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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
6
Durell W. Scarbrough outlined a Jones County Credit Club to rate customer risk and collect delinquents for Monticello and Anamosa merchants. If adopted, offices would open in both towns, charging a 10 annual membership with up to 30 percent collection fees.
Michael J King 72 died May 1 at St Marys hospital Minneapolis after a three month illness from a heart attack. Funeral held at All Saints church Lakeville with Fr Byrnes officiating and burial in Lakeville cemetery. He was born March 17 1868 in Castle Grove township Jones county and married there to Mary Kiewan. Survived by three sons and one daughter Dr Joseph King St Paul Mrs Theodore Moellers Iron Mountain Minn Frank Minneapolis and Stephen Lakeville attorney, plus four sisters all of Coggon.
Crawford Used Furniture stores rents three more display rooms above the present location. Ted Crawford says stock increases from stimulated sales necessitate extra space. Model rooms will include a dinette, a bedroom set, and kitchen furniture sections. The rooms occupied by Mike Phelps are owned by Frank Locher.
The Jones County Rural Youth association hosted a social gathering in the community building on Saturday evening. Members from Jones Cedar Linn Johnson Delaware and Dubuque counties attended the event.
Dr Earl DeShaw of Monticello was chosen commander of the second district at a Marion convention. He becomes the second Monticello Legionaire in district office, with Rev George Woodall as chaplain last year, Hugh Fletcher named district adjutant, and Mrs E V Riedesel re elected district auxiliary president. Five hundred attendees filled the auditorium. Dr DeShaw also serves as Monticello post adjutant and county adjutant, and has two children, Jane and Julie.
The Monticello area mourns as Mrs. Florence Rowley Crane of Fall Brook California formerly of Monticello died last month. She leaves four children and brother Charles J. Rowley of San Diego. A lifelong Methodist, she was born in Bowen's Prairie.
Dr. M. Childress of Huntington West Virginia is a guest this week in the home of his son X Ray Childress and Mrs Childress.
The Monticello public schools class of 1938 will hold a reunion in Monticello on Sunday, June 16. Members are asked to contact Frances Bone care of Frances Shimer Junior College Mt. Carroll Tl or Harold Yeoman Box 80 Baker Hall Cedar Falls Iowa to join the planning committee. Write today to confirm attendance.
Mary Eliza Clark died at her North Sycamore street home on May 6 in her 89th year after a period of illness. Funeral services were held at 2 o clock at the family home led by Rev. George Woodall and burial followed at Riverside cemetery Anamosa. She was born October 2 1851 at Woodmans Grove Illinois and moved to Anamosa in 1867 with her parents later living in Monticello with sister Carrie Clark. She was a longtime Methodist church member and survived by sister Carrie and brother Fred.
Funeral services for Adam Pause 73 long time Jones county resident were held in Hayes funeral home with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Rev. William J. Grossheim led the service. Pause born in the area was a carpenter and never married. Survived by a west dosed half sister four Monticello nieces and several Rickels nephews across Iowa and New Mexico.
The project uses 18 by 24 inch tires on large scrapers, each powered by a six cylinder 98 horsepower Caterpillar diesel tractor. Workers operate in eight hour shifts day and night with portable Kohler generators providing light. About 127000 cubic feet of dirt moved for a grading contract around $12000 with Green Construction Co. of Des Moines.
The five mile paving project on Highway 38 from the Jones-Delaware line to Hopkinton advances with grading finished. Crews used three 17 cubic yard scrapers, moved about 127000 cubic yards of dirt, and prepared an 18 foot wide concrete road with nine inch shoulders.
George H. Good former Monticello cello businessman and Hopkinton restaurateur bought Perrine cafe last week. He took immediate ownership of the business and fixtures. Good ran a Monticello cafe for 10 years and moved to Hopkinton two years ago to purchase a restaurant there. His current Hopkinton location was in the building once housing Baty's grocery. Egger's cafe bought Good in February 1938. Before Monticello he operated a restaurant at Hopkinton 14 years. Mrs. Good is the former Louise Rickels of this city.
Miss Edna Schoonover reports the death of her niece Florence Keniston daughter of Mabel Keniston in Seattle Washington on April 1 She had taught in Seattle for several years and had been ill for a few years prior to her death.
Last rites for Lawrence William Glenn 69 were conducted at Iverson Funeral home by Rev George Woodall. A native of Scotch Grove Iowa he died Saturday at John McDonald hospital. Born September 27 1870 he spent much of his life in Montana. He is survived by son J Dillon Glenn of Quasqueton two daughters Hazel Thomascus of Chicago and Genevieve Flanagan of Aurora two sisters Kitty Callahan and Mrs Wright. Burial was at Scotch Grove Cemetery.
Mrs. Joe Allison of Anamosa was injured when the car her husband drove struck the end of a narrow bridge on highway 38 two miles south of Olin at 1 30 a m last Thursday. She was tossed into the creek bed while her husband and others escaped with cuts and bruises. They were returning from Stanwood. the driver cited blinding lights as the cause. Both car and bridge were badly damaged.
Jones County Christmas Seal Association will meet in Anamosa on Saturday with a 12:30 luncheon at the Gillen hotel followed by the business meeting. City and township chairmen and officers will attend.
Monticello hospital invites the public to tour its departments next Sunday May 12 under the hospital board and superintendent Miss Myrtle Ross who has led the hospital for six months. Changes include a new x ray machine an anesthetic unit and mobile oxygen tracks with Doris Flynn in charge of x ray duties and a new third floor laboratory beside the x ray room. The nursery for the babies is mentioned as part of the facility highlights.
The Jones county School council will meet Monday evening at 7 30 in Miss Nellie Morey’s office. Attendees include one rep from each town school and nine rural teachers forming a unit of the Iowa State Teachers association. Don Southard presides, Lavern Johnson is vice president, A F Walker is secretary, Miss Morey treasurer.
Thirteen residents registered new vehicles this week at the treasurer’s office in the courthouse as spring awakens interest in the open road. Registrants include Leslie Balater Scotch Grove Pontiac J C Beeks Monticello Chevrolet G J Hughes Scotch Grove Ford Delbert Grafft Olin Chevrolet Perry L Russell Mechanicsville Dodge Mrs Irene Hagen Amber FordLeRoy Skeels Anamosa Pontiac W B Clark Scotch Grove Oldsmobile Tom Jensen Jr Onslow Willys A C Kula Anamosa Ford Fred N Fritz Oxford Junction Ford Eugene A Wink Anamosa Ford Susan L Ingwersen Onslow Chevrolet.
Band instructor Lyle McMullen seeks applicants for a new beginner band class in the public school. Students with top scores on the Seashore music test will be prioritized. A demonstration of band instruments is set for Friday afternoon in Mr McMullen’s room at the school house.
114 guests attended the Monticello country club opening party last Thursday in the club house. A 6:30 dinner followed by a dance featured Hal Foreman's Cedar Rapids orchestra, with William Shaffer as toastmaster and Dr. L. J. Swift welcoming guests.
A state beautification project began at the south end of the Y near Monticello with 1000 cubic yards of dirt hauled in. D J Johnson Cedar Rapids district engineer directs raising ground level and planting trees hedges and shrubs. Dirt comes from a railroad right of way south of Monticello. John Specht supervises dumping. E J Murphy foreman in Anamosa oversees the work. CCC boys will plant the trees.
Monticello Rotary Club members enjoyed a presentation by Russell Lux of Hopkinton after dinner last Monday. He showed colored pictures from the International Poultry Show in Cleveland and the World's Fair in New York, taken during the previous summer. F Stewart Stuhler spoke on business conditions observed while traveling for the International Shoe Company.
Chicago couple Mr and Mrs Paul Patterson join West Union guests Mr and Mrs Frank Lyons and Mr and Mrs Sidney Patterson for a Friday dinner at the George Moats home.
Eleven new cases were filed just before the May term deadline. Lovell Corporation sues Wyoming town for 2710.52 plus 5 percent interest after 1940. warrants of 1910.52 and 800 cited. J. P. McLucas and Esther McLucas sue James Peet to cancel a note signed under duress during illness and seek full accounting. Anamosa Lumber Co. sues Rena Folkers and Harm Folkers for 171.48 with 5 percent interest from 1939. Onslow Savings Bank seeks 1200 against Lester Bonney and others. Ida Sullivan and Marion Hayes file a partition suit over John Skahill estate. Several divorces noted including Mildred Hayes vs Merlin Hayes and Carl J. Winkler vs Velma Winkler. Cascade State Bank seeks 120 against Dave Stanton Jr. W. C. Boland sues Laverna Kline for 260 for unpaid legal services.
The Wayne county slate lists Republican nominees for county offices including auditor Don S. Ruhl and treasurer etc with a May 8 filing deadline. Also notes confirmands at Lutheran churches Elda Doden Arlene Poppe Marie Husmann Ruth Dirks Elverna Weers Lois Kehren Rudolph Tiaden Leonard Otten Raymond Hinrichs Irvin Stutt Marvin Englehart Kermit Kuhns Henry Oaken Marvin Harms Louis Kehren Maxine Poppe Betty Null Eloise Plueger Herbert Plueger Robert Balster Donald Folken and township and county officers names and terms for 1941 1942.
The play She Married the Minister by the Ladies' Aid of the Reformed church, scheduled for May 10 at the community building, has been postponed and will be given at a later date. Watch for further announcement.
Miss Ruth Adams spent Tuesday visiting relatives at Maquoketa.
The Jones county district court at Anamosa convenes next Monday May 18 for the regular May term. Hon. John T. Moffitt will preside with no petit jury. Cases triable to jury will be continued to the September term. A long docket of civil actions and foreclosures is listed by Clerk W L Pearson.
The Iowa state highway commission will open bids Tuesday in Ames for maintenance resurfacing on four Jones county road stretches. Projects include 5,607 yards of gravel north of Anamosa, 18 miles on US 136 from Oxford Junction to US 61, 10.5 miles on US 136 from US 64 north to Onslow, and nearly 16 miles on US 38 from Monticello to US 64, plus 12 miles on US 261 from Johnson to Jones counties.
Miss Mildred Deischer daughter of Mr and Mrs Newton Deischer of Monticello has been chosen as a home economics teacher for the Cedar Rapids public schools. The school board approved her contract Monday night. She is a graduate of Iowa State College and will receive her master's in June. Her friends celebrate her professional advancement. Mr and Mrs Ted Little of Clinton were weekend visitors in Lizzie Schmidt's home.
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