Polio Drive Urges Support For Iowa’s Needful Cases
The March of Dimes campaign highlights polio costs and care. It notes Iowa’s varied county impact, with Jones County faring better than Harrison, and explains funds split between local reserves and the National chapter for research and aid. It details average case expenses and iron lung costs, and outlines the patient journey from ambulance to rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello
Harrison County
Iowa
Polio Foundation
University Hospital
Iowa City
Monticello Notes and Local Oddities Column
Local column recalls social quirks and small town humor from Monticello figures including a coach husband, Rev. Baumann snow shovel joke, and town camera chatter. Reports on 8 and 88 specials, subscription price rise, and March of Dimes link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Baumann
Cecil Goettsch
John
Cecil
High School Conference Races Set for Tournament Push
The piece surveys top contenders in several Iowa leagues led by Marion and Reinbeck. It highlights coaches Hipple Cabalka Maas Gabriel and notable players like Bob Billerbeck Ackley and Don Swartzendruber. Strong races loom in the Wash and Upper Iowa conferences with Wellman West Union Postville and West Liberty also in contention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinbeck
Breinbeck
Jim Maas
Bob Billerbeck
Ackley
Williamsburg
Wellman
Don Swartzendruber
Iowa
West Chester
Upper Iowa
West Union
Postville
Webber
Babcock
Elkader
Way Back When 1899 1924 1939 Monticello Notes
Reprint items from Express files recount births marriages and local events in Monticello area. Notable entries include a baby born to Mr and Mrs Henry Freese on Bowen's Prairie, a banking statement signaling surplus, a January 11 wedding at Ryan Catholic church, measles in David Sutherland’s family, Ed McNamara’s new baby, a buggy accident involving Mrs A W Cramer and Charley Graves, and a move by RB Corbit to Ann Arbor for law studies. January 37 1924 notes Mrs J Ho Perrine of Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Freese
Bowen's Prairie
Monticello
James Delay
Catherine Beacom
Ryan Catholic Church
P. H Ryan
Charley Graves
Michigan
Frank Stimson
Pulver
Delhi
Olin R. Howie
Cedar Rapids
Bernard Brady
John McDonald Hospital
Martha Hanken
Center Junction
Casper Buol
Mount Vernon
Luther League of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Fred Rieniers
Paul Harms
Dorothy Egger
Mary Prult
Minnie Rickless
Emma Mettler
Joe Loettscher
Castle Grove Township
Henry Husmann
Juli Husmann
St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Vaughn Thornburg
Juanita Magana
Jean Liddy
Jean Hogan
Business and Professional Women's Club
Goudy
Jim Hamil
Chicago
Monti High
National Honor Society
Berniece Tobiason
Doris Beard
Lucille Yossi
Maxine Lange
Mary Hanssen
Jimmy Hamilton
Northwestern Bell Telephone
Jimmy
Center Junction Club Elects Officers for 1949
Center Junction WCSG met with 16 members and five visitors as officers were elected for 1949. New president Hans Hinrichsen and two vice presidents were chosen, with plans for a creamery dinner on Jan 29. Members heard devotionals and lessons on service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Bohler
Frank Himebaugh
Rex Brady
Preston
John Loop
Hopkinton
The
Presbyterian Church
Delores Andrews
Glen Heideman
Phil Dart
Madison Merry Maids
Madison
Merry Maids
Mary Jane Serbousek
Alan Serbousek
Hans Hinrichsen
Calvin Reiss
Emelda Kunan
Kathleen James
Reiss
Treva Heiken
State Farm Bureau
Jessen
Jones County
Center Junction
Also Mentioned on This Page
BY the
Way
Hay
Black Panthers
Stuhler’s
RK. G
Harvey
Manuel
National Foundation For
Franklin D Roosevelt
Tait Cummins
Neill’s Corner Candy Shop
Marion Indians
Les Hipple
Marion
Leo Cabalka
Manchester
Matt Brandes
Waverly
Oelwein
Charles City
Decorah
Iowa Cedar
Montezuma
Gabriel
van Cleaves
Tama
Bete Plaine
Ltfe
Montezuma Boys
Iowa Hawkeye
Johnny Hunter
West Liberty
West Branch
the Express
Heinrich Harms
Wayne Township
J Ho Perrine
Anamosa
Official Paper
Monticello and
CG. A. Dozsee Estate
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Dubuque
Center Junction W.C
Presbyterian
Farm Bureau Meets
Madison Farm Bureau
Cecil James
Co-operative Parish
S. G. Thompson
J. N. Smith
Ada McNeil
Gladys McNeilly
H. S. Richardson
McNeilly
Inter-Church Council
Congregational Church
Himebaugh & Seiler
T. E. Stanton
Main Street
Robert Serbousek
Lewis Dreibelbis
George Moats
Monticello Hospital
Anna Petersen
Ellsworth Dart
Jerry
Dolores
New Hampton
A. D. Serbousek
Frank Serbousek
Billy
Harry Chase
Maurice
Omaha
Shenandoah
Lynn Serbousek
Dick Dreibelbis
Hargrave Cleaners
Area Tay Tires
Motor Sales
Goven, Eddins & Co
la Salle St
Acmegelectric CO
1St Street
Mueller
David Andrew Loop
Bert Loop
Loop
David
Robinson’s Dairy
Monticello Express
Sacred Heart
Peasta
Monticello Greenhouse
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