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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1940

Page

8

Crushed Rock Haul Aids Monticello Coggon Road

CASTLE GROVE The county hauls crushed rock onto the Monticello Coggon road to improve travel. L Kromminga is ill with flu. Marion Balster attended a Des Moines farm bureau meeting. George Nordman’s sale drew a large crowd Tuesday with good prices. M Hosford was in Cedar Rapids last Thursday for a Mutual Fire and Insurance meeting.

Castle Grove Monticello-Coggon L. Kromminga Marion Balster Farm Bureau Des Moines George Nordman M. Hosford Cedar Rapids Nts The Mutual Fire and Insurance Association Harry James Center Junction T. E. Stanton Peter Prahm Presbyterian Church Carl Heideman Chris Petersen Robert Mead Guy MacDonald Myrna Joe Mead C. H. Nelson Monticello F. L. Serbousek Gilbert Jones Olin Margaret Smola M. J. McNeilly Jones Irving Hilers N. C. Holst Tama

E R Young Farm Sale Nets Good Prices at Center Junction

Center Junction reports brisk activity as the late E R Young farm sale east of town sells stock grain and implements despite subzero weather. The sale was managed by Rev Moreey Young of Galesburg Jr and Mr Mrs Ted Schnittjer of Monticello.

Addison Martha Heiken William ‘Allen White Thompson David Lawrence Daisy Chase Reta Noah Imogene Chase Alwena McCammon Des Moines Woman's Club Prahms’ Hardware Presbyterian Ladies’ Working Band Elizabeth James

Otto Powlishta Dies In Sleep At Scotch Grove

Scotchtown area memories mourn the rural mail carrier Otto Powlishta who died in his sleep at age 42. He served about fifteen years, was World War II veteran, and leaves his mother, sisters, brother, and a wartime-era community in Oxford Junction. American Legion aided in funeral. Other notes include local club meeting and community news amid snowy roads and travel.

Scotch Grove Otto Powlishta Powlishta Hayden Funeral Oxford Junction Peter Mitchell Charles L. Jacobs Edgewood Joe Otto American Legion of George Plueger R. A. Naylor Kansas City Sherri Schutz

Wyoming Clubs Elect Marshall Leader at Annual Meeting

Gordon Marshall was elected president of the Wyoming Commercial Club at Memorial Hall last Monday. Other officers named were Ralph Orth as vice president F L Harrington as secretary and M R Marshall as treasurer. The board includes R J Tidman W M Bissell and W R Lyon. Plans were made to form a Boy Scout troop with Wendell Weed appointed to lead the project. About 45 attended a fish fry before the meeting.

Wyoming Gordon Marshall Commercial Club Memorial Hall Ralph Orth F. L. Harrington M&. R. Marshall R. J. Tidman W. M. Bissell W. R. Lyon Wendell Weed G. W. Ireland Lyle Tompking Keystone Lodge A. F A. M Lee Allen Lee Sherrill Hans Kettlesen George Fishwild Henry Bramer J. W. Thomson Gordon Mallicoat A. W. Peck Lyle Tompkins Co. H Rogers Tyler Austin Pealer Kyle Poole Woman’s Relief Corps C. H. Rogers BE. S. Pealer Chris Anderson Alex Adams M. E. Miller William Peck Walter Holub Monticello Richard Brownell Everett Vrooman Priscilla Club George Ireland Ralph Story Everready Club Russell Anderson J. L. Zellinger J. L. Zeilinger G. J. Zeilinger

Mary Cromer Tours Roots in Sussex Church Visit

Mary Cromer travels from America to England to see the Sussex village where her parents wed. She meets the rector and his son Tom Walker, receives an offertory bag as a keepsake, shares tea with the family, and learns she will stand beside Tom at the same altar.

Ary Mary England Sussex Mary Anne Smith John Cromer Mary Cromer America Miss. Cromer Tom Walker Tom Cramer Young Tow

Eagle waits for mate near Decorah after accidental shooting

A lone eagle near Decorah waits for its recovering mate a mile east of town, while the pair, once seen together, suffered the loss of one bird to an accidental shooting. The eagle remains protected by law.

Decorah

Leading Sorghum State Texas Tops U S Yield

Texas leads the United States in sorghum production with an annual average yield near 55,091,000 bushels, based on state output figures.

Texas United States

Jones County Supervisors Proceed On January 4 1940

Jones County Board meetings list bills and allowances for December 1939 and January 1940. Officials H J Dirks and Wm Mayberry presided with Bailey Helgens and Mayberry present. payments range from medical aid to repairs and supplies for Anamosa and surrounding townships.

Anamosa Iowa Board of Supervisors Se County Harm J. Dirks Bailey Rapid Anamosa Journal J Batley Curley H F Dolan Davies DeShaw Fraser Harold Hoegen Loosbrock Heiderhelser Paul Rawson T M Redmond Barnhart RJ Bone Joe Chatoupka Court House D Cooley Fidlar Chambers Julia Foarde C Hartman Grimm C. Stevens George Matthie Mildred Herr C Holst Jenkins Fergeman George—Lawrence Ruth Mann Matt Parrott Monticello Express Morris Sanford Bell Olin Cemetery Assn JD Paul Warren _ J Rees Don § Ruhl Scott Foresman Ethel Soper Helen Stirsky F. Stoughton M H Weiss Welch Printing Anamosa Eureka Gillen Hotel Florence Gouldin Kiass Bell Telephone James T Remley Don S Rahil Glen Assel Western Union Telegram Houghton Miffin Blackfriars Follett Book Co R. C Phillips Co Webster Pub. Co Quarrie Corp Geo Albery LW Kelloge Lena B Heckes W L Pearson Et al Insurance Commission Amber Lumber Co Aments Ross Baty Wm Bohier C F Boller Center Junction Lumber Gordon J DeShaw Medical Aid Farmers Creamery John W Gordon EF Himehaugh Nellie Morey Anamosa Lumber Co Anamosa Water Dept W J Beckwith John Bennen F L Berlin M Bisenius Carrol Blood Harry Boots Dick Carstens Cascade State Bank Magree Center Junction Lumber Co DP Chadwick FE Chopper Thomas Sigworth Smith White Lewis Dreibelbis Welipse Lumber Co Sutton's Crocery Pean Jowsa Wanilders Social Welfare Dept Chas Kay Dasrence Brossort Ronn Long Moep'tal Sadie Mershon Methodist Sanatorium Jones County Paraguant Harry 0 Dirks Parhets Helgens Mayberry Robert Chilhrie Nellie South Harry Wargens Herre Nou Jake Henry Wdgnrs Ianly Maton Hel Kens Meade Roscoe Joe Chaloupka Spaethe Alitenatio Barber Shelolg Melgens Joe Strakay Attation Rualley Victor Tatek Rome Oxford Wyoming Hale Madison Coon Washington Richland Wavell Castle Grove Cass Wayne Scotch Grove Clay Jackson

Retention Shields Demo by H. Hoffman in Cedar Rapids

Rupture expert H. Hoffman from Minneapolis will demonstrate his Perfect Retention Shields at the Hotel Montrose in Cedar Rapids Iowa on Saturday February 10 from 10 A M to 4 P M. Physicians will discuss the serious condition and the shields claim to hold ruptures under exercise and work. No mail orders and the home office is in Excelsior Minnesota.

H. &. Hoffman Minneapolis Minn Cedar Rapids Iowa Montrose Excelsior

Couple Reunite Moments After Death in Hawarden

Hawarden couple Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shuck who had shared 71 years of marriage died within two days of each other from pneumonia. Mr. Shuck passed away first, followed by Mrs. Shuck two days later, in a poignant double loss.

Jacob Shuck Hawarden Mr. Shuck Shuck

Lost Billfold of Farm Hand Near Palo Found

Albert Chesley, a farm hand near Palo, lost his billfold containing $8 last summer in a hay field. It was recently recovered intact in a feed rack at the same farm.

Albert Chesley Palo

Local Motion Passed For Fairview Greenfield Madison Area

A February 6 1940 city meeting approved a motion affecting Fairview Greenfield and the portion of Madison north of highway No B4. Attest by Geo BP Specht with Harm J Dirks listed among attendees.

Fairview Greenfield Madison

Remodeling ads and coal pitches in Monticello notice

A home goods and coal advertisement from Monticello promotes remodeling plans with monthly payment options under $10 for a Mule Hide roof attic insulation oak floors and kitchen modernization. It also touts Storm King coal low ash and Zonolite attic insulation plus stoker coal and oil treated coal with a local phone number for orders.

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