Local Social Notes and School Ties Across Monticello
A collage of social visits and travels in Monticello and nearby towns. Mentions Wade Long C M Holst Leo Hughes and many kinfolk visiting relatives, calls from Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, funeral pallbearers for Mrs Hazel Fisher, and holiday gatherings. Also ads for fused bifocals and silk hose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Wade Long
Manchester
Wade Long
Hazel Fisher
Edwin Lightfoot
Cedar Rapids
Maude Lightfoot
Area church notices list services and pastors from multiple congregations
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Pastor Rev A L Lorenz offers Masses Sundays 10 Holy days 6 15 9 weekdays 7 Confessions Saturdays 30 and 7 Presbyterian Church Pastor W J Grossheim schedules Sunday school 10 am morning worship 11 am Our sermon The Man Who Might Have Been Christian Endeavor 6 44 pm Evening services 7 30 pm Wayne Zion Ev Lutheran Pastor F H Kehren holds 9 30 am Sunday school 10 30 am Bible class hour 10 30 am Divine worship German Jan 12 choir rehearsal 7 45 pm Saturday 9 2 90 confirmation instruction school St Matthew's Lutheran Church H L Adix pastor 9 45 Sunday school German services 10 45 English services 1 30 pm annual congregation meeting Ladies aid meets Wednesday at Mrs Hei Schoon Methodist Church George Woodall minister Sunday school 10 am preaching 11 am Epworth League devotional 6 45 pm Oxford Group of Cornell college Stanford Strosahl leads in preaching Children story Congregational Church Samuel G Gutensohn minister Church school 10 worship 11 sermon The Bracers of Life St Johns Ev Lutheran Paul T Gutknecht English service 10 30 No Trinity service Reformed Church Armin H Tendick pastor Sunday church school 10 am Morning worship 11 English and German German theme The Saddest Word English The Word That Never Came Back Woman's Missionary society meets next week Wednesday at Mrs William Burrichter senior catechetical class meets Wednesdays 2 3 pm next week and March 11 3 4 pm SS Peter and Paul Lutheran Arnold Thalacker pastor English
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Wm. J. Grossheim
Christian Endeavor
Wayne Zion Ev
F. H. Kehren
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Ladies’ Aid
Hei Schoon
Methodist Church
George Woodall
Epworth League
Oxford
Cornell College
Stanford Strosah
Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
Woman’s Missionary Society
William Burrichter
Sunday Activities At St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Sunday services at 10 46 with Sunday school at 9 45. Sunday school teachers meet Friday evening. Confirmation instruction on Saturday. The Luther League hosts St. Matthew's League Sunday afternoon for a games program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
St. Matthew's League
Dr J L Statler Charged in Mail Fraud Case in Arkansas
Norman Baker and seven associates indicted in Little Rock federal court on seven counts for using the mails to defraud. The 1938 39 letters claimed Baker discovered a sure cancer cure. Statler once practiced in Monticello and joined Baker in Muscatine. Government plans to call 75 witnesses. Baker hopes to place 1200 patients on the stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Baker
Eureka Springs
Ark
Muscatinetown
Mexico
Australia
Little Reck
Baker
J. L. Statler
Monticello
Muscatine
Baker Organization
Farm School Studies Feeding Brood Sows
The agriculture part time school met after a two week vacation to review brood sow feeding up to pig weaning. It covered feeding operations and sow needs at different stages to improve results and discussed various feeding experiments. Next week’s topic is which newer swine breeding program yields best results.
Former Resident Elsie Kehrli Dies in Manchester
Elsie Kehrli born Elise Grau in Neu chatel Switzerland on November 23 1858 died January 3 after a stroke. Funeral held at Manchester Community church with burial at Golden cemetery. Survived by children, 13 total with two predeceased. Worked in Mon ticello as Reformed church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Kehrli
Manchester
Golden Cemetery
Kehrli
Elise Grau
Neuchatel
Switzerland
Alexander Kehrli
Monticello
Monti FFA Team Takes Second at County Show
Four Monti FFA members competed at the Jones County grain and legume show last Friday, earning second place as a team in a field of three. Belle Plaine won, Anamosa placed third, while individual honors went to Belle Plaine first and Anamosa second. Richard Mardorf of Monti Cello finished third. Team members were Richard Mardorf, Robert Buel, Gene Walker, and James Hubbard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Eleven new cars registered in county weekly report
Eleven new cars were registered at the office of the county treasurer during the last week. New owners include W. H. Chipman of Anamosa with a Ford, L. G. Holmes of Anamosa with a Chevrolet, Myrtle C. Ross of Monticello with a Pontiac, International Shoe Co. of Monticello with a Chevrolet, Dale Mayberry of Onslow with a Plymouth, Louis Ortgies of Anamosa with a Chevrolet, Ed F. Holub of Wyoming with a Studebaker, Alva K. E. Barber of Anamosa with a Chevrolet, Louis Zimmerman of Anamosa with a Chevrolet, a Chevrolet truck for George H. Bohlken of Scotch Grove, and Louis Hayen of Amber with a Pontiac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Chipman
Anamosa
Ford
L. G. Holmes
Chevrolet
Myrtle C. Ross
Monticello
Pontiac
International Shoe Co
Dale Mayberry
Onslow
Plymouth
Louis Ortgies
Ed F. Holub
Wyoming
Studebaker
Alva KE. Barber
Oxford Fellowship Group to Lead M E Church Service
An Oxford Fellowship group of Cornell College students from Mount Vernon will lead the morning service at M E Church on Sunday January 14 due to Pastor Rev George Woodall being ill with pneumonia threats Stanford Strosahl to lead the group Albion King dean of men at Cornell delivered the Jan 8 sermon last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
George Woodall
Stanford Strosahl
Albion King
Five CCC Boys Sent To Solon From County
Five boys from Jones County were sent to the CEC camp at Solon, meeting January’s county quota. Names include Tom Day of Anamosa, Adrian Seichlinmer, Robert Smith, Robert Dietiker, and Joe Vieray, all of Monticello, per Miss Vadena Kinney, relief director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
CEC
Solon
Vadena Kinney
Tom Day
Anamosa
Adrian Seichlinmer
Robert Smith
Robert Dietiker
Joe Vieray
Monticello
Legal Notices and Civil Actions in Cass Township and Anamosa
Attorneys continue actions against Helen Gray estate for about 5000 with fore closure on a Cass township mortgage. Titles and adverse claims sought in a land suit in Cass township. Beatrice Blood C W Blood and Citizens Savings Bank named in a 716.29 judgment action. Hank Siebels seeks 1678.67 judgment on a 1000 promissory note paying 8 percent since 1930. Delores McMann sues Rauch and Feldman for 4700 for injuries from a Dec 18 1989 Cascade Main Street incident. Divorces requested for Cole, Blohm, Kinyon, Butterfield, and Eggers families with custody claims. Adoption petition for Terrance Eugene Adams by Ed and Florence Pospishil, after six months of care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Gray
John B. Gray
Cass Township
Clifford L. Niles
John McMann
Delores
George Rauch
Ruby Feldman
Main Street
Cascade
Grace Cole
Ray Cole
Clarence Cole
Roseline Blohm
Ernest Blohm
Lena, Kinyon
Virgil F. Kinyon
Gilbert
Velmar Butterfield
de Forest
Florence Pospishil
Terrance Eugene Adams
Rex Heiken
Anamosa
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Mrs. C. M. Holst of
Leo Hughes
Sumner
Lidwina Demmer
Karl M. Keyes
D. D
Adv
Mrs. J. F. Balsley
C. J. Balsley
Balsley
William Stark
Billy
Waterloo
Mary Robinson
P. D. Bell
Mrs
Donald Bell
Eileen Neilly
Almeda Bell
Winifred
Harold Neilly
Ernest Kula
Fred Egger
Central City
Herman Egger
Everett Montgomery, Jr
Vinton
Norman
Harvey
Tobias Hinrichs
James Howie
Greenfield
Grace Joslin
Des Moines
Mrs. Green
Mrs. Balsley
Vincent Kane
Ronald
DeWitt
Leo Kane
O. R. Randolph
Rita Marie
Merle Hotchkiss
Webster
Mark Redman
Melvin Sands
Jimmie
New Lisbon
Wis
Sands
Mrs. Sands
Meyer Hat Shop
B. T. Perrine
J. H. Perrine
Elgin
Monte Jewelry
Lena Marugg
Minneapolis, Minn
Northwest Institute of Technology
Fred Coden
Langworthy
Carl Hodson
N. T. Nelson
Marie
Minneapolis
Clarence
Norbert Kuriger
Henderson
Colo
Kuriger
Alfred Kuriger
U.S.S
Lexington
Long Beach
Calif
L. A. Oltman
McDonald Hospital
A. RB. Jacobs
Carl Rohr
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
George Sutherland
Carl
U.S.S. New York
Luella Oltman
R.N
John McDonald Hospital
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County Hospital
Mr. Oltman
Elsa Ruth Gutknecht
Lewiston
Idaho
Lewiston State Normal School
Paul T. Gutknecht
Gutknecht
William Kleiner
Chicago
John Doden
Rockwell
Herbert Doden
Mason City
Fred Doden
Louisiana
Doden
Burlington
Lewis Zubler
Ruth Zubler
South Shore Hospital
Herman Zubler
Macaroni
Ort Dearborn
National Presei
Angel Food Cake
Angel Food
Anty A
Florida
Fort Dearborn
Dsalerno
Salerno Crackers
Grahams
I-Ib
Cin Ordar National DeLuxon
Hills Bros
Wisconsin
J. Housekeeping A
Peby
Acer
Ae Ag
Anne
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
A. L. Lorenz
Congregational Church
Samuel G. Gutensohn
St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church
Trinity
SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran
Arnold Thalacker
South
Olds Fordor
Childress Motor CO
Monticellé
Ford - Lingolis
Ea - Meveyey
Rhone
Monti Ffa
M. E. Church
Princess
Monticello, Iowa
John Wayne
Dick Foran
Deanna Durbin
CCC
Thomas Kula
W. McNamara
Thomas A. Kula
Golden Prairie
Sack
Electric Meadows
Santa Claras
Timmes Wisc
Dreft
Jayonaisse
Santos
Stuhlers Groc
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