Inmates Escape Anamosa Reformatory After Slugging Guard
Two inmates at the Anamosa reformatory overpowered guard John Hinz, stole his car, and fled northward at 5 p.m. They are identified as Louis D. Hofer of Indianapolis and Charles Larson, 21, of Fort Dodge. Hinz was hospitalized in serious condition. The pair’s abandoned car was found near Langworthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Louis D. Hofer
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Larson
Fort Dodge
John Hinz
Mercy Hospital
Hinz
Larson
Hofer
Langworthy
Capt Louis Bohlken Sends News From Bavaria
Mrs John Eden received a letter from her brother Captain Louis J Bohlken who is stationed in Bavaria He has secured a five room home at Der gendorf a Bavarian Alps town His wife and daughter Judy of Des Moines will join him next week He attends the European Theater Intelligence school studying German psychology geography history Nazi politics and organization and the German language The school is at Oberammergau and Captain Bohlken is the son of Mr and Mrs J D Bohlken of Monticello
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Eden
Louis J. Bohlken
Bavaria
Dergendorf
Judy
Des Moines
Bohlken
European Theater Intelligence School
Oberammergau
Capt. Bohlken
J. D. Bohlken
Monticello
Memo on Homestead Tax Exemption for Veterans
Veterans seeking homestead tax exemption must act themselves. Deadline July 1 with contact to tax assessor or county auditor George Specht. Discharge papers must be recorded with County Recorder Ross Sherman and brought to the auditor. Residence duration requirement is not six months on own land.
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George Specht
Ross Sherman
Billy Marsh Re-enlists in Regular Army Air Corps
Pvt. William E. Marsh 18 son of Mr and Mrs Will Marsh Monti cello reenlists at Scott Field AAF Training Command Radio School after six months in the RAF. He began active duty December 1945 in Minneapolis and will report to Scott Field after a 30 day furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Marsh
William E. Marsh
Will Marsh
Monticello
Scott Field
Aaf
Training Command Radio School
Marsh
RAF
Air Corps
Minneapolis
United States
Til
Report on Cancer Control Drive in Jones County
The Jones county cancer control drive ended Saturday June 1 after two weeks of fundraising. Mrs M J Cass Monticello chair reports $100 collected by Cano wefi and Montinapo campfire girls under the committee. Town wide canvass plus contributions came from Pythian Sisters and the V F Auxiliary others listed include the Martelie Not ClubCastle Grove Methodist Church Circle No 9 DAR Rose ary Club Tanda Campane Goras and PLELOL all of Anathosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Cancer Control
M. J. Cass
Monticello
Canowefi
Montinapo
Pythian Sisters
V. F. Auxiliary
Acsum
Haro
Harry Ahamosy
Pythian
Martelie
Castle Grove
Methodyst Church
Dar. Roseary Club
Tanda Campane Goras
Plelol
Anathosa
Assistance Payments To Jones County People
May figures from the state department of Social Welfare show Jones County with 296 old age assistance pensioners receiving 13,149.90 total at an average of 33.21 each. Seven blind pensioners averaged 32.9. Aid to dependent children covered 24 cases with 57 children, each case averaging 290.05 or 12.22 per child.
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State Department of Social Welfare
Jones County
Farm Bureau Membership Totals in Jones County 1946
Jones county Farm Bureau reports a total of 1,142 members paid up for 1946. Townships listed include Castle Grove 69 Cass 60 Fairview 105 Greenfield 101 Lovell 98 Wayne 98 Jackson 100 Rome 85 Richland 42 Scotch Grove 78 Madison T 53 Hale 53 Washington 28 Clay 85 Wyoming 64 Oxford 54.
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Farm Bureau
Jones County
Castle Grove
Cass
Fairview
Greenfield
Lovell
Wayne
Jackson
Rome
Richland
Scotch Grove
Madison
Hale
Washington
Clay
Wyoming
Oxford
Foot Amputation At Veterans Hospital Reported
Byron Abel, patient at the Veterans' hospital in Des Moines, underwent foot amputation last week Thursday with wife and son Richard present. Mrs. Abel stayed a week and is expected home today. Aberdeen residents Mr. and Mrs. Frank McClain and Mrs. G.
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Byron Abel
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Richard
Abel
Fortune Finders Meet In Castle Grove
The Castle Grove Fortune Finders gathered at Lois Caspers home with nine members two leaders and three visitors. They planned to donate $5 to the famine committee to aid Europe’s starving. A muffin demo was given by Nancy Deischer, nails care by Lois Caspers, and courtesy talks by Ruth Spahr. Refreshments followed. The group met again June 6 with Mrs. John Messerli uniforms were fitted and a Rally day skit practiced with lunch served.
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Castle Grove
Lois Caspers
Europe
Nancy Deischer
Ruth Spahr
John Messerli
Easter Seal receipts total $1 034 Crippled Children drive
Mrs Edgar Beach county treasurer for the crippled children campaign reports receipts of 1034.70 from the Easter Seal sale. Jones county's share funds glasses camp expenses for a girl and boy and the purchase of an audiphone for use in schools. Dorothy Ann Laban of Monticello and Louis D. Schafer plan a June 18 wedding at Wayne Zien Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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Edgar Beach
Anamosa
Crippled Children
Ralph Bone
Boyd Shannon
Monticello
Jones County
Dorothy Ann Laban
Louis D. Schafer
Wayne Zien Evangelical Lutheran Church
Frederick H. Kehren
Record of Discharge for Robert J Liddy at Great Lakes
Robert John Liddy specialist 2/e was discharged from the naval service at Great Lakes on May 13 1946 with discharge recorded last week He is entitled to wear the victory medal and the Asiatic Pacific medal Friends report Pvt John Steen met Staff Sgt Robert P Zeadow at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Zeadow son of Mr and Mrs George Zeadow of Onslow Steen inducted in April completed basic training and rated sharpshooter with rifle Tang.
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Robert John Liddy
Naval Service At
Great Lakes
Kenneth Ahlrichs
John Steen
Robert P. Zeadow
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Aberdeen
Zeadow
George Zeadow
Onslow
Pvt
Steen
Hawkeye Reports New Mt. Vernon Hire
Hawkeye Reporter Mrs W K Coxsee of Mt. Vernon has joined the Mt. Vernon Hawkeye under James W McCutcheon. She will manage news subscriptions and office work while her husband studies pre medicine at Cornell College.
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Hawkeye
W. K. Coxsee
Mt. Vernon
Miss Clare Shannon Takes Summer Post at Monticello Bank
Miss Clare Shannon daughter of Mr and Mrs Boyd Shannon of Monticello has accepted a summer position at Monticello State Bank. She recently graduated from Sparta high school Wisconsin and plans to enroll at Iowa State College next September.
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Clare Shannon
Boyd Shannon
Monticello
Monticello State Bank
Sparta
Wis
Uwa State College
Child Is Baptized Betty Jean Norris in Wayne Township
Betty Jean Norris daughter of Robert and Dorothy Norris born May 4 was baptized Thursday evening June 6 at the Lutheran parsonage Wayne township with Myron Kuhns and Pauline Kuhns as godparents. Bert Ballou L T Lorenzen and Lloyd Clark among Monticello men initiated into the Shrine section of the Masonic order at Cedar Rapids recently.
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Child
Betty Jean Norris
Robert
Dorothy Otten Norris
Wayne Township
Myron Kuhns
Pauline Kuhns
Bert Ballou
L. T. Lorenzen
Lloyd Clark
Monticello
Masonic Order
Cedar Rapids
John Webber Honored Return From Army Service
John Webber home in Webber has been honorably discharged from the army after three years and three months of service. He spent 14 months at Camp Polk Louisiana and 26 months overseas, recently in Frankfurt Germany as a hospital patient recovering from an infection. His son Kenneth Webber, who had been visiting, left Monday for Fort Jackson South Carolina.
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John Webber
Webber
Army
Camp Polk
Frankfurt
Germany
Pea Kenneth Webber
Monnay
Fort Jackson
S.C
Howard McLaughlin
Los Angeles
Calif
W. D. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
U. S. Army
Brazil
Tipton clergyman suffers heart attack. seeks recovery
Rev. WOE Van Buren of Tipton suffered a heart attack on June 4. He has gone to the home of his daughter Mrs. Arthur Young in Tuebuque to stay for a while. Van Buren is a former pastor of the Methodist church in Monticello.
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Woe van Buren
Tipton
Arthur Young
Tuebuque
van Lures
Methodist
Monticello
Heavy Rain Drenches Monticello Area This Week
The heaviest rain of the season drenched Monticello and vicinity with almost two inches falling Tuesday into Wednesday. Temperatures dropped after the rain, yielding a welcome cool spell following a spell of 90 degree weather. Multiple residents and visitors are noted in Monticello area social notices.
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Monticello
Balster Family News Connects Across States
Miss Margaret Balster of Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach spends a month with her parents in Pekin Illinois. Mr and Mrs Lorenz Balster and Mr and Mrs Don Kiel host. Pekin visitors arrive to visit Ray Adams family over weekend. Mrs Kiel is Ruth Adams Rey. Mrs Charles Bridges returns to Colorado Springs after three weeks in Monticello due to the illness and death of Mrs George Ambuehl.
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Margaret Balster
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Long Beach
Calif
Mrs
Lorenz Balster
Don Kiel
Pekin, Ill
R. Intel
Peoria
Ray Adams
Local families attend graduations and visits across states
Miss Frances Ellen Bone travels to Boulder for summer school after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Bone. Lois Barrack graduates at Frances Shimer college with relatives present. Matilda Arduser visits with her parents. Norma Jean Seifert stays with grandparents in St Paul. Rose Louise Maire and Jackie Maire visit Cedar Rapids. Schumanns from Watertown visit J. D. Bohlken home along with other relatives. Webber and Brankan families join in meals at the Kintzle home.
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Frances Ellen Bone
R. J. Bone
Boulder
Colo
Norma Jean Seifert
St.Paul, Minn
Jack Maire
Rose Louise
Jackie
Harry Maire
Cedar Rapids
Luella Oltman Visits Parents During Vacation
Luella Oltman R N of Chicago spends her vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs L A Oltman. She serves as surgical supervisor at South Shore hospital.
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Luella Oltman
R. N
Chicago
L. A. Oltman
South Shore Hospital
Mrs Grings and daughter return from Iowa visit
Mrs William Grings and her daughter Carol return home to Iowa City Saturday after visiting Mr and Mrs Lawrence Balster in their home.
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William Grings
Carol
Iowa City
Lawrence Balster
Weekend Guests Share Monticello Home Entertaining Visitors
Miss Lena Marugg of Milwaukee and Monticello relatives host Harold Haugh and family from Kenaston Sask Canada and George Smith of Allen Sask Canada. The Eilers couple north of Monticello welcome the guests for the weekend. Mrs Emma Kuentzel, widow of Rev R P Kuentzel former pastor of the Evangelical and Reformed church, visits Will Burrichter household before heading to Chicago for a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Marugg
Milwaukee, Wis
Monticello
Harold Haugh
Kenaston
Sask
Canada
George Smith
Allen, Sask
Glenn Eilers
Emma Kuentzel
R. P. Kuentzel
Evangelical and Reformed
Will Burrichter
Wisconsin
Chicago
Grassfields and Roberts Proceed on Western Move
Mr and Mrs Norman Grassfield and son Max and Benjamin Roberts of Waverly were guests of Mrs Florence Roberts. They plan to move to Denver Colorado on Sunday and will establish their future home there. Ruth Roberts will spend the summer with them in Denver.
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Norman Grassfield
Max
Benjamin Roberts
Waverly
Florence Roberts
Dinner Guests At Robert Appleby Home
Dinner guests Monday evening at the Robert Appleby home included Mr. and Mrs. Harold Appleby and daughter Nancy Jean of Danford Florida plus Mr. and Mrs. Lester Appleby and Mrs. Joe Freisinger and daughters from Manchester. Nancy and Joan Freisinger remained for a longer visit.
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Robert Appleby
Harold Appleby
Nancy Jean, Danford
Fla
Lester Appleby
Joe Freisinger
Manchester
Nancy
Joan
Freisinger
Jurgensens Vacation Visit to Boise Idaho
Mr and Mrs Ben Jurgensen and son Arthur left last Sunday for a two weeks vacation visiting relatives of Mr Jurgensen’s brother and two sisters at Boise Idaho. He plans to return on or about June 20.
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Ben Jurgensen
Arthur
Mr. Jurgensen
Boise
Idaho
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