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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1948
Page
7
The Monticello Rotary Club welcomed five new members last Monday evening including Harry Stuhler, the first man initiated after the charter. New members are Louis Morf, James G. Nelson, Emil Prult, and Howard Struve. Guest speaker Robert Byrus of Ames spoke on fire losses and the state fire school.
The office of Don Ruhl, county treasurer, released car registrations for the past week listing owners such as John H Freese Anamosa and Paul G Gerdes Monti cello among others with models including 1947 Buick and 1948 Chrysler. Total registrations to date are 2819, versus 3283 for the same period in 1947. The January Parent Teachers association meeting is set for this evening at 8 in the public school music room with third grade mothers hosting and a Foundations for Good Citizenship program presented by Mrs Ray R Fuller Rev EB Burdine Anamosa and Donald Marston, plus musical numbers and a postmeeting lunch hosted by several listed members.
Birth announcements from John McDonald hospital list six newborns over the past week. Recipients include Ernest Schafer of Langworthy with a girl on Jan 15 and Vernon Steiner of Monticello with a girl on Jan 16.
Governor Robert D. Blue announced Tuesday he will seek a third term, citing unfinished business and the need to continue postwar programs. He praised progress in roads hospitals schools and tax reforms, and framed the governorship as belonging to all the people with benefits spreading across government. Reconstruction years saw reforms in mental health systems and a statewide hospital network strengthening local finances and governance.
Pauline Tobiason of Monticello appeared on WSUIs Tea Time College Salute Day with four University of Dubuque students. The program, the thirteenth in a series, featured Dubuque guests interviewed by Dotty Franke and Forrest Broders.
Marriage licenses issued last week show Alva Dirks 24 Cedar Rapids and Virginia Franklin 21 Marion. Dale E. Smith 28 wed Leota Gerdes 24 Cedar Rapids, Ralph M. Anderson 25 with Yvonne A. Knapp 22 Cedar Falls.
The vocational ag department sponsors a meeting at Monticello School on January 29 at 8 p m. Maurice Heath of the soil conservation nursery Iowa State College Ames will speak on pasture improvement. All interested invited.
The Flitchuakin Campfire group met with Mrs. Ray Fuller Monday evening to plan a resale. Mary Alice Wilcox is general chairman. The sale will be held at the Wilcox Hatchery on January 30 and 31.
At 10 30 PM Saturday a crash at the junction of highways 38 and 151 injured three people. A 1937 Chevrolet and a Miller gasoline transport collided. Robert Hartwig of Anamosa, a Chevrolet passenger, and the truck driver were treated at John McDonald Hospital Monticello and released shortly after. The car was badly damaged and a Cedar Rapids firm towed the truck, part of a fleet based in Iowa City.
Judge Hejserman appoints three inheritance tax appraisers for the rent year. Named are M Miles and Gano along with a third appraiser. The order was issued January 17.
An ammunition dump exploded 100 miles north of Savanna along the Mississippi River at 8 40 last night. Monticello residents reported the blast felt like an earthquake and it shattered windows in Savanna. Officials say one large bomb triggered others but no injuries were reported.
Monticello firefighters answered a call at 8 a.m. to John McDonald Hospital. They found only a chair burning in the front yard, with an extinguisher quickly quelling the flames.
The Jones County Polio Drive for 1948 starts Sunday January 25 and runs through February 7 with county chairman Charles Niles noting depleted local funds from 1947. Over $1300 was spent to help those afflicted. envelopes will be sent home with every student and donations may be mailed to Ana soma Iowa or given via neighbor students.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Shaw of Anamosa mourn the infant son Robert Dean Shaw who was born January 17 at John McDonald hospital and died the next day. Funeral services were January 19 at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev Oswald Sandbach officiating. He is survived by his parents two sisters and two brothers, and his mother’s maiden name Fern Milroy.
Mrs Will Poppe sustained a hip fracture Monday afternoon when she slipped on ice at her son Lea Row Origies home. She is staying at St Luke's hospital and will be transferred to the local hospital later this week.
Frank Eilers, manager of Schultz Bros store, attended a district meeting of Schultz Bros managers at the hotel in Manchester.
Monticello girl Irma Schoon is among eighteen co eds honored by Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls as candidates for the annual beauty contest. She is a member of Elementari sorority and previously won a high school beauty title.
Four OMVWI cases appeared on the district court schedule with preliminary hearings held before justices of the peace and binding over for district court action. Defendants include Robert Hartwig Anamosa Henry Ben Boner Jr Center Junction DeWayne V Weers Monticello and John Riches Wyoming.
The January term of the district court will open Monday January 26 with Judge G K Thompson on the bench. The grand jury meets that day and the petit jury on February 2. New Law cases include Welter vs Citizens Savings Bank Cascade damages Gavin vs Nedheriser auto damages Cascade Bank vs O Shea Brothers promissory note Ahlrichs vs Balster personal injuries Meyer vs Bronemann forcible entry. Equity matters include Walsh vs Sloan lease termination Weighels vs Weighels divorce Cubbage vs Cubbage divorce Wink vs Wink divorce Decker vs School District quieting title DeLarm vs DeLarm divorce Rudolph vs Rudolph divorce Stroud vs Stroud divorce Pulver vs McCleary quieting title.
The Record Stockman January 1 1948 issue features Gene and Jerry Hanson with their Aberdeen Angus steer that won the $1,000 first prize at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello last August. Robert Mills helped in the feeding venture but is not pictured. An ad for the American Aberdeen Angus breeders' Association appears, noting fairs where competition is strongest, with Great Jones County Fair as the sole county fair mentioned.
The Cascade Pioneer applauds Monticello voters for approving by 5 to 1 an extra $20,000 bond to fund a recreation center and swimming pool. The paper says the new facility will attract Cascade youths and families as a community drawing card.
Frank E Timmins of Monticello died in Smith Center Kansas on January 12 after a long illness. Funeral services were held January 14 with his wife two sons and two daughters surviving. George Timmins attended the funeral and mourns his father.
Monticello business leaders attended a Jaycee dinner with 170 people in the Community building. Har Lan Russell spoke on his Europe trip with Iowa farmers, and Jaycee officers presented financials including $1134.34 in merchant contributions and $985.62 for the Christmas party. Five 1948 objectives were outlined including a community chest, housing solutions, city park improvements, and promotion of special business days.
Monticello State Bank stockholders met January 13 in the directors room. Directors re elected were Arend Balster Jr Halstead M Carpenter Richard A Cartano Ray C Hoag John J Locher Dr T M Redmond Frank E Stimson Harry W Stuhler and Dr C G Thomas. The directors then reelected executive officers: R A Cartano president Frank E Stimson vice president H W Stuhler vice president Halstead M Carpenter cashier C E Fothergill Charles M Luett James A Maurice Paul T Schuetz and D P Sutherland assistant cashiers.
LeRoy Clark of Monticello died Tuesday evening at his East Second Street home from a heart attack. He was a partner in LeRoy Clark Sons, well drilling contractors, and had about 50 years in pump repair work. Funeral services are planned for Saturday at 2 PM at Goettsch funeral home with burial in Oakwood cemetery. He was born October 1, 1883, married Lena Siemers in 1927, and survived by three brothers.
Monticello public schools music department will take more than 85 students to Olin on Saturday for a 7 30 festival rehearsal and concert. Combined girls and mixed choruses mass bands will perform with Donna Aitchison Shirley McCurdy and Marjorie Luett singing the girls trio. Monticello flute quartet Clara Kehren Doris Zimmerman Roma Hoult Rose Stadtmueller will play. A 50 cent charge is listed.
James Skelley has accepted an apprenticeship with Goettsch Funeral Home in Monticello. He will serve nine months before studying embalming in St. Louis to train as a mortician, after previously working for Towa Electric Company.
Weert Bennen of Monticello submitted to a serious operation at St. Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids on January 14. The operation was successful and he is on the road to recovery.
George L. Lovell a pioneer eastern Iowa businessman died at his Monticello home January 20 after a long career. Funeral services were held at Goettsch Funeral Home with Rev. Roy V. Porter officiating and interment at Oakwood cemetery. Lovell led Lovell State Bank as president until 1931 and retired thereafter. He was born March 20, 1856 in Climax Michigan and married Fredrika M. Green in Olivet. He is survived by son Lafayette W. Lovell and daughter Catharine L. Adams, with burial rites by Burns Lodge No. 173 A F & A M.
Mrs Jacob Widmer a Monticello resident for 70 years died January 17 at her home after months of critical illness. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church with Dr Wm J Grossheim officiating. She was born September 2 1871 in Canton Berne Switzerland and married Jacob Widmer in 1902. Survived by husband and several children, grandchildren, and Wenger siblings. She was active in the First Presbyterian church of Monticello.
The Turnis and Strang sale near Cascade grossed $11,956 with auctioneer Joe Her ard and clerks Harold Curoe and Ray McDermott. Holstein cows and heifers averaged $204.25, top cow at $289, a 12 year old seeder resold for $205. Hay sold for $20.50 and straw $17 per ton.
Robert Kellerlain an employee of the McCain Abstract company died in Anamosa Friday after suffering Hodgkins disease contracted in India. Burial took place at Fayette Monday. He leaves his wife Daphne and a son William aged 11.
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