Three Monticello Panthers Named to WaMaC All Conference
Seehusen Benson and Messerli earned first string WaMaC honors at Marion with Monticello the only school to place multiple players on the top squad. Forwards Gebhart Manchester Sechusen Monticello and Kelly Vinton centers Benson Monticello Beardsley Anamosa guards Whitcome Manchester Gable Marion and Messerli Monticello make up the first team. Second team selections include Hamilton Maquoketa Naber Tipton Page Marion Dunlap Anamosa Kepros Marion Barewald Tipton Rodgers Tipton Purcell Anamosa Zimmerly Independence.
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Monticello Black Panthers
Wamac
Marion
Monticello
Seehusen
Benson
Messerli
Gebhart
Manchester
Sechusen
Kelly
Vinton
Beardsley
Anamosa
Whitcome
Gable
Hamilton
Maquoketa
Naber
Tipton
Page
Dunlap
Kepros
Barewald
Rodgers
Purcell
Zimmerly
Independence
Monticello and Stanwood Win Openers at Center Junction
Monticello defeated Clarence 49 to 44 while Stanwood beat Olin 69 to 39 in the first round of the Center Junction Independent basketball tournament. Monti led 20 18 at halftime with Tommy Eden scoring 17 for Monticello, and Stanwood’s Moffit and Chamberlain each had 18. Semi finals set for this evening at Center Junction.
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Monticello
Stanwood
Center Junction
Clarence
Olin
Monti
Tommy Eden
Moffit
Chamberlain
Maquoketa Valley Loop May List Six Outfits
Representatives from Anamosa Epworth Worthington and Cascade discussed a six team Maquoketa Valley baseball loop for the season. Dyersville and Monticello plan to compete though not present. Organization meeting set for Cascade on March 31 with Milt Grawe as president and Lefty Meyers as secretary treasurer.
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Maquoketa Valley
Cascade
Anamosa
Epworth
Worthington
Dyersville
Monticello
Milt Grawe
Lefty’ Meyers
Think You're Good As A Kite Flyer in Monticello
Monticello edition invites local youngsters to enter an unofficial kite flying contest. Readers are asked to call the Express to arrange a meet on upcoming Saturdays to determine the Champ Kite Flyer.
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Monticello
the Express
Funeral Today for Mrs. Elsie Bauman Hagert
Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Bauman Hagert were held at the Goettsch funeral home and the Evangelical and Reformed church with Rev. Andrew Mast officiating. Interment followed at Oakwood cemetery. Born November 11, 1882 in Grindelwald Switzerland, she died March 24 in Milwaukee Wisconsin after a heart attack. She formerly lived on a farm near Monticello and wed Mr. Hagert on September 19, 1942. she is survived by her husband.
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Elsie Hagert
Elsie Bauman Hagert
Goettsch
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Andrew Mast
Oakwood Cemetery
Hagert
Grindelwald
Switzerland
Milwaukee
Wis
Monticello
Rites Held For Harry Wessels In Anamosa
Services were held for 15 year old Harry Wessels, killed in a Mt Vernon area auto crash last week. He was a guard on the Anamosa high school basketball team. Surviving are his parents, Rhinehart and wife, two brothers George and Bill, two sisters Clarice and Mrs John Osterkamp, and grandparents.
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Harry Wessels
Mt. Vernon
Smykil Funeral
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Riverside Cemetery
Olin
Amber
Center Junction
Anamosa
Foss Davis Proposes Aluminum Auto Plates for Iowa
Iowa weighs aluminum for 1948 license plates after steel delays. Warden Foss Davis of the Anamosa reformatory suggested aluminum plates, with Alfred W. Kahl noting the plan and the house approving year tags for 1947 plates. Aluminum would cost about 16 cents per pair versus 10 cents for steel, adding about 60 000 dollars to 1948 material costs while gear tag production awaits fuller investigation.
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Iowa
Alfred W. Kahl
Foss Davis
Reformatory
Anamosa
Iowa House
Warden Davis
Kahl
Publisher Award Honors Coxsee at Iowa Press Meet
The Iowa Press Association awarded Charles Alfred Coxsee the Publisher Award for 1947 recognizing his work at the Monticello Express. Justin Barry received citation for highway advocacy and leadership in the United States Highway 59 Association. Sadler of Pella was noted for long publishing tenure and tulip festival impact. Minnesota editor Carroll Binder spoke on Japan and Korea in 1947.
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Iowa Press Association, Inc
Charles Alfred Coxsee
Monticello Express
Justin Barry
Iowa
United States
Minnesota
Better Des Moines Committee
Carroll Binder
Minneapolis
Mrs August Hudson Buried Here Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. August Hudson 72 died at home 521 Thirty-fourth street NE Cedar Rapids were held at Beatty chapel with Rev R F Galloway presiding. Graveside rites followed at Oakwood cemetery Monticello. She was born in Bern Switzerland June 24 1875 and came to America at age seven. Survived by husband three children step mother sisters brothers and three grandchildren.
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Milwaukee
Wis
John Hasler
Monticello
Rudolph Hasler
Coggan
Chris Hasler
Iola
Godfrey Hasler
Switzerland
Anna Boss
Manchester
August Hudson
Thirty-fourth Street
Cedar Rapids
Beatty Chapel
R. F. Galloway
Kenwood Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Bern
America
Hudson
Frank Jacobs
E. T. Burke
Norman
Adee
Marion
Rose Loetscher
Mount Vernon
John Dew
Parent-Teachers Plan Meeting This Evening
The March meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association will be held this evening in the junior high assembly room of the high school. Mathematics will be the program topic presented by Miss Gertrude Smith, Mrs. Caryl Ross and Miss LaVerna Bevans. Lunch will be served in the Homemaking rooms after the meeting.
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Parent- Teacher Association
Gertrude Smith
Caryl Ross
LaVerna Bevans
Clarence Rhatigan
Velma Winkler
Ida Cass
Ruth Chisman
George Barnts
Fred Bohlken
Coe College Band Welcomes Local Sisters For Spring Tour
Alice Clark of Scotch Grove and Louise York of Monticello will play with the Coe College band on a Midwest spring tour beginning March 26. The ensemble will conduct 14 concerts ending with a Chicago performance at Orchestra Hall. Clark is a sophomore and York a freshman at Coe.
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Alice Clark
W. B. Clark
Scotch Grove
Louise York
O. E. York
Monticello
Coe College
Midwest
Chicago
Orchestra Hall
Miss Clark
Miss York
Coe
Sgt William E Marsh Receives Commendation at Scott Field
Sgt William E Marsh a mail clerk in Sqd A at Scott Field U1 received a commendation letter from W H Mc Kinney captain of the air corps. The air inspector rated the squadron as superior for February the first such rating at this field. Marsh is the son of Mrs Helen Marsh of Monticello.
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William E. Marsh
Sqd. A
Scott Field
W. H. McKinney
Air Corps
Sgt. Marsh
Helen Marsh
Monticello
Mrs John Messerli and Family Visit Monticello Saturday
Mrs John Messerli and family from Manchester were business callers in Monticello on Saturday. They visited local shops and spoke with merchants about community needs.
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John Messerli
Manchester
Monticello
Estray Black Stock Hog Recovered in Aukatins
An early notice lists a black stock hog around 300 pounds found at Aukatins and references contact with Don Hennessey. The document also notes a final report and discharge application for an administrator in Jones County with a hearing scheduled for April 11, 1947, in the district court.
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Estray
Don Hennessey
R. R
Monticello
Wwwoa
District Court
Jones County
Apri
Final report of Monticello Bank as administrator of Emma Abbuehl estate
The final report shows the Monticello State Bank as administrator of the Emma Cy Abbuehl estate, filed in Jones county Iowa with a court in Anamosa. It notes appearance opportunities to file exceptions and show cause why the port should not be approved, with a March date on the record.
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Monticello State Bank
Wow
Emma Cy Abbuehl
Anamosa
Iowa
Jones County
Josephine C Scherrer
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