New Car Registrations by County Treasurer Linked to War Effort
The county treasurer records 20 new vehicle registrations as a wartime effort listing buyers and makes in Monticello Anamosa Oxford Junction and surrounding towns. Vehicles include Chevrolet Ford Dodge Buick Pontiac Kaiser Jeep GMC Mercury and related dealers such as Matthiesen Auto and Supply Co. and G C Buchman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. ‘Huerter
Anamosa
Plymouth
Routh Mallicoat
Wyoming
Ervin C. Hansen
Oxford Junction
Ross Baty
Monticello
Chevrolet
Matthiesen Auto and Supply Co
Hudson
Ben N. Paulsen
Center Junction
Ford
Henry Ortgies
Joe Horn
Morley
GMC
L. H. Biddick
J. C. Beeks
Jack E. Chaplin
Hopkinton
Ralph Ford
Mechanicsville
Mercury
Six Couples Apply for Marriage Licenses at Anamosa
After a week without licenses, six couples filed for marriage licenses with the district court clerk in Anamosa. The pairs listed include John Turnis and Mary Jasper of Hopkinton, Oscar Elliott and Reta Edwardson of Waterloo, and three other couples from Davenport Cedar Rapids Center Junction Anamosa Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
John Junior Turnis
Hopkinton
Mary Ann Jasper
Oscar Wayne Elliott
Waterloo
Reta Edwardson
Clayton David Sherrill
Davenport
Ruth Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
Edwin Helgens
Legal
Scotch Grove
Eloise Sutherland
Center Junction
Francis P. McNamara
Mary Lou Finn
Elmer Tobias Hanken
Monticello
Helen Matilda Ortgies
Rotary Club Focuses on Texas City Rebuilding Insurance Funds
The Monti cello Rotary club heard a program on rebuilding Texas City after the disaster using insurance funds. Ross Baty presented a sound movie and a color film on Arizona. Guests included Chuck Wooster and Edward Wenner, with plans for joint Mount Vernon and Anamosa Rotary meetings next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas City
Texas
Monticello
Anamosa
Mount Vernon
PTA Meeting At High School On World Understanding
The November PTA gathering occurs this evening at 8 at the high school. Richard Brown will discuss World Understanding with special music. All parents and friends are invited. the class with most parents represented wins the traveling award. pie and coffee will be served during social hour by the social committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent Teacher Association
Richard Brown
Alfred Egger
Ralph Otten
Rudy Monk
Four new members initiated at Monticello BPW club
The Monticello Business and Professional Women's club initiated four new members Louise Field, Florence Helms, Ruth Hintz and Darlene White at the November meeting held Thursday evening at the VFW rooms. Membership chair Augusta Melsha and officers oversaw the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Business and Professional Women's Club
V.F.W
Louise ‘Field
Florence Helms
Ruth Hintz
Darlene White
Augusta’ Melsha
Caroline Heiken
Ruby Kopp
Births Reported at John McDonald Hospital
The past week at John McDonald hospital records four births: a boy to Mr and Mrs Harry Miller Monticello on November 11. a boy to Mr and Mrs Loras Knapper Cascade on November 15. a girl to Mr and Mrs Bill Redmond Monticello on November 16. and a boy to Mr and Mrs Ray Kreeb Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Harry Miller
Monticello
Loras Knapper
Cascade
Bill Redmond
Ray Kreeb
Young Farmers Hear Wooster on British Agricultural Program
WMT Cedar Rapids farm news editor Young Farmers guest speaker at the regular meeting at the public school Monday evening. Mr Wooster spoke on the British agricultural program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Wooster
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Wooster
Publish Early For Next Week In Monticello Express
For the benefit of advertisers the Monticello Express will publish on Tuesday of next week. Correspondents and advertisers are asked to cooperate in preparing their copy for that week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Express
Monticello Creamery Carload Sale Sets New Iowa Record
The Monticello Farmers Mutual Creamery hosts a big carload sale Friday and Saturday with co sponsors including Mississippi Valley Grain and Feed and Russell Miller Milling. Officials from Kent Feed and Occident Flour leaders join to aid feeders and bakers with demonstrations and samples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Monticello Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
Monticello Creamery
Mississippi Valley Grain and Feed Co
Rent Feeds
Russell Miller Milling Co
Creamery
Kent Feed Company
W. F. Schafenacker
Vincent Carey
Carl Kuch
Territory
James H. Kent
Leytem
Monticello
Shotgun blast damages Wayne No. 4 schoolhouse windows
Early Wednesday a shotgun blast shattered several windows of Wayne No. 4 schoolhouse. County Superintendent Joseph Beavo and deputies investigated but found no direct evidence. Officials said a pheasant hunter likely fired the shot from the farm north of the school, while rumors of a pupil shooting were unfounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne No. 4
Joseph Beavo
Anamosa
Allen ‘Siebels
Beave
Louis Dreibelbis
John Beckman
Dreibelbis
Monticello
Siebels
Anamosa Doctor Elected Jones County Medical Leader
Dr. Robert Paul of Anamosa was elected president of the Jones County Medical Association at the meeting held at John McDonald hospital. He succeeds Dr. C. R. Smith of Wyoming and Dr. Robert Myers became secretary while Dr. Henry Dolan of Anamosa was named delegate to the state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Paul
Jones County Medical Association
John McDonald Hospital
Paul
C. R. Smith
Wyoming
Robert Myers
Henry Dolan
Anamosa
T. M. Redmond
Earl De-Shaw
Monticello
Neiderheiser
Cascade
Robert Dolan Anamosa
C. G. Thomas
John Fraser
Abbot Laboratories
Myrtle Ross
Freese Brothers Farm Partnership Opens New Building
Freese Brothers Farm Partnership expands with Lewis and Alva Freese taking partial ownership. The firm opens a new brick building at North Cedar and Second Street on December 1 with all day open house serving donuts and coffee. The 50 by 50 foot structure cost 12 to 15 thousand dollars and replaces the old building for storage. Freeses mainly sell Ford tractors and Dearborn machinery with staff including Harvey Bismiller, Charles Mathes, and Lawrence Leytem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Freese
Alva Freese
Freese Implement Sales
North Cedar and
Second Street
Freeses
Ford Tractor
Dearborn Machinery
Harvey Bismiller
Charles Mathes
Lawrence Leytem
Appoint New Teacher Here
Miss Betty Jean Smith of Davenport has been named girls physical education instructor for Monticello public schools starting December 6. She fills the post left by Miss Margaret Gill who resigned after her mother’s death. Smith, 21, graduates this month from Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls, and will room with Howard Hicks on West Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Jean Smith
Davenport
Monticello
Boyd Shannon
Miss Smith
Margaret Gill
Manchester
Miss Gill
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Milton Bader Heads East on 5 Week Sell Trip
Milton Bader left Monday for a five week selling trip to Philadelphia and other eastern cities. He will market Presto Stove Polish from the J. L. Bader company and will visit stores and distributors. He is accompanied by Dwight Moncrief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Bader
Philadelphia
J. L. Bader Company
Dwight Moncrief
Inmate Killed in 25-Foot Fall at Anamosa Reformatory
Ronald S. Gordon 21 of Fort Dodge died Friday after falling 25 feet from a boiler top in the Anamosa State Reform School power plant to the concrete floor. Gordon was sentenced from Boone County to 10 years for larceny in the night time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Ronald S. Gordon
Fort Dodge
Reformatory
Gordon
Boone County
First Jones County Draftee to Face Induction Monday
The first Jones county man drafted under the selective service law will undergo final examination and induction next Monday November 22. Lyle C. Russell of Anamosa is the first man named by the county board and he will depart from Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Lyle C. Russell
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Balster Daughter to Play With Atlanta Symphony in New York
Miss Ariene Balster daughter of L F Balster Monticello who works with the Atlanta Symphony will perform with the ensemble in New York. The orchestra has a one week engagement to accompany the stage production Oklahoma in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ariene Balster
L. F. Balster
Monticello
Atlanta Symphony
New York
Oklahoma
Cassidy Becomes New Veterinarian In Town
Dr. L D Cassidy purchased the practice of Dr E York on N Sycamore Street. He formerly worked in Waukon and trained at Kansas State College Manhattan, graduating in 1938. He served five and a half years in the U S Army.
Mrs Anna Lund Dies After Brief Illness
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Rosena Lund were held at Zion Evangelical Lutheran church after a Goettsch funeral home transfer. She died at John McDonald hospital at 6 45 am Tuesday after a ten day stay. born August 5 1873 she was a daughter of Thomas Schoon and Margaret Badberg and is survived by daughter Mabel Behrends and grandson Vernon Stahlberg. Her husband August Lund and another daughter preceded her in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Rosena Lund
Goettsch
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wayne Zion
Lund
John McDonald Hospital
Thomas Schoon
Margaret Badberg
Mabel Behrends
Vernon Stahlberg
August Lund
Ed Selgens
Louis Helgens
J. H. Hinrichs
Tobias Hinrichs
Henry Husman
Hago Tobiason
F. H. Kehren
Corn Show Contest Set At Masonic Temple On Nov 23
Monticello F F A announces a corn show at the Masonic Temple Tuesday evening November 23. Prizes will be awarded for best ten ear sample oddest ear longest ear and best individual ear. Entries must be in by 5 p m Tuesday and about 75 contestants are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Tom Shover Hurt In Farm Tractor Accident Near Monticelo
Tom Shover a dairy farmer near Monticelo sustained multiple broken ribs after stepping from a tractor and being crushed by a wagon. He was promptly moved to John McDonald hospital for treatment and is now recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Shover
Monticello
John McDonald Hospital
Shover
Public health council to meet at Monticello home
Members of the Jones county public health council will hold their regular meeting at the home of Henry Adams in Monticello at 7 p.m. next Tuesday. A pot luck dinner will precede the election of officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Board of Education
Olin
Jones County
Nine Jones County townships name officers and clerks
Jones County canvass lists nine justices of the peace and seven constables elected in November. It names trustees and clerks for thirty two towns and sixteen townships, listing individual officials by township and party. The report notes Mrs. George Rettig of Cedar Rapids visiting with Mrs. W. F. Hintz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honesees
Thomas Stimpson
Anamosa
Irvin Plueger
Ernest Goldsmith
Scotch Grove
Jones County Board of Supervisors
George Rettig
Cedar Rapids
W. F. Hintz
Fire Damages Midway Sweet Shop Smoke and Water Loss
Firefighters were called to the Midway Sweet Shop at 12 05 p m Wednesday to extinguish a small blaze caused by a hot water heater in the basement. Assistant Fire Chief Paul Hearn cited the heater’s pipe proximity to wood and estimated about $750 in smoke and water damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway Sweet Shop
Paul Hearn
Last of Anamosa escapees captured in Rock Island
John Bandy 46 of Centerville, the final of three Iowa Reformatory fugitives, was recaptured at Rock Island Illinois after traveling from Chicago on the Rock Island Golden State Limited. He was returned to Anamosa at 6 p.m. last Thursday by Warden Foss Davis after being spotted by former Moline detective Michael Feeley at 1:40 a.m. in Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Reformatory
Anamosa
John Bandy
Centerville
Farmers Help Harvest 40 Acres Of Corn At Null Farm
Twenty one men at the Roy W. Null farm picked about 40 acres of corn with six pickers. Mr. Null broke his leg and cannot work for some time. Mrs. Null organized meals with help from relatives and neighbors. A second husking bee near Dale McDonald’s farm husked 25 acres. McDonald is homebound with a broken ankle. Relatives and neighbors supplied pickers and assisted in both efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy W. Null
Rudy Oltmanns
Dick Hanken
Herbert Plueger
Emil Husmann
Gene Pieray
Elmer Jacobs
Jack Buel
Raymond Null
Joe Heeren
Vernon Null
Paul Jacobs
Glenn Goldsmith
Carl Stahlberg
August Husmann
Henry Jacobs
Dale McDonald
McDonald
Mark McDonald
Ray Tuetken
Earl Oswald
Dick Prull
Don Hessing
Harold Schneider
Merlin Rupp
George Hoffman
Clyde Price
Leonard Sackett
Glenn Behrends
Albert Fass
Paul McDonald
Dean Forseth
Joe McDonald
Charge Jaeger With Intoxication Following Accident Friday Night
County traffic fatality reported after an Anamosa highway crash Friday near Anamosa on 64. Elsie Trimble, 66, of Monmouth died in Mercy Hospital. Raymond H. Williams, of Wyoming, survived. Jaeger, of Worthington, charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in district court at Anamosa following the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaeger
Jones County
Anamosa
Elsie Trimble
Monmouth
Mercy Hospital
Miss Trimble
Raymond H. Williams
Wyoming
Williams
Donald John Jaeger
Worthington
Justice Court
George C. Lawrence
Monticello
John Beckman
Shannon To State Post Named For Monticello Schools
Shannon, superintendent of Monticello public schools, was named to the Iowa State committee of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The appointment, announced by L A Van Dyke, comes at a Des Moines meeting of administrators and honors Shannon for leadership and ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Shannon
Monticello Public Schools
Iowa
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Shannon
Gerald W. Kirn
Council Bluffs
Mrs. Frank O'Brien 86 Dies in Cascade Tuesday
Funeral services were held at St. Martin's church after her death Tuesday morning. Mrs. Frank O'Brien of Cascade, born Margaret Murray, lived in Jones county all her life. Survived by daughters Mrs M D Noonan Garry Owen Frances O'Brien Noonan Josephine O'Brien Emmet O'Brien and several grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devaney
Cascade
St. Martin's Church
Frank O’brien
William Roach
Calvary Cemetery
Clarence Finn
Gilbert Mclees
Elmer Murray
Louis Finn
Carl McLees
Bernard Fagan
Margaret Murray O’brien
Temple Hill
James Murray
Jones County
M. D. Noonan
Garry Owen
Frances O'Brien Noonan
Chicago
Til
Josephine O'Brien
Emmet O'Brien
Anamosa
Mary Finn
Josie Borman
William Hap Steiner Enlists in U S Army at Fort Riley
William Hap Steiner son of Mr and Mrs Carl Steiner enlisted in the U S army on November 2 and is undergoing basic training at Fort Riley Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Hap) Steiner
Carl Steiner
U. S. Army
Fort Riley
Kan
Monticello Chamber Warns on Unendorsed Out-of-Town Salesmen
Monticello residents are urged to contact Richard Long, chamber president, before buying from salesmen not endorsed by the Monticello Chamber of Commerce. The notice emphasizes town protection and cautions about unverified merchandise and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Car crashes into Zimmerman's Hardware store
Two men escaped injury when a car jumped a curb and slammed into the front of Zimmerman's Hardware, causing about 1500 dollars in damage. Driver Donald Jaeger, 20, Worthington, was charged with operating while intoxicated and released on bond after a preliminary hearing. A passenger fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zimmerman Hardware and Auto Supply
Monticello
Motor Tonic
Donald Jaeger
Worthington
Alva Zimmerman
Jaeger
Highway Patrol
Grand Jury
Anamosa
Win Mueller
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Zimmerman
Donald Beckman
Cedar Street
First
Cedar Streets
Truck collision injures no one in Marion wreck
More than 250 dollars damage occurred Saturday to the George C Schoon Implement Company truck in Marion. Laverne Schoon drove the truck while H L Thelen of Dubuque, in a 1941 Plymouth, hit it during a left turn. The impact twisted the Schoon truck and damaged the front axle and fender. Thelen’s car suffered substantial damage. Neither driver was injured and Thelen lacked auto insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Schoon
Dubuque
Schoon
Thelen
Monticello Junior Play Cast Announced for Inner Willy
The Monticello high school junior class will present Inner Willy a three act farce at the high school auditorium on December 16. Miss Judy DeKoster directs with a cast including Willoughby Adams Robert Reuter Rodney Rieken Aunt Hester Marjorie Berends Aunt Louise Marilyn Miller Aunt Olga Jeanne Harms Stanley Clark Roy Dreibelbis Marybelle Turner Margaret Eilers Trudy Marshall Roma Hoult Janet Marshall Janis Harms Carol Martin Mary Reyner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Inner Willy
Judy DeKoster
Willoughby Adams
Trobert Reuter
Rodney Rieken
Hester
Marjorie Behrends
Louise
Marilyn Miller
Olga
Jeanne Harms
Stanley Clark
Roy Dreibelbis
Marybelle Turner
Margaret Eilers
Trudy Marshall
Roma Hoult
Janet Marshall
Janis Harms
Carol Martin
Mary Reyner
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Rotary Club
BPW Club
Reanery
Occident Flour Company
Jack Birkenstock
Des Moines
Max Sloneker
Belford Wallen
Rex Henderson
Minneapolis
Dr. Myers
Freese Brothers Farm Partnership
Betty Jean Smith
L. D. Cassidy
Anna Lund
Health Council
Ray Echternacht
M. E. McCrabb
Justices of Peace
John T. Kehoe
Constable
Oxford
William Shimanek
Justice of Peace
John Sazma
Ed L. Petersen
Louis G. Kula
Louis Buresh
Rome—C. M. Miles
Ben Husman
Ed Zirkelbach
Frank Dawes
J. M. Lange, Jr
George W. Ireland
L. A. Kula
Galen Brainard
Castle Grove
Fred Heiken
Alva Stadtmueller
George Balster
Clay—Alva Larkey
Charles Keating
Louis Keating
Greenfield
Raymond Stearns
Merle Meeks
Lyall Beighle
Hale
Frank Zaruba
C. T. Furst
Luther Inglis
Jackson
Carl Mardorf
A. P. Nielsen
Alvin Byerly
Lovell
Henry Peters
Neal Hayden
George D. Moats
Madison
A. G. Rohwedder
J. B. Seehusen
George D. McDonald
Richland
J. C. O’brien
Carl Schneiter
Galen Hein
Washington
Albert Stickley
Jack Hacke
Arthur McQuillen
Wayne — H. H. Zimmerman
R. D. Sanford
Inlinois
Leigh Pearson
District Court
E. F. Kleineck
Ernest Goldsmith, Jr
Kleineck
Onslow
Richard and
Anita Haurahan
Tyler and Downing, Inc
Tyler
J. E. Heiserman
August Erickson
James Boon
Glenn A. Peet
Evelyn Peet
Chamber of Commerce
Montiei
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