Monticello Farm Forum Banquet Highlights 1941 42 Council
Monticello held its Farm Forum annual banquet in the Community Building with 150 farmers and spouses attending. The event featured a student orchestra directed by Lyle McMullen, a variety of solos, and the election of the advisory council for 1941-42. George Godfrey of Iowa State College delivered the keynote on farm philosophy, urging modernized farming and improved living on the land.
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Monticello
George Godfrey
Iowa State College
Farm Forum
Godfrey
Iowa
Mary Louise Yount Wins Iverson Furniture Vote Contest
Mary Louise Yount won first prize in the Iverson Furniture vote contest with 1,903,440 votes and received a walnut bedroom suite. Second prize went to Mrs. W. W. Stickford with 1,770,040 votes and a cedar chest. Bess Dickey earned third prize a kneehole desk with 1,646,810 votes. Ann Dusanek claimed fourth prize an inner spring mattress with 1,587,320 votes. Elfredo Yossi took fifth prize with 1,403,890 votes.
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Mary Louise Yount
Iverson Furniture Store
W. W. Stickford
Stickford
Bess Dickey
Ann Dusanek
Elfredo Yossi
James O'Rourke Buried Yesterday Funeral services held
James Fran is O'Rourke died January 20 after pneumonia. Funeral at Immaculate Conception Church with Rev. J J Hennessey, burial in the church cemetery. Born February 14 1872 in Castle Grove township he worked in Chicago as a streetcar conductor and at McCormick Deering before farming. Survived by ten siblings including Mrs Oliver Hardy and Mrs Milo Tuttle.
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James Francis O'Rourke
John McDonald Hospital
J. J. Hennessey
Immaculate Conception Church
O’rourke
Lawrence
Sara O’rourke
Castle Grove Township
Chicago
McCormick-Deering Implement
O'Rourke
Oliver Hardy
Phillip
Milo Tuttle
Edward
John
Monticello
Will
Louis
Alice
May O’rourke
Charles
Himore
S. D
Marion Tallman
Jones County Aims to Boost March of Dimes Drive
Charles J. Cash Jr announces appeal to Monticello school teachers to support the annual March of Dimes fund drive for infantile paralysis. Half of proceeds stay in Jones county, half go to the National Foundation in New York. Funds combine with past gifts to meet local emergencies. The National Foundation previously allocated $13,500 to the University of Iowa for paralysis after-effects research.
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Charles J. Cash, Jr
Jones County
Monticello
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis, Inc
National Foundation
University of Iowa
Shimanek Named On Committees In 1930 Session
C. F. Shimanek of Monticello was nominated for the efficiency committee and placed on twelve ten. His nomination and appointment to the patronage committee were confirmed by House Speaker Robert D. Blue. Howard Baldwin of Dubuque County helped draft the first session bill proposing aid to dependant children.
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C. F. Shimanek
Monticello
Robert D. Blue
Eagle Grove
Shimanek
Howard Baldwin
Dubuque County
Henry George Named First Charter Member of Fifty Year Club
Henry George of Monticello is chosen as the first charter member of the Monticello Express Fifty Year Farmers club. The article recalls his Civil War memories, farm life since 1877, and his long career with dairy work, Shorthorn cattle, and draft horses. He will be 85 next April and remains active on the farm.
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Henry George
Monticello
Hie
Memip
Ne Vent Farmers’ Club, Co
Monticello Express
Towa
George
Wallworth
Boston
Iowa
Smith
Mr. Wallworth
Holstein Association
Ray
Mr. George
England
The
the Express
Doctors Probe Tuberculosis In County
Arrangements have been completed for intensive work to search out unsuspected cases of tuberculosis in Jones county. The program is a joint effort by the Jones County Medical Society the Iowa Tuberculosis Association and the state health department with the Christmas Seal committee. Public health officials will test exposed persons using tuberculin skin tests followed by chest X rays if positive to detect infection early and prevent advanced disease.
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Jones County
John H. Fraser
Jones County Medical Society
Charles K. McCarthy
State Department of Health
Iowa, Tuberculosis Association
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
McCarthy
Corn loan reform allows partial redemption under seal numbers
Jones County plans a revised corn loan rule enabling borrowers to redeem part of stored corn under a single seal number after county committee approval. Producers must choose bushels and seal, with the county computing the owed amount and arranging payment through the CCC or lending bank.
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Jones County
County Aaa
AAA
Commodity Credit Corporation
Bank of Lending Agency
Funeral services held for John J. Lundon in Cedar Rapids
John J. Lundon 50 a retired farmer and World War I veteran died Friday at a Cedar Rapids hospital after a short illness. Funeral Mass at Immaculate Conception Church Monday. Survived by wife Emily, daughter Dorothy, son Frank, four sisters and two brothers. Lundon known in Monticello and Monticello area. Dr and Mrs T M Redmond to Chicago after stopping in Sterling en route to visit son.
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Cedar Rapids
John J. Lundon
Immaculate Conception Church
John M. Molloy
Mr. Lundon
Monticello
Emily
Dorothy
Frank
Loretta Lundon
Robert Hayes
Nelle
May Lundon
James
Lundon
January Term in District Court opens in Jones county
The regular January term of the Jones county district court opened in Anamosa with probate matters first on the docket. The Jones county bar met at Gillen hotel and voted to back legislation on reformed coin procedure. Defaults were entered in several civil cases while probate entries included sales reports and final administrator accounts for multiple estates. Adoption set for January 27 and hearings on final reports scheduled for February 3.
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Jones County District Court
Anamosa
Jones County
Gillen Hotel
Glenn MceLaughlin
C. E F. Shimanek
Monticello State Bank
Albert Marek
Wm. G. Schoon
Thomas Kula
C. S. Woodward
Earl B. McKinstry
Frank E. Holub
Louis Holub
Equity
L. F. Pealer
J. Schultz
Susan Moore
Henry Rodick
F. E. Stimson
Albert E. Brown
Virginia Marsh
William Marsh
Henry Rudolph Jacobs
Hiram
Tobias Rieken
Mary Cassady
Eliza Hogan
Charles Field
Kathrina Jacobs
Wilma Wolf Buried At Worthington
Mrs. Arnold Kramer of Monti cello mourns the death of her sister Wilma Wolf who died after a month long illness at a Dubuque hospital last week Thursday. Funeral services were held at St. Pauls church in Worthington. She is survived by her parents six sisters and six brothers.
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Arnold Kramer
Monticello
Wilma Wolf
Dubuque Hospital
St. Paul’s Church
Worthington
Buxtons Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary in Wheatland
Mr and Mrs F W Buxton of Wheatland marked sixty years of marriage with a Friday dinner at home attended by their two children Perry and Mrs John T Thompson both of Wheatland and their grandchildren Also present were Mrs Jennie Rohn sister of Mrs Buxton Their son in law Mr Buxton reached 81 on the anniversary Members of the Eastern Iowa Publishers Association joined to honor the couple as their oldest members.
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A. F. Walker
Smith-Hughes
Monticello
E. H. ‘Huibregtse
Huibregtse
Walker
F. W. Buxton
Wheatland
Perry
John T. Thompson
Jennie Rohn
Mrs. Lena Morey Laid To Rest In Anamosa
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Morey 60 of Anamosa were held yesterday at 2 p.m. at a local funeral home conducted by Rev. E. A. Schlaman. Burial followed at Riverside cemetery. Maiden name Carmichael, she married Henry Morey in Monticello March 17 1905. Survived by sisters Florence and Margaret Carmichael of Monticello, brothers Andrew Monticello John Lawndale Calif Jacob Union N J, and sister in law Nellie V. Morey of Anamosa.
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Lena Morey
Anamosa
E. A. Schlaman
Mr. Morey
Florence
Margaret Carmichael
Monticello
Andrew Carmichael
John Carmichael
Lawndale
Calif
Jacob Carmichael
Union
N. J
Nellie V. Morey
Jones County Hosts Third TB Case Finding Program
A program sponsored by the Towa Tuberculosis Association begins in Jones County this month. It marks the third time Jones County has sponsored such a program. Those interested in early diagnosis should consult their physician.
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Towa Tuberculosis Association
Jones County
Shimanek to Attend General Assembly in Washington
C F Shimanek Jones County representative in Des Moines has been chosen to attend the Fifth General Assembly in Washington D C He is the sole Iowa delegate at the conference held January 21 22 23 He will return to Des Moines next Sunday The conference aims to ease barriers from unfriendly state legislation and align laws Iowa focuses on defense legislation and will report back to the legislature Monticello is his home for several years
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C.F. Shimanek
Des Moines
Iowa
Jones County
General Assembly
Washington, D. C
Shimanek
Washington
Monticello
Young Farmers Visit Reform Dairy at Anamosa
Twenty young farmers visited the Reformatory dairy at Anamosa to observe dairy procedures under Superintendent William Vincent. They toured calf pens and learned about high milk yield from alfalfa and corn silage, with plans to study tools and a future visit to a noted producer and feeding farm.
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Reformatory
Anamosa
William Vincent
Vocational Agriculture Room
Red Cross Group Turns in Layettes
Mrs J J Hayes chairing the American Red Cross war program led a group that turned over ten complete layette outfits for refugee children in Europe. The items were cut from approved patterns and delivered for the January 31 quota. Members included Mesdames Chaloupka Fothergill White Nordman Kuriger Minnis O Rourke Muller Breen Barron Dempsey Kane Meyer Schnier and Miss Valanta Schweitzer.
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J. J. Hayes
Red Cross
Will Corbin
Europe
Mesdames
Henry Chaloupka
C. E. Fothergill
Lawrence ,White
Geo. Nordman, Sr
Bernard Kuriger
George Minnis
Alice O’rourke
George Muller
John Breen
J. R. Barron
Elizabeth Dempsey
Leo Kane
J. F. Meyer
Ernest Schnier
Anna Valanta
Anna Schweitzer
Robert Hogan Named Gazette Editor in Cedar Rapids
Robert L. P. Hogan began as state editor for the Cedar Rapids Gazette succeeding Pete Hoyt who led the post for years. He leaves the Iowa Safety Council to take the job and is a former cub reporter, city editor of the Iowa City Press-CCitizen, and Monticello native son of Dr. and Mrs. M. I. Hogan.
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Robert LP. Hogan
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Des Moines
M. I. Hogan
Monticello
Army Has U S Positions Open at Des Moines Recruiting District
A quota of 285 vacancies in the Air Corps technical branch was announced by Lt. Col A C Chesledon. Openings include aerial photography, engines, armament, machine shop, meteorology, parachute rigging, radio, sheet metal, and welding. Ages 18 to 35, single, with no dependents. Recruits from Iowa and nearby areas urged to apply at the Des Moines office or Army Recruiting sub stations in Burlington Cedar Rapids Davenport Fort Dodge Sioux City and Mason City.
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Army Air Corps
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
A. GC. Chesledon
Iowa
Old
Federal Building
Des Moines
Air Corps
Medical Department
Quartermaster Corps
Infantry
Fort Francis E. Warren
Corps Area Service Command
Fort Des Moines
Omaha
Neb
U. S. Disciplinary Barracks Guard
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Army
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Mason City
Public Health Nurse To Examine Monticello Students
Mrs Milton E Thoeni selected by the Monticello Red Cross to examine all children in public and parochial schools next Monday. Aimed at preventing contagious diseases with teachers and nuns assisting. Ill children to go home for care. rural schools may receive visits if requested. Cost borne by the Monticello Red Cross chapter.
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Milton E. Thoeni
Monticello
American Red Cross
Thoeni
Red Cross Chapter
Loren Cramer Earns Military Training Honor at Iowa State
Loren Cramer son of Mr and Mrs Fred Cramer of Castle Grove township a general agriculture freshman at Iowa State College Ames will wear a cardinal and gold star on his uniform sleeve this winter quarter for excellence in military training during the fall quarter a notable campus recognition by the school authorities.
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Loren Cramer
Fred Cramer
Castle Grove Township
Iowa State College
Ames
Dr. Lucius Porter to Speak at Davenport Congregational Supper
Dr. Lucius Porter a Yen Ching University China and former Columbia Oriental studies professor tours Davenport association churches. He will speak at the Congregational church fellowship supper next Tuesday at 6 80 oclock and at a public schools assembly the same afternoon.
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Lucius Porter
Yen Ching University
China
Columbia University
Davenport
Porter
Mrs Fishwild Elected County 4-H Girls Committee Chair
Mrs George Fishwild of Wyoming becomes the county 4-H girls committee chair for 1941 succeeding Eloise Kuhns McKinstry who held the post for two years. Other members include Mrs Sam Ellison Martelle and Mrs Irving Hintz Bontheligs, Onslow, with Mrs Mis Sny der Onslow and Mrs J E Porter Anamosa also on the panel. ex officio member is Mrs Oliver Furst, head of the Farm Bureau women’s division.
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George Fishwild
Wyoming
Fishwild
Eloise Kuhns McKinstry
Sam Ellison
Martelle
Irving Hintz Bontheligs
Mis » Snyder
Onslow
J. E. Porter
Anamosa
Oliver . Furst
Aunt Jemima to be Here Saturday at Stahler's
Pancake lovers in Monticello will meet Aunt Jemima at Stahler's grocery this Saturday, Jan. 25. The Cedar Rapids celebrity will personally serve brown pancakes with maple syrup and coffee, inviting families and children to enjoy a special afternoon.
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Stahler's
Aunt Jemima
Cedar Rapids
Jemima
Monticello
Cattle Shipments At Monticello This Week
Cattle shipments from Monticello vary again. Outgoing stock included two carloads for George Rickels and two for Kearney Bros with one for Aitchison Bros. Incoming cattle come from Kansas City Kansas three carloads for Clarence McLaughlin and one carload from Alamota Kansas.
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Monticello
Chicago
George Rickels
Kearney Bros
Aitchison Bros
Clarence McLaughlin
Kansas City
Kans
Alamota
Jones county grand jury rounds up eight indictments
The Jones county grand jury met Tuesday and returned eight indictments against six detained individuals. William Weets Jr faced three counts of embezzlement involving mortgaged cattle sold to Jed Paulsen and Jones county auctions in 1938. Wyoming tavern operators Clem Anglin and W Cairy were charged with illegal liquor possession, Owen Wallrot charged with forgery, Edward Orr and Robert Goellnitz of Davenport charged for operating a vehicle without the owner's consent, and two suspects remain unnamed pending custody. The grand jury report notes this as the greatest workload in several terms.
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Jones County
William Weets, Jr
Lost Nation
Jed Paulsen
District Court
Justice of the Peace Court
Clem Anglin
W. Cairy
Wyoming
Owen Wallrof
Clay
Wallroty
Eugeny Wallrott
Childress Motor Company
Monticclo
Edward Orr
Robert Goellnitz
Davenport
Gene Porter
Anamosa
Land Jury
Firemen Honor C. Matthiessen in Monticello Banquet
Clarence J. Matthiessen was toasted at a surprise banquet by about 60 Monticello volunteers. H. I. Rodman served as toastmaster. Leigh Clark and John Beeks organized the dinner. Matthiessen, Monticello fire chief since 1928, served 26 years with the department and received an Elgin wrist watch on his retirement at 45.
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Monticello
Carl B Husman Buried Sunday in Anamosa
Carl B Husman 49 died at Mercy hospital Anamosa after a short illness. funeral services were held at the Lutheran church with the American Legion post in attendance. He served overseas in World War I after enlisting July 25 1918. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Rickless a son Earl his mother Mrs Talke Husman and several siblings.
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Carl B. Husman
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Lutheran Church
American Legion Post
L. H. Buesing
Mr. Husman
Elizabeth Rickless
Zion Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Earl
Husman
United States Army
Anamosa Lutheran Church
Anamosa American Legion
Talke Husman
Scotch Grove
Milert Hull
Ryan
George Hansen
Manchester
Henry Balster
Hermion Cordes
John Husman
Castle Grove
Frank Husman
Center Junction
Henry Husman
Monticello
Quartet To Perform At Marion Band Directors Clinic
One Monticello high school quartet will travel to Marion on January 24 to demonstrate national contest level clarinet music for a county band directors clinic. The players are George Coxsee first clarinet, Dorothy Bartlett second clarinet, Helen McLaughlin alto clarinet, and Lorraine Jacobs bass clarinet.
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Monticello High School
Marion
George Coxsee
Dorothy Bartlett
Helen McLaughlin
Chivinet
Lorraine Jacobs
Basa
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Wayne
Ed Helgens
Ed Zirkelbach
A. F. Cass
Ernest Wahl
Mrs. Wahl
F. C. Cramer
Ae Balster
Henry Adama
I. R. Hintz
Carl Schneiter
C. Schneiter
John Yossi
George Buel
John W. Ricken
Allen Chatterton
A. Chatterton
W. G. Heath
Verlin Conley
John C. Smith
A. B. Cass
Harry Kuhns
Raymond P. Joseph
C. K. Greer
Louis Hanken
William F. Reth
Dale Carpenter
Coon Rapids
Aest
Nk Stimson
Iverson
James O’rourke
Express
Yowa
William Merriman
Billy
Billy Merriman
Abraham Lincoln
Mahoney
Shelley
Kitty Creek
Heiserman
Washington, D.C
Young Farmers’ Club
Reform Dairy
Robert Hogan
U. S
Iowa State
Mrs. Fishwild
New County
4-H
Honor C. Matthiessen
Jones County Farmer and Legion
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