Drowning Claims Life of John Prull Jr in California
John Prull Jr. died Tuesday in Santa Rosa California at age 41. Parents Mr and Mrs John Prull received a telegram from Rhinehard Prull with plans to bring the body to Monticello for burial. Funeral time will be set when the party can reach Monticello. He was born near Sand Spring and lived most of his life there before moving to California. He was unmarried and employed at a Santa Rosa storage garage. He attended St Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church and was confirmed by Rev Sigmund Ide. He is survived by three brothers and one sister Henry of Sand Spring Mrs Claude Slauson Williamsburg Rhinehard Sonoma and Emil Monticello.
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John Prull
John
Santa Rosa
Calif
Rhinehard
Monticello
Sand Spring
California
Prult
St. Matthew’s Evangelical
Prull
Henry
Claude Slauson
Williamsburg, Va
Sonoma
Emil
Alumni Elect Mrs. B Abel As Monticello Club Elects Leaders
Mrs B Abel was elected president of the Monticello Alumni Association at a Monday night meeting in the community building. Officers named include Emma Stadtmueller as vice president, Mrs Ralph Christiansen secretary, and Miss Ruth Matthies gen treasurer. Fifty three dollars in dues were reported and a sixty dollar gift from the Parent Teachers Association acknowledged. Advisory boards for 1941 42 and 1943 were named with Stubler, Ricklefs, Coxsee, McNeill, and Stewart Stubler among members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lies Oc
Byron
Abel
Ie’ Montticello” Alumni Association
Migs Emma_ Stadtmueller
Ralph Christiansen
Ruth Matthiesgen
Carl Schneider
Parent-Teachers . Association
Fred Pr. Stubler
Rex Ricklefs
Louise Field
Charles Coxsee
A. J. H. McNeill
F. Stewart Stubler
Young Farmer dies from ankle gun wound infection
PR Henderson 24 of Cog died at 3 am Thursday from infection after a bullet wound in his ankle. He was accidentally shot Sunday while he and his brothers killed rats. Gangrene required amputation and he did not recover. Survived by wife, two young daughters, three brothers and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PR Henderson
Cog
Old Age Assistance Report For May
The May report shows Jones county with 487 pensioners totaling 8 667.20 averaging 19 83 per check. Eight aid to the blind recipients received 166 70 averaging 20 84. The May relief cases list 156 in Jones county.
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Old Age Assistance Department
Jones County
Stuhlers Offer Bargains in Two Day Summer Sale
Stuhlers four departments stage a two day bargain sale to reduce summer stock. Women’s frocks start at 88 cents, silk dresses to 6.88, men’s suits half price, summer tropicals from 16 to 20 dollars, shoes from 1.98 to 4.95, and groceries with variety in price cuts. Monticello’s early summer deal arrives in Jones county this Friday and Saturday.
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Stuhlers
Jones County
Express
Stahler
Great
Red Cross
Queen
Stuhler’s
Monticello
County Officers Attend State Convention in Cedar Rapids
Iowa county officials gather for the annual convention at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids on Thursday and Friday. Jones county officers will attend the event.
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Iowa
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Jones County
Hail damages crops and buildings near Amber
A hail storm Tuesday afternoon from Center Junction to Amber damaged corn and oats especially south of Amber. A farm near Amber reported heavy crop loss on Jim Gray's 200 acre parcel. In Amber, a roof and windows were damaged including Adolph Schoon garage and Arnold Edwards home. Wind also harmed farm structures in southeastern county.
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Amber
Center Junction
Jim Gray
Adolph Schoon
Schoon
Arnold Edwards
Russell M Cooper to lead must America fight talk
Russell M Cooper of Cornell will chair a discussion on Must America Fight at the Jones County Rural Youth association meeting tonight at 8. Mrs Don Meeks will present a current event and a flute solo by Margaret Deischer will be performed. A weiner roast will follow at the State Park.
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Russell M. Cooper
Cornell Cdge
America
Jones County
Parish Picnic At Temple Hill June 26
St. Peter's parish at Temple Hill hosts the annual summer picnic on Wednesday June 26. A fried spring chicken dinner will be served by the parish ladies in the hall. Monticello attendees are advised to take the Switzer Settlement road or the Butterfield road.
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St. Peter's
Temple Hill
Monticello
Switzer Settlement
Butterfield Road
Methodist Sunday School Picnic At City Park
The annual Methodist church picnic in the city park starts at 3 30 in the afternoon with families and friends invited. Attendees should bring a picnic lunch and service for the family. Supper is served at 6 with free ice cream for children. Dr L J Swift supervises as master of ceremonies. Ed Huibregtse leads James with help from girls of Mrs F E Stimson's class.
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Methodist Church
L. J. Swift
Ed Huibregtse
James
F. E. Stimson
Conviction For Forgery Upheld In Iowa Case
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld Ruth Gibson's ten year sentence for forging the name on a ten cent check payable to Harriet LaRue. The court declined to rule on LaRue’s Minnesota confession claiming it was not their role. If true, the case involves mistaken identity and handwriting issues. Gibson faces additional charges in Minnesota and Linn County while awaiting parole action.
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Jones County District Court
Ruth Gibson
Cedar Rapids
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Harriet LaRue
Minnesota
Gibson
Juanita Varri
Anamosa
C. W. Metcalf
Harriet E. LaRue
Jones County
Supreme Court
Bureaus of Investigation
LaRue
Warren Rees
FBI
Epworth League Elects Officers for Davenport District
Officers of the Davenport district of the Epworth League were elected at Maquoketa Sahirdey. The convention drew 125 delegates from 20 churches with Buck Creek near Hopkinton delivering the largest delegation of 16. Temporary officers named Mildred Scott, Wyoming, chaired.
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Davenport
Epworth League
Maquoketa Sahirdey
Buck Creek
Hopkinton
Ivan Mader
Wyoming
Polly Steele
Anamosa
Mildred Scott
Colin Gordon Thomas Receives BA at Chicago Convocation
Colin Gordon Thomas son of Dr and Mrs C G Thomas earned a bachelor of arts degree at the 200th convocation of the University of Chicago in Rockefeller Memorial chapel on June 11 President Robert M Hutchins gave the convocation address The summer convocation brings total degrees conferred to 1702 across four convocations this year
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Colin Gordon Thomas
C. G. Thomas
University of Chicago
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
Robert M. Hutchins
Jack Fraser Selected for Civil Aeronautics Course
Jack Fraser, Grinnell College sophomore, was chosen from 150 applicants as one of thirty to take a civil aeronautics course sponsored by the University. He will attend in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, meeting the summer session with his aunt Ida George and will pursue this training.
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Jack Fraser
Grinnell College
University
William Has ‘Gore
Milwaukee
Wis
Ida
George
Mission Rally at Castle Grove Church Promotes Outreach
Castle Grove Lutheran church holds its annual mission festival with forenoon and afternoon services. Pastor M Jahr from Strawberry Point preaches at 9 45 am in German, Pastor W Klein from Coatsburg NL preaches in English at 10 46 am, and both speak at the 2 pm English service. Special music by adult choir and three vacation Bible school groups. A noon pot luck dinner invites congregation and visitors.
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Castle Grove
Daily Vacation Bible School
Soft Corn Outperforms Hard Corn in Cattle Feed Test
Jones county cattle feeders met in Ames to review an experiment comparing soft Reid Yellow Dent corn with harder hybrids. Five lots of eight yearling steers were fed 210 days each, showing Reid Yellow Dent averaged 2.17 pounds daily gain, while the two hardest hybrids averaged 1.8 to 1.97 pounds.
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Jones County
Ames
Clarence McLaughlin
W. D. McLaughlin
James McLaughlin
Ray Fairbanks
Monticello
Harry Ingwersen
Oxford Junction
August Hansen
Mike Paulsen
Onslow
Carl Smith
Anamosa
C. C. Culbertson
Reid
Culbertson
Mrs. Ern est A. Wright Buried Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ernest A. Wright, 67, were held Monday at Iverson funeral home. She died Saturday after a long illness and was interred in Oakwood cemetery. Survived by sister Mrs. Kitty A. Callahan of Scotch Grove and several nieces and nephews. Born January 6, 1873 and married in 1905. A Methodist member, illness kept her from attending services for years.
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Ernest A. Wright
Iverson
Boy Scouts Hike Ends At Hanging Rock Site
An overnight hike by 17 Scouts and Scoutmaster S. E. Locher to Hanging Rock followed a series of recent trips. The group swam earlier, built fires, cooked, and posted guards in half hour shifts. Hamburgers were provided by the Delphian club at midnight before an 8 am camp break after a morning swim.
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Hanging Rock
Boy Scouts
S. E. Locher
Delphian Club
Camp
Waubeek
Gopher Stock Goes Up for Pests Bounty
Jones county supervisors raise the gopher bounty from five to ten cents per foreleg. The county paid 108.50 last year for 2,170 gophers, funded from the general fund. Boys may deliver forelegs to John Lécher Monticello or at Anamosa C M Miles Olin and local banks in Onslow and Oxford Junction.
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Jones County
County General Fund
John Lécher
Monticello
Anamosa
C. M. Miles
Olin
Onslow
Oxford Junction
County Fair Starts $2,500 Racing Stables Project
The Jones County Fair grounds begin a $2,500 wood horse stables building at the fair with 32 new stalls to reach 59 total across two buildings. The structure, 42 feet wide and 170 feet long, will include an office and be finished within two weeks to replace tent rentals. It may adapt to hogs cattle or sheep if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair
Jones County Fair Association
Iowa
Fair Board
Local Hospital A Busy Place
The John McDonald hospital reported multiple births in the past week including a nine pound son born to Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Tuetken on June 10 and sons born to George Kramer Coggan June 14 Lee Wilson Hopkinton June 16 Ralph Gearhart Cascade June 16 and Matt Muller Monticello June 17 An infant daughter Sharon Lee of Everett Lambert born June 9 was admitted for care shortly after birth Alberta Husman Scotch Grove June 15 and Mary Bohlken Monticello June 18 had appendectomies Jack Garrigan Council Bluffs sustained an arm fracture June 18 while working as a paving crew member between Hopkinton and the Jones county line.
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John McDonald Hospital
Cletus Tuetken
George Kramer
Coggan
Lee Wilson
Hopkinton
Ralph Gearhart
Cascade
Matt Muller
Monticello
Everett Lambert
Sharon Lee
Art Billings
Delhi
Alberta Husman
Scotch Grove
Mary Bohlken
Jack Garrigan
Council Bluffs
Jones County
Inmate Escapes Prompt Item Returns to Anamosa
Dan Dodge, 24, an escapee from the Anamosa men’s reformatory, was recaptured by Jackson County authorities and sent back to Anamosa after having worked near Canton since June 1. He had been sentenced in Dubuque two years ago for breaking and entering. Authorities also probe a car theft linked to Tom Habersen, near Anamosa, amid reports of other escapes including Jimmie Griffith and Robert Randall from state facilities.
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Dan Dodge
Anamosa
Jackson County
Dodge
Canton
Dubuque
Jones County Peace
Tom Habersen
Jimmy Griffith
Reformatory
State Farm
O. G
Jimmie Griffith
Jimmie Dakken
Sac County
W. J. Stewart
Halverson
State Reformatory
Robert Randall
Sioux City
Randall
Death of Miss Alice M. Hall District Court Reporter
Miss Alice M. Hall longtime district court reporter for Judge John T. Moffit died at a Cedar Rapids hospital after a long illness. She served about 26 years assisting in Anamosa court sessions and is survived by niece Miriam Foiles of Earlville Illinois. Funeral services were held Saturday and burial followed at Linwood Cemetery.
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Alice M. Hall
John T. Moffit
Cedar Rapids
Moffit
Anamosa
Miss Hall
Miriam Foiles
Earlville
Ill
Linwood Cemeery
Ruth Hein Elected Immortal Worthy Advisor
Ruth Hein daughter of Mr and Mrs John L Hein and current worthy advisor of the Monticello Rainbow assembly was elected and installed last Friday as Immortal ity at the closing session of the Iowa assembly of Rainbow Girls in Davenport Grace Johns of Cherokee was named grand worthy advisor Fort Dodge selected as next meeting place Dubuque visitors Mr and Mrs Claire Aitchison and Marguerite Aitchison attended last Friday
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Ruth Hein
John L. Hein
Monticello
Boys for CMTC Training List Named
Jones county selects twelve boys as representatives to the Citizens Military Training Camp at Fort Des Moines. The 20 applicants were narrowed by the Seventh Corps Area HQ in Omaha Neb. The camp runs July 2 to August 1 and covers training outdoor life citizenship and patriotism with expenses paid by the government.
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Jones County
Citizens Military
Fort Des Moines
al Hodoval
Oxford Junction
C.M.T.C
Seventh Corps
Omaha
Neb
Wayne Jones
Ralph Bader
Stanley Schrader
Jim Bone
Monticello
Jack Shock
Robert LeClerc
Anamosa
Richard Kuitzfield
John Schnepp
Olin
Melvern Shedek
Dave L. Magruder
Albert Kolarik
DeMolay Chapter Holds Outdoor Meeting and Initiations
The George Washington Chapter Order of DeMolay held its first annual outdoor gathering near the Tom Shover farm with 60 DeMolays and Master Masons present. Six boys received their first degree, including Dick West and Wallace Schneider, while Leo Benischek and Clayton Snyder were among others initiated. Dean Morey was named honorary chaplain, and several certificates and awards were awarded for petitions, ritual proficiency, attendance, athletics.
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George Washington
Order of DeMolay
Tom Shover Farm
Onslow
Anamosa
Earl Aynerson
Dick West
Wallace Schneider
Ralph Bender
Robert Bartlett
Roy Wilcox
Billy Marsh
Leo Benischek
Clayton Snyder
John Hall
Chaplin
Dean Morey
Don Maire
Roy Finson Joined VFW and Local Auxiliary Delegates Named
Roy Finson was initiated as a member of the local VFW post. Mrs Minnie Adamson took the Auxiliary oath. Delegates were elected to attend the national convention in Los Angeles, while the Iowa encampment in Burlington starts today drawing Monticello members. Mrs Bechternacht and daughter Jean will attend all sessions with others leaving Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Finson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Minnie Adamson
Los Angeles
Calif
Department of Towa
Burlington
Monticello
Bechternacht
Jean
Six Barns Rise On Amber Area Farms
Six farmers near Amber are advancing barn construction with five dairy or cattle barns. Martin builds an 84 by 48 dairy barn two miles northwest. Edwards farm barn is mid construction two miles southeast. Rev John Willms plans a 34 by 72 dairy barn three miles northwest. Ed Helgens dairy barn lies four miles northeast. Tobiassen hog barn four miles northwest nearly complete. reclaimed lumber reused where possible.
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Amber
KE. Willms
Amber Co-op Lumber Company
Ill Martin
Howard Edwards
John Willms
Ed Helgens
Rudolph Tobiassen
H. J. Rittmer Buried Sunday
Henry J. Rittmer longtime community resident dies at 85 after stroke. Funeral held at Iverson funeral home with Rev. Grossheim officiating. Burial in Oakwood cemetery. Survived by wife Anna and eight children, seven grandchildren, two brothers, one sister, and a step son. He moved from Mechanicsville to Monticello in 2024.
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Henry J. Rittmer
John McDonald Hospital
Iverson Funeral Home
Wm. J. Grossheim
First Presbyterian Church
Oak
South Chestnut Street
Otto
Central City
August
Kenosha
Wis
Louis
Mechanicsville
George Ambuehl, Jr
Monticello
Herbert
James Bennett
Esther McDonald
William Rittmer
Cascade
George
Andover
Herman
Clinton
William Behrens
Rittmer
Auxiliary makes corn necklaces at VFW gathering
A VFW auxiliary party in the club room Friday evening produced 82 corn necklaces. The group aims for over 100 strings to present to the department president at the Burlington convention starting today. Prizes for stringing went to Anne Schneider and Jane Hein, with Mabel Jarrett winning a corn fed canary drawing.
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VFW
Club
Department
Burlington
Department of Town Ladies’ Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Angeles
Anne Schneider
Iane Hein
Mabel Jarrett
George Fraser Graduates From Wisconsin Liberal Arts College
Dr and Mrs John H Fraser traveled to Madison Wisconsin Monday for graduation exercises of the University of Wisconsin. Their son George Fraser earned a B A degree in political economy and economics with one year of law study and plans to continue legal education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Fraser
Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin
George
Liberal Arts
Red Cross Appeals for Relief Donations Worldwide Crisis
The American Red Cross urges readers in Monticello to donate to aid civilian victims of fighting in France after Paris fell. EF. B. Stimson asks residents to mail checks, while Chairman Davis calls for pledges exceeding the ten million dollar minimum as a moral obligation to help refugees.
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Paris
France
American Red Cross
Monticello
EF. B. Stimson
The
American Red Grass
Jones County
Davis
Municipal Band Concert Program Announcement
Director Arnold Thalacker announced the municipal band concert to be held on the school grounds tonight. The program includes Salutation March by Roland F. Seitz, E Pluribus Unum by Fred Jewel, Basket of Roses by Fred G. Albers, Merry Widow Waltz, United We Stand by Hayes, Air-arr by Hosts of Freedom, On the Mall by Edwin Goldman, Soloette by George F. Briegel, Eleanor by Jessie L. Deppen, The Chimes of Normandie by Planquette, and Stars and Stripes Forever by Sousa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Thalacker
Roland F. Seitz
Robert Planquette
Stars and Stripes Forever
Sousa
Stan Schrader Addresses Rotary on Boys State
Stan Schrader spoke to the Monticello Rotary Club describing his Des Moines Boys State week and the many good government study lines offered. His talk was well received and he plans to repeat it before the American Legion and at a public school assembly to share the ideas with Monticello high school classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Miss Mary Bohlken Undergoes Appendectomy
Miss Mary Bohlken daughter of Mr and Mrs A G Bohlken submitted to an appendectomy Tuesday morning at the McDonald Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bohlken
A. G. Bohlken
McDonald Hospital
Bicycle Hike Planned by City Playground Program
Fifty children aged eight to twelve will gather at the Monticello hostel for a marshmallow roast this evening after lunch at home. They will depart at 6 30 PM and gather around the large fireplace for indoor activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Mupana
Pictured Rocks
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John Prull, Jr
Oakwood
B. Abel
Joe Manternach
Richland Township
Soil Conservation Service
CCC
Pete
Nick Manternach
Carl Hein
John Hein
Charles and
George Rogers
Wyoming Bay Heads Dist
Chicago
Men’s Reformatory
Alice Hall
Rainbow
Claire Aitchison
Marguerite Aitchison
CMTC
DeMolay
H. J. Rittmer
Oakwood Cemetery
George Fraser
Thalacker
Tonite
Stan Schrader
Rotary Club
Miss Magana
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