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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1948

Page

7

Local News Briefs Note Community Guests and Illness

Miss Jean Liddy of Los Angeles visits her parents in the city for three weeks. Elsie Hackbarth Harris of Manchester stays with the Lehman family this week. Cedar Falls visitors Lyman Mulford and son at Hei School. John Fraser II and children of Iowa City visit grandparents. Catherine Redmond of Cedar Rapids spends two weeks with Redmonds. Dinner guests include Raschke and Kidwell families. Rev. Tendick seriously ill in Marshalltown. Baxer pastor Tendick's recent callers include Varan and Brown. Hosford family hosts with Lyle Hosford's birthday. Greene of Anamosa welcomed a daughter Vangia Anne July 4 weighing 7.5 pounds. Mary Ann and Bonnie Buol visit Dubuque relatives.

Community Notes of Visits and Travel Across Iowa

Miss Margaret Ann Zimmerman returns from Cornell summer session in Mount Vernon. Families and friends visit across Independence Cedar Rapids Chicago Willmar Milwaukee and other areas with trips to the Black Hills and Colorado. Local residents include Barron Blackburn Mills Mowrey Evans Dury Drury and Lang plus numerous relatives and visitors from Missouri California and Arkansas.

Margaret Ann .Zimmerman Cornell College Mt. Vernon

Swimming Pool Construction Advances This Week

Work on the swimming pool moves forward with bath house floors being laid and roof installed. The wading pool has begun, with completion targeted for next week. No definite opening date has been set despite nearing final stages.

James W. Freeman dies in Long Beach visit

James W. Freeman of Long Beach California formerly Cascade Iowa died Tuesday evening at John McDonald hospital while visiting relatives in Cascade. He was born January 6 1876 in Moberly Missouri and lived in Cascade until 1920 then moved to Long Beach. Survived by wife Catherine Talbert three children Rita Mae Cullen Marvin and Robert all of Long Beach four grandchildren three sisters one brother and his Missouri stepmother. Funeral arrangements are not yet complete.

James W. Freeman Long Beach Calif Cascade John, McDonald Hospital Devaney James Freeman Moberly Catherine Talbert Rita Mae Cullen Marvin Robert Missouri

Crissie Hanken Breaks His Elbow In Fall

Crissie Hanken son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Hanken fractured his right elbow after a fall from a porch at his grandfather Ray Kromminga’s home. He was treated at St Luke’s Hospital and returned home Tuesday after the fracture was reduced.

Crissie Hanken Wesley Hanken Ray Kromminga Kromminga Crissie St. Luke’s Hospital

Bridge and Pinochle Party at Country Club

More than thirty Country Club members attended the Thursday evening event the third in a series of card parties. Contract bridge ran at five tables with high scores by Mrs. James Maurice and James Nelson. Pinochle prizes went to Mrs. M. H. Seehusen and Harry Lyon. Light refreshments were provided by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Long, Mr. and Mrs. Elden Brashaw, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Stuhler, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ferring.

Country Club James Maurice James Nelson M. H. Seehusen Harry Lyon Richard Long Elden Brashaw Stewart Stuhler Kenneth Ferring

Three High Producing Cows Reported by DHIA

DHIA tested 26 Jones County herds in June a total of 483 cows with 433 cows in milk and 50 dry. Average production was 822 pounds milk and 29.1 pounds butterfat per cow. Notable 305 day lactations include Kelley Hasselbusch Clarence Little Frasurer 13 052 pounds milk 524 butterfat and Jones County Home Scotch Grove 11 778 milk 403 butterfat Bud Bros Monticello Loraine 11 535 pounds milk 414.1 butterfat.

Jones. County Jones County Home Scotch Grove Bud Bros Monticello Loraine

County GOP Delegates Named in Jones County

Jones County Republican committee releases the delegate list for the July 23 Des Moines state convention. Read names include Anamosa residents like Warren Rees and Mrs. C M Strawman, Monticello figures such as J M Tudor and Ralph Wilson, and Oxford Junction participants including C H Jones and E F Kleineck.

Jones County Republican Committee Des Moines Warren Rees Anamosa C. M. Strawman C. R. Smith Wyoming C. H. Jones Oxford Junction C. J. Matthiessen Monticello C. F. Shimanek Charles L. Niles Harry Holcomb Martello A. N. Trevarthen George L. Buel E. F. Kleineck James McLaughlin Richard Hanken R. L. Watkins Stanley Waggoner Olin R. E. Hill S. H. Ellison Dale Adams L. B. Kent Ed Helgens J. E. Remley F. H. Shimanek George C. Lawrence B. E. Rhinehart Ralph Wilson E. W. Brashaw Howard M. Remley J. E. Porter Bess E. Sherman M. E. McCrabb I. R. Hintz W. B. Meeks John R. Gray Center Junction Josephine Scherrer J. L. Holden F. E. Stimson Ray Naylor Scotch Grove Harry Davis John Bodenhofer J. M. Lange, Jr Fred Kromminga A. E. Gilmore Hale Don Ruhl Morley Henry Adams Dorache H. E. Carter C. H. Freeman

Kromminga Sells Brown Swiss Bull in Monticello Trade

Fred L. Kromminga, a Brown Swiss breeder of Monticello, reports the sale of Nora's Pet Jerry No. 89694 to John Kehoe of Monticello. The transaction was confirmed by Fred S. Idise, secretary of the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders' Association in Beloit, Wisconsin.

Fred L. Kromminga Monticello Nora Jerry John Kehoe Fred S. Idise Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Association Beloit Wis

Honeymoon Flight Forced Down by Darkness over Iowa

Mr and Mrs Hugh McCullough of Watertown Iowa were on an airplane tour of the United States when headwinds and darkness forced them to land at Calmar last week.

Hugh McCullough Watertown Iowa United States Calmar

Ladies Bridge and Pinochle Breakfast at Country Club

Mrs. Charles Luett Mrs. Harry Lyon Mrs. Robert Mullen and Mrs. James Nelson hosted a ladies bridge and pinochle breakfast at the country club. Forty attendees enjoyed lilies and two card-game high scores with Mrs. William Shaffer and Mrs. Claude Appleby leading in their events. Out of town guests included Mrs. George LeVan El Reno Okla Mrs. Art Madsen Sigourney and Jean Ann Liddy Los Angeles Calif.

Charles Luett Harry Lyon Robert Mullen James Nelson Country Club William Shaffer Claude Appleby George LeVan el Reno Okla Art Madsen Sigourney Jean Ann Liddy Los Angeles Calif

Also Mentioned on This Page

Rosalind Hupp Boyle Woolfolk Jones County Fair Beverly Bobby Miss Hupp Rosalind Happy Fairgrounds Jean Liddy Mrs John A. Liddy Elsie Hackbarth Harris Manchester Fred Lehman Lyman Mulford Cedar Falls Hei John Fraser II Iowa City J. H. Fraser Catherine Redmond Cedar Rapids T. M. Redmond Herman Hahn Herman Raschke Clifford Kidwell Armin H. Tendick The Evangelical and Reformed Church Deaconess Marshalltown Tendick Baxter George A. Varan Washington, D. C Donald Brown Minneapolis, Minn S. M. Hosford Kenneth Hosford Ronald Learry Rowley Lyle Hosford Larry Stanley Bess Warner Castle Grove Clarence Hosford Robert Greene Vangia Anne Mercy Hospital Mary Ann Bonnie Buol William Buol Dubuque Oliver Ea A Victor Mowrey Russell Preston J. R. Barron Glenn Blackburn Joan Lester Mills Pat Independence Ed Duke George D. Gaide Methodist Parsonage Jack Mettler Dale French Joan Blackburn Helen Ann Barron Ronald Evans Lynn South Bend Ind William Jarrett Black Hills Colorado Herschel Drury Guy Bonwell Chicago Leamon Scott Poplar Bluff I. S. van Hooser St. Louis Arkansas Harold Dunn Rockford, Ti Howard Shelley Alf Wee Willmar, Minn Stewart. Stuhler John Stuhler Milwaukee Wisconsin Gordon Wilson Kansas City, Mo Nola Lang Lena Gould Conrad Harold Teed Paul M. Buol Bob Bennett Ottumwa Howard Willam C. E. Tremain John Leggett Lyle Wilson Portsmouth, Va Rogert Platt and Phillips 66 Phillips Phillipsell Monticello and Vicinity OM 3S Bes DHIA GOP J.B. Heiserman James T. Remley W. L. Pearson Foss Davis J. M. Tudor Frank E. Miles Dolores H. Lozier Herman Helgens Victor Tatak Johnson’s Rendering Service Hopkinton Lahey’s Hopkinton Anamosa Dyersville Center Jet Ryan Monticello Central City Olin Martello Delhi Coggan _ Bushnell’s Shell Station Walker's Store Prairieburg E. E. Frith Co Hamburger Lee Pound Box Baker Boy Crackers Wrrnes Minced Ham Post California Tee Folger’s Coffee Oxydol del Monte Catsup CERTO Monticello, Iowa Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
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