Eight Births Reported at John McDonald Hospital This Week
The past week at John McDonald hospital saw eight births: three girls and five boys. Names and exact dates listed include Monticello and Anamosa families with newborns from November 5 to November 9, detailing parents Mr and Mrs James McLaughlin, Mr and Mrs Mike Clement, Mr and Mrs Louis Tapken, Mr and Mrs Clarence Kehoe, Mr and Mrs Myron Kuhns, Mr and Mrs Robert Starks, and Mr and Mrs Har Rynerson plus Mr and Mrs Donald Coohey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
James .McLaughlin
Myron Kuhns
Scotch Grove
Robert
Starks
Monticello
Har
Rynerson
Anamosa
Ands
Donald Coohey
Cascade
Rotary hears farmer view on price support plan
R D Sanford of the AAA office spoke to the Monticello Rotary about government price support. He described the plan as price stabilization rather than direct support and outlined its methods. Another guest was Leonard Peterson, manager of the Great Plains Lumber Co.
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Monticello Rotary Club
R. D. Sanford
AAA
Sanford
Leoard Peterson
Winthrop
Great Plains Lumber Co
Automobiles Registered in Jones County This Week
Jones County records list new car registrations for Anamosa Monticello and Olin including makes such as Chevrolet Buick Plymouth GMC and Oldsmobile with owners Mentz Gray Rieniers Stott Buel Amend Sev ern Nielsen and others A Lions Club meeting at the Presbyterian church basement featured a pot luck dinner and travel pictures honoring Rev and Mrs Mast on their farewell to South Dakota with images shown by Hintz Adams DeShaw and Perkins.
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Jones County
W. G. Mentz
Anamosa
Chevrolet
Russell H. Gray
Plymouth
Dalé*Adams
Monticello
Buick
Robert D.petersen
Olin
I. H. Rieniers
Studebaker
M. T. Stott
William Buel
GMC Truck
Eva Amend
Pontiac
H. A.severn
Oldsmobile
Malinda Nielsen
Ford
Lions Club
Presbyterian Church
Andrew Mast
South Dakota
Mast
Irving Hintz
Henry Adams
Earl DeShaw
L. C. Perkins
Homemaking Class Schedule Change Noted
There is no adult homemaking class on November 15 but a regular meeting is held November 22 at 8 pm. Miss Emelda Kunan county home economist will continue lessons on slip covering for those covering chairs or davenport.
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Emelda Kunan
Fall sees record-low marriage licenses issued
This fall has been one of the lightest on record for marriage licenses with another week passing without a couple applying to the clerk of the district court in Anamosa.
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Anamosa
Sacred Heart Bazaar Set for Sunday in Monticello
A large crowd is expected at Sacred Heart parish bazaar on Sunday November 14 in Monticello. Father Eugene Lorenz says school remodeling is complete and accessible for inspection during the event. Dinner will be served from Newman hall dining room with the school entrance used for entry. Apron crafts, fancy work and children's booths promise entertainment for all ages.
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Sacred Heart Parish
Monticello
Eugene Lorenz
Newman Hall
Cascade Man Dies In Dubuque Sanitarium
Last rites for Francis J. Brown, 62, of Cascade, were held from Devaney funeral home to St. Martin's church. He died at 8 45 p m Saturday at the St Joseph sanitarium in Dubuque after four years of illness, with interment in Calvary cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Brown
Cascade
Devaney
St. Martin’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Mr. Brown
St. Joseph Sanitarium
Dubuque
First Snow Of The Year Hits Monticello Streets
Winter edged closer as a cold drizzle turned to snow in Monticello yesterday. Temperatures stayed high enough to prevent accumulation but the flurry made city and state paving more hazardous. it was Monticello’s first snowfall of the year.
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Monticello
Monticello Chamber Lights Up Christmas Plans
The Monticello Chamber of Commerce unveils a Christmas promotion with a $50 decoration contest offering 25 15 and 10 prizes open to individuals groups and churches. Santa visits on December 18 and 22 with free movie showings and candy sacks. street lights extend from Helmer Upholstery to Proctor's and Freese Implement to Mc Laughlin Buick. the big tree and star decorate key corners.
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Monticello
Santa Claus
Helmer
Proctor's
Freese Implement
McLaughlin Buick Company
The
Express
Two fugitives recaptured at Lincoln in stolen car
Two of three reformatory escapees from Anamosa were found asleep in a stolen car in Lincoln Nebraska on Friday night and shipped back to the reform school. Orville Gitchell 33 of Omaha and Charles Richardson 24 of Dubuque were returned while John Bandy 46 of Centerville remains at large.
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Anamosa
Lincoln
Neb
Foss Davis
Orville Gitchell
Omaha
Charles Richardson
Dubuque
Reformatory
Richardson
Gitchell
John Bandy
Centerville
Davis
Bandy
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
P. F. Hopkins
State Board of Control
Hopkins
Fort Madison
Grid contest winner to be announced next week
Weather postponements of Independence Manchester and Wilson Roosevelt football games push the outcome of last week's grid contest to a later date. The winner will be announced next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Wilson
C.R
Roosevelt
Bond Campaign Begins Tomorrow
Armistice Day marks the opening of a campaign to encourage additional investments in United States savings bonds. Roger F. Warin, state director, announced the fall campaign runs through December 11 with targets to boost payroll savings participation and bond-a-month plan use for professionals, self employed, and farmers. Iowa sets quotas of 15,000 extra payroll participants and 2,200 bond-a-month users, with county committees urged to lift 1948 sales to 1947 levels.
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United States
Roger F. Warin
Savings Bonds
Warin
Iowa
Auxiliary Offers Wheel And Coffee Can Drive
The Monticello American Legion Auxiliary announces a community service program offering use of a wheelchair to those in need. Publicity chair Mrs. Co F Shimanek says to call Mrs Harold Dunn to arrange. The group also collects Butlernut coffee can strips and keys for an orphan’s gift, with contributions accepted through local grocers or Mrs Harold Dunn.
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Monticello American Legion Auxiliary
Co. F. Shimanek
Harold Dunn
Shimanek
Monticello
Beverly Beeks Chosen Homecoming Queen
Beverly Beeks was chosen homecoming queen last Friday night but rain prevented her presentation at the Anamosa Monticello game. The election was announced at the homecoming dance in the Community building after the game.
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Beverly Beeks
Monti
William Hintz Dies Friday
Funeral services for William F. Hintz 78 Monticello area were held Sunday at 2 30 p m from Goettsch funeral home to Peniel Presbyterian church Burial was in Oakwood cemetery with Rev James Hodgson officiating Hintz a retired farmer died at his home in Monticello Friday evening He was a charter member and longtime president of the Castle Grove Mutual Insurance Association and served on its board for 36 years He also sat on the Farmers Community Fire Truck association board from its organization until its dissolution He was born November 31 1870 at Homewood Illinois and was survived by his widow Anna Rettig two sons Irving of Monticello and Paul of Des Moines four brothers Fred of Dubuane Louis Manchester and George Glendale California four sisters Rose Mansfield Matilda Kline Anna Council and Mary Van Eman and five grandchildren Pallbearers were W R Cartano Clarence Eberhart F D Deischer Austin Spahr Delmar King and James McLaughlin.
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William F. Hintz
Monticello
Goettsch
Peniel Presbyterian Church
Oakwood
James Hodgson
Hintz
Castle Grove Mutual Insurance Association
Farmers Community Fire Truck Association
Homewood, Il
Mr. Hintz
William Hintz
Anna Ehrke
Anna E. Rettig
Irving
Paul
Des Moines
Fred
Dubuane
Louie
Manchester
George
Glendale
Calif
Rose Mansfield
Matilda Kline
Independence
Anna Council
Culbertson
Mont
Mary van Eman
Tomah
Wisc
W.R. Cartano
Clarence Eberhart
F. D. Deischer
Austin Spahr
Delmar King
James McLaughlin
Petit Jury Duty Called For November Term
Petit jurors for the November term of district court were notified by mail to report December 6, 1948 at 10 am. Judge M. C. Hamiel presides. Names include Monticello and Anamosa residents such as Leo Aldrich Mary Bohlken Fred Merritt Edith Smith and many others from towns across Iowa including Wyoming Onslow Cascade Center Junction Morley Amber Olin Mechanicsville Lisbon and Scotch Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Hamiel
Monticello
Leo Aldrich
L. F. Balster
Leo Bertling
Lowell Black
Mary H. Bohlken
Mary Bonwell
Robert Buol
C. H. Ferry
Elaine Heiken
Melvin Hein
Joe Huxtable
Bertha Newman
Florence Pospishil
Center Junction
John Henrichs
Morley
Ruth Duncan
Amber
Theodore Freese
Olin
Alvena Jones
Ed Kreger
Julius Lorenzen
Mechanicsville
Gorman Robinson
Scotch Grove
R. A. Naylor
Lisbon
Raymond Stearns
Next Year’s Fair Dates Announced at Great Jones County Fair
The Great Jones County Fair board announced a four day 1949 event from August 17 to 20. Harry W. Stuhler was reelected president with Ross Baty Claude Appleby as secretaries. Glenn Jones returns as assistant secretary in charge of concessions. H M Carpenter and James Maurice were reelected vice president and treasurer. The board noted ground north of the amphitheatre was filled to improve sightlines. Plans aim to enlarge and improve the fair next year.
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Fair Board
Harry W. Stuhler
Ross Baty
Claude Appleby
Glenn Jones
H. M. Carpenter
James Maurice
H. W. Stahler
Heiserman Grants Miller Divorce
Nellie I. Miller obtained a divorce from Ralph O. Miller in Anamosa district court with Judge J. E. Heisman presiding. The order grants Nellie absolute custody of their minor daughter Carolyn Diane Miller with visitation for Ralph and sets $25 monthly child support until the daughter turns 18. The couple married in Marion on January 7, 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie I. Miller
Ralph O. Miller
J. E. Heiserman
Anamosa
Miller
Carolyn Diane Miller
Marion
Commission Claim Seeks 345 From Real Estate Sale
Lawrence J. Conmey Anamosa real estate agent sues Louise R. Scott for a 3 percent broker commission claimed due on a land sale produced by him. He asserts a purchaser contracted for by him and seeks a jury trial. Also notes Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran church officers elected November 1 and an oyster supper planned December 6 with guest speaker candidate A Frédette Wartburg Seminary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence J. Conmey
Anamosa
Conmey
Louise R. Scott
Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Carl H. Harms
Ed Helgens
Louis Helgens
Brotherhood
A. Frédette
Wartburg Seminary
Dubuque
Court Declares Monticello Ordinance Void
District Judge J E Heiserman ruled that Monticello Ordinance 151 adopted by the city council was illegal and void. The decision, issued Saturday in Anamosa, ordered the city to restore Second Street and upheld the quitclaim deed to Claude Appleby, with costs taxed to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Anamosa
J. E. Heiserman
City of
John Rickels
Rickels
Second Street
Orange Street
Highway 151
Claude Appleby
Heiserman
Appleby
CROP Drive Expands Across Iowa For Relief Program
Seventy of Iowa’s 99 counties have met CROP drive goals for the farm to farm Thanksgiving appeal aiding undernourished orphans aged displaced persons and refugees overseas. Iowa Christian Relief Trains will collect carloads of food toward a 300 carload target with school drives for powdered milk and relief cereal. Clarence Wilson notes bulk shipping cuts costs while church agencies limit losses. County goals reflect 1/1000 of county farm income with several counties increasing targets. Ames High School groups donate first $328. Local volunteers plan shelling and soup service. truckers offer transport to a central loading point.
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Iowa
Christian Rural Overseas Program
CROP
Iowa Christian Relief
Clarence Wilson
Farm Bureau
Iowa Crop Board
Kossuth
Lotsa
Warren County
Marion County
Ida County
Ames High School
Keating Released On 300 Bail In Anamosa Case
Orland Bernard Keating was released on a 300 bail pending district court action in Anamosa. He was charged before Justice George C. Lawrence with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after his arrest four miles south of Cascade on Highway 136 by Patrolman John Beckman. The case is filed with the Anamosa district clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orland Bernard Keating
Onslow
District Court
Anamosa
Justice of the Peace
George C. Lawrence
Keating
Cascade
Iowa
John Beckman
New Lumber Co Office Nears Completion
The Great Plains Lumber Co. updates its brick office building nearing completion with construction begun last June and plastering started Monday. Scales 10 ft by 24 ft have been installed to hold a 20 ton capacity.
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Great Plains Lumber Co
Monticello Car Survey Shows Most Cars Left Unlocked
An Ex press reporter surveyed 179 downtown Monticello vehicles last Friday afternoon and found 132 left unattended with keys in ignition. The list spans Ford and Chevrolet models plus trucks and tractors, prompting caution as three convicts were at large from the state reformatory.
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Monticello
Express
Ford
Chevrolet
Studebaker
Camp Fire Girls Form New Bluebird Groups in Monticello
Monticello organizes Camp Fire Girls according to grade levels led by local leaders. Garden Bluebirds enroll second graders under Anne and Shirley Shelley. Daffodil Bluebirds gather third and fourth graders with Mrs. Arch Edwards and Mrs. D. P. Sutherland. A fifth grade nucleus of 17 girls forms a new group led by Mrs. Nick Avelchas and Mrs. Leo Cabalka. Total Program reaches 109 Monticello girls alongside Scouting and Y activities.
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Camp Fire
Monticello
Bluebird
Garden Bluebirds
Anne
Shirley Shelley
Daffodil Bluebirds
Arch Edwards
D. P. Sutherland
Nick Avelchas
Leo Cabalka
Tawanka
Leonard Fluckiger
la Vonne
Tomkiya
E. H. DeShaw
Glenn Hargrave
Montinapo
Jim Morrissey
Leslie Linn
Canowefi
DeShaw
Loose Rivets in the Iron Curtain Talk Scheduled
Rev. L L Dunnington of Iowa City will discuss Loose Rivets in the Iron Curtain on November 29 in the Anamosa high school auditorium. He speaks to the Jones county school masters club and county council after a recent trip to Russia. Mr and Mrs Richard Griffith and their son visit Monticello from Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Dunnington
Iowa City
Jones County Schoolmasters Club
County Council
Anamosa High School
Dr. Dunnington
Russia
Richard Griffith
Cedar Falls
Monticello
Community Fire Truck Association Dissolved
The Farmers Community Fire Truck association dissolved at a board meeting on October 16 in the Community building. A new Monticello Rural Fire Truck association was formed to improve fire protection. The old group began in 1932 with C. K. Greer as president and S. M. Hosford as secretary. new officers are Louie Hanken president and E. W. Brashaw secretary. Membership is $10 yearly for landowners and $5 for tenants, with assessments of $4 for landowners and $2 for tenants. about 800 members exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Community Fire Truck Association
Board of Stockholders
Monticello Rural Fire Truck Association
C. K. Greer
S. M. Hosford
Louie Hanken
E. W. Brashaw
Jones County Draft Board Announces New Classifications
The Jones County draft board released updated classifications for registrants. Names include Merlin K. Ahrendsen 3-A James K. Harris 1-C Harold W. Hosch 3-A and many others across 4-A 3-A 1-D and 2-C categories reflecting the latest local roster status. The list features numerous individuals with varying statuses such as 4-A 3-A 1-A and 4-F among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Raymond C. Eden
Lester G. Monk
Robert Broderson
Melvin L. Husman
Francis B. Brady
Marvin H. Klahn
Joseph C. Felton
Marvin L. Thomson
Millard J. First
Morris E. Kohl
Virgil P. Hinz
Harold E. Eiben
Henry R. Oaken
James Sinkey
Charles A. Merula
Robert D. Snyder
Vernon D. Achenbach
William E. Byerly
Robert H. Clark
Gerhard H. Kray
Leland G. Peet
Charles R. Menster
Arthur J. O'Rourke
George C. Coxsee
Sigworth T. Krass
John A. Steen
Francis E. Coyle
Samuel E. Reyner
James A. White
Lloyd L. Beebe
Leonard H. Ketelsen
Harlan R. Schoon
Gerald L. Ovel
Irvin D. Lowe
Wilbur J. Behnke
Jay G. Slater
Donald L. Shannon
Wallace A. Schneider
Robert J. Holub
Robert W. Beckman
Leo T. Howan
Carmen L. Norton
William R. Thomas
John A. Dumont
Glenn F. Pence
Robert J. Balster
Dwain E. Wilcox
Paul H. Michels
Harold C. Ford
Maynard I. Bartels
Robert L. Burda
Howard G
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Sacred Heart Bazaar
Dubuque Sanitarium
C. of C
New Lumber Co
By Bill Coxsee
Community Fire Truck Association
Williamon
Eugene P. Wasson
Eugene I. Austin
Robert J. Buresh
Junior Edwards
Robert D. Heyen
Vernon E. Stahlberg
Robert G. Hollingsworth
Donald G. Lyon
Nicholas F. Clement
Lloyd A. Brickley
Ralph J. Bailey
Milo H. Miller
Wilfred J. Chapman
Julius W. Thomson
Harlan A. Henderson
John O. Miller
Will E. Cassen
Melvin E. Boots
John L. Healy
Marvin L. Paul
Robert R. Blakesley
Gerald Castonguay
William P. Norton
Dale McDonald
Clyde Price
Loren L. Remington
Earl W. Phillips
Joe E. Sorius
Robert H. Beardsley
John P. Jansen
Ronald M. Smith
Orland B. Keating
Harold A. Thumma
Paul W. Behrends
William S. Wright
Ed J. Smith
Ray Pegerick
Lawrence H. Rieken
John B. Theilen
George R. Zimmerman
Charles T. O'Deen
Orlow O., Hazen
Louis H. Graves
George I. Smith
Roy W. Null
Robert P. Meadow
James A. Cummings
Merle A. Jansen
Louis L. Osterkamp
Marvin T. Schoon
Ray C. Koranda
Wilbert G. Doden
Willis E. Rickels
Donald M. Gilmore
Ralph R. Ellwood
Laverne G. Plueger
Everett L. Herndon
Louis A. Egger
Howard E. Zirkelbach
Willis H. Schafer
Louis L. Stoll
Willis J. Thuman
Donald C. Pilcher
Howard W. Carpenter
William N. Eilers
Donald J. Bray
Dale R. Newman
Henry A. Osterkemp
Richard L. Eichhorn
Clayton H. Snyder
Ivan H. Byrd
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