November Term Opens for Jones County District Court
The November term in Anamosa convenes next Monday, November 20, with Hon. Atherton B. Clark presiding. The first petit jury starts November 27 at 10 o'clock. Read lists include new and old law and equity cases such as foreclosures, divorces, partitions, and promissory notes involving Bates, Tompkins, Littlefield, Mills, Koranda, and other parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County District Court
Anamosa
Atherton B. Clark
Law and Equity
D. W. Bates
Lyle C. Tompkins
Mary Oltman
Clifford Anderson
Guardian
M. E. Stone
Olin
Iowa
George Sherman
J. P. Court
A. K. Burroughs
John D. Whitman
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Herman T. Heeren
Adolph Burda
L. F. Zeller
Allen Moore
Kenneth Todd
C. E. Reddin
Anamosa National Bank
John Dirks
Frank Hayes
The
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co
Edwin Wilcox
Mae Littlefield
Isaac Littlefield
Catharine Litt
William David Billings
Gilbert Loehr
Helen Loehr
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
William J. Mills
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
R. H. Streeper
Roy H. Streeper
J. E. Porter
Frank A. Coffin
Merle M. Esbeck
James N. Hanna
Fred Starks
Joint American Legion Convention in Oxford Junction
A joint session of the American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary of Jones county will be held in Oxford Junction on Thursday evening November 23. Registration at 6 PM, supper at 6:30 PM, program of talks and music, then dancing. State and district officers attend. county commander James L. Cave chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary
Jones County
Oxford Junction
State Department
Legion
James L. Cave
Armistice Day Services Draw Sparse Attendance
Armistice Day exercises in Memorial Park were poorly attended with scarcely a dozen people including children. Monticello Post 1683 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsored the event, Rev. William J Macaulay gave the invocation, and Department Commander Martin B. Andelsinger delivered the address. Taps by Ben Ament followed the salute to the Dead and prayer. The Express cannot publish the full address due to length. Franklin Dewey, 94, of Fayette Iowa, died after fracturing his skull when he fell on a Long Beach curb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Park
Monticello Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
William J Macaulay
Martin B. Andelsinger
Macauley
Post
Ben Ament
The
Express
Franklin Dewey
Fayette
Iowa
Long Beach
Calif
Monticello Man Injured in Bus Truck Crash
Four men were injured when a westbound bus was struck by chicken coops protruding from an eastbound truck near DeWitt. The Monticello victim was Benjamin Michelsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Benjamin Michelsen
Auxiliary Donation to Knoxville Hospital
The Arthur P. O'Rourke Legion auxiliary of Monticello sent twelve dozen cookies and one dollar to the Knoxville Hospital Auxiliary for a November party benefiting disabled soldiers at Knox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur P
Monticello Quartet to Sing on KWCR Radio
Monticello high school quartet will perform two numbers on KWCR Cedar Rapids at 11:15 on November 20. The group includes Raymond Hodgson Jerome Baum Gerald Schoon and Bernard Che with Elizabeth Wallis at the piano. Earl Holtz will sing a baritone solo This radio program offers pleasant music worth listening to.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
KWCR
Cedar Rapids
Monticello High School
Raymond Hodgson
Jerome Baum
Gerald Schoon
Bernard Che
Elizabeth Wallis
Monticello Public Schools
Earl Holtz
Boys’ Glee Club
Siemering Dies After Long Illness in Minnesota
Miss Mate Siemering, longtime Monticello resident, died Saturday in a Minneapolis hospital after a stroke and prolonged illness. Born June 12, 1869 in Freburg Germany, she came to the U.S. at age three and lived in Baldwins Amber and Monticello, later moving to Hopkins to live with her brother Henry. Funeral services were held in Monticello at the Congregational church with Eastern Star rites conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mate Siemering
Monticello
Excelsior
Minn
Henry
Hopkins
Miss Siemering
Freiburg
Province of
Oldenburg
Germany
George Siemering
Siemering
United States
Baldwin
Lowa
Amber
Mont
Laura Martens Weds Carl Harms in Wayne Township
The marriage of Carl Harms to Miss Laura Martens was held at Zion's Lutheran parsonage in Wayne township last Friday at 8 PM. Rev. J. Willis officiated. The couple, plans to farm, are children of John C. Martens Center Junction and Henry W Harms Amber. Attendants were Stella Martens and Earl Martens, the bride's siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Harms
Laura Martens
Zion's Lutheran Parsonage
Wayne Township
J. Willis
John C. Martens
Center Junction
Henry &. Harms
Amber
Stella Martens
Earl Martens
Denis Donovan Dies After Sudden Illness in Linn County
Denis Donovan longtime Linn county farmer died suddenly Tuesday evening from heart trouble at 11 30 p m He helped organize Castle Grove Insur association and declined a state agricultural committee post due to ill health Survived by his wife Mary Ellen Kehoe nine children and one sister Funeral at Immaculate Conception church Friday November 17 at 9 30 a m with Rev J J Hennessey delivering the sermon He was a lifelong church member and attended St Josephs academy in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denis Donovan
Jones-Linn
Donovan
Castle Grove
Henry Wallace
Des Moines
Linn County
Michael
Hannah Donovan
Mary Ellen Kehoe
Nicholas Kehoe
Monticello
Delaware County
Mr. Donovan
Martin McDonald
Leo
Vincent
Raymond
Leona
Clarence Donovan
Louis Leonard
Castle Grove Township
Mark
Kittitas
Wash
Robert Shaffer
Omaha
Neb
Immaculate Conception Church
William Holub
J. J. Hennessey
St. Joseph’s Academy
Columbia
Dubuque
Oliver Kiburz Donates Timber To Un employed
Oliver Kiburz of Richland township donates six acres of timber for the unemployed of Jongs county. Ten men will start work this week to cut and grub stumps. Kiburz gains a cleared field for spring planting. The Kiburz pit near Jordan Creek provides gravel for road use with four trucks and nine workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Kiburz
Richland Township
Jongs County
Kiburz
Jordan Creek
Len Buol
Norman Duckett Recovers From Train Accident
The son of Rev. and Mrs. Leonard Duckett of Monticello has fully recovered from injuries that cost him both legs in a train accident. He is now at home in Ecorse Michigan in perfect condition and cheerful, pursuing school work while awaiting an artificial limb. He remains positive about his future and enjoys watching boats on the Detroit River nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Duckett
Presbyterian Church of
Rev
Duckett
Norman
Detroit River
Local High School Glee Club Presents Operetta “Joan of the Nancy Lee”
Monticello public schools music supervisor Elizabeth Wallis leads the high school glee clubs in the operetta Joan of the Nancy Lee by Louis Curtis at the high school auditorium on Friday November 24. The story features Sir Richard Carden exiled for politics, Lady Joanna Leyton, Lord Egbert Mortimer and a pirate crew aboard the Nancy Lee with bridesmaids and pirates in a period romance. Admission is 15 and 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wallis
Monticello Public Schools
Joan of the
Nancy Lee
Louis Curtis
Peter Leyton
Paul van Buren
Lord Egbert
Mortimer
Roy Rickless
Jerry
Gerald Schoon
Richard Camden
Hernard Che
Ned Brinkley
George Fraser
Barnaby Hyde
Jesse Smith
Stephen Lowe
Trevor Curtis
Bill Bloody
Ray Hodgson
Monsieur Doremi
Robert Spooner
Jim Sparks
Robert Phelps
Sam Lavercot
Elmer Starks
Nick Lewis
John Hiller
Jonathan Lumley
Jerome Baum
Giles Rose
Reed Clark
Joanna Leyton
Clemma Wenger
Marian McVay
Edna Mae Crane
Wilma Kuhns
Elsa Ruth Gutknecht
Constance Naylor
Pauline Cramer
Edwina Hughes
Antonette Coxsee
Mary Schoon
Mildred Beard
Doris Cotton
Tom Eden
Tommy McDaniel
L.J. Randall
Frederick Bone
Bill Ferring
Herbert Adix
Clarence Seedorf
Lucille George
Sir Richard Carden
Egbert Mortimer
Richard
Camden
Sir Richard
England
France
Joanna
Paris
Special Iowa Legislature Opens Amid Tax and Liquor Debates
The Iowa General Assembly convened in a special session with Senator Harold Irwin elected president pro tempore after a party split. Governor Herring urged tax revision and liquor law changes while signaling a seven to ten million savings in state expenditures and promising relief funding. Thirteen senate bills and several house measures, including Gallower’s repeal of the primary law, were introduced as lawmakers plan to stay in session through March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
45Th General Assembly
Senate
George Wilson
Des Moines
Harold Irwin
Clinton County
Knudson
Hamilton County
Roeloffs
Sioux County
Wilson
Kraschel
Irwin
Credentials Committee
Warren F. Miller
Buchanan County
Independence
Miller
Herring
General Assembly
House
Brookings Institution
Board of Assessment and Review
C. B. Murtagh
Santa Claus
Iowa
Towa
Gallagher
Cedar Jones Co Young People's Conference
Cedar and Jones counties join for a two county Young People's Conference at Tipton on Saturday November 25. Sessions at the Tipton Presbyterian Church banquet at the Tipton Methodist Church. Dr Hugh Stuntz and O G Herbracht main speakers. Delegates from high school and college ages with leaders. Registration is 50 cents including banquet ticket.
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Cedar
Jones
Tipton
Tipton Presbyterian Church
Tipton Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Hugh Stuntz
South America
O. G. Herbracht
Florence Thornhill
Jones County
Adams & Adams Truck 1500 Hogs In Four Days
Adams and Adams, local livestock buyers, trucked 1500 hogs to the Sinclair packing house in Cedar Rapids over the past four days. The hogs were purchased within a 15 to 20 mile radius of Monticello. The firm also bought 100 calves for market, attributed to a weak Chicago market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams & Adams
Sinclair Packing House
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Chicago
Young Man Ordained At Zion's Church Sunday
John Reents was ordained at Zion's Lutheran church in Wayne township last Sunday morning. In the evening 100 young people held a farewell party for Rev. Reents. He taught at Wayne summer school for eight years and filled Zion's pulpit on various occasions. He plans to begin work in Renwick Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reents
Zion’s Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
Rev. Reents
Wayne
Zion
Renwick
Town
Sacred Heart Students Stage Two Plays in School Auditorium
A group of Sacred Heart boys presented a one act dream sketch and the two act comedy The Millionaire Janitor to a fine audience. The ensemble included Marcus Lahey Frank O Rourke Charles Renk Donald Nordman Bud Denkhoff John Lahey Gerald Locher Leroy Wolf Carl Renk and Harold Schlimmer. Sisters of the school coached the production with patient guidance and an orchestra provided selections before and between performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart School
Marcus Lahey
Marcus
Frank O'Rourke
Charles Renk
Donald Nordman
Bud Denkhoff
John Lahey
Gerald Locher
Leroy Wolf
Carl Renk
Harold Schlimmer
Sacred Heart Orchestra
Millionaire Janitor
Rev H E Jacobs Died In Illinois On Nov 11
Former resident of this area Rev H E Jacobs died at his Pleasant Plains Illinois home Saturday November 11 at 6 p m after a period of ill health He was buried in Springfield Illinois yesterday at 2 p m Funeral attendees from Monticello included Mrs Co G Thomas Mrs J G Thomas and Paul Jacobs He pastored a Lutheran church and is survived by his wife and four daughters An obituary will run next week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Jacobs
Pleasant Plains
Ill
Springfield
Monticello
Co. G. Thomas
J. G. Thomas
Paul Jacobs
Early History Of Public Schools Of Monticello
In 1920 the Monte Eye yearbook reprints 1870s Monticello school origins. A single room sub district grew into an independent district with a two story frame school on Memorial grounds. The 1878 grade building included an opera house intended as a civic meeting place but used as a school assembly room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Eye
Monticello
Mary I. Jarman
Lovell
Opera House
Anamosa 4-H Group Plans Friday Meeting at High School
Plans are complete for the 4-H boys and girls annual meeting at Anamosa high school this Friday evening. All 4-H members and parents are invited. The program runs from 8:00 pm with community singing, welcomes by county 4-H presidents, club roll calls, elections, talks, music, recognition of members, entertainment, and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa High School
Bette Fishwild
Don Meecks
Harriet
Cunningham
Madison
Pemosy Jones
Linn County
Rev E E Senst Accepts Pastorate at Ryan Church
Ewald E Senst former Maquoketa Lutheran pastor offers resignation to the congregation after seven years. A business session is set for Sunday to approve the resignation and he expects to begin at Ryan Lutheran church on December 3. He has also served the Nashville and Maquoketa congregations. He is well known to Monticello residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewald E. Senst
Lutheran Church
Maquoketa
Senst
Ryan Lutheran Church
Nashville
Monticello
Rickels Succeeds as Hilcrest Sanitarium Assistant Manager
Bill Rickels, once a Monticello cello boy, now serves as assistant manager at the Hilcrest sanitarium in Albuquerque New Mexico. After high school he attended Coe College until health issues began in 1929. He spent years battling tuberculosis and achieved the new post in 1929 inspiring others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Rickels
Monticello
Hilcrest Sanitarium
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Oakdale
Local News Briefs From Cedar Rapids Area
Fred and Cleve Morris, 22 and 30 respectively, were released after arrest in a Hallowe en shooting near Toddville injuring farmer B A Dugler. Mrs Melvina Wells Richey 76 of Davenport dies in wrapping accident. John H Shaver Cedar Rapids industrial figure dies at 84. Cedar Rapids school board secretary Hedburg notes governor grant expansion 170000 not 160000. Charles Kucere of Cedar Rapids indicted for manslaughter in a September 17 accident at highways 69 and 10 intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Morris
Cleve Morris
Toddville
Cedar Rapids
B. A. Dugler
C. D. Hedburg
Washington
Charles Kucere
Grand
Waverly
Waterloo
Kacere
Jones Co High School Teachers Meet for Instructional Improvement
A meeting of Jones county junior and senior high school teachers was held at the Anamosa high school building last evening. Dr. T. J. Kirby of the University of Iowa City delivered two addresses on Fundamental Factors in Pupils' Learning and A Search for the Causes of Inefficient Pupil Achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa High School
T. J. Kirby
State University
Iowa City
Letters From Patrons of the Local Library Appreciation
Readers praise the Monticello public library during good book week. Rural teachers, clubwomen, and farmers emphasize library value, access for youth, and the library as a light of education and entertainment in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Noble
Monticello Public Library
Kate Hanken
Ourbrary
C. G. Thomas
Newton Parrott Dead at 70 in Monlicello
The death of Newton Parrott, aged 70, occurred Friday morning from heart trouble after brief illness. Born September 7, 1863 in Worthington, Dubuque County Iowa, he lived in Monlicello most of his life, married to Jesse Forman in 1893 with no children. Funeral services were held at the family home with Rev. W J Macaulay presiding. interment at Oakwood cemetery. Survived by wife two sisters and two brothers and many friends from area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Parrott
Frank Serbousch
Parrott
W. M. Wilkinson
Monticello
Lilly Corporan
Long Beach
Cal
James Parrott
Fitzgerald, Ga
Orlando Patriott
Muskegon
Mich
W. J. Macaulay
Methodist Episcopal Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Mon Licello
Julius White
Farley
Ed Tobin
John Krouse
Wolf
Hemmer
Worthington
Link Ireland
Will Ireland
Rubio
George Rettig
Independence
George Ireland
Wyoming
Harry Main
Hopkinton
George Greene
Edna
Davenport
Dorothy Ommen
Langworthy
John Parrott
Manchester
County Corn Hog Group Forms Temporary Plan
Representatives from all parts of the county met at the county agent’s office to launch a corn and hog production reduction program in Jones County. Sixteen farmers elected Sam Thompson as temporary chairman and Clarence McLaughlin as vice chairman to organize a county committee with township and four section representatives to sign contracts and facilitate government loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Sam Thompson
Center Junction
Clarence McLaughlin
Monticello
J. C. McConaughy
Greenfield
E. M. Russell
Rome
Oscar Kinler
Hale
Ed Sazma
Oxford
Harold Hartman
Fairview
Ray Stivers
Jackson
Madison
Lyle Tompkins
Old Time Dance Enjoyed By V F W Members
Monticello post 1683 Veterans of Foreign Wars and its auxiliary and families held an Armistice night old time dance in Memorial hall. Music was by Bridge McCusker Bernie Brady and Emmett Crilley. A late dinner was served by the auxiliary with help from Grant Hilers William Jarrett and Henry Ohe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Memorial Hall
Bridge McCusker
Bernie Brady
Emmett Crilley
Grant Hilers
William Jarrett
Henry Ohe
Local Breeder to Join Holstein Friesian Association
Forrest D Deischer of Monticello is among 520 new breeders recommended for membership in the Holstein Friesian Association of America during October 1933. The group now counts about 32000 breeders, five times the total of the other four dairy breeds combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest D. Deischer
Monticello
Holstein Friesian Association of America
Also Mentioned on This Page
District Court
American Legion
DeWitt
Knoxville Hospital
Monticello Quartet
Congregational Church
Home Farm
Norman Duckett
Aimee Semple McPherson
Cedar-Jones Co
Young People’s Conference
Zion’s
Illinois
Supt
A. B. Grimes
Ed Beach
E. E. Senst
Ryan Church
Melvina Wells Richey
John H. Shaver
Jones Co
Minnie Ricklefs
Monticello B. & P. W. Club
Holstein Association
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