Local News Of Local People
Local news notes residents visiting relatives and attending events in Monticello Anamosa Center Junction and surrounding towns. Students and faculty from Coe Cornell University and University of Iowa are mentioned returning home for weekends. Business visits include Meyers Produce Co and Iowa Electric Co while a Texas visit ends for Rudolph Aebi and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Shell
Center Junction
Monticello
Mary Courtright
Rudolph Aebi
Texas
Ernest
Elmer
Aebi
Community Notes From Monticello Area Gather in February
Local residents and visitors are mentioned across Monticello and nearby towns. Edna Ahraken returns to Chilocco Oklahoma to resume teaching after a brother's death, while Miriam Fairbanks resumes nursing duties in Chicago after vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Ahraken
Chilocco
Oklahoma
Monticello
John Ahraken
Death of Dr. Mathes Surges Greene County Loss
Dr Dwight A Mathes surgeon at Greene County hospital died after a heart illness two weeks of strain and long hours. He served Jefferson since 1937 from Iowa City University hospital staff attended his funeral in Slinger chapel and in Eagleville Missouri. He was born January 9 1903 at Mt Erie Illinois and left a wife Lorna Livingstone and a one year old son Dwight Lowell. Funeral services were held with Greene County medical society bearers and University of Iowa staff in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Bee
Dwight A. Mathes
Jefferson
Greene County
Lohr
Churdan
Franklin
Medical Society
State Hospital
Iowa City
Slininger Chapel
Dwight Walker
Greene County Medical Society
Eagleville
Missouri
Mathes
University Hospital
Dwight Addison Mathes
James Edgar Mathes
Mt. Erie
Illinois
Nebraska
Teachers’ College
Marysville
Kirksville
Kansas University
Kansas University Medical School
University of Iowa
Christian Church
Lorna Livingstone
Center Junction
Iowa
Dwight Lowell
Blythedale
New Additions At The Public Library
Ellsworth adds new books including Beyond Horizons autobiography by Harkness and Circling the Caribbean by Marvel. Lilo Linke travels through Turkey in a travel tale. Buck explores the American Mediterranean in an ebook. Novels include This Proud Heart by Pearl Buck and My Invincible Aunt by Brande. Two rentals add I am Getting Married by Jolan Fordes and Today Is Yours by Emilie Loring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Arctic
Antarctic
Harkness
Linke
Lilo
Allah
Turkey
Marvel
Tom
Caribbean
Lewis
Sinclair
Camplow
Europe
Brande
Kit Willow
Jolan Fordes
Emilie Loring
Wedding Anniversary Observed on Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ricklefs celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary Tuesday evening with friends visiting, card games, and a midnight luncheon. Attending were Ben Bunting family, William Lubben, Fred Butschi, Regina Holub, UD Schilt family, Tjaden siblings, Wilbur Cartano, Walter Bohren, Ernest Ricklefs, Geo Ricklefs, Clarence Stadtmueller family, Will Albers family, Rose Marie and Margaret Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Ricklefs
Ben Bunting
Clifford
Donald Lee
William Lubben
Anamosa
Fred Butschi
Wayne Township
Regina Holub
Prairieburg
UD. Schilt
Rough Winter Roads Hamper Travel Across County
A recent cold spell left county roads extremely rough with ruts formed when a prior warm spell softened them and then froze. Drivers are advised to proceed with care as bumps and ruts can throw a cay.
Hello America Airs Feb 28 By VFW
The Veterans of Foreign Wars plan their seventh annual Hello America broadcast to be aired nationwide on Monday February 28 at 8 p m The program features Commander in Chief Scott P Squires guest speaker US Senator William G McAdoo National President Laurie Schertle of the Ladies Auxiliary will give a five minute talk and Monticello Post and Auxiliary will host a social before the hour long broadcast with moving pictures of Europe by Merle Cass. Youth driver education is also discussed as a developing classroom initiative to promote sportsman like driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott P. Squires
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harold D. DeCoe
Sacramento
Calif
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
United States
William G. McAdoo
California
Hall Manufacturing Co. CIO Sit-down Strike Shuts Cedar Rapids Plant
The Hall Manufacturing plant in Cedar Rapids closes as over 50 United Production Workers Union members sit down at their stations. They block machinery, but power was restored to run the heating stokers. Company head Marshall Hall vows no disturbance while the strike remains peaceful and no damage occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall Manufacturing Company
Cedar Rapids
United Production Workers Union
CIO
Marshall Hall
Conservation Officer Reports Plans For 1938 Group
R. W. Barsalou of Dubuque spoke to Monticello fish and game fans at the city hall. He detailed conservation commission plans and formed committees to spark local interest in a cooperative fish and game program for 1938. William First was named game committee chairman and Ray Hearn chaired the fish committee. Interested residents were asked to contact local chairmen to ensure progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Barsalou
Dubuque
Monticello
Conservation Commission
Cooperative Fish and Game Program
William First
Ray Hearn
Newspapers May Now Print Reproductions
The treasury authorized newspapers to print black and white pictures of United States postage stamps for the first time under a new congressional act. Postmaster General Farley approved a plan to issue 30 new stamps in the next two years forming a presidential series with prices from % cent to $5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
United States
Congress
Farley
Farm Prices Depend On How Good Business Is
Agricultural economist Lauren K. Seth of Iowa State College says farm prices hinge more on general business conditions and consumer demand than on supply. He notes 1938 outlooks show hog prices lower than 1937 with possible slight June decline, cattle may firm a bit on better grades, lambs remain heavy in May, eggs and butter trending down with seasonal declines, and chickens staying above 1937 levels as production rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lauren K. Seth
Iowa State College Extension
LeVan Family Welcomes First Grandchild in El Reno
Major and Mrs. L. W. Lovell celebrate the birth of their first grandchild, a boy born February 11 to Mr. and Mrs. George LeVan in El Reno Oklahoma. The mother was Mary Lovell before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude
Leona
Catherine
Anna Schweitzer
St. Frances Hospital
Waterloo
Fothergill
Mary Garnier
Garnier
Geo, LeVan
Major
L. W. Lovell
Gladden
George LeVan
el Reno
Okla
Maquoketa to Form New VFW Post in District Meeting
Second district commander Ray Echternacht and district president Laura Herbert will host an open meeting in Maquoketa on February 27 to institute an auxiliary to O Connor Regenstaller Post. The VFW hall at 139544 Main St. will host 1 p.m. ceremonies followed by district parades led by the Davenport Post No. 828 band and Clinton County Post No. 2288 corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Echternacht
Laura Herbert
Maquoketa
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Main Street
O'Connor-Regenstaller
Veterans of Foreign Wars Band
F. W. Galbraith
Davenport
Clinton County
Clinton
Monticello
Ex-convict charged with stealing hat in town
Bill Mosher 31 an ex convict appeared before Mayor F D Mc Laughlin Friday morning charged with stealing a lady’s hat from Schultz Bros. He allegedly took the hat last Thursday afternoon while passing Monticello. The hat was sold to a local man. Mosher was arrested Thursday night by Marshal Bill Null and jailed until the Friday hearing. He was ordered out of town and escorted to the city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Mosher
F. D. McLaughlin
Schultz Bros. Rereer
Monticello
Bill Null
Mosher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roberta Clark
Coe
Iowa Electric Co
Reformed L. A
Louis Hoag
Chicago, Ill
Jo Atwater
Manchest
A. J. Thompson
Springville
Charles Kay
Jack McCrea
Joe Simmons
Anna Holub
Lidwina Demmer
Sumner
Glenn Lambert
Cedar Rapids Business College
Max Palmer
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Clifford Shaw
Jerry
Oliver Harford
Elmer Coon
Herman Bricker
Coggon
Newton Parrott
Meyer’s Produce Co
Adv
Jean Millsap
Will Cassidy
William Severn
Clara
Janet Hazard
Mrs
Howard Hicks
Elmhurst, Il
George Hallouer
Rudolph Jack
Ed Podhaski
Morley
William Hunter
Merle Cass
Cass Transportation Company
Hans Hallauer
Port
Ike Schneider
Ike Schneider Jr
Carroll Podhaski
Janice
Wyoming
Paul Smith
John H. Perrine
Rex Hodson
Town State
Ames
Carl Hodson
Pauline Widmer
Jake Widmer
Glenn Crcutt
Georgia May
Hope
Joyce
Gladys Shelley
James Shelley
Hilda Balster
University of Dubuque
Gamma Phi Delta Sorority
John Turnis
George
Minneapolis
Doris Cotton
St. Luke's Hospital
Ben Cotton
Junior Burris
Baby
Burris
James Bender
Carl Schneider
Nancy Ann
Donald
Vinton
Schneider
Will Shelley
Ed Rice
Charles Rice
William Moore
York, Neb
Otis Moulton
Phone
Walter Zubler
Iowa Electric Company
Virginia Schneider
Des Moines
Miriam Fairbanks
The
Presbyterian Hospital At
Chicago
Allen Fairbanks
Orlie Loomis
Earlville
Billy Sloan
Laura Sherman
Mrs. Sherman
Joe Messerli
Burton Carson
Amelia Rabe
Caroline Schoenhut
F. J. Schoenhut
Marshalltown
Mr. Schoenhut
Mrs. Rabe
Dale Balsley
Charles City
Lee Stiffler
Mrs. Balsley
Ed Haesemeyer
Frederick and
Richard
Rockford, Til
James Wilson
Norman Wilson
Rockford
Charles Butler
I. C. Musgrove
George Waite
New Orleans
Florida
Arthur Madsen
Mrs. Smith
Mexico
Ella Tallon
K. M. Olden
Dr. Mathes
County Hospital
Australia
Donald Budge
John Bromwich
Young Budge
Hello America
V.F.W
Hall Manufacturing Co
C.A
Streamliner
Aed
Ross Baty
V.F.W. Post
Meyer Hat Shop
Herman Egger
Ralph Slade
Jowaland
iMlonike
Daa
Henry Ahraken
Scotch Grove
Jersey
W. H. Null
Te Monticello State Bank
Milwaukee
Peters
Oxford
John B. Zimmerman
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