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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1945
Page
5
The record outlines stamps for Meats Fats and Blank Provisions with dates July through October and cross references to blue and red stamps. It notes Fuel Oil Period coupons good for ten gallons per unit and shoes stamps for Airplane No 1 2 3 in book three continuing indefinitely.
William Blaine Mitts, alleged escapee from the Ana mosa men's reformatory with two companions on June 11, was recaptured last week. He appeared before Judge Heiserman June 3 and received an additional ten year sentence to run concurrently. Judge Heiserman also presided over the divorce action of Frances G Corne and Arnold D Corne, with a defaulted answer and a decree of divorce entered on cruelty grounds. the couple had been married 13 years.
The clerk of district court issued five marriage licenses in Anamosa area last week. Everett Stickley age 18 and Joann Keduhr age 18 of Manchester. Dale Yoder 29 and Letha Banton 40 of Lisbon. William Griffith 21 of Monticello and Rachel Oltmanns 20 of Martello. Ernest Parker 23 of Canistota S D and Mary Hearn 18 of Monticello. Jay Slater 20 and Rosemary McDonald 19, both of Olin.
Cattle sent to Chicago by O'Shea Brothers George Rickels and Aitchison Brothers each one car. Ernest Schnier also one car. Two cars of hogs shipped to Dubuque by Dubuque Packing Company and one car of butter sent to New York by Farmers Mutual Creamery Company.
Recent births recorded at John McDonald hospital include a girl born June 28 to Cpl. and Mrs. Peter Tsuris and boys born July 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Toenjes and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kearney Cascade and a girl born July 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brone man.
Monticello friends note Pfc. Dean LB Moncrief serves with Battery B of the 337th field artillery battalion in Italy. The unit uses 105 millimeter howitzers and helped seize an intact German field hospital near Verona after the 88th Division captured Verona and moved toward Brenner Pass, meeting little opposition from hospital personnel who believed German forces still protected it.
The Maquoketa Valley rural electric cooperative awards a 320 mile line project to Hoak Construction for 711 members at 311327.55 dollars including materials and labor. Construction will be limited to 140000 dollars until extra funds arrive from the Rural Electrification Administration.
David Magruder twenty two year old former sports editor of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald was jailed last Friday on a charge of extended absence without leave from Fort Lewis Washington. Officials said he claimed veteran status and a home in Oxford Junction Iowa while seeking a new job.
Two honorable discharges from military service were filed last week at the office of Jones County recorder Bess E Sherman. They concern Charles A Field from Monticello and Mervin Li Hotz from Olin, neither serving overseas.
The Great Jones County Fair will host a junior dairy show August 22 to 24 sponsored by local creameries in Anamosa Amber Center Junction Langworthy and Monticello. Eligible contestants are under 21 and residents of Jones County or patrons of sponsoring creameries. Entries due August 1 at creameries or Farm Bureau. prizes list unclear.
The Monticello Express announces Free Want Ad Week starting July 19 with two weeks advance notices for timely submissions. All non business ads will be published free, limited to five lines per person or family, with copy due by Saturday July 14. Farmers are urged to use this service for livestock and machinery listings.
At the Lions Club weekly meeting on Monday, Henry Adams was installed as president by retiring president B. C. Hall. Edgar Vernon became vice president, M. B. Leonard treasurer, Rev. W. J. Grossheim secretary, Frank Walker Lion Jammer, D. M. Bell Tail Twister. Oliver Benson and Chester Condit elected two-year directors. Ed Cox elected director for the year. Chester Condit and B. C. Hall won attendance awards.
Monticello moving picture theaters are now controlled by Monticello Amusement Company owned by Rudy Faulds Art Thiele and E N Garbet Jr of Des Moines with 18 theaters including Marion and Independence Fred Shavley named manager and moving to Monticello He plans to bring top shows and relocate with his family The Prin cess theater owner E T Landis closed after 31 years and the Monte theater had been run by S and E M Lambert since 1934 Attention is drawn to the Monticello Amusement Company display ad in this issue.
The Rev. Frederick H. Kehren, pastor at Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, marked his thirtieth ordination anniversary on Wednesday June 27. He trained in Germany and Switzerland, studied at St. Chrischona in Basel, and sailed from Germany on the Imperator in 1913 before attending Wartburg seminary. He graduated in 1915 and became a U.S. citizen in Galena Illinois on February 7, 1921, after serving at Jesup, Elizabeth IA, St. Donatus IA, and La Motte IA prior to Wayne Zion.
Thomas E. Clark and Virgil Pinkerton of Monticello were discharged from the U S Army last week. Clark, a staff sergeant who joined in March 1941, served in the Burma India theater and was flown from Calcutta to Casablanca and via the Azores to Newfoundland and Washington. He has accepted a job with the First's Electrical Shop.
The Monticello Express enters its eighty first year with Volume 81, Number 1, note of its Civil War roots and O D Crane founder. The Coxsee family acquired it in 1888, the editor has served 30 years, and the paper pledges to maintain a high standard and community role.
Monticello rationing board officials outline CPA rules for canning sugar. Key points: June quota remains for those who had it, no monthly hoarding, no need to apply before use, June limit of 10 pounds per person, family cap up to 80 pounds. Also notes soldiers overseas and local residents traveling or serving as counselors and attendees at weddings and camps.
Maj James Redmond and S/Sgt Charles Wright spoke at the Monticello Rotary Club about their wartime service. Wright described captivity in Germany and escapes across Europe, while Redmond recalled the Normandy invasion, Paris liberation, and hospital crew efforts amid German advances.
Jones County finishes the bond drive with total sales of $1,860,844.74 against a $1,262,000 target. The Monticello State Bank leads with $480,552.75 and Citizens’ Savings Bank Anamosa follows at $204,382.75. Eh bond sales lag with $676,693.26 of the $851,000 quota, short by about $174,306.74. Township districts Madison, Rome, Hale, Oxfeard, Amber, Anamosa, Langworthy, Martello, Monticello, Morley, Olin, Onslow, Scotch Grove, West Cascade, and Wyoming exceed their quotas. Sales outside the county total $116,045.88.
The county Farm Bureau held its annual program at Monticello city park on July 4. Activities included art hall events, a sports segment, and performances by local women for Achievement Day. Sessions featured singing, a flute trio, soprano solos, baton twirling, comedy skit, and readings, with remarks on women’s activities by Mrs. Streeper and Mrs. Brown.
Dr Colin G. Thomas Jr. finished 27 months of surgery internship and assistant residency at the University hospital in Iowa City. A first lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps, he will report to Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, on July 6.
Reverend Glenn W. McMichael longtime Monticello Methodist pastor is transferred this week to the Waverly Methodist church by Bishop Brashares. He will preach his final Monticello sermon on July 8 and begin at Waverly on July 15. His Monticello tenure included leading a new budget plan and fund raising for a postwar church and he has declined four higher salary offers.
Childress Motor Co owner X-Ray Childress outlines plans for 1946 car models and services for Ford Mercury and Lincoln. Des Moines branch reps join 200 executives in Dearborn Michigan on June 20 as Henry Ford II presents a proposed 150 million dollar expansion program.
Blaine Mitts 26 of Ottumwa identified by police as an escapee from the Iowa reformatory at Anamosa captured in Milwaukee last Wednesday. Three men fled from a reformatory farm June 1. Mitts Bruce Kippe 24 of Dubuque and Gilbert Kelly named as others. Kippe recaptured at Cresco June 15 and given 10 year added sentence for motor vehicle larceny. Kelly remains at large.
The Monticello Country Club team won over Maquoketa, with Monticello scoring 2042 to 1542 on a local course. Claude Appleby led with 76, earning a one point lead over Bone, Grossman and Larry who carded 77. Next tournament set for Manchester course.
The Monticello Trail Riders Club rode from Hard Scrabble to Hopkinton last Sunday July 1. They toured the river road to the dam and had a picnic dinner before parading through Hopkinton streets. Members listed include Laura Ehits Bill Hintz Melvin Hein Dick Rickels Louella Heeren and Paul Gerdes.
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