Rotary Club program features cement road innovation talk
Rotary chairman George Harris introduced Fred Loy of Cedar Rapids representing Portland Cement Association who discussed a new road building mix that binds cement with soil for six inch foundations and light asphalt topping. A related film illustrated construction methods and a county license list noted several 1947 motor vehicles. A Jones county court case, Gordon Freeman vs Howard Freeman, involves stray calves valued at 240 and a $10 damage claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harris
Rotary
Fred Loy
Cedar Rapids
Portland Cement Association
Cement Association
Jones County District Court
Gordon Freeman
Howard Freeman
Births at John McDonald Hospital This Week
The past week at John McDonald hospital recorded births for Monticello and Hopkinton families. On May 16 a girl to Mr and Mrs Clarence Meyer. May 20 a boy to Mr and Mrs Dale Griffith. May 21 a girl to Mr and Mrs William Holmes. a girl to Mr and Mrs Doran Flanagan. a girl to Mr and Mrs Clarence Eberhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Clarence Meyer
Monticello
Dale Griffith
Doran Flanagan
Hopkinton
Clarence Eberhart
William Holmes
Monticello couples among three new marriage licenses
Three marriage licenses were issued last week in a district court. Kenneth Webber 19 and Colleen Maire 18 of Monticello. Ralph E. Young 39 and Etta E. Byram 30 of Cedar Rapids. Paul D. Barrack 20 and Esther P. Sanford 22 of Monticello are listed as pairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isof
Kenneth Webber
Colleen Maire
Monticello
Ralph E. Young
Etta E. Byram
Cedar Rapids
Paul D. Barrack
Esther P. Sanford
Monticello Man Jacob Metzenburg Dies After Illness
Jacob Metzenburg of Monticello died Tuesday May 20 at John McDonald hospital after an extended illness. Born July 18 1889 he served in World War I and once starved as one of Paris tug of war team strongest men. Funeral Friday at 2 pm Congregational Church with burial at Oakwood Cemetery in charge of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He leaves Clara Florence Calkins his wife and three brothers Chris Charles and John Metzenberg. He was a charter VFW member and long-time Monticello city council member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Metzenberg
Monticello
John McDonald
Ulrich
Elizabeth
Barbem Metzenberg
Washington
Jones County
United States Army
France
Paris
Metzenberg
Clara Florence
Calkins
Chris Metzenb
Chelalis
Wash
Charles
Lipell
John Metzenberg
Voshen
VFW
Congregational Church
New Photographer Mueller Plans Studio in Monticello
Minneapolis based freelance photographer Mueller arrives in Monticello to open a photographic studio once space is found. He will use the Monticello Express dark rooms in the interim and can be reached via the Express office. Mueller has experience in candid wedding work portraiture and commercial photography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win Mueller
Minneapolis
Monticello
Monticello Express
Mueller
Milk Sales Suspended at Northwood Dairy in Monticello
Sanitarian Donald Allen suspended milk sales from the Northwood dairy in Monticello on Wednesday. The order halts sales until Monticello officials confirm the dairy meets health standards. Local milk supply remains uncertain until the suspension is lifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Allen
Northwood
Monticello
Monticello Express to Publish Exclusive Housing Plan Series
The Monticello Express announces a weekly housing plan feature in partnership with New York's Housing Plan Service. Beginning June 5 the Adams house design will appear with architect renderings floor plans and explanations, followed by affordable blueprints and specifications for readers to order at nominal costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Monticello Express
Housing Plan Service of
New York
Monticello
National Adequate Wiring Bureau
Structural Clay Products Institute
Adams
Rose Stadtmueller Wins Eighth Grade PEO Medal
Rose Stadtmueller daughter of Alva Stadtmueller received the annual PEO medal for top scholastic honors in eighth grade. Presentation occurred Tuesday morning at the high school class day exercises by Mrs. C G Thomas. Her average for the year was 95.38 with Jane Mardoff second at 94.63 and Joyce Rink Jane DeShaw and Jean Barnts placing third fourth and fifth respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Stadtmueller
Alva Stadtmueller
C.g.thomas
Rose
Jane Mardoff
Joyce Rink
Jane DeShaw
Jean Barnts
Mrs Lyans Dies In California
Mrs. Robert G. Lyans died at her La Canada home in California on Tuesday May 13. She was 87, born Sadie Barnhill in Jones county. The Lyans lived in Center Junction, moved to California in 1907, and celebrated 68 years of marriage on December 31, 1946. Their children include Mrs. N. B. Lathrop Glendale and Mrs. J. A. Newton Glendale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Prahm
Robert G. Lyans
la Canada
Calif
Center Junction
Lyans
Lyons
Panhandle
Texas
Glendale
N. B. Lathrop
R. A. Rickless
Robert T. Lyons
J. A. Newton
el Roy Anderson
Eureka
Sun Day School Teachers Institute Held at St. John’s
S. S. Teachers Institute at St. John’s Lutheran church hosted the Dubuque circuit Sunday School Teachers Institute on Sunday May 18. Seventy teachers and officers attended from Dubuque Elkader Sherrill and Delaware. Lunch was served in the evening with Mrs L A Oltman as chair of the food committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Teachers Institute
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Dubuque
Teachers Institute
Elkader
Sherrill
Delaware
L. A. Oltman
Senior Class Play Death Takes A Holiday Delights Packed House
The 1947 senior class presented Death Takes A Holiday to a full auditorium Friday. Donald Newton as Death earned an encore with Don Bohiken in a strong Duke Lambert dialogue. Director Mrs. Bess Greenley and 13 cast members received sincere praise for stage craft and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Greenley
Prince Sirke
Donald Newton
Newton
Don Bohiken
Duke Lambert
Fred Kreeb
Audrey Schrader
Milton Bader
Margaret Zimmerman
Fern Decker
Donna Lea Heiken
Robert Messerli
Kathryn Besider
James Seehusen
Randall Ganfield
Susan Stuhler
Richard Finson
Donna Beth Aitchison
Patricia Podhaski
Greenley
Auxiliary To Aid in Training Nurses
The Iowa American Legion Auxiliary offers a three year nursing school scholarship to a statewide high school graduate this summer. The grant covers tuition at one of 29 Iowa nursing schools plus board room and laundry. Applicants must write a two word essay on Why I Want To Be A Nurse and obtain a school superintendent's statement of scholastic records and need. Entries are due by June 30 and sent to Miss Mona Jackson Des Moines Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa American Legion Auxiliary
Iowa
Mona Jackson
Iowa State League of Nursing
Pleasant St
Des Moines
Mrs Byron Abel to Teach In Anamosa
Mrs Byron Abel of Monticello has signed a contract to teach in the Anamosa public schools kindergarten department for next year. She takes over from Mary Diserahs who resigned. Abel formerly taught kindergarten in Monticello and last year first grade in Hopkinton. Vacation Bible School led by Rev Virgil C Grant begins Monday June 2 and runs two weeks. Next Express will publish the planned program and teachers. Miss Helen McLaughlin and Miss Emma Doornick of Cedar Rapids were weekend guests of Mrs C A McLaughlin. Dr George Bedell and Dr William Sawtelle of Iowa City were guests Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Abel
Monticello
Anamosa
Mary Diserahs
Abel
Hopkinton
Vacation Bible School
Virgil C. Grant
Daily Vacation Bible School
the Express
Helen McLaughlin
Emma Doornick
Cedar Rapids
C. A. McLaughlin
George Bedell
William Sawtelle
Iowa City
Monticello VFW District Meeting Chooses Officers
Monticello VFW Post and Auxiliary held the Second district meeting in Clinton with 40 members present. Miss Joan Jacque sang Sleep Soldier Boy Sleep as the group performed memorial services and Katie Jacobs assisted Bertha Sorenson. Three Monticello auxiliary members were elected to district offices Mary Catherine Craig Jean Echternacht and Olive Lyon and installed by Ruth Meyers. Frank Miles editor of Iowa VFW magazine spoke at the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Vfw
Clinton
Monticello
Joan Jacque
Katie Jacobs
Bertha Sorenson
Mary Catherine Craig
Jean Echternacht
Olive Lyon
Department
Ruth Meyers
Des Moines
Frank Miles
Iowa Veterans of Wars Magazine
Monticello to Sell Buddy Poppies May 24
Monticello will ask residents to purchase Buddy Poppies on Saturday May 24 to aid disabled veterans and their dependents. Ex servicemen in government hospitals make the poppies and their sale is voluntary nationwide. Children of ex servicemen will sell on the streets, with Honor L. Clark named as Buddy Poppy chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Honor L. Clark
Buddy Poppy
Monticello School Bands Star in Final Spring Concert
The Monticello school final concert Monday evening May 19 featured Ray Stumbaugh directing both bands. Dorothea Diers led the beginners during the last number while the senior drum ensemble of Mary Thomas Minnie Otten Shirley Otten Shirley McCurdy Joanne Otten and Joan Wright performed. The senior high band played eight pieces and the comedy act Little Brown Jug Goes To Town with Karl Behrends and Barbara Walker drew laughs as both bands received hearty encores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Ray Stumbaugh
Dorothea Diers
Mary Thomas
Minnie Otten
Shirley Otten
Shirley McCurdy
Joanne Otten
Joan Wright
Karl Behrends
Barbara Walker
Local visitors and family returnees noted in Storm Lake area
Mrs. Dave Young returns home after four months with her daughter Mrs. H. W. Schaller in Storm Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Fitzsimons of Dubuque visited their mother Mrs. Mary Fitzsimons on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Young
H. W. Schaller
Storm Lake
Alfred Fitzsimons
Dubuque
Mary Fitzsimons
Sacred Heart to Graduate Five Sunday Evening
The Very Rev. Msgr. T. J. Gannon will deliver the commencement address at Sacred Heart church on Sunday evening June 1. Graduates James Hayes Richard Jacque Regina Keating Jack McKeever and Andrew Stoll will receive diplomas as Rev. Eugene P. Lorenz confers honors. The ceremony includes processional hymns rosary address benediction and consecration with a recessional and blessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart Church
Eugene P. Lorenz
James Hayes
Richard Jacque
Regina Keating
Jack McKeever
Andrew Stoll
T. J. Gannon
KE. P. Lorenz
D.D
Jesus
Devil’s Backbone
Anamosa State Park
E. P. Lorenz
Mrs. Appleby Dies After Heart Attack at Monticello
Nellie May Price Appleby, born April 13 1874 Guthrie Center, died May 18 at John McDonald hospital after a heart attack. Funeral Tuesday May 20 at Goettsche Funeral Home. Rev William J Grossheim officiated. Interment Oakwood. nine children survive along with 13 grandchildren and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Appleby
John McDonald Hospital
Goettsche
William J. Grossheim
Oakwood Cemetery
Guthrie Center
School For the
Council Bluffs
Hopkinton
Monticello
Clarence Appleby
Evaline
Ralph Lambert
Waldo Appleby
Aubrey Appleby
Rebecca
Clarence Griffith
Claude Appleby
Robert Appleby
Skating Rink To Close June 3
The American Legion skating rink in Monticello wraps its short season with three special nights ending June 3. June 1 offers free admission first come first served from 7 30 to 10 p m. June 2 is Youngsters Night with 30 cent two hour sessions for grades kindergarten to eight. June 3 is Couples Night with prizes for best and oldest couples and a $10 door prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Monticello
Sesson
Three City Firemen Attend State Fire School
Otto Smith Leo Kiburz and Monticello Fire chief Floyd Kep hart left Tuesday morning to attend a four day state fire school at Marshalltown. The 28rd annual state firemen convention is held under the Engineering Extension Service of Iowa State College. Smith and Kiburz will receive instruction on fire truck operation pump operation and hose laying. Kep hart will attend strategy sessions and other business meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Smith
Leo Kiburz
Monticello
Floyd Kephart
Marshalltown
Engineering Extension Service of
Iowa State College
Smith and Kiburz
Kephart
Monticello Residents Tour Pella Tulip Festival
Monticello Garden Club and 33 friends traveled by bus to Pella for the Centennial Tulip Time Festival. More than 12,500 visitors enjoyed perfect tulips, a Dutch town atmosphere, and a colorful parade and pageant named City of Refuge with 650 performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Pella
Russell Meade
C. H. Nelson
Henry Che
Cornelius Steck
Hei Schoon
George Turnis
John Welter
Alva Zimmerman
Emma Zimmerman
Ralph Wilson
C. A. Coxsee
Henry Johnson
Mother Nature
Iowa
Memorial Day Services Planned in Monticello
Memorial Day program in Monticello includes 9 am VFW hall assembly, 10 am service at Sacred Heart cemetery honoring fallen soldiers. Wreath on Arthur P. O Rourke grave, salute by firing squad, taps, then march to Oakwood cemetery with band and VFW Legion involved. Weather backup if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Arthur P. O'Rourke
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion
Monticello High School
Oakwood Cemetery
Kitty Creek
VFW
Clarence Rhatigan
Roy V. Porter
Legion
Oakwood
United States
Haag Twins Assigned to Duty in Japan
Privates Virgil and Vincent Haag, sons of G. M. Haag of Monticello Iowa, serve with the 21st Infantry Regiment in the 24th Infantry Division stationed on Kyushu. Born October 19 1927 they joined in 1946 after training at Fort Lewis and Camp Stoneman. The division supports extensive summer athletic programs and new recreation facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent
Virgil Haag
G. M. Haag
Route 1
Monticello
21St Infantry Regiment
24Th Infantry Division
Victory
Kyushux
Fort Lewis
Wash
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Japan
Virgil
Sacred Heart High School
Iowa
Jones County Bankers To Entertain District
The Jones County Bankers association hosts eight Iowa Bankers district group tomorrow in Anamosa. Members include Citizens Savings Bank Anamosa Farmers Savings Bank Martello Monticello State Bank Monticello Union Trust and Savings Bank Stanwood Olin Office Onslow Savings Bank Onslow Citizens State Bank Wyoming. Robert M. Deyo of Citizens Savings Bank is district president. Addresses will be offered. ladies will tour the reformatory. A buffet supper is planned at Wapsi Pinicon Country Club Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Bankers Association
Iowa Bankers Association
Anamosa
County Association
Citizens Savings Bank
Farmers Savings Bank
Martello
Monticello
Albert Meyer Fractures Hip in Walk Near Home
Albert Meyer aged 87 fell while walking near his home on Tuesday May 13 and fractured his left hip. He was taken to McDonald hospital where a specialist reduced the fracture. X rays indicated a not too difficult injury and he is expected to walk soon. Mary Lucille Rickless and J G Schultz of Boone were dinner guests Saturday evening at the Ray Stumbaugh residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Meyer
McDonald Hospital
Meyer
Mary Lucille Rickless
J. G. Schultz
Boone
Ray Stumbaugh
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Rotary Club
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Olin
Buick
W. W. Bronson
Wyoming
Dodge
Hacke & Lees
Cascade
Alma Benischek
Oxford Junction
Ford
Glen Norris
Mercury
John . Paulsen
Chrysler
George H. Bohiken
Scotch Grove
Jacob Metzenburg
Express
Herman Yossi
Alfred Yossi
Fort Worden
Yossi
Army
Mrs. Lyans
California
Msor
T. J. Cannon
Backbone Park
Msgr
Loras Academy
Donna
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
May Hamlin
Salem Cre
Victor Hessler
Lawrence, Kan
Monticelo
Miss Decker
Arlene Arduser
Marilyn Landis
Miriam Young
Georgia Ploueger
Nancy Deischer
Joan Ireland
of Pella
Robert Blue
City of Refuge
Dominic H. P. Scholte
Fretland
Central College
Scholte
Jones County Bankers
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