Plan County Wide 4‑H Circus in Anamosa Saturday Jan 27
A large 4‑H circus planned in Anamosa features a nine concession ticket system to benefit the March of Dimes. Clubs including Wyoming boys, Hale Boys, and Oxford groups organize acts, games, and food, with Morley and Greenfield clubs running serving duties.
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Anamosa
Wyoming Boys
Darchean Wise Owls
Wayne Master Farmers
Oxford Hlappy
Hale Wapste Wanderers
Olin Ship Ahoy
Oxford Livewires
Martello
Castle Grove
Olin Hawkeyes
Castle Grove Royal Rangers
Richland Wildcats
Lovell Happy Helpers
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls
Clay Busy Bees
Onslow Agricolae
Madison Merry Maids
Wyoming 49Ers
Wyoming Polly Pigtails
Morley 3M
Greenfield Good Luck Clubs
Fairview Thunderbolts
Fairview Farmerettes
Rev James W Sala Elected Presbyterian Moderator
The Presbytery of Cedar Rapids elected Rev James W Sala moderator for the coming year at its Mid Winter meeting at Springville Presbyterian Church. Sala, pastor of Monticello church, succeeds Rev Andrew Kurth and will head the 32-church Cedar Rapids area group. He was previously in Chicago as Field Secretary for the Church Extension board and has held pastorates in Woonsocket Rhode Island and Monticello Iowa.
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Presbytery
Cedar Rapids
Springville Presbyterian Church
James W. Sala
Sala
Andrew Kurth
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Monticello
Joe Messerli
Presbyterian Church of
Schneiter Anniversary Surprise at Home
Mr and Mrs Carl Schneiter celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary with a surprise party Friday evening. Attendees included Paul and Olga Schneiter and daughter Karen plus Margaret Wismeier and other relatives. A later note mentions a county Young Farmers meeting set for Monday January 29 at 8 p m in the school study hall with speaker E P Slywester from Iowa State College Extension.
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Carl Schneiter
Paul Schneiter
Karen
Margaret Wismeier
Olga Schneiter
Ulfrich Schilt
Rhinehart Doden
Harold Schneiter
Jerry
E. P. Slywester
Iowa State College
August Brokens Anniversary Celebration
Mr and Mrs August Brokens will celebrate their silver wedding anniversary February 1 with an open house at the Community building in Monticello from 2 to 4 pm A dance in the same building honors them that evening The couple married in Miami Florida February 20 1926 by Rev H W Niewald They are the parents of two daughters Mrs Doris Foster and Deanna June both of Monticello They have two grandsons Cody Steve 3 and Marshall Clark 17 months
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August Brokens
Monticello
Cody Steve
Marshall Clark
Mrs Lyons and party plan month visit to Los Angeles
Mrs Harry Lyon and son Don ald left Tuesday morning for Los Angeles for a month visit with friends and relatives. They were accompanied by Mrs John Welter and Mrs George Turnis.
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Harry Lyon
Donald
Los Angeles
John Welter
George Turnis
Railroads Remembered Monticello’s heyday and wrecks
The article recalls early Monticello railroading with 1865 crashes, 1892 Stone City wreck that killed two, and veteran John Wenger’s memories. It notes 20 daily trains at peak, crowded depots, and seasonal fairs drawing crowds. Crew roles, wages, and long service records highlight the Milwaukee Road era and local infrastructure.
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B. Shaffer
Stone City
John Wenger
Wenger
Berne
Switzerland
Milwaukee
Monticello
Davenport
Calmar
Farley
Jones County
Here
Jacob Zimmerman
John Harrington
Dave Wenger
Henry Maire
Alec Kehrli
Dick Johnston
Belle Stuhlken
Utah
Berlin
Henderson
Milwaukee Road
M. B. Leonard
Ray Hayes
Bob Mullen
Art O’rourke
Melvin Sands
Alvin Hobart Jr
Leonard Kennedy
Bureau Approves Check-off Raise For Dairy Promotion
Farm Bureau resolutions urge extending the dairy check-off period to fund advertising and promote consumption. Hanken of Seated Grove, representing Jones county, cited a state convention vote supporting a proposal to double the current check-off, with funds used by the Town Dairy Industry Commission. The bill seeks to extend the period so producers pay per pound during the first fifteen days of June.
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Farm Bureau
Hottie Hanken
Seated Grove
Jones County
Town Dairy Industry Commission
Iowa
Presbyterian Men Host Councils In Cedar Rapids
On Sunday January 21 the Monti cello Council of Presbyterian Men welcomed all Cedar Rapids Presbytery Men's Councils. After a 5 p.m. dinner served by church ladies, about 125 men attended the annual business meeting in the church chapel. New officers include Vernon Spahn Cedar Rapids president Albert Blinks Mount Vernon vice president Nevin Casteel Cedar Rapids secretary treasurer. Dr Gaylord Couchman Westminster Church Dubuque was main speaker inspiring the gathering. Retiring officers E H DeShaw president Orvin Yeoman secretary treasurer were thanked for expanding council charters and new councils. The group aims to promote God's kingdom worldwide by encouraging Presbyterian men to serve their church.
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Monticello
Gaylord Couchman
Westminster Church
Dubuque
Couchman
Cedar Rapids
E. H. DeShaw
Orvin Yeoman
New Superintendent Named At Reliance Manufacturing
Fred Martin named new superintendent at Reliance Manufacturing in Anamosa after serving five years as assistant in Hattiesburg Mississippi one of 29 company plants. Justin Kehoe, Anamosa, resigned as superintendent effective January first 1947. The firm runs bus routes for workers and employs Monticello residents. Ben Cotton of Middletown stayed with W H Shaffer Thursday and attended Burns lodge past masters meeting.
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Reliance Manufacturing Company
Anamosa
Fred Martin
Hattiesburg, Miss
Justin Kehoe
Monticello
Ben Cotton
Middletown
W. H. Shaffer
Burns Lodge
A.F
A.M
Hawley Opens Monticello Standard Oil Station
Richard Hawley leases and opens the Monticello Standard Oil station on First Street, taking over operations and inviting customers to visit the newly activated service location.
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Hawley Now Operates
Standard Oil Station
Richard Hawley
Monticello Standard Oil
First Street
New Facilities At Station Include Grease Wash Room
The report notes a new grease and wash room added to the station. It also states that more than 90 percent of Iowa farms have telephones indicating growing rural communications.
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Iowa
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Burlington
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Mutual Creamery CO
Ray Leytem
Edwards
Ecru
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Fit and Frothc
Eeshty
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Rev. Sala
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A. R. Wood
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Howard Greene Engineering Company
Wilcox
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Leonard
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Allast
Kenneth Webbery
Bureau
Lovie Hanken
Councils Sun
Reliance
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Mid-West
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Lux Leghorn Land Farms, Inc
Hopkinton, Iowa
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