Postwar planning and community service notes from Monticello clubs
Rev R P Young spoke at the Monticello Rotary on postwar community and veteran planning after a 6 pm dinner. Carl Schneider reported 18 Boy Scouts attended Camp Waubeek with advancement noted. Henry Adams led a soil erosion discussion at the Lions meeting. Letters from navy personnel were read and a monthly salute planned. Lions and families plan a park picnic next Monday at 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Young
St. John’s Ey. Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Monticello
Henry Adams
Jones County
Monticello Lions Club
J. M. Indekofer
Dental Corps
L. C. Perkins
Navy
Lions Club
Uncle Sam
Cattle and Other Shipments Reported to Chicago Yard
Following deliveries show Ray George four cars P N Hoach two cars George Manternech one car Chris Reiter one car George Kurt one car Jim Hasler one car Dubuque Packing four hog cars Yeastex one feed car to Sunbury Monticello Feed Mill one oat hulls car to Cedar Rapids Farmers Mutual Creamery one butter car to New York
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Ray George
P. N.hoach
George"Manternech
Chris Reiter
George Kurt
Jim Hasler
Dubuque Packing Company
Dubuque
Yeastex
Sunbury
Monticello Feed Mill
Cedar Rapids
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
New York
Marri ages issued in Jones County by clerk
Over the past week three marriage licenses were issued by the district court clerk Leigh Pearson. Names include Earl Coleman 23 of Anamosa and June Farrington 20 of Cedar Rapids, Vernie Kreyer 26 and Ruth Marie Thompson 20 of Olin, Stuart Leggett 19 of Scotch Grove and Frances Pritchard 18 of Springville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
District Court
Leigh Pearson
Earl Coleman
Anamosa
June Farrington
Cedar Rapids
Vernie Kreyer
Ruth Marie Thompson
Olin
Stuart Leggett
Scotch Grove
Frances Pritchard
Springville
Four births recorded at John McDonald hospital this week
The John McDonald hospital lists four newborns: a daughter to Lt. and Mrs. Harry Boe decker on July 13, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Becker of Sand Springs on July 18, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zumbach of Coggan on July 14, and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kearney of Cascade on July 18. The Boedecker baby Barbara Marie weighed six pounds three ounces and was born last Thursday. Mrs. Boedecker is formerly Kathleen Hayes, a nurse in the army who spent two years in Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Harry Boedecker
Gilbert Becker
Sand Springs
Edward Zumbach
Coggan
Joe Kearney
Cascade
Barbara Marie
Boedecker
Kathleen Hayes
Australia
Savings payroll honors roll for Jones county workers
May results show many county employers and agencies achieving 100 percent participation in payroll savings and War Stamp purchases. Listed entities include Anamosa A and P Company, Monticello firms, Iowa Liquor Control Stores, Monticello State Bank, U S Post Office, Onslow and Oxford Junction businesses, and multiple farmers and cooperatives with participation rates from 9 3 to 100 percent and deductions from 10 to 13 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
R. A. Naylor
Anamosa
A. & P. Company
Anamosa Poultry and Egg Company
Anamosa Public Schools
Iowa Liquor Control
N. W. Bell Telephone Company
U. S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service
Martello
Farmers’ Elevator Company
Monticello
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Franklin Equipment Company
Iowa Liquor. Control
W. E. Long’s Department Store
Monticello Express Company
Monticello State Bank
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
Stahler’s
U. S. Post Office
Onslow
Warden Asked For Report On Reformatory Arm Modernization
State officials pressed for an updated weapons plan at Anamosa men's reformatory. Warden Foss Davis and board members discussed needed arms, training, and safety measures after a 1886 model gun controversy and a 1930s prison break. Recommendations addressed transfer of hardened criminals, out camps, firing ranges, and a guard training program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Men's Reformatory
State Board of Control
Foss Davis
Reformatory
Centre Board
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau of Investigation
Davis
Fort Madison
Anamosa
Sobbainine Meara
Band Concert At City Park Opens War Rally
The Monticello municipal band led by Tone Smith performs an all patriotic program at City Park tonight as the War Manpower rally begins at the fairgrounds. Vocal soloist Sams GTIMes features When the Lights Go on Again with Janis Grimes I Am An American and other pieces including Stars and Stripes Forever and The Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Fairgrounds
Tone Smith
Sams Gtimes
America
Berlin
Pearl Harbor
Reid
Gordon-Warren
Yoder
Janis Grimes
U.S. Field Artillery
Sousa
Andors Aweigh—Zimmerman Marine Hymn
Army Air Corps
Crawford Stars and
Smith
Methodist Conference Held Last Monday
The first quarterly conference of the local Methodist church was held last Monday evening with Dr. E. T. Gough district superintendent of Mount Vernon presiding. General business was considered and a committee was authorized to secure preliminary plans for a new church building after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Gough
Mount Vernon
Divorce Actions Filed in Jones County Court
Two divorce petitions were filed in Jones County District Court last week. One by Nette J. Benhart, married in Anamosa on December 7, 1940, cited adultery and requests custody of their one year old son John and division of $1,200 in furniture along with an absolute divorce. The other is Madeline Emmerich versus Andrew Emmerich of Monticello, married in St. Cloud Minnesota on April 14, 1986, alleging cruel treatment and seeking custody of their seven year old son Robert, alimony, and an absolute divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Wasnette J. Benhart
Anamosa
John
Oxford Junction
Madeline Emmerich
Andrew Emmerich
Monticello
St. Cloud
Minn
Robert
Auxiliary Names New Officers for 1944 45
The Ladies Auxiliary of Arthur P. O Rourke Post American Legion installed new officers for 1944 45 at the regular meeting in the American Legion hall. Ethel Aldrich becomes president with Alice Taylor as vice president and Hazel Harford as junior vice president. other officers include Hilda L Bowers secretary Kate Lambert treasurer Mrs E L Huibregtse historian Ruth Redmond chaplain Kathryn Hoffman sergeant at arms and executive committee members Rena Schoon and Matilda Balsiger. Unit chairmen cover child welfare national defense poppy sale publicity rehabilitation and war activities. The auxiliary also sent 244 bars of candy to Knoxville Veterans Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Aldrich
Alice Taylor
Hazel Harford
Hilda L. Bowers
Kate Lambert
E. L. Huibregtse
Ruth Redmond
Kathryn Hoffman
Rena Schoon
Matilda Balsiger
Marie Vernon
National Defense
Sophia Lambert
Poppy Sale
Dena Clark
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Former Engineer Promoted To Major Spaethe
Charles A. Spaethe former Jones county engineer on leave in the army has been promoted from captain to major. He is now stationed in Trinidad and the news was relayed to his wife last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Spaethe
Jones County
Major Spaethe
Trinidad
War Veterans Speak Tonight at Fairgrounds Band Program
Tonight July 20 at the fairgrounds a band concert and speaking program features Andy Woolfries WMT announcer Sgt Allan F Anderson paratrooper in the Sicilian campaign and M Sgt Marion Shephard navigator of a Flying Fortress and holder of the DFC Air Force Medal and Purple Heart. Also speaking is Jack Heathershaw Manpower Commission of Iowa who served in World War I and has spent extensive time abroad. He emphasizes home front food production and support for troops. All service men home on furlough are asked to attend and sit on the platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairgrounds
Andy Woolfries
WMT
Allan F. Anderson
Marion Shephard
Janis Grimes
Jack Heathershaw
Manpower Commission of Iowa
Army of Occupation
Germany
India
China
Heathershaw
Europe
Far East
Old Age Assistance Accounts From Jones County
During July Jones county cared for 413 old age assistance dependents with checks totaling 11909 dollars, an average of 38.05 per case. Six blind cases received 169 dollars, averaging 28.18 each. Twenty eight dependent children received 770 dollars total, averaging 27.52 per child, equating to 11.34 monthly support per child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Kiburz Boy Returns Home After Car Fall Injury
Jimmie Kiburz three year old son of Mr and Mrs Avert Kiburz has returned home from the Anamosa hospital and is recovering from a skull fracture and head and face lacerations suffered when he fell from the back seat of a car last Friday evening while returning home from Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Kiburz
Avert Kiburz
Anamosa Hospital
Wyoming
Six Campfire girls at Camp Huaga wait Sunday homeward
Six Campfire girls have tended Camp Huaga for two weeks and expect to return home Sunday. Named participants include Elizabeth Wilson Marjorie Luett Mary Alice Wilcox Anne Thoeni Yvonne Hall and Jane DeShaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Huaga
Elizabeth Wilson
Marjorie Luett
Mary Alice Wilcox
Anne Thoeni
Yvonne Hall
Jane DeShaw
Library Books Ready for Distribution at Monticello
Mrs. B C Roberts announces 21 new books added to the Monticello public library this month. Half serve adults and half children, funded by donations and purchase. Includes titles by Maughan, Grey, Gaither, Philbrook, and others with juvenile selections by Bennett, Higgins, Sha piro, and Linskey among the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Roberts
Monticello Public Library
Manning
Red Cock Crows
Francis Gaither
A Bee
Her Bennett
Kris Tofferson
Elect Hamilton
Boyd Higgins
Yankee Thunder
Irwin Shapiro
Marlborough Street
Elizabeth Philbrook
Thornton Burgett
Canada
Alaska
Lois Linskey
Rockies
Moristan Chapman
Pop Bottling Truck Rolls Near Center Junction
Miss Frances Buckner manager of the Monticello Bottling Works rolled a truck loaded with pop near Center Junction yesterday afternoon. Buckner escaped injury but one side of the truck was damaged and many pop bottles were broken in the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Buckner
Monticello
Center Junction
Buckner
Saipan letter from Sgt. Burns recounts landing with first wave
Saipan July 4 letters describe June 15 landing with the first wave of the 2nd Marine Division. Burns notes near-continual fighting, tanks and air raids, camera and film rescued, and later calm as island secured. He praises Marines, reports mail from wife and relatives, and mentions food shortages and weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saipan Island
Saipan
Gome
Monticello Men Among 18 Called for Induction Exams
A list shows 14 men sent to Fort Snelling Minnesota for pre induction exams on Friday July 14 from Monticello Anamosa Cedar Rapids New London Conn Marion San Francisco and Wyoming and Worthington men later passed their eighteenth birthday and registered with the Jones county selective service board The July 20 induction group includes Monticello Wyoming Anamosa Oxford Junction and other adjacent towns with names such as James Calvin Thompson Milton J Bader Merle L Aldrich Eugene H Etten Dale D Griffith Vincent A Wroblewski Ralph A Billings Ronald L Holtz Homer G Thompson Leo R Leesekamp Murray D O'Brien John W Hubbard Ronald E Meade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Donald H. Danneman
Marion
Earl H. Heeren
San Francisco
Cal
George R. Zimmerman
Wyoming
Robert L. Brodersen
Richard F. Koranda
Worthington
Don F. Quint
Jones County Selective Service Board
Monticello
Lawrence M. Brockhohn
Cascade
Edward H. Felton
Martello
Marvin FE
Hinrichs
William D. Betzenderfer
Fort Snelling
James Calvin Thompson
Milton J. Bader
Merle L. Aldrich
Eugene H. Etten
Dale D. Griffith
Vincent A. Wroblewski
Ralph A. Billings
Ronald L. Holtz
Homer G. Thompson
Anamosa
Leo R. Leesekamp
Four Local Men Reach Eighteenth Birthday
Four boys who had reached their 18th birthday registered during the week including Leroy Bickford Onslow Gerald D. Doyle Earl D. Holub Monticello and Joseph J. Lasack Oxford Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow
Dwain E. Wilcox
Cascade
Lewis F. McNally
Monmouth
Robert M. Orris
Tipton
Malvern D. Simmons
Leroy Bickford
Gerald D. Doyle
Earl D. Holub
Monticello
Joseph J. Lasack
Oxford Junction
Wilcox Hatchery Installs Large Incubator in Monticello
Harold Wilcox owner of Wilcox Hatchery in Monticello installs a Robbins incubator weighing 2600 pounds with 32000 egg capacity to be set six times over three weeks. He also operates 14 Jamesway units for 3000 eggs each totaling 74000 eggs, the largest capacity locally. The machines are electrically controlled and turn eggs every three hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Wilcox
Wilcox Hatchery
Monticello
Robbins
Denver
Colo
Wilcox
Jamesway
Hopkinton
War Production Board Sets Quarters Denim Garment Output
The board orders civilian work clothing for men and boys to reach at least 90 percent of Q3 1942 production in each quarter starting July 1. Items include bib overalls dun garees work shirts one piece overalls jackets and blanket lined coats. OPA raises basic denim price by one cent per yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rotary Club
Milton J. Langer
Barbara
Dr. L. J. Swift
North Gill Street
Ensign Langer
Norfolk, Va
Cedar Falls
Louise York
Alice Clark
Richard Shelley
Billy Hintz
Jo Ann ‘Schneider
Barbara ‘Walker
Kathryn Bender
Laois Guyan
City Park
Balster’s Implement and Parts Company
Arend Balster’s Stores
Farmera!Grain_ Canine
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Truman
Doxsee
Methodist
Auxiliary
Arthur P. O’rourke
American Legion
American Legion Hall
Dig de Pee Nase
England
Sgt. Anderson
Minnesota
Way Manpower
Supt
Boyd Shannon
Monticello Public Schools
Razor’s Edge
Summerset
Maughan
Mina
Curtiss Canal
Samuel H. Adams
Zane Grey
Golden Skylark
Elizabeth
Nip Saipan
the Express
Marianas
James L. Burns
Charles A. Coxsee
2Nd Marine Division
Burns
South Pacific
Tarawa
Life Magazine
Sear
James L
Island Burns
Jack Pepper
Johnny Ercole
Novie
Samuel E. Reyner
William R. Thomas
Raymond E. Hinrichs
Horace Soper
Henry T. Oltmanns
Edwin A. Kray
Henry W. Folken
William G. Mentz
Ray F. Crowley
Blanche H. Frutchey
Mountain Home
Texas
Blanche Monroe
Hills
The
Express
Johnson Hagood
Hapgood
Arizona Bill
8Th Area Corps
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Cola
Santa Barbara
Calif
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