Charles Bender First Monti Soldier Killed
Two Iowa boys Charles Bender and Clarence Campbell died in an automobile crash near Lebanon Missouri. Bender was 21, from Monticello, member of the 88th division anti aircraft unit. Campbell 19 from Independence. George Nemeth of West Bend and two other soldiers were seriously injured. Bender’s body returned to Monticello with funeral to follow at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Iowa
Charles Bender
J. C. Bender
Monticello
Lebanon
Clarence Campbell
Glen Campbell
Independence
George Nemeth
West Bend
Fort Leonard Wood
Rolla
88Th Division
Bender
Jones County
Fort Des Moines
Authorities Target Speeding Drivers in City
Mayor's Court issued notices to several traffic violators seen on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Day Marshal Roy Pearson said a car outran police on North Main and another on West First. drivers will appear in court. Two more cars on North Cedar Street are under license number checks for speeds of 50 to 60 mph. Racing on Monticello streets must stop, or court action will follow. Editor R. E. Hill left Oxford Mirror for Des Moines to join the state Republican committee.
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Roy Pearson
North Main Street
West First Street
North Cedar Street
Monticello Streets
Pearson
Marriage License Issued for Nagel and LaChapelle
Leigh Pearson reports only one license issued this week, to John Bernard Nagel 22 Monticello and Madge Louise LaChapelle 20 Anamosa.
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Leigh Pearson
John Bernard Nagel
Monticello
Madge Louise LaChapelle
Anamosa
Hospital Notes Sees Several Births And Admissions
The hospital weekly notes report L. Strang admitted June 10 for an appendectomy. Births include a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McCabe Cascade June 4, a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kramer Monticello June 9, and twin girls to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Steckling Cascade June 6.
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L. Strang
Lawrence McCabe
Cascade
Arnold Kramer
Monticello
Ed Steckling
Les Lies Leggett Hurt in Highway 38 Crash North of Monticello
One driver Leslie Leggett suffered a deep neck wound and seven others were injured lightly after a Thursday evening crash on highway 38 six miles north of Monticello. Their Ford overturned, tossed passengers, while John Oeschger's car went into a ditch. Leggett is reported recovering.
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Monticello
Leslie Leggett
John McDonald Hospital
Leggett
John Oeschger
Cascade
Oeschger
Kenneth Cantrell
Louis Stoll
Vernon Waldron
Joyce Seehusen
Ruth Hein
Genevieve O’rourke
Hopkinton Road
Fifty Musicians to Present First Band Concert of Year
The Monticello Municipal Band will open its summer concert series next Thursday evening at the city park. More than 60 vocal musicians join under director Gene Byers. The program includes march selections, overture Eureka, band medley, vocal and instrumental solos, and a hillside venue as two years ago.
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Monticello
Gene Byers
Gene Walk
Moore
Eileen
Appleb
Jacobs
Helen Moret
Ee Shannon
Janis Grimes
Jean Eastwood
Kaufmann Sues Doyle Over $2000 Note in Civil Action
L H Kaufmann as executor of J L Kaufmanns estate files suit with Leigh Pearson clerk against Maggie B Doyle William Doyle and unknown heirs of Doyle seeking judgment on real estate tied to an unpaid promissory note for 2000 with 7 percent interest after March 1 plus costs and attorney fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Kaufmann
J. L. Kaufmann
Leigh Pearson
Maggie B. Doyle
William Doyle
Doyle
U S O Campaign Aids Monticello Soldiers and Sailors
Monticello residents organize a three day drive to raise 400 dollars for the United Service Organizations. The plan supports 360 clubs near training camps nationwide offering religious services counseling social events hospitality and information for service members and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
United Service Organizations
U.S.O
YMCA
YWCA
National Catholic Community Service
Salvation Army
Jewish Welfare Board
National Travelers’ Aid Associa
American Red Cross
F. D. R. Lands Flan
Rev Gutensohn Resigns Monticello Post for Antigo Calling
Rev S G Gutensohn will leave the First Congregational church in Monticello after 11 years to serve at the First Congregational church in Antigo Wisconsin. He will preach a farewell sermon July 13 and move the following week. Antigo, a 10 000 population city 75 miles northwest of Green Bay, has one Congregational church. The Antigo church had been without a pastor since April 1.
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S. G. Gutensohn
First Congregational Church
Monticello
Antigo
Wis
Green Bay
Nine Men Go To Army June 20th
Draft call in Anamosa Iowa lists nine men to depart June 20 for military service. Names include Cael Folkers Anamosa Charles Ireland Anamosa George Bohlken Scotch Grove Robert Durst Monticello Francis Keegan Wyoming Gerald Connell Anamosa Henry Piray Monticello Russell Steward Anamosa and George Henderson Monticello.
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Seice
Anamosa
Ralph Doppelman
Olin
Cael Folkers
Charles Ireland
George Bohlken
Scotch Grove
Robert Durst
Monticello
Francis Keegan
Wyoming
Gerald Connell
Henry Pieray
Russell Steward
George Henderson
Drowning Victim Neville Waite Found Near Oxford Junction
The body of Neville M. Waite of Oxford Junction, who drowned Sunday in the Wapsipinicon River, was recovered Monday downstream from the last sighting. Waite, who ran a Sabula to Cedar Rapids bus line since February, vanished after diving into the muddy swift waters. An autopsy and coroner’s inquest followed. verdict pending. He is survived by his parents, a brother, and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neville M. Waite
Oxford Junction
Wapsipinicon
Waite
New Bridge
Melvin
Bud” Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Sabula
William Waite
Maquoketa
Cattle shipments to Union Stock Yards Chicago this week
Cattle sent to the Union Stock Yards in Chicago include Lawrence Burlage one car George Manternach one car Joe Strang two cars Chris Reiter one car Kearney Brothers one car and George Kurt one car Burlage also received five cars from Alamosa Kansas Farmers Mutual Creamery shipped one cut of butter to Boston and F J Peterson sent two cars of eggs to Lyons Iowa
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Lawrence Burlage
George Manternach
Joe Strang
Chris Reiter
Kearney Brothers
George Kurt
Alamosa
Kan
Farmers Mutual Creamery
Boston
F. J. Peterson
Lyons
Iowa
Rainfall figures reported by Soil Conservation service
Rain totals for the first 11 days of June amount to 3.81 inches. Daily readings include June 2 0.35 inches, June 4 0.8 inches, June 7 0.3 inches, June 9 0.73 inches, June 10 0.32 inches, June 11 0.60 inches, with June 11 totaling 1.20 inches.
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the Soil Conservation
Students Come Home From School For Summer
Readable list of students finishing the school year and returning home for summer. Colleges named include University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa State College Ames Cornell College Mount Vernon Coe College Cedar Rapids Wartburg College Waverly Wartburg Seminary Dubuque Lenox Junior College Hopkinton with graduates noted for several institutions and a note to publish omissions next week.
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United States
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Fred Bone
Helen Reichart
Gordon York
Miriam Lovell
Mary Esther McLaughlin
Robert Heyen
Delores Poppe
Maxine Redmond
Iowa State College
Ames
Josephine Ricklefs
Mark Rodman
Olin Howie, Jr
Robert Wahl
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Antonette Coxsee
Max Palmer
Dean Morey
Clarence Hosford
Lucille Huibregtse
Charles Field
University of
University of Dubuque, Dubuque
Hilda Balster
Johanna Kehren
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Clark
Mildred Board to Be Commissioned Sunday Worker
Mildred Board daughter of Mr and Mrs L E Board Worthington will be commissioned Sunday in the Community church Cascade in religious education. The evening service is at 8 o clock Rev Brooks and Miss Board will be installed. Dean C Vin White of the University of Dubuque will lead assisted by Dr Samuel Garvin Dr Samuel George and Dr John A Garber. Monticello residents recall Miss Beard who graduated here in 1935.
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Mildred Board
L. E. Board
Worthington
Cascade
Mississippi
Brooks
Miss Board
C. Vin White
University of
Country Club Men’s Breakfast Postponed to Sunday
The second country club men’s breakfast will be held this Sunday morning according to Dr. L. J. Swift, president. It was moved from June 8 due to the Mount Vernon tournament. Committee members include Ralph Bone, Walter Brainard, A. B. Grimes, Dr. L. C. Perkins, and C. L. Goettsch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
L. J. Swift
Mount Vernon
Ralph Bone
Walter Brainard
A. B. Grimes
L. C. Perkins
C. L. Goettsch
Five 4-H Clubs Shine In Blue Ribbon Song Contest
Betty Adams of Monticello leads the county 4-H girls club officers elected at Anamosa Rally Day attended by over 226. Officers include Marilyn Porter Anamosa vice president Betty Jean Davis Mount Vernon secretary-treasurer and Celestia Kuhns Scotch Grove historian. Five clubs placed in the blue ribbon song festival group Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls Castle Grove Fortune Finders Jackson Wise Owls Olin Ship Ahoy Wayne Willing Workers. Jackson Wise Owls and Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls tied for top in the picture recognition contest with perfect scores. Principal speaker Betty Fishwild Wyoming former 4-H girl and home economics teacher at Springville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Girl's
Celestia Kuhns
Scotch Grove
Betty Adams
Monticello
Marilyn Porter
Anamosa
Betty Jean Davis
Mount Vernon
Henry Adams
Florence Hale
Betty Fishwild
Wyoming
Springville
Castle Grove
Fortune Findera
Clay
Wayne
Cornell Mount Vernon graduation crowd honors Monticello trio
Antonette Doxsee and Max Palmer graduate from Cornell College Mount Vernon along with a large 88th annual class. The three day program included Alumni Day June 7, a June 8 bacalaureate and a June 9 commencement ending the exercises. Attendees included C A Palmer family members and friends from Monticello and Seattle.
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Antonette Doxsee
C. A. Doxsee
Max Palmer
C. A. Palmer
Monticello
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cornell
Alice Palmer
Ervin Palmer
Seattle, Wash
Mary E. Doxsee
George and
Wilbur
Jessie Fawcett
Carl Smith speaks on 4-H at Jones County Fair
Carl Smith addresses a Jones County Fair gathering of Eastern Iowa Fair Managers association at the Country Club. He reviews 4-H club work begun 28 years ago with open classes eliminated in 1935, giving 4-H groups full sway at the fair. The event featured a catfish dinner for about 150 guests including county agents and association members.
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Iowa
Eastern Iowa Fair Managers Association
Country Club
Goudy
Association
Ross Baty
Jones County Fair Board
Fair Managers’ Association
Harry S. Rodman
B. O. Gates
P. Mullen
Lloyd Cunnington
A. A. Hurst
Iowa State Highway Commission
J. Allen Walles
C.8. Miller
Eastern State Fair Managers’ Association
Norton Bloom
Eastern Iowa Fair Managers’ Association
Harry Stuhler
Clair Miller
Tipton Fair
J. P. Mullin
Lloyd Cunningham
Towa State
Eastern Iowa Fair Manager's Association
Monticello Country Club
Monticello
Jones County Fair
C. S. Miller
Tipton
Fastern
Iowa Fair Manager’s Association
Nashua
E.lf.m.a
H. W. Stabler
Maquoketa
State Highway Commission
J. P. Mullen
Des Moines
Liyod Cunningham
Monticello school board approves Smith Hughes home economics plan
The Monticello school board on Monday voted to inaugurate the Smith Hughes three year home economics course next year and to begin defense oriented training in sheet metal work. A. B. Grimes said equipment needs are minimal and training may start as early as Monday after state approval.
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Monticello
Smith-Hughes
A. B. Grimes
CCC
Monticello Group
Grimes
Marshall Electric Sues Rural Co Op Over Construction Payments
Marshall Electric of Marshalltown sues Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Cooperative for 98148 alleging failure to complete payments for power line construction over four years. REA acts for Dubuque Jackson Jones and Linn counties. Initial claim 286982 due in Jones Jackson project. seeks lien for total amount.
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Marshall Electric Company of
Marshalltown
Two Anamosa Youths Injured in Accident
Cliff Fairbanks and Hal Blakesley, both Anamosa youths and students in the Army Air Corps Technical School at Scott Field, were seriously injured when their automobile left a highway near St. Charles Hl. Fairbanks suffered a fractured skull while Blakesley endured severe cuts and bruises during the trip back to school from Amumnosa with their parents.
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Cliff Fairbanks
Charles Fairbanks
Hal Blakesley
Ray Blakesley
Anamosa
St. Charles
Fairbanks
Blakesley
Army Air Corps Technical School
Scott Field
Amumnosa
Prairieburg Catholics Hold Special Service
The Sisters of St. Francis conduct a summer school at St. Josephs Church Prairieburg closing next Sunday at 9 oclock Mass with Holy Communion for the children. A church dinner will be served at noon in the basement of the new parochial school.
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Sisters of St. Francis
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Prairieburg
Monticello Men Capture Bandit
Monticello residents Stuart Stott Kenneth Cantrell and Victor Haag chased a suspected auto thief after spotting a man flee a ditched car near railroad tracks. They alerted Day Marshal Roy Pearson and located 15 year old Jim Tauges of White Bear Minnesota crouched in weeds. Tauges had stolen Dr F S Leonard Dubuque’s car and was handed to Dubuque authorities.
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Stuart Stott
Monticello
Stott
Kenneth Cantrell
Victor Haag
Roy Pearson
Jim Tauges
White Bear
Minn
F. S. Leonard
Dubuque
Tauges
Guard Injured After Fall At Iowa Reformatory Wall
Theodore Lassen, 68, of Anamosa, was seriously injured Tuesday at the Iowa Men's Reformatory when he fell from the wall. He broke both wrists and sustained cuts after not releasing a rope attached to a hoist while working on the new hospital wing.
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Theodore Lassen
Anamosa
Iowa Men’s Reformatory
Recorder's Daughter Wins Scholarship Anamosa student earns national education scholarship
Anne Sherman, daughter of County Recorder Bess E. Sherman and recent Anamosa high school graduate, received a scholarship from the National College of Education Evans ton Illinois. Edna Dean Baker, president of the college, announced the award on Friday citing scholastic standing and achievement with young children.
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Anne Sherman
Bess E. Sherman
Anamosa High School
National College of Education
Evanston
Edna Dean Baker
New Car Registrations in County Treasurer’s Office
Week in review shows local residents registering new vehicles including Ford models for Mrs. M J Podhaski J H Rieniers and J S Soppe Monticello Anamosa Oxford Junction and Cascade entries list Pontiac Studebaker IHC and Chevrolet makes with buyers Bert Peck Henry Dierks Stewart Silver Louis Burger and R L Watkins among others.
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M. J. Podhaski
Monticello
Ford
J. H. Rieniers
Mercury
Henry Tobiason
Ford Pickup
J. H. Westphal
Anamosa
Pontiac
A. M. Zeller
Oxford Junction
Bert Peck
Wyoming
IHC
Louis Hagen
Amber
James A. Buckner
Studebaker
S. J. Soppe
Clarence Finn
Cascade
Joe Straka
Chevrolet
Henry Dierks
Stewart Silver
Louis H. Burger
Morley
DeMoine House
Frank Livingstone
Hudson
R. L. Watkins
Leslie Bright
C. A. Palmer
Louis Helgens
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Rls Rocolin
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R. E. Hill
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Oxford Mirror
Republican State Central Committee
Thurs
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Loretta
Gerdesome
Bill Doxse
Ann Marie Husman
Fred Faust
Dick Cartano
Robert Bartlett
Carol Cartano
Jack Stuhler
Donald Heeren
Lyle McMullen
Yola Rodmasi
Harold Yeoman
C. F. Shimanek
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Charles Kreeb
Charles Boss
Robert Husman
Richard Abel
Cliff Sheppard
Dean Tedrow
Billy Marsh
Albert McNeill
Ben Long
Ben Ament
Arline Balster
Gene Taylor
Francis Bar
Neal Paulsen
Teipes
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U.8
Riess Stuhler
Florence Carmichael
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Rev. Gutensohn
Cecil Goettsch
Milton Langer
James Maurice
F. E. Patterson
Ray Echternacht
Elden Brashaw
Elbert Heiserman
James McLaughlin
Chaplains of the Forces
White House
Roosevelt
Gutensohn
Oxford
Fair Manager
Carl Smith
Eastern
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Marshall Electric Sites
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