Jones County Farmers Prepare Erosion and Grant Goals in 1937
Jones County Agricultural Conservation association directors toured the county on January 17 to map erosion types and slopes by township. They plan to set erosion based goals after state and county computations, with sign up days for farm grants in each township. As of January 15, 66 521 bushels of corn were sealed for Federal loans and 35 876 bushels for Federal loans amounting to 16 749 dollars, with 30 745 bushels sealed at local banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Agricultural Conservation Association
Washington
Des Moines
Neme
Jones County
Dick Daring Trick Books Free January 27
The Monti cello Express, with Quaker Oats cooperation, will offer Dick Daring Trick Books to local children in exchange for portions of Quaker Oats carton wrappers. Watch The Express next week for the official announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Daring
Monticello Express
The
Express
Adv
Grimes Speaks on Public School Music in Cedar Rapids
Supt. A B Grimes of Monti cello schools spoke in Cedar Rapids before the Linn county school masters club. He joined Prof. Lloyd Oakland of Cornell College Mount Vernon to discuss public school music and its use in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Grimes
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Lloyd Oakland
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Judge Ellison in Anamosa Improves After Illness
Judge F. O. Ellison, dean of the Eighteenth judicial district, was reported Monday to be greatly improved after a week of illness. He has remained close to home during his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. O. Ellison
Eighteenth Judicial District
Legislation Talk at Monticello Business Club Dinner
Monticello's Business and Professional Women's club hosted 33 members and guests for a dinner at Goudy's cafe. Honor L. Clark spoke on "Legislation" with Lois Smith as chair of the legislative committee. Initiation of four new members occurred before the address, and Rena Otten joined via transfer from Anamosa. Other attendees included Mrs. William H. Jarrett and Geraldine Roberts, with an accordion solo by Roland Goudy opening the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Business and Professional Women's Club
Goudy
Honor L. Clark
Lois Smith
Margaret Wismeier
Vera Steffy
Lorraine Maire
Emma Stadtmueller
Ann Malnar
Alice Goudy
Rena Otten
Anamosa Club
Lena Ma~ragg
Helen Heiken
Bethel Merrill
William H.jarrett
Geraldine Roberts
Roland Goudy
Jones County Pays $1124 in 1937 Livestock Claims
The county board of supervisors paid 72 domestic animal claims totaling 1 124 40 from the domestic animal fund for 1937. The largest claim was 82 50 by John Holmes for 19 sheep. Many claims cover livestock killed by stray or unlicensed dogs as officials push license enforcement to curb rabies and disease risk. City stray dogs roaming Monticello prompt warnings to license and restrain pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Domestic Animal Fund
John Holmes
Leah
Monticello
Mechanicsville Farm Sells for 135 Dollars an Acre
The 160 acre Mechanicsville farm tenanted by A. R. near Mechanicsville in Mahaska County sold for 9135 per acre. Albert Nanke of Buchanan bought from Equitable Life and will take possession March 1. The property covers two eighty acre halves with strong improvements and nearby Maquoketa Valley REA line. Mr. Embree will operate a farm near Morley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R
Mike Eon
Mechanicsville
Ones
Albert Nanke
Buchanan
Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York
Maquoketa Valley
Miss Jones Named New P T Teacher in Monticello Schools
Frances Jones of Iowa City will lead physical training for elementary grades and high school girls, replacing Belle Markovitz after marriage. She comes from the State university at Town City and starts January 24, with graduation expected next week. Geraldine Roberts of Indianola also joins Monticello as speech and junior high English teacher, filling the post left by Harriet Brindley. Roberts is a Simpson College graduate who has taught in Leon and Stratford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Jones
Iowa City
Seymour Kranz
Belle Markovitz
Monticello
Jones
State University
Town City
Geraldine Roberts
Indianola
Skating Rink Popular in Monticello Public School Grounds
Warm weather cut short the Monticello skating season though early in the week as many as a hundred skaters enjoyed the rink on the public school grounds. When cold weather returns the ice will be flooded again for public use and the skating program invites donations of unused skates for needy children.
Ruth Roberts Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Ruth Roberts daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben C. Roberts submitted to an operation for appendicitis at McDonald hospital Monday evening. It was an aggravated case she had suffered from for some time. She is convalescing nicely and will be out of school for about two weeks. Friends may call at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Roberts
Ben C. Roberts
McDonald Hospital
Ruth
Short Course Draws Rural Youth Attendance Rise in Jones County
Registration reached 73 rural participants with an average weekly attendance of 62 over five days. Instructors praised engagement and discussion, while attendees credited the course and leaders for its success, listing registrants by township and including several Linn county attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Castle Grove
Max Specht
John Hiller
Paul Gerdes
Loren Cramer
George Balster
Clarence D. Eberhart
Irvin Lubben
Mary McLaughlin
Clarence Eberhart
Hale
Maurice Bonjour
Fairview
Bernell Schwirtz
Greenfield
Lawrence Duncan
Merle Meeks
Donald Meeks
Chester Miller
Howard Calvert
Boyd Frantz
Harold L. Calvert
James Miller
Gorman Robinson Seeee
Eed Poe
Wayne
Lewie J .Renkeh
Joe .T. Catlett
Scotch” Grove
Irving Eilers, Wilma Kuhns, Eloise Kuhns, Laura Sinclair
Irving Eilers
Jackson
Nelda Porter
Elwyn May
Delbert Grafft
Edward Ireland
James Whitmore
John Benadom
Wyoming
Carl Brodersen
Joseph Kouba Jr
John Eichhorn
Louis Kouba
William Reade
Madison
Duane Lincoln
Robert Levien
Harry Rohwedder
Irvin Stevers
Robert Rohwedder
Melvin
Burns Lodge Initiates Candidate in Third Degree
Masonic Lodge Burns 173 A F and A M held a special communication last Thursday evening and conferred the third degree on William Flackender manager of Schultz Brothers store in Monticello. The degree work led by Worshipful Master Lloyd Clark with assistance from Past Masters Ben Cotton and Norman Davidson. Guests David Flackender Cresline Ohio and Cecil Goetsch Monticello of Gladbrook lodge attended. Refreshments were served in the dining room to nearly fifty masons after the initiation ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Lodge
William Flackender
Schultz Brothers
Monticello
Lloyd Clark
Clark
Ben Cotton
Norman Davidson
David Flackender
Cresline
Ohio
Cecil Goetsch
Gladbrook Lodge
Maquoketa Man Seeks High State Office
Maquoketa county Superintendent Charles F. Martin announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state superintendent of public instruction to succeed Agnes Samuelson. Martin, serving Jackson County for ten years, presided over the Iowa State Association of County Superintendents in 1934 and is regarded as a leading educator with proposed reforms noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Martin
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Agnes Samuelson
Martin
Iowa State Association of
Young Lawyers Admitted To Linn County Bar
At a Linn County Bar association meeting two younger members were admitted as members. They are John Locher of Monticello and Elbert Heiserman of Monticello who has recently moved to Cedar Rapids to practice law with county attorney J E Heiserman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Bar Association
John Locher
J. J. Locher
Monticello
Elbert Heiserman
J. E. Heiserman
Cedar Rapids
Monticello Creamery Pays 42 Cents for Butterfat
Patrons of the Farmers Mutual Creamery company of Monticello received 42 cents for butterfat for the last half of December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company of
Monticello
Jones County Court Opens January Term at Anamosa
The January term of the Jones County district court will convene in Anamosa next Monday January 24 with Hon F O Ellison as preaching judge. Grand jury not called. petit jury to be summoned Monday January 31 at 10 o clock. Several civil cases listed including guardianship petitions and foreclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County District Court
Anamosa
F. O. Ellison
Sectional basketball tourney set for Monticello in February
Supt A B Grimes announces Monticello will host a sectional tournament February 23 to 26 in the public school gym. District 3 includes Benton Linn Jones Jackson Clinton Scott Cedar Muscatine Johnson and Iowa. Eight districts yield two winners per sectional in A and B classes with teams including Dubuque Monticello Cedar Rapids Vinton Washington Davenport Lost Nation Clinton. Fans back the Minotaurs coached by Roy Moore as one of the winter season's most watched events in this part of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
A. B. Grimes
Monticello
Benton
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Clinton
Scott
Cedar
Muscatine
Johnson
Iowa
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Washington
Davenport
Lost Nation
Roy Moore
Grimes
Talk On Vocational School Work Presented To Rotary
A. F. Walker of Monticello public schools spoke to the Monticello Rotary on vocational agriculture and the Smith-Hughes act of 1917. He outlined federal and state aims to educate youths in farming, cited Iowa’s 139 departments, and described work by teachers and parents to teach thrift through hands on projects and contracts. The program covers crops soils animal husbandry and farm management with 39 students in the initial year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
A. F. Walker
Monticello
Future Farmers of America
United States
Congress of the
Smith-Hughes
Iowa
John
Mary
George Deen
U. S. Congress
Vocational Agriculture Department
Monticello Express Announces Price Increases and Deadlines
The Monticello Express informs subscribers of drastic newsprint cost rises and a March 1 1938 deadline for delinquent payments. New annual rates apply from March 1 1938: $2.00 in Jones Dubuque Delaware and Linn counties, $2.50 for other Iowa counties and U S, $3.00 for Canada. Subscribers may renew up to five years early at old rates before March 1 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
The
Express
Jones
Dubuque
Delaware
Linn
Iowa
United States
Jones County Licenses Signal Strong Sports Interest in 1937
In 1937 Jones county issued 1162 hunting fishing and trapping licenses, generating 1364 dollars. Licensing breakdown shows 363 fishing, 338 hunting, 346 combined, 110 trapping licenses and 3 large trapping licenses. Only one non resident fishing license and one six day non resident license were sold, while non resident hunting licenses priced at 25 dollars were not pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Presbyterians Set Rededication Sunday January 23
The Presbyterian church plans a rededication after eight months of repairs costing 8500 dollars. Worship will start with a processional from the basement to the auditorium led by the organ, with the sermon titled Structural Security. Special music and guest ministers from Cedar Rapids and Anamosa will join in the day’s services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Jones County Ministerial Association
Robert Little
First Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Harry Green
M .E
Anamosa
Death Notice for Fred Mohr of Lost Nation
Fred Mohr of Lost Nation died December 30. Funeral held January 3 at Union church. Born July 29, 1863, he married Sophia Burrichter in 1887. Survived by sons Otto Baldwin Emil and Albert Davenport. daughter Amanda Luet Lost Nation. four brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Mohr
Lost Nation
Union Church
Mr. Mohr
Sophia Burrichter
Monticello
Mohr
Otto
Baldwin
Emil
Albert
Davenport
Amanda Luet
Will
Henry
John
Ipswich
S. D
William Greenwaldt
Fred Burrichter
Wheatland
Religious Group Meets at Local Methodist Church
The Jones County Council of Religious Education met at Monticello Methodist church Sunday afternoon January 16. They planned a one day county wide institute on Christian Education at the Olin United Brethren church February 9 with the theme Better Work by Better Workers. A leadership training school is planned for March with further announcements to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Council of Religious Education
Monticello Methodist Church
Olin United Brethren Church
V. F. W. Notes of Past Week From Monticello
Monticello post No 1683 Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary sponsor the year’s first social meeting on Wednesday January 26. The group hopes many members attend as this is a new undertaking. Twelve members attended a Maquoketa organizing meeting for a new Auxiliary. Rays Echternacht Harry Hoag Mr and Mrs William Jarrett Elsie Meade and Honor L Clark visited Al Hodoval of Oxford Junction who is seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Maquoketa
Ray Echternacht
Harry Hoag
William Jarrett
Elsie Meade
Honor L. Clark
al Ho
Maquoketa Man Named Head of Hebron College
The Rev. K. F. Weltner of Maquoketa has been named president of Hebron junior college at Hebron Nebraska. He succeeds Rev. Walter Hellman who resigned last summer. Weltner previously led Sterling Academy in Sterling Nebraska and taught at Wartburg College in Waverly Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Hebron College
K. F. Weltner
Hebron Junior College
Hebron
Neb
Walter Hellman
Weltner
Sterling Academy
Sterling
Wartburg College
Waverly
Jones County Safety Council elects officers at first big meeting
The Jones County Safety Council held its first major meeting in Anamosa naming William Stanton president. Other officers include Dick Beall vice president Claire Mills secretary and S E Locher treasurer. Directors from townships listed and a January 21 planning session set to finalize membership. The drive aims for 2200 members with a 50 cent fee and a bumper emblem reading Jones Iowa State Safety Council. Join now and help to Save 100 Lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Safety Council
Anamosa
William Stanton
Bernard
Dick Beall
Center Junction
Claire Mills
S. E. Locher
Monticello
Jim Hayes
Dubuque
Jones County
Stanton
Hayes
Jones’ Safety Council
Jones—Iowa State Safety Council
Winkler Freed From Jail and Rearrested
Louis J. Winkler walked out of Linn county jail after a 90 day federal term then was rearrested on a state liquor charge linked to a barn still near Oxford Junction. He earlier faced charges in Manchester and Anamosa as part of a pattern of alleged illegal liquor operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Winkler
Linn County
Eichhorn
Jones County
Winkler
George Lawrence
Anamosa
Oxford Junction
Scott
Federal Court
Manchester
National Hybrid Co to Rebuild Plant in Iowa City
Robert L. Larson announced National Hybrid Co will erect a three story factory on its Iowa City property to replace the plant destroyed by fire on December 12. The building, costing 50 000 to 70 000 dollars, is slated for completion by next fall and may include an elevator. The blaze wiped out the entire plant and 35 000 to 40 000 bushels of hybrid corn, with damage around half a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Larson
National Hybrid Corm Company
Anamosa
Iowa City
Two Marriage Licenses Issued in Jones County
Last week in Jones County saw two marriage licenses issued. Louie G. Hagen aged 29 and Irene Bodeker aged 24 were licensed, along with Ernest Blohm 21 of Center Junction and Rosaline Fluckiger 18 of Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Louie G. Hagen
Irene Bodeker
Ernest Blohm
Center Junction
Rosaline Fluckiger
Monticello
Cascade business man John H. Weber dies at 11
John H. Weber prominent Cascade druggist died suddenly from a heart attack at his winter apartment in the Hotel Faber. He was 1866-1924 style details and survived by wife Mae and children Paul Rex N C Weber and Mrs A L Scholl. Funeral at St Marys Cascade with mass by Monsignor Albers and burial in St Marys cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Weber
Cascade
Faber
Weber
Weber & Ramm
Ramm
Joseph Weber
Dubuque County
Mae McClain
St. Martin's Church
F. L. Roche
Paul
N. C. Weber
Omaha
Neb
Rex Weber
Council Bluffs
A. L. Scholl
Maquoketa
Mr. Weber
East Cascade
St. Mary's Church
J. B. Albers
Harold Ginter
Francis Cassidy
Monsignor
Albers
St. Mary's Choir
St. Mary’s Cemetery
John H. Devaney
Supreme Director of
The
County Delegates Attend Farm Bureau Convention
A group of Jones county Farm Bureau delegates left yesterday to attend the annual state Farm Bureau convention in Des Moines. Led by William D. McLaughlin, the group includes Glenn Sones as voting delegate and other members from Monticello Anamosa Scotch Grove Mechanicsville and Olin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Farm Bureau
Des Moines
William D. McLaughlin
Jones County Farm Bureau
Glenn Sones
Harold Delscher
John Wilcox
Monticello
Harold Hartman
Glen Sones
Lloyd Robertson
J. E. Meeks
Harlan Russell
Carl Smith
Anamosa
H. H. Carson
Bernard Cass
Scotch Grove
Otho Brokaw
Mechanicsville
O. T. Furst
Will Reese
Olin
Will Tasker Injured By Car In Chicago
William S. Tasker 85 was struck by an automobile in Chicago and suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. A former Jones county resident, he was a successful cattle buyer who began life on an east Of Onslow farm and later resided in Monticello before moving to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Tasker
Chicago
Mr. Tasker
Jones County
Onslow
Monticello
Selected News From Nearby Towns
Edgar Rogers age 52 received a 14 year sentence for second degree murder after pleading guilty to the fatal shooting of his brother Elmer 56 in Dubuque last September. Vincent Bayless 93 prominent Dubuque resident died at his daughter's home Friday after a career in banking lumber and teaching in the Bayless Business College. Everett Wright 29 was elected president of the Citizens State Bank of Hopkinton last week with Katherine McElliott as cashier Marvin Rhines as teller and directors including Peter Melchert J D McAllister George Feltes and William Beitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Rogers
State
Elmer
Dubuque
Vincent W. Bayless
Friday
Minneapolis
Bayless Business College
Everett L. Wright
Citizens State Bank of
Hopkinton
Iowa
Katherine McElliott
Marvin Rhines
Peter Melchert
J. D. McAllister
George N. Feltes
William Beitz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Conservation Asan
Ellison
B.P.W
Honor L Clark
Miss Jones
P.T
Masonic Lodge
Linn County Bar Ass'n
Monticello’ Creamery
Jones County Court
L. R. Watters
John Knutsen
Yeti
George & Lawrence
Waukon State Bank of
Waukon
Evelyn Greenawald
Howard Willison
Bennett
Oldorm
Agnes Zeller
Charles Koranda
Ius
Frank Shimanek
Iowa Electric Company, Corporation
Tom Lawrence
Louis Woods
George Meek
Maude Meek
Hugh Campbell
Lyle Marshall
McCormac
Oscar Ambuehl
Betty Ann Ball
Ina Newel
New Equity
First-Trust Joint Stock Land Bank
Hiram Roberts
Citizens State Bank of Wyoming
Byron McGuire
C. J. Lynch Jr
Unknown Heirs
Prult Brothers
Wilbur O. Oldorf
Clifford L. Niles
I. M. Wilson
Agnes Foulkes
Leo Hughes
Isaak Walton
Daniel Boone
Presbyterians
State Pharmacy Board
K. of C
Local Safety Council
Officers of Safety Council
Cass
William H. Buckner
George Specht
Clay
John Hughes
Stone City
C. H. Myers
C. H. Freeman
Stanley Waggoner
Lovell
Irving Hintz
Robert Alden
Frank Kulhavy
Richland
Elmer Schlemme
Rome
Fred Cook
Leroy G. Dirks
Dennis Cullea
Amber
J. F. Hout
John Mayberry
Roy Cooley
Glen McLaughlin
William Tuetken
Morley
H. D. Miller
H. W. Taylor
George Paulsen
Lee Sherrill
Frank Himebaugh
Harold Long
C. W. McLees
Martelle
Clayton Murfield
National Hybrid Co
T. 3. Lane
Iowa House of Representatives
39Th
General Assembly
John Hammill
Knights of Columbus
Sunnycrest Sanatorium
Cascade Fair Association
Farm Bureau Convention
Will Tasker
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