Auto Wrecks injure Six in Monticello Area This Week
Three separate crashes left six injured near Monticello and Langworthy. The Iben family suffered serious injuries after a head on collision with Edwin Wilcox when mud splashed on Fred Iben's windshield. Two minor crashes near Top Hat Inn caused no serious injuries. Richard Bressler was seriously injured in a rollover on Highway 151 near Langworthy, and Dr Earl DeShaw assisted at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Iben
Fred, Jr
Albert
Edwin Wilcox
Monticello
Archie Bolton
Iben
Wilcox
Fred Iben, Jr
Ed Wilcox
Roy Adams
Charles Gross
Top Hat Inn
Gross
Ilinois
Cascade
Leigh Clark
Richard Bressler
Cedar Rapids
Highway 151
Langworthy
Earl DeShaw
Bressler
John McDonald Hospital
Ed. Wilcox
Express
Monticello Red Cross Sends Clothing to British War Refugees
The Monticello Red Cross sent war relief clothing from its headquarters to Great Britain. A large group of women sewers and knitters contributed items led by general chairman Mrs. William Corbin. The shipment included 75 children's dresses, 10 children's knit sweaters, 10 children's knit stocking caps, and 30 pairs of men's pajamas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Department
Monticello Red Cross Ch
Sto Toad
Great Britain
Monticello
William Corbin
Supervisors Set Equalization Day For County Tax Assessments
Jones County closer to equalizing tax assessments as County Auditor George Specht announces June 9 as Equalization Day. Board of Supervisors will review assessors totals Monday evening and decide on any required equalization action. Findings will be applied to local tax budgets on a percentage basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
George Specht
County Board of Supervisors
County board awards four road grading contracts
Four grading projects were approved at the county board meeting Tuesday evening. The G. H. Lowe company of Cedar Rapids submitted the low bid of 21 855 50 and won all four contracts for projects in Castle Grove Wyoming Clay and Fairfield townships, with bids from Ben Johnson of Cedar Rapids and Jay McCormick of Olin listed as the other bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
G. H. Lowe
Fairview Township
George Specht
Ben Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Jay McCormick
Olin
Lowe
Old Age and Blind Welfare Totals for Jones County
Mrs. E L Rum mell, administrator, reports May figures for Jones county showing 474 old age assistance recipients and nine blind assistance recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Rummell
Jones County
Veterans of Foreign Wars From 2nd District Meet Here Sunday
The Second district meeting of the Department of Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliaries held in Monticello Sunday drew over 300 members from Cedar Rapids Clinton Davenport Dubuque and Maquoketa with visitors from Des Moines Decorah Laurens Washington Red Oak Muscatine and San Diego Calif. District President Irene Barry presided at the Auxiliary session as Clinton county auxiliary No. 2288 demonstrated floor work and ritual. Monticello’s president Katie Jacobs received special commendation. District Commander Arthur E. Buckner presided at the Post session with the 4th district president Alicia Vick among attendees. The event included a first ever invitation to the ladies’ group to witness closing ceremonies and tributes to Ray Echternacht ahead of his successor in Marshalltown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
of Iowa Veterans of Foreig
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Davenport
Dubuque
Maquoketa
Des Moines
Decorah
Laurens
Washington
Red Oak
Muscatine
San Diego
Calif
Irene Barry
Clinton County
Katie Jacobs
Margaret Jones
Mae Lentz
Ruth Sites
Hazel Miller
Mabel Jarrett
Mabel Lange
Dolores Erickson
Klara Etheridge
Eula Blair
Anamosa
Cecelia Stavros
Alicia Vick
Arthur E. Buckner
F. W. Galbraith
Jay Dee Smith
Ray Echternacht
Marshalltown
Smith
Two Divorce Cases Up in District Court
Irene Eilts sues Henry Eilts for divorce in district court citing cruel and inhuman treatment and seeking alimony and household goods. The couple married in Illinois in 1933. Ada Miles and Frank Miles also divorced in district court with Ada receiving the homestead, personal property, and alimony while Frank pays expenses and back taxes. Frank initially contested but dropped his cross petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Eilts
Henry Eilts
Leigh Pearson
Draft Questionnaires Sent to 350 Men in Jones County
Questionaires have been sent to 350 additional men in Jones county up to order number 1250. The draft board will meet Friday to discuss problems with new classifications. The next call for men is set for June 16 with one replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Patricia Tighe Graduates From Michigan State College
Miss Patricia Tighe daughter of Mr and Mrs Mee of Fringham Michigan will graduate from Michigan State College June 14 as a dietitian in the home economics department She is chosen by the college to be a dormitory resident dietitian for the coming year and will pursue graduate work toward a masters degree Her mother is remembered as Clara Noyes before her marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Tighe
Endo. Mee
Wipe
Body Of Oxford Jct Drowning Victim Found By Classmate
Edward Balichek, 18, drowned Thursday afternoon in the Wapsie river near Oxford Junction. Classmate Donald MacGregor found the body Friday at about 11 a.m. after Cedar Rapids divers failed to locate him due to snags. Edward had been swimming with Rex Weaver after work in a nearby field. he was not an experienced swimmer and the river ranged to 18 feet deep. The body lay in three and a half feet of water about 20 feet from his disappearance. He was the youngest son of Mr and Mrs George Balichek living east of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Balichek
Wapsie
Cedar Rapids
Balichek
Donald MacGregor
Oxford Junction High School
Rex Weaver
Edward
George Balichek
Oxford Junction
Alumni Banquet Brings Monticello Classmates Together
Over 150 Monticello high school alumni gathered for a 25th reunion banquet. Dr. Stuart N. Smith spoke on The American Way, Mildred Pierce discussed The American Way in India, and memories were shared by class members. The event featured a toastmaster, performances by a mixed quartet, and dancing after a program ending with Auld Lang Syne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Stuart N. Smith
Iowa State College
Mildred Pierce
India
Miss Pierce
Dr. Smith
Byron Abel
Alumni Association
S. G. ‘Gutenschn
Virginia Clark
Stanley Schrader
James Matthiessen
Paul Bender
Audrey Ritter
Mary Lou Luett
Jack Stuhler
Auld Lang Syne
Express Halves Sub Price For Soldiers At Camp
Cape After hours of drills and marches, soldiers ask for hometown news. Everett Batchelder of Sioux City praises the Express reduced rate for active duty personnel. A yearly subscription to an Army Camp paper is now 1.25 dollars with a list of recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
United States
Everett Batchelder
United States Army
Sioux City
Iowa
the Express
The
Express
Batchelder
Monticello
Fo Lane
Ernest Becker
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Sam Schuetz
133
Infantry Rifle Co
A.P.O
Camp Claiborne
Frederick W. Hanken
185 Field Artillery
Camp Army Camps
Memorial Day Address Urges Sacrifices to Defend America
Cedar Rapids attorney John Locher Jr told Memorial Day listeners at Oakwood cemetery that sacrifices must be made now as in the past. He warned against disunifying forces and quislings while veterans groups decorated graves and a firing squad saluted war dead from Civil War to World War II. The ceremony included invocations, a reading of General Logan’s Order No. 11, a girls quartet singing Sleep Soldier Boy Sleep, and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Locher
Cedar Rapids
Oakwood Cemetery
Locher
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Auxiliary
Sacred Heart Cemetery
A. L. Lorenz
S. G. Gutens
Iowa U. Commencement Sees Two Local Grads Earn Degrees
Fred Bone and Helen Reichart of Monticello graduate from the University of Iowa during a large commencement. Bone earns a bachelor of science in chemical engineering and Reichart a bachelor of science in commerce. Nearly 7,000 attend as Virgil M. Hancher officiates. Bone will start work June 10 with Armco Steel in Ashland Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
Frederick Bone
Ashland
Armco Steel Company
Recruiting Officer Here Tuesday In Monticello
R. M. Nelson, CWT United States Navy recruiter, will interview prospective applicants for enlistment at the Monticello Community Building Tuesday at 1 p.m. for a brief period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Nelson
United States Navy
Monticello
Navy
Grimes Addresses CCC Class Last Week
Grimes addressed the eight Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees who received their eighth grade certificates Tuesday afternoon May 26 in the camp mess hall. Only three graduates were present as others had left for jobs elsewhere. All graduates live in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Grimes
Civilian Conservation Corps
Missouri
District Officers Gather for VFW Convention Dinner
The Monticello Community Building hosts 36 district and department officers of the VFW and its Women’s Auxiliary after a dinner. Names span Monticello, Davenport, Des Moines, Decorah, Cedar Rapids and more with roles from president to historian and navy recruiting officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
V.F.W
Monticello
Fun Night at Monticello Country Club Ends Tonight
Monticello Country Club hosts an 8:00 PM fun night led by Mr. and Mrs. A B Grimes with a committee of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Langer Mr. and Mrs. Trvill Rhatigan Mr. and Mrs. Vance Marquis and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Baty. Members and older children are encouraged to attend and participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Country Club
A. B. Grimes
Milton Langer
Trvill Rhatigan
Vance Marquis
Ross Baty
Country Club
Rena Kosters Named Cedar Rapids Public Schools Teacher
Miss Rena Kosters elected by the Cedar Rapids board of education to teach high school home economics. She is a University of Iowa graduate who studied at Iowa State College and taught in Monti cello Public schools for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena Kosters
Cedar Rapids
Miss Kosters
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
Monticello
Blue Cross Health Plan Set Up in Monticello
Monticello advances toward a Blue Cross Health plan with the John McDonald hospital joining Hospital Service of Iowa. A local board of directors will oversee benefits including 21 hospital days yearly, meals, nursing care, operating room services, certain drugs, and laboratory work, with physician fees and X rays excluded. Enrollment via employers or groups starts mid June, with individual and family premiums listed, under a group-based program led by Dr. C G Thomas and Myrtle Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Cross Health Plan
Monticello
John McDonald Hospital
Hospital Service, Inc
Iowa
Gil Thomas
Myrtle Ross
Monticello Civic Ife
Blue Cross
Farm Bureau
C. G. Thomas
Rural Eighth Grade Honor Roll Names Released
Louis Freese of Anamosa topped eight years of rural schooling in Jones county earning a gold felt "1" for highest grades. Other honorees earning letters include Mary Freese Wayne No 6 Margaret Ambuehl Lovell No 1 Lila Bremer Spencerville Thomas Keating Washington No 3 LaVern Rickels George Tobiason Wayne No 4 Dale Neunaber Pleasant Hill Robert Powelka Hale No 6 Lester Schatz Castle Grove No 8 Arlene Monk Midland Marie Kray Cass Noa ui and Ruth Kofoed Wayne No 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Freese
Dale Neunaber
Pleasant Hill
Robert Powelka
Hale
Lester Schatz
Castle Grove
Arlene Monk
Midland
Marie Kray
Cass Noa
Ruth Kofoed
Wayne
Fair Managers Gather Here for Jones County Fair Meet
Fair managers and county leaders including Farm Bureau, 4-H members and state legislators convene at the country club for the Jones County Fair association. Ross Baty plans a noon catfish dinner and Carl Smith will discuss Club Work at the County Fairs with agents invited to attend. Rodman notes plans are progressing and the 1941 fair should be one of the best, with a new race track, fencing, and $5,000 in improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Iowa
4-H
Jones County Fair Association
Ross Baty
Carl Smith
Jones County
Tan Rodman
Jones County Fair Board
Rodman
Estate Appraised At 16457 dollars with 22 Heirs
Anamosa district court appraised the estate of Mrs Ollie Hopkins at 16457.13 dollars. The assets include a half interest in a 40 acre farm valued 2500 dollars a town house 4000 dollars cash 314.90 dollars certificates of deposit 7540.19 dollars promissory notes 1527.04 dollars half interest in ten bank shares 250 dollars and personal property 325 dollars. Appraisers A Q O Sones R C Cartano and A L Remley named by the court. There are 22 heirs all nieces and nephews except one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Ollie Hopkins
A. QO. Sones
R. C. Cartano
A. L. Remley
Monticello Student Shines In Two Brain Derby Subjects
Elizabeth Byerly and Donald Howie highlight a University of Iowa brain derby session as top performers. Elizabeth Byerly places eighth in second year Latin and tied for fifth-sixth in tenth English correctness, while Don Howie earns third in physics. The ceremony announced end of future brain derbies despite strong statewide participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Shannon
Iowa
Donald Howie
R. J. Howie
University of Iowa
Shannon
Elizabeth Byerly
Lee Byerly
Monticello
Town
Iowa City
Susan Banghart
Royal Landis
Jacquelyn McCurdy
Paul Frank
Lester ‘Monk
Mary Lou Luett
Ruth Ann Hoag
Ruth Reuter
Janet Howie
Gertrude Ortgies
LaVerne Wahl
Don Howie
Betty Adams
Gutensohn Joins Monticello Rotary Club
Rev Samuel G Gutensohn pastor of the First Congregational Church joined the Monticello Rotary Club at a Monday evening meeting Dick Long Yale superintendent of schools addressed the club and spoke about Boy Scout work and its progress during the past year at Yale
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Gutensohn
First Congregational Church
Monticello
May vehicle registrations set new record at $76,790 value
County records show 86 new cars registered in May with total purchase value of 76,790 dollars and state-sum remittance of 1,535.80 dollars. Fishing and hunting licenses also rose with 144 fishing and 173 combo licenses sold, suggesting wartime or spring demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Sherman
al Hodoval
Hodoyal
George PD. Shaffer
Anamosa
Chevrolet
Frank Mohler
Monticello
Ford
N. L. Newton
BK. Henak
M. N. Weiss and Son
LHC
Albert D. Bailey
John Wray
Studebaker
Lawrence Shanney
J. W. Gordon
Lumber Company
Leslie Craig
Andrew Tobiasson
W. H. Seppe
Oxford Junction
Plymouth
Elmer Hulmes
Charles VY
Ireland
John H. Freese
Willian Bohlken
John Wilkens
Langworthy
Buick
OA. Cox
See
Marriage Licenses Issued in Past Week
Marriage licenses issued by Leigh Pearson, clerk of court, include Ted Johnson 6 Hopkinton and Mae Hlugpins 24 Hopkinton Marvin Null 84 Just Nation and Filomena Lasack 25 Oxford Junction Henry Wolfe 20 Anamoga and Marion Dumbarger 21 Stone City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Pearson
Ted Johnson
Mae Hlugpins
Hopkinton
Marvin ©. Null
Juest Nation
Filomena Lasack
Oxford Junction
Henry Wolfe
Anamoga
Marion Dumbarger
Stone City
Harry Doyle Accepts Guard Post Near Savannah
Harry Doyle former CUM Lt. Py & f Railroad employee and longtime aid to veterans has accepted a senior guard position with the U S government at a proving ground near Savannah. He begins soon with an annual salary of 1200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Doyle
Man Aid
CUM. Lt. Py & F Railroad
U. S
Savannah
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iben Family
R. E. Bressler
Monticello Red Cross
2Nd District
F. M. Minnich
Max W. van Horn
Alex Miller
Harold Blair
Iane Hein
Mabel Hoag
Marie Guler
Florence Carmichael
Ambuehl
Daniel Petrucelli
Alice Blue
America
Mother
Mae Grube
Hannah Mimms
Rebecca Grimes
F. E. Patterson
W. H. Jarrett
Oliver D. Harford
Arnold Jacobs
John Henry Hinrichs
Oxford
Stuart Smith
New Cape
Fred Bone
Helen Reichart
Iowa U
Grimes
Auxiliary
Mary Hunt
Cal
Auxiliary No. 75
Hannah Mimm
Gold Star
Ann Hanrahn
Dunque
Trict
Norwald Madsen
Emil Vohaska
Addie Campbell
Klara Ethelridge
Cecelia Staves
Marlon Madsen
Arthur HE. Buckner
William Shaner
Ted Long
Howard Ethridge
G. W. Gruell
Ray Eehternacht
Jones County Fair
Memorial Union
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