Jones County District Court Opens Session Then Naturalization Grants and Cases
The Jones county district court opened with Hon. F. O. Ellison on the bench. The first day covered orders and empaneling the grand jury, which returned no indictments. Naturalization proceedings followed with three citizens and two delayed. Herman Brockhaus, Hans Ahrendsen, and Marian Matilda Bowles were named. Bowles regained citizenship through marriage to an alien. Judge Ellison and E. E. Reed urged responsible citizenship. A defendant, Allen Stutt, pled guilty to a case delayed for court hearing, with a $300 fine, costs, and a 90 day jail term if unpaid, plus a three month driving ban. Additional state cases and rulings included continuances, guilty pleas, and hearings on reformatory escape attempts, with several cases set for further action or judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
F. O. Ellison
Herman Brockhaus
Monticello
Hans Ahrendsen
Wyoming
Marian Matilda Bowles
Anamoéa
Bowles
United States
Ellison
E. E. Reed
Allen Stutt
Linn County
State of Iowa
Clayton Pierce
J. E. Remley
Iowa Novelty Company
F. White
Iowa
Paul
J. W. Lpenker
Harold Willert
Toronto
Oxford Junction
Reformatory
Jack G. Skelton
Thorold Lemon
Harry E. Compton
George Herpse
Girls 4-H Leaders Attend Training School in Jones County
Jones County 4-H club leaders and one older girl from each club meet with Miss Florence Forbes on Thursday January 28 at the farm bureau office Anamosa for the first subject matter training on Home Furnishings. Topics include wall finishes wallpaper paint and plain finishes with focus on decorating a girl's room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Girls’ Club
Florence Forbes
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Girls’ Club
Irving Hintz
B. D. Heiken
Sam Ellison
Ed Steele
Don Wherry
Joe Holub
Gotsch
George Specht
Jones County
William Hiller
Fortune Finders
Mildred Deischer
Lovell
Laboring Lassies
Margaret Wismeier
Richland
Rustie Rustlers
Ray Fairbanks
Bluebird
J. W. Streeter
Rainbow
W. B. Clark
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls
Agatha Lister
Oriole
W. E. Hay
Wise Owl
Paul Smith
Madison's
Merry Maidens
Everett Vrooman
Tru Blu
Nona Terhune
Happy Hour
Bernard Cass
Be Square
Arthur Rivers
Lester Mitchell
Rome Club
Amber man Fred Hults reported missing after farm search
Fred Hults aged 28, a Foley farm hand near Amber, vanished after Sunday evening. His car was found south of the Phil Daly farm and about 75 neighbors searched since Monday. He is 5 feet 10 inches, 165 pounds, with a gun. one sock and shoe were found. relatives fear financial worry or possible distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hults
Foley
Phil Daly
Jasper Hults
Amber
Mary
Monticello Teams Sweep Two Basketball Games
Monticello high school and the DeMolay team, sponsored by George Washington chapter, won their games last Friday night. The varsity defeated University High of Town City 26 to 8, using tight defense that held the visitors to no field goals. The DeMolay beat the Dubuque DeMolay 33 to 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Public School
Ray Smith
Dribblers
University High
Town City
Monticello DeMolay
George Washington
DeMolay
Dubuque
Towa City
Abbi
Bartlett
Monti
Iowa City
Coyle
Monti High
West Branch
Manchester
Monticello Bay DeMolay District Chooses Chaplain
Bill Kettlitz of the Monticello Bay DeMolay chapter is named chaplain of the southeastern district by district master counselor Fred Witansek of Cedar Rapids. It marks the first time the local chapter holds a district officer position and signals district officers are watching the chapter’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Kettlitz
Fred Witansek
Cedar Rapids
Peck Couple Celebrates 55th Anniversary in Olin
Last Monday marked the fifty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. L H Peck of Olin. A family reunion followed the celebration on Sunday. They wed in Lost Nation at Mrs Peck’s parents home, John and Mrs Gable. Mrs Peck, born in Pennsylvania in 1856, moved to Iowa at age ten. Mr Peck, born in Vermont in 1851, arrived in Iowa at age five in a covered wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Peck
Olin
Lost Nation
Public School Honor Rolls Highlight Monticello Students
The Monticello public school announces semester and six weeks honor rolls across senior high junior high and grades seven to twelve. Notable students include Mable Harper Ella Rickels Leonard Schoon Lorene Zimmerman and Merle Hutton among many others with high marks across grades. An hour period system and weekly assembly are credited with boosting academics and reducing clash with activities. The annual picture exhibit winners are Miss Wood Miss Meyer's class and Miss Rabe's group with Mary Lou Luett achieving the top individual sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Schoon
Mable Harper
Ella Rickels
Lorene Zimmerman
Mabel McVay
Elmer Aebi
Richard Calkins
Dorothy Barlow
Pauline Cooper
Mary Stickford
Willard Yeoman
June Bollinger
Hazel Houston
Pauline Oltman
Ruth Howie
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Margaret McNeill
Helen Rolf
Betty Kay
James Ricklefs
Gladys Howland
Loretta Specht
Violet Rigby
Earl Harper
Edna Siebels
Helen Holst
Ada Egger
Frances Steck
Carol Naylor
Geneva Loomis
Dorothy Rolls
John Hiller
Rosemary Zirkelbach
Jo Royden
Charles Davis
Helen Havitchek
Colin Thomas
Margaret Houston
Hilda Balster
Jack Thomas
Helen Jolly
Merle Hutton
Ruth Howle
James Rickless
Winifred Rohr
Pauline Stickley
Miriam Fairbanks
Iola Folkerts
William Dean Claus
Philip Schneider
Rollo Harford
Bennett Rentz
Elizabeth Lee Byerly
Rebecca Grimes
Dorothy Jolly
Jackie Stuhber
George Coxsee
Estella Smith
Mary Lou Luett
Eloie Timmins
Betty Lou Podhaski
Betty Lou Patterson
Arline Balster
Norma Reyner
Richard Landis
Lucille Huibregtse
Lisa Herrmann
Wilma Grossheim
Dean
Monticello
Merle
Clarence Egger
Dorothy Eden
Bill Kettlitz
Frieda Balster
Evelyn Fairbanks
Miss Meyer
Miss Rabe
Judge Ellison Honored by Jones County Bar
Judge F O Ellison received a noon luncheon honor from the Jones County Bar association at the Gillen Hotel in Anamosa for twenty five years of service in the eighteenth judicial district. J W Coxsee Monticello spoke and Clifford B Paul county attorney offered congratulations. New officers were elected: Charles Cash president C B Paul vice president Anamosa J J Locher secretary treasurer Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Bar Association
Ellison
Gillen
Anamosa
Eighteenth Judicial District
J. W. Coxsee
Monticello
Bar Association
Clifford B. Paul
Jones County
Charles Cash
C. B. Paul
J. J. Locher
Vincennes and Cedar Rapids guests honor Raymond Smith
Mrs. Herbert Mills and Mrs. W. E. Sturges of Vincennes Indiana and Miss Gertrude Wyner of Cedar Rapids were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Mills
W. E. Sturges
Vincennes, Ind
Gertrude Wyner
Cedar Rapids
Raymondmith
Center Junction Couple Celebrates Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. John A. McDonald of Center Junction marked fifty years of marriage with a Friday reception in Carson's hall attended by about 300 relatives and friends. They wed January 22, 1882, in Center Junction. he is a prominent Jones County cattleman and longtime Republican. The couple raised nine children and have eighteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. McDonald
Center Junction
S. M. Graves
N. B. Frost
Albert Wright
Alice Baldwin
J. A. McDonald
McDonald
John McDonald
Jones County
Center Junction Camp
Frank Serbousek
Monticello
Peter Strong
Esther Reade
Madison Township
Rebekah Lodge
Methodist Episcopal Church Society
Onslow
John Ketelsen
Henry Reade
Lillie Roberts
Wyoming
Mary Livingstone
Waterloo
Lou Neelan
Colorado
Ella Cartright
Rockwell City
Guy and
Clifford
Cen- Meetion
Beth Glick
Olin
Ethel Stickley
Scotch Grove
Luella Kilebeck
Margaret Downing
Anamosa
Andrew and
Scott McDonald
John W. McDonald
Seventy-Second Birthday Noted for Mrs Sarah Chaloupka
A Sunday gathering honored Mrs Sarah Chaloupka on her seventy second birthday. The event highlighted bonds with her stepson Henry Chaloupka and stepson Joe Holub, with relatives from Baldwin Monticello Olin Hale Maquoketa and Wyoming present for a triple celebration marking also Mr Henry Chaloupka and Joe Holub birthdays and Anna Valanta's remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Chaloupka
Sarah Holub
Clay Township
Jones County
Monticello
Wyoming
George Chaloupka
Henry
Joe Chaloupka
Anna
Henry Chaloupka
Joe Holub
Bert Scott
Theodore Lubben
Charles Mitchell
Ed Holub
Baldwin
Anna Valanta
George Bonjour
Olin
Leon Coleman
Hale
Lynn Battles
Maquoketa
Rhoda Holub
Walter Holub
Henry Bramer
Winthrop Boys Fined For Drunken Driving
Winthrop youths William Andrews aged 23 and the younger 19 were arraigned in Delaware county district court for operating a motor vehicle under liquor influence. Each fined 300 dollars and costs. driving privileges revoked for three months. The younger brother had the fine suspended on good behavior and was paroled to his father. The older brother must serve 90 days in county jail if the fine is not paid. Laura McClearey 18 of Ryan was sentenced to a five year term in Rockwell City reformatory on a statutory charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy
William Andrews
Winthrop
Delaware County District Court
Lovejoy
Laura McClearey
Ryan
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Stuhler Family Attends Moline High Midyear Grads
Mr and Mrs Riess Stuhler Mrs Albert Stuhler and Miss Kate Stuhler attended the mid year graduation exercises at Moline High School in Illinois. Mary Elizabeth Stuhler graduated. Kate Stuhler stayed for a few days to visit her niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riess Stuhler
Albert Stuhler
Kate Stuhler
Moline
Mary Elizabeth Stuhler
Meat Demonstrations By Iowa State Extension Agent
C W McDonald of the extension service at Iowa State college led a series of meat cutting curing and canning demonstrations in Jones county this week. The sessions showed hog and beef butchering as a low cost way to secure spring and summer meat. A hog valued 3 75 to 4 50 per hundred on the market becomes about 8 50 per hundred when butchered for home use due to savings on buyers truckers railroads stockyards packers and retailers. Schedule included Lovell Greenfield Wyoming Madison and Castle Grove farm bureau meetings from Tuesday to Friday with venues at various residences and the Truman Stanton schoolhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. McDonald
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Jones County
Lynn Clark Involved In Ice Pond Car Accident
Lynn Clark of Monticello drove onto a pond near the Frank Johnson farm at Anamosa with Mrs. Anderson and two children and Miss Gladys Ireland. The ice broke under the car, both ends sank, water covered the tires, and the vehicle was extracted with difficulty. Skaters nearby scattered as the car went through. The incident notes the ice was only about three inches thick and could have been worse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Clark
Monticello
Frank Johnson
Anamosa
Anderson
Gladys Ireland
Clark
Sale Prices Near Wyoming Wyoming Journal
The sale of Hugh Mallice last Tuesday drew a good crowd and the offerings sold well given the times. Top horse brought 52 dollars and top cow 26 dollars. Corn sold for 3514 cents per bushel, oats 27 cents, hay 8.50 dollars per ton, broad sows 9.50 each, fall pigs 2.50, calves 17.50 each, and chickens about 60 cents each. Farm tools sold at fair prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Journal
Hugh Mallice
January 1892 Monticello News Highlights
Items Of Occurrences Forty Years Ago recounts Monticello events from January 1892 including deaths births hires and local transport. Notable entries include Dr Charles A Henry’s death, influenza spread, arrests of seven saloon keepers, and marriages such as Charles T Brown and Maude Rutherland.
Declamatory Contest Set For February 3 At School
The annual home declamatory contest will be held February 3 at eight in the school auditorium. Miss Georgia Miller directs a group of twenty four training for Thursday elimination with Mrs. Siegfried Guyan judging. Four advance from each division to the home contest and county contest, with state series for firsts. Participants include Billy Kettlitz Reid Bartlett Mary Bender Eunice Buel George Fraser James Rickless George Stott LeRoy Schoon Wanda Cooper Helen Crane June Bollinger Miriam Fairbanks Ruth Jacobs Pauline Altman Margaret Phelps Pearl Slauson Wayne Jones Sylvia Cooper Junior Burris Pauline Cooper Winnon Harford Eliz abeth McLaughlin Eldora Semmert Mary Stickford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Miller
Siegfried Guyan
Billy Kettlitz
Reid Bartlett
Mary Bender
Eunice Buel
George Fraser
James Rickless
George Stott
LeRoy Schoon
Wanda Cooper
Helen Crane
June Bollinger
Miriam Fairbanks
Ruth Jacobs
Pauline Altman
Margaret Phelps
Pearl Slauson
Wayne Jones
Sylvia Cooper
Junior Burris
Pauline Cooper
Winnon Harford
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Eldora Semmert
Mary Stickford
Three Townships Enter One Act Play Contest
Madison Greenfield and Wayne townships enter the one act play contest sponsored by the Jones County Farm Bureau to be held at the Monticello High School auditorium on Tuesday evening February 2. The winner will perform at the Cedar Rapids tournament on February 5. Madison presents Neighbors by Zona Gale Greenfield performs Seeing Things Right by Mrs Carl Felton Wayne presents Fiat Lux by Faith Van Valkenburgh Vilas admission 25 cents for adults 15 cents for children under 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Greenfield
Wayne Townships
Jones County Farm Bureau
Monticello High School
Cedar Rapids
Madison Township
Zona Gale
Greenfield Township
Carl Felton
Wayne Township
Faith van Valkenburgh Vilas
Franklin Equipment Ships Stanchions to South Africa
The Monticello based Franklin Equipment Co. shipped five dozen standard size cattle stanchions to its Cape Town representative. The gray painted units are the latest design used by the company and are shipped alongside ongoing exports to India and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Equipment CO
South Africa
Franklin Equipment Company of
Monticello
Cape Town
United States
Franklin Equipment Company
Neighborhoods That Interest The State Bank Reopens
The State Bank of West Union reopened last Saturday after a three day closure. Three year 3 percent waivers were secured from 98 percent of depositors. The Congregational church of Edgewood marked its 84th anniversary, growing from five charter members to 132 active members. Obituaries note deaths of Edward F. Connelly and Mrs. J J Richardson along with Frank Clark and William P Heil. Basketball results list Drake over Cornell and other regional games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank of West Union
Congregational Church of
Edgewood
Edward F. Connelly
Dubuque
Dubuque County
St. Anthony’s
J. J. Richardson
Davenport
Hazel Green
Manchester
William P. Heil
Vinton
Drake
Cornell
Simpson
Doane
Crete
Nebr
Iowa Wesleyan
Monmouth
Buena Vista
Penn
St. Ambrose
Columbia
Dubique
South Dakota State
Morningside
Missouri
Iowa State
Dentist Dr Gideon Ellis Dies In Maquoketa At 62
Dr Gideon Ellis Jr famed Maquoketa dentist died at his home Sunday January 10 born July 17 1842 in Ellisburg New York youngest of fifteen children and last survivor of the family He practiced dentistry in Maquoketa from 1875 for fifty seven years wife Margaret Livingstone a sister of the late Robert Livingstone survives along with three of their eight children Dr J B Ellis Dr G C Ellis and Mrs Nellie Miller all of Maquoketa Mrs Ellis died sixteen years ago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon Ellis, Jr
Maquoketa
Jones County
Margaret Livingstone
Robert Livingstone
Dr. Ellis
Ellisburg
Jefferson County
New York
J. B. Ellis
G. C. Ellis
Nellie Miller
Ellis
Jones County Fair Ass'n Holds Annual Meeting
The Jones County Fair association stockholders met in the secretary’s office last Friday evening. Reports from the secretary and treasurer were presented, and board members for 1932 were elected: L. E. Hoag, H. M. Carpenter Jr, W. H. McDaniels, T. J. George, Tom Shover, M. F. Hogan, H. W. Stuhier, J. J. Locher, and H. J. Lang Jr. The fair is likely to be held at the same time as in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair Association
L. E. Hoag
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
W. H. McDaniels
T. J. George
Tom Shover
M. F. Hogan
H. W. Stuhier
J. J
Tom J. George Sells Lambs At Chicago Market
Tom J. George at the Chicago market sold 135 western lambs tied to last Tuesday topping the market at six cents a pound. The day’s sales averaged five and a half to five and three quarters cents. George still has 135 lambs remaining from last November and has made some money despite low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. George
Chicago
Mr. George
Aged railroad man B F Van Vliet dies at 73
B F Van Vliet 73 a pioneer Iowa railroad man and former Monticello resident died Friday at Iowa Lutheran hospital Des Moines after a surgical operation. He served over fifty years with the Milwaukee Road and was division superintendent in Des Moines he was buried beside his wife at Oakwood. He is survived by two daughters Pearl and Leota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. van Viet
Iowa
Monticello
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Mr. van Vilet
L. A. Iverson
Oakwood Cemetery
van Vliet
Pearl
Leota
Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Mason City
Chicago
Minneapolis
Marion
The
Express
M. M. Knapp
Estherville
B. F. van Viidt
Mr. Knapp
Davenport & St. Paul
Co. M. & St.Paul
Ellsworth Funeral Held for Former Monticello Resident
The funeral for George W. Ellsworth former Monticello resident was conducted from the home of his nephew Leslie Bright with Rev. Wm. J. Grossheim officiating. Ellsworth born February 22 1857 in Richland Center Wisconsin died in Cedar Rapids after a short illness and long health decline. He spent most of his life in Monticello and Cedar Rapids working for J. S. Hall hardware and Hall Manufacturing the family noted death obituary notes survivors Ella Gearhart his wife two Wisconsin siblings and one brother Edward. He and Ella had no children and living years included 13 in Cedar Rapids and 35 in Monticello and later Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Elsworth
Monticello
Leslie Bright
Wm. J. Grossheim
Presbyterian Church
Ellsworth
Oakwood Cemetery
Richland Center
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Hall Manufacturing Company
Mr. Ellsworth
Ella Gearhart
Edward
Wisconsin
Mrs. Ellsworth
Death of W N Dearborn of Stone City
W N Dearborn 70 of Stone City died last Sunday after pneumonia. He was former president and incorporator of Anamosa National Bank which closed January 18. A resident of Cedar Rapids earlier, he served as potentate of El Kahir temple 1901-2 and held other Masonic and Elks positions. He along with family operated Stone City quarries and was survived by wife Oran Thompson, brother Frank, sister Mrs Ed Reed, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Dearborn
Stone City
Anamosa Congregational Church
Anamosa National Bank
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Dearborn
Cedar Rapids
el Kahir
Mystic Shrine
Elks Club
M. 8. Jackson
H. Dearborn
Frank
Ed Reed
Marion
Anamasa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jones County District Court
Henry Alferts
Len Watters
Bechtel Trust Company
Eugenia Laude Howie
Sharpless Separator Company
Charlies B. Vernimont
Dennis Bros. Co
Wm. G. Schoon
American Legion Hall
Joe Pisher
American Legion Auxiliary
Adv
Levsen
Hlinols
Nepeaeeeeseeaeereeene
Jaaseen
Aebi
F Sherrer
C Bartlett
G Stott
G Auedead
Wbiseased
Songda Peeeanaseeeseeseens
Meintges
Wojack
F Meyer
C Phillips
White
Briesereeene Agarn Naceeenesenecepante
Matthiessen
F Null
Ereeneees
Eby
Jesse Marugg
Rhatigan
Nowlin
Neceaen Eaacvesisti
Foster
F Gantert
F Puls
Seeseee Knopf
Saseere Baal
Gandes Menved Ve
Henschel
Monticello Bay
Goodrick
F. L. Serbousek
Betty Lou McDonald
Jean Glick
Imogene Jurgensen
Vivienne McDonald
Wynona Kleineck
Dorothy Dreibelbis
E. R. Young
Andrew
Margaret Frances (Smith) McDonald
Perthshire
Scotland
Mrs
Jessie Koch
Winthrop Boys
the Express
la Grippe
Fred Poppe
Langworthy
Croup
Joseph Podlaski
J. H. Fuller
Scotch Grove Township
Earlville
L. B. Dunham
F. S. Dunham
Norman M. Smith
Matthiessen Bros
Alfred Noble
Castle Grove Township
William Poggenklass
State Hospital
Independence
James Fleming
Argand
Grippe
William Hogan
Cascade
Grand Jury
W. L. Rosa
Mexico
Mr. Rosa
Charles T. Brown
Maude Rutherland
Lucy
G. L. Seeber
Gideon Ellis
Jones County Fair Ass’n
Tom J. George
B.F. van Vliet
George Ellsworth
W.N. Dearborn
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