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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1951
Page
6
The past week saw five couples receive marriage licenses. Paul Witters 21 Cedar Rapids and Carol Callahan 18 Marion. Leon Kyarsgaard 21 Maquoketa and Mary Jane Alden 21 Wyoming.
Monticello Rotary members heard about the veterans farm training program run by the Veterans Administration begun in 1947 by Raymond E. Adams. Superintendent Boyd Shannon introduced speakers Bob Patton and Fletcher Aitchison as the program now offers three classes of 25 men each.
County Treasurer Blanche E Corwin lists new licenses for numerous individuals and businesses across Anamosa Monticello Center Junction Olin Onslow Wyoming Morley Martelle and surrounding towns. Vehicles include Ford Buick Chevrolet Plymouth Pontiac Studebaker GMC International Harley Davidson and more with owners such as Sylvia McCrabb William R Martin and Marvin Englehart among others.
The Dale's Ford bridge in northeast Jones County was washed out by a flash flood Monday. Auctioneer Louie Hanken reported the event to the Express on Tuesday.
Torrential rains and high winds battered Monticello and surrounding areas with over 3 inches of rain and widespread wind damage. Basements flooded, lines down, and farms reported thousands in losses as the Maquoketa river rose above normal levels and a twin tornado tore through Cascade.
Heavy rain forced the cancellation of big car races at Monticello City park last Sunday. Seven races plus stock car feature will be held Sunday July 22 starting with time trials at 1 p.m. Peoria Illinois drivers attended despite the weather and praised the track as one of the finest for speed.
Seventeen motorists were cited at a state highway road block for lacking operator permits. One man Charles F. Oelberg of Anamosa faced an extra charge for missing vehicle registration. Other offenders named include James A. Pearson Anamosa Lawrence E. Holsc comb Martello Esther E. Kohl Mr. Vernon William S. Brandon Marion Conrad William Monk Langworthy John Victor Rugg Monticello Ralph E. Silver Central City Paul Edwin Wheat Anamosa Floyd Stetson Shew Olin Edward William Jewell Dubuque Vance B. McKennon Jr Springville Elbert L. Merrill Monticello John W. Moore Anamosa Clifford M. O'Brien Anamosa Louis F. Krick Jr Des Moines and Elvin A. Schwartz Anamosa.
Three youths from Jones county depart for military service on Monday July 23. Earl Patrick Fagan aged 25 from Onslow Iowa Floyd Edward Neal 24 from Monmouth Jons ae Robert John Ausmann from Iowa are listed among the volunteers.
Monticello in highway 38 area suffers damage when a .22 rifle cuts a telephone cable. Ten lines were severed and crews needed over three hours to restore service after a weekend storm. Tom Hamilton, a phone manager, notes the incident as part of ongoing trouble with weapons used for target practice.
Don Maire joins Baty Insurance as salesman for the Monticello territory. A Monticello High School 1939 graduate, he served in World War II and has insurance experience. He previously worked at Maize Sweet Shop and is married to Dorothy Rolls with one child.
Emmund Wilkens family grows again with another set of twin girls born July 10 weighing 5 pounds and 4 pounds 10 ounces. They join a total of seven children, now three boys and four girls, with the earlier twin set a boy and a girl. Mrs. Wilkens, formerly Phyllis Powers, and Mr. Wilkens are engaged in farming near Angworthy.
The Great Jones County Fair First Annual Barrow Show draws strong entries led by Chairman Ed Helgens and committee member Ross Baty. hogs will be judged by highest price on day of judging with top prize $200 and $100 for second. three prize classes based on market price.
Monticello mayor Dr A P Lambert warns that false fire alarms waste city funds. He notes residents should be alert but not overreact, citing last Friday when a stock car engine smoke at Howie Farm Supply triggered a costly alarm.
The weekly docket shows Carl H. Monk Monticello fined five dollars for improper registration plus costs. Andrew D. Mivell cited for leaving scene of an accident five dollars. Louis Lange Anamosa fined one dollar plus costs for failure to appear. Edwin G. Hemmer Monticello charged with speeding twelve dollars and fifty cents plus costs. Beckmann cited for stop sign violation ten dollars plus costs. Covington Monticello charged no fishing license ten dollars plus costs. Welch Scotch Grove fined ten dollars for undersize bass plus costs. Welch Monmouth fined ten dollars for undersize bass plus costs. Trumm Cascade no fishing license ten dollars plus costs. Christy Ottumwa speeding five dollars plus costs. Christy Ottumwa no muffler two dollars plus costs. Hessing Monticello improper muffler five dollars plus costs. Meyer Monticello intoxication ten dollars plus costs. June and July dates shown.
Monticello’s oldest store celebrates 90 years with an anniversary sale tied to a page advertisement. The Stuhlers began in 1861 as a shoe shop later expanding to groceries men’s clothing and a ladies ready to wear department. The sale features three departments starting Friday with 18 clerks employed across four divisions.
Twelve head of cattle owned by Harold Schneiter were swept toward the Maquo Keta river dam at Monticello during a flash flood Monday afternoon. He and neighbors recovered all but one by Tuesday noon, with the last cow found later near the dam. The O'Connel Bros. of Hopkinton reported losses of five whiteface Hereford cows and two Brown Swiss heifers south of Delhi dam. News notes also mention visitors in the Delco, Yount and Vernon’s Helgens homes.
The 80 Jones County 4-H Girls will attend the second annual encampment at the Monticello fair grounds starting July 16. Activities include crafts nature music games and campfire. Leaders include Mrs Frank Vacek Mrs Edmund Wacker and Gerald Parsons with Louis Lemke directing nature lore and a trip to a state reserve near Hopkinton.
The Idlenet club sponsors a July 19 talk by Mrs. Marie Vitek on Communism in Czechoslovakia at 8 p.m. in the Monticello Community building. Cedar Rapids residents Mrs. Vitek and Mrs. Naxera will show pictures. a free will offering benefits an orphanage.
The Monticello case against former city marshal Ivan Reynolds continues as the city files an answer admitting some facts but denying four paragraphs about Reynolds rights. The city cites a verbal resignation May 9 1951 to Mayor Asa P Lambert to deny relief. Separately Judge J E Heiserman issues a divorce decree for Norma Jean Dirks from James Dirks by default, giving custody of a daughter and $25 monthly support. A divorce petition by Estella Casher Thompson against Phillip Paul Thompson seeks restoration of her maiden name and alimony. Norman Bolyard receives an additional 30 year sentence for assault with intent to murder, to run concurrent with existing sentence. Lawrence August Gronwoldt of Lost Nation is fined $300 for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with license suspension and potential relicense after 600 days.
Jones County Farm Bureau directors voted unanimously July 5 to finance a new county building in Anamosa. They approved selling 25 000 dollars in building certificates, 1 000 shares at 25 dollars each, four percent interest, and five percent principal annual payout.
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