Births Reported At John McDonald Hospital Last Week
Birth notices from John McDonald Hospital list many Monticello and Hopkinton families welcoming new children from February 19 through 26 including boys and girls born to Locke Robinson Siebels Tarbox Thomas Wahl Tobiason Rink Smith LeClerc Adams Bone and others. Community talks followed as Don Marston spoke on George Washington to the Monticello Rotary Club. new Northwestern Bell employee Jerry Archibald attended along with local car registrations noted by Don Ruhl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Herbert Locke
Ryan
Jack Robinson
Monticello
Albert Siebels
Louis Tarbox
Hopkinton
Newton ‘Thomas
Robert Wahl
Montiello
Milo Tobiason
Richard Rink
Casseade
Glen ‘Smith Hopkinton
Otto LeClerc
Don Marston
George Washington
Lions Club Meets with Vernon Barrack Guest Speaker
Vernon Barrack, a resident west of Monticello, spoke at Monty Cafe for the weekly Lions Club meeting. He presented colored air views of the Mississippi River and eastern Iowa scenes while his wife shot the pictures and he piloted the plane. Ed Cox served as program chairman and Rev. Wm. J. Grossheim was chairman of the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Barrack
Monticello
Lions Club
Mississippi River
Iowa
Ed Cox
Wm. J. Grossheim
Marriage Licenses Issued by Leigh Pearson This Week
The district court clerk lists licenses for Edward Benischek and Gertrude Seeley of Anamosa Elve M. Bunting 23 Anamosa Ida L. Joslin 15 Monticello William H. Eilers 23 and Addie L. Klinefelter 16 both of Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Pearson
District Court
Edward Benischek
Gertrude Seeley
Anamosa
Elve M. Bunting
Ida L. Joslin
Monticello
William H. Eilers
Addie L. Klinefelter
Dr Eddie Anderson Speaks to Cascade Community
Dr Eddie Anderson head coach at State University of Iowa spoke to Cascade Council 930 Knights of Columbus at the Cascade Community building on Monday evening. The program included an Iowa Notre Dame game movie and lunch with a after program gathering. Anderson outlined a message for Cascade boys and youths as local Knights, schoolboys, and sports editors attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Anderson
State University of Iowa
Cascade
Cascade Council 930
Knights of Columbus
Iown
Anderson
Iowa- Notre Dame
Dr. Anderson
University of Iowa
Columbia College
Loras
DePaul
Chicago
Holy Cross
Worcester
Mass
Iowa
C. F. Schmidt
Bernard
K. of C.'s
James Devaney
C’s
Monticello
Dubuque
Anamosa
Schmidt
Frank Less
Glen Devine
Devin
Marshal Town Woman Visiting Parents This Week
Mrs Obert Quam of Marshal town is visiting this week with her father Chris Vengeé. The pair are staying with relatives while a spring visit unfolds in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mré. Obert Quam of
Marshaltown
Chris @Vengeé
Farmers Mutual Creamery of Monticello 50th Anniversary Sale Planned
The Farmers Mutual Creamery of Monticello marks its 50th anniversary with a store sale March 14 and 15 in partnership with Occident Flour Company. Door prizes and special items are promised. dates corrected from March 7 and 8. The creamery, founded in 1897, has a history including a 1916 17 building era and current officers and managers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
Monticello
Occident Flour Company
Russell- Miller Milling Company
Iowa
Ray Leytem
Farmers Cooperative Creamery of
Douglas H. Smith
William Stambaugh
N. A. Rice
D. A. Palmer
N. C. Rice
J. M. Hosford
C. A. Schatz
H. Eilers
C. D. Hosford
Adonzo Hosford
G. A. Hofacre
Funeral Friday for Mrs Alonzo Leek
Funeral services for 91 year old Mrs Alonzo Leek were held at Harrington funeral home. The Rev Mr Strdub of Tipton conducted the service with burial in Anamosa cemetery. The Leeks lived in Wyoming for years while Mr Leek served as rural mail carrier. Survived by brother Ezra Sams of Hale. husband and a son preceded her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Alonzo Leek
Jones County
Harrington
John Siebels Buried In Castle Grove Two
Funeral services for John Siebels 62 were held Saturday February 22 at St Pauls Lutheran Anamosa with burial in Castle Grove Cemetery. A lifelong Jones County resident he is survived by his wife a son Fred at home and two daughters Hanna Wickham Marion and Mrs Stingley Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Siebels
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Anamosa
Castle Grove
Siebels
Jones County
Fred
Hanna Wickham
Marion
Stingley
John Deere Day at Monte Theater March 7
Severn Farm and Home Store hosts a John Deere day program at the Monte theater on March 7 at 1 pm. Admission requires a ticket, obtainable by calling the Severn store. A Bob Burns movie will be shown along with four other new all talking pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severn Farm and Home Store
Monte Theater
Bob Burns
Ady
Local Church Wins Certificate Of Merit
The Evangelical and Reformed church led by Rev. Andrew Mast is one of 65 Iowa churches honored for distinguished rural church work at the Iowa Christian Rural Fellowship meeting in Ames. Awards recognize cooperative efforts and leadership strength in rural communities, presented with Iowa State College extension service. Rev. and Mrs. Mast attended the Friday session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Andrew Mast
Iowa
Iowa Christian Rural Fellowship
Ames
Iowa State College Agricultural Extension Service
Loyal Pearson Lands Davenport Radio Newscaster Role
Loyal Pearson of Anamosa has joined radio station KSTT Davenport as a newscaster. He delivered his first farm news newscast last Wednesday at 12 30 p m after starting work that morning. Pearson, a SUI radio graduate, served overseas in the army and returned to college last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Pearson
Leigh Pearson
Anamosa
KSTT
Davenport
KSUT
Pearson
SUI
Meeting of Schreiber Chapter East ern Star
A notice calls all Schreiber chapter members to attend a meeting on Monday evening March 3 urging full participation and attendance by members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schreiber Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Fred Golden Dies At Marion Snt
Fred Golden 69 retired Milwaukee railway conductor died at 2 30 p m Saturday at his Marion home He was born February 8 1878 in Monticello and after 43 years with the railroad retired November 25 1946 He leaves Evelyn Adamson his wife daughter Bertha Maye Hutton Cedar Rapids and a brother Claude Golden Maquoketa Funeral services were held at Yocum Chapel Marion Monday at 2 30 p m with Rev C V R DeJong officiating burial Cedar Memorial Park
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Marshall Golden
Milwaukee Railway
Marion
Monticello
Bertha Maye Hutton
Cedar Rapids
Yocum Chapel
C. V. R. DeJong
Cedar Memorial Park
Mr. Golden
Evelyn Adamson
Railroad
Order of Railway Conductors
Claude Golden
Maquoketa
Dairy meeting in Anamosa hosts eastern Iowa operators
The Farmers Mutual Creamery of Monticello attended a dairyman and creamery operators meeting in Anamosa on Monday February 24. About ten eastern Iowa counties participated in discussions on dairy production creamery performance quality programs and state dairy legislation with speakers from the American Dairy Association and Iowa State College. Delegates came from Jones Benton Iowa Linn Johnson Cedar Jackson Clinton Scott Muscatine, with Monticello represented by Fred Kramer and Robert Kopp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Husman
Springville
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company of
Monticello
Anamosa
Iowa
Court House
Iowa Creameries Association
Harold Benson
Chicago
American Dairy Association
A. W. Rudnick
Iowa State College
Ames
Jones, Benton
Linn
Johnson
Cedar Jackson
Clinton
Scott
Muscatine
Farmers Mutual Creamery
Fred Kramer
Robert Kopp
Sell Old Center Junction Church in Center Junction
The Methodist church once a local landmark in Center Junction is sold to Duncan Wasson of Onslow and likely to be wrecked. A 1872 committee explored erecting a church here as Rev Z R Ward began work as the first pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
Methodist Church
Methodist Conference
Duncan Wasson
Onslow
Himebaugh and Seiler
Z. R
Bajaschs to Embark on Yearlong Trailer Trip
Mr and Mrs Herman Bajasch plan a year or more travel starting this week. They will drive from Monticello to Albuquerque New Mexico then to Denver Colorado and westward. They built a trailer house mounted on a pickup to live in while traveling. They recently sold their home east of the fair grounds to the Jones County Fair association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Bajasch
Monticello
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Denver
Colorado
Bajasch
Fair Grounds
Jones County Fair Association
Burns Lodge Observes Washington’s Birthday
Burns Lodge No 173 A F and A M held a special meeting last Thursday granting the second degree to a candidate. Rev W C Grant of the Speakers Bureau delivered an address on George Washington and the Masonic fraternity to 40 master Masons. Initiatory work was led by Worshipful Master Cecil Goettsch and lodge officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Lodge
A. F
A. M
W. C. Grant
Masonic Lodge of Town
George Washington
Cecil Goettsch
Tthe Lodge
New District Court Filings Include Western Union Damages
Jones county district court saw several new cases last week led by actions against the Western Union Telegraph Co seeking 22000 in damages over a telegram non delivery. Others include divorces for Mabel Shedek Grace Yahnke and Bryan Bartlett plus a habeas corpus request by Robert Young claiming transfer to a criminal insane department ended with dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Western Union Telegraph Company
Mabel Mitchell
Iowa City
United States
Earl Smith
Lucille Smith
Mabel Shedek
John Shedek
Onslow
Anamosa
Hale
Grace Yahnke
Hilbert Yahnke
Bryan Bartlett
Gertrude Bartlett
Robert Young
Men’s Reformatory
Foss Davis
Penitentiary
Young
Fort Madison
Department of Criminal Insane
Ask
G. K. Thompson
Herman Ahlrichs Undergoes Leg Amputation at Iowa City
Herman Ahlrichs, patient at University hospital Iowa City, had his left leg amputated above the knee on February 19 after a long struggle with injury. He previously suffered bone bruising from a coal accident in 1923 and later treatment in Des Moines. Ahlrichs operated a cream route for 17 years for Farmers Mutual Creamery of Monticello, previously driving a truck for his sister and more recently managing his route in Castle Grove town ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Ahlrichs
University Hospital
Iowa City
Des Moines
Ahlrichs
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Monticello
Henry Eden
Castle Grove Township
Two Anamosa Women Plan District Welfare Meeting Trip
Mrs Merrill Rawson and Mrs Nell Rummel from the social welfare office in Anamosa will travel to Waverly to attend a district welfare meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Rawson
Nell Rummel
Social Welfare Office
Anamosa
Waverly
Miss Annabell Zak Joins Anamosa Journal Staff
Miss Annabell Zak, working for Journal Miss, took a position on the Anamosa Journal this week to write local news for that paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annabell Zak
Oxford Junction
Anamosa Journal
Couple Injured En Route to Reno Wedding Near Monticello
A couple on the way home to be married were injured when their 1941 car driven by Charles Ostergren struck a bridge railing on highway 151 south of Monticello. Ostergren suffered facial injuries and cuts while his fiancée Miss Bernice Smith had a fractured femur and minor wounds. Both were taken to John McDonald hospital and are recovering. The couple had planned to marry at their Reno home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Highway 151
John McDonald
Charles Ostergren
Reno, Ney
Here
Langworthy
Qostergren
Bernice Smith
Reno
Cadet Matthiessen Named To Cadet Chapel Choir
Cadet Clarence J. Matthiessen Jr of Monticello is a second tenor in the United States Military Academy Cadet Chapel Choir, one of the nation’s largest male choirs. He also belongs to the Glee Club and the Soaring Club. He was appointed to West Point by Rep. Henry Q. Talle and previously led Monticello High School as senior class president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence J. Matthiessen, Jr
C. J. Matthiessen
Monticello
Cadet Chapel Choir
United States Military Academy
Cadet Chapel
Matthiessen
Glee Club
Soaring Club
Military Academy
Henry Q. Talle
Iowa
West Point
University of Iowa
Monticello High School
Examiners Inspect County Offices for 1946 Work
State examiners S. A. Norburg Clinton and C. H. Grantham Belle Plaine arrived February 24 to examine all county offices for 1946. The inspection is expected to take about two months to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Norburg
Clinton
C. H. Grantham
Belle Plaine
Monticello School Election Set For March 10
The Monticello annual school election will be held Monday March 10 at the schoolhouse. Voters may choose three board of education members. Terms for Carl Schneider and E H Huibregtse expire this year and Riess G Stuhler's vacancy is filled by James Maurice until the next general election. The three nominees are Schneider Huibregtse Maurice. Filing deadline is February 28. Voting runs from 12 noon to 7 p.m. in the lower lobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Board of Education
Carl Schneider
E. H. Huibregtse
Riess G. Stuhler
James Maurice
Huibregtse
Monticello Surpasses March of Dimes Quota
Ralph Wilson chairman reports Monticello exceeded the $350 quota with a total of $406.61 subscribed. Funds will go to county chairman Charles Niles Anamosa for polio work in the county next year. Jones County spent over $1,000 last year aiding polio victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Wilson
March of Dimes
Monticello
Charles Niles Anamosa
Jones County
Shover Oak Farm Sold to Florida Buyer
R L Sweet of Clearwater Florida buys the Shover Oak Farm on Marion Boulevard Southeast from R A Shover who plans to develop the wooded tract as an exclusive residential section. Shover bought the farm 14 years ago from W L De Cloe and will move to Montana for business interests.
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R. A. Shover
Monticello
Shover
Marion Boulevard
R.L. Sweet
Clearwater
Florida
W. L. DeCloe
Montana
Coggon Bowl Out in First Round
In the 1947 sectional basketball action Monticello Public School Black Panthers crushed Coggon 51 24 after Sacred Heart Eagles beat Buck Creek 38 21. Public School must beat Xavier High School to reach the district tourney while Sacred Heart faces Earlville and Epworth as it bids for a district berth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Black Panthers
Sacred Heart Eagles
Sacred Heart
Buck Creek
Panthers
Coggon
Xavier High School
Dyersville
Sacred Sleart
Earlville
Epworth
Local Tourney Action Set For Evening Matches
Tonight four Class A teams battle in Monticello area gymnasiums as Hopkinton faces St. Martin's of Cascade at 7 30 and Monticello Sacred Heart plays Earlville at 8 45 Delhi flicks will see the Hopkinton St Martin's winner against St Clement’s with Anamosa meeting St Columbkille’s Dubuque at 7 30 Earlier action lists Delhi 41 16 Epworth 16 and other results from the Cascade St Martins and Peosta sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
St. Martin's of
Cascade
Monticello
Sacred Heart
Earlville
Anamosa
St. Columbkille's of
Dubuque
Anamosa Blue Raiders
Xavier High School
Dyersville
Delhi
Combat Vets Reenlistment Extended Through March
Sgt. Henri Johnson of the U S army recruiting station in Cedar Rapids announced the War Department has extended the reenlistment deadline for combat veterans to March 31 1947 from January 31 1947. Wounded veterans enlist in their discharged grade if 신청 is filed by March 31 1947. Johnson will provide details and is at the Monticello post office each Friday 1 to 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri Johnson
United States Army
Cedar Rapids
War Department
Johnson
Monticello
Wyland Bone Welcomes Daughter Susan Kay
Mr and Mrs Wyland Bone announce the birth of daughter Susan Kay at John McDonald hospital on Wednesday morning February 26. The baby weighed seven pounds six and a half ounces. Mrs Bone was formerly Virginia Rummel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr
Wyland Bone
Susan Kay
John McDonald Hospital
Visitor in Home of Schneiter Friday Evening
Former Des Moines resident John Turnis was a visitor in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schneiter on Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Turnis
Des Moines
Mrs. Frank
Schneiter
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Rotary Club
Don Ruhl
L. F. Jessen
Chevrolet
James P. O'Shea
Dodge
Robert Keseberg
I. 3. Rhatigan
Pontiac
Fred Ss. Stuhler
Ivan P. Reynolds
Plymouth
J. J. Locher
Buick
Eagles
Creamery
Fred Lehman
Roy Moray
F. C. Cramer
Harold Egger
H. M. Carpenter
Joe Heeren
Herman Herren
Larry Martinsen
Carl Heiken
Carl Schneiter
Ralph Gearhart
N. A
Mate) Rice
Nicssland, TL
Monticello Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
John Deere
Fred Golden
Marion Snt
County Dairy Meeting
Sell Old Center Junction Church
Mrs. Bajasch
Washington
Leslie L. Linn
R. A. Shover Sells
Shover Oak Farms
RED Meg
RNAI
Rei
S. H
Shawn
William Helms
Andy Stoll
Jim Hayes
Jack Hayes
Dick Jacque
Jim Bader
William Aitchison
Eldon Welter
Jay Kane
Jack McKeever
Stan Maire
Express
St. Martin
St. John's
Cascade Thoi
Gree
Ivan Bieh
Cwememe
In Sacred
Heart
Wigdy
Puck Creek High
Bi Delhi
Eee Epworth
Walls
Delhi Bhove
Pwerth
Pinwed
Pohade
Haaniltan Att
St. Clements
Pesta Et Clements
Cleayants Hip Medtman
Cogron
Vladf
Monticetta Amt
Cnrpeperety
Monticeliq
Hart
Crock
Phrayes
Messerli
Phra
Robinson
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