Milkmen top DeMolays in key softball clash
The Milkmen defeated DeMolays last Thursday to tighten the race for first in the league standings. A double header is set for Thursday with Midgets Firemen and DeMolays Stahlers, followed by Friday and next week games featuring Popeye Club Merton's Girls Shomonts Wildcats Anamosa and Niles Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milkmen
Stahler
Monte Theater
Popeye Club
Merten
Shoments
Wildcats
Anamosa
Niles Theater
Midgets
Firemen
DeMolays
Stahlers
Merton's Girls
Shomonts
Niles
Franklins
West
South
Farmers’ League
Franklin
DeMolay Tribe
Basketeers
Cramer
Hanken
Wolfe
Fluckiger
Vesey
Oeschger
Shearrer
Monticello Nine Falls to Dyersville in League Tilt
The Monticello Yellow Jackets lost 9-1 to league-leading Dyersville Dutchmen. Dyersville pulled away behind Gib Rubey despite eight Monticello hits and a Kreeb double. Elsewhere Shomont beat DeMolay 7-5 as Reynolds fanned 11 in eight. Stahlers topped Midgets 9-6 in the nightcap with Johnny Eden homering for the Midgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Yellow Jackets
Dyersville
Chalk Christalph
Stahlers
Grocers
Stahler
Smith
Helgens
Johnny Eden
Eden
First Band Concert Of The Year Presented
The Monticello Municipal band under Bandmaster Gene Byers performed at the American Legion hall on First street last Thursday night. Tonight's concert on First Street starts at 8 o clock. A July 4 Farm Bureau celebration at 1 pm at city park will follow next Thursday. Program includes We Want a Touchdown March, Missouri Bandman, Spectator Overture, A Little White Gardenia, Honor Roll March, The Southland Medley, Royal Highlanders, Old McDonald, Our Director, Stepping High, Evening Shadows, Iowa Corn Song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Gene Byers
American Legion Hall
First Street
City Park
Farm Bureau
Byers
Richards
Missouri
H. L. King
Joseph John
Our
Bigelow
Innis
Iowa
Supreme Court Rules Tracy Must Hang in Death Penalty Case
Iowa Supreme Court affirms Tracy’s death sentence for conspiring to murder his wife near Manchester. The court rejected claims of insanity and any errors in the original ruling, noting the lower court imposed the maximum penalty after evidence and pleas. An accomplice, Burg, remains at large after receiving payment and involvement in the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Tracy
Manchester
State
Iowa State Supreme Court
Tracy
Supreme Court
Flossie Fear
Adolph Burg
Tracys
Burg
John Kintzinger
Sieg Webster
Scotch Grove
Iowa
Palmer's Drug Store
Pauline Jacobs Weds Gar ten Bennett Maupin Jr in Riverside
Miss Pauline Jacobs of Denver Colorado married Gar ten Bennett Maupin Jr of Los Angeles California in Riverside on June 22 officiated by Rev W S Dysinger. The couple, with intimate guests, plans to live at 515 Union Drive Julieth Arms Los Angeles after a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paulie Jacobs
Denver
Colorado
Garten Bennett Maupin Jr
Los Angeles
California
Riverside
W. S. Dysinger
English Lutheran Church
Maupin
Paul A. Jacobs
Monticello
Monticello High School
University of Iowa
Mrs. Maupin
Union Drive
Julieth Arms
Police Seek 17 Year Old Girl Missing in Manchester
Police aid in search for Reva Heiken 17 a Manchester high school student who disappeared Saturday afternoon from her home one mile southwest of Manchester. Relatives in Monticello say she planned to visit Chicago. A letter postmarked Wednesday claimed she was working in a restaurant in Chicago.
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Reva Heiken
Manchester
G. H. Heiken
Heiken
Monticello
Chicago
Miss Heiken
Reva
Heiken Family Reunion Held At Johnsons Home
The Heiken family reunion occurred Sunday June 23 at Mr and Mrs Henry Johnsons country home with a noon cafeteria picnic. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Warner Heiken Rex Anamosa and others from Amber Olin Center Junction Cass and surrounding areas plus John Heiken George Specht and children Max and Loretta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heiken
Henry Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Clarence
Laura
Irene
Albert
Warner Heiken
Rex
Anamos
Carl Sehoon
Wilmer
Amber
John Heiken
Minnie
Lucille
Elnora
Olin
Ben Heiken
Ardis
Treva
Center Junction
George Heiken
Wendell
Roger
Janet
Cass
Fred
Carl
Anna Heiken
George Specht
Max
Loretta
Reading Proves Popular At The Public Library
A list of summer reading additions at the public library includes Abbott's Strangers in the House a romance of a mother and her three daughters Corliss Daughter to Diana a modern mother and daughter tale De La Roche Young Renny a Jalna history of the White Boaks Hola Golden Legend a light novel about a railroad magnate's daughter Lipke Lynn Malone's daughter a couple's first year of marriage Parmenter The Kings of Beacon Hill a wholesome Boston aristocratic family saga from 1900 to 1934
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Public
Abbott
Jane
Corliss
Allene
Diana
de la Roche
Mazo
Young Renny
Jalna
Hola
Isabella
Lipke
Kay
Lynn Malone
Parmenter
C. W
Beacon Hill
Boston
Community notices and birthday celebrations fill local pages
George Doxsee celebrated his eleventh birthday with a theater party and lawn refreshments. Various clubs met at churches and homes including Ladies Aid at St Matthew's Lutheran, Neighborhood Bridge Club, Thursday Sewing, and a six o clock dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Schmidt. A bridal shower for Mrs Everett Nichols, Dottie Schneider's sixth birthday picnic, and sessions of the Presbyterian Women's Missionary Society, Friday club, Congregational Woman's Working Band, and other gatherings were noted with hostess names and simple conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Doxsee
C. A. Doxsee
Doxsee
Henry L. Adix
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Luther Hall
Bess Dickey
Kenneth Schmidt
Schmidt
Mona Lightfoot
The
Congregational Church
F. Stewart Stuhler
John Fraser
Augusta Bliss
Charles Podhaski
Francis Merten
Caroline Schoenhut
Tamiala Camp Fire Girls Attend Betty Thomas Slumber Party
Miss Betty Thomas hosted a Tamiala Camp Fire group from Our Gang at her home last Wednesday. The gathering featured games and stories before refreshments, followed by breakfast the next morning for attendees Jo McNeill Frances Bone Lavonne Landis Fern Lightfoot Esther Cass and Margaret Olive Deischer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Thomas
Tamiala Camp
Birthday Gatherings Honor Mrs Prull and Janann Schweitzer
Mrs. John Prull hosted friends at her home last Friday for her birth anniversary with sewing and visiting, then twenty guests from Mrs. Pruitt's club joined in the evening for cards and a luncheon. Janann Schweitzer celebrated her twelfth birthday with twenty relatives at her parents country home and a noon birthday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Prull
Janann Schweitzer
John Schweitzer
Birthday honors for Miss Ruth Shellito guest group
Miss Lillian Locher hosted a Monday luncheon at one o clock in honor of her house guest Miss Ruth Shellito of Independence. Guests included aunts, uncles, cousins from Mon ticello and vicinity, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Ardu ser, Mrs. J. W. Schweitzer from the city, Mr. and Mrs. George Schweitzer of Dubuque, and Bob Maire of Oelwein. The group enjoyed summer garden flowers, lunch, games, and visiting. Shellito and Locher shared memories from Camp Nagawicka at Delafield Wisconsin last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dottie Schneider
Herman Schneider
Honor
Monticello
Jake Arduser
J. W. Schweitzer
George Schweitzer
Dubuque
Bob Maire
Oelwein
Lillian Locher
Elven
Ruth Shellito
Independence
Shellice
Locher
Camp Nagawicka
Delafield
Wisconsin
John Locher
Carroll Young
Julia Griffen
Omaha
Neb
Gail
Barbara Johnson
Denver
Colo
Bonnie Young
Thomas Sheehan
Bud Connelly
Con Young
Mary Barker
Jack Brown
Villisca
Iowa
St. John's Military Camp
St. John's Camp
Mrs Alva Zimmerman's birthday anniversary celebrated
Mrs Alva Zimmerman was surprised by over two hundred relatives and friends at Zimmerman's dance hall on Monday evening. The event featured dancing with the Buresh orchestra from Oxford Junction and was hosted by her husband Alva Zimmerman who served refreshments at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Buresh
Oxford Junction
Surprise farewell for Edna Peters at Peters home
Thirty five relatives and friends attended a surprise farewell at Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peters' home in honor of Edna Peters who leaves for Chicago to continue study as a nurse at South Shore hospital. Refreshments were served by Mabel McVay and Mrs. Herman Wolbern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Peters
Henry Peters
Mabel McVay
Herman Wolbern
Miss Peters
Chicago
South Shore Hospital
Two Days Left to Pay Old Age Tax in Jones County
Treasurer T E McNamara warns only two days remain to pay the old age assistance tax without penalty and to receive credit for the $2 per capita poll tax. The Iowa legislature extended delinquency for property taxes to July 1 and added a 1 percent monthly penalty after July 1 for the old age tax. The offset of old age tax against poll taxes for street and road purposes is repealed effective July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. McNamara
Jones County
McNamara
Iowa
General Assembly
Monticello Boys Depart for CCC Camps
Three Monticello youths join a CCC camp recruitment group that departed Tuesday morning for camp duties. Named in the party are John Warner Albert Merrill and L J Randall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
CCC
John Warner
Albert _Merrill
L. J. Randall
New Committees For Country Club Appointed
A list of appointed committees and chairmen for the country club events runs from August through October. Names include Mrs. Ben Cotton Mrs. J A Howie Mrs. Rex Rickless Mrs F E Stim son and many others overseeing benefits bridge evenings dances and closing party.
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Ben Cotton
J. A. Howie
Rex Rickless
F. E. Stimson
Alfreda Reed
L. E. Hoag
J. J. Locher
E. BE. Skelley
H. M. Carpenter Sr
M. J. Hogan
R. H. Balster
Arthur Skelley
L. W. Lovell
E. G. Hicks
E Vernon
F. P. Stuhler
J. E. Bateman
Janet Hazard
H. J. Lang
Agnes Gearhart
Meyer Slivken
Harry Rodman
B. C. Roberts
Donald Sutherland
J. J. Hayes
Clarence Griffith
Maurice Maire
C. A. Doxsee
A. B. Grimes
C. C. Hodson
R. G. Stuhler
E. E. Hicks
H. W. Stuhler
M. J. Cass
G. W. Wilkens
August Siebels
Florence Kraft Honored At Pre-Nuptial Shower
Mrs. Freda Pearson hosted a pre-nuptial shower at her home on Thursday evening honoring Miss Florence Kraft, a bride of this week. Guests enjoyed visiting and refreshments as gifts for the bride were exchanged for her new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Kraft
Freda Pearson
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Rickless
Holsteins
Kreeb
Shomont
Hoffman
Reynolds
Cowboys
Kittenball Association
Dyersville Flyers
Bud Reynolds
Shomont Club
Flyers
Aviators
Pet Shomonts
Loren Cramer
Eddie Sherrer
Scherrer
Red Shirts
Alburnett
Cascade
Corzon
Becker
Eggers
MceGregor
Rutledge
Bolton
Etvel
Boddicker
Meredith
Blanche
Bartlett, Smith and Ferring
Rubly
Niemann
Pet
Oxford
Coggon
North
Pauline Jacobs, R. N
Haeve
George Doxsee
Neighborhood Club
Lincoln Thoeni
Harry Hoag
Lena Marugg
Sewing Club
Lucile
Lambert's Inn
Everett Nichol
Edwin Wilcox
Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
R. P. Clark
Philippines
John Matthiessen
Charles Northrop
Harriet Coughlan
John H. Perrine
Congregational
F. S. Stuhler
Vincent Kane
Sacred Heart School
Bever Park
Cedar Rapids
Ike Schneider Jr
Lois
Shirley
Margie
Jimmy
Harry
Beverpark
Franah Schneider
Cresco
Harry Schneider
Jean Echternacht
Ray Echternacht
Jean
Betty Lou Patterson
Betty Lou Podhaski
Eloie Timmins
Ruth Ann Hoag
Janana Schweitzer
Ruth Hines
Vernona Vernon
Mrs
Bridge
C. A. Coxsee
Lydia Guyan
M. F. Hogan
William Tuetken
Louise Stambaugh
Earl DeShaw
Halstead Carpenter
E. Richardson
M. Slivken
Ray Hoag
Alice Reed
Fred Shover
R. J. McNeill
Chestnut Street
Cecil B. Curtis
FGR
Amber Savings Bank
Adolph Schoon
Farmers’ Grain Company
McCormick-Deering
Farmers Implement Co
Austin Wilcox
E. J. Farley
American Legion
Canfield
Legion Pavilion
Mao
Mts
Maxine Doyle Frank McHugh
Gordon Westcott
SUN
MON
Fieuc
Lionel Barrymore
Jean Arthur Chester Morris
Joseph Galleia
Paul Kelly
Lewis Stone
Met
Tim McCoy
Revenge Riders
LAW OF the Wild
Flirtation
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