Licenses Issued For Cars In County This Week
The county treasurer licensed several vehicles including 1948 Dodges for Robert G. Alden and Frank Zamastil, a 1948 Buick for Carl Pluger, a 1948 Ford for Clarence Finn, and multiple Willys jeeps for Mary M. Sargent Farms. Rotary clubs of Anamosa and Monticello held a joint meeting in Monticello with 80 members, featuring Frank Brittain of Rotary International as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Plueger
Monticello
Buick
Clarence Finn
Cascade
Ford
Mary M. Sargent Farms
Lisbon
Willys
Anamosa
Rotary Clubs
Roy Beard
Jones County District Court Harger & Blish vs Zimmerman
Two new cases filed in Jones county district court include Harger and Blish Company vs Alva Zimmerman on an account and Ida J Ray vs Vernon O Ray for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment. The Ray couple married February 9 1928 and have three children with custody sought by the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Harger & Blish Company
Alva Zimmerman
Ida J. Ray
Vernon O. Ray
Recent Births at John McDonald Hospital
Birth notices list five newborns from March 12 to March 16. George and Mary Smith of Monticello welcome a girl, Reginald and wife of Cascade have a boy, Earl Saddler of Hopkinton greets a boy, Russell Steward of Monticello announces a boy, and James Hall of Epworth welcomes a girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
George Smith
Monticello
Reginald Durkin
Cascade
Earl Saddler
Hopkinton
Russell Steward
James Hall
Epworth
Night School Homemaking Class Meeting Delivers Sewing Lesson
The adult homemaking class will meet at the school house Monday evening March 22 at 8 o clock. Miss Esther Nicoll will present a lesson on setting in sleeves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Nicoll
Marriage Licenses Reported Not Issued in Jones County
The district court clerk reports no marriage licenses issued in the past week in Jones County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jones County
Anamosa Boy Featured in School Film Tonight
Anamosa high school auditorium hosts a 7 45 p m showing about a Jamestown North Dakota school for crippled children. superintendent will speak. David Rife, an Anamosa resident and former student at the school, appears in the film and attends Anamosa public school. Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Boy
Anamosa High School
Jamestown
N. D
David Rife
O. A. Rife
Anamosa
David
Jones County
Iowa Educators Speak Over Radio March 20
Two midwest educators will discuss President Truman’s higher education commission proposals on CBS radio March 20 at 6 15 p m EST. President Cole of Cornell College and Dean McGrath of the State University of Iowa will present joining a national program In My Opinion with rebroadcasts planned for March 21. Dean McGrath serves on Truman’s commission for an inside view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Broadcasting System
Truman
Commission On Higher Education
Russell D. Cole
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Earl J. McGrath
College Ofsdiberal Arts
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Cole
Dean McGrath
Republicans Elect Delegates For State Meet
The Jones County Republican convention met in Anamosa on March 12 with about 200 attendees. Temporary officers and a delegate nomination committee organized the session and named delegates to the state convention in Des Moines on April 2, including C J Matthiessen A Coxsee F Shimanek George L Buel Mrs Richard Hanken J E Heiserman Warren Rees James E Remley Clifford L Niles A N Trevarthen J E Porter Mrs C M Strawman and others from Wyoming Oxford Junction Martelle Scotch Grove and Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Anamosa
B. E. Rhinehart
James Whitmore
Rome Township
Herman Helgens
Wayne Township
C. H. Jones
Oxford Junction
Harry Holcomb
Greenfield Township
Des Moines
Warren Rees
County Central Committee
Ed Hill
Blue
Henry Mowry
Monticello
C. J. Matthiessen
Co. A
Charles Sheldon
Martelle
W. B. Meeks
Olin
J. M. Tudor
Frank E E. Miles
Scotch Grove
R. A. Naylor
William Bailey
Henry Adams
Henry Biere
Don’ Ruhl
Eigh. Pearson
Bess Sherman C
Shimanek
James Remley
Clifford Strawman
Lee Crain
J. E. Heiserman
Les Rickels Named Monticello Fire Chief
Monticello volunteer firemen elect new officers for the coming year with Les Rickels as fire chief and Paul Hearn as assistant chief replacing Floyd Kephart and Leo Staner. Otto Smith had led the farmers' truck. new chiefs oversee city and farmers' apparatus as council must approve. The farmers' truck received a new high pressure pump Tuesday. Monticello maintains an active volunteer department noted for diligence in fighting all fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Les Rickels
Paul Hearn
Floyd Kephart
Leo Staner
Farmers
Otto Smith
Drunk Driving Decline Evident in Iowa, 186 Licenses Revoked
Iowa Department of Public Safety reports 186 drivers had licenses revoked for operating a vehicle while intoxicated this year through February. January saw 102 revocations and February 84, down from 242 in October, 213 in November, and 161 in December, with officials attributing the drop to strict enforcement and stiff penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Safety
P T A Meeting Postponed to April First
Due to Holy Week church services the Parent Teacher meeting scheduled for Thursday March 25 is postponed to Thursday April 1 according to president Dr William J Grossheim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Grossheim
John Howard Named Advertising Manager for Eastern Iowa Graphic
John H. Howard of Clemons Iowa has been chosen as advertising manager for the new Eastern Iowa Graphic which will begin publication in May. He will start next Monday and brings prior work at the Augusta Eagle Montgomery Ward ads two Chicago agencies and government service in Alaska after a 44 month World War II signal corps China Burma India era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Howard
Clemons
Iowa
Eastern Iowa Graphic
Howard
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Drake University
Augusta
Montgomery Ward
Chicago
Signal Corps
CBI
China
Burma
India
Alaska
Personnel Man To Speak Here At Rotary Club
Joseph T. Meade lecturer in personnel administration and assistant to the president of Cornell college will address Monti cello Rotary club next Monday evening. His topic is Our Number One Problem. Meade was born in Missouri and raised in Redfield Iowa. He graduated from Cornell college Mount Vernon in 1925 after army service and other work. He has held several personnel roles and returned to Cornell college in 1947 as executive assistant to the president and lecturer. His hobbies are his garden birds and labor relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph T. Meade
Cornell College
Monticello
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Taylorville
Ill
Guaranty Trust Company of New York
Canada Dry Ginger Ale Incorporated
Sheffield Farms Incorporated
Mack Trucks
Marine Recruiter to Visit Monticello Thursdays
S Sergeant S J Mihalak of Cedar Rapids Marine Corps office will be in Monticello on Thursday March 18 from 9 am to 1 pm and every Thursday thereafter in the Post Office lobby. He offers firsthand Marine opportunities and staffs the War Trophy Safety Committee to register dangerous war souvenirs like grenades and mortar shells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Mihalak
Cedar Rapids
Sgt
Mihalak
Monticello
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Charles Newham
Mr and Mrs Charles Newham of Excelsior Springs Missouri welcomed a daughter on March 6 weighing 5 pounds 14 ounces named Camellia Ann The mother is Venita Shover formerly of Monticello
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Newham
Excelsior Springs
Camellia Ann
Newkam
Venita Shover
Monticello
Jones County School Board Unofficial Election Results Named
The Jones County Board of Education met to review unofficial results from the March 8 election. Herman Helgens was elected at large with 467 votes, while Maurine Dirks won in Northeast district No. 1 with 203 votes. Northwest district elected Leigh Clark with 261 votes, and Southeast district No. 4 chose Harro Ingwersen with 298 votes. Official canvass set for March 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Board of Education
Joseph A. Beave
Herman Helgens
Jones County
Harvey Manuel
John A. Allen
H. L. Carter
Olin
Lee Crain
Jane Birk
Anamosa
C. A. Coxsee
Monticello
Arthur Wilcox
Center Junction
Northeast District
Maurine Dirks
R. H. Manuel
Richland Township
Washington Township
Scotch Grove Township
Clay Township
South Temple Hill
Victory
Sutton
Mineral Valley
White Oak Grove
Pleasant Hill
Clay Mills
Leigh Clark
Harvey H. Manuel
Castle Grove
Cass Township
Wayne Township
Lovell
Love
Fairview Township
West Corner
Hazel Green
White Oak
Rome 6
Newport
Antioch
Black Oak
Midland
Jackson Center
Jackson Township
Waggoner
Southeast
Harro Ingwersen
Paul Godfrey
Onslow
Oxford Junction
Wyoming
Hale Township
Pine Grove
Madison Village
Maple Grove
Nils
Oak Grove
South Madison
Baldwin
Beers Creek
Peace Ridge
Pleasant Ridge
South Prairie
Band Concert Tues March 23 At High School Auditorium
The instrumental music department under Ray Stumbaugh will present a full band concert on Tuesday March 23 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium with junior band first and senior band second. Admission 50 and 25 cents with advance tickets available from band members. The program includes Marches, overtures, and scenes from the Sierras with both bands totaling 110 members after new uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Stumbaugh
Belwin
Eastport
Chuck and
Bill
Shrine Band Palm Sunday Concert At Cedar Rapids
The El Kabir Shrine Band presents its nineteenth Palm Sunday concert in Cedar Rapids on Sunday March 21 at 3 p.m. The fifty piece band will be joined by Cedar Rapids area musicians in a program directed by Roy Schwab and will feature a marimba solo by Miss Adeline Nash. Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Kabir Shrine Band
Cedar Rapids
Shrine
Roy Schwab
Adeline Nash
MacMurray College Honor Roll Names Susan Stuhler
Miss Susan Stuhler, daughter of Mr and Mrs F S Stuhler, earned a place on MacMurray College Jacksonville Indiana honor roll for the first semester of 1947 48. This marks the highest academic rating awarded by the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Stuhler
F. S. Stuhler
MacMurray College
Jacksonville
MacMurray
Select Jurors For Dist Court Apr Term in Jones County
The April term jurors for Jones County District Court are listed for Monticello Anamosa Martelle Wyoming Center Junction Cascade Onslow Scotch Grove Oxford Junction and Hale. Judge J. E. Heiserman to preside. jurors include Rudolph Ambuehl John Beeks Minnie Butler Paul Caspers Mrs. Harry Cornelius Alice Donovan L. A. Hanken Mrs. Louis Heeren George E. Hoult George Seibold Teresa Rohr Henry V. Schmidt Robert Siebels Ray Sloan Herman Tietken F. M. West Elizabeth Westhoff Mrs. Henry Von Sprecken G. M. Brainard Boyd Brant Herbert Connell Lloyd Darrow and many others. The jury reports for duty on the second Monday April 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Rudolph Ambuehl
John Beeks
Minnie Butler
Paul Caspers
Harry Cornelius
Alice Donovan
L. A. Hanken
Louis Heeren
George E. Hoult
George Seibold
Teresa Rohr
Henry V. Schmidt
Robert Siebels
Ray Sloan
Herman Tietken
F. M. West
Elizabeth Westhoff
Henry von Sprecken
Anamosa
G. M. Brainard
Morley
Ruth Bickerstaff
Mildred Cook
Wyoming
Robert Brodersen
Henry Brunscheen
Robert Fishwild
George Herzberger
E. F. Kleineck
Robert Rohwedder
Center Junction
John Grant
Ben Schrader
H. E. Stingley
Cascade
Urban Green
Ralph Kurt
Onslow
Russell D. Hall
Ford Lynch
Erma Paulsen
Scotch Grove
Ben Henricksen
Oxford Junction
Robert Nowachek
C. W. Rouse
Hale
Frank Zaruba
Tom Eden Takes Over Monti Sales Barn Lease
Tom Eden leases the Monti cello Sales Barn from Henry Von Sprecken with Von Sprecken aiding Eden as buyer and in the sales ring. Eden, a Mason City auction school graduate, will auctioneering at the barn assisted by Col. Louie Hanken. Next sale at 1 30 p m Tuesday March 23 features stockers and feeders. dealers invited. The barn opened March 1946 built by Von Sprecken and has hosted large seller attendances with occasional horse sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Eden
Monticello
Henry von Sprecken
von Sprecken
Eden
Lane's
Mason City
Louie Hanken
Scotch Grove
Col. Eden
the Express
Old Age Assistance payments and recipients detailed
In March Jones County paid 339 old age assistance pensioners a total of 13647 dollars, averaging 40.26 dollars each. Nine cases of needy blind received 43.66 dollars on average. There were 45 cases aiding 113 children, with an average 78 dollars per case and 31.06 per child. Mrs. Raymond Kreeb, Waukon, visited Monticello on business and saw her sister Mrs. M H Seehusen and family.
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Jones County
Raymond Kreeb
Waukon
Monticello
M. H. Seehusen
Name Slate For City Election
Monticello will hold its bi annual city election Monday March 29. Nomination papers filed show no contest this year with all candidates to two year terms except the park commissioner for a longer term. Voters may write in a name if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
C. J. Matthiessen
Ross Baty
Marcus Maire
Tom Eden
C. D. Shaffer
M. B. Leonard
Paul T. Schuetz
A. P. Lambert
First Cub Scout Meeting Encourages Monticello Parents
The Monticello Community building hosted the first of three Cub Scout meetings themed The Cub Scout in the Home. More than 50 parents of 9 to 12 year olds attended, sponsored by the American Legion auxiliary Post 409.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
American Legion Auxiliary
Arthur P. O’rourke
Antoinette Howie
Clarence Gardner
Waubeck
Wes Janda
Cedar Rapids
Janda
Connolly Among 37 Graduates From State Teachers College
Paul J. Connolly of Monticello is among 37 students graduating from Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls with a B A in social science and business education. The class shows a trend toward shorter college spans but longer total attendance due to military training. Twenty one graduates are veterans and one woman took fourteen years to complete her degree. Spring quarter began March 9 with May 25 commencement planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul J. Connolly
Monticello
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Connolly
Marshall R. Beard
Beard
Teachers College
Coleman Couple Departs After Visiting Rickels Family
Mr and Mrs Coleman left March 13 for their home in Tripp South Carolina after visiting the John H Rickels family They recently accompanied the Rickels to Florida and Texas on their trip
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Coleman
John H. Rickels
Tripp
S. C
Rickels
Florida
Texas
Youth Killed in Car Upset Near Anamosa
Matthew Webber 19 of Monticello died in a March 13 on highway 151 crash near Anamosa after his car skidded on ice. Three passengers escaped injury. Webber died from head and chest injuries after the vehicle rolled over. He served in Korea and is survived by eight brothers and other relatives. Funeral services were held March 16 with Veterans of Foreign Wars involvement. The incident marked the third Jones county highway fatality in a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Webber
Monticello
Highway 151
Anamosa
Webber
Lorna Seehusen
Frank Fitzsimmons
Donald Siebels
Jones County
John T. Webber
Mercy Hospital
Korea
John T. Webbie
John
Carl
Kenneth
Marvin
James
Loras
Claire
Larry
LeRoy
Goettsch
Sacred Heart Church
Eugene P. Lorenz
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Vincent and
Virgil Haag
George Hanssen
Andrew Stoll
Laverne Schoon
Donald Wolf
W. H. Hollingsworth
Floyd Albright
Cass Center
Olin School To Ask Bond Issue For Additions
Voters in the Olin Consolidated district will decide on a 55000 bond for building and furnishing additions to the current schoolhouse. The April 12 election runs 12 m to 7 p.m. at the Olin town hall. The plan includes two extra classrooms, a new east entrance, enlarged manual training room, a nurse room, and two rest rooms. The special election followed a petition by 169 residents. 146 voted previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin Consolidated School
Olin
Earl Phillips
Vocational Agriculture Department
Si¢K
New Candidates Take Out Nomination Papers
County Auditor George Specht reports two candidates have taken out nomination papers in the past week. Jess L. Holden of Anamosa seeks the Republican nomination for county treasurer and Tony Shada of Anamosa seeks the Republican nomination for county sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Specht
Jess L. Holden
Anamosa
Repubiican
Tony Shada
Scotch Grove Boys 4-H Club Holds Regular Meeting
The Scotch Grove Boys 4-II club met at Keith and Kermit Dirks home last week with nine of twelve members present. Larry Paulsen gave a report on caring for sons at farrowing time. Mrs. Dirks hosted lunch at the meeting's end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove Boys 4-II
Keith
Kermit Dirks
Larry Paulsen
Dirks
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Rotary Club
Mar
PTA
John Howard
Graphic Ad
J. T. Meade
Rotary
Kenneth Ferring
Janet Fluckiger
Judy Ferring
Janice Pickett
Betty Holmes
Bluebird
Orris-Express
County Board
Everett Nickel
Jackie
John Miller
Shrine Band
Palm Sunday
Dist
Monti Sales
Erry
Monte Theatre
Scout Organization Meeting
Paul Connolly
Olin School
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