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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1933
Page
4
The January term in Jones county began in Anamosa with many law cases filed. Trials are grouped to three or four days while equity cases await their turn. The judge’s calendar lists numerous defaults, settlements, guardianships, and estate actions, with jury assignments scheduled for late January and early February.
A garbled report notes O E Torrence was taken very ill yesterday while crossing a street near the C M V. situation unclear and details incomplete.
The Iowa senate considers the Wenner bill creating an eighteen month period to answer foreclosure petitions and a Hicklain measure to expand farm exemptions by 500 dollars. The Wenner bill would expire August 1 1934 automatically, while the Hicklain proposal aims to shield farmers from deficiency judgments through extra personal property exemption.
Early Saturday at 1 30 motorists spotted a fire in the Presbyterian church basement. Firemen fought through 4 AM with extensive water damage. Insurance covers all losses. cause unknown though believed to be kindling near the west cellar wall. Repairs will remove joists and flooring. organ dampness will be assessed. Services move to the public school auditorium. no evening service until repairs finished.
A gathering of friends and relatives surprised Harvey Kammerman at his home on a Sunday night to celebrate his tenth anniversary. Guests enjoyed playing cards visiting and a served lunch. A enjoyable time was reported by all attendees.
The Lovell township Farm Bureau will hold its regular meeting at the Edwin Wilcox home on Tuesday. A picnic and dinner are planned with Manamith serving as secretary.
Three high schools Anamosa Martello and Monticello compete in Monticello in a public school auditorium at 8 pm. The Anamosa entry Neighbors by Zona Gale directed by Minnie Stone features Ruth Joslin and Forrest Hall among others. Another act Jazz and Minuet portrays Eleanor Van Hayden with Eleanor McLaughlin and James Rickless leading and Ada Egger as maid.
Lawrence Lovell Schoonover grandson of G L Lovell of Monticello plans to marry Ruth Douglas daughter of Mrs John Roy of Scarborough on January 28 at the Roy home in Scarborough. Douglas studied at Traphagen and the Art Students League. Schoonover attended Shattuck and the University of Wisconsin and is advertising manager for Underwood and Underwood Inc.
The Tominola Camp Fire met at guardian Mrs. E. H. DeShaw's home last Saturday afternoon. Plans for the birthday event "Making the most of me" were discussed. Pauline Prahm spoke on "Camp Manners" and she was a counselor at Camp Huaga last summer.
Lyman Frazer is actively engaged with a portable milling setup, applying field processing to local timber. The effort reflects on-site labor and equipment use, supporting rural production. Frazer manages operations, keeping a steady pace as material is converted.
The General Assembly named its house and senate tax reduction committees after a five day recess. Malone to Reed head the House panel with 22 members while Stevens and a line of senators lead the Senate group. Debates on 72 tax measures and three joint resolutions proceed as assignments unfold. Representative Ostey wins contested seat 103 to 0.
The court voids the $1,000 per term salary and requires a per diem of ten dollars to meet the constitution. It notes the only legal compensation is daily pay and questions the speaker’s extra $1,000 salary. If invalid, a new pay law must be enacted before members can be paid.
A revolutionary bill delays delinquent tax sales until January 1933 and then only every four years. The change would relieve taxpayers yet strain counties already suffering from unpaid taxes due to postponed sales this year.
A bill in the general assembly would legalize the fifty county boards of supervisors for ignoring mandatory secondary road levies. It allows rescission of levies already made and requires refunding taxes collected before the law takes effect. Supervisors could use funds received by the county to support the road program.
In George Stuhler's Sons shoe department a display features fairy tale characters in the window and fitting area. Mothers and children are invited to identify the characters among bright posters while new slippers are paired with novel toys tucked in some packages.
The Monticello offices of the Iowa Electric company closed last Tuesday to honor the late Reed who died suddenly from heart trouble. Reed had served as president and visited Monticello on business occasions for the Iowa Electric company.
Patrons of the Farmers Mutant Creamery company of Monticello have received checks for butterfat for the last half of December at a rate of 25 cents per pound.
A bill introduced in the house proposes lowering the gopher bounty from 10c to 5c per animal. The change would reduce aggregate payments across the state, though the bounty has long provided income for farm boys working on the land.
A new committee in both house and senate will handle emergency relief measures. Bills referred include one limiting personal deficiency judgments that shifts burden of proof of security to the mortgage holder. Senator Hicklin of Iowa proposes a $500 relief bill for farmers to restart farming and avoid dumping assets, with emergency treatment for four years and no effect on existing executions. A third measure targets short time loan firms by capping monthly interest from 3 percent to 1 percent on loans of $300 or less, reducing annual rate from 42 percent.
The Senate voted unanimously for a proposed constitutional amendment to end the short congressional session. It provides that the president and members of Congress assume office in January after the November elections.
Senator John H. Judd of Chariton died by his own act amid financial worries. His death breaks the party balance in the senate leaving 25 Republicans to 24 Democrats until a successor is elected. Gov. Herring sets February 1 for a special election to fill Judd's seat.
Floyd S. Yetter of Anamosa, county engineer for eighteen years, announces he will remain in Jones county providing general land surveying and engineering services. His office will be in the Anamosa post office building, assisted by F. H. Whitcombe, a sanitary engineer and Iowa State College graduate with Harvard postgraduate work.
The Jones County Fair association held its annual meeting in Monticello last Friday evening. The secretary’s report was presented and adopted, and all previous directors were re-elected along with the executive officers. L. E. Hoag is president and Harry I. Rodman secretary. The fair is set for August 22 to 25, with Thursday as the opening day of the state fair.
The Monticello Express notes events from January 1893 including students at Cedar Rapids Business College Walker Berlin and John Schweitzer Jr Sewell Farwell in Davenport Ada Gibson leaving for Grove City Pa Ida Ryan and Louis F Johnston marriage in Marion fire at N A Rice home $1000 loss a newborn for Mr and Mrs Joe Percina births for the Lubben family Anna Wanchura dies at 69 Wm Cline Jr buys a farm Arnold Egger and Alexander Stevenson die Lutherans of Castle Grove plan a pastor and parsonage six arc lights installed on First Street Robert Stirton wedding in Cincinnati and sleighing a heavy show month butter at 33 cents a pound and a fatal two train wreck near Anamosa with $45000 loss.
Lovell's Laboring Lassies held their monthly meeting at the public library. Mrs. Balsiger spoke on club year music, home management, and time use. 4-H uniform and mitten patterns were shared, and Lucille Yossi displayed her newly finished uniform. A program committee was named including Clemma Wenger Garnet Eilers Luella Balsiger Dorothy Barlow and Margaret Hanssen.
The Master Marble Shop from West Virginia will greet children at the Chicago World’s Fair next summer. The exhibit uses glass balls and marbles on display and will show marble making processes daily. Visitors can buy glass balls marbles and fair souvenirs at the booth.
The sixth grade Parent Teachers Association conducted its regular meeting on Tuesday January 24 under Miss Dorothy Stemm leadership. A short two act play on Thrift was presented. After business the program included papers on Child Welfare News Event by Miss June Meyer and Mrs Byron Abel Feeding the Family during low mood and by Mrs Will Tuetken and Mrs E Patterson.
The regular monthly meeting was held last week with dinner at The Princess Cafe. Members adjourned to Miss Ivora Bancroft's home where Halstead M. Carpenter spoke on Finance focusing on War economics and related topics.
Miss Lora Houston, public health nurse for Jones county, requests bed clothing for the needy in Monticello. Call 94 to arrange pickup at homes. readers are urged to donate blankets and comforters to help families unable to afford warm bedding and maintain health.
Melvin Slife 25 of Central City was slugged and robbed of 12 dollars on Saturday night. Two men: they abducted him in a car from in front of the Ward garage to a vacant lot four blocks north where he was found unconscious at 9 45 p m. Public sale prices noted near Manchester include colts 100 each and corn 16 cents a bushel.
At a Clinton meeting of a regional banking social group for Scott Muscatine Jackson Cedar and Jones counties the Jones county banks refused to join a deposit waiver scheme, noting no current difficulties. A Clinton paper incorrectly linked them to the waiver, then retracted the error, asserting the banks remain in good order and prudent in conduct.
A gathering of township chairmen convened at the Farm Bureau office in Anamosa for the annual Christmas seal sale check-up. The meeting started at 10 o'clock, included a pot luck luncheon, and featured speaker Miss Marguerite Pfeiffer, state representative of the Iowa State Association for Tuberculosis.
Gene Ann Moser four months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Moser died after choking on a marble in a physician s office Saturday. She was buried in Manchester last Sunday and is survived by her parents and three sisters.
Mrs B D Haeussler aged 82 died at home in Marion after a stroke of paralysis. Born Minnie Helgens in Ostfriesland Germany she came to the U S at 19 and lived mainly in Monticello before moving to Marion in 1921. Survived by son John and five daughters, fifteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral held at Marion home with Rev C E Krogh, later interment in Oakwood Monticello.
Cedar Rapids master coin collector David Suchomel shows a 1829 fifty cent piece with Liberty head and edge inscription fifty cents or half a dollar. Readers Rettig Deischer and Hosford share various coins from 1787 to 1892 including cents, half dollars, a twenty cent piece, and gilded fakes, noting the V mark and inscriptions We Are One United States.
A special meeting of Arthur P. O Rourke Post No 209 American Legion Monticello was held in the Memorial building Tuesday night with Commander Harry Doyle presiding. Ralph Lambert’s resignation as adjutant elect was accepted. John Wilkens was elected adjutant and H A Hoag named chaplain. The next meeting on Monday February 6 will induct new officers. Ex service men urged to attend.
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