Next Term of District Court Opens in Jones County
Hon. J. E. Heiserman will open the next term of Jones county district court Monday January 23. The petit jury is called January 30 with defaults on January 24. Docket includes multiple promissory note cases, foreclosures, divorces, quieting title suits and injunctions. Florence Gouldin to continue as court reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Heiserman
Jones County
18Th Judicial District
Linn
Florence Gouldin
F. O. Ellison
Equity
New Law L
Madsen
Gdn
A. DeForest
Federal Farm Mortgage Corp
Rose. Kedley
Elizabeth Lauser
Peter G. Nevens
J. E. Thompson
C. D. Ferguson
Barnsdale Refining Co
Boots
Ances
Donald Stott to Report for Training at Great Lakes
Donald Stott was notified by the Naval Recruit station in Davenport to report to the Great Lakes Naval Training School in Chicago on March 1. He has passed his mental and physical examinations and will undergo three months of training, then a 10 day furlough before two more weeks in Chicago. He will then go to the naval base at San Pedro California. His brother Raymond Stott is in his second year in the service aboard the U S S Arizona, and their cousin George Stott on the same ship in his fourth year. The naval base for both boys is Burlington, Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Stott
Naval
Davenport
Great Lakes
Chicago
Donald
San Pedro
Cal
Raymond Stott
U.S
Arizona
George Stott
Burmington
Wash
Car Licenses Ahead of 1938 Licenses
New licenses applied for at the treasurer's office run about 75 ahead of the same period last year. Number 2213 was issued at 11 o'clock Wednesday. Over $1200 was taken in Tuesday as Don B. Ruhl, county treasurer, reported $1129 for current and delinquent taxes received that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Hodoval
Don
Ruhl
Special Speaker For Rotary Club
Rev. H. W. Hewitt pastor of the Hopkinton Methodist church spoke to the Monticello Rotary Club last Monday evening. He described two years in a mission among Mexican workers in Southern California, detailing their culture, religion, diet, and customs. The audience received the talk with hearty attention and laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Hewitt
Methodist
Hopkinton
Monticello
Bond
Hewitt
Winans Mark 25th Wedding Anniversary at Monticello Farm
Mr and Mrs David C Winans of Monticello celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary at their farm home last Saturday January 14 with seventy guests including Rev W J Grossheim Dr Earl DeShaw Ray Hearn and Clarence Hearn from Monticello. Out of town visitors included Mrs Fred Johnson South Sioux City Neb William Rice Viola and William Doll Onslow. A silver purse and many gifts accompanied a decorated cake from their sons Ellis and Paul. Their son George away in California could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David C. Winans
Monticello
W. J. Grossheim
Earl DeShaw
Ray Hearn
Clarence
Fred Johnson
Winans
South Sioux City
Nebr
William Rice
Viola
William Doll
Onslow
Ellis
Paul
George
California
Deitrick
B P W Welcomes Five New Members at Evening Meeting
The Business and Professional Women's club admitted five new members Misses Vatein Thornburg Juanita Magana Jean Liddy and Jean Hogan at a regular monthly meeting following a 6:30 dinner at Goudy’s cafe. The club now counts 40 members in Eastern Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatein Thornburg
Juanita Magana
Jean Liddy
Jean Hogan
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Goudy
Maude Arduser
Not Enough Work in County Says Job Clerk
Jones county faces a job shortage as 230 men and women lined up at the unemployment office in Anamosa seeking compensation or employment. Clerk Elizabeth Dearborn noted the intake last Friday while outlining that eligibility requires two weeks of joblessness and employer payment of compensation tax. The maximum unemployment payout is $15, prorated to earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Elizabeth Dearborn
Anamosa
Shipments of cattle hogs and feed depart by rail
Several shipments moved from the local freight depot last week. Shippers include Jake Dietiker Cascade with two cattle cars to U S yards, W S McQuillen Cascade two cattle cars, Louis Finn Cascade one cattle car, J J Buol one cattle car. Finn Bros Cascade sent two hog carloads. Six cattle and hog cars left Sand Spring. Rail recipients include Chris Reiter Cascade two cattle cars from Latham Kan George Manternach two feeder cars from Waukon Ia P M Dahlem Cascade one car potatoes and five cars of feed from Minneapolis August Kru z Atkins Ia one car old lumber from the old schoolhouse being razed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Dietiker
Cascade
U. S
W. S. McQuillen
Louis Finn
J. J. Buol
Finn Bros
Sand Spring
Chris Reiter
Latham
Kan
George Manternach
Waukon
P.M. Dahlem
Minneapolis
August Kruz
Atkins
Fish Fry Planned by American Legion Hall Friday
The American Legion announces a fish fry with all the trimmings served at 50c per plate in the Legion hall. Service begins at 6 o clock and continues until all are served. Public invited. proceeds support the Legion treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American. Legion
Legion Hall
Rae
Legion
County Teachers Exams Set for January Schedule
County teachers without certification will take examinations in the county superintendent's office on January 25 26 and 27. Normal training exams were conducted this week in Miss Nelle Morey's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelle Morey
County Board Cost In Jones Law Says State Tax Release
Jones county with 19 206 people and five supervisors spends 31 cents per resident for board operations, above the state average of 24 cents and below some counties. Comparison shows Palo Alto at 48 cents and Cherokee at 20 cents, with Hancock at 53 cents as the high and Linn at 8 cents the low. Delaware 82 cents Jackson 32 cents Dubuque 10 cents Clinton 15 cents Cedar 43 cents, surrounding Jones in modest variation.
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Board of Superiore
Jones County
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Palo Alto
Cherokee County
Polke and Linn
Hancock County
Jones
Delaware
Jackson
Dubuque
Clinton
Cedar
Linn
Grundy
Black Hawk
Mrs Mary Pierce Dies After Illness in Jones County
Mrs Mary Lebow Pierce aged 70 died at her Cascade area home last week after a short illness. She lived in Bird City Kansas prior to Cascade where her husband Charles E Pierce worked as a blacksmith. He was murdered in 1982 and the killers were never found. Surviving are son Charles and daughter Mrs Iva Currie of Saskatchewan Canada.
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Mary Lebow Pierce
Jones County
Cascade Community Church
Cascade
Charles E. Pierce
Bird City
Kansas
Pierce
Charles
Iva Currie
Saskatchewan
Canada
Husband of Former Teacher Died in Calif
Word comes of the death of Jack Adams 34 in California from pneumonia after a day illness. He was husband of Marjorie Diedrick Adams of Belleflower and father of Mrs. Adams, who once taught music in Monticello and started its first school orchestra. Golda Berryhill, another former Monticello teacher, also teaches locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Adams
Marjorie Diedrick Adams
Oak Street
Belleflower
California
Ile
Adams
Monticello
Golda Berryhill
Monte Draws Oxford Junction In County Meet
Oxford Junction undefeated and veteran as Monticello high opens county tournament Feb 8 to 11. Pairings set with Byes in both brackets and girls tournament at Olin with Wyoming, Center Junction and Morley also listed.
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Monte
Oxford Junction
Monticello High
Peacm
Wyoming
Olin
Center Junction
Onslow
Monticello
Martelle
Anamosa
Morley
Jones County Cattle Hit Top of Market
Jones county cattle sold at the extreme top of the midweek trade at the Chicago stock yards last week. Jim Hamil Monti cello stockman received the extreme top on a 20 head shipment of 1258 pound steers at 13.50 per cwt. Harry Ingwersen Oxford Junction was in Chicago with light weight cattle that brought 10.15 per cwt. There were 21 steers averaging 845 pounds.
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Jones County
Chicago
Jim Hamil
Monticello
Harry Ingwersen
Oxford Junction
Ooe
Advisory Board Selects Officers for Monti Cellos
Advisory board of the Monti cello Rainbow assembly met at Mrs. Earl H. DeShaw’s home last Thursday night. Mrs. C. C. Hodson was elected chairman for the coming year, Mrs. Merie Cass secretary, Mrs. Wade Long advisor, and C. A. Doxser jad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Carrier Remembers Mail Wagon Days
Monticello’s John T. Breen, the town’s oldest rural mail carrier with 21 years of service, recalls 1918 deliveries by open sleigh and narrow carts. He details transformations from a stove heated cutter to Harroun autos, Model Ts, and Model As, noting longer routes, heavier mail, and evolving roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Breen
John
Monticello
Uncle Sam
Mr. Breen
Corn Show and Agricultural Program Set for Jan 24
The Monticello FFA chapter hosts a corn show and agriculture program to aid farmers in selecting varieties suited to local soils. Twenty five hybrids and open pollinated ears will be displayed with performance records from tests on Ave farms. The event begins 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium with demonstrations and music. Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Future Farmers of America
Ave
Local residents noted visiting relatives and new births
Local residents spent weekends with relatives in Dubuque Grinnell Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. New car registrations were recorded for Vincent A Simmons and X Ray Childress. A baby boy was born to Junior Burris and wife on Friday January 13 weighing eight pounds. Relatives in Monticello announced births of sons to Herman Schneider and to Francis McGuire formerly Clara Kaufman. Bob Spooner visited Cedar Rapids and has been discharged from the hospital to return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Palmer
Cedar Falls
Marion Palmer
Gates Business School
Waterloo
Lena Palmer
Robert Niederwimmer
Grinnell
Edar
Rapids
Junior Burris
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Presbyterian Hospital
Monticello
Detroit
Mich
Francis McGuire
McGuire
Clara Kaufman
Lou Spooner
Robert
Cedar Rapids
Bob
Parent-Teacher Assn Meets Tonight in Public School
The Parent-Teachers Association will convene at 7:30 p.m. in the public school building. The program features talks by T. E. Hamilton on The Citizen Goes to School, Miss Kosters on Home Economics, and Mr. Walker on Agriculture and Manual Training. Third grade mothers serve on the social committee with Mrs. Behrends, Mrs. Claus, Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs. McQuillen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent- Teachers Association
T. E. Hamilton
Miss Kosters
Walker
Alva Behrends
William Claus
Emma Wilson
McQuillen
Iowa City Man Speaks to Schoolmasters Club
Joy Kistler of Iowa City addressed the Schoolmasters Club meeting in Wyoming on problems of conducting a physical education program in small schools. The event drew many physical education teachers and coaches, with Coach Roy Moore in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoolmasters Club
Wyoming
Joy Kistler
Iowa City
Kistler
University High
Roy Moore
Mrs Samuel Eberhart Dies After Ankeny Car Crash
A local obituary notes the death of Mrs Samuel Eberhart from injuries sustained in a car accident in Ankeny last Friday evening. The piece includes reminiscences of small town life and a child’s humorous reflections on winter rain and a radiator scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Eberhart
Ankeny
H. H. Powers
Ames
Peters 25th Anniversary Celebrated at St Matthew’s
Mr and Mrs Henry Peters were honored at a 6:30 dinner and reception in St Matthew’s Lutheran church basement last Sunday. About forty guests attended a pink and silver themed event with a large two tier cake and arch of sweet peas. Rev H L Adix gave a congratulatory speech and gifts included china ware and silverware. The Peters live on a farm north of Monticello and have three children Edna of Chicago Salle and Raymond of Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Peters
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Herman Wolbern
Laura Prull
Lizzie Behrends
T. J. Gerdes
Alva Behrends
Carl
William Pehrends
Richard
Mildred
Loretta
Hazel
Helen
Wilma
Herman, Jr
del McVay
Harold
Mabel
Laverne
Hinrich Prull
Laura
George Mardorf
J. B. Zimmerman
H. L. Adix
Irma
Wilbur Nachtrieb
Ray Helosea
Peters
Monticello
Edna
Chicago
Salle
Raymond
DeMolays Plan 10th Anniversary Program
The DeMolay chapter in the area marks its 10th anniversary at the Masonic Temple on Wednesday February 22 with a district officers meeting and invites 250 state and district officers and former members. A banquet dance and initiation for local boys and district initiates will be held, with two degrees to be conferred, as northeast Iowa chapters from Dubuque Decorah Osage Waterloo Cedar Falls Belle Plaine Cedar Rapids Marion Monticello participate.
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Masonic Temple
Iowa
Dubuque
Decorah
Osage
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Belle Plaine
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Monticello
Don Maire
Sidney Schweitzer
Robert Stutt
Dismissals and admissions at John McDonald Hospital
Thirteen people were dismissed from John McDonald hospital this week including Celestia Kuhns Ethel Leytem Mrs Emil Husman Harold Richardson M Lem i 'i ar MV Frank Sorg and others plus babies born to Chaney Burris William Smith Richard Tuet ken Lyle Hosford and families from Monticello Cascade and Hopkinton with several new arrivals. Walter Hall George Allen and William Kenney were admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Celestia Kuhns
Ethel Leytem
Emil Husman
Harold Richardson
Frank Sorg
Fritz Lees
James Hesler
Walter Hall
George Allen
Monticello
William Kenney
Hopkinton
Chaney Burris
William Smith
Richard Tuetken
Lyle Hosford
E. B. First
Florin Manternach
Cascade
Oxnam to Speak at Cedar Rapids Youth Conference
Bishop Oxnam of the Methodist church will address St. Pauls church Cedar Rapids Sunday as part of a Methodist Youth conference. The afternoon talk at 3 15 focuses on Religious Jit terbugs. the 7 30 evening talk is Our Battle. Lloyd Oakland of Cornell college directs a Hymn Festival. the choir sings anthems and Arthur B Jennings performs Spring In The Desert. Public invitation extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Bromley Oxnam
Methodist Church
Omaha
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Oakland
Cornell College
Cornell College Church
Arthur B. Jennings
Desert
All Weather Road Planned From Monticello to Iowa City
The Iowa State Highway Commission may pave the Monticello Mount Vernon corridor from Newport to Solon and Solon to the Linn county line. The project would create an all weather route beneficial for travelers to Iowa sporting events and the University hospital.
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Monticello
Iowa City
Mount Vernon
Iowa State Highway Commission
Newport
Solon
Linn County
Iowa
University Hospital
VFW Post 1683 Plans First Social Meeting of Year
The Monticello Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary will hold the first social meeting of the year in the Memorial building on Wednesday January 26. Members are asked to bring sandwiches for their own party and coffee will be provided as in the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Seventh Grade Poets Create Illustrated Poetry Books
Seventh grade students finished a poetry unit and made personal books illustrating the poems. They explored nature poems and poems of sympathy with original drawings accompanying each piece.
Sixty six Students Attend Golgotha Play at Church
Sixty six high school students attended the play Golgotha at the Presbyterian Church on Wednesday January eleventh. Students said the production depicted the life of Christ and found it very interesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golgootha
Presbyterian Church
Christ
Knights of Pythias To Confer Degrees Thursday Evening
The Knights of Pythias plan an initiation of about 12 candidates and election of officers at 7 30 PM in the KC hall. Teams from Central City Anamosa and Cedar Rapids will confer three degrees under Cedar Rapids leader Frank Shepperd with Muscatine organizers Art Gensing and Herman Lord overseeing the reorganization after eight years with guests from visiting bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
KC Hall
Central City
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Frank Shepperd
Art Gensing
Herman Lord
Muscatine
Kp’s
Two Injured In Car Accident Near Onslow
Two people were injured in a weekend automobile accident 144 miles west of Onslow. A car driven by Mike Hanson slid into a ditch after striking an icy rut and overturned. Hanson suffered a broken rib and facial abrasions while Frank Norris, a passenger, had a badly fractured arm.
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Center Junction
Onslow
Mike Hanson
Mr. Hanson
Frank Norris
January's chilly spring briefly gives way to warmer spell
After a cold January, milder temperatures appeared this week signaling a temporary springlike shift. Forecasters note the trend may ease as the week ends with unsettled conditions possible.
Second Swine Production Meeting Scheduled for Feb 17
Jones county hog producers in the Farm Bureau swine program meet in Anamosa at 10 o clock February 17. E L Quaife ISU extension animal husbandman and K W Stouder extension veterinarian discuss brood sow and litter feeding weight gain to 200 pounds at 180 days and control of hog parasites with an accompanying US Department of Agriculture film. Attendees invited to bring problems for discussion as part of a swine production series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
E. L. Quaife
Iowa State College
K. W. Stouder
Quaife
Dr. Stouder
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Stouder
P T A Sponsors Victoria the Great Movie
The Parent Teachers Association funds a special movie, Victoria the Great, at the Monte Theatre on January 27 for a matinee. Proceeds buy band uniforms. The British biography of Queen Victoria is partly in technicolor. Tickets: 25 cents adults, 15 cents students, 10 cents children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Parent-Teachers Association
Victoria the Great
the Monte Theatre
Nen Victoria
Mrs. Peter Hanson Died At Walker Home
Mrs. Peter Hanson age 50 died Sunday at her Walker home after pneumonia. Her husband also died Christmas Day from the same illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Sacred Heart church in Walker. Survived by six children, her mother, and siblings Ralph Crim Leland Crim Silas Crim Mrs Herman Welter Mrs Charles Regentine Filmore Crim Mrs Ed Offerman Lester Crim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Hanson
Walker
Hanson
Sacred Heart Church
Monticello
Arthur Crim
Ralph Crim
Leland Crim
Silas Crim
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New Equity
Oliver Anderson
Sarah Anderson
John T. Benbow
Hazel I. Benbow
Lloyds Lyone
Charles Clark
W. N. Morse
Geo
Wm. C. Weidert
May S. Livingston
Illiam L. Wells
Mary W. Wells
Earl Buckingham
Maude Buckingham
Mary Milligan
John Duncan Milligan
James F. Murphy
the North Star Benefit Assn
Iowa Electric Co
Town of Cascade
H.G. Gray
George B. Hein
Frank E. Hein
First Trust Joint
Harry B. Kedley
Jane E. Reid
James O. Reid
Richard D. Becker
Blanche L. V. Becker
Rotary Club
B.P.W
Mary Pierce
Cascade Cemetery
Calif
Len Buol
George Arnold
Emma_ Tschantz
Oscar Fuller
John Me‘Crae
National Rural Mail Carriers’ Association
John Breen
William Kettlitz
Rena Kettlitz
Vincent A Simmons
Chevrolet
X. Ray Childress
Ford
Joe Hayden
Gold Hill
Colo
Herman Schneider
Parent-Teacher Assn
Jimmy Hamilton
Northwestern Bell Telephone
Jimmy
Jean Budge
Eberhart
Samuel P. Eberhart
George Guyan
Colin G. Thomas
S. G. Gutsasohn
James B. Hodgson
Coe College
Castle Grove Presbyterian Church
Des Moines
J. L. Wheaton
Russell Dagle
Delbert G. Dagle
Walter J. Chivers, Jr
Frederick T. Bohner
Wheaton
Polk County
Delbert Dagle
Miss Budge
Budge
Bishop Oxman
V.F.W
Golgotha
P.T.A
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