Five suits filed in Jones county district court this week
Clerk Leigh Pearson logged five cases including Thelma Emerson versus Ross Emerson a divorce alleging drunkenness neglect and cruelty with temporary alimony and $25 monthly for a child. Oliver Kiburz versus R H Balster et al forecloses a $2800 real estate mortgage on East First street. Elbert G Heiserman administrator w w a of Maria Bader estate filed two suits to cancel conveyances involving I W Suter and relatives over an indebtedness. Mary Gesse challenges Will Rieken and others in a Monticello house and lot partition from Tobias Rieken heirs.
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Jones County
Leigh Pearson
Thelma Emerson
Ross Emerson
Johnson County
Cedar Rapids
Oliver Kiburz
R. H. Balster
East First Street
Elbert G. Heiserman
W.w.a
Maria Bader
I. W. Suter
R. G. Suter
Miriam Suter
Suter
Mary Gesse
Will Rieken
Monticello
Tobias Rieken
Verda B. Miller
Urban C. Miller
Cascade State Bank
Almeda M. Sloan
John Max Sloan
Dorothy Lorene Moats
David Kenneth Moats
Adm
W. W. A. Maria
W. W. A. Maria Bader Estate Vs. I. W. Suter and R. G. Suter
Will Ricken
Moffit
Rationing Board Approves Local War Price Rationing
The Monticello area war price and rationing board approved multiple applications over two weeks. Entries include J J Hennessy priest with two recaps and two new tires, Henry Harma power plant employee with two obsolete tires, and several other farmers and tradespeople receiving obsolete tires and recaps. Also listed are trucker Henry Harms Monticello with two new tires, Iowa Electric Co Monticello with one tube, Eugene Emerson Cascade with one recap, Len Reichart Monticello with two new tires and two tubes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Hennessy
Monticello
Henry G. Harma
City of
Farmer
John C. Diesing
Cascade
John Hughes, Jr
Lyle W. Jeffrey
Anamosa
Roy Streeper
Clarence Kurt
Henry G. Harms
Iowa Electric Co
Eugene Emerson
Oil
Len Reichart
Limestone
Births at John McDonald Hospital in Two Weeks
The John McDonald hospital reports five births in the last two weeks. Cascade welcomed a girl on October 28 to Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Dolphin. Olin welcomed a girl on November 1 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swartzell. Coggan received a boy on November 2 to Mr. and Mrs. George Kramer. Hopkinton welcomed a boy on November 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Harrington. Scotch Grove welcomed a girl on November 4 to Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Hughes. Hopkinton welcomed a girl on November 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Clem Manternach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Wilford Dolphin
Cascade
Robert Swartzell
Olin
George Kramer
Coggan
Gerald Harrington
Hopkinton
L. J. Hughes
Scotch Grove
Clem Manternach
Jones County Board Certifies General Election Vote
The Jones county board of supervisors canvassed the general election votes over Monday and Tuesday. The unofficial tally was declared official after resolving minor clerical errors. The Express carried the coverage last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Board of Supervisors
The
Express
T. B. Seal Sale Prepares Luncheon at Goudy's Cafe
The annual luncheon for the T B seal sale will be at Goudy's cafe next Saturday November 14 with district chairmen attending to receive supplies and plan the sale beginning November 23. A Monte Theatre matinee drew 400 youngsters who turned in twelve and a half pounds of keys. a second matinee is planned next Saturday with admission priced at three pounds of rubber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goudy’s
the Monte Theatre
Car Crash Near Cascade Involves Moran Cow
Mike Peifer living near Cascade accidentally struck a cow owned by the Moran sisters near Cascade at midnight Monday. Deputy Sheriff Roy Cooley answered the call. The car involved sustained minor damage. Book Week will be observed nationally November 16 to 21 with a library display of new books and student visits to learn library functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Peifer
Cascade
Moran Sisters
Roy Cooley
Express Offers Three Turkeys For Subscribers
The Monticello Express launches a subscription campaign offering three turkeys at 3 p.m. Tuesday November 24 for every dollar of subscription paid since October 1 1942. Renewals and new subscriptions qualify with one turkey ticket per dollar paid. advance subscriptions up to three years accepted. visit the office to learn more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
the Express
The
Express
Emil Prult Teaches Illiterate Soldiers at Camp Lee
Pvt Emil G Prult details teaching illiterate soldiers and foreign-born learners at Camp Lee Virginia while serving in Co A 8th Q M T Regiment He praises the camp school and thanks Monticello friends for cards gifts and letters in a wartime letter from 4th Platoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Prult
Camp Lee
Coxsee
Monticello
Pvt
Emil G. Prult
Q.M.T. Regiment
U. S. Army Camp Lee
Virginia
Appoint District Tire Inspectors in Jones County
Authorities named five firms and two individuals as authorized tire inspectors for the northern half of Jones county. Clark Bros., J. J. Eggers, Childress Motor Co., McLaughlin Buick Co., Mattiessen Auto and Supply Co., all based in Monticello, plus Paul J. Oeschger of Grove and Adolph Schoon of Am er were listed among the appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Clark Bros
Monticello
Urge Christmas Mailing Early As War Strains Postal Service
Monticello’s post office staff urges early Christmas mailing amid wartime strains. The department faces record volumes with 25 000 workers already in service and wartime shortages of staff and transport. Public cooperation, proper addressing, and early mailing are stressed to prevent delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Post Office
Department of Commerce
Post Office Department
War Services
Army
Navy
New York Post Office
Nov Term of Court Opens in Jones County Iowa
The next term of the Jones County district court in Anamosa begins November 16 with Hon. John T. Moffit presiding This last term before his term expires January 1 1943 includes a dinner in Tipton for Judge Moffit and potential grand jury sessions if warranted The petit jury meets November 23 at 10 am Readied docket includes several divorces foreclosures and title actions with tentative law and equity assignments listed by date and party names of local interest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
John T. Moffit
Moffit
Navy Awards $55,000 Coverall Contract to Anamosa Reformatory
Navy grants $55,000 to the Men's State Reformatory at Anamosa for boiler room suits, to keep prison tailoring busy for about three months. Warden Foss Davis states the deal supports the War Production board effort and prison manpower. 839 prisoners last week, the lowest in a decade, with cell block changes freeing four guards for other duties due to wartime manpower shortages.
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Navy
Anamosa
Foss Davis
T. M. Miller
Davis
War Production Board
United States
Reformatory
Royal Rodman Returns to Monticello After Navy Arrival
Royal Rodman, yeoman third class, and his wife from Washington D C arrived today to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Harry S Rodman in Monticello. This marks his first trip home since enlisting in the navy and marrying in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Rodman
Washington, D. C
Rodman
Harry S. Rodman
Monticello
Navy
California
One Hundred Men Report For Physicals In Iowa Towns
About 100 Jones county men are scheduled for physical examinations Thursday afternoon in Anamosa under the selective service board. 1-A men will enter the December call. Draft board meets Monday at 1 p.m. in Anamosa to hear appeals. Written hearing requests go to the selective service office. The list of examined men includes names from Monticello Anamosa and other towns, with transfers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
Selective Service Board
Selective Service Office
Monticello
Loren Ernest Schneider
Henry George Harms
John Kenneth Buck
Raymond Clarence Schoon
George Adams
Roy Edwin Graves
Elbert George Heiserman
Lewis John Behrends
Herman Frederick Wolbern
Paul Eugene Winans
Roy Albert Adams
Albert John Siebels
Charles Warrington Foster
Roy Michael Berlin
Elden William Richard Brashaw
Carl Joseph Winkler
John Louis Chapman
Ernc Arden Bunting
George Walston Kraft
Albert Edward Schneider
Clyde Carl Lutz
George Duane Preston
John Winfield Mayfield
Luther Arnold Dokken
Robert Edward Ireland
Ray Francis Crowley
Homer E. Murfield
William Elza Evans
Clarence Glenn Larson
Joe Marek
Edward Franklin Meeks
Louie Herman Schafer
Donald Ray Heasty
Robert Henry Smith
Marion le Norton
Ernest
Duane Anderson
Ivan
Franklin Hughes
James Allen Seeley
Ellis Eugene Bauman
Oliver Raymond Roberg
Onslow
Herman Henry Gross
Russell Donald Hall
Dale Stewart Moore
Paul Dean Heeren
Paul James Fagan
William Donald Bonney
Scotch Grove
George Hinrich Bohlken
Louis Diedrick Shafer
Clayton Eugene Conley
Wyoming
Charles Daniel Swordes
Millard Warren Allen
Arthur George Luke
Linton George White
Addison J. Myers
Charles Edwin McCalmant
Dillon Gaylord Willman
Louis Carl Petersen
Center Junction
Walter Henry Heldt
Glenn Everett Goldsmith
Cascade
George William Talbert
Elmer Hornby
Paul Joseph Brown
Langworthy
Theodore Roosevelt Soper
Edmund Praebel Wilken
Davenport
Melvin Henry Charles Wigger
Morley
Donald Southard
Change Of Hours For Grocery Stores
Monticello grocery stores will open at 8 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. starting Monday November 16 and will close at the usual time. Morning delivery will occur at 8 45 instead of 8 15. Housewives are urged to note the adjustment and govern themselves accordingly.
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Monticello
Dr. Allen to Speak at Monticello Methodist Church Sunday
Dr. Frank E. Allen of the Reformed Presbyterian church of Hopkinton will lecture at 8 p.m. Sunday November 15 at Monticello Methodist church on God and This Warring World. He comes with strong endorsements from Sinclair Memorial, Manchester Baptist, and other area churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Allen
Reformed Presbyterian Church of
Hopkinton
Monticello Methodist Church
Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Baptist Church
Manchester
Dr. Allen
Allen
Job
America
Monticello
Major Culver to Speak at PTA Meeting
Major E. O. Culver will speak on The Place of the Civilian in Wartime at the PTA meeting next Thursday evening November 19 at 7 30 in the high school auditorium. He is with the U S Army infantry and an instructor in military science at the University of Iowa. Committee members are Rev William J Grossheim Dr John Fraser and Leigh Clark of the civilian defense program in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Culver
Parent Teacher Association
Culver
Infantry
U. S. Army
Department of Military Science and Tactics
University of Iowa
William J. Grossheim
John Fraser
Leigh Clark
Monticello
Food Forum Topics Oats Production and Varieties
Dallas agronomist from Qua ker Oats will speak on stepping up oats production and newer varieties at a community forum in Dallas Western high school 8 p.m. Mrs. Maurice Simmonds leads the women’s group on buying foods during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Western
Chicago
Quaker Oats Company
Maurice Simmonds
Western
Iowa
Hargrave Cleaners Seeks Hanger Returns and Buys Spares
Hargrave Cleaners asks customers to return hangers after use to replenish stock, citing a five cent deposit on taken hangers and a policy to buy back hangers for one cent each. The shop notes the system has backfired, depleting their supply and prompting a salvage effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargrave Cleaners
Hargrave
National Tea firm joins 10 percent payroll bond plan
The National Tea company food store has been added to the Monticello firms list that have joined the 10 percent payroll bond purchase plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tea Company
Monticello
Gas Rationing Registration Dates Announced
A Des Moines telegram orders local war price and ration board to hold gasoline registration on November 12 18 and 14 with December 1 as the start date. Car and motorcycle owners may apply at the Monticello community building or local stations, bringing tire serial numbers and the registration card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
War Price and Ration Board
Monticello
Board Orders Change To Conserve Fuel And Light
Sailor L J Renken of Monticello demonstrates a power drill that will dive through solid steel. Renken is among 800 sailors in the Navy training school for machinists at the University of Kansas campus, where shop work and classes are conducted.
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L. J. Renken
Monticello
Renken
Navy
University of Kansas
Induct 87 Men for Army Service in Iowa
Eighty-seven men from Jones county are ordered to report in Anamosa on Friday, Nov. 20 for induction. They will undergo a physical at the induction center, with those passing sworn in and given a seven day furlough before active duty. This first group uses the one week furlough rule, after previously receiving two weeks to wind up affairs at home. The list names men from multiple towns including Monticello, Anamosa, Olin, Martelle, Oxford Junction, Wyoming, Cascade, Burlington, Monmouth, and Chicago visitors Mrs. Havlichek and Cedar Falls student Louis Havlichek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
Monticello
Victor Walker Richardson
Kenneth Nathan Bradford
Learon Ahrend Hanken
Clarence Harlan Ferry
Chester Charles Ellison
Ernest Henry Bohlken
Vernon Leo Meier
Robert Paul Schuetz
Jack Hunter Merrill
Melvin Max Reyner
William Frederick Peters
Fritz Mader
Lawrence Rhinehart Dierks
Edward Henry Marage
Vernon D. Wright
Jesse Martin Sampson
Gilbert Levear
Chapman
Raymond Adolph Kernen
Emil Nicholas Belling
Eugene Lewis Burrich
Ralph Thomas Bader
Oxford Junction
Ervin Clarence Hansen
Gilbert Milota
Howard Warren Smith
Lumir Charles Sobotka
Otto Raymond Lasack
Joseph Vozenilek
Frank Vodoska
Gilbert Eugene Kinyon
Judson Dale Patterson
Louis Yale Kula
Wyoming
Thomas Israel Edwards
Cecil Everett Doudney
Itarry Theodore von Sprecken
Albert William Boots
Davenport
Paul Richard Bender
Monticello Schools Adopt 10 A.M. Start Through Winter
The Monticello public schools vote to begin at 10 a.m. until further notice with two morning and four afternoon classes to aid tuition pupils and save energy. Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving weekend closures, Christmas break from Dec 18 to 28, and New Year makeups noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public Schools
Board of Education
Mondghly
Monticello
Anamosa Man Wins Jones County Corn Yield Contest
J W Streeter of Anamosa won the 1942 10 acre corn yield contest with 125.74 bushels per acre using Pioneer 300. Clarence Taylor of Olin placed second with Pioneer 330 at 115.76. William Reese of Olin was third with Pioneer 330 at 113.18. Truman Stanton of Center Junction finished fourth with Reid’s 120 118 117 at 109.16. C bp Shaffer of Monticello took fifth with Pioneer 322 at 100.82. Wil liam Buckner of Anamosa was sixth with Reid's Ef at 80. The average yield across 15 percent moisture was 106.77 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Streeter
Anamosa
Jones County Farm Bureau
James F. Kearns
Streeter
Pioneer
Clarence Taylor
Olin
William Reese
Truman Stanton
Center Junction
Reid
C. BP. Shaffer
Monticello
William Buckner
Will Demonstrate Terracing Tuesday at Center Junction
Demonstration of terrace construction by local farmers on the Truman Stanton farm east edge of Center Junction at 1:50 pm Tuesday November 17 sponsored by Jones county soil district commissioners with Harold Nilson Oris Randolph SCS representatives and County Extension Director James I Kearns Terraces control runoff and prevent soil erosion and can be built with little help or expense All farmers are invited to attend
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Usin
Truman Stanton
Center Junction
Jones County Soil District
Harold Nilson
Oris Randloph
SCS
James I. Kearns
Local Youth Enlists in Navy Reserve at Santa Monica
Wyland Bud Bone wires his parents that he has enlisted in the U S naval reserve at Santa Monica California He has worked at Douglas Aircraft and received a third petty officer rating reflecting the new rank chances in his service beginning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyland
Bud) Bone
Ralph J. Bone
U. S. Naval Reserve
Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. B. Seal Sale
Cars
Dort Ruhl
Arthur Eilers
Herman Egger
Legion
Arthur P. O’rourke
American Legion
C. G. Thomas
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
Mr. Coxsee
Emil
New Equity
Florence Williams Cherry
Clifford L. Cherry
Eclipse Lumber Co
John Barney
Law
Anne B. Gerdes
J. G. Schoon
Rose Arduser
J. H. Hedden
J. H. Siebels
Chuck C. Willey
C. M. Holst
John Watters
Lon Watters
Methodist Church
Major Culver
PTA
Bernice Havlichek
R.N
Louis Havlichek
Cedar Falls
Frank Havlichek
Aid Farm Group
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