Civil War Shrapnel Tree Displayed in Wyoming Library
A Roche Memorial library in Wyoming displays a Civil War tree limb embedded with shrapnel and a canister ball. It was brought home by Union soldier Charles Gridley who enlisted in 1861 at 19, served in the 5th Infantry Company D, and was mustered out in Louisville in 1865. The relic, found among the late Mrs. Cecil Wherry’s possessions, sparks curiosity about Gridley’s unit and campaigns toward Savannah and the sea.
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Peggy JO Dirks
Roche Memorial Library
Wyoming
Donna Benning
Jones County
Charles Gridley
LeRoy Dirks
Raymond Benning
Express
Ed Kooi
Sth Infantry
Louisville
Iowa
9Th Infantry
Hood
Alabama
Sherman
Savannah
Young Gridley
Georgia
Cecil
Nettie) Wherry
Monticello Community Events and Birth Reports
Monticello pages list local events for Feb 14 to Feb 18 including club meetings, recruiter's visits, and bake sales at Legion hall and community buildings. Birth notices from John McDonald hospital report several newborns with parent names and towns, plus a few county-wide notices and a justice of the peace fine.
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Community Conservation League
Legion Hall
Jones County Beef Producers
Oxford Junction
Jones County Shrine
Embassy Club
Cedar Rapids
Hopkinton Farm Home Destroyed By Fire
Fire leveled the Robert J. McNeill farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chapman four miles southeast of Hopkinton. Firefighters saved one wing but the house burned to the ground leaving three chimneys. The fire re erupted Tuesday morning destroying the remaining wing. The Chapman family and five children stayed Monday night with Vern Chapman.
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Hopkinton
Ray Chapman
Robert J. McNeill
Chapmans
Monticello
Vern Chapman
County Supervisors Buy Tires From Two Firms
Jones county board of supervisors selected Cueno Firestone store of Anamosa and Hearn Oil and Tire company of Monticello to supply tires. Cueno billed $570.52 and Hearn $337.10 for the two purchases. The board also named William J. Bailey Harm Dirks and Meda Bowdish to the county social welfare board for 1958.
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Jones County
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Cueno Firestone Store
Anamosa
Hearn Oil and Tire Company
Monticello
Cueno
Hearn
County Social Welfare Board
William J. Bailey
Harm J. Dirks
Center Junction
Meda Bowdish
United Fund Drive Proposal Tabled At GMC Meeting
The Greater Monticello committee members tabled a proposal to sponsor a pubic hearing on a united fund drive for Monticello. They debated if one combined drive would raise less than separate drives. Dr Harl DeShaw will represent the GMC at the Des Moines Industrial Development meeting Feb 27 and 28. Eight members attended the Community Building meeting with H M Jones presiding in Bill Shaffer's absence.
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United Fund Drive
GMC
Greater Monticello
Publc
Monticello
United Fund
Harl DeShaw
Des Moines
G.M.C
H. M. Jones
Bill Shaffer
Creamery Elects Secretary as Board Bylaw Takes Effect
Louie Hanken was re elected president of the Farmers Mutual Creamery board of directors Saturday Jake Dietiker was re elected vice president and Irvin Husmann was elected secretary to replace Jon Heeren The secretary now must be a board member under a new bylaw This year Husmann and Bud Bone were elected February 3 to succeed Albert Fas and Hans Hoffman as directors
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Louie. Hanken
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Jake Dietiker
Irvin Husmann
Jon Heeren
Husmann
Bud Bone
Albert Fas
Hans Hoffman
Draft Board Clerk Warns 18-Year-Olds to Register
Jones County draft board clerk Mrs. L. L. Doolittle urges all young men to register on their 18th birthday or within five days after. She warns penalties include heavy fines or sentence for nonregistration and reminds those nearing 18 to comply promptly.
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Draft Board
Jones County
L. L. Doolittle
Lions Club Offers Travel Tickets for Feb 17 Iowa Wisconsin Game
Lions club members and friends can buy tickets for the February 17 Iowa vs Wisconsin basketball game in Iowa City. Les Linn and George Nieters announce tickets cover round trip transportation and game admission.
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Lions Club
Iowa City
Les Linn
George Nieters
Jury docket outlines next term in Jones County court
Jones County district court schedules four jury cases for the February term with ten hearings listed. Notable matters include Wainscott versus Zimmerman non jury, Olin Reed and Paul E. Chaplin O.M.V.I. jury cases, Dirks and Benson O.M.V.I. with Benson facing sodomy charges, and Behnken estate probate non jury. Grand jurors selected February 10 and several sentencing actions noted.
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Jones County
Jones County District Court
Charles Penningroth
Lee and
Mae Wainscott
Carl
Shirley Zimmerman
Wainscotts
Zimmermans
Hale Township
Farm Labor Unity Highlighted at Jones County Union Meeting
A Jones County Farmers Union meeting in Anamosa featured E. H. Owens of Newton and Len Wolf of Elkader urging farmers and laborers to unite politically. Speakers, including Harold Larson and John Lane, noted farm labor ties and discussed right to work, prices, and upcoming union conventions on Feb 28 to Mar 1 and Mar 16.
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Anamosa
Jones County Farmers Union
Rela
E. H. (Soapy) Owens
Newton
United Auto Workers Union
Monticello
Len Wolf
Elkader
Jim Croghan
Woodbine
Iowa Farmers Union
Harold Larson
John Lane
Cascade
Owens
U.S
Iowa Federation of Labor
Farm-Labor Committee
Farmers and Workers
U.A.W
Uion
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
Wolf
Farm Bureau
Croghan
Farmers, Union
N.F.O
Thut
Farmers Union
Lane
Larson
Jones County
Specht and Howie File for Jones County Soil Post
Howie and Specht filed nominating petitions to run for the Jones County Soil Conservation district commissioner seat to replace John Shover whose six year term ends in March. Election set for February 26 at the Farm Bureau building in Anamosa from noon to 3 pm. Howie and Specht detail farm operations and community roles, with election rules noting one vote per land title and per operator.
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Max Specht
Route 1
Monticello
Kenneth Howie
Jones County Soil Conservation District
John Shover
Shover
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
The
Castle Grove Township
County Extension Council
National Farm Loan Association
Soil Conservation District
Goodyear Tire Company
Monticello School Board Candidates Named
Three men Cecil Goettsch Virgil Hunt and Dr Robert W Myers filed petitions for the Monticello school board term with Dr BE DeShaw not seeking re election Donald Sutherland seeks re election as treasurer petitions due by noon February 28 election set for March 10 The board renewed a lunch program Masonic temple agreement and Leigh Clark won the acoustical tile contract for 700 95 in home economics remodel with bids higher from Kelley s Inc and Allied Construction Services Inc
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Monticello
BE. H. DeShaw
Cecil Goettsch
Virgil Hunt
Robert W. Myers
Donald Sutherland
DeShaw
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Temple
Leigh Clark
Kelley's Inc
Cedar Rapids
Allied Construction Services, Inc
Davenport
Autos Collide At Intersection On Amber Road
Two Monticello drivers, Lawrence R. Goodyear and Neal L. First, collided at the Amber Road intersection three miles north of Monticello at about 11 15 a m Tuesday. Goodyear’s 1955 Plymouth hit ice and ran a stop sign. First’s 1957 Ford pickup veered into a ditch. Both cars were badly damaged and drivers reported minor bruises.
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Amber Road
First
Juniors and Seniors Attend Monticello Roller Skating Party
Nearly 100 Monticello public high school juniors and seniors attended a roller skating party on February 10 in Cedar Rapids. The senior class invited the underclassmen, and the group rode three school buses under faculty supervision.
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Monticello Public High School
Cedar Rapids
Monticello History Highlighted At Lions Club Meeting
Howard Hicks and Mrs. John Fraser traced Monticello history while Dr. BE H. DeShaw presented a current Monticello report prepared for the Iowa Development Commission. Mrs. Bud McNeill contributed the present description and Mrs. Jim Bowie, an early resident, was introduced by Hicks.
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Monticello
Lions Club
Howard Hicks
John Fraser
Be, H. DeShaw
Iowa Development Commission
Bud McNeill
Jim Bowie
Hicks
Mental Health Society To Hold Potluck Dinner Feb 20
ANAMOSA The Jones County Mental Health society plans a pot luck dinner at the county home near Amber on February 20 at 6 30 p m. Mrs Earl Rummel county welfare director and society chair says speakers include Mrs Gordon Delay from Cedar Rapids the state and national mental health director. Public invited.
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Mental Health Society
County Home
Anamosa
Jones County Mental Health Society
Amber
Earl Rummell
Gordon Delay
Cedar Rapids
Rummel
Heart Fund Meeting Set for Anamosa February 17
Dr John W Eckstein of Iowa City cardiovascular labs will speak at the Jones County Heart Fund meeting in Anamosa on Monday February 17 at 8 pm in the Community room of the courthouse. Dr Caraway chairman of the Monticello drive will moderate. Wayne McKenna will show a ten minute film on fund uses and Dr John Bailey of Anamosa will discuss local heart disease care.
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John W. Eckstein
Cardiovascular Laboratories
Iowa City
Jones County Heart Fund
Dean Caraway
Monticello
Caraway
Anamosa
Wayne McKenna
Cedar Valley Heart Council
John Bailey
Farmers Union Sets 300 Member Target in Iowa Drive
Jones County Farmers Union aims to push past 250 current members toward 300 in the ongoing drive led by President Harold Larson of Anamosa. Seven outreach teams will contact current and prospective members with workers named across Cass Castle Grove Monticello Center Junction and surrounding areas.
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Jones County Farmers Union
Harold Larson
Anamosa
James Stadtmueller
Monticello
Clarence Ruley
John Eden
North Cass
Castle Grove
Claude Tillotson
Lyle Arduser
Stadtmueller
Jack Stingley
Improper Passing Charge After Y Intersection Crash
An Anamosa driver Alfred Thomas was charged with improper passing after a minor collision at the Y south of the pool. Lyle Tobiason of Monticello was the second driver. John Beckmann, highway patrolman, said both vehicles northbound on Route 151. Tobiason signaled a left turn onto Prairieburg road. Thomas attempted to pass and bumped the cars. Damage described as minor.
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Anamosa
John Beckmann
Alfred Thomas
Lyle Tobiason
Monticello
Beckmann
Tobiason
Thomas
Prairieburg
Stadtmueller and Heiken Enroll at Iowa State
John Heiken son of Mrs. B D Heiken Center Junction and Daniel Stadtmueller son of Mr and Mrs Henry Stadtmueller Route 1 Monticello enroll in the winter quarter farm operation program at Iowa State College.
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John McDonald Hospital
Lester Collas
Scotch Grove
Leroy McDermott
Cascade
Donald Anders
Center
Junction
Harlan Bieber
Anamosa
Jon P. Schrader
Route 1
Monticello
Joan Elizabeth
University Hospital
Iowa City
Albert Schraders
Amy Woods
Zearing
W. B. van Cott
North Hollywood
Calif
Queen of Angela Hospital
van Cott
Jean Liddy
John Heiken
B. D. Heiken
Center Junction
Daniel Stadtmueller
Henry: Stadtmueller
Iowa State College
Navy Man Given 60 Day Jail Term for Liquor Charge
Lavern V. Marti an A W O L Navy man was found guilty and sentenced to 60 days in Jones county jail for illegal possession of liquor.
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Navy
Anamosa
Lavern V. Marti
A.W.O.L
Jones County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
ED Kool
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello State Bank
Merry Mixers Square
Lovell Happy Helpers
Pake Sale
Lown Electric Building
Wiremen’s Regular Meeting
Luke's Methodist Church
Noble
Caroline Schoenhut’s
Wayne Willing Workers
Wayne Center School
Wayne Township
Heart
BE. J. Schnier
Cancer Society
Wayne Homemakers
Martin Dirks
Farmers Home Administration
Dubuque
Social Security Office
Elmer Ruchotzke
Jackson County Public Hospital
Justice Court
Frank Shimanek
Justice of the Peace
Vernon L. Aldrich
Hopkinton Farm
Name Welfare Board
Creamery
Ray Fluckiger
Fluckiger
Ray's
Olin Reed
Howie
Paul EB. Chaplin
O.M.V.I
Herman F. Steuri
Lynn Roller
Steuri
Harry Paulsen
Mary Karen
Ernest
Bessie Haker
Hakers
Paulsens
Richard G. Liercke
O. H. and
Beas
Story
Ray Huerter
Liercke
James Alfred Dirks
John Alfred Benson
Joe Simpkins
Behnken
A. Cross
Francis Derga
Harvey Barber
Rowena Goodman
Id Helgens
Wayne Simmerman
Raymond Taylor
John Trumm
Harold LeRoy Brooks
Penningroth
Robert Eugene Jones
Regina A. Ricklefs
Ernest J. Ricklefs
J. B. Heiserman
John Albert Benson
John Peter Rathmann
Charles Arthur Redmond
Farm-Labor Unity
B. B. Hickenlooper
Tom Martin
Henry C. Talle
You
F.B
Bernard Hay
Dennis
Jimmie Dean
Olin
Charles Vernon
Hawkeye Downs
Anamosan Boys
Harry B. Capron
Leo H. Fitzpatrick
Specht
Max
County Farm Bureau
County Swine Producers Association
Commissioners of the
W. F B. Robertson
Irvin Sievers
Monticello High School
Marion High School
Ron Bronemann
Judy McDonald
Ron Burrichter
Bev Ann Behrends
Marion Sentinel
Farmers
Stadtmueller and Heiken
Iowa State
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