Primaries Ballot Candidates Listed For June 1
The complete list of Republican and Democratic nominees appears on the primary ballot for the biannual election to be held Monday June 1. Delegates from Anamosa and surrounding wards will attend county conventions June 27 to select nominees if no candidate earns 35 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Cass
Castle Grove
Center Junction
Clay
Fairview
Greenfield
Hale
Jackson
Lovell
Madison
South
Monticello
Morley
Onslow
Oxford
Richland
West
Rome
Scotch Grove
Stone City
Washington
Wayne
Wyoming
Luther Leagues Set to Convene in Monticello
The East Central Lutheran Federation of Young People meets this Sunday May 10 at St Matthew s Lutheran Monticello with 10 45 am sermon by Prof Cottermann Waverly a Wartburg male quartet, 2 pm lecture Deluge in Stone by Prof Swenson plus music and a social lunch with hot coffee and cream provided by the local league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central Lutheran Federation of Young People
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Cottermann
Waverly
Wartburg College
Luther Hall
Swenson
Stone
Anamosa
Castle Grove
Hopkinton
Olin
Ryan
Wayne
Gertrude Matthias
Max Specht
Harold McVay
Monticello
Fire at W T Kehoe Farm Destroys Straw Stack
A straw stack burned at the W T Kehoe farm in Castle Grove township last Thursday at 2 pm. Lightning struck a shed near the stack and the bolt traveled to the stack, burning for about two hours before local firemen extinguished it without damaging other buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Kehoe
Castle Grove Township
Country Club Opens Season with New Committees
President Bill Shaffer announces permanent committees for Monticello Country Club for the season. New house greens and fairways tournament and membership panels are named, with Mr. and Mrs. Pat Jarrett as caretakers. The club plans worm control and top dressing, and aims for a strong membership drive and a top greens program at the northeast Iowa golf association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Shaffer
Monticello Country Club
House
R. G. Stuhle
E. E. Hicks
Harry Rodman
Co. F. Shimanek
Ben C. Roberts
A. J. Ricklefs
Greens and Fairways
W. H. Shaffer
E. C. Ricklefs
Carl Hodson
Dr. L. J. Swift
Ed Heiserman
E. D. Vernon
Sam Rhatigan
Walt Brainerd
Ralph Bone
Pat Jarrett
Iowa Sate Fair Board Opens State Beauty Contest
The Iowa State Fair board launches a statewide Miss Iowa contest to select Iowa’s entry for Miss America. Eligibility spans town representatives ages 14 to 23, with eliminations through August. Local winners receive all expenses paid trips to the state finals in Des Moines and the overall winner goes to the national finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Fair Board
Iowa
Atlantic City
Des Moines
Monticello
Chamber of Commerce
Joint Meeting of V F W Groups Wednesday
Monticello post No 1688 VFW and auxiliary schedule a May 15 pot luck supper at 7 PM before the regular meeting. Members bring sandwiches and a covered dish for their families. Delegates will be elected to the department encampment by the auxiliary. A patriotic program includes tributes to mothers and Gold Star mothers with Civil War veterans invited guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Post No. 1688
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Hap” Hoag
Honest Rosemead Driver Rewarded for Returning Watch
Harry H Johnson a former Center Junction man working for Rosemead dairy in California found a $2000 diamond studded platinum wrist watch in front of a market. He turned it in after a classified ad failed to locate the owner. An insurance reward of $160 plus a $20 handoff from the owner’s husband totaled $170.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Johnson
Center Junction
Rosemead
Calif
Johnson
San Mateo
Mrs. Katherine Hauss Dies After Stroke in Monticello
Mrs. Katherine Hauss died at home on Saturday May 2 after a stroke of paralysis. Born August 15, 1866 in Dubuque, she married Marshall Hauss in 1893 and lived in Monticello. Survived by three brothers, two sisters, four children, and many relatives. Funeral held at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. A L Lorenz officiating. Interment in Catholic Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Hauss
Monticello
Marshall Hauss
Linfred
Harry Cox
Hazel Green
Wis
Elizabeth Buchanan
Cedar Rapids
Clyde Elliott
Independence
Hauss
North
Maple Street
Joseph
Michael
Frank Ferring
Jack Pelley
John Peschong
Manchester
Sacred Heart Church
A. L. Lorenz
Louis
Kenneth Cox
Frank
William Peschong
Clifford
Kenneth
Raymond
William Ferring
Joe Keller
Leo Simon
Louis Link
Pete Wolf
Nick Wolf
Frank Ramm
Margaret, Ramm
John Jarding
Farley
Chris Ferring
Will Ferring
Dyersville
Ben Hauss
Chicago
Matilda, Mayme
Rose Ferring
Dubuque
Ben Schemmel
Florence
Edna
Stella
Florence White
Antone Ferring
Waterloo
John Ramm
Viola
Clara Turnis
Cascade
Stanford Reeves
Mr and Mrs G Keith Celebrate 55th Anniversary
Mr and Mrs George Keith observed their fifty fifth wedding anniversary at Mrs Clara Dunlap's home in Manchester where they have wintered. Attending from Monticello were daughter Mrs Bess Dickey, granddaughter Mrs Madge Talbot, and great granddaughter Beverly. The couple remain in fairly good health as friends extend congratulations and best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Keith
Manchester
Clara Dunlan
Dunlap
Monticello
Bess Dickey
Dickey
Madge Talbot
Mrs. August Rettig Dies In Chicago Hospital
Mrs. George Rettig received word that her daughter-in-law Mrs. August Rettig died in a Chicago hospital this week after a paralytic stroke. She had been in ill health for two years. Monticello residents recall her and her husband visiting here on several occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rettig
August Rettig
Chicago
Rettig
Monticello
Girl Graduates Guests At A Tea Held May 3
The Business and Professional Women's club hosted a tea on Sunday afternoon May 3 at Bertha Locher’s home to honor graduating girls from public and Sacred Heart high schools. Miss Darlene Gordon of Clinton spoke on "The Relation of B P W to Potential Business Women" and Miss Helen Irwin of Des Moines, state treasurer, attended as a guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women's Club
Public
Sacred Heart High Schools
Bertha Locher
Darlene Gordon
Clinton
Helen Irwin
Des Moines
Locher Seeks Dubuque County Attorney Nomination
Dubuque attorney H. H. Locher announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for county attorney. He recently filed nomination papers and has prior service as a deputy internal revenue collector and several years of law practice in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Locher
Dubuque
One Auditor's Office
Locher
Internal Revenue
Ex Judge W D Evans Funeral Held Today
Ex Supreme Court justice W D Evans of the state died at his Hampton home last Monday. He served 26 years on the bench the longest term in the court's history. Survived by his widow and two daughters. He was noted as an ardent Bible student whose scriptures sometimes shaped his opinions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme
W. D. Evans
Supreme Court of the State
Hampton
Supreme Bench
University high edges Mount Vernon in Iowa track meet
University high dominates the Eastern Iowa meet at Iowa City led by Higbie and the UH relay squads to beat Mount Vernon and Monticello. Individual wins came from Higbie Kent and Ho menway with key performances in dashes and relays despite poor weather.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Monticello
University High
Mount Vernon
Tipton
Mechanicsville
West Branch
Anamosa
Allen
Bone
Rickels
Yeoman
Reynolds
Higbie
Travis
Shebetka
Wonbacher
Utz
Kent
Miller
Mont
Cupply
Hemenway
Barron
Moots
Smith
Shank
Robbins
Davis
Hart
Montreel
Foerster
Schnoebelen
Miller Cuppy
Adams
McCloy
Myers
Spencer
Mount Ver Ber Sales
Diehle
Mech
Jackson
D Jackson
Kautz
Hipple
Hinman
Walshire
Ryerson
Stoltenberg
Bennett
Wescott
Reynolds Coat
Mac Donald
Nagel
Hicbie
Dickl
Jevelin—Foerster
McDonald
Beautification project planned by Monticello women club
The Business and Professional Women’s club of Monticello will beautify roads near the city with pink rambler roses syringa and hibiscus. Volunteers will plant along the diverging roads north to the railroad and from the residential area to the Cascade road. Hibiscus seeds will be shared on Main street and wildflowers expanded with a friendship garden at the Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Miss Lillian Locher To Appear In Recital
Miss Lillian Locher daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Locher will appear in a graduation recital at Sacred Heart school on Friday May 8 at 8 p.m. The program features Miss Rickless on second piano and performances by the Sacred Heart girls glee club with works by Beethoven Liszt Paderewski and MacDowell among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Locher
J. J. Locher
Sacred Heart School
Monticello
Miss Locher
Mary Lucille Rickless
A. J. Ricklefs
Girls' Glee Club
Gloria
Miss Ricklefs
Ramannei Ostrow
Rubinstein
Beethoven
Reinecke
Miss Rickless
Paderewski
Lerman
Girls’ Glee Club
MacDowell
Franz Liszt
A. L. Lorenz
Play “Stormdag” at Wayne Lutheran Church May 17
Wayne Lutheran Church presents Stormdag a low German three act play on Sunday May 17. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Lutheran Church
Court House Building Bonds Sold by County
County Treasurer Tom E. Mc Namara presided over a bond sale for the court house building issue. White-Phillips of Davenport bought $93,300 in bonds at 2 percent with a $51 premium, bidding was strong. The county plans a ten year retirement with a levy not exceeding three fourths of one mill, retiring all bonds by 1945. Other bidders included Citizens Savings Bank Anamosa Ons low Savings Bank Onslow Jackiey Company Des Moines Des Moines Bank Welth Woor ley Duncan Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom E. McNamara
Court House
White-Phillips Company
Davenport
Jones County
Board of Supervisors
Citizens Savings Bank
Anamosa
Onslow Savings Bank
Onslow
Palmer's Drug Store Grand Opening Details
Palmer's drug store announces its grand opening on May 7, and its affiliation with the Walgreen system. The store is remodeled with new stock and features a three day one cent sale inviting the public to inspect the new merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer's Drug Store
Walgreen Drug System
Adv
Twenty Four Added To Jones County Old Age Pension List
An additional twenty four Jones county residents will receive old age pension benefits, announced by Mrs. Nellie Rimimell. Payments arrive this week. first time receivers get March and April checks along with May. Total 266 recipients average about 14 dollars monthly. funds are insufficient to cover all applicants. If all taxpayers with the two dollar levy paid, all pensions could be funded. federal matches dollar for dollar all Iowa receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Nellie Rimimell
Towa
Bonus Bonds May Go Out In June
The government speeds up to issue over 40 million bonds to more than two million World War veterans. Denominations are fifty dollars with odd cents, payable by check, and total disbursements by October 1 are expected near one and a half billion. Many bonds may be held for three percent annual interest, and millions of holders of adjusted service certificates have not yet applied or had claims verified. Veterans groups urge members to hold the bonds if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Printing Office
Treasury Department
Veterans’ Administration
Federal Reserve Banks
Andrew Jackson
Veterans’ Organizations
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Heiserman Runs for County Attorney in Monticello
The Express promotes J. E. Heiserman of Monticello as a Republican candidate for county attorney. The piece notes his Iowa State University background, legal training, bar admission, and four years of civil and criminal practice in Jones County and surrounding areas. It urges voters to support him in the June 1 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa State University
Supreme Court
Monticello
Heiserman
Jones
James McLaughlin Joins Veishea Parade at Ames
James McLaughlin son of Mr and Mrs William D McLaughlin an agronomy student at Iowa State College works on the agronomy float for the Veishea exposition to be held May 14 to 16. Each department in the agricultural division will be displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McLaughlin
William D. McLaughlin
Iowa State College
Monticello Public Schools reelect most teachers for 1936 37
At a board meeting in Monticello the public school staff for the 1936 37 year was set. Several resignations necessitated new hires in junior high and high school including Miss Harriet Brindley to teach English and coach dramatics and a new commercial subjects instructor to replace Homer T. King. The list includes principal Boyd Shannon and teachers Martha Meyer Ann Miller John Brindley Belle Markovitz Amney Wood Harry Ber Clara Palmer Ray Moore and others with two new grade teachers Miss Stoddard and Miss Wachtel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Monticello
Homer T. King
Georgia Linter
Harriet Brindley
Cedar Falls
Iowan State Teachers’ College
Toledo
Dumont
Miss Brindley
John Brindley
Boyd Shannon
Martha Meyer
Ann Miller
Belle Markovitz
A. F. Walker
Amney Wood
Harry Ber
Clara Palmer
Ray Moore
Moani
Hic
Lyle McMullen
Earl Holtz
Beth Merrill
Mary E. Stoddard
Ian Cruise
Adelaide Gray
Mildred Iverson
Dorothy Stemm
Margaret L. Wachtel
Miss Stoddard
Miss Wachtel
Waterloo
West
Waterloo High School
State Teachers’ College
Arnolds Park
State University
Wachtel
Lake Park
Iowa
Miss Loretta Specht Joins Velshen Exhibition Aid
Loretta Specht, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Specht, a Town State college home economics sophomore at Ames, assists in the household equipment department during Velshen a three day exhibition May 14 to 16. Town State opens for high school students and families statewide with departments preparing student exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta. Specht
George Specht
Town State College
Ames
Velshen
Town State
Town State student James Bort aids Veishen parade plans
James C. Bort, a junior in civil engineering at Town State college in Ames, is active in preparing the Veishen Moat parade for a three day exposition May 14 to 16. On Veishen’s final day, sixty college departments and numerous fraterities and sororities will present the annual parade of floats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Bort
Anna Bort
Town State College
Ames
Veishen
Town
Selected News Items From Nearby Towns
Miss Eloise Stratz a Mechanicsville teacher visited the Stablers last week. Adeliza Daniels of Marion has resided in her brick home for 82 years. Springville Lost Nation Wellman and Sheffield tied for class C honors at the Iowa City state music festival. Ronald Menzel, 12, of Buchanan county, injured after a calf grabbed a rope around his waist. Henry Schindahl, 54, of Oxford Junction injured after being struck by a car in Cedar Rapids. Monsignor John C. Stuart, 59, former Columbia College president, died in Dubuque. survivor listed as Hugh P. Stuart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eloise Stratz
Mechanicsville
Albert Stabler
Adeliza Daniels
Marion
Springville
Lost Nation
Wellman
Sheffield
Iowa City
Ronald Menzel
Buchanan County
Henry Schindahl
Oxford Junction
Cedar Rapids
G. W. Becker
Second Avenue
Schindahl
Memorial Coliseum
Becker
St. Luke's Hospital
Amateur Contest Set At Monte Theatre May 13 14
Arrangements call for an amateur contest at the Monte theatre on May 13 and 14 with KRNT no official station representative. The winner or winners receive a paid trip to Des Moines and a chance to broadcast Saturday afternoon May 16 from 3 00 to 3 30. Judges from the station will select the local winner with no age limit. Register by Monday evening May 11 and bring your own pianist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Theater
KRNT
Des Moines
Adv
Absent Voters Ballots Available Soon Under State Law
The secretary of state says voters using the absent voters law for June primaries may apply to county auditors for ballots starting May 12. Marked ballots with voters affidavits must be returned to the county auditor before the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Towa
Arch Koop Named Assistant Street Commissioner
Arch Koop, son of Mrs. Laura Koop and former Monticello boy, was appointed assistant street commissioner of Des Moines. The position pays $2400 a year. Koop has worked for several years as a reporter for the Des Moines Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Koop
Laura Koop
Monticello
Des Moines
Koop
Des Moines Register
Infant Son of Mr and Mrs Fred Taylor Dies Shortly After Birth
Mr and Mrs Fred Taylor of Olin mourn the death of their infant son born April 30. The baby lived only a few hours. Mrs Taylor was formerly Miss Francy Kammerman before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Taylor
Olin
Taylor
Francy Kamimerman
County Music Festival Brings County Schools Together
The Jones county music festival occurs next Tuesday May 12 at Monti cello high school auditorium. Morning practice begins 9 am with nine county schools performing fifteen minutes each at 2 pm. Evening shows feature combined orchestras bands and glee clubs at 7 30 pm directed by Baltz Weseley and Lyman. Free to the public and following last year’s success in Olin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello High School
Baltz
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Weseley
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Lyman
Marion
Olin
Proposals for Erection of Schoolhouse in Wayne Township
Notice states proposals for building a schoolhouse in Sub-district No 2 Wayne township Jones IA will be received at Monticello Iowa until 7 30 p m May 21 1936. Plans and specifications available for viewing. Board may reject any or all bids. Local board to meet at No 2 schoolhouse to open bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Township
Jones
Iowa
Monticello
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Norman Baker
Muscatine
Smith W. Brookhart
Washington County
George A. Chaney
Polk County
WL. J. Dickinson
Algona
Kossuth County
Guy Linville
Linn County
Edwin Manning
Ottumwa
Wapello County
George R. Call
Sioux City
Woodbury County
J. M. Grimes
Osceola
Clarke County
Geo. A. Wilson
W. C. Edson
Storm Lake
Buena Vista County
Robert McBirnie
Boone
Boone County
George J. van Buren
West Union
Fayette County
J. G. Devine
Humboldt County
Paul L. Hindley
Centerville
Appanoose County
Olive S. Johnson
B. Mohnssen
Muscatine County
Henry Wood
Moville
Frank M. Hanson
Garner
Hincock County
H. A. Jackson
Grinnell
Poweshick County
Frank L. Williams
Harold E
Luther
Country Club
V.F.W
Harry Johnson
Mirs. G. Keith
Harry Locher
Dubuque Co. Atty
Business Women’s Club
Mary Lucile Rickless
White-Phillips Co
Palmer’s Drug Store
United States
The
Express
J. E. Heiserman
J. EK. Wetiserman
James Bort
John C. Stuart
Columbia College
St. Patrick's Church
Waukon
Monsignor
Stuart
Columbia
Hugh P. Stuart
Monte Theatre
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