Farm Bureau Picnic Slated For Monticello City Park
Sones county invites all families to a countywide Farm Bureau picnic at Monticello fairgrounds on Saturday July 4. The program runs 1030 to 1200 with kittenball, a county team baseball game, a drum corps concert and talks. Senator Louis Murphy of Dubuque will give the featured 2 PM address introduced by Senator H D Miller.
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Farm Bureau
Monticello City Park
Sones County
Monticello Fairgrounds
Jones
Delaware
Dubuque
Linn
Jackson
Farm Bureau Committee
United States
Louis Murphy
Murphy
H. D. Miller
Morley
Drum and Bugle Corps
Anamosa
J. G. McConaughy
American Farm Bureau Spirit
Pauline Oltman
Fairview Oriole
Boys’ Quartet
Greenfield Township
U. S
Auto Races and Hollywood Flying Aces Sunday
Wee Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsor auto races at the city park track Sunday afternoon July 5 with entries from Hibbing Minnesota to Sioux Falls South Dakota. Hollywood flying ace De Voge and aviatrix Mazie Cornall will appear with parachute acts. gates open at noon and trials start at 1 pm with 50 cent adult and 25 cent child admission.
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Wee Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hollywood Flying Aces
City Park
Ralpha Mather
Hibbing
Minn
Les Lange
St. Louis
Tom
Ottumwa
Joe Verhulst
Springfield
Speed Adams
Moline
Ralph LaGuire
Rock Island
Free McCoy
Topeka
Kans
Dwight Peck
Des Moines
Walt Trevelyan
Davenport
Dwight Edwards
Sioux Falls
S. C
de Voge
Hollywood
Mazie Cornall
Aviatrix
Plash Miller
Charles M. Marsh
Vv. F. W
Harry Hoag
Maral
Marvelous Marsh
Mrs Henry Coyle Fractured Pelvis In Friday Auto Crash Near Anamosa
Mrs Henry Coyle sustained a fractured pelvic bone and shock after the car she rode in with Mr and Mrs Mill First and their son Junior overturned on a curve west and south of Anamosa Friday evening. Mrs First was shaken but unharmed. Mr First and Junior were uninjured. Mrs Coyle was taken to John McDonald hospital in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Coyle
Pairview
Anamosa
County Conventions Fill Vacant Sheriff Coroner and Supervisor Seats
County conventions in Anamosa selected Republican candidates for sheriff and coroner and a supervisor, with Lee Sherrill of Wyoming nominated on the sixth ballot and Dr A W Harold of Olin named for coroner. Democratic nominees were settled at the primaries, while delegates from Monticello Anamosa Wyoming Oxford Junction Center Junction and Cascade were named for both parties in this county race report.
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Anamosa
Lee Sherrill
Wyoming
A. W. Harold
Olin
William Batley
Morley
Ray Echternacht
F. J. Kay
I. BR. Hintz
Herman Helgens
J. H. Perrine
Henry Che
N. E. Clark
Olin Howie
Ralph Bone
Monticello
J. B. Remsey
J. E. Porter
Cliff L. Niles
B. E. Rhinehart
L. H. Lowry
Charles Ryan
Park Ogden
Ray Lawrence
J. A. Hoegen
L.T. Lorenzen
R. G. Alden
E. A. Grimwood
R. E. Hill
A. B. Hodoval
Oxford Junction
C. K. Gordon
Martello
J. R. Ramey
Onslow
Center Junction
Ray Stivers
J. J. Locher
R. A. Langer
J. J. Hayes
Lee Byerly
W. H. Frazer
W. A. Hogan
Tom Flannigan
Earl Byerly
Thomas Stimpson
T. E. McNamara
H. D. Miller
W. ©. Westphal
Mae Hogan
Castle Grove
James L. Cave
David Stanton
Cascade
B. N. Stoffel
Reva White
Phil Daly
Amber
Phelps Family Honored With Adjusted Service Bonds
Spencer Iowa couple Le land W Phelps and Blanche Titus Phelps receive adjusted service bonds. Their daughter Leah Ann, born December 14 1920, is noted as possibly the first child born to overseas veterans. Blanche served as a nurse in France 1918 1919. Le land served in the Third Corps Artillery Park. Mrs Phelps is niece of Bert Hubbard of Monticello.
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Spencer
Iowa
Leland W. Phelps
Leah Ann
Huldah
American Legion
Blanche Titus
Suspects Face Larceny Charge in Dubuque
Edward F. Kautz and David Pleace are to appear before Justice of the Peace Hogan in Dubuque to face a larceny charge. They were arrested after allegedly robbing a Worthington restaurant of three slot machines roughly $30 in cash cigarettes and other merchandise. Police found burglary tools in their car and are reviewing past records.
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Edward F. Kautz
Highland Park
Mich
David Pleace
Detroit
Justice of the Peace Hogan
Dubuque
D. E. McGuire
Roy Pearson
Monticello
Bill Ferring
Worthington
the Express
Pleace
Hartford
Mrs Blohm Dies After Long Illness
Sophie Margaret Blohm aged 44 died at the state hospital in Independence after a long illness and mental decline. Born in Oldersburg Germany she came to the United States in 1909 and lived in Hale township before moving to a farm near Center Junction. She is survived by her husband Fred Blohm three children and several relatives in the area. Funeral services were held in Anamosa and at Wayne Zion Lutheran church led by Rev. J Willms.
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Sophie Margaret Blohm
State Hospital
Independence
Blohm
Oldersburg
Holstein
Germany
Christian Christiansen
United States
Hale Township
Fred Blohm
Hale
Center Junction
Freda Martens
Ernest
Marvin
Anna Stevertsen
Ernest Osterkamp
Theda
Freda
John
Wayne Township
Beam and Miller Chapel
Anamosa
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Rev. J. Willms
Cedar Rapids Baby Drowns In Bath Tub Accident
Helen Franc a 14 month old Cedar Rapids girl drowned in a bath tub Monday night. She was with her 3 year old sister who climbed out, and the younger child fell face down and died.
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Helen Franc
Joe Franc
Cedar Rapids
Former Monticello Boy Celebrates First Mass at Sacred Heart
The Rev. Father James d'Autremont, C. S. C., celebrated his first holy mass at Sacred Heart church in Monticello with a packed congregation. Acollege choir, school altar boys, and a procession of acolytes preceded the service, followed by a large reception on the church lawn. Relatives from Creighton, Chicago, Cedar Rapids, Melrose, and other towns attended. Father d'Autremont, a Sacred Heart graduate class of 1927, studied at Notre Dame and Aly Cross College before ordination last week.
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James d'Autremont
Knights of Columbus
Monticello
Placid Magee
Father d’Autremont
I. V. d’Autremont
Creighton
Neb
Sacred Heart High School
Notre Dame University
Congregation of the Holy Cross
Father d'Autremont
Aly Cross College
Brookland
Monticello Merchants Plan Friday Eve Open Ahead of Fourth
Monticello merchants will keep stores open Friday evening to aid shoppers for the Fourth of July holiday. Most will close after noon Saturday July 4 except for restaurants drug stores confectionaries and gas stations. A Friday 8 p m lottery draw is scheduled with five cash prizes. tickets require a store purchase. Mayor McLaughlin urges decorations and safety warnings about firecrackers ahead of the holiday. A county Farm Bureau picnic with sports and a talk by Senator Louis Murphy is set for the Fourth.
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Monticello
Chamber of Commerce and
Fred McLaughlin
Monticello Mayor Proclaims July Fourth Observance
Mayor Fred D. McLaughlin urges citywide Fourth of July observance with most businesses closed Saturday afternoon and evening while merchants stay open Friday night and until noon Saturday. Stores to decorate for the holiday and residents asked to plan for two closed days. Monticello Iowa July 1, 1936.
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United States
America
Monticello
Quints Impress Miss Stimpson in Callendar Visit
Miss Gladys Stimpson, sister of state representative Tom Stimpson, says the Dionne quintuplets in Callendar Ontario resemble ordinary babies. She notes reddish brown hair, even temperament, tidy dress, and lack of crowd awareness. Guards and fences protect the famous children as nurses speak French and a new lunch room for the Dionne family rises nearby.
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Gladys Stimpson
Tom Stimpson
Miss Stimpson
Newton
Callendar
Ontario
Canada
Papa Dionne
Dionne
Wyoming Girl Heroic Stop Ends Runaway Horse
Jean Huffman fourteen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs James Huffman of Wyoming watched a smaller child lead a horse on a hayfork She jumped in and grabbed the rope to stop the animal and was dragged back toward the pulley suffering severe cuts and burns to her hands The younger child escaped injury and Jean is praised for her bravery on the Wyoming farm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Huffman
Jean
James Huffman
Wyoming
Paul Ingwersen Dies In Cedar Rapids
Paul Ingwersen age 66 died at St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids after a prolonged illness. He lived south of Wyoming and was raised in Oxford Junction where he farmed. He is survived by his wife Minnie Wolfe Ingwersen a son Lumir a brother Herman in Sioux Falls SD a sister Mrs Clarence Lemnbaugh and his mother Mrs Peter Ingwersen of Davenport. Funeral services were held Wednesday from the family home and burial was in Wyoming cemetery.
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Paul Ingwersen
Wyoming
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Ingwersen
Oxford Junction
Minnie Wolfe Ingwersen
Lumir Ingwersen
Herman Ingwersen
Sioux Falls
S. D
Clarence Lemnbaugh
Peter Ingwersen
Davenport
Wyoming Cemetery
Mrs. Jim McNeilly and Ruth Injured in Auto Crash
Mrs. Jim McNeilly and her daughter Ruth of Center Junction were injured on the Scotch Grove Monticello road near the Henry Eden farm east of Monticello. Mrs. McNeilly suffered a fractured collar bone and bruises while Ruth had a deep lip cut needing two stitches.
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Jim McNeilly
Ruth
Near Center Junction
Scotch Grove
Monticello
Henry Eden
Will Award Trips To National Convention
Iowa's champion 4 H dairy club member to be selected at the Dairy Cattle Congress. September 28 to October 4 will be awarded a free trip to the National 4 H Club congress in Chicago by the Iowa State Brand Creameries Mason City. Each county may nominate one contestant who must be 18, a four year 4 H dairy member, with a production record on his heifer and active in county judging or demonstration work.
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Iowa
Dairy Cattle Congress
Chicago
Iowa State Brand Creameries
Mason City
Marvelous Marsh Recalled At Fair 34 Years Ago
A 1902 Monticello record reappears revealing Marvelous Marsh performed a bicycle act at the Great Jones County Fair. Local barber Zack Graves recalls the act and bets with Marsh over whether he had been there before. The find confirms the entertainer’s prior Monticello appearance despite Marsh’s memory lapse.
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Marsh
Monticello Fair Grounds
Zack Graves
Monticelin Express
Jones County
Monticello Voters urged to back new swimming pool
Mary Hanssen, a Monticello high school sophomore, writes in support of a municipal pool to improve safety sanitation and recreation. She argues the pool offers clean water, monitored supervision, and a healthy activity as temperatures rise and river swimming raises health concerns. The note notes higher taxes but stresses long term community benefits.
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Monticello
Mary Hanssen
Monticello High School
Jones County Soil Conservation Office Moves to Monticello
The Jones County Soil Conservation Association office relocated from Anamosa to Monticello in the Lanignan building near First street and railroad tracks. The move centers on promoting the national farm program and Corn Hog program business. $760,000 was distributed to farmers last year. Key personnel include Carl Smith, secretary. Leroy Dirks, treasurer. local township chairmen and officials listed, with Warren Bissell as state representative.
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Jones County Soil Conservation Association
Farm Buren
Anamosa
Monticello
Lanignan
First Street
Iowa Electric Company
Carl Smith
Farm Bureau
Leroy G. Dirks
L. T. Lorenzen
Madison Township
William Stanton Jr
Washington Township
Raymond Stivers
Jackson Township
Anna Dusanek
Warren Bissell
Manchester
Honor L. Clark Elevated to High Office at Boone Meet
Monticello again led as the Eighth Annual Department convention in Boone June 24 27 honored the local Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars for outstanding Americanization and publicity work. Honor L Clark was unanimously elected department senior vice president and will serve next year. Post Commander Harry Hour Henry Helms and R Fay Clark represented the group while Edith Helms Mabel Hoag Elsie Meade and Mesdames Clark Jarrett formed the auxiliary contingent with Davenport chosen as encampment city. The Monticello Post and Auxiliary No 1683 VFW will hold an July 12 picnic at Oxford Mills replacing the regular meeting with plans by Al Hodoval Elsie Meade to entertain especially the children.
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Monticello
Department
Boone
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Harry Hour
Henry Helms
R. Fay Clark
Edith Helms
Mabel Hoag
Elsie Meade
Mesdames Clark
Jarrett
Davenport
Oxford Mills
al Hodoval
Marion Triumphs Over Monti In Local Golf Meet
Marion claimed 37 points to Monticello’s 23 on the local course last Sunday despite near 100 degree heat. Coach Don Wolfe led with rounds totaling 73 to take low scoring honors, followed by Ping Ballard at Marion and Mulvaney at 78. Monti’s Royal Rodman led with 77, Ralph Bone 80, and Pete Vernon 82 for third among locals. A club tournament is planned for next Sunday morning.
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Marion
Monticello
Don Wolfe
Ping Ballard
Mulvaney
Royal Rodman
Monti
Ralph Bone
Pete Vernon
Thompson Family Observes Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs J H Thompson near Monticello celebrate their 1886 marriage with a Wednesday open house. He born 1857 in Albany and she born 1857 near Buchanan County. The couple has three children, four grandchildren, and one great granddaughter, with many relatives attending a noon dinner and piano quartet.
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J. H. N. Thompson
Monticello City Park
Murray Place
Thompson
Buchanan County
Tows
Wyoming Farm Youth Harold Latare Dies In Car Crash
Harold Latare aged 15 of Wyoming died after a Saturday evening collision on the Wyoming Oxford Junction road. Don Gerdes suffered bruises while Kermit Usher escaped injury. Latare, a Wyoming High sophomore, was active in sports and Luther League. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran church in Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Latare
Fred Latare
Wyoming
Don Gerdes
Kermit Usher
Fred Storm
Latare
Mercy Hospital
Anamonsa
Luther League
Arnold
Donald
Esther
Clarenet
Lutheran Church
Zeilinger
State Fair Breaks Records for Entries
Des Moines Iowa reports the 1036 Town State fair set new records for early exhibit space and farm entry reservations. Industrial exhibits show higher reservations in the open-air section and overall gains of about 140 percent versus last year while open-air is up 136 percent. Agricultural space in four show branches is exhausted and further entries are refused including county and individual farm exhibits and farm bureau projects.
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Des Moines
Farm Bureau Project
Women's Farm Bureau
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J. J. Hennessey
Mr. Crowley
J. B. Albers
George A. Hauck
E. P. Lorenz
Temple Hill
Harold Ginter
J. F. Delay
Kucera
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Fortia
I. V. d'Autremont
Heb
Mary Lillian
R.O.M
J. E. Barnett
W. T. Cunningham
Cedar Rap
James Ward
Melrose
Scant
Vinton
Mar
John Ont
Fred D. McLaughlin
Towa
Quints
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Fair Here
Lovell
W. Brashaw
Richland
Edward Fitzsimmons
Washington
Cass
W. EB. Buckner
Ray Sanford
W. B. Clark
Clay
Alva Orr
Fairview
Donald Ruhl
Madison
George Fisnwild
Greenfield
Harlan Russell
Rome
Harry Levsen
H. &. Jones
Oxford Township
Frank Kuhlavy
Soil Conservation Office
Honor L. Clark
Monti Golfing Aggregation
J. H. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Albany
Columbus
Ohio
South Dakota
Sam
Margaret
Hammond
Ind
Isabelle
Thompsons
Lyle
Lyman
Kathryn
Sam Thompson
Alma Grace
Lyle Thompson
McDowell
Gladbrook
Martha Thompson
Phoenix
Arizona
J. EH. Thompson
E. P. Thompson
J. H
Mary
Fulton
E. Thompson
Lida Rastede
Glenn
Albany, Il
Lee Lane
Norway
Fannie Dunlap
Bernie Dunia
Quasqueton
Sam Thomson
Alma
Lyman Thompson
Kathryn Thompson
State Fair
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