Jones County Fair Board Chooses 1941 Entertainment Lineup
Jones County Fair directors meet in Monticello and select ten Gus Sun Agency acts including The Hanneford Family and The Teeter Sisters while contracting Sunset Amusement Co. for a larger carnival. Rodman notes state fair caliber, prior year strong showings, and plans to remodel art hall ahead of a potentially stronger 1941 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. I. Rodman
Jones County Fair Board
Fair Board of Directors
Monticello
Gus Sun Agency
Springfield
Ohio
New York City
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Sun
Hanneford
Ringling Brothers Circus
Teeter Sisters
Mills Brothers
Phil
Dottie
Winston
R. K. O. Orpheum
Jones County
Gas Sun Agency
Sunset Amusement Co
Little Rock
Ark
Rodman
R F Herren Dies At Anamosa Saturday
Reinhard F Herren 41 a farmer lived near Anamosa died suddenly Saturday in Anamosa. He married Lena Hamer in 1924 and leaves two children Joyce and Dale and many brothers and sisters. Funeral was held Wednesday at 2 30 p m at the American Lutheran church Anamosa conducted by Rev H L Buesing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reinhard F. Herren
Anamosa
Lena Hamer
Joyce
Dale
John Herren
Ogilvie
Minn
Benjamin Herren
North English
Edwin Herren
Herman Herren
Monticello
William Herren
George Herren
Meta Heiken
Manchester
Anna Helgens
Scotch Grove
Marieompson
Montebello
Calif
American Lutheran Church
H. L. Buesing
Amber Mutual Creamery elects Herren and Johnson to board
At the annual meeting held Monday at Reuters Restaurant about 150 patrons attended. Ed Herren and J E Johnson were reelected as directors. Lunch was served to all present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Herren
J. E. Johnson
Amber Mutual Creamery Company
Reuter’s
Jones County Cattle Tops Chicago Market With Hereford Sale
Jones county cattle topped the Chicago market this week with a top price of 15.25 a hundredweight. A 22 head lot of Hereford steers from the C Levien farm near Olin averaged 1102 pounds each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Chicago Stockyards
Chicago
C. Levien
Olin
Nurse Led Tuberculosis Survey Aims at Early Detection
Miss Mary Shugart public health nurse conducts a Jones County program screening for tuberculosis among those with intimate contact to known cases. Examinations at doctors offices, skin tests, and chest x rays for reactors are planned with support from the Jones County Medical Society and Christmas Seal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Mary Shugart
Shugart
State Department of Health
Miss Shugart
Jones County Medical Society
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Fred Doden Named Fifty Year Farmers Club Member
Langworthy farmer Fred Doden, born 1860 in Oldenburg Germany, selected as the Monticello Express Fifty Year Farmers Club second charter member. He came to the United States in 1884, farmed near Monticello for 57 years, and recalls early life, citizenship papers, and changes in farming tools and prices. He and his wife celebrated a Golden Wedding anniversary and raise eight children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Doden
Langworthy
Express Fifty Years Farmers’ Club
Mr. Doden
Monticello
Germany
Oldenburg
Old Germany
Hitler
Bismarck
Napoleon III
Monticello Express
Fifty Year Farmer's Club
Farmers’ Club
Henry Seba
John Jacobs
Doden
Downing Farm
George
Mr. George
Heinrich Rodick
Mr. Rodick
George Homestead
Grandma George
United States
The
Express
Remembering Bismarck and the Nazi era in a U.S. perspective
An American comments on Bismarck and Hitler, noting some view Bismarck positively while warning that both leaders pursued more power. He expresses strong dislike for the Nazis, recalls World War II rifts at home, and notes relatives in Germany as he keeps updated on the German situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Hitler
Germany
Coden
United States
Doden
H. E. Deischer Dies Suddenly
H. E. Deischer longtime Jones County resident and Milwaukee Rail employee died at 67 after a brief illness. He was born in Castle Grove Township, educated in Monticello, taught in county schools, married Mary Alice Pfeil in 1900, and worked on several Milwaukee divisions. Survived by wife Mary Alice, son Merle, brother Newton, and nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Deischer
Jones County
Monticello
John McDonald
J. Deischer
Castle Grove Township
Cornell College
Cornell
Mary Alice Pfeil
Milwaukee Railroad
Davenport-Monticello
Marion
Chicago
Methodist Church
Masonic Fraternity
Milwaukee
Two Monti Winners At Anamosa Golden Gloves Tourney
Gus Deering and Louis Clark of Monticello topped their weight classes at the Anamosa Golden Gloves Tournament. Deering won the 135 pound class with decisions over Cascade opponents, while Clark took the 145 pound class by defeating Woody Inman and Ray Harvey. Both winners advance to Cedar Rapids unless plans change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Deering
Louis Clark
Monticello
Deering
Jim Wilson
Cascade
al Gearhart
Clark
Woody Inman
Anamosa
Ray Harvey
Cedar Rapids
Local Court Records Six Marriage Licenses Issued
W L Pearson district clerk issued six marriage licenses this week. Private Carl A Johnson 21 Anamosa to Irene Sullivan 19 Fulton Iowa. George Shimek 26 to Betty Rollins 18 Cedar Rapids. Harold Zumbrunnen 22 Morticello to Helen Meadow 19 Monticello. Vance Oldfield 22 Cedar Rapids to Lorraine Manwiller 21 Cedar Rapids. Donald Hefflefinger 19 Anamosa to Velma Sivers 20 Mechanicsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Pearson
District Court
Carl A. Johnson
Anamosa
Irene Sullivan
Fulton
Iowa
George Shimek
Betty Rollins
Cedara
Harold Zumbrunnen
Morticello
Helen Meadow
Monticello
Vance Oldfield
Cedar Rapids
Lorraine Manwiller
Donald Hefflefinger
Velma Sivers
Mechanicsville
County Delegates Attend Iowa Farm Bureau Convention
Jones county was represented at the 22nd annual Iowa Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Des Moines by 17 delegates. Attendees included C. R. Grafft and Mrs. Oliver Furst of Olin, multiple Monticello residents, and Anamosa delegates. The convention drew over 4,000 delegates, described as among the largest in bureau history. Guests Eugene Chaloupka and Emmet Sheeley from Independence visited the Chaloupka home in Suny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
C. R. Grafft
Oliver Furst
Women’s Home
Olin
W. D. McLaughlin
Herman Helgens
John Rickels
Julia Toenjes
Monticello
Don Meeks
Martello
Otto Danneman
Amber
William Reece
Otis Siver
Mechanicsville
R. O. McColm
James Kearns
Carl Smith
Anamosa
State Farm Bureau
Eugene Chaloupka
Emmet Sheeley
Independence
Mr. Chaloupka
Mr. and
Mra
Henry Chaloupka
Suny
Deffenbaugh Called to Active Duty at Fort Knox
Captain Lyle Deffenbaugh, commanding officer of the Monticello SCS CCC camp, is ordered to report to Fort Knox Kentucky to serve with the armored force infantry a new mechanized tank unit. He must report by February 11 and will leave Monticello after turning over camp property to a successor who was not named yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Deffenbaugh
Monticello
SCS CCC
Fort Knox
Armored Force Infantry
Deffenbaugh
Draft Board Met To Classify Men
The draft board met and classified 45 men this week and announced four will enter army service February 3. Names listed include Clarence Dirks Anathosa Michael Dotterweich James Honey Winans Edgar Sweet and many others with various classifications such as 1A 2A and 3A across multiple entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Henry Dirks
Michael Emil Dotterweich
Monticello
James
Honey Winans
Edgar Roy Sweet
Hale
James N. McLaughlin
Harold J. Rumple
Walter H. Bartels
Clifford E. Hogan
Clare F. Westphal
Arnold E. Sommer
Robert Appleby
James E. Farley
Clarence E. Chamberlain
Marvin J. Wagner
Roland J. Vernimont
Donald BE. Crow
Paul E. Lane
Clement J. Manternach
Paul G. Gutknecht
Otto E. Schlemmer
Galen E. Eldred
Lawrence H. Folkers
Robert S. Rummell
James H. Hasler
Myron L. Kuhns
Robert A. Deamer
Laurence J. Callaghan
Chas. D. Bishop
Sealife
Howard E. Kurth
Chester C. Miller
Albert C. Duffy
Herbert W. Balsiger
Paul F
Deidrick Seusnen Collman
Ronald S. Davis
Henry R. Lichlyter
Max Ludwig Thomsen
McLaughlin Reelected President Of Soil Conservation Group
W D McLaughlin of Monticello was reelected president of the Gente Soil Conservation Improvement Association at the second annual meeting in the Monticello community building. Henry Adams and L G Streets were named vice president and secretary with a slate of directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. McLaughlin
Monticello
Castle Grove
Gente Soil Conservation Imrovement Association
Henry Adams
L. G. Streets
Scotch Grove
Otto Danneman
Amber
John Hein
Ray Kromminga
Warren Winch
Hopkinton
Herman Eggers
Streets
Ray Naylor
Sdl
Floyd Parks
District Sails
Parks
Iowa
Virgil Webster
Marion
Local Red Cross to Ship Bed Shirts and Layettes
A Monticello Red Cross war production group will ship bed shirts layettes and sweaters for refugees in wartorn Europe this week. Production chairman Mrs William Corbin leads committees that helped organize the project. Women’s and children’s dresses materials arrived Monday and are with the cutting committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Shimanek Reports Washington Trip and Eastern War Attitude
Jones County representative C F Shimanek returned from Washington D C as the only Iowa delegate to the Council of State Governments Conference. He describes meetings on foreign affairs, state defense measures, and a contrast between Eastern and Middle Western attitudes toward the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Shimanek
Jones County
Iowa State Legislature
Washington, D. C
Iowa
Council of State Governments
Shimanek
Foreign Affairs Committee
Middle West
England
Witness Ill postpone trial in Anamosa until February 3
Ill. Witness ill causes delayed trial in Anamosa with hearing set for February 3. Funeral services for Gordon Evans, 27, of Rockford Alabama were held in Manchester after pneumonia claimed his life January 22. Evans, born in Manchester, married Marjorie Robinson in 1938 and lived in Rockford where he worked in a barber shop with his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Gordon Evans
Rockford
Manchester
Evans
Mr. Evans
Marjorie Robinson
Mary Robinson
Monticello
Petit Jury Assembled Amid Pending Court Cases
The district court delayed the State of Iowa vs William Weets Jr of Lost Nation to February 3 due to an ill witness. Weets is charged with selling mortgaged cattle while the mortgage held by Oswald Strand remained unpaid. he pled not guilty at a January 27 preliminary hearing. Several other cases and guilty pleas are listed, including R W Cairy for unlawful possession of liquor with sentence partly suspended, and Owen Walroff for forgery with 30 days. A January session schedule includes Byerly Morrison National Cash Register Co. vs Farmers Creamery Co and other docket items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
William Weets, Jr
Lost Nation
W. L. Pearson
District Court
Weets
Oswald Strand
J. E. Heiserman
Andrew 5
Fairchild
Matt Fairchild
Andrew Fairchild
Boyd
Rey
Irene
Harvey Fairchild
Chicago
R. W. Cairy
Wyoming
Owen Walroff
Walroff
Eugene Walroff
Childress Motor Gy
Monticello
State of Iowa
Weets, Jr
J L Farmer Buys Local Cannery in Cedar Rapids
J L LeRoy Farmer of Cedar Rapids, leasing the local cannery since 1922, buys the plant and its remaining equipment. Plans include a warehouse extension toward the railroad, a new husking shed, and updated equipment. C C Hodson stays as plant manager for the 1941 sweet corn crop, Evergreen white corn priced at 7 dollars per ton, with 700 acres under contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. LeRoy Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Monticello Canning Company
Mr. Farmer
C. C. Hodson
Yola Rodman Installed As Local Rainbow Girls New Worthy Advisor
Yola Rodman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H J Rodman, was installed as worthy advisor of Monticello assembly of the Rainbow for Girls. Virginia Clark named worthy associate advisor, with a potluck supper and a formal installation of new officers led by Taret Howie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yola Rodman
Rainbow Girls
H. J. Rodman
Monticello
Janet Howie
W. EL. Long
Taret Hoawie
Ith Hein
Lois Barrack
Letty Lou Podhaski
Wilma Hein
Virginia Clark
Charity
Bea Lon
Hope
Juanita Shavers Brith
Verona Vernon
Orothy Finsons
Venity Shover
Elizabeth Lee Byerly
Ruth Roberts
Audrey Ritter
Wilma Doris Yount
Nature
Betty Clark
Guildfaibremtees
Fidelity
Betty Adams
Delores Yoo
Tlelen McLaughlin
Confidential
Eloine Timmins
Outer Observer
Mary Lou Luett
Rebecca Grimes
Bette Matterson
Lulu Cass
The
Rainbow Board
A. B. Grimes
Leigh Clark
W. E. Long
Louise Field
Lloyd Clark
L. J. Swift
M. J. Cass
the Worthy
Ycla Rodman
Bea Kong
Virginia Chirk
Milen Mae
Th. du. Redman
Miss Redman
Rainbow Grroup
4-H baby beef project feeds 151 calves this year
Eighty-five members feed 151 baby beeves weighed January 1, including 43 Angus 84 Herefords and 24 Short horns. Calves to be exhibited at the Jones County Fair next fall. Twenty four members are feeding calves for the first time. Four groups of five calves are fed for the Eastern Iowa Cattle Feeders contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair
Kathleen Adams
Monticello
Robert Andreesen
Anamosa
Keith Barber
Oxford Junction
Twila Chatterton
Onslow
Milo Duke
Elizabeth French
Charles Furst
Olin
Darrel Heillefinger
David James
Center Junction
Albert Lasack
Paul Lasack
Leo Levsen
Clarence
Robert Lubben
Jack Moran
John
Donald Starr
Lawrence Williams
Items of Interest Ten Years Ago in Monticello
Montage of obituaries births and events from ten years ago includes deaths of Raymend Matthy Kay and Timothy Connolly, births to Alfred Yossi and a Leiken child, a basketball win over Anginusa 164 to 12, Ruth Hanssen wed to Ernest Tries, and Charles Erickson’s death in St. Louis after long Monticello residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Matthy Kay
Mrsc
Dora Keay
Wheling Paulibanks
Litle
Little Prawn
Nashina
Mabel Plocidrat
William Fuetken
Mer
Louis Leiken
Miter B. Tone
Thonebuster Co
Yenies
Ceorge Hweiken
Monticello
Anginusa
Ruth Hanssen
Ernest Tries
Waverly
Also Mentioned on This Page
County Fair Board
R. F. Herren
Amber Creamery
Mary Shugart II
Downing
H. E. Deischer
H .E. Deischer
Monti
Bureau
Local Improvement Association
Red Cross
Mayflower
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Sidney Hillman
Council of National Defense
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Agency
Frank Knox
Navy
Foreign Relations Committee
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
Wm. Bullitt
France
Rockford, Ill
Stuhler
Perrine Moes
Lees
Newhard
J.L. Farmer
Timothy Connolly
LaCrosse
Wis
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