Two Monticello Youths Captured In Missouri
Two Monticello boys Kenneth Mettler age 16 and Roger Aldrich age 17 were captured in Lexington Missouri after a chase. They face five charges of breaking and entering and will appear in district court at Anamosa before Judge Floyd Philbrick. A 1950 Pontiac convertible stolen in the incident was traced to Burl Cook of Coggan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Wagon Wheel Inn
Lexington
Missouri
Kenneth Mettler
Eldora Training School
Roger Aldrich
Kansas
Dick Gehrig
Missouri River
Burl Cook
Coggan
Central City
Paris
Charles
Mettler
Aldrich
James T. Remley
Floyd Philbrick
Anamosa
Funeral Services For Mrs Ellen Watt
Funeral services for Mrs Ellen H Watt 94 will be held at Cass Congregational Church at 2 30 this afternoon. She died Sunday born August 24 1857 Rev B Crockett to officiate interment Cass Center cemetery pallbearers Geo Brain ard Parke Ogden Thomas Stimpson Percy Bray Lester Fairbanks Burton Brown. She was grandmother of Chester Condit Goettsch Funeral Home in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass Congregational Church
Ellen H. Watt
Rev. B. Crockett
Cass Center
Geo. Brainard
Parke Ogden
Thomas Stimpson
Percy Bray
Lester Fairbanks
Burton Brown
Five Justice Court Docket Items This Week
Five new justice court cases listed by Ray Echter nacht, justice of the peace. Names include Raymond Lohberg Dubuque OMVI waived to district court bond 350 dollars. Walter Ehlis Monticello truck speeding Mallows 10 dollars and costs. Edward Luck Monticello intoxication Howard 10 dollars and costs. James Porter Cedar Rapids stop sign accident Howard. Robert Krieger Rockford NL speeding Clark 5 dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Echternacht
Justice of the Peace
Raymond Joseph Lohberg
Dubuque
OMVI
Beckmann
Walter Ehlis
Monticello
Mallows
Edward Luck
Howard
James Porter
Cedar Rapids
Robert Krieger
Rockford
Clark
Young Farmers Class Meets at Masonic Temple
The young farmers class sessions start Monday at 8 30 p m in the vocational agriculture room of the Masonic temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Mental Health Group To Meet In Anamosa
The Jones County Mental Health association will hold a meeting at 8 p.m. next Tuesday in the Anamosa Congregational church. Speaker Mrs Gordon DeLay of Cedar Rapids, president of the Iowa Mental Health Society, will discuss the duties of a county organization. All interested are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Mental Health Association
Anamosa Congregational Church
Gordon DeLay
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Mental Health Society
Mrs. Catherine Zimmerman Rites Held in Amber
Services were conducted Saturday at Goettsch funeral home and Wayne Zion church for Mrs. Catherine M Zimmerman who died suddenly after a long illness. Born Aug 7 1870 in Wayne township she married William R Zimmerman Feb 25 1890 and had five daughters. Burial followed at Wayne Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goettsch
Catherine M. Zimmerman
Wayne Zion Church
Catherine Margaretha Alwine
Henrick and
Anna Helgens Doering
Wayne Township
William Ricken Zimmerman
Christoph Mardorf
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Zimmerman
Amber
Anna
Paul Hanken
Marion
S. D
Minnie
Arthur T. Carlsen
Camanche
Hattie
William T. Jansen
Rena
O. F. Otten
Sioux Falls
Freda
Alva Gerdes
G. A. Young
Hawaii
Albert Doering
William Helgens
Carl Siebels
Herman Herren
Hank Siebels
John Husmann
William Behrends
Wayne Cemetery
Willms Rites Held For Carl Jansen Willms
Carl Jansen Willms died Friday after a long illness. Funeral services were held Monday at Wayne Zion Lutheran Church with Rev. F H Kehren officiating. Born November 12 1884 in Westerhold Germany he was one of ten children. He came to America in 1902 and married Eta Margareta Luerkens in 1903 and had seven children. The family farmed near Scotch Grove then in Gilead Nebraska before returning to Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Jansen Willms
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
F. H. Kehren
Westerhold
Kreis Wittmund
Ostfriesland
Germany
Oltmann Willms
Antje
Harms Willms
America
Wartburg College
Clinton
Eta Margareta Luerkens
Scotch Grove
Gilead
Neb
Monti
Willms Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage At Mercy Hospital
The obituary notes Cello Willms who farmed 23 years in Castle Grove and worked as a guard in the state reform atory after moving to Anamosa. He died Friday from a cerebral hemorrhage at Mercy hospital. Survived by wife Eta and children Anna Meyersville Dena Center Junction Louise Monticello Grace Strawberry Point Clara Monticello Walter plus two stepdaughters Christina and Anna Hagen. He leaves 21 grandchildren, three brothers Rev John P Willis Greene Engwert Amber William Tiolstein Germany and sister Elise Tietjen Germany. Parents and five sisters preceded him in death. Pallbearers listed and Wayne Zion cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cello
Castle Grove Township
Anamosa
State Reformatory
Mercy Hospital
Eta Willms
Anna
Ernest Arbelger
Meyersville
Texas
Dena
George Hagen
Center Junction
Louise
Elwin Reuter
Monticello
Grace
Harm Gerdes
Strawberry Point
Clara
Lawrence Heeren
Clarence
Walter
Christina Johnson
John Hagen
John P. Willis
Greene
Engwert
Amber
William
Tiolstein
Germany
Elise Tietjen
Harry Gerrets
Arnold Willms
Richard Antons
Raymond Antons
John Lurkens
Henry Lurkens
Wayne Zion Cemetery
District Court Docket Highlights Week in Anamosa
Fourteen criminal actions were filed in the Anamosa district court, including eleven against Reformatory inmates with escape. Notable names include Aspedon Selix Caldwell Heerner Rowe Romesberg Karsner Wren Sterns. all remain at large. Two inmates, Shanks and Wetherall, pled guilty and received five extra years. Other items: Berlin fined 50 dollars on assault and battery. divorce granted to Eileen Howie from James Howie with alimony and use of maiden name. guardianship sought for Nellie Fraser. William Stroud named defendant in a divorce suit. Hunt v Hunt ongoing with custody and unborn child matters.
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District Court
Anamosa
Reformatory
Richard Aspedon
Leroy Selix
Paul Caldwell
Robert Heerner
Clarence Rowe
Bennie Romesberg
Guy Karsner
Marshall Wren
Ralph Sterns
James B. Shanks
Dale Wetherall
J. E. Heiserman
Eileen M. Howie
James Howie
Armed Forces
Margaret Stroud
Margaret, Hunt
John Hunt
Margaret Hunt
Marengo
Helgens Bros sale highlights top prize Iowa hog
Helgens Brothers and Richard Brownell plan auctions next week featuring the first prize junior spring boar from the Iowa State Fair along with 55 top quality Poland China hogs. The sale is set for October 10 at 1 p.m. at the Ed Helgens farm near Monticello, with catalog details available by mail from Monticello. Auctioneers HL M. Duncan and Louie Hanken will oversee bidding. fieldmen include Ed Forest and Tom Sherlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helgens Brothers
Ed Helgens
Helgens
Monticello
Scotch Grove
Jones County Fair
the Express
Herman Helgens
Hl. M. Duncan
Louie Hanken
Ed Forest
Poland
Tom Sherlock
Wallace
Farmer
Energy Starts Unloading Steel for TV Towers
Wayne Claus and Vic Mowrey unload 76 000 pounds of steel from Republic mills for Energy’s 3 section hydraulic TV towers. The carload supports 200 towers with materials arriving after a long pause since last March. Monti cello company has on the way steel to make about 1200 towers, a job slated to continue until next February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Claus
Vic Mowrey
Republic Steel Mills
Monticello
Express
Petroleum suit seeks unpaid balance and interest
Edmund G. Laetare named defendant in an account suit filed by Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp. The petition requests a court order for $86.72 unpaid and interest on an account totaling $106.72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund G. Laetare
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Camp Fire Girls Plan Cook-Out Supper and Fly-Up Party
Camp Fire leaders hosted a cook-out supper at the home of Le Mis Earl DeShaw Monday at 5 30 p m. Plans call for the annual membership march and the Fly Up party. The Fly Up for Bluebirds entering fifth grade will be at the Public School auditorium at 4 p m Wednesday Oct 19. Guardians for the new group Fire are Mrs Zarl Davis and Mrs Don Herzberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mis
Starlighters Free Theatre Night At Monticello High
The Starlighters new Little Theatre group will offer two plays free at Monticello High School auditorium Thursday Oct 4 at 8 p.m. The Monkey's Paw directed by Jim Hatch and a psychoanalysis themed light comedy directed by Mrs Betty Bender aim to spark community theatre interest and establish a permanent Monticello group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Starlighters
Little Theatre Group
Monticello High School
Jim Hatch
Betty Bender
Monticello
Former Monticello Man Dies in Savanna Ill
George C. Brown, former resident of Monticello, died Tuesday in Savanna Illinois. Funeral services will be held there at 1 PM Friday with graveside rites at Oakwood Cemetery in Monticello at 3:30. An obituary will be published next week. Also noted are visits from Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Cox and Brent Miller of Center Junction and Mrs. Blanche Moser of Sand Springs, plus Ghorse Smith visiting Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Brown
Monticello
Savanna
Oakwood Cemetery
B. W. Cox
Brent Miller
Center Junction
Blanche Moser
Sand Springs
E. H. Cox
ANTISEPTIC GERM KILLER CLAIMS FAST RESULTS
An advertisement from Palmer's Drug offers a product labeled T-4-L for high concentration antiseptic use. It promises to kill germ on contact with an undiluted alcohol base and claims rapid penetrating power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Reese
Former Monticello Man Dies in Chicago Car Crash
Don FE Denkhoff 44 a former Monticello man was killed Monday in a Chicago automobile crash. A 9 month old child also died in the collision and four others were injured. Denkhoff and the child died at a Chicago hospital. Denkhoff’s wife Mrs Edith Denkhoff formerly Edith Bunker was hospitalized. He was born in Monticello and worked as a jeweler. survived by his wife mother and three brothers.
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Don FE. Denkhoff
Monticello
Chicago
Denkhoff
Don
Betty
T. F. Denkhoff
Ted
Bettendorf
Raymond
Des Moines
Bud
Decatur
Two More Monti Football Players Injured This Week
Monticello Black Panthers face a troubling injury run with two players hurt this week. QB Bob Hill broke his nose at Maquoketa but may play Marion Friday. Donald Claus suffered a back injury after a hard hit and was hospitalized but tests showed no fracture. Earlier injuries include Ronny Rhatigan, Frank Hill and Ronny Eggers with kidney bruising, a cracked ankle, and a broken nose.
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Monticello Black Panthers
Marion
Panther
Bob Hill
Maquoketa
Harold Shugart
Hill
Donald Claus
Anamosa
Claus
John McDonald Hospital
Ronny Rhatigan
Frank Hill
Ronny Eggers
Cities Service Truck Stop opens at former Mono site
Grand opening of Sam's Cities Service and First's Truck Stop is set for Saturday October 6 on highway 151 opposite the public school. Yvonne Schneider and Mrs Dorothy First greet customers while Sam Reyner, ex Conoco co owner, resumes business after Army service. The First family includes daughters Donna and Connie. Reyner and wife have two children Daniel and Danica. A related photo note appears on another page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam’s Cities Service
First‘s
Mono’s
Highway 151
Yvonne Schneider
Dorothy First
Sam
Reyner
First
Monticello
Junior
Donna
Connie
Jim
Conoco
Daniel
Danica
Express
Doctor Presence Demand At Future Football Games
The article notes a day when a coach or official insisted a doctor be present for all upcoming football games, citing safety concerns and player welfare as the driving reason. Local authorities or league officials were not named in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Shugart
Lovell Farm Bureau Elects Officers at Adams Home
The Lovell Farm Bureau held a meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Adams on Wednesday September 19. Officers were elected with Joe Messerli as president Duane Anderson as secretary and treasurer and Mrs Merle Cass as reporter. Guests included Mr and Mrs Adelbert King of Castle Grove and visitors from nearby areas. Refreshments were provided by the Adams and Fass families. Local residents Mr and Mrs Eugene Adams hosted guests at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell Farm Bureau
Glenn Adams
Joe Messerli
Duane Anderson
Merle Cass
Adelbert King
Castle Grove
Jones County
Janes County
Eugene Adams
Albert Fass
Dr Earl Wahl to Take a Vacation in Harvard Illinois
Dr Earl L Wahl a veterinarian partner of Dr Robert Savage will leave next week for a two week vacation in Harvard Illinois He will take charge of Dr J W Bollers veterinary practice while there Dr Boller mentored Wahl with summers of practical work before he graduated from Iowa State College
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Wahl
Robert Savage
Harvard
Ill
J. W. Boller
Boller
Wahl
Iowa State College
WaMac Conference Football Standings and Schedule
WaMac football standings show Marion leading with 2 0 0 as Anamosa, Manchester, Maquoketa, Monticello, Tipton and Vinton follow with 1 win and 1 loss. Independence sits at 0 2 0. Results from Sept 28 include Marion 13 Anamosa 7 and Independence 12 Vinton 35. Upcoming Oct 5 games list Independence at Anamosa Manchester at Vinton Maquoketa at Tipton Marion at Monticello.
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WLT Pet
Marion
Anamosa
Manchester
Macuoketa
Monticello
Tipton
Vinton
Independence
Maquoketa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roger Aldrch
Ellen Watt
Justice Court
Carl Willms
Melton
Roy Berlin
Berlin
Vernon E. Barrack
Rudolph Alferts
Helgens Bros
Richard Brownell
Wyoming
Ridge Road
Highway 64
Massey ‘Harris
Citizens’ State Bank
Sum
Mer
Great Plains Supply CO
Savanna, Ill
Ghorse Smith
Palmer
Don E. Denkhoff
Davenport
En Ey
Robert Mann
Greeley, Colo
Mason City
Joyce
Janice McAleer
Mount Mercy Junior College
Joe,McAleer
Earl Wahl
WaMac
Kroehler Suite
Howard, Union
Volceman
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