Food and fuel stamps schedule update notes
Meats and fats stamp groups A8 to C5 get extended validity with July 30 for B5 and C5. Processed foods blue stamps A8 to F5 and Ab remain valid indefinitely with B65 to F5 starting August 1. Sugar stamps 80 31 32 cover five pounds. stamp 40 covers five pounds of canning sugar through February next year. Gasoline A 12 coupons valid through September 21. Fuel oil periods 4 and 5 valid through September 30. new period 1 coupons usable now. Shoes airplane stamps 1 and 2 valid indefinitely.
Monticello Red Cross reports dressings, kits, and hours
The Monticello chapter completed 81 200 dressings to date with 9 000 4x4 sponges on July 19. Volunteers with 75 hours or more include Mrs. Cartano Miss Eggers Mrs. Fraser Miss Hanken Mrs. Harris and others. The production department filled 100 kit bags for the U S army containing cards cigarettes soap and more. New overseas kit material is on hand and sewing sessions are invited on Tuesday afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Monticello
W. R. Cartano
Clara Eggers
J. H. Fraser
Frieda Hanken
George Harris
Dan Hearn
Caroline Hicks
W. F. Hintz
R. C. Hoag
E. H. Huibregtse
Asa Lambert
Ralph Lambert
R. J. Langer
J. J. Locher
Anna Schweitzer
R. G. Stuhler
C. G. Thomas
Monticello Red Cross
Mabel Corbin
U. S. Army
Department Baymen
Registrant Reaches 18 and New SSB Meeting Planned
Donald E. Von Sprecken of Wyoming registered with the selective service board this past week as he turns 18. The board will meet August 7 to review classifications including agricultural deferments. Three-C classifications are discontinued and reclassification to 2-C or service is possible depending on the man's essential work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Donald E. von Sprecken
Wyoming
Jones County Board
Rotary Guest Urges Jobs for Returning Soldiers Speaker Advocates Reassurance
Harold Bedell of Cincinnati spoke to Monticello Rotary on Employment of Men in the Armed Services After the War. He urged local businessmen to write to soldiers and promise job reinstatement on return. Other guests were W. D. McLaughlin and Carl Lee of Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bedell
Cincinnati
Ohio
Monticello
Court moves to dismiss Jones case for lack of evidence
District Court County Attorney Warren J. Rees asked the court to dismiss the case of State of Iowa vs. Burtis Jones for lack of evidence. In Howard Walton vs. Louella Walton a decree of divorce was entered on the cross petition. children placed with defendant with visitation rights and no support obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren J. Rees
State of Iowa
Burtis Jones
Howard Walton
Louella Walton
Monticello Lions Club Holds Park Picnic
The Monticello Lions Club members their wives and families enjoyed a picnic supper at Monticello city park last Monday evening. Children had a general good time after the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Marriage license issued to Rudolph Zimmerman and Marie Ehjeor
A marriage license was issued in the past week by the district court clerk to Rudolph Zimmerman age 21 of Qlin to marry Marie Ehjeor age 18 of Oxford. The rest of the text is garbled and not usable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Noes Rudolph Zimmerman
Qlin
Wilms
Marie Ehjeor
Oxford
Farm tiling pays future dividends for Jones county farms
Ballou farm near Monticello uses a new tile digging machine to lay about 20 000 feet of tile on 240 acres, with plans for six miles by neighbor Richard Hanken. Operated by Lowe Construction Cedar Rapids from Parsons Newton, the diesel powered crawler digs deeper over knolls and places tile as workers supervise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Ballou
Monticello
Amber Road
Ballou
Lowe Construction Company
Cedar Rapids
Express
Leonard
Jones County
Richard Hanken
Parsons Company
Newton
Comicist
John Conway
Cédar Rapids
Ballou Farm
Adel
Ballour Farm
War Chest Drive Plans Outlined by Iowa Counties
County chairmen and workers from the Second District met at Manchester Courthouse on July 19 to outline fall 1944 War Chest campaign plans. Des Moines business Carl Weeks urged ground work and organized counties, while speakers stressed publicity and strong county leadership with representatives from Jones and other counties in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Chest Fund
Court House
Manchester
Howard T. Shelly
van Vechten Shaffer
Cedar Rapids
Carl Weeks
Des Moines
Iowa War Chest Organization
Weeks
R. G. Stuhler
Monticello
C. R. Smith
Onslow
Jones County
S Sgt Craig Wounded in Italy War Report
Mrs Edwin Craig was notified by the War Department that her husband T/Sgt Edwin E Craig has been seriously wounded while serving with the infantry in Italy on July 6. No further details were provided as the family prepares to join him with Pearl Mc ees for the duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig
Edwin Craig
War Department
Edwin E. Craig
Italy
Mary ‘She
Pearl Mcees
Grimes Family Relocates to Boone for School Leadership
Mr and Mrs A B Grimes and their children Rebecca Janis Nancy and Tom left Monticello yesterday for Boone where they will establish residence. Supt Grimes was elected head of the Boone public schools after years as Monticello schools chief. The family will be greatly missed in town activities church work and school connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Grimes
Rebecca
Janis
Nancy
Tom
Boone
Grimes
Monticello
Boone Public Schools
More Gasoline For Furlough Use
Service men returning to Monti cello on leave after Tuesday will have a more liberal gasoline allowance. The ration board said any service member presenting credentials can receive one gallon per day of leave, replacing the prior five gallons per man rule. Short leaves under three days are not eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Armed Services
Board
Armed Service
Ross Baty Appointed New Councilman in First Ward
Ross Baty was named by the city council to fill the late Frank Ferring’s seat in the first ward. He will serve until the March 1946 municipal election. The meeting also discussed paving with asphaltic coverings but delayed the project due to material shortages. A sewer grate near Main Street was flagged for safety and assigned to the sewer committee of Matthiessen and Baty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Baty
Frank Ferring
Baty
Maquoketa River
Matthiessen and
Plan To Test Cooker Gauges For Women
The Farm Bureau and extension service sponsor a test of pressure cooker gauges in Jones county. Women bring gauges or covers to listed locations for testing with Mrs. Lloyd Robertson present. Sessions run July 31 to August 4 at various towns and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau and Extension Service
Jones County
Lloyd Robertson
Martello
Sam Ellison
Olin
Monticello
Youth Loses Arm in Grinder Accident at Kraft Cheese Plant
Robert Young 17 of Freeport Illinois lost his right arm at the shoulder in a cheese grinding machine incident at Kraft Cheese Company plant on July 17 at 5 15 am. He was feeding processed cheese when his hand was drawn into the grinder and mangled. A fellow worker stopped the machine and others helped pull him free before he was taken to hospital for amputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Earl Young
South Float Avenue
Freeport
Ill
Robert Young
Kraft Cheese Company
Young
Jones County Trails in E Bond Quota as Deadline Approaches
County chairman Frank E. Stimson reports Jones county has reached 70 percent of its E bond quota while Jackson county has already topped its target. The deadline closes July 31 and public purchases of $100 E bonds could push Jones county to meet its goal.
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Frank E. Stimson
Jones County
Jackson County
Jones County Fair Plans Big Historic Event
Plans for the largest Jones County Fair in history progress rapidly for August 22 to 25 with vaudeville acts in the amphitheater, a fat steer contest awarding 1445 dollars, harness racing for purses totaling 4200 dollars, 4-H livestock shows, and baseball games among Monticello Worthington Cascade Anamosa Ottumwa Naval Air Station and Schick General Hospital. The Sunset Amusement Company provides rides and concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Flying Fishers
Carl Thorson
Capt. Ferguson
Hollywood
Monticello
Worthington
Cascade
Anamosa
Ottumwa
Naval Air Station
Schick General Hospital
Sunset Amusement Company
Manpower Program Draws 800 At City Park Band Event
A crowd of more than 800 attended a man power and band concert at the city park last Thursday evening. The Monticello Municipal Band opened at 8 pm with patriotic numbers under Miss Ione Smith. Pvt Ray Stumbaugh conducted a surprise number toward the end, and talks by local and military figures followed about labor’s role in agriculture and canning in Jones county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Ione Smith
Monticello Public Schools
Pvt
Ray Stumbaugh
Stumbaugh
Troop Carrier Command
Bowman Field
Louisville
Delhi
Boyd Shannon
Andy Woolfries
WMT
Woolfries
Sgt
Anderson
Sicily
Raymond Jacobs
South Pacific
Jessen
Jones County
County Supervisors Pass On Budget
The Jones county board of supervisors held its regular meeting last Tuesday and adopted the budget as published. The 1945 tax levy will be a quarter of a mill lower than 1942. Mrs. Gwen Cornwell of Brasstown, N C, visited Friday for the summer in her local home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Gwen Cornwell
Brasstown
N. C
Prisoners Get 5 Years Each At Anamosa
Rayford Brown was sentenced to five years at hard labor at the Anamosa reformatory to start after his current term. Floyd West and Kenneth Welch pled guilty to escaping from a prison farm on May 30 1944 and received five year terms. Welch faced an additional motor vehicle larceny charge denied by him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayford Brown
J. E. Heigerman
Reformatory
Heiserman
Floyd West
Kenneth Welch
Welch
N. L. Newton
Anamosa
Preston
Timmer Sentenced to State Penitentiary for Escape
Ben Timmer of Wyoming was taken to the Fort Madison state penitentiary for a one year sentence after multiple escapes. Timmer, a long-time figure in Jones county court news, had a string of incidents from 1942 to 1944 including drunk driving, car crashes, and repeated escapes from jail. He was found sane after pleading insanity and committed to the reformatory’s insane ward before the final appearance before Judge J. E. Heiserman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Timmer
Wyoming
Fort Madison
Henry Eichhorn
Timmer
Jones County Court News
Alfred Snyder
Oxford Junction
Rockford
Cannon Falls
Minn
R. D. Cooley
J. E. Heiserman
Monticello Band Concert At City Park Tonight
The fourth in a series of summer band concerts will be held in the city park this evening. Helen Gerdes, tuba soloist, performs Pompaso by Hayes with a program including Barnum and Bailey's Favorite and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ione Smith
Monticello Public Schools
Helen Gerdes
Pompaso
Hayes
Smith
Barnum and Bailey
Aweigh—Zimmerman
Ball Pompaso
Klaxon—Fillmore
Princess of India
Sousa
Oklahoma—Rodgers Army Air Corps—Crawford Beer Barrel
Polka—Brown
Men of Iowa
van Doren New Colonial—Hall
Baby Baptized Dennis Dean McDonald
Dennis Dean McDonald born June 11 was baptized July 9 at J H Zimmerman residence. Godparents were Lester L Zimmerman Vera E Zimmerman and Grace Helgens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Dean McDonald
Dean J. McDonald
J. H. Zimmerman
Lester L. and
Vera E. Zimmerman
Grace Helgens
Monticello Lieutenant Steiner Named Dead by Government
The War Department in Washington informed Mr and Mrs Arthur Steiner of Monticello that their son Lt Stanley Steiner born September 29 1924 and a 1942 Hopkinton High School graduate is officially listed as dead. He earned his wings at Foster Field Texas March 12 1944 and last taught as a flight instructor after graduating from the Mata Gorda aerial gunnery base on April 21. He had been reported missing April 25 on a routine Texas flight. He leaves his parents a brother Vernon a chief petty officer in the Pacific and sisters Ruth and Dorothy.
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War Department
Washington
Arthur Steiner
Monticello
Stanley Steiner
Texas
Steiner
Hopkinton High School
Iowa State College
Army Air Corps
Fosterfield
Victoria
Matagorda Peninsula
Vernon
Pacific Area
Ruth
Dorothy
Appoint New District Judge Floyd Philbrick Named
Floyd Philbrick, 51, longtime Iowa assistant attorney general, was chosen to fill the term of the late Guy P. Linville in the 18th judicial district. He won 45 to 40 over Cedar Rapids candidate Charles Penningroth. takes office August 1. Philbrick, a 1917 State University law graduate, has practiced in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, directed the district census in 1930, and led Linn county GOP. He is married with no children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Philbrick
Iowa
18Th
Guy P. Linville
Linn County Bar Association
Philbrick
Charles Penningroth
Cedar Rapids
Penningroth
The
State University College of Law
Des Moines
Republican County Central Committee
Linn County
J. E. Heiserman
Bale of Hay Falls on Boy Injures 12 Year Old Helper
Paul Waggoner aged 12 son of Mr and Mrs Harold Waggoner living near Onslow is at Mercy hospital Anamosa after a bale of hay fell on him while helping his father and brother Galen. He suffered a slight concussion with no bone fracture shown on X rays.
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Paul Waggoner
Harold Waggoner
Onslow
Mercy Hospital Anamosa
Galen
Paul
Dalrymples Return From Vacation From the East
Rev. and Mrs. Homer E. Dalrymple resume their duties at the Monticello and Anamosa Congregational churches after a seven day Grand Rapids trip for the Congregational Christian convention. They then toured Washington DC and Alexandria visiting landmarks and taking a Potomac boat ride. Miss Bernice Rodman visits Winterset with her brother Harry Rodman family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer E. Dalrymple
East
Dalrymple
Congregational
Monticello
Anamosa
Dalrymples
Grand Rapids
Mich
Congregational Christian Churches
Washington, D.C
Potomac River
Alexandria
Bernice Rodman
Mrs
Harry Rodman
Winterset
Four Convicts From Anamosa Reformatory Face Arraignment
Four escapees from the Anamosa state reformatory appeared before Judge J E Heiserman for arraignment. John Bryl 32 Omaha Nebraska Ralph Cassidy 34 Davenport Steve Ratcliff 31 Dayton Frank Brown 28 Poplar Bluff Missouri are charged with kidnapping assault with attempt to murder and motor vehicle larceny. The men reportedly attacked guards in the warden’s office injuring Grant Eilers and threatening deputy warden L J Womachka and yard officer D E Beam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa State Reformatory
J. E. Heiserman
John Bryl
Omaha
Neb
Ralph Cassidy
James Kent
Davenport
Steve
Everett) Ratcliff
Dayton
Frank Brown
Frank Ratcliff
Poplar Bluff
Court House
Reformatory
Julge Heiserman
Warren J. Rees
L. J. Womachka
D. E. Beary
Grant Eilers
Mercy Hospital
D. E. Beam
Prison escape foiled as convicts flee in car
Five inmates attempted an escape from the state prison seizing a deputy warden and yard officer to move to the reformatory garage. They fled in a Chevrolet carry-all through the gates, abducted officers were unharmed and freed on a farm near Bennet. Two convicts were held at bay by Senator Frank Martin in Davenport. another was caught at a newspaper carrier boy’s home. the last was nabbed after a bus driver grew suspicious. If convicted, severe penalties await.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beam
Reformatory
Rudolph Krummell
Bennett
Frank Martin
Davenport
Methodist Group Heads to Epworth League Institute
A Monticello Epworth League group leaves at 5 o'clock Monday for Clear Lake to attend a weeklong Epworth League institute. The program features study courses with noted instructors and an extensive play program. Attendees include Rev. and Mrs. Glenn W. McMichael along with Rebecca Janis Tom Grimes Gail Huibregtse Elmer McMichael Sally Bob Otten Donald Newton and Shirley McCurdy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Clear Lake
Epworth League Institute
Monticello
Glenn W. McMichael
Rebecca
Janis
Tom Grimes
Gail Huibregtse
Elmer McMichael
Sally
Bob Otten
Donald Newton
Shirley McCurdy
County Examinations Set for August 2 3 and 4
County superintendent Miss Nellie V Morey reports examinations leading to a uniform county certificate will be held in her office on August 2 3 and 4. Teachers passing these exams will be eligible to teach in rural schools with 15 positions currently open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie V. Morey
F.T.D Picnic At Palisades Attended By Hall Steck Family
Mr and Mrs B C Hall and their son Raymond along with Mrs Cornelius Steck attended the annual F T D picnic at the Palisades in Mount Vernon on Wednesday.
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B. C. Hall
Raymond
Cornelius Steck
the Palisades
Mount Vernon
Dirks On Furlough With Parents In Amber
Sgt. Clarence Dirks is spending a 15 day furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Will Dirks at Amber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dirks
Sgt
Clarence Dirks
Mrs
Will Dirks
Amber
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Rendé
Itraign
Minnesota
City Park
Lt. S. Steiner
Methodist
Lakes
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