Lions Club Meets. Inducts Seven New Members at Peterman’s
Lions Club District Governor J E Johnson of Davenport was the principal speaker at Peterman's cafe. After a 6 30 dinner, new members inducted included Henry Von Sprecken David Hanson Rev A Mast Dr Ray R Fuller Rich ard Hanken Ray Leytem and Howard Hicks. Frank Walker spoke on The Principles of Lionism. Lions pencils were given to sponsors. President Henry Adams received an award from the International office in Chicago for January membership above quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Johnson
Davenport
Lions Club
Peterman’s
B. C. Hall
Henry von Sprecken
David Hanson
A. Mast
Ray R. Fuller
Richard Hanken
Ray Leytem
Howard Hicks
Frank Walker
Lions Education
Henry Adams
Chicago
Six Marriage Licenses Granted in District Clerk Week
Dan Cupid list shows six licenses issued by the district court clerk. Entrants include Kenneth Andersen and Bernita Wild from Central City and Cedar Rapids respectively, Anteone Leone and Mary Lou Luett from Beald and Monticello, Walter Bismiller and Louise Dragen mueller of Iowa City and Tipton, Walter Semetreth and Virginia Ackey of Cedar Rapids, Louis Osterkamp and Leona Walter bach from Anamosa and Cedar Rapids, Howard Woodward and Helen Marek from Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Cupid
Kenneth Andersen
Central City
Bernita Wild
Cedar Rapids
Anteone Leone
Beald
Mary Lou Luett
Monticello
Walter Bismiller
Iowa City
Louise Dragenmueller
Tipton
Walter W. Semetreth
Virginia I. Ac
Rotary quiz engages members at community building meet
Rotary Club held the weekly dinner in the community building Monday evening. George Harris led an engaging quiz on important historical questions, drawing interest from Rotarians. President Elden Bras haw oversaw the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
George Harris
Elden Brashaw
Births at John McDonald Hospital This Week
Three birth announcements recorded by Miss Myrtle Ross list new arrivals at John McDonald hospital. Lt and Mrs O R Howie welcomed a girl on February 5, Mr and Mrs Henry Gehl Cascade welcomed a boy on February 6, and Mr and Mrs Paul Arduser welcomed a boy on February 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Myrtle Ross
R. Howie
Henry Gehl
Cascade
Paul Arduser
Local Vehicle Licenses and Draft Registrations Noted
Don Ruhl county treasurer reports a 1946 Dodge truck licensed in Wyoming on Feb. 7. Alexander L. English of Hale registered a 1946 Studebaker on Feb. 8. New Selective Service registrants include Robert J. Husmann of Anamosa and Lloyd S. Andre of Lisbon. Board meets Feb. 25 at 10:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Ruhl
E. L. Milsap
Wyoming
Alexander L. English
Hale
Studebaker
Selective Service Board
Anamosa
Robert J. Husmann
Lloyd S. Andre
Lisbon
Essay Contest Is VFW Project In Monticello
The eleventh annual nationwide high school essay contest titled What Can I Do for My Country has opened in Monticello and Sacred Heart high schools. Sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the contest offers 2000 in cash prizes with a 1000 first prize and 500 second prize. Local sponsorship is by the Monticello Auxiliary, with Mrs. Rose Hodson as chairwoman and committee members Mrs. Ethel Fraser and Mrs. Olive Lyon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
United States
Auxiliary
Monticello
Sacred Heart
Rose Hodson
March of Dimes totals at Monte theater and schools
Manager Fred Shadiey reports the Monte theater raised 116.14 in the March of Dimes drive. Sacred Heart school collected 14.43. Public schools gathered a large amount, but the total was not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Monte Theater
Fred Shadiey
Sacred Heart
Real estate transfers rise in Monticello this week
In Monticello three properties changed hands as March 1 nears. M. J. Cass sold a two story Chestnut street home for 4500 to Louis C. Schlemme of Richland township. Sprague Hosford bought his Grand street home for 6250 from P. A. Kurt. Walter Hall and spouse bought the Mildred Deischer home on West First street for 10000, with Hall farm to be run by Clarence and Arthur Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
M. J. Cass
Chestnut Street
Marcus McChristy
Louis C. Schlemme
Richland Township
Sprague Hosford
Grand Street
P. A. Kurt
Walter Hall
Mildred Deischer
West First Street
Hall
Clarence
Arthur Hall
Max McCrabb
Deischer
Rites Planned for Mrs. Charles Adams Saturday
The funeral for Mrs. Alice Knott Adams will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Goettsch Funeral Home with burial in Oakwood Cemetery Rev. W C Grant to conduct. Born January 8 1883 in Sand Springs she wed Charles Adams in April 1903 and left four children Pete Miller Grace and others plus two grandchildren and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Adams
John McDonald
Goettsch Funeral Home
Oakwood Cemetery
W. C. Grant
Adams
Alice Knott
Proctor
Rose Knott
Sand Springs
Monticello
Grace
Pete Miller
James
George
Roy
Jimmie
Dickie Adams
Louis Hulda
Davenport
Harry Knott
Walter Knott
Coggan
George Knott
Cedar Rapids
Felt Leckington
Newton
Kan
Forrest Lobhia
Montana
Funeral Services Held For Mrs Ella Telson
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 pm at the Goettsch funeral home for Mrs. Ella Telson who died February 10 at the Jones County home. Rev Virgil C Grant officiated and Oak Wood cemetery received the body. Born February 22 1753 she would have marked her 93rd birthday this month. Daughter of My and Mrs Engel Boswell she married James Telon and lived with him near Monticello. No children were born to the union. Mr Tellon passed away in 1985.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goettsch
Ella Telson
Jones County
Virgil C. Grant
Oakwood Cemetery
Engel Boswell
James Tellon
Monticello
Mr. Tellon
Clark Brothers Open New Anamosa Goodyear Store
Clark Brothers of Monticello opened a Goodyear store at Anamosa. The shop is managed by Earl L. Aynerson with Vic Richardson as assistant manager. It offers Goodyear tires tubes batteries and auto accessories plus General Electric refrigerators washers irons radios and appliances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Brothers
Monticello
Goodyear
Anamosa
Earl L. Aynerson
Vic Richardson
General Electric
Pearson First To Announce Candidacy In Jones County
W Leigh Pearson clerk of the Jones County district court leads early campaign for the June 8 primary on the Republican ticket seeking re election to his current post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Leigh Pearson
Jones County
Social Security Plan Changes Expand Coverage and Benefits
The Social Security Board proposes extending coverage to all gainful workers including agricultural and domestic employees public workers nonprofit employees and self employed persons with farmers among them. It urges credit for military service and higher benefits for elderly retirees widows and children. Additional measures increase wage credits reduce age limits for women beneficiaries and broaden disability and health insurance with decentralized administration. Mrs. C R Stephen left Tuesday to visit Grundy Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Social Security Board
H. T. Thorson
Dubuque
Thorson
Beach Named REA Manager By Directors
The Maquoketa Valley Rural Co-operative held its annual meeting in Anamosa with 125 attendees due to severe weather. John B. Cousins became president, Ralph Childs vice president, A Parke Ogden secretary, Clarence Thompson treasurer, and Edgar D. Beach named general manager for the 10th year. The REA totals show assets of 1,508,180.06 dollars, system miles energized rising from 292 in 1938 to 1932 in 1945, users from 533 to 3,448, and 5,391,969 kilowatt hours sold in 1945. bills rose from 4.07 to 6.57 dollars monthly while average monthly usage grew from 66 to 176 kilowatts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Vernon Null Recoops After Corn Picker Accident
Vernon Null, 29, is recovering at John McDonald hospital from a corn picking accident on the Roy Null farm Saturday. He lost part of his right thumb, fractured two fingers, and suffered finger and hand lacerations but is doing well and went home early this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Null
John McDonald Hospital
Roy Null
Vernon
Gene Walker Named Veishea Appointment at Ames
Announcement from Town State College at Ames notes four Veishea appointments by the general chairman. Gene Walker of Monticello is named business manager, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Walker. Veishea marks its 25th annual event May 9 to 11. Robert Hasler of Monticello, an employee of Monticello Implement and Truck, departs for Des Moines to attend the Oliver sub branch implement school early this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town State College
Ames
Veishea
Gene Walker
Monticello
Frank Walker
Robert Hasler
Monticello Implement and Truck Company
Des Moines
Oliver
Purple Heart Awards Listed for Monticello and Jones County Vets
Eighteen Monticello veterans are among 66 Jones county men awarded the Purple Heart for wounds in action overseas. A total of 850 discharges have been recorded with County Recorder Bess E. Sherman, noting army recipients. Frank Palmer of Springfield and Samuel Schuetz hosted an anti aircraft battalion officer pair who served in the European theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County
Bess E. Sherman
Army of the Purple Heart
Raymond D. Coyle
Carl H. Siebels
Marl L
George H. Caspers
Paul E. Bearinger
Rhinehard Pb. Bunting
William D. Stroud
Harry J. Neville
Raymond G. Finn
William C. Fisher
Richard L. Lanner
James R. Sinkey
Russell J. Steenhoek
Francis B. Brady
Charles L. Thompson
Cecil W. Sams
Robert D. Blakesley
Anamosa
Frank O. Wood
Morris A. Lane
Eugene C. Sievers
Ivan H. Byrd
Harold E. Fairley
Albert D. Remington
John A. Phillips, Jr
Olin
Marvin C. Blohm
Center Junction
Edward J. Hughes
John J. Zamistil
Howard Leslie
Gilbert E. Kinyon
Carl FP. Otte
Oxford Junction
Joe H. Kouba
John W. Meyer
William D. Redmond
Charles D. Swordes
Wyoming
Stuart P. Beck
Onslow
Wilbur G. Worden
LaVerne S. Larson
Martelle
Vincent J. Smith
Orland L. Besler
Joseph M. Aschigen
Allan R. Gavin
Cascade
Forrest KE. W. Coyle
Bernard
Devere O. Thimmel
Mechanicsville
George Saur
Springville
Paul M. Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Henry J. Wolfe
Milo H. Miller
Stone City
Frank Palmer
Springfield
Ill
Samuel Schuetz
Grover Miehe Appointed County Extension Director in Jones
Grover C. Miehe of Maynard is named assistant county extension director in Jones County serving under C. B. Jessen. He will oversee 4-H club work and help plan the county farm program. A 1941 Iowa State College graduate, he played basketball and football at Upper Town and led dairy judging teams to national success. He previously taught vocational agriculture, coached winning dairy judging teams, and served briefly as a navy ensign before returning to farm and extension work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover C. Miehe
Maynard
Jones
C. B. Jessen
Upper Town University
Iowa State Collge
Ames
Upper Town
Iowa State College
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Agriculture Education Club
Alpha Gamma Rho
Miche
Linn County
Lisbon High School
Horn
Carl E. Miehe
Grover
United States
Newcastle
England
U. S. Navy
California
States
Monti Scouts Serve as County Supervisors for Citizenship Day
Monticello based Monti Scout group acted as temporary county officials in Anamosa on Citizenship Day. Scouts from Oxford Junction, Anamosa, Wyoming, Martelle and Morley served as county treasurer clerk auditor sheriff recorder superintendent of schools and supervisors. They toured the courthouse after a dinner hosted by local officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Schneider
Karl Behrends
Leo Zimmerman
Monticello
Anamosa
Kenneth McConaughy
John Bailey
Morley
Roger Gordon
Martelle
Dean Cubbage
Oxford Junction
Richard Beranek
David Wortman
Derrall White
Wayne Lorenzen
Arthur Peck
Allison Fishwild
Wyoming
Creighton — Berner
Ground School Starts For Aviators In Monticello
Aviation instructor Edmund Gartner announces regular ground school classes in Monticello for meteorology navigation and flight theory with special sessions for student flyers. Paul Zimmerman becomes the fourth enroll, with first dual instruction completed and solo flight planned. flights will occur Wednesday Thursday Saturday and Sunday at the Rudy Flack property south of town. Gartner plans to build a hangar after gaining flight experience in the army air transport command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Edmund Gartner
Paul Zimmerman
Gartner
Rudy Flack
Army
Air Transport Command
Iowa Pupils Plan Statewide Essay Contest Prizes
The Iowa Development Commission sponsors a statewide essay contest for high school students running Feb 1 to March 31 1946. Home rooms use pass words Know Your State and We Are From Toway for daily reports. Prizes totaling 600 are awarded at district and state levels with local fundraising by counties and businesses. County judges select winners who advance to district then state levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa Development Commission
Toway
Maquoketan
Maquoketa High School
Junior Red Cross Visits Schick Hospital Tour in Clinton Iowa
Members of the Monticello Junior Red Cross toured Schick General Hospital in Clinton Iowa last Saturday accompanied by entertainer Johnny Morning. The visit described hospital layout with 74 brick buildings and 2510 bed capacity plus extensive facilities for recreation, education, chaplains, and patient services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Monticello
Schick Hospital
Clinton
Johnny Morning
Red Cross Council
Ralph Wilson
Chester Condit
Charmaine Riesselmann
Georgia Minnis
Sacred Heart
Irma Schoon
Max Schrader
Jean Barnts
Shirley Bartels
Betty Rebee
Donna Aitch
Car Crash South of Monticello Injures Six
A serious two-vehicle crash occurred at the Y south of Monticello after a basketball game Tuesday night at about 10 pm. A Pontiac driven by Mrs. Tone Dunlap of Anamosa and six passengers collided with a Coggan truck driven by Dean Fernseth. four people were hospitalized with injuries including Mrs. Dunlap Esther Smith and Bernie Edwards. The ice on the truck and lack of insurance on the Pontiac were noted factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Esther Smith
Bernie Edwards
Margaret Furuseth
Jones County Court House
Pontine
Roy Cooley
Hene Dunlap
Local Church Earns State Award at Ames Meeting
The Evangelical and Reformed church of Monticello received Iowa state recognition at the eleventh annual Jews Christian Rural Fellowship gathering at Town State college in Ames on Monday February 11. Rev. A Mast and Mrs Mast attended. The church earned a merit certificate for the second time as one of 53 Iowa churches honored for outstanding community and church service. The award was presented by Dean Kildee of the ISU agriculture department. Governor Robert Blue addressed the group praising Iowa history built on home church and school and urged moral religion in daily life. A panel led by Prof William Murray and Ry Mandell discussed guiding principles for churches with respect to soil and farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical and Reformed Church of
Monticello
Jews Christian Rural Fellowship
Town State College
Ames
A. Mast
Mast
Iowa
Dean Kildee
Agriculture Department of
Iowa State College
Churches of Iowa
Sociology
College
Robert Blue
Pioneers of
William Murray
Economies Department of
Ry Mandell
The
Conservation Service
Earl Hirjah
Clarence
Calvin Schucker
University of Dubuque
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lions
VFW Project
Childress
Tom George
Fred Kay
Diamond Bros
Emma Rickless
X-Ray Childress
Tom George Place
Clarence Shaffer
Mr. Childress
Mrs. C. Adams
Pearson
Wolf
Atl
J. Kane
Telegraph Herald
Rea
Grover Miehe
Monti
Miehe
Jr. Red Cross
Lieut
William Rinehart
Schick
Eugene DeWitt
Monticeloast
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