Armistice Day Roll Call Set for Jones County Townships
Red Cross announces 1939 roll call under Mrs. G. W. Eiben with Armistice Day start November 11 through November 30 in Monticello and north half townships. Half the funds stay local for smallpox immunization hot lunches and board approved needs. Roll call chairs listed for Monticello districts and townships with names.
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G. W. Eiben
Red Cross
Monticello
Jones County
Board of
Anamosa Legion Sets Program Armistice Day
The Anamosa American Legion announces a program on Armistice Day Friday November 10 at 10:00. High school band directed by M Beant gall will perform America. Invocation by Rev P J Behan. Glen McLaughlin community service chairman will introduce keynote speaker DIELS W’y Bigourney, chairman of the national defense committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Anamosa High
Pe Diels W'y Bigourney
National American ‘Legion
Committee On National Defense
Shaw
M. Beant Gall
America
P. J. Behan
Glen McLaughlin
Community Service
Closing During Ceremony At New Post Office Event
Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion urged merchants to close during the flag raising ceremony at the new post office building between 9 30 and 10 o clock Saturday morning.
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Veterans of Foreign Ware
The
American Legion
Mrs. D. D. Clark Dies After Stroke in 1939
Catherine Margaret Clark a daughter of Donald and Nancy Sutherland died November 3 1939 at the home of Mrs T L Bybee Grandview Missouri after a stroke October 31 She was born March 17 1856 in Scotch Grove Iowa married David Dawson Clark December 1 1874 She leaves two daughters Mrs W W Bixler Anamosa and Mrs T L Bybee Grandview six grandchildren two great grandchildren two brothers N Sutherland Plattsmouth Neb and John Sutherland Tecumseh Neb plus other relatives Funeral services were held November 6 at the Bybee home conducted by Rev M Bottoms of the Grandview Methodist church Burial was in Mt Moriah Cemetery beside her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Margaret Clark
Donald
Nancy Sutherland
T. L. Bybee
Grandview
Scotch Grove
Iowa
David Dawson Clark
Jones County
Kansas City
Presbyterian Church
Bert
W. W. Bixler
Anamosa
N. Sutherland
Plattsmouth,Neb
John Sutherland
Tecumseh, Neb
Mra
K.A. Callahan
Ind
Ernest Wright
Monticello
Neph. W. Glenn
Bybee
M.bottoms
Cornell organist Eugene Devereaux to give first recital of season
Cornell College professor Eugene Devereaux presents a Sunday recital at Mount Vernon on Nov 12 at 4 pm. He will perform Bach and Handel preludes, Tournemire Sitio, Hindemith Second Sonata, and Bach organ works, with a program noting his studies and affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Devereaux
Cornell College
Mounternon
Merner-Pfeiffer
Cornell
Bach
Handel
Devereaux
Marcel Dupre
Tertius Noble
Clarence Dickenson
School of Sacred Music
Union Theological Seminary
Columbian University
American Guild of Oranists
The
University,of Iowa
East
Westchester County
Center
White Plaines
New York
American Guild of Organists
Rhinebeck
Lingte
Delaware
Minneapolis
Orgelbuchlein
Herr Jesu
Christ
Tournemire
Heiter
Aenor
Walten
Hindemith
Bedell
Armistice DayCeremony Set at Monticello Post Office Grounds
A flag raising ceremony and Armistice Day program are planned starting 9 a.m. at the new Monticello Post Office grounds with a processional led by the Monticello School Band. The event includes prayers, a flag presentation by Postmaster Hogan, Boy Scouts, and a parade to the high school auditorium for further services and Major George Woodall’s address.
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Veterans of All Wars
Includin E Miera
Civil Conservation Corps
Stipe
Monticello
Participante
Henry W. Helms
America
A. L. Lorenz
M. F. Hogan
Boy Scouts
Samuel Gutensohn
Armin Tendick
Willis Fairbanks Elected Jones County 4-H Club President
Willis Fairbanks of Cass township was elected president of the Jones County 4-H club boys at the third annual 4-H club father son banquet at Olin high school. Leo Waggoner of Jackson township was elected vice president Leo Levsen of Rome township named secretary and Laverne Kuhns of Scotch Grove treasurer. The event honored fathers and sons with a 6:30 banquet and included awards for outstanding club status and highest member attendance.
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Willis Fairbanks
Cass Township
Jones County
Olin High School
Willis
Monticello
Dean Newman
Greenfield
Leo Waggoner
Jackson Township
Leo Levsen
Rome Township
Laverne Kuhns
Scotch Grove
Olin Methodist Church
Farm Bureau
Robert Fishwild
Melvin Sievers
Wyoming
Mission Festival at Castle Grove Church
Castle Grove Lutheran church near Monticello to host its annual Mission Festival next Sunday with morning service at 10 45 and afternoon service at 2 30. Pastor John Pannhuk Hopkinton will speak in the morning and Pastor Herman Hein Olin in the afternoon. Choir and Sunday school beginners will sing and offerings support mission work. Basement dining is available for attendees.
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Castle Grove
New Guards Added To Men's Reformatory
Warden Foss Davis announces Dr. T J Powers resigns as full time dentist at the Anamosa reformatory. Dr A N Trevarthen will serve part time. Several guards retired by age. November 1 new guards appointed: T W Baker Corydon shoe repairman. Stanley Bright Sand Spring. Tobe Brown Atlantic. Donald C Hichelberg Mechanicsville. Guy W Beach Mount Vernon. George Meecham Mount Pleasant.
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Foss Davis
T. J. Powers
Anamosa
A. N. Trevarthen
T. W. Baker
Corydon
Stanley Bright
Sand Spring
Tobe Brown
Atlantic
Donald C. Hichelberg
Mechanicsville
Guy W. Beach
Mount Vernon
George Meecham
Mount Pleasant
All Guards
Clergy Urge Monticello Sunday Rest Proclamation
Monticello area clergymen issue a proclamation urging observance of Sunday as a day of rest and worship. The signed pastors from multiple churches call for citizens to honor the sacred day and protect workers' rights to observe it.
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Monticello
Anticello
Wm. J. Grossheim
Presbyterian
Samuel Gutensohn
Paul Gutknecht
St. John’s Lutheran
Sand Hill
J. J. Hennessey
Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove
James Hodgson
Two Under Arrest In Probe of Hog Theft
Linn county officials said a horn theft ring active in at least three northeastern Iowa counties since July has been cracked. Two Waterloo men were arrested. John Bauer 41 of Dubuque is jailed in Linn county with a 2500 bond and faces two more informations, bonds totaling 7500. Jack Hockey, held by Blackhawk county authorities, confessed participation in hog thefts near Martelle and Marion in Linn and Waterloo in Blackhawk. Bauer may be prosecuted in Linn and Blackhawk counties.
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Linn
Iowa
Waterloo
John Bauer
Dubuque
Linn County
G. K. Thompson
Jack Hockey
Blackhawk
Martelle
Jones
Jones County
Mt. Vernon
Marion
Bauer
Firemen Put Out Railroad Car Blaze Near Feed Mill Crossing
A railroad car derailed or stalled at the Monticello Feed mill crossing and caught fire Friday morning. Firemen battled flames that surged high into the air and fully extinguished the blaze. One car refused to move earlier in the week, adding to the incident.
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Monticello
Brotherhood Elects Officers at Wayne Zion Meeting
Wayne Zion Brotherhood chose Louis Helgens as president Alva Gerdes as vice president William Jansen as secretary and treasurer for the new year The meeting included a talk by Henry Husman and an address by Mr Petersen about Lutheran affairs
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Wayne Zion Brotherhood
Louis Helgens
Alva Gerdes
William Jansen
Henry ‘Husman
Monticello
Petersen
Snembign
Guest Speaker at Fabrics Class Tuesday
Miss Willoughby of Cedar Rapids will discuss interior decorating problems before the fabrics class at the night school Tuesday November 14. The meeting will start at 8 15 PM.
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Miss Willoughby
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa Poultry Cargo Lost in Mississippi River Dump
Kenneth B. Humpal reports a $3,500 cargo of dressed poultry consigned to a Chicago market was dumped into the Mississippi near Sabula. The refrigerated Baker Transfer semi-trailer left Anamosa bridge after midnight, overturned in eight feet of backwater. the driver escaped unharmed. About 20,000 pounds submerged. salvage efforts underway with estimated removal costs of $250 and repair costs between $1,250 and $1,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth B. Humpal
Anamosa Poultry and Egg Company
Chicago
Mississippi River
Sabula
Baker Transfer
Savanna River Company
Waverly
Anamosa ‘Bridge
Humpal
Griffith Faces Triple Trouble After Cran Rapids Accident
Clarence L. Griffith of Monticello caused a hit and run in Cedar Rapids when a stock truck sideswiped a Central City car driven by Mrs. P Thompson. He fled, was chased, arrested for speeding, fined, and later charged with hit and run. The truck burned at the station, a Cedar Weeeeeeseee bicycle owner was traced, and Griffith faced a hearing before Justice H R Churchill with a $100 fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence L. Griffith
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
P. Thompson
Central City
Griffith
Harold Sanard
H. R. Churchill
Landis Wins Case In District Court
Judge C J Haas ruled last Thursday for the defendant in William Altman versus E T Landis. Altman claimed rent due since 1914 on property behind the Princess theatre, while Landis argued no legal obligation to pay. Defense was by Doxsee, Doxsee, and Heiserman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.J. Haas
William Altman
E. T. Landis
Altman
Landis
Princess Theatre
Doxsee
Heiserman
National Book Week Observed in Monticello Activities
National Book Week runs November 12 to 18 with a library display in Monticello reading room and a PTA discussion on Guiding Reading of Children led by Miss Ann Malnar. A story hour by Miss Malnar at 10 o clock Saturday includes readings and BOOK WEEK activities.
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Monticello
Parent-Teachers Association
Ann Malnar
PTA
Malnar
West Liberty Homecoming Scene Sparks Controversy
Report describes a violent incident where a dummy from West Liberty struck Monti during last Friday's events. The piece notes bereavement tolls for Virginia Wright Kay Woodall and Shirley Mobart as spectators view the replica during the homecoming parade. Placards accompany the rear of the four block parade.
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West Liberty
Monti
Virginia Wright
Kay Woodall
Shirley Mobart
Special Dinner Monday Night Pur sterchins
A joint six o'clock dinner will be held in the Goudy tea room Monday night November 13 at six o'clock. The Rotary club and members of the Monticello Commercial club will eat together and thereafter a discussion will be conducted concerning plans for the Christmas season. All merchants are urged to attend.
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Goudy Tea Room
Rotary Club
Monticello
Stores Co Court House Will Close For Doxsee Rites
Monticello business houses and the county court house will be closed from 10 to 11 o clock Friday during the J. W. Doxsee funeral. Services will be held in the Methodist church with Masonic services following at Oakwood cemetery.
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Monticello
J. W. Doxsee
Oakwood Cemetery
Judge Haas Rules in Dist Court Over Estate Admin Change
Judge C J Haas ruled the estate of W H Kline should remove Chauncey D Kline and John Bodenhofer as administrators. L D Murfield was appointed successor. Jones county sues in a partition suit over real estate against Burton Peet and others. William Kyne seeks judgment against A S Powers for 568 dollars with 6 percent interest from April 23 1937 on an alleged unpaid promissory note.
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Jones County
Burton Peet
William Kyne
A. S. Powers
C. J. Haas
W. H. Kline
Chauncey D. Kline
John Bodenhofer
L. D. Murfield
Chauffeurs License Renewal Starts in Iowa November 15
Renewal period begins November 15 with patrols in Monticello every other Monday starting November 20. Examining days coincide with ordinary drivers at the community hall. If not renewed by January 1, a new examination is required for chauffeurs, not for ordinary license holders.
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Iowa
Monticello
Garryowen to Have Annual Fall Festival
The St. Patrick's parish in North Garryowen hosts a chicken and ham supper on Sunday afternoon November 12 with service starting about 4 o clock. A dance on Monday evening November 13 features Bobby Griggs orchestra and a late midnight lunch.
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St. Patrick’s Parish
North Garryowen
Bobby Griggs
Half Century of Newspaper Life Comes to Close
J Coxsee publisher of The Monticello Express since 1883 and longtime attorney died at his West First street home after a heart attack at age 82. Funeral at Methodist church with Rev Woodall and Rev Guten sohn officiating. burial at Oakwood cemetery with Burns Lodge A F and A M in charge.
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J. Coxsee
Monticello Express
West First Street
Allheen
Charles
Doxsee
Mr. Doxsee
Mary FE. Doxsee
Coxsee
Monticello
Marshall W. Herrick
Anamosa
Herrick
Messrs. Herrick & Coxsee
Iowa
Dakota
Charles A. Doxsee
Mrs William Poppe Dies After Illness in 1939
Mrs William Poppe died at her home on Tuesday October 31 1939 at one o clock pm after a two week illness. Funeral services were held Friday November 3 at the house and at the German Lutheran church in Lakota with Rev A F Boese officiating. Interment was in Highland cemetery at Ledyard. She was born April 26 1863 in Neustadt Goedens Ost friesland Germany maiden name Greta Maurie Engelbarts. She emigrated with her parents to America at 19 settling in Montrose Illinois then Amber before moving to Ledyard. She married John Wilhelm Poppe October 27 1887 and they lived on a farm west of Amber before moving to Ledyard in 1889. Five children survive: Adolph and Mrs Amanda Nitz of Lakota, Mrs Ella Gelhaus, Mrs Jennie Blome and William of Ledyard. Her husband died March 30 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Poppe
Lakota
A. F. Boese
Highland Cemetery
Ledyard
Ledyard. Mrs. Poppe Was Born April 26, 1863 At Neustadt Goedens
Ostfriesland
Germany
Greta Maurie Engelbarts
America
Montrose
Amber
John Wilhelm Poppe
Rev. C. Mardorf
West Amber
Adolph
Amanda Nitz
Ella Gelhous
Jennie Blome
William
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Roll Call
Eiben
Will Thompson
J. H. Fraser
Northwest
Lloyd Clark
Will First
Southwest
Milton Thoens
Cass
Albert Schrader
Will Buckner
Clay
Willison
Onslow
Lovell
John Shover
Arnold Thalacker
Richland
Josephine Knepper
Joe Strang, Jr
Washington
Euene Lorenz
Wayne
John Ickels
Winnon Dirks
R. A. Naylor
W. B. Clark
Anamosa Legion
D. D. Clark
Scotch Grove Two
D. D. Sinclair
Cornell Chapel
Willis Fairbanks County
Castle Grove Church
Ring
Brotherhood
Anamosa Poultry Cargo
Express
Helms Photo
Sterchins
Co. Court House
Haas
Dist
Garryowen
Methodist Church
George Woodall
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Albert E. Coe
Dysart
J. E. Remley
Spea
Burns Lodge
No. 173
A. F
A. M
Ben C. Roberts
Wetari Star
Ohio
Alfred R. Coxsee
Bowen's Prairie
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Town State College
Ames
Steamboat Rock
Lovell State Bank
Monticello State Bank
Wm. Poppe
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