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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1940
Page
1
Monticello hosts a Jones County Farm Bureau Fourth of July celebration at City Park featuring a county wide sports festival. Farm Bureau members and neighbors enjoy games horseshoe pitching and sports while fireworks are absent under new Iowa law.
Delegates from Iowa kept MacNider as a favored candidate through multiple ballots in Philadelphia, though he declined the vice presidency. MacNider, former American Legion national commander, earned broad respect for public service including army secretary appointment and Canadian liaison, and was praised for stabilizing Great Lakes shipment talks.
Recent census data indicate Jones County seat has 2852 residents excluding the reform school, up from ten years ago. Montisella shows 2546, up 287 from 1930, suggesting county population could exceed 20,000 if trends continue. rural precincts await full figures. Jones remains an strong agricultural area with profitable farm sales and high farming standards.
Iowa tax figures show a sharp rise in new car sales in May 1940 with half a million more units registered than a year earlier. County treasurers levy a two percent auto tax on first registration, and total receipts for May reached about 87.2 million dollars.
The Republican convention in Philadelphia completed its balloting with Wendell L. Willkie of New York nominated on the sixth ballot. Senator and other contenders were defeated as Willkie emerged as the party standard bearer.
Taft Dewey and leading Senators clash with Pennsylvania Governor James and Hanford MacNider. Indiana Wall Street figure secures votes at the convention. Charles L. McNary of Oregon chosen for vice president, setting the stage for a strenuous general election next November as Democrats search for their nominee.
The piece notes a Republican surge for Wendell Willkie in 1940, praising his cross party appeal and Iowa visits that impressed lawmakers and reporters. It contrasts him with Taft, cites farmer reception, and mentions Democratic figures like John Valentine and state politics, plus ongoing university leadership changes and welfare pension data.
June 14 20 records show multiple transfers including George W McCalmant and Ruth to W E DeMoss lot 9 wk 17 and adjacent lots for one dollar and other valuable considerations Agnes Blizek Louis L and others to Antonie Koranda et al encumbrances taxes assumed and one dollar Ms Jackson and partners to Wendy Marek transfer of lots 1 2 and adjoining real estate in Block 4 Subdivision A of Scott Skinner’s add to Ana-
Dee mean recounts a neighborhood scene featuring Rex Ricklefs, Lux Matheson, and Gene Byers performing an impromptu concert that drew porches full of neighbors. The piece also notes escaped wildlife, local radio luck, and small town mischief around Ed Hulbregtse, Bill Jarrett, and Ray Echternacht, with casual bites of local life.
D'Autremont dies after months of illness. funeral held at Sacred Heart and burial at Riverside. Lucile Deischer marries Howard C. Jackson in Kansas City. ceremony read by Dr. Harry Kremers. Mrs Andrew Bajasch dies of heart attack leaving seven children. Monticello hosts air circus with Dan Hunter among flyers. Twin girls born to Mr and Mrs Theodore Rieniers Jr. Janice Mae Schneider wed Edward J. Wojcukutis at Sacred Heart. Patricia Ann Grassfield dies in Waverly. buried at Coggan. Anna L. Winter notes June 20 marriage to L A Winter in Monmouth. Amphitheater fire at city park destroys building. $2,000 insurance. Stephen K Fitzsimmons dies at 55. Korneman Bros win paving bid for 17 blocks at $1,781.4 per sq yd. Marie Kreeb wed John P Boland in Maquoketa. Chris Mardoff dies after long illness. Gas franchise granted to Skelly Oil Co in Eldorado. Monticello vote 408 to 14 but plant never installed. Bertha Rohr and George Sutherland wed in Nashua with Rev. William Kent.
Mosa Said grantors William D Jackson Joseph W Jackson and John Paul Jackson are the sole heirs at law of Estella Virden known as Effie Estella Virden during her life. Walter Dickinson and Ina Gertrude wife convey to Frederick E Miles with $1 and other valuable considerations for lot 6 block 9 Rome now Olin.
Josephine McGuire of Wyoming suffered facial lacerations and head bruises when a dust cloud blinded the driver on east Jones street causing a swerve into an electric light pole. Several other youths were unhurt and the car was damaged.
Numerous local families hosted and visited guests over the weekend and midweek. Mrs. M D Foster and Mrs. George H Schoon plan travels to Linley to visit Blanche Smith family for several weeks. A birthday gathering honored twins Mark Cross and Carl Eden at C W Eden home with relatives present. Several families attended dinners and picnics at Eagle Point park and honored John Bodiker on his birthday.
County Superintendent Nellie V. Morey announces pupils who were neither absent nor tardy during the just‑closed school year. The list includes numerous students across Cass, Oxford, Wayne, Scotch Grove, Fairview, Hale, Richland, and Wayne districts, with many schools showing complete punctuality.
A birthday dinner featured Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wroblewski and Doris Porter among evening guests. Attendees included Fred Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Siebels and family, Mrs. John Gerdes and children, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Freese, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Folkers, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Folkers and daughter Lena Folkers, Louise Caspers, Alberta Lathrop of Stone City, Doris Porter, and Joe Ladehoff.
Notice of final reports and discharge hearings for the estates listed in Jones County Iowa including the Burrichter and Baer estates with final hearing set for July 18 1940 in Anamosa. Clerks urge interested parties to appear and show cause why reports should not be approved.
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