Monticello City Election Sees Quiet Victory for Citizens Ticket
Monticello held its biennial city election last Monday March 28 with 356 electors voting. The Citizens ticket won the mayor treasurer assessor and most council seats while two wards selected new council members Karl M Keyes and William Netcott. The new council will meet April 4 to be sworn in and act as board of review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Citizens
H. A. Hoag
Frank Hayden
Fred D. McLaughlin
Paul T. Schuetz
Henry H. Schoon
Z. A. Graves
E. W. Brashaw
Karl M. Keyes
Willam Netcott
William Shelley
C. J. Matthiessen
Board of Review
E.W. Brashaw
Ellen Mae First Wins Cake Baking Contest
Ellen Mae First won the Express Cooking school cake baking contest held last week. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William First and received a box of stationery. Judges praised appearance frosting and taste with Miss Clara Palmer judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Mae
The
Express Cooking School
Ellen Mae First
William First
Cooking School
Janann ‘Schweitzer
Gail Huibregtse
Rebecca Grimes
Princess Theater
Clara Palmer
Monticello Public Schools
Aebi Family Hosts Farewell Dinner for Barry Family
Mr and Mrs Rudolph Aebi entertained last weekend with a family dinner in Cedar Rapids. Attending were their daughter Mary and Rose Spurrier, Mrs W E Shipe and daughter Helen, Mrs Hannah Aebi and Capt W E Barry with son Billy, plus Fred Steffen of Dubuque. Capt Barry, stationed at Fort Benning, will transfer to the Panama Canal. the gathering served as a farewell for the couple and their son before their Charleston sailing April 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Aebi
Mary
Harold Spurrier
Spurrier
Rose
W. T. Shipe
Shipe
Helen
Cedar Rapids
W.E
Hannah Aebi
Capt
W. E. Barry
Billy
Barry
Fort Benning
Georgia
Panama Canal
Charleston
South Carolina
Aebi
Fred Steffen
Dubuque
Safety Council Meeting Set for Anamosa
This week's safety council gathering will take place tonight in the Jones county courthouse community room Anamosa as part of a countywide series to bolster the safety council organization.
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Safety Council
Anamosa
Jones County Court House
Monticello Wins Five Superiors at Sub-district Contest
Monticello students earned five superior ratings and six excellent marks at the Anamosa sub district music contest. Two locals entered 14 events with the mixed chorus, girls glee club, girls sextet, mixed quartet, and Wilbur Coxsee’s oboe solo earning superiors. Excellent awards went to the high school band woodwind quintet boys glee club Glenn Gerdes bass horn solo Margaret Olive Deischer flute solo and Merce Nichols soprano.
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Monticello
Anamosa
T'wo
Dubuque
Wilbur Coxsee
Glenn Gerdes
Margaret Olive Deischer
Merce Nichols
Mrs John Nelson Dies in Monticello After Illness
Mrs John Nelson died at her family home in Monticello after a long illness. Funeral services were held at 2 PM at the home with Rev William J Grossheim presiding. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery. She was born Ada Cunningham October 9 1857 in Freeport Illinois and lived much of her life in Castle Grove and Jones Linn counties. She taught in local rural schools and married John Nelson November 2 1875. Survived by a daughter Miss Ina Nelson two infant sons preceded her in death.
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John Nelson
Monticello
Wm. J. Grossheim
Presbyterian Church
Frank Walker
Oakwood Cemetery
Nelson
Freeport, Ill
Ada Cunningham
Waubeek
Jones and Linn
Ina Nelson
Class Of Nineteen Young People To Be Confirmed
A Wayne Zion Lutheran church confirmation will take place next Sunday April 3 for a class of 19 children and three adults. The list includes Nadine Oltmanns Berdena Prull Luella Soper Velda Rickels Dorothy Prull Helen Husmann Pauline Otten Wanda Siebels Pauline Siebels Dorothy Danneman Willis Zimmerman Louis Osterkamp George Folkers Robert Gerdes Richard Antons Raymond Antons John Theil en Allen Poppe Alva Bunting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Nadine Matilda Oltmanns
Berdena Margaret Prull
Luella Matilda Soper
Velda Maxine Rickels
Dorothy Marie Prull
Helen Margaret Husmann
Pauline Otten
Wanda Margaret Ann Siebels
Pauline Mae Siebels
Dorothy Frances Danneman
Willis Ralph Zimmerman
Louis le Roy Osterkamp
George William Folkers
Robert John Gerdes
Noted Pianist Daehler to Head Coe Concert With Band
Prof. Max Daehler head of Coe College piano department will appear with the Coe Military band at Monti Cello High School on Wednesday morning April 6 at 9 as part of a 12 stop spring tour. He will perform Weber Concertstuk piano concerto with band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Max Daehler
Coe
Coe College
Monticello High School
Stanley Vesely
Daehler
Weber
Conservatory of
Geneva
Switzerland
Bernard Stavenhagen
Litz
Berlin
Munich
Rudolph Ganz
Pian
Ganz
Beethoven
Debussy
Leo Courtemanche
Jaroslav Chimera
Chicago
Roy Ricklefs
Rex Ricklefs
Rainbow Girls To Hold First Assembly In Monticello
The Rainbow Girls plan their first assembly Thursday April 7 at 7 30 p m with a regular business meeting. Advisory board Eastern Star and Masonic members are invited. They will attend union church services April 6 and hear Rev Grossheim speak.
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Rainbow Girls
Monticello
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Fraternity
Methodist Episcopal Church
Monticello Country Club Opens Season April 7
The Monticello Country Club will open on Thursday evening April 7 with a dinner and entertainment at the clubhouse. The board of trustees and their wives lead the opening party as the 1938 season begins, with golf already underway and plans for numerous tournaments and committees announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Country Club
Carl Hodson
H. I. Rodman
Riess Stuhler
B. ©. Roberts
William Shaffer
L. J. Swift
J. H. Fraser
Milton Thoent
Gene Byers
Ben Roberts
Bill Shaffer
Milton Thornton
Dr. Swift
A. Coxsee
J. E. Helserman
T. M. Redmond
B. C. Roberts
Swift
Royal Rodman Sings With A Cappella Choir
Mount Vernon residents heard Royal Rodman sing in a home concert by the a cappella choir his son belongs to. The group of 49 voices begins a ten day Iowa Minnesota tour with 13 stops, two days in Minneapolis and a WCCO radio broadcast at 6 30 p m. Monticello residents are urged to listen on WCCO next Saturday evening.
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Harry S. Rodman
Mount Vernon
Royal Rodman
Iowa
Minnesota
Minneapolis
WCCO
Monticello
Death of John J Rueger A Davenport assembler
John J Rueger died last Friday after a six month illness. Born June 8 1879 in Switzerland he moved to Monticello at age three and to Davenport in 1901. He married Adelia Stender in 1903 and leaves a widow two daughters a son a sister and seven grandchildren. He was a member of Modern Woodmen of America Camp 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Rueger
Red Jacket Pump Company
Davenport
Jacob Rueger
John C. Rueger
Monticello
Mr. Rueger
Switzerland
United States
Adelia Stender
Rueger
Modern Woodmen of America
Iowa Trout Season Opens April 1 With 8 Daily Catch Limit
Iowa’s trout season begins Friday April 1 from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily for brown rainbow and brook trout with a seven inch minimum length. Resident licenses cost $1 for 16 and older, $1.50 for combined hunting and fishing. non residents pay $1 for six days or $3 longer. Stocked streams near Cascade and Backbone Park are noted, and new minnow seining rules begin May 15.
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Iowa
Bess Sherman
Spring Branch
Backbone Park
Farmer Creek
Cascade
Community Conservation League
State Conservation Commission
Des Moines
Towa
Engelbart Couple Marks Fifty Years of Marriage
Mr and Mrs Fred Engelbart celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their Fort Dodge home on March 4 with seven children and families attending. The couple, married in 1888 after meeting in Monticello, have lived on farms near Monticello and Pomeroy before settling in Fort Dodge. Mr Engelbart, born in 1865 in Germany, serves as caretaker of St Pauls Lutheran Church and School, and will soon observe 25 years in that role.
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Fred Engelbart
Pede Fort
Fort Dodge
Engelbart
Anna Beecher
Will Engelbart
Kansas City
George Gaylor
Davenport
Walter Engelbart
Don Stearns
Okoboji
Matilda
Fred Jr
Chicago
Monticello
Julia Grumm
Germany
United States
Pomeroy
St. Paul's
Comin’ And Goin’ From The McDonald Hospital
Reports list new admissions at John McDonald hospital for the past week including Mrs. Hinrichs Center Junction and several Hopkinton residents. Discharges include Mrs. March and baby and others. Births favored male in Monticello Masonville and Cascade with three newborn boys.
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John McDonald Hospital
John Hinrichs
Center Junction
Anna Pfeifer
Hopkinton
Frank Wilson
Ahike Tobiason
Monticello
Thomas Supple
Coggan
William Murray
Robert Bohlken
Charles Hayward
Robert March
John Coder
Rosemary Gray
Minnie Adamson
George Kremer
Steve McDowell
Archie Payne
S. J. Soppe
Leo Chapman
Masonville
Dolphin
Cascade
New Garden Club Formed In Monticello
A group of garden enthusiasts met at Mrs. Henry Carpenter's home on March 21 to form a garden club. Officers named: Honorary president Mrs. Carpenter. president Mrs. John Matthiessen. vice presidents Mrs. John H. Fraser and Mrs. T. M. Redmond. secretary Mrs. E. H. Huibregtse. corresponding secretary and treasurer Mrs. John Locher. More information promised soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Carpenter
John Matthiessen
John H. Fraser
T. M. Redmond
E. H. Huibregtse
John Locher
Robert Stewart Rynerson Dies at Home Near Monticello
Robert Stewart Rynerson, 1919 2026 born in Moline Illinois died yesterday afternoon at his Monticello home two miles north. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Vernon Rynerson and brother of Donald. Private funeral will be held Friday April 1 at 2 pm at the family home with Rev George Woodall officiating and Oakwood cemetery burial.
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Robert Stewart Rynerson
Vernon Rynerson
Monticello
Moline
Ill
Rynerson
Donald
George Woodall
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oakwood Cemetery
New Date For Driver's License Exams Is Set
Examinations for driver's licenses in Jones county will be held at the county courthouse in Anamosa on Mondays under a new schedule from Horace Tate acting commissioner of the Iowa Motor Vehicle department. The patrolman will be at the courthouse map as on the last day. In Delaware county exams will be held at Manchester on Saturdays.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Horace Tate
Motor Vehicle Department of
Iowa
Delaware County
Manchester
One License To Wed Issued This Week In Monticello
County Clerk Lee Byerly issued one marriage license since the last publication. Applicants were Byron Thompson, 29, and Ruth Rynerson, 29, both of Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Byerly
Byron Thompson
Ruth Rynerson
Monticello
Hybrid Corn Meeting In Monticello And Onslow
A meeting on hybrid seed corn will be held in Monticello on April 1 at 1 30 PM in the high school manual training room. E S Dyas from Town State college will lead with discussion on buying hybrid seed corn and college experiment results. A second meeting with Dyas at 8 PM will take place Friday at the Community hall in Onslow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
S. Dyas
Town State College
Dyas
Onslow
Community Event Calendar Items Listed
Tonight the Red Cross holds its annual meeting at the public library at 7 30. On April 6 Union Lenten services are at the Methodist church. Also on April 6 Coe College band will give a concert in the high school auditorium at 9 00 a m. A safety council meeting is scheduled in the high school building.
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Red Cross
Coe College
Safety Council
Homestead Credit Check Received by Jones County
The Homestead Credit check for Jones County representing the first half of the year has been received totaling 50650.05 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Auto junkyards as graveyards for wrecked cars
The piece condemns auto junk yards as sites of waste that endanger property and lives. It cites traffic accidents costing over a billion and a half dollars in a single year, framing the bill as a heavy burden from careless indifference.
Air Mail Week Observed In Monticello May 15 21
Monticello will observe National Air Mail Week May 15 to 21 with a local committee led by Mayor F. D. McLaughlin. The executive group includes Postmaster Dr. Mark F. Hogan as chairman and NM. E. Thoens as vice chairman and treasurer.
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Monticello
F. D. McLaughlin
Mark F. Hogan
NM. E. Thoens
A. Coxsee
C. H. Landis
Sam Rhatigan
A. B. Grimes
Boyd Shannon
Martha Meyer
Roy L. Corbin
E. Locher
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Henry Helms
Boy Scouts
Kenneth Fuller
J. H. Fraser
Iowa Electric Refinishing Second Floor Work Begins
Work on the second floor of the Iowa Electric building has started under William Netcott. Offices will be set up for Dr. Asa P. Lambert, dentist, and Karl M. Keyes, optometrist, with specialized designs and new equipment for their professions. The completed second floor aims to match the first floor’s pleasing appearance and credit to Mosticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Netcott
Iowa Electric
Asa P. Lambert
Karl M. Keyes
Mosticello
Car Owners Report On Delinquent Licenses
People with delinquent car licenses are reporting them as stored wrecked or for new licenses. A total of 240 reported during the past week. Two new cars were licensed from Monticello: Carl Winkler Ford V-8 and A M Orcutt Ford V-8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Carl Winkler
A. M. Orcutt
Maquoketa Hotel Owner Leonard Wherry Dies
Leonard Wherry 42 died at 6 p m Sunday of pneumonia. A World War II veteran, he managed his father’s hotel The Decker since August 1. He is survived by his wife and son John A Green, a Democratic candidate for state commerce commissioner in the June primaries. Green, born near Stone City, is son of the late John A Green who developed Stone City quarry and built the Green mansion once hosting the Iowa art colony.
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Leonard Wherry
Maquoketa
Wherry
John A. Green
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Stone City
Green
Iowa
LeRoy Farmer Speaks at Monticello Rotary Club
LeRoy Farmer and Carl Hodson former Monticello Rotary members were guests last Monday evening. Farmer showed several reels of colored movies from his recent trip to the Hawaiian islands. The pictures drew favorable comment and interest from attendees.
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LeRoy Farmer
Carl Hodson
Monticello
Express Cooking School Draws 1725 in Three Days
The 1938 Express cooking school ended Friday at the public school gym after three sessions led by Frances Speidel home economist of Des Moines. About 1725 attendees, including men women and children, filled seats with gifts drawn by Nancy Grimes. Demonstrations by Mrs Speidel aided by Mrs Rose Hines and Mrs Charles Ritchie of Monticello.
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Express Cooking School
Frances Speidel
Home Economist
Des Moines
Express Cooking Schools
Nancy Grimes
Lester Schofield
The
Express
William R Weir Dies in Lusk Wyoming After Car Crash
William R Weir a Davenport insurance executive and longtime public servant died in Lusk Wyoming from injuries suffered in a car crash 40 miles north of Lusk on March 15. He was born February 14 1871 in Davenport and is survived by two daughters Mrs Edward Bowman and Mrs Thomas Brett, sisters and brothers, with funeral at Trinity Cathedral Davenport.
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William R. Weir
Davenport
Lusk
Wyoming
Monticello
Billy” Weir
William
Melissa Weir
Weir
Jessie Davison
Wen
Davenport School Board
Greater Davenport Commission
Union Savings Bank
Edward Bowman
Sterling, Tl
Thomas
Mary Weir Logan) Brett
Chappaqua
New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
William Fairburn
Cascade
I. L. Sears
Samuel S. Weir
Nevada
Iowa
Robert Weir
Trinity Cathedral
Rowland F. Phillbrook
Oakdale
Isaac Weir Sears
Lewis Don Sears
Archie Macomber
Thomas Kingsley Jr
James Craton
Frank Weir
Scotch Grove Women Hold Final Meeting On Floor Coverings
Thursday's Home Project Farm Bureau leaders gathered at Mrs. Raymond Naylor's home in Scotch Grove. Miss Nora Workman of Ames presented floor coverings and home furnishing work to women from five townships. Achievement day will be held in Onslow on April 27.
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Home Project Farm Bureau
Raymond Naylor
Scotch Grove
Nora Workman
Ames
Onslow
Denison Woman Seeks State Secretary Nomination
Mrs. Raymond P. Conner of Denison Iowa announces her candidacy for the republican nomination for secretary of state in the June primaries. She is a lifelong Iowan, wife of Denison Review publisher Raymond P. Conner, and daughter in law of the late Congressman J P Conner. She has led community service roles with the P T A Red Cross and county relief work and holds church and DAR affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond P. Conner
Denison
Iowa
Conner
Council Bluffs
Denison Review
J. P. Conner
Congress
Old Tenth District
Denison Parent-Teacher Association
Red Cross
Crawford County
Emergency Relief Committee
One County
Protestant Episcopal Church
Trinity Episcopal Church of
Society of Daughters of the American Revolution
Ducreef
Denison Post American Legion Auxiliary
Sinclair Super Service Gets New Proprietors on Main Street
Frank Richardson and his son Verdie Richardson completed a lease deal to take over the Sinclair Super Service station on Main street. They will assume possession Friday, April 1, succeeding Clark brothers as operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Richardson
Verdie Richardson
Sinclair
Jones County Jail Emptying Sparks Debate
All cells in the Jones County jail have been empty for a week. The community ponders whether there is truly no crime or if a storm is brewing.
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Jones County
Myrtle Donnelly Granted Jury Verdict for 3750
In Cedar Rapids Mrs Myrtle Donnelly won a civil case against John Morse of Wyoming after a 3.5 hour jury deliberation. The verdict awarded 3750 to the plaintiff who sought 15000 in damages for injuries from being struck by Morse’s car while crossing a Cedar Rapids street 14 months ago. Foreman Wm. Shelley led the jury before Judge H C Ring of Cedar Rapids.
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Myrtle Donnelly
Cedar Rapids
John Morse
Wyoming
Mrs. Donnelly
Mr. Morse
Donnelly
Morse
Jones County
Wm. Shelley
Monticello
H. C. Ring
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Keyes
Brashaw
Mrs. R. Aebi
Spirit Lake
Okoboji Lakes
Storm Lake
Mississippi
Missouri
Yarmouth
Lake Machride
Wapello
Upper
Keomah
Lake Keomah
Pine Lake
McDonald Hospital
New Garden Club
Daffy Peis
Air Mail Week
the Express
Monticello Greenhouses
Iowa Electric Company
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Clinton Corn Products Company
Iverson Furniture Store
the Smartwear
Shomont Dairy
Stuhlers
Stuhler’s Ready-To Wear
Colonial Baking Company
KC. Baking Powder Company
Long's Department Store
Locher and Locher
McNeill Hardware
Joe's Beauty Shop
Goudy’s Cafe
First
Wm. R. Wier
Lusk, Wyoming
Sec
Ray P. Conner
Sinclair Super Service
Joes County
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