss Bates
Presbyterian Hospital
Loren Hackley
Dewar Corners
Iowa
Hackley
Quinton Parker
Farm Bureau Women Meet In Anamosa
Jones County Farm Bureau women gathered at the Iowan hotel Anamosa Tuesday afternoon with 34 attendees. County chairman Mrs Forrest D Deischer led the meeting while Mrs Reuel McColm spoke on the Library project and new legislature. Plans were made for Rural Women's Day to be held April 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
Iowan
Forrest D. Deischer
Reuel McColm
Ed Urban
Jones County Public Health Council
Deischer
Louis Schladetzky
Olin
John Mayberry
Harold Hartman
Anna Lasack
C. D. Brown
Emelda Kunan
McCorker
Cherokee County
Lee Byerly Dies in Cedar Rapids Hospital
Lee Byerly age 55 died at a Cedar Rapids hospital at 6 pm Monday. He worked at the LaPlante-Choate factory and lived in the Pullman hotel. Funeral services were held at Smykit funeral home Anamosa at 2 pm, burial in Antioch cemetery Jackson township. Survived by wife two daughters three brothers five sisters and his mother. He was a Cornell college Mount Vernon graduate and had lived in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Byerly
Cedar Rapids
LaPlante-Choate
Pullman
Smykit Funeral Home
Anamosa
Antioch Cemetery
Jackson Township
Byerly
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Monticello
Plan Opening of Seal Campaign In Monticello
Earl Hall named Iowa chair man of the 1948 Easter Seal campaign running February 28 through March 28. It marks the 10th annual Iowa seal sale sponsored by the Iowa Society for Crippled Children and the Disabled with the National Society. The campaign supports medical care rehabilitation and services for Iowa’s physically handicapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hall
Mason City
Iowa
Iowa Society For Crippled Children and the Disabled
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Scotch Grove
Denmark
Greece
Germany
Farm Bureau
Scotch Grove Community Club
Scotch Grove. Farm
Bureau
Decrees in Davis Farm Occupancy Case and Dannemann Suit
In Jones County District Court a decree found in the estate case Doris Edna Davis vs Ira L Davis. Dora Davis had rights to occupy the farm for 400 per year since 1932, machinery replaced, a receiver to report in 20 days. The court also ruled for Carl Nemitz against Donald Dannemann for 132.82 plus interest. Otto Dannemann not liable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County District Court
Doris Edna Davis
George W. Davis
Ira L. Davis
Dora Davis
Carl Nemitz
Donald Dannemann
Otto Dannemann
Dale Adams Attends Grassland Conference in Cedar Rapids
Farmer Dale Adams from north of Monticello joined 600 Eastern Iowa farmers at a Cedar Rapids grassland conference on February 5. Speakers urged timely harvesting to preserve forage value and Adams participated in a 13-farmer panel on forage crops. The discussions were recorded and aired on WMT from 9 to 9 30 p m February 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Adams
Monticello
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Adams
WMT
Alumni Association Elects New Officers
The Monticello High School Alumni Association met in the public library February 4 and elected new officers for the current year. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Forrest D. Deischer. Officers elected included Chairman Mrs. Guy Bonwell, co chairman Mrs. Robert Savage, secretary Fern Decker, and treasurer Nella Hoffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School Alumni Association
Forrest D. Deischer
Guy Bonwell
Cochairman
Robert Savage
Fern Decker
Nella Hoffman
Mrs Stimson Suffering Stroke in Critical Condition
Mrs Frank E Stimson reportedly suffered a stroke last week and remains critically ill at John McDonald hospital. She is not receiving visitors.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rotary’ Club
Cecil Goettsch
Merle Jacobsen
First and
Cedar Streets
Dick Cox
Herbert Cox
Leonard Hoffman
Hoffman
Rotarians
Rotary Club
Emil Pruit
Howard Struve
Ray Adams
Louie Morf
James G. Nelson
Lions Club
Charles Robinson
Monticello Conservation League
Garfield Harker
Scout Robinson
B. C. Hall
Harker
League
Jack Beeks
Robert Blythe
Vic
Richardson
Red Cross Chapter
Board For Action
Alcoholics Anonymous
Inter-Church Council
St. John’s Church
Young
Oswald Sandbach
Fairbank
William Kettlitz
Rena Kettlitz
Rainbow
Order of the Eastern Star
Marilyn Landis
Margaret Eilers
Norma Uchige En Ae ' Cox
Jane ‘DeShaw
Part “Podhaski
Jane Long
Rom Hoult
ueVonne Flucyore
Deiseher
Vol
Harford
Joan Wright
Martha ‘Hayes
Diothy Behr
Jeanne’ Ha
Win Mueller Photo Studio
Bill Schneiter
Zion's Church
Cedar Rapids Hospital
Alumni Association
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