Monticello Birth Announcements Include Four New Babies
Four births reported at John McDonald hospital Monticello this week. Jan 8 Kenneth Kiburz Monticello a son Jan 10 Leo Knepper Cas Cade a son Jan 12 Ahirichs Monticello a daughter Jan 12 Robert Ellison Hopkinton a son Center Junction Don Ketelsen second son born Jan 8 South Fork Bert Steinman Dubuque a son Dec 30 Xavier hospital weighs eight pounds one ounce and joins a sister Mary Jane Billmeyer South Fork is former.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonalds Hospital
Kenneth Kiburz
Monticello
Leo Knepper
Cascade
Janvdil
Thomas Ahirichs
Robert Ellison
Hopkinton
Center Junction
Don Ketelsen
John McDonald Hospital
South Fork
Bert Steinman
Dubuque
Xavier Hospital
Steinman
Mary Jane Billmeyer
Local Court Records List Several Adults Involved
The document lists Melvin Herman Freese 20 Ana mosa and Jean Marie Storey 21 Central City Louis Ellwood Gilliland and Daisy Darlene Goodson both of Mason city Donald Joseph OFlaherty 40 Ana mosa and Jane E Mathias 37 Batavia Illinois as parties involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Herman Freese
Anamosa
Jean Marie Storey
Central
City
Louis Ellwood Gilliland
Daisy Darlene Goodson
Mason City
Donald Joseph O'Flaherty
Jane E. Mathias
Batavia
Ill
New Cars and Trucks Listings
Jan 8 listing for C C Miller Anamosa Oldsmobile. Jan 10 listing for George H Bohlken Scotch Grove two Fords. Fred Bunting Wyoming Pontiac Wayne orf Helen Simerman Olin Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Miller
Anamosa
Oldsmobile
George H. Bohlken
Scotch Grove
Fords
Fred Bunting
Wyoming
Pontiac
Wayne Orf Helen Simerman
Olin
Dodge
County Clerk Reports 1954 Fee Totals in Jones County
1954 records show Jones County Clerk of Court collected 14057.75 in fees and 87992 in fines and forfeitures paid in district court. Fees from 128 marriage licenses amounted to 384 with district court costs at 1928.95 and probate costs 3100.95. Sheriff and miscellaneous fees totaled 198.85 and 204 for transcripts and copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaimosa
Jones County
W.L. Pearson
Sete
Jurgary
Services Thursday For Mrs Glyn Hugh Hopkinton
Mrs Glyn Hugh 52 of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday Jan 4 in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Services were held Thursday at Trinity Methodist Church Cedar Rapids with burial in Linwood Cemetery. She was born Aug 16 1902 near Hopkinton daughter of W A R Blanchard. She married Glyn Hugh Oct 23 1919 and lived on farms near Buck Creek and Manchester before moving to Cedar Rapids eight years ago. Surviving: husband parents Hopkinton two children Mrs LeRoy Turner and Merlin Hugh both of Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs Kenneth Klaus Minneapolis MN and Mrs Lyle Flannagan Hopkinton one brother William R Blanchard Delhi and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Glyn Hugh
Cedar Rapids
Trinity Methodist Church
Linwood
Nettie Blanchard
W. A. R. Blanchard
Buck Creek
Manchester
LeRoy Turner
Merlin Hugh
Kenneth Klaus
Minneapolis
Minn
Lyle Flannagan
William R. Blanchard
Delhi
Postmaster Notes Change in Indicia
Acting Monticello postmaster Paul Bender announces changes in third class non meter bulk mailing rules. Commercial bulk mail must display an indicia in the upper right corner including Sec 34.66 P L R U S Postage Paid Monticello Iowa Permit No Bulk Rate. Non profit bulk mail substitutes Sec 34.65E and adds Non Profit Organization at the bottom. Handstamping indicia is not allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Bender
Monticello
U.S
Towa
German Mutual Gains $23.7 Million In Force In 1954
The German Mutual Insurance Association of Monticello raised its insurance in force to $23,700,956 in 1954, up $1,628,165 from 1953. G. H. Plueger, secretary, reported. Total insured losses paid in 1954 totaled $21,603.84.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Mutual Insurance Association of
Monticello
G. H. Plueger
First Church Page To Appear Monday
A Monticello Express plan launches a six month church news page starting Monday Jan 17 to boost church support. Sponsored by 40 local businesses, the weekly church notes will cover Monday to the Sunday following and are coordinated by Ernest Beane of Keister Advertising Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
The
Express
Church Pages
the Express
Ernest Beane
Gilman
Iowa
Keister Advertising Service
Strasburg
Beane
Services Tuesday for Mrs Prull 79
Mrs Beka Margaretha Prull widow of Hinrich G Prull died at her home north of Monticello following a brief illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 pm at St Matthew Lutheran church with Rev Arnold Schlueter officiating. Burial was at Oakwood cemetery. She was born May 3 1875 in Ostfriesland Germany and came to the United States at age six. She married Hinrich G Prull December 28 1899 and the couple lived on their farm north of Monticello. Surviving are six children a large number of grandchildren and great grandchildren two brothers and other relatives. Pallbearers were grandsons Richard and Lewis Moenk Robert and Ralph Prull and Charles and Robert Che. Goettsch funeral home directed arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beka Margaretha Prull
Hinrich G. Prull
Monticello
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Arnold Schlueter
Oakwood Cemetery
Prull
Ostfriesland
Germany
Hinrich Moenk
Margaretha Nordman Moenk
Mary
Henry Che, Jr
Matilda
Henry Moenk
Onslow
Hattie
Ambrose Schlarman
William Prult
Martelle
Ben
Raymond
R. Henry Moenk
George Moenk
Blaze damages truck at Monticello farm firm
A welding torch ignited a fire at Miller's Monticello farm implement firm around 1 45 p.m. Wednesday. The blaze burned two rear tires of a concrete mixing truck owned by Pruit and Owen Ready Mix Concrete of Langworthy. Workers moved the truck from the repair shop and Monticello firefighters extinguished the flames with only minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruit and Owen
Langworthy
Miller’s
Monticello
Maquoketa men released on bond in breaking and entering case
George Rauch of Monticello formerly of Maquoketa and Marvin Sanderson of near Maquoketa posted $1,000 cash bonds each after waiving a preliminary hearing in Maquoketa justice court. They are bound for Jackson County district court on charges tied to a garage break in at Dr Willard Ingalls farm west of Monmouth. A car from the Ingalls garage, left there by Blayne Burmahl who is entering military service, is central to the case. Sanderson claims ownership while Burmahl's father says the car was bought from Sanderson and repaired extensively. The Ingalls family are vacationing in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
George Rauch
Monticello
Marvin Sanderson
Ingalls
Blayne D. Burmahl
Dr. Ingalls
Florida
Burmahl
Ben Burmahl
Sanderson
Hodgden Tops Western Lamb at Cedar Rapids Show
Delbert Hodgden of Oxford Junction won the grand champion western lamb at the junior western lamb show in Cedar Rapids. The 105 pound champion sold for 76.50 per hundred pounds to Cole and Witmer and Petersen Sheep Co. Hodgden, a 4-H Oxford Livewires member, has shown at Cedar Rapids three years and appeared on WMT TV after the sale with Joe Legg. Other 4-H exhibitors included Gene Luckstead, Gae Ann Luckstead, and Dick Fishwild from Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Delbert
Hodgden
Floyd ‘Hodgden
Cedar Rapids
Oxford Livewires
Cole and Witmer and Petersen Sheep Co
Washington
Towa
Hopkinton Girl Stars in Death of a Salesman at University of Dubuque
Berneice Thompson of Hopkinton, a University of Dubuque sophomore, will perform tonight Thursday and on Friday and Saturday in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman at Campus Lane theatre. Dr Edward Thorne, university faculty, directs the production.
Dubuque U President To Speak at Presbyterian Church
Dr. Gaylord O M Couchman president of Dubuque University will speak Monday evening January 17 at the First Presbyterian church four men’s council supper meeting. Tickets available by contacting J C Bender phone 319 W by Sunday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord O'M. Couchman
Dubuque University
First Presbyterian Church
J. C. Bender
Safety Program To Include Local Mail Carriers
Monticello post office employees who regularly drive on official business join the National Safety Council safe driver award program. Participants include rural route carriers Joseph Barron Claude Appleby Gregor Haag city delivery drivers Ralph Bader Paul Ladehoff and Ernest Becker plus acting postmaster Paul Bender notes nationwide effort to promote safe driving and honor accident-free years with a gold lapel pin wallet card and inscribed service year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
National Safety Council
Paul Bender
Joseph Barron
Claude Appleby
Gregor Haag
Ralph Bader
Paul Ladehoff
Ernest Becker
Bender
Post Office
Auto hog collision sparks $377.52 damage suit
Patrick C. Moran of Dubuque county sues Larry Fisher of Jones county over a Aug. 17, 1954 hog collision on a county road near Cascade. Moran seeks 242.52 for front end damage 35 for car use loss and 100 for personal injuries. Also included is a divorce petition: Alice E. Jurgensen sues Malcolm H. Jurgensen for absolute divorce on cruelty grounds. they wed Feb. 9 1934 and have two sons aged 20 and 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Patrick C. ‘Moran
Dubuque County
Larry Fisher
Jones County
Cascade
Moran
Fisher
Fisher Farm
Alice E. Jurgensen
Malcolm H. Jurgensen
Springville
Five-Man Contingent for Army Induction
Anamosa five Jones county men were inducted into the army at Des Moines Tuesday per the selective service office in the courthouse. Inductees are William Carlson Stanley Lawrence and Frederick Tben of Anamosa Paul Waggoner of Onslow and Maurice Gavin of Cascade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County
Army
Des Moines
Selective Service
William Carlson
Stanley Lawrence
Frederick Tben
Paul Waggoner
Onslow
Maurice Gavin
Cascade
Jones county to assess air conditioners and related items
For the first time in Jones county assessing twelve officials will value air conditioners anhydrous ammonia equipment and ammonia in storage at 60 percent of value. Tables set for freezers TV sets and mobile homes detail assessed values with a May 1 deadline and May 2 board review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
L. T. Lorenzen
Lorenzen
Board of Reviews
Board of Review
H. E. Levien
Olin
C. M. Miles
James Moran
Onslow
W. B. Clark
Monticello
Clayton Hartman
Anamosa
Monti Conservation League Opens Fox Hunts in Winter
The Monticello Conservation League held its first fox hunt of the season with two red foxes bagged. About 38 hunters pursued the quarry three miles west of Monticello. Hunts are planned Sundays through winter, weather permitting, with 1 to 4 pm outings and shotgun use only. No dogs are brought. a bounty of 2 dollars per fox funds a year end banquet. Participants listed include Bill Corbin and many local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Corbin
Monticello
Corbin
Herman Behrends
Richard Sanford
Steve McAleer
Robert Bronemann
Larry Bronemann
Donald Bronemann
Bob Marsh
James Helgens
Irvin Himebaugh
Don Husman
Richard B. Eby
Chester Sutton
Neil Bleadorn
A. H. Bleadorn
Max Dirks
H.M. Dirks
Fred Kreeb
Butch Behrends
Hap Steiner
Lester Fairbanks
Paul Ladehoff
Leonard Fluckiger
Clarence Ricklefs
Marvin Ricklefs
Junior First
Clifford Snyder
Richard Hanssen
Bill Behrends
Lester Rickels
Glen Heeren
George Stulken
Leroy Page
Cub Scout Leaders To Meet Friday At Public Library
The Cub Scout pack committee and the den mothers will meet at the public library at 7 30 p m Jan 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scout
Cub Scout Pack Committee
den Mothers
Worst Year for Lightning Warns Insurance Secretary
Secretary S. M. Hosford calls 1954 the worst lightning year in Castle Grove Mutual history. Of 168 claims totaling 30 079.42 dollars, 142 were for fire losses, 26 for lightning. Cattle losses were heavy, with Harlan Cooper losing 16 purebred cows and Louis R. Zumbach six calves in a single bolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Mutual Insurance Association
S. M. Hosford
Insurance Association
Harlan Cooper
Louis R. Zumbach
Patrolman Speaks To Monti Rotary
Sgt Myron Dean of the Town highway patrol spoke at the Monti Rotary meeting in the Methodist church. Glenn Hargrave was program chairman and president Bud McNeill presided. Dean defined the professional driver as careful and called the amateur driver a menace. He discussed accident causes and prevention and answered members questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Dean
Highway Patrol
Methodist Church
Glenn Hargrave
Bud McNeill
Dean
Sgt. Dean
Cascade Man Fined, License Suspended For Reckless Driving
Vincent Finn of Cascade had license suspended 60 days and was fined 100 dollars and costs on a reckless driving charge. Echternacht said Tuesday. Carl N. Kleitch of Cascade paid 10 dollars and costs for improper passing. R. C. Luett of Monticello paid 10 dollars and costs for failing to yield right of way. All three men were arrested by the highway patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Finn
Cascade
Ray Echternacht
Monticello
Echternacht
Carl N. Kleitch
R. C. Luett
Highway Patrol
Highway 38 Group Gathers at GMC Meet
Greater Monticello residents met Tuesday evening in the community building with eleven members present. Bernard Kuriger presided as president and John Shover was named airport committee chairman. Elden Brashaw and Dave Cuckler were appointed. The group plans airport project collaboration with city officials and forming a Highway 38 committee with members to be appointed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Monticello
Bernard Kuriger
Russell Griffith
Kuriger
John Shover
Elden Brashaw
Dave Cuckler
Charge Filed Against Anamosa Man
Richard Merrick of Anamosa faced a justice of the peace court with a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was arrested Sunday by Highway Patrolman John Beckmann, and the case was continued until Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Richard Merrick
Justice At the Peace Court
Olin
John Beckmann
Hopkinton Minister Marks 50 Years of Church Service
Rev. E. Starr, retired Methodist minister, has completed five decades of service and delivered a golden anniversary sermon at Hopkinton Methodist Church. He and Mrs. Starr moved to Hopkinton in May 1954, living in the former Murray Bacon property they purchased and remodeled. Starr began preaching in high school, studied at Dubuque, and served multiple parishes including Elgin, Dubuque Center Grove, Preston, Miles, Hopkinton, Hawkeye, and Alpha before returning to Hopkinton in 1950 and later serving Guttenberg as supply minister for two and a half years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
E. ¥. Starr
Starr
Murray Bacon
Grinnell
Theological Seminary
Dubuque University
Elgin
Dubuque
Center Grove
Preston
Miles
Hawkeye
Alpha
Guttenberg
Typing Attracts 37 Need Second Welding Teacher
An unprecedented enrollment of 113 in Monticello public school adult evening classes was announced by superintendent Boyd Shannon. The welding course drew 24 adults, triggering a search for a second instructor as the class splits into three groups of eight. Forrest Johnson will teach the Monday and Thursday sessions and a second instructor is sought. The advanced typing class starts at 6:30 p.m. and the beginner at 7:30 p.m. Ethelyn McCulloch will also teach bookkeeping at 8:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Boyd Shannon
Shannon
Forrest Johnson
Ethelyn McCulloch
Night adult classes fillEd with 37 enrollments
Enrollment of 37 across beginning and advanced classes led by instructor Ethelyn McCulloch. Evening courses run 10 weeks with subjects including public speaking grammar review bookkeeping and driver training. Driver training spans theory first two weeks then driving practice on Saturdays. Other instructors include Darrene Niehaus and Mrs Earl Griffith. Classes run 7:30 and 8:30 p m Mondays. A minimum of 12 students per course is required except for welding and driver training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon
Ethelyn McCulloch
Paul Knipe
Darrene Niehaus
Earl Griffith
Governor commutes life terms for Miner and Sexton
Gov. Leo Elthon commuted the life sentences of Mrs. Tilda Miner of Jones County and Tom Sexton, an Anamosa inmate, among 17 prisoners to allow parole eligibility. Miner was jailed March 26, 1930, for first degree murder. Sexton since Oct. 3, 1930, at age 19 for first degree murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Elthon
Tilda Miner
Jones County
Tom Sexton
Anamosa
Mrs O R Howie Accepts Inauguration Invitation
Mrs O R Howie Sr accepts invitation with two admission tickets to attend the inauguration reception and ball in Des Moines honoring Governor-elect Leo Hoegh and Lt. Governor Elthon. She will be accompanied by Mrs Ray Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Howie, Sr
Leo Hoegh
Elthon
Des Moines
Ray Adams
Arthur Gurius Dies in South Carolina Heart Attack
Mr and Mrs Ben Jurgensen and Bob Gurius of Bellevue attended the funeral of their brother Arthur Gurius in Mitchell South Carolina. Gurius 55 died of a heart attack and was found two days after when he failed to appear for a meeting and friends investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Jurgensen
Bob Gurius
Bellevue
Mitchell, S. C
Arthur Gurius
Gurius
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. Hugh
Acme Electric Co
Armstrong’s
Conoco
Betty’s Cafe
Buckner Motors
Bud's
Sinclair
Devaney Funeral Home
Edwards Department Store
Energy
Farmers Feed and Supply
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Co
First's
Electrical
Freest Implement Sales
Goettsch Funeral Homes
Great Plains Supply Co
Hall's Flower Shop
Hargrave Cleaners
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Kuriger Brothers Plumbing
A. J. H. McNeill
Miller's
Monticello Express
Monticello Implement and Truck Co
Monticello Machine Shop
Monty Produce and Hatchery
Nelson’s Jewelry Store
Dr. L. C. Perkins
Rem Electric
Robinson’s Dairy
Schmidt Brothers
George C. Schoon Implement Co
Schumacher Furniture
Seehusen Oil Co
Shaffer’s Clothing and Shoes
Shelane Bottled Gas Service
Smitty's Super Valu
Stoner and Reynolds
Stabler’s Clothing Store
Tuel's Shoe Repair
Vern’s Cities Service
Western Auto Associate
Richard
Lewis Moenk
Robert
Ralph Prull
Charles
Robert Che
Goettsch Funeral Home
Hopkinton Girl
Post Office Department
State Department of Health
Monti Conservation League
Monti Rotary
Cascade Man
G.M.C
O.M.V
Anamosa Man
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