Rotary Club hosts inductees and speakers at Monticello dinner
The Monticello Rotary Club welcomed Arthur Gesse James Mattiessen Billy Welter Gene Taylor Donald Siebels and John McNeilly as air corps inductees after their physicals in Des Moines. Guest OWI photographer David Eisendrath Jr covered the event. Superintendent Glenn Kinser spoke on the Philippines and its strategic role. Harold Severn joined as a new member, bringing club membership to 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Air Corps
Rotary Club
Glenn Kinser
Anamosa Public Schools
Philippines
Harold Severn
Severn Farm Supply Store
Arch Grimes
C. A. Doxsee
Rail shipments report from local yards
Nine cars of hogs shipped to Dubuque by the Dubuque Packing company are reported. Cattle shippers to Chicago include Ed Reiter one car Lawrence Burlage one car and William Stanton one car. Incoming cattle include two cars for J P Kurt Jr from Kansas City. Yeastex company sent one car of feed to Waverly New York and M Klass shipped one car of horses to Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Draft Registrants Reported by Selective Service Board
The next meeting of the Selective Service board is scheduled for Friday May 5 at 1 p.m. Five new registrants who have just turned 18 are named Ira Propst Marvin Dodge Wyoming August Monk Anamosa Francis Thomas Martelle Delbert Husmann Scotch Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Ira Propst
Marvin Dodge
Wyoming
August Monk
Anamosa
Francis Thomas
Martelle
Delbert Husmann
Scotch Grove
Marriage Licenses Issued in District Court Week
Two marriage licenses were issued this past week from the clerk of the district court. Percy Ruhl 44 and Elsie Ruhl 38 both of Anamosa wed. Donald Brunscheen 21 and Cecelia Lascak 21 both of Oxford Junction also secured licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Percy Ruhl
Elsie Ruhl
Anamosa
Donald Brunscheen
Cecelia Lasack
Oxford Junction
Birth Announcement in Monticello
A son was born April 30 at John McDonald hospital to Mr and Mrs Samuel Streis of Monticello during the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Samuel Streis
Monticello
Straka Admits Monticello In List Of Steals
Louis J. Straka and Myles Robinson confessed to Cedar Rapids police that they committed a string of breakins across eastern Iowa and western Illinois. They admitted stealing from Monticello and numerous other high schools, garages, and businesses, including Springville and Mount Vernon incidents, with cash, tools, and equipment taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Straka
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Myles Robinson
Iowa
Illinois
Mount Vernon
Springville High School
Straka
Monticello
Stanwood High School
Clarence High School
DeWitt Ford Garage
Biddick Lumber Company
Oxford Junction
West Branch High School
Belle Plaine High School
Keystone High School
Onslow
Manchester
Hopkinton
Delhi
Durant
Miles High School
Nichols High School
Mt. Vernon High School
Frosh Soph Dance Held in School Lunchroom
Freshman and sophomore classes sponsored a dance in the school lunchroom on Friday evening April 21. Dancing music provided by records. Pre School Conferences began last week with excellent attendance at Morley and Martelle. If conferences are held in your district please attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morley
Martelle
Monticello Express Wins State Typography Award
The Monticello Express was named first in typography at the Town State Press association annual session in Des Moines. The paper also earned second place in state history journalism for a piece on the Diamond creamery and similar stories. OWI photographs feature the editor and staff for a government democracy promotion magazine to be published abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Town State Press Association
Des Moines
Towa State University
Sigma Delta Chi
Journalism Fraternity
Earl English
Wilbur Schramm
School of Journalism
Express
University School of Journalism
University of Missouri At Columbia
State Historical Department
The
Decorah
Monticello Lodge of Odd Fellows
Arc
OWI
David B. Eijsendrath, Jr
U. S. Office of War Information
Monticello
the Express
Milton Leonard
Life
America
Iowa State Newspaper Association
Charles A. Coxsee
B. B. Hickenlooper
Mayor McVicker
Plow 55 Acres For Castle Grove Man
Fourteen farmers in Castle Grove township plowed 56 acres in four hours to help neighbor Cletus Goedken whose six children were sick. Participants included Steve McDonnell Francis Muller Lewis Leonard Art Webber Jerry Webber Leo Bohlken Thomas Cashman Joe Hogan Jim Brady Art Holub Lewis O’Rourke Arthur White Albert Leytem and Cyril Elenz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Township
Cletus Goedken
Goedken
Steve McDonnell
Francis Muller
Lewis Leonard
Art Webber
Jerry
Leo Bohlken
Thomas Cashman
Joe Hogan
Jim Brady
Art Holub
Lewis O’rourke
Arthur White
Albert Leytem
Cyril Elenz
Jerry Webber
Boat Owned By Gerald Rohr Stolen
Sheriff Henry Eichhorn aided Gerald Rohr in recovering a boat after a break in at Rohr's boat house. The vessel was stolen on Sunday and found tied to the riverbank near the old slaughter house on Maquoketa River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Rohr
Henry Eichhorn
Maquoketa River
Rohr
New Insulation Jobs Listed in Cedar Rapids Area
The Mid-West Insulation Company of Cedar Rapids reports recent complete insulation installations at several sites including Frank J. Turnis Herman J. Welter Florian Becker Gerke W Bohiken and the Farmers Co operative Creamery office building in Sand Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-West Insulation Company of
Cedar Rapids
Frank J. Turnis
Herman J. Welter
Florian Becker
Gerke W. Bohiken
Farmers Co-operative Creamery Office
Sand Springs
Public Invited By Lions Club To Program
The Monticello Lions club sponsors a Camp Fire program in the community building Monday night May 8 at 8. Mrs. Wilson Fernon president Cedar Rapids Camp Fire council and Mrs. John Battin Camp Fire executive will speak. Monticello Camp Fire girls perform and Camp Huaga films will be shown as part of the club’s girls and boys program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Lions Club
Wilson Fernon
Cedar Rapids
Conservation Group To Meet May 11 In Monticello
The Monticello Conservation group will meet in the community building on Thursday May 11 at 7 30 p m The entertainment committee has arranged a movie and serves hot dogs and coffee Bingo will close the evening A large crowd is expected Freshman homemaking class members study vitamins and minerals and will present class reports on the topic before moving to lunch planning and preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Conservation Group
Monticello Board Elects Two Teachers for Next Year
The Monticello board of education elected Donald R. Eells Cedar Falls high school principal and social science teacher and E Ione Smith Lisbon instrumental music teacher to join the staff for the upcoming school year. Eells taught social science at Belle Plaine and earned a 1941 BA from Iowa State Teachers College. Smith, a Cornell college graduate, taught music in Rudd Zearing and Jesup and played trombone in ensembles. The board also chose 200 clerks and judges from the state for the June 5 primary election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Belle Plaine
Eells
S E. Ione Smith
Lisbon
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Miss Smith
Rudd, Zearing
Jesup
Oratorio Society
Board of Supervisors
Loren Cramer Speaks on WOI War Program
Loren Cramer a senior in agronomy at Iowa State College Ames spoke on WOI Tuesday May 2 at 5 30 p m on Iowa State Goes to War He discussed agronomy work and career prospects with Dr Pierre head of the department and Charles Hutchecroft Mediapolis Also shaped by the regular WOI feature narrated by Tone McNay airing Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays at 6 30 p m describing training in college departments and their war effort relation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Cramer
Iowa State College
Ames
WOI
Iowa State
F. C. Cramer
Monticello
Division of Agriculture
Department of Agronomy
Cramer
Dr. Pierre
Charles Hutchecroft
Mediapolis
Tone McNay
Lee Building Sold in Monticello to Lambert Couple
The Hiram S. Lee estate building on East First Street was sold last week to Ralph C. and Mrs. Asa P. Lambert. Immediate possession was given. The new owners plan a billiard parlor in the front and the Monticello Shoppers Guide will occupy the rear. This is the first First Street sale since the Hogan building change hands and leaves only one empty building in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram S. Lee
East First Street
Ralph C
Asa P. Lambert
Gamble
Monticello Shoppers Guide
First Street
Hogan
Missing Lt. Steiner Sought After Flight From Victoria Texas
Mr and Mrs Arthur Steiner receive notice that their son Lt Stanley Steiner 19 is missing from his post at Matagorda Peninsula Bombing Range Foster Field Victoria Texas after a local flight on Tuesday April 25 at 9 25 am search parties have searched a wide area 125 miles with no trace of wreckage feared to have crashed into the Gulf of Mexico Steiner a 1942 Hopkinton High School graduate and Iowa State College attendee enlisted in the air corps in 1942 and was commissioned in 1944 serving as an aerial gunnery instructor at Matagorda Peninsula. He is survived by his parents two sisters Ruth and Dorothy Mae and a brother Vernon a navy chief petty officer serving in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Steiner
Stanley Steiner
Matagorda Peninsula
Foster Field
Victoria
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Steiner
Hopkinton
Iowa State College
Ames
Air Corps
Kansas City
San Antonio
Greenville
Stanford
Tex
Monticello Rotary backs Boy Scout movement
At a Monday meeting the Monticello Rotary club voted to sponsor the Boy Scout movement in Monticello. About 42 public school boys aged 12 to 15 signaled interest, with Sacred Heart parochial pupils also likely to join. Carl Schneider of Hutchinson Ice Cream will be scoutmaster, with an assistant to be found. A summer fundraising plan will support the effort to establish Scouting on a firm footing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Carl Schneider
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
Monticello Wins Eight Musical Honors at Vinton Meet
Monticello earned eight firsts and ten seconds at the eastern Iowa music contest in Vinton on April 20 drawing about 1200 contestants from 125 schools. Monticello students won in multiple categories including soprano, mezzo soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, bass solos, madrigal, and various ensembles with strong showings by Marilee Matthiessen Janis Grimes and Gene Kuehl among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Gene Kuehl
John McNeilly
Dave Walker
Charles Wygeh
Corned
Ilelen Gerdes
McLaughlin Reappointed Conciliation Commissioner in Jones County
Glen J. McLaughlin of Anamosa was reappointed conciliation commissioner for Jones County by an order of Federal Judge Henry N. Graven filed in Cedar Rapids. The new term runs until April 27, 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen J. McLaughlin
Anamosa
Jones County
Henry N. Graven
Cedar Rapids
Odd Fellows Mark 150th Anniversary With Monticello Parade
The 150th anniversary celebration of Odd Fellows in spring includes a historic April 26 1494 parade in Monticello with 29 lodge delegations eight bands and a large crowd. Grand Master F W Evans and local officers led a day of ceremonies initiatory work and speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Monticello
W. A. Doran
A. M. Loomis
Wyoming
D. A. Kramer
Anamosa
Towa City
Iowa City
Norway
Strawberry Point
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Independence
Delaware
Canton
Manchester
Delhi
Marion
Earlville
Hopkinton
Springville
Tipton
Oxford
Orlando B. Rundle
John A. Doutrick
T. R. Breanbrack
G. W. Eastwood
Mount Vernon Odd Fellows
Osceola Lodge of
F. W. Evans
John Shover
Tobias Hanken
Charles Rolls
Clarence Stoneking
Dean Weeds
Rolland Dietz
Harley Stoneking
Darrell Blayney
John Egger
Harold Tedrow
Fred Aldrich
Henry Che
Reformatory Report Praises Anamosa Warden Davis
R W Nebergall chief of the bureau of investigation presented a report to Governor Hickenlooper lauding Warden Poss Davis for managing the state reformatory through a triesome period. The inquiry notes public support in Anamosa and Jones county and criticizes the reformatories program as unsteady, while urging reforms and approval of recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Nebergall
Bureau of Investigation
B.B. Hickenlooper
Port
Poss Davis
Nederpall
Anamosa
Jones County
Warden Davis
Reformatory
Mrs Gerd Weers Dies in Monticello Rites Saturday
Mrs. Gerd Weers died yesterday in Monticello after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at St Matthew's Lutheran church on Saturday at 2 p.m. Interment will be at Zion Lutheran cemetery Wayne township. She was born Anna Harms in Repsholt Germany June 16 1860 and married Gerd Weers February 19 1885. They had eight children and are survived by 23 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. The couple retired in 1918 and moved to Monticello in 1922 living on Orange street. Primary lifelong Lutheran member. Rural and public schools in Jones county to close May 5 and Monticello public school May 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerd Weers
Monticello
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Wayne Township
Weers
Anna Harms
Repsholt
Germany
America
John H. Harms
C. Mardorf
Zion Lutheran Church
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Rotary
Davis
Castle Grove
Lions Club
Lee
Mrs. Steiner
Ruth
Dorothy Mae
Vernon
Navy
South
Pacific
Nebergall
Anamosa Prison
Ggv
Hickenlooper
Monti
Vinton
Madrigal
Gail Huibregtse
Claire Shannon
Jiunis Grimes
Marilee Matthiessen
Abiail Banghart
Hildegard Kehren
Irma Schoen
Ellen First
Donaye
Janis Grimes
Lillian Freese
Jane Stuhtler
Jean Bender
Abigail Banghart
Arlene Klagen
Colleen Maire
Donna Beth Aitchison
Jane Soles
Charles Kreeb
Dick Sutherland
Janus
Grimes
McLaughlin
J. W. Coxsee
Eastern District Association
Independent Order of Iowa
Odd Fellowship
Oriy
England
O. R. Ricker
First
Cedar Streets
Cedar Street
Zimmerman’s
C. B. Rundle
C. A. Coxsee
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