New Car Licenses and Nine Births Reported in Anamosa Area
The county treasurer in Anamosa licensed fourteen new cars and three trucks in the past week, listing buyers in Anamosa Monticello Wyoming and neighboring towns. Nine births were recorded at John McDonald hospital during the same period, including babies born to Nagel Aynerson Oaken Barrack Fraser Doll Keck Shanahan and Smith families in Coggan Anamosa Monticello Hopkinton Cedar Rapids Bernard and Guthrie communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Floyd Horton
Onslow
Dodge
Louis F. Lasack
Oxford Jct
Chevrolet
Victor Tatek
Oxford Junction
Dr. C. R. Smith
Wyoming
Pontiac
Jens Hansen
Plymouth
Lowell D. Smothers
Big Bill
Monticello
Loren Hargrave
Anamosa Farm
Ford
Richard J. Hanken
Anamosa Public Schools
John ‘W. Fahey
W. L. Daken
Elizabeth Mohn
Lisbon
Studebaker
Galen Alexander
Olin
Eugene Adams
John McDonald Hospital
John Nagel
Coggan
Earl Aynerson
Alva Oaken
John Barrack
Hopkinton
John Fraser
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Doll
Carl Keck
Greeley
Connie Shanahan
Bernard
Harold Smith
Special Speaker Dr. C. Y. Cannon At Monticello High School
Dr. C. Y. Cannon of Iowa State College Ames will speak at Monticello high school auditorium Monday evening November 18 at 8 o clock on Raising Dairy Calves. Farmers Mutual Creamery Company urges patrons and families to attend and the general public is invited to hear the expert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Y. Cannon
Iowa State College
Ames
Monticello
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company of
Robert Kopp
Cannon
Lions Club Dinner Honors Weather Talk Speaker
The Lions Club weekly dinner met Tuesday evening at Peterman's with President Edgar Vernon presiding. Raymond Eby introduced his brother in law Lyle Callahan of Moline Illinois who spoke on Weather and Weather Prophets. Dr. James Indekofer, recently discharged from service, was welcomed back into the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Peterman’s
Edgar Vernon
Raymond Eby
Lyle Callahan
Moline
Ill
James Indekofer
Four men register for selective service in Anamosa area
Four men who recently turned 18 registered with the selective service board in Anamosa. The new registrants are William H. Steiner Monti cello, Loren J. Freese Monticello, Cecil R. Perkins Center Junction, and John A. Lawrence Jr Oxford Junction. The next board meeting is Friday November 29 at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board
Anamosa
William H. Steiner
Monticello
Loren J. Freese
Cecil R. Perkins
Center Junction
John A. Lawrence, Jr
Oxford Junction
Marriage Licenses Issued This Week in Anamosa Area
The clerk of the district court lists licenses issued in the past week. Names include Lester P. Hartwig and Catherine B. Mershon of Anamosa, Robert W. Peterson aged 22 and Wanda L. Moore aged 17 of Hale, and Joseph Clement Monticello aged 26 and Bertha Yossi aged 27 of Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Lester P. Hartwig
Legal
Anamosa
Catherine B. Mershon
Robert W. Peterson
Wanda L. Moore
Hale
Joseph Clement
Monticello
Bertha Yossi
Monticello Rotary Postpones Meeting Armistice Day
The Monticello Rotary Club did not meet last Monday evening because Armistice Day fell on the date. The next gathering is set for November 18 with Garfield Harker of Maquoketa to discuss his work enforcing conservation laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Monticello P T A Plans Nov 21 Meeting
The Monticello high school Junior High Assembly hosts the second Parent-Teacher Association meeting on Thursday evening November 21 at 8 o’clock. Mrs Ray Fuller president presides Supt Boyd Shannon Miss Ruth Hunt and Delmar Crani present the topic Science. Attendees compete for the traveling trophy by room turnout. Refreshments served by Mrs David Hansen and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent
Monticello High School
Ray
David Hansen
R. H. Lang
Ed Cox
Pat First
Emma Zimmerman
Subscriptions Link Kansas Moisture to Home Ties
Glen C. Rogers of St Francis Kansas notes abundant moisture and snow covered ground in the area. He reports readers enjoy The Express as a letter from home and recalls Jones County families who visited during summer and marveled at Kansas productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Glenn C. Rogers
St.* Francis
Kan
Jones County
Rogers
Kansas
Past Presidents Of F B Meet At Smith Home
Two centennial farm owners in Monticello were honored with bronze memorial plaques for a century of family land ownership. Mrs. Clarence McLaughlin and Mrs. Eliza Meadon received the 8 by 11 inch weather resistant plaques from the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Bureau. The program celebrates long term family ownership as a stable agricultural contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Monticello
Clarence McLaughlin
Eliza Meadon
Retail Merchants Bureau
Cedar Rapids
McLaughlin
Meadon
James McLaughlin
Meadow
William Farrager
Zeadow
Rex Conn
The
Gazette
Gordon Barger
Bob Peck
George Loshbaugh
Jones County
Dell Merritt
Olin
Beverly Merrill Wins First In Essay Contest
Beverly Merrill won first place in a league of women voters essay contest held November 6 at Mrs. Ralph Bone’s home. Audiences heard three prize winners receive $6, $3, and $1 from judges from out of town. contestants from Sacred Heart parochial school and Monticello public school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Ralph Bone
Sacred Heart Parochial School
Monticello
Beverly Merrill
Elbert Merrill
Sacred Heart School
Audrey Schrader
Scotch Grove
Frank Helmer, Jr
Frank Helmer
Beverly, Merrill
Clara Palmer Moves to University of Oregon Faculty
Clara Palmer resigns from Leland Stanford University to join the University of Oregon as head dietician in charge of all campus foods at Eugene. A Monticello native and Iowa State graduate, she previously taught Home Economics at Monticello and Iowa State, and taught at Purdue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Palmer
Lena Palmer
Monticello
Leland Stanford University
Palo
Two Divorces Filed With Clerk Of Court
Two new divorce cases were filed in district court this week. Nellie I. Miller petitions for divorce from Ralph O. Miller and seeks sole custody of a minor child, support, alimony, and division of personal property. The couple married January 2 1925. A second case is Gerdes versus Gerdes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Nellie I. Miller
Ralph O. Miller
Gerdes
Go To School Night At Open House Tuesday
The public school invites parents and friends to its annual open house next Tuesday evening starting at 7:30 with classes, a glee club concert, band performance, and the formal candlelight initiation of six seniors into the National Honor Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Honor Society
Monticello Man Files Service Discharge
Eugene H. Etten of Monticello filed a service discharge with County Recorder Bess Sherman. A Pfc in the 718th AM TRACE Company, he was discharged at Ft. Sheridan Illinois on November 3. Inducted July 24, 1944, he served in the Pacific from June 6, 1945 to August 15, 1946 and is entitled to the Asiatic Pacific Theatre ribbon the Victory medal the Good Conduct medal the Army of Occupation medal for Japan and two overseas service bars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Bess Sherman
Eugene H. Etten
718Th AM Trace Company
Ft. Sheridan
Etten
Pacific
Japan
Mrs. Houston Buried Thursday in Monticello
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Frank Houston 82 at Golden Congregational church on Thursday Nov 7 with burial in Oakwood Cemetery Monticello Rev Roy V Porter officiated The pioneer Union township Delaware county resident died Nov 4 at her daughter’s home She was born July 26 1864 and married Feb 17 1886 to Frank W Houston Survivors include three daughters a daughter in law Hazel Houston Coggan a sister Mrs Howard McBride a brother Warren Winch 19 grandchildren and five great grandchildren She was preceded in death by her husband a son Charles and another infant son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Houston
Golden, Congregational Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello
Roy V. Porter
Houston
Union Township
Delaware County
Elmer Sheppard
Golden
Clarissa Winch
Henry
Mary Jane Bacon Winch
Hazel Houston
Coggan
Howard McBride
Galif
Warren
Winch
Charles
Grover Miehe Named Agent For Muscatine
Grover C. Miehe former assistant extension director for Jones county is named Muscatine county extension director. The appointment announced November 4 takes effect December 1. He joined the county farm bureau last February, is an Iowa State College graduate, and formerly Linn county 4-H club agent for 16 months. He taught vocational agriculture at Lisbon and served 14 months in the Navy as an ensign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover C. Miehe
Jones County
Muscatine County
County Farm Bureau
Miche
Iowa State College
Linn County
Lisbon
Navy
Monticello Runs Below State Per Person City Costs
Monticello with 2,546 residents spent 14,978 in 1945 and 1946 costs per person of 5.47 and 5.88 dollars, well under the state average for 71 towns. Mystic recorded the lowest at 2.88, Audubon the highest at 12.96.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Monticelloi
Mystic
Audubon
Mrs Emilie Litscher 88 Dies in Dubuque
Mrs H L Adix mourns death of her mother Emilie Litscher aged 88 who died after a week of illness at Finley hospital Dubuque Sunday evening. A charter member of St Peter s Lutheran church Dubuque funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 pm at St Peter s church with Rev H Davgs officiating. Relatives and friends express sympathy in the bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Adix
Emilie Litscher
Finley Hospital
Dubuque
Litscher
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
St. Peter’s Church
H. Davgs
Wartburg Freshman Cast as Emily Webb in Our Town
Carol Caspers, a Wartburg College freshman from Waverly, will portray Emily Webb in Thornton Wilder's Our Town set for December 5. The announcement came from L. W. Brewster, new head of the college speech department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Caspers
Wartburg College
Waverly
Emilie Webb
Our Town
Thornton Wilder
L. W. Brewster
Armistice Day Program Observed in Monticello Public Schools
Monticello public schools held an Armistice Day program at 11 o clock with Supt. Boyd Shannon leading a moment of silence and Rev. Virgil C. Grant offering a prayer. John J. Locher spoke on the Unknown Soldier as the band played America. A parade followed with floats by each class and judging by a three member committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Boyd Shannon
Virgil C. Grant
America
Supt. Shannon
John J. Locher
Arlington Cemetery
United States
Locher
Edgar Vernon
LaVerna Bevans
C. A. Coxsee
Anamosa
Senlior
Chestnut Street
First
Cedar Streets
Monti High
Linn
Cramm
Helen Gerdes
Luther League Hosts East Central Federation Meeting
Wayne Zion Luther League welcomed about 125 attendees from Mobtticello Anamosa Ryan Castle Grove Wayne Wyoming and Cedar Rapids for a business meeting election of officers and a program with Rev Wipperman of Cedar Rapids mission delivering a talk. Lunch followed hosted by Wayne League. Paul Sechusen was elected president and Margaret Ann Zimmerman vice president with Mildred Rieni ers as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne League
Mobtticello
Anamosa, Ryan
Castle Grove
Wayne
Wyoming
Cedar Rapids
Jones County Farm BureauPast Presidents to Meet in Anamosa
The annual dinner of the Jones County Farm Bureau Past Presidents Association will be held Friday at the Paul Smith home in Anamosa. Each past president will recall a key event from his term and others will guess its date. Several past presidents and county agents are listed as attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
Past Presidents’ Association
Paul Smith
Anamosa
John Bodenhofer
Bodenhofer
Smith
J. W. Morse
Wyoming
T. R. Young
G. J. van Buren
W. B. Meek
Harlan Russell
T. E. Stanton
Center Junction
Fred F. Clark
Carl Smith
Ames
Max Wortman
James
Kearns
Martelle
Charles Bosley Dies at 65 in Little Rock
Dr. Charles W. Bosley 65 former Monticello chiropractor died at home in Little Rock Ark on Nov 5 after ten months of illness. He retired after 23 years of practice and lived in the Princess Theatre building era. Survived by widow Laura S Bosley a son Charles Bosley a daughter Mrs R M Gannaway two sisters a brother and two granddaughters Funeral services held Nov 7 with burial in Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Bosley
Monticello
Little Rock
Ark
Princess Theatre
Bosley
Magnolia Masonic Lodge
Arkansas
Eastern Star
Laura S. Bosley
Charles Bosley
R. M. Gannaway
Andaas
Donna Grant Sings With Cornell Oratorio Society
Donna Grant daughter of Rev and Mrs Virgil C Grant of Monti cello sings alto with the Cornell Oratorio society at Cornell College Mount Vernon The society presents the Messiah around Christmas and participates in the Spring Music Festival under the direction of Jacques Jolas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Grant
Virgil C. Grant
Monticello
Cornell Oratorio Society
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Jacques Jolas
Baptism of Georgia Anne Bohleken Held at Zion Lutheran Parsonage
The daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Bohleken was baptized at the Zion Lutheran parsonage on Friday evening November 8. Godparents were Adolph and Jean Bohleken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Anne Bohliken
George H. Bohlken
Zion Lutheran Parsonage
Adolph and
Jean’ ‘Bohlken
Singer couple welcome son Russell Mason Singer
Mr and Mrs Russell Singer of 461 Hope street Lonsdale Rhode Island became parents to a son named Russell Mason Singer born October 27 in Pawtucket Rhode Island. Mrs Singer was Mary Belle Mason before marriage. She later attended Cornell College School of Journalism and worked for the Monticello Express and the Lincoln Journal in Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Singer
Hope Street
Lonsdale
R. I
Russell Mason Singer
Pawtucket
Singer
Marybelle Mason
School of Journalism
Cornell College
Monticello Express
Lincoln Journal
Lincoln
Neb
No USO Drive In Jones County This Year
Mrs. C. R. Smith of Wyoming announced there will be no USO campaign in Jones County this year. She said funds from prior drives cover the 1946 quota of 2,663.74 dollars, already sent to state headquarters, with other counties needing campaigns. The county treasurer, George H. Paulsen of Onslow, confirmed the check was sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Jones County
C. R. Smith
Wyoming
George H. Paulsen
Onslow
The
War Chest
Bond Campaign Opens Nov. Il To December 4
A thrift and savings bond drive runs from November 11 to December 7 to boost U S Savings Bond purchases in Iowa. State director Roger F Warin notes Iowa bought 109.78 percent of redemptions in nine months of 1946, with Jones County at 124.61 percent and nearby counties like Johnson Buchanan Delaware Dubuque Benton Cedar Jackson posting strong figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Iowa
U. S. Savings
Roger F. Warin
U. S. Savings Bonds Division
Treasury Department
Jones County
Johnson
Buchanan
Delaware
Dubuque
Benton
Cedar
Jackson
Jones 4-H Officers Attend Cedar Rapids Training
Jones County 4-H officers and leaders joined county extension staff for an officer training school in Cedar Rapids on November 5 and 6. The group included Allen Chatterton, William Jansen, Audrey Schader, Barbara Chatterton, Mary Jo Brewer, and Grover C. Miehe, among others, with Iowa State College’s program covering 4-H member motivations, world improvement, parliamentary procedures, health, demonstrations, and ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Strothers
Martello
Audrey Schader
Scotch Grove
Barbara Chatterton
Onslow
Mary Jo Brewer
Martelle
Emelda Kunan
Grover C. Miehe
Iowa State College
Ames
Quarterly Conference Held By Methodists Monticello
The first Methodist church quarterly conference in Monticello met at E. H. Huibregtse home Tuesday evening after a pot-luck supper. Guests included Rev. and Mrs. Hobart Grant of Mount Vernon, Davenport district superintendent, who outlined the year’s church program and compared activities across churches. A business session followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Monticello
E. H. Huibregtse
Hobart Grant
Mount Vernon
Grant
Davenport
Farm Forum Schedules Two Meetings At Monticello High
Two separate Farm Forum sessions are planned at Monticello high school next Monday night. Dr. C. Y. Cannon of Iowa State College will discuss Raising Dairy Calves. Emil Prult of Star Beauty Salon will speak on Care of the Hair and Hair Styles and Makeup for Middle Aged Persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
C. Y. Cannon
Iowa State College
Emil Prult
Star Beauty Salon
John W. Gordon Hardware Dealer Dies at 69
John W. Gordon of Olin, a hardware and implement dealer for 20 years, died Monday at a Anamosa hospital at age 69. He is survived by his son Maynard and a grandson. Funeral services were held at the United Brethren church yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gordon
Olin
Anamosa
Maynard
United Brethren Church
4-H Officers Go To School For Leaders
Jones County 4-H boys and girls attended a district officers training school in Cedar Rapids on November 5 and 6 with the theme Playing Our Part On The World Stage. The program featured group discussions on why I am a 4-H member and how to build community support and attract other groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
District Officers Training School
Cedar Rapids
Paul Taff
William T. Jansen
Amber
Allen Chatterton
Onslow
Alva Stadtmueller
Monticello
Clifford Jansen
Kenneth Kiburz
David Jaimes
Dick Strothers
Audrey Schrader
Barbara Chatterton
Mary Jo Brewer
C. B. Jessen
Emelda Kunan
Grover C. Miehe
County Extension
No. 4 Schoolhouse Destroyed By Fire
A chimney fault started a blaze at the District No. 4 schoolhouse near Scotch Grove Tuesday night. The Monticello fire department arrived too late to save the building, which was insured. Teacher Dorothy Windsor and twelve pupils were affected as county officials plan pupil placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Monticello
Dorothy Windsor
Anamosa
Joseph Beave
Meat Animal Show At Waterloo Nov. 22
The Cattle Congress grounds host a two day meat animal show and livestock institute in Waterloo November 22 23 with no admission charge and total prize money of 2500 dollars. Classes for junior and adult exhibitors allow one entry per class. Early returns suggest over 100 exhibitors in six classes. No entry fee or pen rent, hay and straw provided, seating for up to 10000 in the heated hippodrome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cattle Congress
Livestock Institute
Waterloo
Judge Hears 3 Cases At Anamosa Saturday
Judge J Heiserman presided in district court at Anamosa last Saturday November 9 hearing three cases. George Britt pleaded guilty to parole violation and received a five year term at the Anamosa men's reformatory to begin after his current sentence. James H Danly pleaded not guilty to a parole violation charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Heiserman
Anamosa
George Britt
James H. Danly
Turnip Grown by Local Farmer Weighs Six Pounds
Jake Metzenberg, a retired Monticello councilman living on North Cedar, harvested a six pound turnip. He says the giant vegetable grew in soil from a seven foot subterranean excavation, challenging expectations about productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Metzenberg
North Cedar Street
Monticello
Jake
Fellowship Supper for Local Church Members Arranged
Members of the Congregational Christian and Evangelical Re formed churches will meet tomorrow evening at 6 o clock for a fellowship supper at the former church. Attendees are asked to bring their own table service. Dr Claude Snyder, a principal leader at the convocation this week in Des Moines, has been secured as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Snyder
Des Moines
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Rotary Club
F. B
Smith Home
J. Bodenhofer
University of Oregon
Donna Beth Aitchison
Ma Brown
Betty Lou Vernon
Margaret Brown
Bob First
Paul Brown
Duane
Slauson
John Hillary
Bob Veitch
Robert Hillary
Bess Greenley
Miss Smith
Mrs. Guyan
Mr. Walker
Mr. Marston
Miss. Bush
Cram
Miss Nagle
Mr. Adams
Miss Nicoll
Stead
Ross
Guyan
Walker
Miss Bush
Mr. Cram
Greenley
Miss Thompson
Marston
Miss Odell
Miss Groteboer
Miss Humke
Miss Hunt
Miss Bevans
Miss Dausman
Miss White
American Legion
Parker
Bach
Franz
March of the Grenadiers
Luvaas
Glee Club
Shannon
Ray Rieniets
Susan Stuhler
Donna McCurdy
Margaret Zimmerman
Fern Decker
Dorothea Diers
Arlene Kuhns
James Seehusen
Paul Seehusen
Barbara Walker
Monticello Man
Grover Miehe
Muscatine
Adix
Rapids Bureau
Cornell
Ean
West First Street
Dtu
Jones
Methodists
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