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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1948
Page
6
The Monticello Red Cross begins its annual membership drive with a 6:30 dinner at Monty cafe on Tuesday March 2. Township workers from Monticello and the board will attend along with Mrs. Lucille M. Fristoe from St. Louis who will speak.
Monticello Parents Teachers Association meeting moved to Friday February 27 due to school activity conflicts. Foundations for Better Communities panel will be presented by Mrs. F D Deischer Dr E H DeShaw and Edward Cox. Lunch served in homemaking room. hostesses named. Also listed are county vehicle licenses including Willys jeep Pontiacs and Chevrolets for residents and businesses.
Monticello Rotary Club members enjoyed two film reels Monday showing aluminum manufacturing and fabrication processes. After dinner Rotarian Clayt Palmer reviewed his Seattle trip for his mother's 82nd birth anniversary celebration.
The district court clerk reports licenses issued for Harry E Dolch Jr and Marvel June Brainard both of Anamosa and Delbert L Steffens and Virginia Mac Hansen both of Oxford Junction. Otho Glen Brokaw and Elizabeth R Sigworth, both of Anamosa, also received licenses.
The Monti cello Lions Club held its regular meeting at the Monty cafe last Monday evening. Dr. William J. Grossheim chaired and Joe Messerli led the program. He presented colored photos from a trip to California.
A birth notice reports one birth at John McDonald hospital in the past week. On February 20 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schwendinger of Monticello welcomed a daughter.
Scoutmaster Merle Jacobsen leads Troop 66 of Monticello on an overnight hike to Camp Waubeek on the Wapsipinicon River Saturday February 28. Scouts should bring blankets food for three meals paper and pencil. They will stay in the winter log cabin and learn tree identification axe use cooking and mapping. Jacobsen urges full participation.
Charles Niles, manager of the Niles and Circle theatres in Anamosa, was elected secretary of the National Organization of Allied Independent Theatre Owners. The recognition came at a meeting last Thursday in New York City.
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank E. Stimson were held February 21 at the Delhi Methodist Church. She died February 18 after a paralytic stroke at age 69 years. Survived by her husband Frank, a sister Hannah Britt of Monticello, and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Mary C. LeClerc died Tuesday February 24 after a period of illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at 9:30 a.m. from Sacred Heart church Monticello with Rev Fr Eugene Lorenz officiating. Burial follows at Immaculate Conception cemetery Castle Grove township. She was born February 17, 1868, daughter of A. W. and Hannah Delay Scott, widow of Will LeClerc. She lived on West First Street and was the last of her father’s family.
A large group of relatives and friends attended the funeral of Mrs. Frank E. Stimson at the Methodist church last Saturday afternoon. Distanced mourners included George Stimson and family from Belgrade Montana, Claire and Paul Newman, Mary Jane Stewart of Fair Oaks Arkansas, Frank Rich and Mrs. Rich of Clear Lake, Dale Carpenter and Mrs. Carpenter of Coon Rapids, Ray Talley and Mrs. Talley of Sioux City, Anna Lusk, E J. Smith of Elkader, Anna Cypra, T Thomas, Marie Kritz, Marilyn Stimson of Cedar Rapids, May Powell of Dubuque, Rev. and Mrs. William H. Kettlitz of Independence, A B Grimes and Nancy Grimes, Vaughn Thornburgh of Boone, L W Hackbarth and Walter Hackbarth of Epworth and Greeley.
Lovell township Farm Bureau Women plan a Wednesday meeting March 3 at 1 30 at Luther Hall Miss Emelda Kunan home economist will discuss Clothing Castle Grove and Richland ladies invited to attend
A March 2 Tuesday outreach at Monticello City Hall from 10 to 12 by H. T. Thorson of the Dubuque Social Security office offers guidance on retirement and survivors benefits and filing claims. Prompt applications protect retroactive benefits, and lost cards or name changes can be addressed.
The Anamosa Izaak Walton League announced winners of 159 essays in the conservation contest. Winners, read by County Superintendent Joseph A. Beave as master of ceremonies, include David O. Rife Anamosa 9th grade and Sheryl Sherman Anamosa 9th grade for soil erosion and wildlife management respectively.
The Schreiner chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold its March meeting Monday at 8 p.m. The Order of Rainbow for Girls will attend to demonstrate their initiatory ritual.
The Monticello Conservation League will meet in the VFW hall on Thursday March 4 at 7 30 p m. New officers will be elected to serve for the coming year. A good crowd is asked for.
Mr and Mrs W R Zimmerman of Amber observed their 58th wedding anniversary yesterday a quiet event due to Mr Zimmermans illness. He has been in frail health for a year. They celebrated their golden anniversary in 1940 with many relatives present.
The Monticello Methodist church plans a new building with the old church to be razed after a February 29 service led by Rev. Oswald Sandbach. The old structure is sold to Leigh and Lloyd Clark who will begin wrecking next week and reuse lumber for a local apartment. Funds have reached meaningful levels and the finance committee invites inquiries via Rev. Sandbach as services move to the community building until completion.
Anamosa residents will vote March 29 on a proposed $50,000 school bond to finance a vocational shops building a bus shed a gym balcony and rewiring of the present building. Recent guests in the Chester Condit home included Margaret of Dubuque and Ellen Kyonda of Juneau Alaska with Mr and Mrs E D Condit Souris N D and Mr and Mrs Or H McCafferty Stanwood.
Three Hopkinton cafe and tavern operators and one man from Delhi paid fines totaling 500 for possessing gambling devices. The group faced charges after raids on punch boards in Hopkinton and Delhi by state agents and Delaware county peace officers. Edwin Lightfoot paid 200, Don McVey 100, Lester Hartwig 100, and James Bierne 100, with court costs assessed for each.
The University of Iowa chapter of Gamma Alpha Chi, a national professional advertising sorority for women, was named the outstanding group at the national convention in Eugene Oregon last week. Gail Huibregtse of Monticello serves as correspondent to the national publication. Leora Zahorik of Cedar Rapids chairs the local chapter. Ben Johnson of Kansas City announced the commendation praising campus activity promotion and chapter progressiveness.
Farmers on the Hardstcabble road call at the Express office to demand grading and rocking of a mile and a half of road from the Welch farm toward Lovell Castle Grove township. Mail delivery has been περιο limited by the rough road, and Jones county supervisors have not acted. The road is now on the road program due to farmer insistence, affecting Monticello's boast of good roads.
Monticello city council authorized purchasing two two way automatic stop lights on Monday evening. Tentative placement aims at corners near Schuetz Motors Co. and Hy Grade Food Products Corp. Mr and Mrs Price Blayney of Anamosa were Sunday dinner guests at the Darrell Blayney home.
Joe Bowers is sworn in as Monticello traffic patrolman for First street near Schuetz Motor building. He will supervise crossing used by school children from 11 30 to 1 00 with warnings for first offenses and escalating fines for repeated violations.
The Jones county district Scout committee met in Monticello February 17 at 8 o'clock in the community building. Norman Plath chaired the session with Boy Scout leaders from towns across the county. Plans were outlined for the May 22 23 Boy Scout circle at Memorial Coliseum Cedar Rapids and for a canoe trail on the Maquoketa River between Monticello and Eby's Mill with Troop 66 playing a key role.
The town of Wyoming in Jones County will launch a second weekly this Thursday. E A Arp, already publishing papers at Monmouth and Baldwin in Jackson County, will issue The Wyoming Sun with a Wyoming business office and Monmouth for mechanical work. Arp will also continue The Monmouth paper. Wyoming already has The Journal published on Thursdays.
Miss Emma Brayton, among first area women to graduate from the State University of Iowa law school, marks her 88th birthday. Her father was the late Judge John Brayton, who came to Delaware county in 1854. Also notes county wide Red Cross loan closet supplies for hospital beds and wheelchairs available for six weeks, under Mrs. A N Trevarthen.
The bi annual conservation commissioner election for Jones county is set for March 3 at 8 p m at Wyoming high school. Clyde Spry of Des Moines will speak about soil conservation and will be joined by Earl Elijah, chair of the state association of district commissioners. Colored slides show county work. a new soil commissioner will be elected. Incumbents R A Naylor and Bill Stanton preside as acting commissioners. candidates for Grafft’s seat are Louis Heiken and Art Siver. A large turnout is hoped for and Spry’s address is expected to offer substantial interest.
Scotch Grove square dancers won at the Winter Fair in Cedar Rapids during a contest against Linn county entrants. Competitors included Mr. and Mrs. Louie Hanken Mr. and Mrs. Ed Meier Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Oltmanns Mrs. Frank Kiburz and Walter Eby with Frank Kiburz as caller and Dempsy Jones orchestra providing music. Contestants wore old time costumes and the fate of the prize money remained undecided.
Plans call for a Jones County AAA meeting this week to issue farm plans for the 1948 program. Township committees will prepare a plan for each farm and hold local meetings. Farmers must sign the farm plan and have the work sheet signed by landlord or tenant before April 1 to be eligible for 1948 payments. Practices include contouring in tiled crops, contour strip cropping, tile drainage, weed control, limestone, fertilizers and sweet clover.
Woodrow Grey of Spechts Ferry says a hitchhiker he picked up near Anamosa at 1 a.m. Friday brandished a gun near Monticello and forced him to stop. Grey escaped as the suspect drove off. the stolen car was found later near Cascade.
County Auditor George Specht reports February 19 as a top bounty day with 51 foxes killed in Jones County. Louis Thuman of Scotch Grove led with 34 foxes while others brought in the remaining 17.
Three inmates from the Iowa Men's Reformatory escaped from Farm No 1 near the walls about 11am Warden Foss Davis said. They allegedly headed toward Monticello and may have stolen a 1987 Ford owned by Lawrence Stuhlken then abducted a 1940 Chevrolet from Farley. The recovered car was found in Dyersville Wednesday morning. The three are Russell Crow 28 of Cedar Rapids Clifford Bouslough 22 of Onawa or Sioux City and Raymond Smith 18 of Clarinda. They face robbery escape and larceny charges with sentences expiring in 1949 1948 and 194? respectively.
Dr Samuel J McNeill 73 a longtime Hopkinton native dies February 16 1948 in Chicago He practiced medicine on Chicago s North Shore from 1903 until retirement in 1946 He studied at Lenox College Rush Medical College and was a former North Shore medical society president Survived by daughter Helen and a sister and two brothers with funeral services by Dr Henry Nepburn.
Miss Emelda Kunau and Miss Marion Bates were injured when their car skidded on icy pavement near Waterloo on February 7. Kunau resumed duties February 17 and Bates returned to teaching after a period at relatives in Columbus Junction.
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