Marriage Licenses Issued In Anamosa Area Last Week
Deputy clerk Mrs. Helen Fox reports licenses granted in Anamosa area last week include Wayne Williams to Marilyn Daniels and Louis Jedlicka to Lucille Mercer. The list also notes new car registrations in Jones county and several births at local hospitals with details on names, places, and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Fox
Anamosa
Wayne Williams
Onslow
Marilyn Daniels
Maquoketa
Louis J. Jedlicka
Lucille Mercer
Cedar Rapids
Four Small Donations Boost Monticello Fire Emergency Fund
The Monticello Fire Department reports four contributions totaling 25 dollars during Thanksgiving week. The drive aims for 2500 dollars to buy a used panel truck and gear, with 1335.85 raised to date and 1164.15 still needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Hearn
Ernest Wahl
Herbert Balsiger
S. M. Hosford
Drs. Savage and
Wahl
Justice of Peace Lists Cases This Week
Justice of the Peace Bay Echter lists ten new cases completed this week. Names, addresses and charges include Edward E Blakesley leaving scene of accident bond $15. Loren E Schneider speeding change of venue to court. Martin H Cook OMVI waived to district court. Earl L Pierce driving while license suspended waived to district court. Lawrence T Holmes reckless driving $50 and costs. William H Sanford speeding change of venue. Ivan P Reynolds stop sign $2 and costs. Allan P Hosch improper passing $5 and costs. Glen W Jamison OMVI waived to next district court term with $550 bond. Nancy Mary Boland school stop $5 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace Bay Echternacht
Edward E. Blakesley
Anita
Sam Clark
Loren E. Schneider
Monticello
Earl L. Pierce
Beckmann
Lawrence T. Holmes
William H. Sanford
McCrabb Court
Mellows
Ivan P. Reynolds
Jones County 4-H Winners At Junior Corn Show
Delbert Hodgdon of Oxford Junction captured the Grand Champion 10 ear sample of Genuine Pfister Hybrids at Manchester. Duane Wendt of Wyoming won the Reserve Champion cup. Numerous 4-H and FA members from Oxford Junction Monticello and nearby towns earned ribbons. The fourth annual Pfister show, supervised by Pfister Associated Growers Inc, also featured senior champions Delbert Steffens Lost Nation and Vernon Steffens Oxford Junction receiving cups for top entries. Pvt. Dale Studt visited Monticello friends before reporting to Baltimore for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Hodgdon
Oxford Junction
Duane Wendt
Wyoming
Manchester
Delbert
Duane
Donald Hansen
Gary Eichhorn
Gary Hansen
Merle Pillard
Bennie Goedken
Jimmy Goedken
Billy Pillard
Monticello
Delbert Steffens
Lost Nation
Vernon Steffens
Pfister
Jones County
James Nowachek
August Steffens
Richard Smith
Morley
Robert Prull
Boyd Frantz
Leo Pospishil
William Drantz
Martello
M. D. Grafft
Vern Siebels
Richard Grafft
Anamosa
Pfister Associated Growers, Inc
Grass Fire Threatens Wheat Field on Wahl Farm
A grass fire yesterday noon near the Ernest Wahl farm six miles north of Monticello off Highway 38 prompted a response from the Monti Cello Rural Fire Department. Neighbors aided in extinguishing the flames before firefighters arrived. Dr and Mrs Karl M Keyes plan to spend Thanksgiving with Mr and Mrs W C Cook at Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Wahl
Monticello
Wahl
Karl M. Keyes
Mrs
W. C. Cook
Mills
Public Health Meeting on Deafness in Anamosa
The Jones county Public Health Council will meet to discuss deafness in Anamosa next Tuesday. Dr. Kos of the University of Iowa Hospitals will present slides and a motion picture on a deafness correction operation, followed by a pot luck supper at 7 p.m. and an open meeting at 8 p.m. at the Anamosa Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Five Jones County Men Leave Dec 5 For Armed Forces
Five Jones county youths—Clifford Harm Helgens Paul Goffort Stears Ralph Stuart Kromminga Harold Farnest Reese and Gene Edward Brecht—will depart Anamosa on December 5 for military service under the Selective Service. The draft is organized through the county board in Anamosa, with Christmas training vacations noted as likely, mirroring wartime practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello
Anamosa
Armed Forces
Clifford Harm Helgens
Paul Goffort Stears
Ralph Stuart Kromminga
Harold Farnest Reese
Center Junction
Gene Edward Brecht
Lisbon
Hubert C. Metcalf
County Board
Thanksgiving Service To Be Held Tonight
A Community Thanksgiving Service will be held in the Community building Wednesday evening November 21 at 8 o clock. Sponsored by the Ministerial Association. Rev James W Sala pastor of the First Presbyterian church will deliver the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministerial Association
James W. Sala
First Presbyterian Church
James Hicks Returns From 36000 Mile European Journey
Jim Hicks son of Mr and Mrs Lowell Hicks of Seattle Washington recently visited his grandmother Mrs E G Hicks. Over the past decade he has logged about 36000 miles traveling through Europe studying languages in France and Germany. He pursues two PhD degrees one for the United States and one for Europe. He has traveled Finland Norway Sweden Denmark Holland Belgium England Luxembourg France Switzerland Germany Austria Yugoslavia Italy San Marino Monaco Andorra Liechtenstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Jim) L. Hicks
Lowell Hicks
Seattle
Wash
E. G. Hicks
Jim
Europe
France
Germany
United States
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
England
Luxemberg
Switzerland
Austria
Yugosaly, Land
Italy
Yugoslavia
San Marino
Monaco
Andora
Liechtenstein
Fire department called to Bowlmor Lanes Sunday
Monticello fire department was summoned at 12 30 p m to Bowlmor Lanes operated by Eddie Scherrer. Oil spilled while filling the upstairs burner soaked through ceiling and walls near the stove creating a risk from highly combustible material. no fire occurred but responders were prudent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Bowlmor Lanes
Eddie Scherrer
Monticello Man James Croker Joins First Electrical Staff
James Croker, longtime Monticello resident and former Monticello Express editor staffer, became retail sales manager for The First Electrical company. He started Monday and will live at the Walter Brainerd residence with his wife. Croker, a Loras College graduate from Colo Iowa, has extensive sales experience and an agricultural background. His father chairs Production and Marketing Administration for Story County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
M. E. (Smitty) Messersmith
Messersmith
Grinnell
American Legion
Amvets
10.C.F
Karen
Gail
James Croker
Monticello
Croker
Walter Brainerd
Loras College
Dubuque
Colo
Hopkinton Farm Home Destroyed By Friday Fire
High winds fueled a Friday afternoon blaze that destroyed nearly all belongings and the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Henderson and their six children two miles southeast of Hopkinton on highway 38. Firefighters from Monticello and Hopkinton could not save the structure owned by Forrest Lamont. The community organized clothing drives and Red Cross aid, with shoes provided and the family staying with their son Lloyd in Hopkinton while seeking new housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Richard Tjaden
Monticello
Galen Hagen
Vernon Thompson
Hopkinton
Wilfred Kenny
Paul Hugh
Robert Postel
Henry Henderson
Highway 38
Forrest Lamont
American Red Cross
Lloyd
Bucket Brigade
Express
Deadline Set for PMA Balloting This Saturday
The noon deadline for this year’s Production and Marketing Administration election is this Saturday. Voters must mail ballots or drop them at the Monticello PMA office before noon, according to acting county chairman Neal Hayden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Production and Marketing Administration
Neal Hayden
Monticello
PMA
Castle Grove School Fifth On Honor Roll
Castle Grove School No 1, taught by Mary Jane Mc Donough, ranks fifth in the county’s dental honor roll tally this year. Students listed include Joyce Bertling Billy McDonough Lyle Holub Colleen Holub Tommy Bertling Marilyn Holub Margaret Leytem and Mary Jane Hogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove School No. 1
Mary Jane McDonough
Joyce Bertling
Billy McDonough
Lyle Holub
Colleen Holub
Tommy Bertling
Marilyn Holub
Margaret Leytem
Mary Jane Hogan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rotary Club
Gus Arneson
Korea
Arneson
John Stauffer
Singer Sewing Company
Chaplin Implement and Motor Co
Ford
Weseman Bros
Clarence
Buick
D. J. Bauman
Prairieburg
Studebaker
L. A. Downing
Cadillac
L. A. Petersen
Harold Hodgden
Willis G. Zimmerman
Amber
DeSoto
W. F. Yeoman
Pontiac
Carl Plueger
N.W. Bell Telephone
Chevrolet
Wanda Petersen
Cascade
Cecil E. Or Evelyn Doudney
Plymouth
David E. Linge
Oldsmobile
Donald Clark
Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Justice of Peace
Shaffers
Pvt
Dale Studt
Baltimore
Belle Plaine
Public Health
Rialto Rodemaker
J. L. Bader
W. Leigh Pearson
Earl Louis Pierce
Pierce
John Beckmann
Anamosa Reformatory
Margaret Merrill
Elbert L. Merrill
J. E. Heiserman
Kohl
Ronald D. Kohl
Jean Kohl
Ann- Mmosa
Peggy
Grace Zimmerman
Frankfurt
City National Bank of
Clinton
Iowa
Lorene Lloyd
Leo W. Lloyd
Grand Jury
M. C. Hamiel
Clifford O’brine
O’brine
Martha Luker
Clamor Luker
Savanna, Ill
James Hicks
Hopkinton Farm
Castle Grove School
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