Armistice Day Opens 1951 CROP Campaign in Iowa
On Armistice Day November 11 1951 the Christian Rural Overseas Program opens statewide campaign led by Iowa CROP director Harry E Terrill. During Crop Week Nov 12 17 volunteers canvass farms for cash and commodities to feed overseas hungry. Jones county chair Paul Kenyon leads local efforts.
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Christian Rural Overseas Program
Iowa
Harry E. Terrill
Catholic Rural Life
Church World Service
Lutheran World Relief
Herrell
Europe
Middle East
Asia
Jones County
Paul Kenyon
SS. Peter and Paul's Lutheran Church
Castle Grove
Hughes Discusses "Those Russians" at Jones County Meeting
The Jones County Education Association met at the Iowan hotel in Anamosa on October 17. Miss Phyllis Hughes of Manchester will speak on "Those Russians" and outline signs of Communism in communities. A Future Teachers Club for Jones County students was proposed with initial Mar telle meeting.
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Jones County Education Association
Iowan
Anamosa
Monticello
Phyllis Hughes
Manchester
Jones County
Bacon
Martelle
Earl Davis
Iowan Hotel
Tax On School Admission Dropped
Federal tax on ticket sales for school events below college level is eliminated. Joe Beave, Jones County superintendent of schools, reports the change takes effect November 1 reducing the cost of a 50 cent ticket by ten cents.
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Joe Beave
Jones County
New Taxes To Cause Some Price Jumps
Congress approved amendments under the Office of Price Stabilization that let manufacturers wholesalers and retailers reflect changes in excise taxes effective November 1. The rules specify how to bill customers for tax increases and apply to those who list or do not list excise taxes, with adjustments if taxes are reduced or eliminated.
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Office of Price Stabilization
Congress
GCPR
Matheson Home And Land History Recalled In Williamsburg
Ralph Matheson reviews the title abstract noting the first entry dating a century back. Records show in 1951 Richard Williams paid 1.25 dollars per acre for the 40 acre tract where the Matheson home stands. A national salute features forty eight guns.
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Ralph Matheson
Williamsburg
Richard Williams
Matheson
Library notes celebrate Children’s Book Week with new reads
The Monticello Public Library announces the thirty third annual Children’s Book Week from November 11 to 17 with New Horizons With Books as the slogan. A wide range of new fiction and non fiction titles for adults and youths will be ready for circulation November 12, plus bookmarks. Featured titles include Peter Marshall biography A Man Named Peter by Catherine Marshall, A Doctor's Pilgrimage by Edmund A. Brasset M.D. and Memoirs of 1874 1920 by Herbert Hoover, among many other works and several Best Seller shelf additions. Also listed are juvenile titles from teens to pre teens and several non fiction works, travel books, mysteries, westerns and classics. In agricultural news Brown Swiss breeders Corp sold bulls Dot’s Rubys Tex King 97794 and Jane's King Tex 108565 to North Liberty. sales reported by Fred S Idise secretary of the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.
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Monticello
Catherine Marshall
Peter
Chaplin
Senate
Nova Scotia
Edmund A. Brasset
Herbert Hoover
Ellswyth Thane
Williamsburg
London
New York
Alice T. Hobart
China
Buckskin
T. D. Allen
Herman Wouk
Melvin Goodwin
U.S.A
John F. Marquand
James Street
Nelia C. White
Thomas B. Costian
F. van Wyck Mason
H., T. Miller
Ben Lucien Burman
Walker
Helen Barney
John J. Flaherty
J. Wallerstein
Columbus
Eliz
C. Baily
Julia Vernni
Martha Foley
Reader's Digest
Robert J. Hogan
Phil Stong
Will James
Cyril Hare
Bagdad
Agatha Christie
R. Standish
H. V. Morton
F. Klees
Rosamond Jardine
Two
Betty Cavanna
Carol
Jerrold Beim
Walter Farley
Shelia John Daly
Stephen W. Meader
Stephen Holt
James Daughery
Adele Nathan
Olive L. Earle
Shorty
Cary Jackson
Noel Streatfield
Joan Foster
Europe
Alice R
Jeane-Marie
Bull Bull Bros
Ellison & Scanlon
North Liberty
Fred S. Idise
Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Association
Belois
Wis
William L. Buol
Jones County Lags in Defense Bond Drive As Final Date Nears
Jones County reports a weak showing in the Defense Bond drive with only 90 546 in purchases since Labor Day, 38.13 percent of its quota. Iowa counties Clark Dickinson Grundy Lucas and Van Buren lead with Lucas at 131.49 percent. County chairman John W. McNamara urges buyers to have bonds reported to the Federal Reserve Bank before the final mailing deadline Saturday.
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Iowa
John W. McNamara
Anamosa
Jones County
Savings
Roger F. Warin
Savings Bonds Division
Clark, Dickinson, Grundy
Lucas
van Buren
Say You Saw It Please in Rue Express
A brief item notes a call to acknowledge receipt of information with the phrase say you saw it please in rue express. The line suggests a local gossip or social cue centered on street culture and informal communication.
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Rue Express
Wear A Poppy On Armistice Day Monticello VFW Notice
Monticello Post No 1683 Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary urge residents to wear a poppy on Armistice Day Sunday November 11 as a memorial for the dead. Commander Ervin Plueger and Auxiliary president Hope Marolf spearhead the appeal, hoping surplus poppies are shared with those lacking them.
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Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Ervin Plueger
Hope Marolf
Northwestern U. reports Balster as sole Monticello home student
Robert Balster from Monticello is the only person at Northwestern University this year listed with that hometown. Balster attends the school of journalism amid a total fall enrollment of 9,500. Janice Walker, a two year old from Bancroft, fell from a car north of Algona, was seriously injured, and remained unconscious for 24 hours after being rushed to the hospital.
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Robert Balster
Northwestern University
Monticello
Iowa
Balster
Janice Walker
Bancroft
Algona
Elderly man killed by freight train near Graettinger station
Lars Solheim, an elderly resident of Graettinger, was struck and killed by a southbound freight train near the railroad station as he walked home. Witnesses report the train moved slowly and he appeared not to see it.
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Graettinger
Lars Solheim
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East
Stratford
Chicago
Wrigley Field
Cubs
Sheridan Road
Jefferson
Jefferson Hotel
South Bend
Indiana
Dayton
Kenosha
Wae
Wise
eCater
Ladies’ Aid Society
Hanes
Peter Pan
Wuzzat
Library Notes
Leo Hosch
Hargrave Construction Company
Express
Federal Reserve Bank
Monticello, Iowa
Northwestern U
Kuriger Bros
Rugby Knitting Mills, Inc
Rugby Sobag Fak
Stuhler
Fisher
BUICK
McLaughlin Motor Company
Cedar Street
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