Three New Court Filings in Jones County District Court
Over the past week three filings emerged in Jones County District Court. Mattie Honn seeks a divorce from Frank Honn, married in Emerson on December 22, 1915, with ten years residence in Fairview township. The State of Iowa charges Burtis Jones in an attempted rape of a child under 16. L. J. Schremme and Oral Schlemme sue Clara McDonald Hayes et al. in a quieting title case involving Lots 317 and part of 318 Railroad Addition to Monticello.
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Jones County District Court
Mattie Honn
Frank Honn
Emerson
Iowa
Fairview Township
State of
Burtis Jones
L. J. Schremme
Oral Schlemme
Clara McDonald Hayes
Marriage licenses issued in district court week list
The clerk of the district court Leigh Pearson reported marriage licenses issued in the past week for pairs including Leo Pearson and Alina Power Anamosa. Dale Danneman and Velma Miller Anamosa. Orville L Behne and Josephine Ruley Cedar Rapids Oxford Junction and Monticello. Donald Schlummer and Elizabeth Wroblewski Monticello. Clarence Jessen county extension director spoke to Monticello Rotary about extension duties and office assistance, joined by Cris Randolph district soils director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Leigh Pearson
Leo Pearson
Alina Power
Anamosa
Dale Danneman
Velma Miller
Orville
Clarence Jessen
Monticello
Cattle Shipments Light at Local Railroad Yards
Cattle shipments were lighter at the rail yards last week. Shippers include Laurence Burlage one car Ed Reiter one car O Shea Bros two cars M J Kenneally one car. The Farmers Mutual Creamery shipped one car of butter to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence Burlage
Ed Reiter
O'Shea
Births at John McDonald Hospital This Week
Three births were recorded at John McDonald hospital in the past week. A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Stanley House on June 16. A boy arrived for Mr and Mrs Edward Cox of Sand Springs on June 15. A boy was born to Mr and Mrs Louis Heeren on June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Stanley House
Edward Cox
Sand Springs
Louis Heeren
Reliance Trial Date Postponed to June 27
James M. Shields of the National Labor Relations Board announced the hearing for Reliance Manufacturing Company of Anamosa was moved from June 15 to June 27. The session starts at 10 am in the Eighteenth Judicial district court room in Jones county courthouse Anamosa Iowa with Stephen Reynolds as the board’s attorney presenting the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Shields
National Labor Relations Board
Minneapolis
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Anamosa
Eighteenth Judicial District
Jones County Court House
Iowa
Stephen M. Reynolds
Ensign Lois Lang Home On Ten Day Leave
Ensign Lois Lang of the nurses corps is enjoying a ten day leave at her Moscow home. A former public health nurse in Jones county she is well known locally. She has been teaching hospital corpsmen at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Lois Lang
Nurses’ Corps
Moscow
Hospital Corps School
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Fred Pilcher Listed As Prisoner Of War
Staff Sergeant Donald Fred Pilcher son of Mrs Glenn B Kinser of Anamosa has been reported a prisoner of war by the German government in a telegram received by his mother last week Earlier she had received word that Pilcher was missing in action over Germany May He was on his 26th mission and would have been rested from combat duty He served as a ball turret gunner on a B 17 Staff Sergeant Robert Clark now on leave visiting his parents Monticello was in the same group as Pilcher at various times on bombing raids
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Fred Pilcher
Glenn B. Kinser
Anamosa
Pilcher
Germany
Robert Clark
Elliott Clark
Monticello
Flag Day VFW Program at Monticello Post
Monticello Post No 1683 VFW and Auxiliary held a Flag Day program after regular meetings. The Americanisation committee presented songs and tributes including Star Spangled Banner Salute to the Flag Toast to the Flag God Bless America and History of the Flag. Emma Jacobs chaired the History of the Flag and Louise Field led the Prayer in Time of War. Mrs H E Metcalf and her son Charles, visiting from Salina Kansas, returned home after a three week stay with Mrs D P Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Post No. 1683
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Americanisation Committee
Jean Echternacht
God Bless
America
Emma Jacobs
Louise Field
H. E. Metcalf
Charles
Salina
Kan
Monticello
D. P. Young
Jones County War Loan Drive Surpasses Half Million
Jones county reports $546,719.50 in Fifth War Loan sales from June 1 to 17 through local banks and outside banks to residents, with $602,281 still needed to reach the goal. Chairman F. E. Stimson urges prompt pledges to push the drive over the top before July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
F. E. Stimson
Stimson
Lovell Corporation
Monticello State Bank
Monticello
Onslow Savings Bank
Onslow
Citizens Savings Bank
Anamosa
Citizens State Bank
Wyoming
Union Trust and Savings Bank
Olin
Farmers Savings Bank
Martello
Monticello Women Lead Camp Fire Girls Training Camp
Mrs. Earl DeShaw of Monticello is among 50 Camp Fire Girls district leaders attending a four day course at Camp Huaga near Walker from June 16 to 19. Miss Edithe Kemp Thorne directed the program with six national staff members. Leaders study girl needs and leadership to aid postwar world goals through camping sports crafts and nature activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeShaw
Earl DeShaw
Monticello
Camp Fire
Camp Huaga
Walker
Edithe Kempthorne
Camp Fire Girls
Seven Young Communicants at Immaculate Conception
At Immaculate Conception church in Castle Grove town ship seven children received their first holy communion during the 7 30 mass Saturday morning June 17 Father John Hennessey presided aided by Father William Holub from Placid The new communicants are Donald Donovan Lorena Donovan Mary Agatha Feldmann Bernard Goedken Martina Lawrence Rose Ann Supple and William Joseph Vernimont The event concluded the annual vacation school run by three Franciscan sisters from Monticello and Ossian with 22 boys and 23 girls attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove Township
John Hennessey
William Holub
Placid
Donald Donovan
Lorena Donovan
Mary Agatha Feldmann
Bernard Goedken
Martina Lawrence
Rose Ann Supple
William Joseph Vernimont
Immaculate Conception Church
Castle Grove
Monticello
Ossian
Publisher heads to National Editorial convention in Milwaukee
C. A. Coxsee publisher of the Express departed for Milwaukee Wisconsin for a three day convention of the National Editorial association. He is accompanied by James W. McCutcheon publisher of the Hawkeye Record of Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Coxsee
the Express
Milwaukee
Wis
National Editorial Association
United States
James W. McCutcheon
Hawkeye Record
Mount Vernon
Daughter Susan Lee born to Visalia couple
Pvt and Mrs Ted Oltmanns welcome a daughter named Susan Lee born June 2 at Visalia Municipal Hospital California. The family home is 117 West Main Visalia California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Oltmanns
Susan Lee
Visalia Municipal Hospital
California
Dailey Brothers Three Ring Circus Comes to Monticello
The Dailey Brothers three ring circus arrives Monday for a show on the CCC grounds south of Monticello after traveling from Maquoketa. The act features ten elephants camels and zebras plus trained horses and ponies. Performances are scheduled for 3 and 8 p m with a dramatic elephant act and dangerous stunts by female performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
CCC
Dailey Brothers
Maquoketa
Dailey Bros
Dailey Circus
Hedwig Olson Elected VFW Auxiliary Department President
Hedwig Olson of Denison was elected department president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary at Waterloo. The Monticello contingent attended, led by Ruth Chisman, with others including Oliver Harford and Arnold Jacobs. The Monticello auxiliary received honorable mention for publicity and $600 total invested in war bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Hedwig Olson
Denison
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Waterloo
Rudolph Aebi
Madeline Walsh
Olson
Oliver D. Harford
William H. Jarrett
Harry Lyon
R. L. Clark
Arnold Jacobs
Ruth Chisman
Clare Hayes
Jean Echternacht
Lorraine Jacobs
Anamosa Manohas wed in Monticello Presbyterian church
Leo Pearson of Anamosa and Anna Power of Mount Vernon were married at the Presbyterian manse in Monticello last Thursday afternoon June 15. The double ring ceremony was performed by Dr. William J. Grossheim with Merle Eilers and Miss Thelma Smith as attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Pearson
Anamosa
Anna Power
Mount Vernon
Monticello
William J. Grossheim
Merle Eilers
Thelma Smith
Scrap Drive Plans for Jones County June 30
Monticello scrap drive chaired by C. J. Matthiessen and director Ross Baty aims to collect metal and paper. Stores may close 1 to 5 pm to aid pickup, with trucks loaned by residents to meet a county quota of scrap for war production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
C. J. Matthiessen
Monticello
Matthiessen
Ross Baty
Monticello Drive
Baty
Bible School Opens June 26 In School Building
Monticello churches sponsor a Vacation Bible school at the public school building from 9 to 11 30 each day. The two week session begins June 26 after delays due to conference and synod meetings. Children who attended school last year are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Synod
New Foreman Named For County Highway
L. W. Swecker of Anamosa succeeds Buster Davenport as foreman of the Jones county highway crew. Davenport departed Sunday June 18 to serve in the United States army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Swecker
Anamosa
Buster Davenport
Jones County
Davenport
United States Army
Visitation from Cuba City and Cedar Rapids guests
Mrs. Harry Cox and daughter of Cuba City Wisconsin and Mrs. Elizabeth Buchanan of Cedar Rapids visited last weekend in the home of Mrs. Jack Pelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Cox
Cuba City
Wis
Elizabeth Buchanan
Cedar Rapids
Jack Pelly
Band Rehearsal Set For Next Thursday In Monticello
Miss Iane Smith Monticello public schools new instrumental instructor announces 8 o clock Thursday evening band rehearsal in the school band room. She directs lessons daytime and conducts Thursday evening rehearsals and concerts. The first summer concert is July 6 with bands in Monticello Jesup Lisbon and the town’s bandmasters association member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iane Smith
Monticello
Miss Smith
Cornell College
Zearing
Wyoming
Rudd
Jesup
Lisbon
Mrs. J. Starks Buried Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Joel W. Starks were held at the family home in Monticello with Rev. Roy V. Porter officiating. Burial followed at Oakwood cemetery. She was born Maretta Starks and lived in Monticello most of her life, died June 15 after health decline and a fall on May 29. She is survived by her husband, a brother, cousins, and numerous nieces and nephews. relatives from afar attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel W. Starks
Chestnut Street
Monticello
Roy V. Porter
Oakwood Cemetery
Starks
Maretta Starks
South Dakota
Methodist Church
Fred Starks
Oklahoma
C. T. Ingham
Wayne
Neb
T. B. Wilson
Los Angeles
Calif
L. W. McNurlin
Byron, II
Donald Dentler
Rochelle, II
Elmer Starks
Savanna, al
John Tidemann
Coleridge, Neb
Lois Flynn Spends Summer with Chippewa Falls Sister
Lois Flynn of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin is spending the summer with her sister Mrs C F E Shimanek and family continuing family visits and updates from hometown relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Flynn
Chippewa Falls, Wis
Mrs. C. FE. Shimanek
Deffenbaugh Killed In Italy in World War II
Lt Colonel Lyle J. Deffenbaugh 34 of Council Bluffs was killed in action in Italy May 28. He commanded an armored infantry battalion and earned the Silver Star for gallant leadership on the Italian front after service in Africa. Survived by widow Helen of Omaha, his mother, four brothers, and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle J. Deffenbaugh
Council Bluffs
Italy
Helen
Omaha
CCC
Monticello
Deffenbaugh
Africa
Mt. Portia
Cassino
Anzio
R.O.T.C
Harry Skelley Dies in California After Heart Trouble
Monticello relatives report the death of Harry Skelley in a Santa Rosa hospital on June 11. Born March 16, 1889, in Monticello, he was the son of James and Sarah Skelley and married Ethel Whitney in Davenport in 1909. He leaves wife, two sons Benjamin and Harry Jr., two brothers William and James, and sister Nettie Jacobsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Harry Skelley
Santa Rosa
Calif
San Francisco
Skelley
Atfianhoods
James
Sarah
Ely) Skelley
Ethel Whitney
Davenport
California
Benjamin Skelley
Camp Haan
Harry Skelley, Jr
William
James Skelley
Nettie Jacobsen
Legion Elects New Officers For 1944 45
The Arthur BP O Rourke American Legion held its regular meeting and elected officers for the 1944 45 year. New posts include Commander Roy Jacque Vice Commander Tobe Caspers Adjutant Henry Schone Finance Officer Walter Klitzke Chaplain Edgar Vernon Historian Dc A Coxsee Sergeant at Arms Charles Schweitzer Service Officer J H DeShaw. Mrs Edwin Wilcox fell down stairs at her daughter’s home Mrs Ida Cass last week suffering severe bruises with no broken bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur BP
O’rourke
American Legion
Legion Hall
Roy Jacque
Tobe Caspers
Henry Schone
Walter Klitzke
Edgar Vernon
Dc. A. Coxsee
Charles Schweitzer
J. H. DeShaw
Edwin Wilcox
Ida Cass
Contour Farming Boosts 70 Acre Corn Patch In Cass Township
Willis Fairbanks, newly operating Glenn Kinser’s farm in Cass township, cultivates 70 of 120 acres by contour farming with help from Cris Randolph. He plans to test hybrid corn soil conservation, notes reduced wash after rains, and expects 6 000 to 7 000 bushels from the field. He also milks seven Guernsey cows and raises 56 Poland China hogs, with 80 Duroc Jerseys to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Fairbanks
Cass Township
Glenn Kinser
Fairbanks
Cris Randolph
Anamosa
Guernsey
Poland
Jones County Selective Service Aims On Call For All Forces
Jones County will not designate men to army or navy for future inductions. Instead on call for the armed forces, contributors will be sent to the branch with greatest need at the induction center. A June 30 meeting of the Jones County Selective Service Board is scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Des Moines
Army
Navy
Jones County Selective Service Board
Anamosa
Buster Davenport
Harold Westphal
Melvin E. Brickley
Robert L. Fulwider
Wyoming
Glenn F. Pence
Oxford Junction
Allen L. Leslie
Center Junction
Russell P. Norris
Monticello
Glenn R. Lambert
Lester J.timmer
Clarence R. Guthrie
Olin
Harold G. Rohwedder
Robert L. Hotz
Armed Forces
Jacob G. Steiner
Arthur D. Milroy
Vernon L. Wirtner
William S. Wright
James A. Robertson
James W. Wenger
Paul J. Renk
Armin B. Jacobs
Duane D Mousso
Cedar Rapids
Howard F. Countryman
William A. Fairbanks
Henry J. Davis
Carl J. Underwood
Robert L. Bartlett
Morley
Rolland L. Duncan
Richard G. Smith
Phillip Clampitt
Charles E. McCalmant
Robert C. Sommerville
George R. Wessels
Max Spaethe
Dewayne V. Weers
Robert Q. Thompson
James R. Thomas
Joseph W. Guthrie
Keith F. Kinion
Martello
Paul H. Michaels
Francis H. Thomas
Scotch Grove
LaVern D. Wright
Glenn P. Seehusen
Clifford M. Glick
Robert W. Clothier
Cascade
James W. Donahue
Used Cars Under Price Control
Beginning July 10, all used passenger cars fall under price control as directed by the Office of Price Administration. All sellers including individuals and dealers are covered with ceilings varying by model type and make for about 6,000 models produced 1937 to 1942. An as is and a warranty price exist, ceilings drop four percent every six months, extra equipment may raise ceilings, regional prices differ, and transfer certificates must be filed with the buyer’s War Price and Rationing board. The Federal Works Agency notes nearly four million vehicles were out of use in 1942 and 1943 and not replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
United States
Federal Works Agency
Statistics On Old Age Aid And Dependent Children Payments
Jones county received $11,764 of the $1,457,895.90 in old age assistance in June 1944. The county has 412 cases averaging $28.55 each. Six cases receive aid to the needy blind totaling $169.10 averaging $28.18. State aid to dependent children totals $81,292.70 for 7,518 children, with an average of $1148 per child and $27.89 per case.
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Jones County
Carpenter House Sord Halstead M sells North Gill home
Halstead M Carpenter sold his modern North Gill Street residence to Gerd Poppe of Langworthy. The well situated property change reflects a private real estate transfer in a quiet neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Sord Halstead M. Carpenter
North Gill Street
Gerd’ Poppe
Langworthy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ensign Lois Lang
Fred Pilcher
Monti
Bradley
New Guinea
Leonard T. Bradley
Soputa- Sananda Trail
Bae
Pfc
Picray Farm
Church
Mrs. Olsen
VFW Aux
VFW
Auxiliary
Arthur Buckner
Bible School
J. Starks
Porter
Monticello Boys
Legion
Frances Babcock Cook
Beverly Jean
Lester Fairbanks
Clarence McLaughlin
Monticello High School
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