Center Junction Group Elects for 1940 Annual Meeting
The Farmers Cooperative Shipping association of Center Junction held its annual meeting in the school gym on Saturday January 11. Directors H J Dirks Arthur Wilcox and John Husman were re elected. Guest speakers included J C Williamson John Sarsfield Carl Smith and Paul Smith. Financials show year ending December 1 1940 with total resources 461 08 and home net 110 358. Shipping totals list hogs 6867 cattle 930 sheep 183 total 7930 with gross receipts 117 014 and expenses 6656. The Presbyterian Ladies Working Band served 125 lunches. The day also featured dinner events and a split double header basketball game with Martelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction
Farmers Co-operative Shipping Association of
Center Junction
H. J. Dirks
Arthur Wilcox
John Husman
J. C. Williamson
Chariton
John Sarsfield
Chicago Commission
Carl Smith
Paul Smith
Anamosa
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian Ladies Working Band
Milwaukee Railroad Service Club
Monticello
H. E. Stingley
John Gray
F. L. Himebaugh
J. M. Moses
Dwaine Moses
L. A. Dreibelbis
Donald Dreibelbis
H. G. Manuel
H. H. Manuel
Leroy Dirks
J. B. Seehusen
Carl Seehusen
Rudolph Seehusen
Henry Seehusen
Mr. Seehusen
Martello
Ruth Ann Serbousek
Stuart
Martelle
Newman
Andrews
Ruth Hansen
W. H. Hansen
James Mead
Mercy
Arch Bieber
Maquoketa
QO. O. Watson
Barbara
J. R. McNeilly
Merle Pangburn
Franz. Charbon
Cornell
Robert Manley
Olin
Castle Grove Fire Insurance gains and meeting report
The Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association of Castle Grove held their annual meeting with about fifty attendees. They reported a gain of 39 in membership, increased risk by 141,795 dollars, and total insurance in force of 4,773,280 dollars. Losses paid in 1940 were 5,506.85, with total expenses 10,251.00 and income 14,066.17 leaving a 3,815.17 balance. Directors reelected include C. A. McLaughlin and W. F. Hintz. H. H. Carson was elected an adjuster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association of
C. A. McLaughlin
F. C. Cramer
H. H. Carson
G. J. Hughes
Scotch Grove Township
C. B. Shaffer
Wyoming
H. Leech
Center Junction
F. E. Taylor
H. J. Mayberry
Anamosa
A. J Beranek
Prairieburg
Leo Donovan
Charles Holub
Coggon
Harry Sullivan
Ryan
Loras Kehoe
Hopkinton
Arthur Fairbanks
Will Hiller
E. F. Burr
Walker
Scotch Grove School Elects Secretary After Hughes Death
Scotch Grove township directors meet and appoint J. M. Lange Jr as secretary to fill the late G J Hughes. Community events include 4 H club installation, Farm Bureau pot luck, Oak Drive club meeting, and local church services. Several residents travel for Mayo Clinic care and family births are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
J. M. Lange, Jr
G. J. Hughes
M. R. Himebaugh
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Judy Kay
Paul van Buren
Waucoma
Robert Norris
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Dick Naylor
Paul
Ralph Paulsen
Lawrence Schoon
Amber
Herman Rickless
Onslow Library Opens For Town
Onslow community gains a free public library opened Saturday afternoon by Astraman club members. Ninety eight volumes loaned by closing time and one hundred books received from the state library. town residents express optimism about usefulness and future popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Paul Paulsen
M. P
Ben Paulsen
N. C
C. M. Holst
Monticello
Glenn Fayram
Claire Fayram
Jack Heeren
Glenn
Onslow
Mr. Heeren
Mary Elien McKinstry
Jim Bride
Omaha
Emil
Morse Elected Wyoming Fire Chief for Sixteenth Time
W N Morse wins a sixteenth term as Wyoming Fire Chief amid a regular meeting of the Wyoming Volunteer Fire Department. He has served since 1898 and as chief since 1925, with new officers including Dr W W Brongon as 1st assistant chief and Ernest Reitz as 2nd assistant chief. The department covers city buildings and 283 rural properties under a mutual aid agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
W. N. Morse
Morse
Wyoming Volunteer Fire Department
W. W. Brongon
Ernest Reitz
Gordon Marshall
Howard DeMoss
Claude Sears
Clifford Morse
Wyoming Fire Department
Farmer
Fire Company
Monmouth
Baldwin
Olin
Onslow
Wyoming Truck and
Paul Levsen
E. F. Rohwedder
F. J. Storm
Chris Hansen
C.F. Saxon
W. E. Miller
Citizens State Bank
B. J. Hansen
Inter national Harvester agency sale closes in Cedar Rapids
The Inter national Harvester agency here was purchased from Clause Mohr on Tuesday with possession taken Wednesday. Soppe will run this store and a similar Oxford Junction shop he has long owned. Wyoming residents have been treated at St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids for various conditions including a swallowed oyster shell, recent operations, and serious illnesses among several locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Gill
Larkin Club
Lloyd Preston
Fred Martens
Herman Gutzeit
Louie Schlemme
N. C. Holst
Floyd Chatterton
Malvin Ingwersen
Iowa City
Oxford Junction
Charles Blough
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
S. G. Hutton
Ruston
Onslow School
Streeper
James Macaulay
Mauent Vernon
Alice Ripperton
Clinton
Jimmie Paulsen
FB. Horton
Tion
International Harvester Agency
Clause Mohr
Soppe
Wyoming
C., . Wherry
Chris Hansen
Lyle Jenkins
Cedar Rapids Hospital
Chillicothe
Helen Alden
Myr
Robert Alden
Chillicothe Business College
Miss Alden
T. J. van Dyke
Henry Gardes
Xen Bahnsen
Willima Biscell
Elmer Buckingham
R. B. Pollock
Wendell Weed
Town City
Michael
Weed
Wyoming Journal
Frank Nowachek
Here
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
R. 2
B. Pollock
Ernest Reitz
Methodist Church
Luther League
Doris Day
Doris Ingversen
E. N. Stoffel
Mount Vernon
Charles Stoffel
Ralph Orth
Hawthorne Club
Emilyn Wickstrom
Emma Alden
Richard Brownell
Quiz
George Herzberger
Williams Hotel
Lee Smart
Wyoming Opera House
Tobaccoland
U.S.A
Fred Waring
Midland Homemakers’ Club
Martin Petersen
Roy Finkenbinder
Clarence First
Fred Lazare
Louie Holsinger
Ruth
Olin
W. C. Holtz
Ronald Holtz
Raymond Huggans
Carl Westohal
Walter Holtz
Hopkinton
Harvey Sexter
Monticello
George Ireland
Monticello and Anamosa Couples Dinner Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Heiken of Monticello and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Eilers and daughter Kathleen of Anamosa were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gerdes. Arthur Bender of Vinton spent several days in Wyoming with Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Bender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Royden
Hopkinton
Edwin Wilcox
Monticello
A. B. Cass
8. C. Walters
Anamosa
Mys
Jed Tjaden
Arville Tuel
Harvey Heiken
Grant Eilers
Kathleen
Henry Gerdes
Arthur Bender
Vinton
Wyoming
L. J. Bender
Richland Girl Is Honored at Party
Olga Schneiter celebrated her sixteenth birthday at home in Richland with sixteen guests. Guests included Neloris Yossi Dorothy Allemand Helen Moore Mary Schilt Louise Bauman Ruth and Olga Schneiter Mrs. Jack Buol and others. The party featured dancing, music by John Yossi, and a comb and brush dresser set plus a decorated birthday cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Center
Olga Schneiter
Neloris Yossi
Dorothy Allemand
Helen Moore
Mary Schilt
Louise Bauman
Ruth
Jack Buol
Roland D Buol
Jack Luol
Paul Schneiter
James Howie
Lyle Burrichter
Howard Schneiter
Milton Harris
Harold Steiner
John Yossi
Olga
Voss
Carl Schneiter
John Wosed
John Schweitzer
Janana
Cedar Rapids
Herbert Ulais
Notice of Probate of Will in Jones County
In Jones County district court a paper claimed as the last will and testament of Gideon J. Hughes, deceased, was filed. The court fixes January 25, 1941 for final proof and probate, allowing interested parties to appear and contest admission of the will. Dated December 28, 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lown
Jones County
Cideon J. Hughes
Said County
Gideon J. Hughes
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Monticello Express
W. T. Kehoe
Hampshire Boars
Thomas Stimpson
Will M. Lubben
McCormick Deering
J. P. O'Shea
Cascade
Iowa
Will Dirks
Carl Weber
Sand Spring
Robinson
Masonville
Shomont Farms
Minnie Husmann
Herbert Kuntz
Eliza Zeadow
Lillian Harms
W. F. Helberg
Harry Lang
Timothy
Red Clover Seed
Farmers Grain Company
W. S. Pangburn
Seehusen
Meyer
Poland
China
John Supple
Coggan
Bernard Kuriger
L. A. Iverson
Iverson
Sargent Minral
iMonticello
Shaffer Implement Co
League OF Women Voters
Byron Thompson
Monticello Dispensary
S. A. Kaplan
Green Colonial
Green Colonial Furnace Co
Des Moines
Ralph Rundell
Wisconsin
McKay Nursery Company
Madison
Wis
Expert Dyeing Service
Hargrave
Montizello
Deen
Bupane Gas
Center Junction Group
Castle Grove Fire Insurance Co
4-H Club
Milwaukee Railroad
L. E. Mayberry
Burwell
Neb
L. E
Mr. Mayberry
Pauline Cramer
Margaret Balster
Margaret Deischer
W. R. Cartano
Kathleen, Eiler
BE. F. Burr
Vic Estling
D. E. Drummy
Harlow
Karen Brady
Lisbon
Howard B. Holmes
Waterloo
J. R. McBride
Wayne
Carl R. Smith
John Bodenhofer
James Kehoe
Chas J. Holub
Arthur Came
W. E. Carson
E. E. Orcutt
Troy Mills
Mrs. Orcutt
People’s Hospital
John Peterson
Otto Koranda
Morley
Elias Anderson
George Paulsen
Tyrrell
Presbyterian Church
Schrader
Mary Ellen McKinstry
George Hinrichs
Henry Benhart
Benhart
Jeanette Gill
Ed Paulsen
Legion Auxiliary
Max. Fayram
Edwards
John Kennedy
Marvin Hunwardsen
Mrs. Hunwardsen
Scotch Grove School
W.N. Morse
Hansen
Rohwedder
C. A. Hansen
Leon Madsen
S. H. Brainard
Peter Eichhorn
Peter Levsen
J. B. Lorenzen
H. M. Carpenter
Ralph L. Orth
Harvester Agency
Wilbur Soppe
Oxford
Richland
W. I. Pearson
Cork
Tiughes
O'Drien & Hughes
Lorneys
Joan
Earlville
Town Department of Agriculture
McCormick-Deering
Mc Cormick
Deering
Shaffer
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