Marriage Licenses and Local Births in Jones County
Jones county reports two marriage licenses issued this week to Arthur J. Schmidt and Regina O Rourke of Monticello and Russell Etten and Eva Townsend of Anamosa. Births include two boys at John McDonald hospital for Glenn and Glenda Smith Hopkinton and LaVern Rickels Stoughton Grove, plus a son for Mr and Mrs Glenn Smith Monticello and other newborns in Wyoming Onslow and surrounding towns. New car licenses list residents of Monticello Anamosa Wyoming Springville Oxford Junction and Olin among buyers. Rotary highlights Rotarian Magazine 40th anniversary with David Cuckler joining the club.
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Jones County
Josephine Scherrer
Arthur J. Schmidt
Regina O'Rourke
Monticello
Russell Etten
Eva Townsend
Anamosa
John McDonald Hospital
Glenn Smith
Hopkinton
LaVern Rickels
Stotch Grove
Hepkinton
Geri Janine
John David
Wyoming
Ralph Eggert
Jackson County Public Hospital
Onslow
Marvin Snyder
Mercy Hospital
Blanche Corwin
Paul Arduser
Studebaker
John A. Miller
Henry J
Frank Zaruba
Hale
Pontiac
Glenn R. Lambert
Buick
Neman Moore
Tom Eden
Lloyd L. Fowler
Springville
Ford
Herman Brunscheen
Harry Lyon
O. F. Miller
Chevrolet
Eli Shada
Trucks
Howard Horn
Olin
John Deere Day Billed Tuesday in Monticello
John Deere Day is sponsored Tuesday January 16 by Howie Farm Supply. Jim Howie says a free show will run at the Community Building at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. An open house at the store starts at 10 a.m. Free coffee and doughnuts will be served.
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John Deere
Monticello
Howie Farm Supply
Jim Howie
the Express
Monticello Seeks Holiday Seals Donations For Health Campaign
About 100 residents in Monticello have yet to return Christmas seal envelopes. Through December $570 has been donated to the Tuberculosis and Heart campaign led by Mrs. E. H. Huibregtse. Organizers plan a mass chest x ray program using a portable trailer and urge contributions or questions be directed to Mrs. Huibregtse.
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Monticello
E. H. Huibregtse
Huibregtse
Jones County Farm Bureau Sets Record in 1951 Drive
Jones County Farm Bureau reports a noon Tuesday membership of 1313 toward a 1310 goal, rising to 1320 by Wednesday afternoon. President Russell Eldred and fieldman Bud Bollman carried the list to Des Moines to claim top honors in Iowa for fastest membership drive after the kickoff dinner. An Omaha drive chairman Max Wortman led some 200 solicitors at a kickoff in Olin with committee members Louie Hanken William Jansen Reuel McColm C D Brown and Art River.
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Jones County
Farm Bureau
Russell Eldred
Bud” Bollman
Fieldman
Des Moines
Iowa
Sioux County
Olin
Max Wortman
Anamosa
Louie Hanken
Scotch Grove
William Jansen
Wayne
Reuel McColm
Castle Grove
C. D. Brown
Rome
Art River
Greenfield
Coxsee Family Welcomes New Daughter Mary Ann
The Express editor Wilbur K. Coxsee and his wife announce the arrival of their daughter Mary Ann, a fourteen pound baby born June 8 1950. The newborn adds to John Charles who will be three next Monday, making the Coxsee family two children.
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Express
Wilbur K. Coxsee
Mary Ann
Coxsees
John Charles
Postponed PTA Meeting Rescheduled to Jan 25
The Parent-Teacher meeting set for next Thursday evening January 18 is postponed to January 25. School officials urged attendees to note the new date and time.
St Louis Woman Outlines Red Cross Future Plans
Mrs Lucille Fristoe representative of the National American Red Cross spoke to Monticello officials outlining new programs and urging all out preparation for potential wartime demands. She praised the Monticello chapter for its progress and urged continued strong public service as the world situation grows more uncertain.
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St Louis
Red Cross
Lucille Bristoe
National American Red Cross
National Red Cross Organization
Fristoe
Monticello
Mayor Lambert Highlights Near Completion of City Water Meter Plan
City reaches final stages of universal water meter installation after nine months. Mayor A. P. Lambert notes Iowa Code rules require fair rates and urges building permits include meters. He cites department income, future pump replacement, and fire protection gains while pledging sewer checks for surface water. Unsent letters to City Hall are discouraged without signatures.
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A. P. Lambert
Lambert
Iowa
Water Department
Marriage Rate on Increase During Year in County
Jones county clerk records show 1950 totals of 147 marriage licenses issued and 22 divorces granted. Also listed are four year figures for 1947 1948 1949 with marriages, divorces, births and deaths. Miss Patricia Podhaski will visit University of Iowa in Iowa City this weekend.
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Jones County
Patricia Podhaski
Charles Podhaski
The
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Amazing openings draw crowds on Monticello main street
Two Monticello openings drew heavy response last week. Longs Grocery reopened Thursday after a three day remodel and served over 1,000 customers on Saturday. Majestic Cafe run by Mr and Mrs Melvin Sands served more than 140 Sunday dinners. Two turkeys two large chickens and two and a half hams were consumed before food ran out.
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Monticello
Long's Grocery
New Majestic Cafe
Melvin Sands
Jones county men to be inducted and brief college notices
I day for 12 county men who will leave Monday for induction into the armed forces. The Monti cello list includes Charles Turner Robert W. Marugg Karl E. Behrends Garriet Harms and Robert Floyd Rickels plus three Anamosa men Dale Herren Virgil Dirks and Robert Carson. Nine Jones county college students received pre induction notices to report to a station rather than Anamosa to save travel costs. Doctors dentists and veterinarians in classes 3 and 4 under 50 will register at Anamosa next Monday. classes 1 and 2 had registered earlier.
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Monticello
Charles Turner
Robert W. Marugg
Karl E. Behrends
Garriet Harms
Robert Floyd Rickels
Anamosa
Dale E. Herren
Virgil L. Dirks
Robert H. Carson
Arnold J. Willis
Amber
Jerrold W. Ewing
Clarence
Wayne L. Clark
Cascade
Peter Pazour
Garner
Jones County
Hubert C. Metcalf
Selective Service Board
District Court Ends Very Quiet Weekend
No new cases were filed during the week in the Jones district court and the term opens January 29 with petit jurors asked to report. The grand jury is set to convene on Monday January 22 in the same district.
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Jones District Court
False Reports Pit Savage vs Buckner In Livestock Race
Rumors claimed a collision between Veterinarian Dr. Robert Savage and a rendering truck driven by Donald Buckner while racing to a farm animal. In fact the trucks went to different places and Buckner rear ended the doctor’s pickup on ice. No damage estimate was reported.
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Monticello
Robert Savage
Donald Buckner
Dr. Savage
Pine Grove
Buckner
Lions Readying Minstrel Show for Monticello High
The Lions of Monticello prep their annual minstrel show to be held February 1 and 2 at the high school auditorium. Lead men include Max Fisher Rudy Monk Joe Kelly Paul Hearn Leslie Linn and Larry Goodyear with Irving Hintz as interlocutor.
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The
Lions of
Darrell Blayney
Howard Hicks
Otto Smith
Alva Behrends
Darlene White
Earl DeShaw
Grammer Coward
A. Joe Kelly
Lions Club
Trio Apprehended By Alertness of Highway Patrol and Sheriff
Iowa patrolman John Beckmann in Jones County helped capture three teenage auto thieves from Minnesota. Sheriff Lewis Dreibelbis and Deputy Lawrence La Barge assisted after the youths abandoned a station wagon on ice and fled across a field. Two boys, 16, one 17, had escaped from a Minnesota facility, and may face interstate transportation charges as they await return to Ramsey Co School for Boys.
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John Beckmann
Iowa Highway Patrol
Jones County
Minnesota
Lewis Dreibelbis
Lawrence LaBarge
Beckmann
Highway 15
Monticello
Maquoketa
FBI
Ramsey Co. School For Boys
Ramsay Co. School For Boys
Eldora Training School
Iowa
Hiwood
St. Paul
Trio
Monticello Insurance Firms issue best yearly report in history
Two Monticello mutual insurers publish their strongest annual statements in 105 years. The Castle Grove Mutual Fire Insurance Association reports 1950 new insurance of 3 219 940 dollars with losses of 17 205 44 dollars. Membership rose from 60 to 1038 while risks in force climbed to 10 514 905 dollars.
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Monticello Insurance Companies
Monticello Mutual Insurance Companies
Commercial Department
The
Monticello Express
Castle Grove Mutual
Castle Grove Mutual Fire Insurance Association
S. M. Hosford
Castle Grove Association
Harold Mohr
Carl Kintzie
F. C. Cramer
Cletus Goedken
Charles M. Luett
Steve McDowell
W. D. McLaughlin
John L. Batchelder
Cletus Goodken
W. B. Clark
Francis Miller
Leo Donovan
Coggan
Loras Kehoe
Hopkinton
Harry V. Sullivan
Ryan
Robert C. Livingstone
Anamosa
J. W. Oscar Kinler
Olin
Harold Egger
Monticello
Routh Mallicoat
Wyoming
Arthur Wilcox
Center Junction
German Mutual
German Mutual Fire Insurance Association
Autos Sideswipe On Icy Highway 151 Near Anamosa
Cars driven by Mrs. Donald O Brine of Cascade and C F Shimanek of Monticello were in a Saturday morning sideswipe three miles north of Anamosa on highway 151. Sheriff Lewis Dreibelbis investigated the crash caused by icy road conditions. Both vehicles suffered extensive damage.
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Donald O'Brine
Cascade
C. F. Shimanek
Monticello
Anamosa
Lewis Dreibelbis
O’brine
Shimanek
Sacred Heart Edges Wyoming In Overtime In Jones County Clash
Sacred Heart of Monticello outlasted Wyoming 47 to 43 in overtime in the Jones County girls cage tourney at Olin. Morley defeated Onslow 56 to 39 and was set to meet Sacred Heart at 7 30 p m.
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Sacred Heart of Monticello
Jones County
Olin
Sacred Heart
Wyoming
Morley
Onslow
Eagles
Oxford Junction
Martello
James Maurice Named Cashier Of Monticello Bank
James A. Maurice 40 was named cashier of the Monticello State Bank by the board at their annual meeting. He had served as acting cashier since Halstead Carpenter’s death last October and was elected to the board in October. Maurice is a Monticello native, veteran of World War II, former school and Rotary member, and one of the youngest bankers to hold such a position.
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James A. Maurice
Monticello State Bank
Maurice
Halstead M. Carpenter
Arend Balster, Jr
Richard A. Cartano
Ray C
State University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
United States Army
Engineering Corps
Jane
Jimmy
John
Steven
Monticello
A. M
The
Presbyterian Church
Iowa State Bankers Association
Conservation Group Plans Another Fox Hunt This Sunday
The Community Conservation group, after 28 Monticello hunters outwitted last Sunday, plans another fox hunt this Sunday starting from the Community building at 1 p.m. Prospective members are urged to attend the free dinner at the Gun Club on Thursday, Jan. 25.
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Monticello
League
Crowley Fined $50 For Intoxication
Joe Crowley of Monticello paid a $50 fine and costs after a Monday intoxication arrest by Officer William Null. Justice Ray Echternacht imposed the fine.
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Joe Crowley
Monticello
William Null
Ray Echternacht
League of Women Voters Meet Postponed By Ice
The League of Women Voters will meet Tuesday January 16 at the home of Mrs. H E Morrow. The previously scheduled time was postponed due to icy conditions.
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League of Women Voters
H. E. Morrow
Sheltered Birds Thank E and R Youth
Youth from the Evangelical and Reformed church under Rev. John Baumann built six game shelters using 204 discarded Christmas trees as a post-Christmas project. The effort was highlighted on Out-Door Iowa by Tait Cummins on Station WMT. Farmers offered to feed birds, and enough trees remain to build another 5 or 6 shelters.
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Evangelical and Reformed Church
John Baumann
Iowa
Tait Cummins
WMT
Tait
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Monticel
United States
Donald Sutherland
Club Magazine
Sutherland
Rotary Club
David Cuckler
Ideal Wagon Unloader Company
Cuckler
Rotary
Louis Morf
John Deere Day
Jones County Farm Bureau
P.T.A
Monticello Public High School
Harry Baumann
Leonard Hoffman
Kenneth Petersen
Larry Stoneking
Vaneta Hughes
Jane Mardoff
Patty Bayne
Margaret Stutzman
Mrs. Fristoe
Genuine
Bill Allen
Ralston-Purina Company
Allen
James Maurice
Monti Bank
Conservation Group
Crowley
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