Bro Kaw enters first bid for public office in wartime era
BRO KAW served in the Pacific with the 176th and 1308th Engineers. JOHN M. PEARSON, 27, son of Mr and Mrs J August Pearson of Anamosa, is a World War II veteran and state reformatory employee. LEWIS VERNON, 47, longtime farmer and local official from Morley, has four children and farm bureau ties.
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Kaw
176Th Engineers
Brokaw
John M. Pearson
J. August Pearson
Anamosa
Anamosa High School
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Air Force
Pearson
State Men’s Reformatory
St. Patrick’s Church
American Legion
Lewis Vernon
Morley
Fairview Township
Morley E.U.B. Church
Morley High School
The
Farm Bureau
Vernon
Florence Black
Ruth Switzer
Marion
Wayne
Keith
Charles
Anamosa First Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Chapter
Commandery
Shrine
Lions Club
Izaak Walton League
Bro
Three Republicans seek Jones county clerk nomination
Three Anamosa men Glenn Brokaw John M Pearson and Lewis Vernon vie for the Jones county clerk of court post to replace retiring W Leigh Pearson in the June 2 primary Brokaw 45 born Mt Vernon is a farmer and veteran with longtime community involvement including church and civic groups.
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Jones County Clerk of Court
W. Leigh Pearson
Glenn Brokaw
John M. Pearson
Lewis Vernon
Jones County
Mt. Vernon
Memorials honor 19 Jones county cancer victims and a Holstein junior member
Relatives of 19 Jones county residents contributed to the Iowa division of the American Cancer Society in the past year for living memorials. Names include Mrs. John Taylor Sr., Clara Nowachek, Mrs. A Parke Ogden, Mrs. Louie Benhart, and others. Separately, William Wilcox of Monticello became a junior member of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America after dairy club work and a recommendation from the county extension director.
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Jones County
Iowa
American Cancer Society
John Taylor
Clara Nowachek
A. Parke Ogden
Louie Benhart
L. D. Morey
Boneta Sarby
Robert Broderson
Dora Nissen
Laura Wenger
Harold Klahn
John G. Swartgell
Mary A. Rohwedder
John Zaruba
William H. Jarrett
M. F. Hogan
Susan Richard
Otto Otten
Peter Levsen
Henry Busching
William Wilcox
Monticello
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Brattleboro
Joe E. Lege
Oxford Junction May Day Services and Local News
Memorial day services were held at Mayflower cemetery with the school band, American Legion and Auxiliaries in the march. A bicycle ban on sidewalks was ordered, bikes must be lit and not on streets after 9 pm. A drive up ice cream shop opened by Barney Struck. Several residents reported medical visits and hospital stays. A $1000 bequest was left to the Oxford Junction Cemetery and $1000 to the Jones County Red Cross in the late Charles Straka will. A gasoline tank exploded on the Jim Hager farm south of Union while fueling a tractor.
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Oxford Junction
Mayflower Cemetery
American Legion
Erwin CG. Bebr
Long Grove
Barney Struck
Chuckie Crane
Charles Crane
Maquoketa Hospital
Lucy Peckosh
Benny Erickson
University Hospital
Iowa City
Herb Erickson
Cedar Rapids
Charles Straka
Oxford Junction Cemetery Association
Jones County
Elwood
Carol Kay Brauer
Brauer
Jim Hager
Union
Infant Baptism and Church News from Wyoming
Jerry Edward Intekofer, infant son of Dr and Mrs James M Intekofer, was baptized at Sacred Heart church by Msgr Eugene Lorenz. Janice Huggans of Wartburg College received a tuition scholarship and will work in Winnipeg as a parish volunteer. The Wartburg Castle Singers presented The Legend of Lac Qui Parle with Janice as pianist. Rev George Tjaden concluded his Wart Presbyterian pastorate as Lyle Ahrendsen and Scott joined the church. Louis Heims of Dubuque visited with his mother Mrs Florence Heims.
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Intekofer
Jerry Edward
James M. Intekofer
Sacred Heart Church
Eugene Lorenz
J. J. Sauer
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Indekofer
Sauer
Hd Wieneke
Jerry
Frank Wieneke
John Wieneke
Lucille Besler
Adrian Kurt
Cascade
Wyoming
Janice Huggans
Wartburg College
Waverly
Robert Ahrens
Luther
Raymond Huggans
Mary
Wartburg College Castle Singers
EB. A. Hovdesven
Huggans
Janice
Ahrens
Paul
Slee
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
George Tjaden
Wyoming Presbyterian Church
Lyle Ahrendsen
Scott
Pennsylvania
Lester French
Herbert A. French
Florida
W. B. Clark
Lillie Brady
Harold Marshall
Marlene Oefschger
Monticello
Sacred Heart School
Women’s Club
Marlene
Monticello Area Seniors Celebrated At Fellowship Supper
Scotch Grove and Monticello families honor senior class members Bob Norris Jeanette Wilcox and Dean Helgens at a fellowship supper hosted by Lynn Balster before baccalaureate services. Attendance neared twenty with local clergy and families present.
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Monticello
Iowa
Bob Norris
Jeanette Wilcox
Scotch Grove
Dean Helgens
Lynn Balster
Bob Holst
Marvin Holst
Wyoming Legion
Henry Heiken
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
May Himepaugh
Paul Paulsen
Henry Lorenzen
R. G. Miehe
Jack Zirkelbach
A. B. Norris
Hawick, Minn
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el Kahir Shrine
Foot Patrol
Otho Brokaw
Rose-Alice
Cornell College
Rex Schrader
H. Elvin Erdahl
North Cedar Street
E. W. Brashaw
Baty
Locher, Locher & Strittmatter
Attorneys-at-Law
Locher
Phone 99 Insurance Service
Louie Hanken
C. R. Hosford
D.D.S
Town Electric
J. H. Devaney
Ulrick
Custom Printing and Design Services
General Insurance
Life General
George H. Harms
Baty - Hoffman
Insurance Agency
Monticello, Iowa
Chester A. Condit
Optometrists
Alvin K. Jones
Optometrist
Paul W. Priest
Karl M. Keyes
Arthur G. Riedel
Langworthy
Monticello Monument CO
Jones
Holstein Association
MBS
Anna Lasack
Bess E. Sherman
Jones County Recorder
Ida Fairbanks
Birthday Club
William
Mrs
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Louis Eims
Dubuque
Florence Heims
McCormick
BALER
Lawrence Null
Rockford, Il
Mrs. Elwell Null
C. F. Shimanek
International Harvester
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