Rites for Catherine Maurice Former County Schools Superintendent
Funeral services were held Saturday for Catherine Kate Maurice 89 former Jones County superintendent of schools. She died March 27 after a long illness. Born July 30 1868 near Langworthy she taught in Ames Des Moines Wisconsin and other towns before serving 12 years as county superintendent. Survived by a sister and a brother with several nieces and nephews. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine
Kate) Maurice
Jones County
Mar
Goettseh Funeral Home
Kirby Wahl
Maurice
John McDonald Hospital
Miss Maurice
Langworthy
Nicholas
Mary Walsh Maurice
Monticelia
Ames
Des Moines
Wisconsin
Congregational Church
Cola Bowie
Robert Maurice
Quincy
Oakwood
Monticello Community Calendar and Local Notices
Monticello minutes list events from April 1 to 7 including Masonic, 4-H finals, unemployment and social service visits, Easter vacation start, NRA and gun club meetings, AA, Navy and Marine recruiters, and Good Friday store hours. Local births and recent court fines note Monticello Cascade Oxford Junction announcements and notices from Justice of the Peace Max McCrabb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max McCrabb
Monticello Justice of the Peace
Donald A. Hessing
Monticello
Frank Shimanek
D. V. Holub
Durward D. Baade
West Union
Lynn Roller
Garret W. Cass
Anthony L. Hughes
la Motte
Iowa
John Caspers Dies of Heart Attack on Farm
John G. Caspers 68 of Castle Grove township died after a heart attack on his Monticello area farm. Last rites were held at St. Matthew Lutheran church with Rev. Arnold Schlueter officiating. Committal at Oakwood cemetery followed. Caspers served in World War I and is survived by his wife Mary and two daughters, four grandchildren, three sisters and four brothers. Easter vacations for Monticello public schools run Apr 2 to Apr 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Caspers
Castle Grove Township
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Arnold Schlueter
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Caspers
Monticello
John Gerhard Caspers
Scotch Grove
Andrew and
Jetta Husmann Caspers
Mary Barrack
Caspers
Marvin
Mable) Oltmann
Hopkinton
Gilbert
Lois) Hearn
Michael
Katie) Tobiason
Lena Mardorf
Alva
Margaret) Stadtmueller
Peter
Anamosa
Tobe
Henry
Fred
New Cars and Trucks from Courthouse Records
Courthouse records list new vehicle entries including Mar 21 Leo M Chapman Monticello Ford John G Eden Monticello Ford William or Belle Allen Anamosa Chevrolet Mar 22 Harold or Laurabe Healy Anamosa Dodge Clyde N Price Anamosa Ford JohnG Wittengle Monticello Ford Mar 24 Charles B Holcomb Anamosx Chevrolet Wallis Mohrman Oxford Junction ord Mar 25 William Heye Wessels Center Junction Chevrolet
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo M. Chapman
Monticello
Ford
John G. Eden
William Or Belle Allen
Anamosa
Chevrolet
Harold Or
Laurabe Healy
Dodge
Clyde N. Price
Johng. Wittengle
Charles B. Holcomb
Anamosx
Wallis ©. Mohrman
Oxford Junction
Ord
William Heye Wessels
Center Junction
Third GOP Candidate Enters Four Way County Treasurer Race
Jones County reports the third Republican filing for county treasurer as Kay Simmerson of Olin gains nomination papers from County Auditor George Specht. She joins Gene Taylor of Monticello and Mrs Roscoe Easterly, with Eileen Mitchell also seeking a Democrat post in Monticello. Filing closes Apr 8 for state and county offices ahead of the June 2 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
George Specht
Olin
Gene Taylor
Monticello
Roscoe Easterly
Eileen Mitchell
Henry Adams
Iowa
Congress
General Assembly
Russell Eldred
Anamosa
Thomas Stimpson
Henry QO. Talle
Decorah
Len Wolf
Elkader
Hale Man Dies in Crash Near Baldwin Wyoming
Funeral services for Cornelius Paulsen 66 Hale were held Friday after dying from injuries after a March 24 crash 1/2 mile east of Baldwin on highway 64 a tire blow out caused the 1950 sedan to leave the road. He died Tuesday night at Jackson county hospital Maquoketa. His wife 61 suffered lacerations but released. Daughter in car not injured. He was born 1891 in Germany came to US 1907 and worked on farms and Milwaukee railroad. Surviving wife six children three brothers and thirteen grandchildren.
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Wyoming
Cornelius Paulsen
Hale
Baldwin
Jackson County
Wallace Brothers Funeral Home
Highway 64
Paulsen
Maquoketa
Don Krutzfield
Anamiosa
F. E. Somerville
Onslow
Walter Sullivan
Kenneth Lindley
Robert Petersen
Alfred Moore
Bredstedt
Schleswig- Holstein
Germany
United States
Tony Bernick
Wyoming Presbyterian Church
Milwaukee Railroad
Richard
Mery) Krutzfield
Center Junction
Donald
Mable) K
Names Drawn for Petit Jury Duty in Jones County
Jones county district court has drawn 55 residents for April term petit jury duty. Report to Clerk Leigh Pearson at 10 am on Apr 21. Names include Monticello residents Bertha Beard Helen Barrack Jake Gesse and others from Lisbon Martelle Oxford Junction Scotch Grove Onslow Wyoming Cascade and more.
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Jones County
Leigh Pearson
Jones County District Court
Pearson
Monticello
Bertha Beard
Helen Barrack
Jake Gesse
William Tints
Mate Holub
Lavern Jessen
Evelyn Jones
Lestie Linn
Jack Mettler
Bernice Phelps
John Shover
Loretta Speeht
Zelma Stahlberg
Charlene Sutton
Aramosi
Joln Andresen
Rah Barnes
Genevieve Braun
Lloyd Darrow
Henry Eden
Grace Hinrighsen
Joe Holub
Brisk Jones County License Sales Kick Off Season
The 1958 fishing and hunting licenses arrived in Jones County records. Sales started brisk though season opens April 1. First 20 licenses list buyers from Anamosa Mechanicsville Oxford Junction Center Junction Wheatland and surrounding towns with prices: fishing two dollars hunting two dollars and combined three fifty. Licenses also available outside the recorder’s office in Anamosa Monticello and Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Jones County Recorder
Bess E. Sherman
A. Ray Fairbanks
Anamosa
William Custis
John C. Dauber
Mechanicsville
Harry Capron
William R. Larson
Recorder's Office
Watertfield
Custis Grocery
Pony’s Sport
Monticello
Kids Easter Egg Hunt Saturday at Pool Park
The Greater Monticello committee sponsors a free Easter egg hunt Saturday near the swimming pool. Three classes will compete for eggs: pre school, kindergarten and first grade, and second and third graders. Carroll Vaughn, chair of the special days committee, says the event starts at 2 p.m. with adult supervision and plenty of eggs and special prizes.
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Greater Monticello
Carroll Vaughn
G.m.sc
Anamosa to Host Cancerama April 18 at High School
The Jones County Cancer Society and the Order of the Eastern Star sponsor a Cancerama at Anamosa High School on April 18. Cedar Rapids physicians discuss cancer and an educational film "The Other City" will be shown. Monticello students Ron Burrichter and Carla Folkers earned division I ratings in the state high school speech contest in Grinnell. Judy McDonald earned division II.
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Anamosa
Monti
Jones County Cancer Society
Order of the Eastern Star
Monticello
A. R. Embree
County Cancer Education
Cedar Rapids
Ron Burrichter
Carla Folkers
Monticello High School
Grinnell Mar
Miss Folkers
Burrichter
Judy McDonald
Rev. Kehren Dies of Heart Attack in Iowa
Reverend Frederick H. Kehren 70 longtime Wayne Zion Lutheran pastor died of a heart attack while leaving a farm home. Funeral services were conducted at Wayne Zion and St. John Lutheran in St Donatus with multiple pastors assisting. He served 40 years in the ministry and led Wayne Zion through major enlargements and a $10,000 pipe organ installation. He is survived by four daughters seven grandchildren and a sister-in-law.】
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Frederick H. Kehren
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
J. P. Willis
Monticello
William R. Barrack
Maxfield
Clara Randeck
Germany
University of Basel
Switzerland
Wartburg Seminary
Dubuque
United States
Iowa Synod
F. Lutz
C. A. Wiederraedners
Massbech
Elizabeth
William Adix
Jubilee
George Vollmer
Milwaukee
Carl Remboldt
Chicago
Westburg
Jesup
Lamotte
St. Donatus
Wayne Township
Wayne Church
Kehren
Wayne Zion Lutheran
William Kehrens
Duesseldorf
Alvina Linden
Duisburg-Meiderich
Wayne Zion
Donald
Johanna) Dannemann
Muscatine
Richard
Lois) Barrack
Plainfield
Clifford
Hildegard) Jansen
Cedar Rapids
Thomas
Clara) Bavis
Florence Heer
Kehrens
Arnold Schlueter
Rich
Catholic Students To Participate In Music Festival
Three parochial schools in the Express area Monticello Sacred Heart Cascade St Martin's and Cascade St Mary's will join about 1400 high school students for the 1958 Dubuque Archdiocesan high school music festival on Friday April 25 at the Hippodrome Waterloo. A Solemn Pontifical Mass at 730 p m by Archbishop Leo Binz will highlight the day with three massed choruses performing medieval renaissance and baroque sacred works conducted by Rev John Reed Rev William Clark and Rev Alois May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Monticello
John Reed
Cedar Rapids
William Clark
Dyersville
Alois May
Marshalltown
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Kate’ Maurice
Catherine Maurice
Barns Ledge
Farmers Home Administration
Legion
Legion Hall
Rebekah Lodge
Oddfellows Hall
Courthouse
National Rifle Association
Eleectric
Sacred Heart Ladies
Gordon Hardware
St Luke's Methodist Church
Navy
Ray Nagel
Muar
George Kramer
Cascade
Stanley Coon
Mercy Hospital
Imer Schaaff Mar
Maquoketa Hospital
Justice Court
John Caspers
Boyd Shannon
Courthouse Records
Harm Dirks
Glen Adams
Wallace Nehi
Chauncey Robinson
Roy Reuter
Alvin Bleadorn
Neil French Fries
Bleadorn
Louis Schneider
Bill
Margherita Tarr
Iowa State College
Maxine Hunt
Joe E. Legg
Miss Tarr
Walter Heath
Robert von Spreecken
Heath
Emil Paulsen
Jack Stingley
Center
GOP
Kay) Simmerman
United Brethren Church
Republican Central Committee
American Legion Auxiliary
Harold Henseh
Eulalie Rohwedder
Hilda Starry
Lester Wright
Rose Barnts
Harm Harms
Ea Larkey
John Snyder
William Quirk
Arend Balster
Leslie Balster
Henry K
Recorder
Beryl
Larson
John Williams
E. Y. Hubbard
Will Ireland
Henry Schafer
Howard Dragoo
George Stankee
Wheatland
Frank Kuthavy
Julia Benhart
Louie Holzinger
Emma Burda
Otho Hughes
Emma Kostal
Pool Park
Rev
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Gerhard Bunge
Arnold Sommers
Bellevue
St. John Cemetery
Rev. Henhren
Eschweiler By
Aachen, Germany
Jrederick Kehren
Ard Baur
Richard Zellmer
Castle Grove
Carl Mardorf
James Siefkes
Robert Ahrens
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