November meeting of Par at Teacher association held
The November meeting of the Par at Teacher association was held this evening in the Junior High Assembly room of the public school. Members and friends were invited to attend and the program on Science was presented by Delmar Cram Ruth Hunt and Supt Boyd Shannon. The Town Flag traveling trophy was won last month by the eighth grade. Refreshments were served by the social committee chaired by Mrs David Hansen with members Mrs R H Lang Mrs Pat First Mrs Ed Cox and Mrs Emma Zimmerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parat Teacher Association
Delmar Cram
Ruth Hunt
Boyd Shannon
David Hansen
R. H. Lang
Pat First
Ed Cox
Emma Zimmerman
Four Marriage Licenses Issued by District Clerk
The clerk of the district court reports four marriage licenses issued this week. Wes Siebels age 24 and Phyllis Ann Calvert age 18, both of Anamosa. Albert H. Merfeld age 23 and Wilma C. Sanford age 19 of Monticello. Dr Edward A. Rogers Jr age 29 of Chattanooga Tennessee and Gloria Dolan age 23 of Anamosa. Gerald L. Orval age 21 and Elizabeth Hartman age 20, both of Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the District Court
Wesley Siebels
Anamosa
Phyllis Ann Calvert
Births Reported at John McDonald Hospital
Six births were recorded at John McDonald hospital over the past week. The list includes a boy born on November 14 to Mr and Mrs Sam Rhatigan of Monticello. a boy to Mr and Mrs Louis Siebels of Anamosa on November 15. a boy to Mr and Mrs Peter Holm of Hopkinton on November 16. a boy to Mr and Mrs Merle DeShaw of Hopkinton on November 17. a girl to Mr and Mrs Don Mohr of Hopkinton on November 17. and a boy to Mr and Mrs Robert Siebels of Monticello on November 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Sam Rhatigan
Monticello
Louis
Siebels
Anamosa
Peter Holm
Hopkinton
Merle de- Shaw
Thanksgiving Service Planned by Local Churches
A community Thanksgiving service will be held at the Community building next Thursday November 28 starting at 10 30 AM. Dr William J Grosheim Presbyterian pastor will deliver the sermon and the event invites the general public to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical
Reformed
Congregational
William J. Grosheim
New Car Licenses Granted in County Listings
Six new automobile licenses issued in the county include 1946 models from Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, Studebaker, Ford and Buick. Names tied to registrations include Ross Baty Monticello Ralph Orth Wyoming Shaffer Implement Store Monticello Henry Biere Olin and A J Ament Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade
Oldsmobile
Ross Baty
Monticello
Chevrolet
Ralph Orth
Wyoming
Studebaker
Shaffer Implement
Ford
Henry Biere
Olin
A. J. Ament
Anamosa
Buick
Lions Club Special Meeting Honors Monticello High Football Squad
A Monday evening Lions Club special meeting featured a banquet for Monticello High School football squad members. The Legion Auxiliary served dinner in the Legion hall while the Boys and Girls Committee organized the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Monticello High School
Legion Hall
the Legion Auxiliary
Letter to Santa from Lavonne Harms asks for gifts
An eight year old girl Lavonne Harms writes to Santa Claus asking for roller skates a bicycle a cowgirl outfit a gun a girl’s wristwatch and a ring with a set noting her July 20 birthday and friendly greeting hoping the letter reaches Saint Nick soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.*Nick
Santa Claus
Love
Lavonne Harms
Thanksgiving Day Closures Declared in Monticello
All Monticello stores are set to close for Thanksgiving on November 28 as merchants honor a new agreement. Restaurants and sweet shops are expected to stay open part of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County Selective Service Board Meeting Notice
No new registrants were received by the Jones County Selective Service Board during the past week. The next board meeting is Friday, November 29, at 10 30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Displaced Students Attend New Scotch Grove Schools
Twelve pupils left without a school after the Scotch Grove No 4 building burned are placed temporarily in Scotch Grove No 5 and No 3. Five pupils go to No 5 and seven to No 3. The No 4 teacher Dorothy Windsor of Anamosa awaits assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove No
Dorothy Windsor
Anamosa
Edward Fitzsimmons Resumes Tampa Home After Army Discharge
Edward Fitzsimmons recently discharged from military service stayed with his mother Mrs Mary Fitzsimons last week. He returned Sunday to Tampa Florida where he is making his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Fitzsimmons
Armed Services
Donnelly Visits Cedar Rapids Tuesday
Mra and WiP members visited Cedar Rapids on Tuesday to discuss community programs and meet local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Wip
Donnelly
Cedar Rapids
Regular November term opens in Jones county court at Anamosa
The Jones county district court in Anamosa begins its regular November term on Monday November 25 with Hon. M. C. Hamiel presiding. Assignments Thursday afternoon follow the bar luncheon and grand jury may be called in the first week. Petit jurors report December 2. a murder trial of Larson is anticipated, following the earlier conviction and death penalty for Hofer. New cases on docket include negligence actions and petitions for condemnation, plus several equity divorces and partitions among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County District Court
Anamosa
M. C. Hamiel
Larson
Hofer
Harry McQuillen
John’ Lahey
Ralph Lahey
Anna Houstman
Iowa State Conservation Commission
Ralph McCullough
Ira J.’ Kohl
Clarence J. Kohl
Otto Smith
Monticello
Auto Wrecking Co
Anamosa Poultry and Egg Co
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and ‘Pacific Railroad Co
Retirement of G Ray Schaeffer From Marshall Field and Co
G Ray Schaeffer advertising and publicity executive retires November 1 after 28 years with Marshall Field and Company Chicago. Announcement by Hughes ton M McBain president notes Schaeffer as dean of Chicago retail advertising and PR. He began at Associated Press after University of Chicago and rose to Advertising Manager and later Sales Promotion Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Ray Schaeffer
Marshall Field and Company
Chicago
Hugheston M. McBain
Schaeffer
Marshall Field
Associated Press
University of Chicago
Marshall Field’s
Merchants’ Services
Monticello
Iowa
George Schaeffer
Monticello High School
Chicago University
Retailers For Victory
Mid-West ‘Division
USO
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Monticello Express
Monticello GIs Visit Yokohama Japan Companions
Monticello soldiers stationed in Yokohama Japan, Glen R. Adams Pfc John W Steen and Pfc Paul Chapman visited together. Adams serves as assistant supply sergeant Chapman cooks and Steen works at the post exchange all report good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen R. Adams
Yokohama
Japan
John W- Steen
209Th Military Police Company
Paul Chapman
Adams
Chapman
Steen
Maxine Bauman and Eugene Konnath Wedding
Mrs Ulrich Schilt and daughter Rosey Mrs Emma Bauman and daughter Louise and son William attended the Cedar Rapids wedding of Miss Maxine Bauman of Cedar Rapids and Eugene Konnath of Omaha Nebraska last Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at St Matthew's church. The reception followed at Hotel Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulrich Schilt
Rosey
Emma. Bauman
Louise
William
Cedar Rapids
Maxine Bauman
Cedar’ Rapids
Eugene Konnath
Omaha
Neb
Army Opens Enlistment to Partially Disabled WWII Vets
M/Sgt Merle A Wagaman of the Cedar Rapids recruiting station says the War Department authorizes enlistment of partially disabled World War II veterans who meet all standards except physical qualifications. Enlistments apply to those discharged between February 1 1947 and January 31 1987, within 20 days of discharge, for skills in critical need areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle A. Wagaman
Cedar Rapids
War Department
Dubuque
Iowa
Pvt Armin B Jacobs Writes From Manila
Pvt Armin B Jacobs son of Mr and Mrs H W Jacobs Monticello is stationed at the Philippine Air Material Area Nichols Field Manila He arrived overseas Oct 4 and is an locater at his base He has been in the Army Air Corps six months entering May 3 1946 He trained at Fort Snelling and San Antonio and shipped overseas Sept 9 He notes in a Manila letter that the command staff disagree with a Times story and praises neatness laundry service barracks and local house boys He mentions theft of US vehicles in Manila and comments on local driving conditions Also Mr and Mrs Sam Rhatigan welcomed a son John Charles born at John McDonald hospital Nov 14 weighing six pounds ten ounces They have two other children Bob and Cheryl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armin Jacobs
H. ‘W. Jacobs
Monticello
Philippine Air Material Area
Nichols Field
Manila
Army Air Corps
Fort Snelling
Minn
San Antonio
Texas
Pvt
Jacobs
Monti High
Daily Pacifican
New York Times
the Times
G.i.’S
U.S
Oo Pvt
Sam Rhatigan
Aso
John *McDonald* Hospital
John Charles
Bhatigans
Bob
Cheryl
Des Moines Return of Mrs Accola After Week with Winklers
Mrs Accola spent the latter part of the week with her parents Mr and Mrs Rudie Winkler and returned to her home in Des Moines Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Accola
Rudie Winkler
Des Moines
Christmas Seal Sale Announced in Jones County
The 40th annual Christmas Seal Sale kicks off in Jones County as post seals are placed in business windows and letters mailed November 22. Funds support prevention education clinics hospitalization and other community activities. People aged 15 to 35 are highlighted for awareness and the public is urged to buy seals and promptly return unused envelopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Celesty
Monticello
Rakest Netassagele
Jones County Court Decision Reversed in Land Road Case
The Iowa Supreme Court reversed a Jones county district court ruling that denied Frank A T Merritt an injunction against neighbor Grove Peet over a county road across both properties. The court found the road was for county gravel access and the Merritts win on remand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Frank A. T. Merritt
Near
Anamosa
Grove Peet
State Supreme Court
Merritts
Peet
Mrs Emma Fehr Dies At Milton Sunday
Mrs Emma Belle Hall Fehr dies at a Milton Iowa nursing home after five and a half years there. Funeral services were held at Goettsch funeral home with Dr William J Grossheim officiating. Burial followed at Oakwood cemetery. She was born September 3 1866 in Ridott Illinois. She married John Fehr who preceded her in death. Survived by niece Mrs Frank Wishman of Pasadena California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Belle Hall Fehr
Milton
Iowa
Goettsch
William J. Grossheim
Oakwood Cemetery
Robert Wishman
Iowa Wesleyan
Mount Pleasant
Fehr
Charles
Maretta Appleby Hall
Ridott
John Fehr
Frank Wishman
Pasadena
Calif
Dinner guests listed at Jack Maire home visitors
Sunday attendees at the Jack Maire residence included Paul Maire Beverly Hills California Mr and Mrs O R Howie and Howie Sr and Mr and Mrs Ray Adams Also present were Mr and Mrs Harry Maire Cedar Rapids Mr and Mrs Donald Maire and daughter of Aurora Mr and Mrs O R Howie Jr and daughter Monticello
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Maire
Paul Maire
Beverly Hills
Calif
O. R
Howie, Sr
Ray Adams
Harry ‘Maire
Cedar. Rapids
Donald, Maire
Aurora
O. R. Howie
Monticello
Louis R. Zumbach Returns From Service
T Sgt Louis R Zumbach arrived home last Thursday after twenty months in service with over a year in Japan with the Eighth Army of Occupation 1067 Engineer Construction Group He received an honorable discharge at Camp Béal California then flew to Cheyenne Wyoming and completed the trip by train to Cedar Rapids due to a storm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis R. Zumbach
Japan
Eighth Army of Occupation
Engineer Construction Group
Louis
Camp Béal
Calif
Cheyenne
Wyo
Cedar Rapids
Forum Hears Safety Speech At Local Farm Club Meeting
The weekly Farm Forum at the high school convenes Monday November 25 with speakers Charles Worcester head of the farm department at radio station WMT and Elizabeth Wherry columnist for Wallace's Farmer. Worcester chairs the Eastern Iowa Farm Safety Council and will discuss Farm Safety while Wherry speaks on Can Farm Women Live Graciously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nqvi
Charles Worcester
WMT
Elizabeth Wherry
Wallace’s Farmer Magazine
Worcester
Eastern Iowa Farm Safety Council
Wherry
Wallace’s
Structural Clay Production Corporation
Warren Kester
Worthwhile Homemakers discuss Farm Bureau book list
The Worthwhile Homemakers club met at Hazel Deischer’s Monticello home. Leota King reviewed Farm Bureau Reading Project titles now available in the city library and on the 1946 47 list. Announcements included an electrical equipment lesson with Emelda Kunan on Nov 21 and a family entertaining session Jan 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Deischer
Monticello
Leota King
Farm Bureau Women’s Reading Project
Farmer
White House
Nation of Nations
David
Romola
Anna Karenina
Emelda Kunan
Florence McColm
Thanksgiving Program Set at Rocky Ridge School
Tuesday November 26 at Rocky Ridge School Scotch Grove will host a Turkey Day program led by teacher Phyllis Null. Prizes will be awarded with admission 30 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. Mr and Mrs Edgar Vernon and daughter Sarah visited Cedar Rapids where Sarah rehearsed with the marimba band that will perform a Christmas concert in a Cedar Rapids church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Ridge School
Scotch Grove
Phyllis Null
Edgar Vernon
Sarah
Cedar Rapids
Monticello Council Resolutions Move Start Of Recreation Center
Monticello Iowa moves toward starting work on a recreation center in 1947 after adopting a resolution accepting plans from Stanley Engineering and authorizing bids. The council also accepts a $30 724 91 offer from the Monticello Municipal Swimming Pool Committee contingent on contract terms. A $40 000 bond had been approved in September for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Monticello Independent
Towa
Stanley Engineering Company
Express Adds Many New Subscribers
During the past week Mount Vernon subscription solicitor James Kraner helped 28 new Monticello Express subscribers join via rural routes Route 2 and Route 3, plus city listings including George Secor I C Himebaugh Langworthy Vesey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kraner
Mount Vernon
Monticello Express
Gene Pieray
Lewis Tarbox
Martin Ulrich
Reece Moats
Robert Appleby
Mary Breen
W. S. Chapman
William Ehits
Paul J. Muller
Vernon Gadient
Ruth Seedorf
Thomas Glynn
Manville Welch
Robert Brokens
Joe Ladehoff
Chester Stevens
John Pieray
Betty Bartlett
Josephine Grover
Lawrence Stulken
Route 3
Lewis Schwendinger
Virgil Mohr
Willis Rickels
George Secor
I. C. Himebaugh
Langworthy
Robert Vesey
Wayne 4 H selects Master Farmers title at meeting
Wayne 4 H club chose Master Farmers as their name at the regular monthly meeting held at the Home of Robert Harms. Raymond Harms was elected club reporter and historian, with Clifford Jansen and Jim Husman set to plan a Christmas party along with the Wayne Willing Workers as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Master Farmers
Wayne 4-H Club
Robert Harms
Navy
Raymond Harms
Clifford Jansen
Jim Husman
Galen Helgens
Wayne
Galen Engelbart
Miss Jessie Fawcett (187?–1968) Buried in Monticello
Miss Jessie Fawcett longtime Monticello Olin and Mechanicsville resident died Sunday November 17 at John McDonald hospital Monticello from a heart ailment. Funeral from Goettsch funeral home November 20 with Rev. Virgil C. Grant officiating. Interment Oakwood cemetery. She taught in Monticello Olin and Mechanicsville schools and studied at Iowa State Teachers College Cornell college and Chicago Art Institute. Survived by nieces and nephews Ruth Laurence Henry McClintock Jesse Nye Joseph Nye and cousins Mary E. Doxsee and C A Doxsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Fawcett
Monticello
Olin
Mechanicsville
John McDonald
Goettsch
Virgil C. Grant
Oakwood Cemetery
Miss Fawcett
Henry B
Mary Jones Fawcett
Dixon
Iowa
Fawcett
Ruth Laurence
Brooklyn
N. Y
Henry McClintock
Scarsdale
Jesse Nye
Yakima
Wash
Joseph Nye
Mary E. Doxsee
C. A. Doxsey
Auxiliary Aids Polio Fund Drive Promoted in Monticello
The Sister Elizabeth Kenney fund appeal is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary in Monticello. Mrs. Leslie Jinn chairs the drive running Nov 18 to Dec 7. Iowa contributions are split with national funds funding scholarships, physician training, and local polio aid, while the state supports Kenney Institute in Minneapolis and related research and patient care. This is the third national appeal and the first in Jones county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Kenney Institute
Minneapolis
Assistance Payments Report For November
A Des Moines social welfare office report for Jones county covers November payments to old age assistances, aged and needy blind, and dependent children. It lists 348 old persons paid $1,592.60 total with an average $33.31. eight needy blind cases totaling $294.90 with an average $36.86. 23 dependent children in 54 cases paid $712.70, averaging $30.99 per case and $13.20 per child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Social Welfare
Des Moines
Zeilinger Observes 50th Anniversary as Lutheran Pastor
Rev. G. J. Zeilinger will mark his 50th anniversary as pastor of the Lutheran church on December 1 at Wayne Zion Lutheran. A special 7:30 p.m. sermon by President H. W. Siefkes of Waterloo will be followed by a pot‑luck supper at 6 p.m. Attendees include pastors and families from the Dubuque conference. Charles Kreeb, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Kreeb, stationed in San Antonio, Texas, is on a 15‑day furlough with family at Monticelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Zeilinger
George J. Zeilinger
Monticello
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
H. W. Siefkes
Waterloo
Dubuque Conference
Charles Kreeb
F. W. Kreeb
Monticelo
Charles
San Antonio
Texas
Stuhler's Grocery Announces Grand Opening Saturday Morning
The Stuhler family rereopens their grocery store with a customer choice service option. Self serve buggy tours or clerk assisted orders available. The remodeled store features an enlarged meat department two new meat counters a Birdseye frozen case and a large vegetable rack. Self checkouts and delivery continue with lighting and decor updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuhler
Fred S. Stuhler
Earl van Voltenburg
Darrell Blayney
Leone Loop
Lavonne O'Rourke
Paul Warner
Wilbur Adamson
Ernest E. White Dies at Sioux Falls South Dakota
Ernest Elmer White, 1877 Monticello native, died in Sioux Falls South Dakota Funeral services were conducted by Dr William J Grossheim Presbyterian minister at Goettsch funeral home He never married and is survived by a sister Mrs Z A Graves Monticello and two brothers Frank White Kadoka SD Roy White Seattle WA
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goettsch
Ernest Elmer White
Sioux Falls
William J. Grossheim
Mr. White
Monticello
John
Martha White
South Dakota
Oxford No 2 Reports 100 Percent Dental Record
Oxford No 2 school reports a 100 percent dental record with all pupils returning their cards. Miss Louise Nespar is the teacher and pupils include Dennis Slonka Georgetta Slonka Donald Slonka Marilyn Benhart Kenneth Benhart Carol Benhart Louis Shimanek Neil Petersen Beverly Buresh Patsy Buresh Albert Buresh Shirley Balichek Gloria Kuehl Donna Kuehl and Muriel Petersen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford No. 2 School
Louise Nespar
Dennis Slonka
Georgetta Slonka
Donald Slonka
Marilyn Benhart
Kenneth Benhart
Carol Benhart
Louis Shimanek
Neil Petersen
Beverly Buresh
Patsy Buresh
Albert Buresh
Shirley Balichek
Gloria Kuehl
Donna Kuehl
Muriel Petersen
Paratrooper Art Bohlken Finishes Army Service in Germany
Art Bohlken son of Mr and Mrs Fred Bohlken returned from army service at Frankfurt Germany Sunday evening and is now on a 30 day terminal leave. He served 16 months in the United States Army and was a paratrooper in Germany. He also played football with the 508th Paratrooper division and plans to return to Monti High to complete his high school course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Bohlken
Fred Bohlken
Frankfurt
Germany
Bohlken
United States Army
508Th
Monti High
Sutherland kin visit Clinton weekend
Mrs. Kitty Sutherland and Miss Jean Sutherland from Clinton were weekend visitors at the D. P. Sutherland home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitty Sutherland
Jean Sutherland of
Clinton
P. Sutherland
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Lions Clu
Sante
New Equity
Helen Louise Dorgeloh
William H. Dorgeloh
Lela James Holcomb
Kenneth R. Holcomb
Ida le Ray
Vernon O. Ray
Lucy T. Remley
Grace Day Dick
Chicago, Ill
Tin
Louie Hanken
Art Husman
Tommy Streets
Tip
Louie
Fritz
Art
Coons
Express
Armin B. Jacobs
Emma Fehr
Farm Bureau
Leslie Linn
Ernest E. White
Oxford No. 2
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