Promoted to Sergeant Edward Kromminga in Army Air Field
Edward Louis Kromminga son of Mr and Mrs Edward L Kromminga of Monticello has been promoted to sergeant. He serves in a B 24 combat crew training for overseas duty at Charleston Army Air Field South Carolina. He entered service in January 1943. Home on furlough Pte Robert E Balster visits family in Finishes Boot Camp Tim George finishes boot camp at Great Lakes and returns home for leave. George Coxsee visits his parents while stationed at Minneapolis Naval Air Base. Alfred Vierce Jr enlists in Navy and trains at Great Lakes Ill. Clarence Rhatigan assigned to Fleet Post Office San Francisco Hotel Mars 192 Fourth Street. Alva Hinrichs promoted from private first class to technical corporal at Camp Wolters Texas. Wilbur Coxsee transferred from New Orleans to Norfolk awaiting orders to go to sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Louis Kromminga
Edward L. Kromminga
Monticello
Charleston Army Air Field
Charleston
S. C
Tim George
A/S
Great Lakes
Leo Kane
George C. Coxsee
Naval Air Base At
Minneapolis
C. A. Coxsee
Rhatigan
San Francisco
Clarence Rhatigan
Spm
Fleet Post Office
Fourth Street
Calif
Hinrichs
Alva Hinrichs
Camp Wolters
Texas
Wilbur K. Coxsee
Phm
Naval
New Orleans
Norfolk
Monticello Express Readers Share War News Notes
Local readers send letters and updates from wartime service. Eldred Darrow writes from APO San Francisco praising the Monticello Express and sharing hometown ties and stenography studies. Carl Howland visits from Presque Isle on furlough while serving in radio work. Minnie Izer learns her nephew Fred Neal was slightly wounded in Italy after a Purple Heart for Salerno. Vernon Stahlberg returns from 28 months overseas service in the 834th division with campaigns in North Africa and Italy. Clifford Phelps receives army discharge after hospital stays in Florida and Georgia. Petty Officer Raymond L Clark returns to port after two weeks of sea duty to send Father’s Day greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howland
Carl Howland
Presque Isle
Maine
Luther Howland
Air Transport Command
Ace
Minnie Izer
Pfe
Fred W. Neal
United States Army
Italy
Stahlberg
Vernon Stahlberg
A. W. Stahlberg
North Africa
Donald Schlimmer
John E. Kiburz
Raymond Sloan
Camp Butner
N. C
Raymond L. Clark
Military and community notes from Monticello and area
Connolly leaves Pfe. Paul Connolly reports his two weeks furlough ends with departure to Camp Wolters Texas. George On Leave T M George 2c visits his wife and son then heads to radar school at Great Lakes. Mrs. Reed and son Reed Bartlett arrive in England. extended visits by families fill weekend. Arch B Grimes departs to Boone as new superintendent. Multiple educators and relatives visit Monticello residents during summer period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
T. M. George
Tommy
Great Lakes
Arch B. Grimes
Boone
Boone Public Schools
Monticello Public Schools
Boyd 8S
Shannon
Church notices and social greetings fill Monticello column
Sacred Heart and several other churches list masses confessions and services under pastor A L Lorenz Wm J Grossheim Glenn W McMichael and Homer E Dalrymple. Congregational and Evangelical churches announce vacations conventions and sermons. Local society notes report visits travels and family events across Monticello and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
A. L. Lorenz
Visitors and relatives share weekend in area homes
Cedar Rapids resident Mabel Heisey spent Tuesday with friends. Mildred Deischer and Jeanette Lubben visited from Palatka Florida. Dubuque guests P A Wiedmeyer stayed with Dr and Mrs R R Fuller. Gerald Locher family headed to Buffalo New York after visiting Frank Locher. Theodore Thomas and sons from Milwaukee joined Mrs Thomas for a longer stay at the Guyan home. Shimanek Camp Campbell Ky Blanche Fifield and Raymond Kramer Oxford Junction visited the Shimanek home. George family in Monona hosted Tommy George and Mrs T M George. Carl Winkler La Von Holub Sgt Donald Schlimmer Betty Wroblewski guests at the Smith home in Prairieburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Thomas
Dickie and
David
Milwaukee
Thomas
Siegfried Guyan
Cpl
William Shimaneck
Camp Campbell
Blanche Fifield
Raymond Kramer
Oxford Junction
Cc. FF
Shimanek
Carl Winkler
LaVon Holub
Sgt
Donald Schlimmer
Betty Wroblewski
Lester Smith
Prairieburg
Mayor Passes Fine and Jail Term in Anamosa Case
On Saturday Mayor Earl J. Pulver sentenced Tom Day to a $100 fine for drunkenness and disturbing the peace and Clarence Ricklefs to 80 days in jail for assault and battery. Arrests were made by Officers William Fischer and Leonard Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl J. Pulver
Anamosa
Tom Day
Clarence Ricklefs
Day
Ricklefs
William Fischer
Leonard Norton
Social Visitors From Iowa Cities
Miss Lillian Locher of Iowa City visited last weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs J J Locher. Miss Luella Balsiger of Cedar Rapids was a weekend guest with her parents Mr and Mrs William Balsiger. Mr and Mrs John Breen returned Saturday evening from a two weeks visit with relatives in Detroit Michigan. Mrs DeWitt Thompson and her daughter Betty of Cedar Rapids were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs M J Hogan. Mrs Leslie Talbot and daughter Beverly of Iowa City spent the past week in the home of Mrs Bess Dickey. Cliff Phelps of Cedar Rapids spent Sunday with his mother Mrs Bernice Phelps who is confined at home with an injured ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Oltman
Madison, Wis
L. A. Oltman
Blanche Hunter
Cedar Rapids
Mary E. Coxsee
Fritz Etten
Evelyn
Mra
Gus Paulsen
Walter Hall
Iowa City
University Hospital
F. P. Stuhler
Ann Carter
James H. Carter
Atlanta, Ga
Ann
Monticello
John Turnis
Des Moines
Cascade
Billie Phelps
William Jeske
Iron, River, Mich
Ervin Davis
Rose Marie Albers
Moline Lutheran Hospital
Moline Sr
William Albers
Frances Ellen Bone
Algona
Florida
S.g
Charles Marion
Chicago
Frederick Bone
Ashland, By
Wallace Dickey
Springfield, Til
Tom Shover
John Wenger
Celan Rollins
Marion
Dr. M. Childress
Huntington
W. Va
Mrs. X-Ray Childress
Mary Oltmanns
Sterling, Ill
Fred Plueger
Will Plueger
Gerald Locher
Ronald
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank Locher
Locher
Curtiss Wright Airplane Company
Lillian Locher
J. J. Locher
Luella Balsiger
Mrs
William Balsiger
John Breen
Detroit, Mich
Leslie Talbot
Beverly
Bess Dickey
Cliff Phelps
Bernice Phelps
German wood sugar industry fuels rubber and feed programs
Readers learn how Germany maintains a large synthetic rubber program based on alcohol and secures protein feeds through its wood sugar industry, supplying both alcohol and animal feeds to sustain production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazis Chemical Industry
Germany
Real Estate Transfers From Monticello Properties Listed
Series of land transfers dated 1942 to 1944 include Harriet C. Coughlan and others selling to J J Eggers for $1 in Monticello railroad addition lots 402 403 and other parcels in Varvels addition to Monticello. John Zubler sells to Elma Behrends for $1 in 1944. Clara Boss Benson and Harvey P inherit halved land to Emma K Bohlken. Additional parcels include Center Junction lot blocks and irregular lots with descriptions and dates in 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet C. Coughlan
Mary F. Carpenter
Millington F. Carpenter
Halstead M. Carpenter
Lou D
J. J. Eggers
Monticello
John Zubler
Elma Behrends
Bessie Henderson
Cliff McDonald
Center Junction
John Ross
Marie
Emma K. Bohlken
Varvel
Clara Boss Benson and
Harvey
Deceased John Boss Estate Trustee Deed Details
The document references the last will and testament of John Boss, deceased, detailing the transfer to Emma K. Bohlken as trustee. It notes a trustee's deed dated 6-16-44 for $865 and concerns an undivided one-fourth interest in the described land, with related instrument references and land descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Charles John Bosa ‘Uhdér
John Boss
Emma K. .Bohlken
Paint extends building life per Circular 279
The University of Missouri agricultural experiment station reports that proper paint selection and application can lengthen a building’s service life by up to 40 percent. It also notes that investment in paint yields about a 3 percent annual return through savings in buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Wooley
University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
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Robert E. Balster
QM Bn
Hdq
Camp Ellis
Ill
Robert H. Balster
Walker
Monticello Express
the Express
Eldred Darrow
APO
The
Express
Fred Darrow
John Deere
Waterloo
Tam
Oahu
Hawaiian Islands
Ean
Phelps
Clifford Phelps
Army
Georgia
Connolly
Paul Connolly
James Connolly
England
Clara Bartlett
Reed V. Bartlett
Lyman Mulford
Lyman, Jr
Waverly
Hei Schoon
BE E. Reed
Elfreda
Alice
Miami
Frs
North Gill Street
Miami Public Schools
Rose Wilcox
Marion Public Schools
L. J. Swift
Ruth D. Hurley
Mary Denoon
Ethel Denoon
Centerville
W. H. L. Schuetz
Paw Paw, Mich
Grace Benedict
Gladys Black
Royal
Loren
Lloyd Parks
Camille
Jimmie
Margaret Vesey
Monticello, Mon
Moi
Mee Ie Ag
Acete Ornaa
Elepy
Aves
Olp
Lieut
Morgenthau
U.S Coast Guard
Robert Morgenthau
USNR
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry J. Morgenthau, Jr
Coast Guard
USS
Lansdale
Navy
U.S. Treasury
the Methodist Church
Glenn W., McMichael
First Congregational Church
Homer E. Dalrymple
National Convention of Congregational Christian Churches
Grand Rapids
Mich
Washington, D. C
St. Peter and Paul’s Lutheran Church
Zeilinger
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
R. Niederwimmer
St. John’s Lutheran Church
R. P. Young
Church of the Lutheran Hour
WMT
WGN
J. Behnken
Evangelical and Reformed Church
A. Mast
Israel
Marvin Cook
James
Escanaba, Mich
Jake Etten
Foxholme
Minn
John Moore
Foxhome
Paul Petersen
Boston
Mass
Harry Moore
Onslow
Gerd "Null
Henry Pecks
Howard, S. D
Fred Vlueger
Raymond Denkhoff
Raymond
A. M. Maurice
Gay Otten
Alma Scoville
Marshalltown
Frank Hayden
Ernest White
Sioux Falls
S. D
Frank White
Kadoka
Jennie White
John McDonald Hospital
White
Mrs. Leyland Shelley of
E. E. Hicks
I. A. Heiken
Caroline and
Emma Heiken
G. J. Heiken
W. F. Martens
Manchester
Brokens
Kenneth
Velda Rickels
Edward Brokens
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Raymond G. Jacobs
Rochester, Minn
Paul Jacobs
William Stambaugh
Santa Monica, Calif
Vincent Kustes
Oxnard, Calif
William Scheele
Richard Long
Ronnie
Collins
Long
C. W. Metcalf
Charles Metcalf
Mabel Heisey
Mildred Deischer
Jeanette Lubben
Palatka, Florida
Harrison Lubben
P. A. Wiedmeyer
Dubuque
Mrs. R. R. Fuller
McNeill’s
Long's Specials
Clinton
Long's Dept. Store
Stuhler
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