Hospital Births and New Auto Licenses Reported
A hospital weekly report lists births in Hopkinton Monticello and Davenport from April 29 to May 5 including three girls and three boys. The week’s new car licenses include Ford Chev Studebaker and Willys Jeep with buyers in Monticello Anamosa Olin Center Junction and Davenport.
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The
John McDonald
Hospital
Edwin Lightfoot
Hopkinton
Russell Saunders
Willard Larkey
Onglow
A. H. Hobert
Monticello
Jay Kare
Louis .Stevens
Alphonse Biés
Verdon Schurke
Davenport
Harold Meeks
Petersen Feed Service
Ford
Glen Siver
Anamosa
Chevrolet
Everett E. Nintzel
Olin
William G. Schoon
Dodge
Stewart, Inc
Willys Jeep
Schuetz Motors, Inc
Maquoketa Valley
Rex Brady
Center ‘Junction
William Plueger
Studebaker
Arthur Haustman
Walter Bohren
Surprise Night at Monticello Youth Center
Surprise Night Saturday at the Monticello Youth Center invites high school age youths to come early and stay late sponsored by Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company. Activities include games dancing prizes and free eats from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
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Monticello
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company
Rotary Clock John Locher Speaks at Monticello Rotary
John Locher was featured speaker at Monticello Rotary Club. He addressed attendees at the Community Building on history highlights about Texas.
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John Locher
Monticello
Marriage Beener Issued For Capron And Folkers
Harry Capron aged 24 of Olin and Catherine Folkers aged 22 of Anamosa were the only persons to whom a license was issued for wedlock.
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Harry Capron
Olin
Catherine Folkers
Anamosa
Wees
The
Hold Rites For Edith Averill Former Cedar Rapids Resident
Edith Averill widow of Glenn M. Averill died at her Cedar Rapids home after a long illness. Born in Monticello she married Averill Sept 13 1892 and lived in Cedar Rapids since. She attended Rockford College for Women and belonged to Grace Episcopal church and several organizations. Surviving are her two sons Arthur II and Worth, sister Sarah Sherman, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Edith Averill
Glenn M. Averill
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
David
Sarah Secrest Sherman
Mr. Averill
The
Colonial Dames ‘of America
DAR
Mrs Elmer Murray Dies In Dubuque
Mrs. Elmer Murray died at Mercy hospital Dubuque after a four year illness. Services were held at Devaney funeral home to St Martin's Cascade with burial at Calvary cemetery. Born Feb 8 1913 she was survived by her husband daughter and several siblings.
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Cascade
Elmer Murray
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Devaney
St. Martin’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Monica Dandl Murray
Louis Dandl
St. Mary's High School
St. Joseph's School of Nursing
Joyce Oeschger Wins VEW Essay Contest
Joyce Oeschger won first prize in the VEW Essay Contest sponsored by the VFW Auxiliary. Sacred Heart School students competed with Joyce, Jean Marie Howie, Frank Helmer, and Georgia Mae Minnie taking second through fourth. Prizes will be awarded later. Joyce will enter her essay in the national contest.
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VFW
Sacred Heart
Joyce
Oeschger
Jean Marie Howie
Frank Helmer
Georgia Mae Minnie
Tople
John H. Franck
Halstead Carpenter
E. Locher
Isabel Meyer
Goyee Oerschger
Chairmen Report on Cancer Drive in Jones County
Mrs John H Fraser chairing the north half reports over 300 raised in April drive and says further donations may be left at Monticello State Bank Frank Stimson. Mrs Irvin Hovet chairing the south half reports 1200 raised toward a 3000 county quota led by Mrs Clifford Strawman of Anamosa.
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John H. Fraser
Iowa Cancer Campaign
Jones County
Frank Stimson
Monticello State Bank
Irvin Hovet
Clifford Strawman
Anamosa
St John’s Lutheran Members Attend Sumner Missionary Meeting
A group from St John’s Lutheran church joined the Women’s Missionary Society meeting in Sumner on Thursday. Attendees included Rev. and Mrs. R. P. Young Mrs. Paul Young Sandra Mrs. Fred W. Hanken Mrs. Lester Rickels Mrs. Edna Ladehoff Mrs. L. A. Oltman and Mrs. John Jacobs.
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Sumner
St. John's Lutheran Church
Women’s Missionary Society
R. P. Young
Paul Young
Sandra
Fred W. Hanken
Lester Rickels
Edna ‘Ladehoff
L. A. Oltman
John Jacobs
Free Movie Tickets For Finders Of Names In Ads
Three readers will win free tickets by finding their names hidden among this week's Express ads. To claim, go to the Express office and present the coupon with state and federal taxes paid. Tickets cover any show next week except Sunday and Thursday with “Gone With the Wind” and other films on the schedule.
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Express
Express Office
The
Monte Theatre
Tangier
Country Club Opens Tonight With Dinner Dance
The Monticello Country Club hosts an opening party this evening at 6:30 with a dinner dance. Co chairs are Mr and Mrs Cecil Goettsch and Mr and Mrs Tom Hamilton, joined by a committee including Mr and Mrs R J Bone and others. The Rhythm Boys orchestra from Maquoketa provides music. The club house interior has been rebuilt, creating one large room after removing the dining room porch partition. Greens on the new course are bent-grass sod from Madison and expected playable by early June. The old course remains open except holes 3 and 4. fairways are in good condition. Special holes include No 7 water hole with a long carry. apron seeding is advancing. The final hole lies directly in front of the clubhouse built into the former teeing bank.
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Monticello Country Club
Madison
Wise
Ron Howard
Claude ' ‘Appleby
League of Women Voters Monthly Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the League of Women Voters will be held Tuesday May 11 at 2:30 p.m. in the meeting hall. Members are urged to attend and bring items for discussion.
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The
League of Women
Monticello Wins Four First Division Ratings at State Contest
Monticello secured four division 1 and twelve division 2 ratings from sixteen entries at the state music contest in Vinton on Saturday. Eighteen instrumental entries led by Ray Stumbaugh and two vocal entries under Miss Valara Maiden showcased keen competition. Division 1 honorees included Marvin Jacobs on saxophone, Miriam Young on bassoon, Minnie Otten on snare drum and the drum ensemble. Division 2 covered concert band soloists, woodwind trios and quartets, vocal groups, and accompanying staff.
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Miriam Young
Instrumental Music Department
Ray Stumbaugh
Express
Monticello
Vinton
VaLara Maiden
Marvin Jacobs
Minnie Otten
Shirley McCurdy
Jimmy Hamilton
Joanne Otten
Joanne Wright
Monticello Public High School
Marvin
Services Held For Edward Lasche In Cascade
Funeral services for Edward G. Lasche were conducted at Devaney funeral home Cascade and St. Martin's church with burial at Calvary cemetery. He died en route to John McDonald hospital after being stricken at home in East Cascade Monday evening. He was born May 4, 1900 in Colesburg, son of Joseph and spouse Cleo McNally, married 1925. Survived by wife and six children John Anne Charles Luella Phyllis Mary Jane and several brothers and sisters.
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Cascade
Edward G. Lasche
Devaney
St. Martin’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
John McDonald
East Cascade
Bill Block
Mike Merfeld
Donald Keating
Roger Tucker
John Then
Melvin Peiffer
Colesburg
Break-in Reported at 8 Sisters Drive-In Monticello
A break-in at the 8 Sisters drive-in on highway 151 near Monticello led Clark Brokaw to report loss of money and fountain pens. A Lovell No 5 school house nearby was entered with pens and pencils taken. A radio alert sought two hitch-hikers for questioning, per Sheriff Eichhorn.
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Jones County Sheriff's Office
Monticello
Clark Brokaw
8 Sisters
Highway 151
Eichhorn
Lovell No. 5
Sisters
Monticello Opens 1948 Baseball Season at Fairground
Sunday marks the first Monticello baseball game of 1948 at the local fairground diamond. The Monticello Boosters face a strong Cascade Legion squad, with Cascade already 2–0 in two starts. Game time is 2:30.
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Monticello
Monticello Halts Solicitation By Six Groups
Through cooperation of the Monticello Chamber of Commerce and the Monticello City Council solicitation of the town by six different groups was stopped last week. Businessmen and housewives are asked to check with the mayor or Chamber President Dick Long before donating to any un certified group.
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Monticello
District Court Busy This Week in Monticello
A $5 000 judgment was awarded to Mary Jean Ahlrichs guardian in a case against Henry and Walter Balster for a December Monticello automobile crash that killed Jerry Lee Abbichs. Also, Margaret Stroud won a divorce from William Stroud with sole custody and child support. Five new cases filed include guardianship petitions and divorces on cruelty grounds.
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Mary Jean Ahlrichs
John Ahlrichs
Jerry Lee Ahlrichs
Henry Balster
Walter Balster
Monticello
Jerry Lee Abbichs
J. E. Heiserman
J. E. Heiserman and the District Court
Grant
Margaret Stroud
William D. Stroud
Ella Andrews
Pearl Husman
Dora Bailey
Las Vegas
New
Dora Robbins
Carlton Robbins
Martin Benter
Genevieve Benter
Independence
Donald H. Colehour
Clifford A. Taylor
Wartburg Students Aid Reconstruction After Tornado Loss
Herman Diers a Monticello senior joins 26 other pre theological Wartburg college students at Waverly to aid reconstruction of a Lutheran church destroyed by a tornado in Tonia.
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Herman Diers
Monticello
Wartburg College
Waverly
Tonia
Senior Play Lost Horizon Set For May Fourteenth
Seniors rehearse daily for Lost Horizon a three act play based on James Hilton novel Presented Friday May 14 at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium Cast includes Myra Charlotte Deischer Elizabeth Dorothy Behrends Wylanda Richard Williamson Rutherford Gerald Dirks Chang Dulane Slauson Conway John Hein Mallison Bob First Miss Brinklow Phyllis Cox Lo Tsen Elizabeth Wilson Helen Donna Aitchison The High Lama Eugene Oltmann Tashi Joyce Slauson Al Ling Clara Kehren First Tibetan Albert Heiken Second Tibetan Bob Luett Audrey Egger Bernice Schmidt assist Director Donald Henry
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Myra
Charlotte Deischer
Elizabeth
Dorothy
Behrends
Wylanda
Richard Williamson
Rutherford
Gerald Dirks
Chang
Dulane Slauson
Conway
John Hein
Mallison
Bob First
Miss Brinklow
Phyllis Cox
Lo- Tsen
Elizabeth Wilson
Helen
Donna Aitchison
Eugene Oltmann
Tashi
Joyce Slauson
Al-Ling
Clara Kehren
Albert Heiken
Bob
Don L Wherry 62 Dies. Mechanicsville Educator and Former Farmer
Don L. Wherry aged 62 died unexpectedly in University Hospital Iowa City after earlier observation. A Mechanicsville high school instructor and longtime Jones County farmer, he was born 1886 on the Wyoming farm he owned. Survived by wife and two sons Richard and John. Funeral set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Mechanicsville Presbyterian Church with burial in Wyoming.
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Don L. Wherry
Mechanicsville
Jones County
University Hospital
Iowa City
Wherry
Wyoming
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Ill
University of Iowa
Sh Nani
Richard
Cornell College
John
Atlantic Daily Paper
Burns Named Editor of Eastern Iowa Graphic News
James L. Burns will become editor of the Eastern Iowa Graphic with the first issue set for June 2. The Monticello resident has a rich photojournalism background from Ottumwa Life magazine and war service as a Marine combat photographer, including Tarawa and Saipan. He plans to move to Monticello with his wife Antonette Coxsee and two children, seeking housing by late May.
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James L. Burns
Eastern Iowa Graphic
Bill Coxsee
Burns
Monticello
The
Express
Ottumwa
Cornel
University of Iowa
U.S. Marine Corps
Severo Antonelli
Philadelphia
Life Magazine
Pacific
Tarawa
Saipan
Antonelli
Yawn School
Antonette Coxsee
Steven
Kathleen
Pool Progress Despite Labor Shortages and Rainsetbacks
The Monticello pool project advances with the foreman and crew pushing to finish the first floor slab after a long night. Weather delays forced a temporary shelter, water intrusion, and ongoing work on side footings wire mesh steel and plumbing as crews bring in specialists from up to 50 miles away.
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Monticello
Fred Prueter
Praeter
Monticello Plans Baccalaureate and Senior Events
Monticello public school schedules 41 seniors to graduate May 21 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Superintendent Clyde Parker will give the commencement address. A junior senior banquet on May 19 and the play Lost Horizon on May 14 are part of the week’s activities. Baccalaureate moves to the high school auditorium under Congregational Christian church leadership with Rev. Andrew Mast in charge. Final exams May 17–18. class day May 20. alumni banquet May 20.
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Monticello
Supt
Clyde Parker
Cedar Rapids
Boyd Shannon
Congregational Christian Church
Andrew Mast
Former Reporter Publishes Novel The Color of Blood
E. Ralph Rundell, a former Monticello Express reporter, will publish his first novel The Color of Blood on May 18 with Thomas Y. Crowell Co. in New York. Set in Argentina from 1824 to 1840, it follows gaucho Blanco’s revolt against dictator Rosas amid terror before the 1852 revolution.
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E. Ralph Rundell
Monticello
Podhaski
Rundell
Thomas Y. Crowell
Thomas Y. Crowell Co
University of Kansas Review
The
Prairie Schooner
University of Nebraska Literary Quarterly
University of Iowa School of Letters
Argentina
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Blanco
Literary Guild
University of Minnesota
Esquire
McCall's
Firemen’s Dinner Honors Retiring Chiefs and Appoints New Chief
More than sixty firefighters, board members, and city councilmen gathered at the Community Building for the annual firemen’s dinner. Floyd Kephart, retiring chief, and others were saluted. Irvin Smith, Jack Beeks, Tobe Hanken, and Proctor Wilkens resigned. Lester Rickels named new fire chief with Paul Hearn as assistant.
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Farmers’ Fire Department
Floyd Kephart
Jack Beeks
Irvin Smith
Tobe Hanken
Proctor Wilkens
Lester Rickels
Paul Hearn
Rural Fire Unit Douses Arduser Farm Heater Incident
Rural Fire Department answered an alarm at the Cliff Arduser farm near Langworthy at 11 30 a m. yesterday. By arrival the danger had passed as an old heater had briefly run out of control at Willis Sehafer’s farm.
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Cliff Arduser
Langworthy
Willis Sehafer
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Joyce Oeschger
Drum Ensemble
Boone
Anna Diers
Karl Behrends
Beverly Hanken
Donald Martin
Margie’ Paulsen
Paul Grossheim
Clara ‘Kehren
Betty Bebee
Marjory Luett
Noel Henderson
Shirley Ejceredl
Patty Podhaski
Carlene Winkler
Marjorie Behrends
Marileigh Clark
Edward Lasche
District Court
Minnie Rickels
City of
Clarence Matthiessen
Second Street
Claude Appleby
James Hilton
Shangri- la
James Burns
Monticello Public
Kathleen Barnhart
Ralph Rundell
Arduser Farm
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