Monticello Community Events and Training Schedule
Monticello minutes list a week of adult education classes in home economics and livestock feeding, with a public luncheon meeting for the Jones County Cancer Society in Anamosa. Also notes clubs, Rotary, Royal Neighbors, Legion Auxiliary events, and weekly public services, with multiple training sessions at the Farm Bureau and Peniel Presbyterian church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Cancer Society
Anamosa
George A. Rickels
Schreiner Chapter
C.B
Masonic Temple
Women’s Fellowship
First ‘Presbyterian Church
State Employment Service
Court House
Peniel Presbyterian Church
Rebekah Lodge
Recent Births Reported by John McDonald Hospital
Birth notices list a series of newborns reported Saturday morning. The births include a Nov 1 boy to Rudolph Tjaden of Anamosa and a Nov 2 boy to Michael Dottarweich of Monmouth, plus a Monticello boy to Harold Postel. A late October birth in Phoenix, Arizona adds a son Gary and a daughter Barbara to Donald and Barbara Hackbarth, with Albert Hackbarth of Monticello as paternal grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Rudolph Tjaden
Anamosa
Michael Dottarweich
Monmouth
Harold Postel
Monticello
Phoenix, Ariz
Donald Hackbarth
Gary
Barbara
Albert Hackbarth
New Cars and Trucks Records in Courthouse List
Courthouse records show entries for October 31 listing L B E Soper of Olin with a Ford vehicle and November 1 listing Iowa Electric Light and Power Co of Anamosa with an International truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. BE. Soper
Olin
Ford
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Anamosa
International
Justice of the Peace docket items regional traffic notes
Nov. 2 W K Altizer Boise Idaho operating a motor vehicle over a legal length fined 50 dollars and costs. Nov. 1 Robert Malick Dubuque two charges of overload not appeared for hearing. Oct. 31 Everett Bates Des Moines failure to have vehicle under control fined 25 dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Altizer
Boise
Idaho
Robert Malick
Dubuque
Everett Bates
Des Moines
Acres of corn picked for Duncans near Amber
Amber Fortys acres of corn were picked by 29 neighbors and friends of Robert Duncan at his farm near Amber on Saturday Oct 27. Duncan is in the Oakdale Sanitarity. Corn pickers were provided by a long list of men with two elevators furnished by several helpers and a group of women assisting including Mrs. Mark Cross and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
Robert Duncan
Duncan
Oakdale
Jones County enlistments and elections draw wartime attention
In October fifteen youths and one girl enlisted in the armed services in Jones County per clerk Mrs. Hubert Metcalf. Inductees and volunteers included Orville Peter Meyer of Anamosa and Terry Hall of Oxford Junction. Names list numerous Monticello and Oxford Junction residents among enlistees and returnees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Armed Services
Hubert Metcalf
Selective Service Board
Orville Peter Meyer
Anamosa
Terry Hall
Oxford Junction
Halloween Carnival Royalty Crowned By Local High School
Fol kers represent the junior class crowned king Robert Martin and queen Marilyn at the Halloween Gorn carnival held at the public school. Prizes included $5, letter sweaters, and various awards for costumes ticket sales and auctioned corn raised 900 bushels bought by Wilbur Cartano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King and Queen of the Band
Robert Martin
Marilyn Folkers
Paul Tobiason
Linda Miller
Jim Hargrave
Lois Harris
Barbara Norris
James Maurice
Marilyn. Folkers
Wilbur Cartano
Louie Hanken
George Harms
Kay Bader
Susan Landis
Donna Gatewood
Phillip Kuhns
Kathy Herr
Russell
Jerry Behrends
Band Parents Carnival
Ray Stumbaugh
Louis Hanken
Scotch Grove
Center
Two Petitions and Two Judgments in Jones County Court
Jones County district court listed two new petitions and two judgments this week. A guardian petition was filed for Magdalena Wolf Monticello by her son N C Wolf seeking guardianship of her property. Shirley Mullett Miller filed for divorce from Raymond W Mier citing cruel and inhuman treatment. she seeks permanent alimony and division of personal effects. Judge Lloyd Philbrick dismissed Alvin H Haas contempt but entered a $2,195 judgment with interest. Judge J B Heiserman issued a judgment for Iowa Manufacturing Credit Union against Justin P Kehoe and David N Gray for $499.66 plus costs. date noted Oct 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Jones ‘County
Magdalena Wolf
Monticello
State Mental Institute
Independence
N. C. Wolf
Shirley Mullett Miller
Raymond W. Mier
Lloyd Philbrick
Alvin H. Haas
Pearl C. Haas
J. B. Heiserman
Justin P. Kehoe
David N.gray
Anamosa
Iowa Manufacturing Credit Union
Cedar Rapids
Aldrich Injured in Motorcycle Collision on First Street
Roger Aldrich twenty one of Monticello sustained a fractured shoulder and multiple bruises after a 1949 car driven by Warren Underwood collided with his 1948 motorcycle at about 4 45 p m on First street near the Skelly service station. He was taken to John McDonald hospital by an ambulance. The crash was investigated by Policeman Les Bright and Patrolman Kenneth Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Aldrich
Monticello
First Street
Warren Underwood
Aldrich
Underwood
Skelly
John McDonald Hospital
Fire Department
Les Bright
Kenneth Carter
B P W Initiates Six New Members
The Business and Professional Women's club initiated six new members at a Thursday evening meeting at the V F W rooms. Names listed include Isabel Maire Lucrecia Ladehoff Helen TerVeen Anna Stead Shirley Wahl and Kathleen Straub. International relations was the theme with Europe and Japan slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women's Club
V.F.W
Isabel Maire
Lucrecia Ladehoff
Helen TerVeen
Anna Stead
Shirley Wahl
Kathleen Straub
Europe
Sarah Vernon
Japan
James Robinson
Presbyterian Church
Naomi Hargrave
Caroline Heiken
Caroline Schoenhut
Marie Vernon
Olive Reynolds
Mock election crowns Democrats in Sacred Heart high
Sacred Heart high school's Civics club held a mock election on Friday November 2 with Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver winning 37 votes to 17 for Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon for president. Democratic candidates led in other races with R M Evans 32 Bourke Hickenlooper 22 for U S senator and Rachel Loveless over Leo Hoegh for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civics Club of
Sacred Heart High School
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Dwight Hisenhower
Richard Nixon
R. M. Evans
Bourke Hickenlooper
U.S
Leonard G. Wolf
Bikader
Henry O. Talle
Decorah
Herachel Loveless
Leo A. Hoegh
Dorothy Schwandinger
Joseph McAleer
James Goedken
Roland Hausman
Richard Schwendinger
Dale Mulley
Monticello
American History Civics Club
Harl Elijah
Clarence Repubican
Richard Benischek
Olin
Senate
Russell Hidred
Anamosa
Jones County
Thomas Stimpson
Leo. A. Hoegh
Herschel
Hickenlooper
R. M Evans
Dwight “D. Hisenhower
Andy Stevenson
Coleman Andrews
American Politication Party of
Iowa
Ernc Hass
Darlington Hoopes
Richard M. Nixon
Thomas H. Werdel
Georgia Cozzini
Samuel H. Friedman
Bourke
BE. Hickenlooper
Herschel C. Loveless
W. H. Nicholas
George E. O'Malley
Frank L. Davey
Melvin D. Synhorst
Chett&. Akers
George J. Hischeid, Sr
John. H. Hansen
Norman R. Hays
G. K. Thompson
Supreme Court
Henry K. Peterson
L. M. Hullinger
Gamble Store Christmas Gift Money Promotion
Gamble's store offers Christmas gift money as bonus cash equal to five percent of purchases of one dollar or more. The bonus can be used as cash in the store until Christmas, per owner and manager G M Casey Jones. See Gambles advertisement in this issue of the Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamble’s
G. M
Casey” Jones
Gambles
the Express
Jones County braces for large turnout in presidential election
Voter enthusiasm runs high in Jones County with Republicans facing stronger Democratic opposition than in years past. Absentee ballots reach 395, matching 1952 totals while overall presidential votes hit 9,061 with Eisenhower 6,070 and Stevenson 2,991. Polls open 8 am to 8 pm as multiple county and district races shape the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
George aWont
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Voters to Decide 26 Million Veterans Bonus in Iowa
Voters in the Express area will decide whether Iowa should issue 26 million dollars in bonuses for Korean war veterans. If approved, eligible Iowa veterans from June 27, 1950, to July 27, 1953, would receive ten dollars per month for domestic service and twelve fifty per month for foreign service, with a maximum bonus of five hundred dollars. The measure would authorize state indebtedness and fund payments through an annual tax on intangible property and yearly bond taxes, with a service compensation board handling applications by December 31, 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Iowa
U.S
Adjutant General
F H A Chapter Plans Candlelight Initiation Ceremony
The Future Homemakers of America will hold a candlelight initiation and installation at 3 p.m. Thursday, November 8, in the public school auditorium. Outgoing officers Mary Ann Buol, Mary Egger, Adel First, Barbara Tobiason Jeanne Morey, and substitutes Karole TerVeen Verna Merritt Judy McDonald Susie Shoop will install the new officers: President Janice Kuntz, vice president Sharon Read, secretary Joyce Schoenbeck, treasurer Bonnie Buol, music chairman Mary Egger, publicity chairman Ben Kramer, recreation chairman Jeryl Goettsch, and parliamentarian Mary Jo Goodyear, who will also initiate new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homemakers of America
Mary Ann Buol
Mary Egger
Adel First
Barbara Tobiason
Jeanne
Morey
Karole TerVeen
Verna Merritt
Judy McDonald
Susie Shoop
Janice Kuntz
Sharon Read
Joyce Schoenbeck
Bonnie Buol
Ben Kramer
Jeryl Goettsch
Mary Jo Goodyear
To Present Awards at Cub Pack Meeting
A regular Cub Scout pack meeting for troop No. 66 will be held Friday evening November 9 at the American Legion club. The Legion sponsors the pack and parents are invited to attend. The presentation of awards will be the main event of the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Club
The
Legion
Express to post election results on scoreboard in Anamosa
The 00 90 Express will display live results from the general election on a large scoreboard in its building at 111 East Grand in Anamosa. Voters are invited to visit the office to see how Jones County residents vote as ballots are phoned to the auditor's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auditor’s
Anamosa
Express
East Grand
Jones County
Sacred Heart Observes Catholic Youth Week
Sacred Heart school students joined the National Catholic Youth Week observance from October 28 through November 2. Activities included the National Catholic Youth Communion Sunday and participation in the nationwide Catholic Youth Communion Crusade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart School
Polio Shots for Twins in Korea
Pfc's Clay L Powers and Clayton J Powers, 19, twin sons of Mr and Mrs Joseph H Powers of Monticello, were among the first in Korea to receive Salk polio vaccine shots. The Army offers the series to under 21 volunteers, with a second shot after six weeks and a final dose seven months after the second. The twins, clerks at Eighth Army headquarters in Seoul, graduated Buck Creek consolidated high school in 1955. They joined the Army in August 1965, with basic training at Fort Chaffee and arrived in Korea in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Pfc
Clay L
Clayton J. Powers
Joseph H. Powers
Monticello
Army Medical Service
Eighth Army
Seoul
Buck Creek Consolidated High School
Army
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Also Mentioned on This Page
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monticello State Bank
Farm Bureau
Justice Court
Warren P. Lawrence
Justice of the Peace
Duncans
John Grant
Louie Hagen
Harold Anderson
Elmer Streeper
Edward Harms
Marvin Engelbart
Howard Edwards
Chris Holmes
Marvin Jacobs
J. F. Husmann
Herman Ortgies
Carl Sieveka
L. G. Holmes
Galen Engelbart
Herman Harms
Ernest Anderson
Russell Gray
Dean Edwards
Donald Wells
Oren Simmons
Gene Cook
John H. Dirks
John D. Dirks
Merlin Husmann
Allen Husmann
Gary Grant
Bobby Hagen
Joe Steffens
Don Duncan
Mark Cross
Marvin Enrgelbart
Gerald Schmidt
Lisbon
John Hacke
Bernard
Harlan Busch
Lyle Ridenour
Donald Rickels
Robert Payne
Wayne Pence
Wyoming
Raymond Meter
Wilbur Otten
Gerald Ales
Jerry Andreegen
Thomas George
Bernard Goedken
Bernard Manternach
Russell Gen
Malvern John
Deane James
Center Junction
Clayton Reeves
Donald Lee Appleby
James Williams
Jerry Darrow
Howard Hammert
Raymond McDonald
Fairview
Donald Beartling
Jimmy Proctor
Norman Murfield
John Bailey
William Leonard
Robert Plath
David Manternach
Sven
Joann Eden
Pete Shelley
Barbara Null
Velma Blohm
Katherine Dandl
Ronnie
Clarence Appleby
Mary Ann Hobert
Kenneth Schatz
Robert Tobiason
Gerry Rohr
Lonnie Meier
Paul Lumpa
Dale
B.P.W
Gamble
Beardsley
Herschel Loveless
Lee Crain
Harm J. Dirks
August Hansen
W. T. Jansen
Henry F .Adams
William J. Bailey
Walter H. Hoppe
Leonard Kula
George F. Specht
Republicaan Lewis Vernon
Auditor’s Post
W. L. Pearson
League of Women Voters
George H. Harms
Blanche H. Corwin
Lawrence Huerter
National
Congress
Henry C. Talle
Sherif
Lewis M. Dreibelbis
Bess E. Sherman
Howard M. Remley
Howard BE. Campbell
Board OF Supervisors
Harm Dirks
Henry F. Adams
F.H.A
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