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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1951
Page
9
The PTA meeting was moved to November 29 due to a basketball clash while the program remains a panel discussion. Armistice Day caused no Rotary Club program on Monday.
Sacred Heart teams defeated Earlville in both games last night. The girls won 68 to 21 led by Janet Holmes and Mary Ellen Helms each with 21 points. The boys won 60 to 37 with Bob Nosbish scoring 15 points.
The Monticello Gun Club will hold its annual Thanksgiving shoot on Sunday afternoon and night November 18 and again on Wednesday night November 21. Prizes include turkeys ducks geese and chickens at both events.
Glenn Adams misses five weeks due to an elbow injury while the Adams brothers adapt a cooperative harvest. Corn yield runs around 85 bushels per acre with 23 percent moisture, harvested from DeKalb 615 corn across about 130 acres. Gene Adams works with a 2 row mounted John Deere picker, Albert Merrill unloads into the elevator, and field notes show Glenn planted about 90 of the 130 acres this Express Photo.
On the night before the city election Monticello council voted to more than double the mayors pay and raise council member compensation by 50 percent effective April 1 1952. The mayor will earn 900 annually and council members 6 per meeting up to 400 per year. The ordinance becomes effective on publication in Express with reading rules suspended.
The article states the newly voted compensation rate for the Mayor and city council members is not out of line with similar communities. It argues the pay does not adequately reflect the time and effort required, noting officials serve from duty and a desire to aid citizens.
In other council action the board approved routine bills last November 6. A beer permit was granted to Hemmer's tavern for one year commencing December 28, 1951.
Clarke Brokaw 40 died Monday at John McDonald hospital after a brief illness. Funeral 3 PM Thursday at Goettsch with Rev. Joan F. Baumann officiating. Interment Oakwood. Pallbearers: Louis Rigby Arthur Rigby B C Hall Merle Jacobsen William Palmer Dayton Yousse. Survived by wife Rose and nine children, two brothers, two sisters, and five grandchildren. Born Perry 1911. lived Monticello. married Rose Littlefield 1930. Employed at Schuetz Motors.
Chaplain Dean Morey arrived from Fort Leonard Wood to spend two days with his parents. He has been assigned to the 28th Division which is scheduled for duty in Europe.
Rural Jones county schools set IQ testing for third and sixth graders this Friday. Grade three will test in Monticello at 9:00 a.m. and Anamosa at 1:15 p.m. Sixth grade tests occur at 10:00 a.m. here and 2:15 p.m. in Anamosa. Tests will take place in hot lunch rooms.
The Jones County Board of Supervisors approved the annual report of John Husmann as county need commissioner at their regular Tuesday meeting.
Concrete and finishing crews from Willman Construction Company work to complete sidewalk repairs in the Monticello business district. Iowa Electric crews lay electric cable for a new lighting system with sand and asphalt coverings. South Cedar Street reopened to two way traffic as other streets remain open. Hargrave Construction work paused until warmer weather returns.
A billfold bearing the name of Will Dirks turned up with the French Foreign Legion in French Indochina. Dirks’ son Richard A. Dirks, a sergeant and recruiting officer in Oakland, Calif., supposedly lost the item. The clothing was issued to Legion members via an army quartermaster. Lieut. Andre Petit located the billfold and sought help from an American in the Legion to contact Dirks. Dirks will forward the letter to Oakland for recall.
Gerd Hinrichs Meinerts 56 died Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Clarence Willms near Scotch Grove while the Willms were away. Born February 11 1895 in Ostfriesland Germany he came to the U S in 1912 and farmed locally. Funeral services were held Thursday at 1 pm at Goettsch funeral home with Rev F H Kehren officiating and burial in Wayne Zion cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Edward Podhaski celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a surprise gathering of friends at their residence. Gifts were exchanged and guests called during the afternoon. A family reunion is planned for Sunday, November 18, at the Podhaski home.
District court at Anamosa reports two OMVI cases. Martin Henry Cook of Monticello fined 300 dollars and costs. license and liquor permit suspended. William Eugene Dirks of Cedar Rapids fined 300 dollars and costs. license and liquor permit suspended. Frank Blacksher, Anamosa inmate, received an additional five year sentence for escape. Divorce petition filed by Maxine Fowler against Hobart Fowler with child custody and support sought.
An extra 40 dollars was added to the Monticello Volunteer Fire Department emergency equipment fund raising total now 1310.85 toward a 2500 goal. Donations cited include Dr. D L Cassidy Carl Kintzle Mike Brady Monticello Feed Mill. The American Legion Arthur P. O Rourke Post sponsors a benefit dance with proceeds for the fund. The W M T Rangers will play at the Monticello Community Building on Friday November 23.
Abnormal November rains after a hard freeze keep Iowa corn moisture high, delaying picking. Only Jerald Nelson reports completed harvest due to favorable dry conditions in his fields. Others in Monticello cite wet, soft kernels and plan to wait for better weather while moisture tests range from 18 to 31 percent.
The Express announces an early next week issue to reach readers on Wednesday morning instead of Thursday. Editors request cooperation from correspondents and advertisers to submit copy earlier than usual for city and rural deliveries.
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