Farmers Mutual Creamery Picnic Slated for Sept 7
The sixth annual Labor Day picnic by Farmers Mutual Creamery Co of Monticello is set for Monday at the city park. An ox roast dinner is 15 cents per portion, with rest of meal free. free coffee, potatoes, bread and paper plates provided. Activities include a 2 PM baseball game, boxing and wrestling, tug of war, field sports, and a band performance.
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Farmers Mutual Creamery Company of
Monticello
Wayne Township
Emil Stutt
Creamery
Ed Herren
Loren Cramer
Creamery Board
Fred Cramer
Harold Tedrow
Adolph Bohlken
Roy Moore
Alice B Cowan and Charles Locher wed in Sacred Heart ceremony
Miss Alice B. Cowan of Cedar Rapids married Charles Locher of Gilmore City at Sacred Heart parish house on September 1. Rev A L Lorenz officiated before close family. The couple will reside in Gilmore City after September 6 and plan a Minneapolis trip. Mrs Locher formerly taught in Monticello and Oskaloosa schools. Mr Locher is Northwestern Bell construction superintendent in Des Moines district.
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Alice B. Cowan
Cedar Rapids
Charles Locher
Gilmore City
Sacred Heart Church
A. L. Lorenz
Commonwealth
Locher
Minneapolis
Monticello
Webster
Oskaloosa
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Des Moines
Missionary Harold Matthews to Speak at Local Church
The Rev. Harold Matthews of the American Board will address the Missionary Society at the local Congregational church next Wednesday at 3 o'clock. A Grinnell College and University of Chicago graduate, Matthews served in the war ambulance corps and went to China in 1922. He will also speak to the high school assembly at 2 15 that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Matthews
American Board
Missionary Society
Congregational Church
Coughlan
Matthews
Fenchow
Shensi
Mr. Matthews
Grinnell College
University of Chicago
Chicago Theological Seminary
China
Brunscheen Tops Chicago Market Again in August Trade
Jones county cattle were strong sellers on the Chicago market Tuesday August 24. Herman Brunscheen Wyoming farmer consigned 51 head of steers averaging 1233 pounds selling at 17.50 per cwt with Mr and Mrs Brunscheen present. The day’s top price reached 18.25 per cwt, a new August peak and the best since October 1928 for any month.
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Jones County
Chicago
Herman Brunscheen
Wyoming
Stolen Car Found Abandoned After Monticello Run In
Ruth James Howell and Norma Evans two hitchhikers from Missouri told Monticello officials about a car theft and chase. A 1936 Chevrolet sedan damaged at the Aitchison curve four miles northeast of Monticello was later claimed by T. J. Eilers of Steamboat Rock Iowa. The girls were bruised but refused medical aid. investigators pursued two unnamed male suspects associated with a reform school escape.
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Monticello
Ruth James Howell
St. Louis
Norma Evans
St. Joseph
Aitchison Curve
Anamosa
Roy Pearson
Waterloo
Aitchison
T. J. Eilers
Steamboat Rock
Iowa
Hardin County
Eilers
Reform School
Three Monticello Girls In Car Accident
Three Monticello high school girls were involved when Esther Lubben backed from a parking space and hit by a gravel truck driven by a man named Mead. Margaret Black suffered a head wound and concussion but was reported improving. Lorraine Lubben and Esther Lubben also sustained cuts and bruises.
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Monticello
Esther Lubben
Mead
Margaret Black
Lorraine Lubben
Esther
Lubben
Lorraine
Margaret
Miss Black
A. M. Black
Castle Grove
Will Lubben
Court records moved to new Anamosa courthouse
The records and equipment of the old court house have been moved to the new courthouse and all county business is now transacted there. Dated August 31, 1937, Anamosa. By order of the board of supervisors Geo F Specht County Auditor.
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Court House
Anamosa
Board of Supervisors
Geo. F. Specht
Commercial Club Elects New Directors
Monticello business leaders gathered at the Monticello Country Club for a dinner served by Goudys Cafe. Plans for the coming year were discussed and a rural-urban event was proposed for a date within the month. Elected to the board for the next year were Ross Baty Charles Fletcher Niles Melteson Tom E Hamilton X Ray Childress Milton Langer and Walter Zubler. Executive officers to be chosen later.
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Monticello
Monticello Country Club
Goudy
The
Commercial Club
Ross Baty
Charles Fletcher
Niles Melteson
Tom E. Hamilton
X-Ray Childress
Milton Langer
Walter Zubler
Death Claims M M Sinclair of Scotch Grove
M M Sinclair died at McDonald hospital in Monticello on August 27 1937 at age 74 after a blood clot formed in his leg and required knee amputation on August 20 He was born February 1 1863 in Scotch Grove township to Angus and Mary Ann Sinclair and was a grandson of Donald Sinclair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
M. M. Sinclair
McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Mr. Sinclair
Laura
McDonald
Matthew Mervin Sinclair
Scotch Grove Township
Angus
Mary Ann Sinclair
Donald Sinclair
Arnold Egger
John Gerjets in Double Wedding at Ryan Lutheran
John Gerjets son of Mr and Mrs Henry Gerjets of Monticello married in a double ceremony September 1 at 10 30 AM at Ryan Lutheran Church with Rev Ewald Senst officiating He wed Freda Gienapp daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Gienapp of Independence His sister Ernest Gienapp of Manchester married Wilma Starks of Hopkinton The reception followed at the Gienapp home in Independence The couples will reside on farms near Independence after short wedding trips
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John Gerjets
Henry Gerjets
Monticello
Ryan Lutheran Church
Ewald Senst
Gerrets
Freda Gienapp
Manchester
Frank Gienapp
Independence
Ernest Gienapp
Wilma Starks
Hopkinton
William Starks
Gienapp
Twin Girls Born to Mr and Mrs James Ricklefs
Identical twin girls Berte Marie and Naja Louise born Sunday morning August 29 in Palo Alto California to Mr. and Mrs. James Ricklefs. Berte Marie weighed 4 pounds 8 ounces at 10 04 and Naja Louise 5 pounds 7 ounces at 10 26.
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Monticedlo
James Ricklefs
Palo Alto
Calif
Berte Marie
Naja Louise
New Court House Dedication in Jones County
A new Jones county courthouse in Anamosa is to be dedicated with a Friday ceremony on the courthouse grounds. Many schools will close after 1 p.m. to allow attendance. a commemorative booklet will be issued. The program includes flag raising, bands, and remarks by Gov. Kraschel and other officials, with public inspection and a permanent record registration available.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Ing
Court House
Glenn J. McLaughlin
Monticello School Reports Banner Attendance Growth
The Monticello school opens with the largest high school enrollment in history at 247, up from 235 last year. Total enrollment remains 553, a record level matching last year, while country pupils push ninth and tenth grades with substantial rural attendance and a trend toward decreasing town population.
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Monticello
Ida Pillard Weds Carl Folkers in Anamosa Ceremony
Miss Ida Pillard daughter of Mrs. Louise Pillard of Anamosa married Carl Folkers son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Folkers of Scotch Grove in a Wednesday afternoon double ring ceremony at the Pillard home in Anamosa. Rev. David M. Beggs officiated with maid of honor Lena Folkers and best man Frank Pillard. The couple will reside on the Folkers farm in Wayne township after a wedding trip to the Black Hills Yellowstone Seattle and other points.
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Ida Pillard
Louise Pillard
Anamosa
Carl Folkers
Herman Folkers
Scotch Grove
Lawrence Pillard
Frank Pillard
David M. Beggs
Congregational Church of
Lena Folkers
Mrs. Folkers
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
Seattle
Wash
Wayne Township
Mildred Aldrich
W. L. Aldrich
Monticello
William Buol
Len Buol
Presbyterian Church
Arnold Buol
Dubuque
Edna Buol
Clarence Aldrich
Raymond Buol
Helen Crane
Monticello High School
John McDonald Hospital
Ames
Kate Bardill
Paul Buol
C. R. Buol
R. Siebels
Amber
Jess Martinisen
Marcus Maire
Fire in Monticello area barn and home trio of incidents
Monticello rural fire crews were sent to Mrs. Alice Howie’s farm five miles west at 11:30 for a separator house fire that spread to a large barn, damaging logs valued around 100 dollars while insured. Carpenters aiding with a new farmhouse noticed smoke and helped save contents. A separate call at 2:30 p m. sent the city truck to John Specht’s house where children were suspected to have started a bed fire with matches.
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Alice Howie
Monticello
John Specht
Emma Wilson
Old Bangor Courier sheets found in Wayne township
Fragments of the Bangor Courier dated June 10, 1857 and Oct 8 1857 reveal South news while Oct 17 1860 reports a mailcoach trip from Omaha to Denver City with six passengers in five days and 18 hours and includes gold dust totaling fourteen thousand dollars and six thousand received by passengers.
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John Jacobs
Wayne Township
Bangor Courier
Omaha
N. T
Denver City
Express
Students Head Off to Colleges From Monticello Area
Monticello and nearby youths begin their fall move to universities and colleges. Read list includes students from University of Iowa Iowa City Coe College Cedar Rapids Notre Dame Iowa State College Ames Cornell Mount Mercy Wartburg University of Cincinnati University of Dubuque and Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls with many names such as Margaret McNeill Paul Locher James Bort Helen Havlichek and Hubert Schoon listed.
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Monticello and
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Margaret McNeill
Frederick Bone
Robert Hogan
Gladys Skelley
Roy Rickiefs
Lillian Margaret Locher
Gordon York
Gerald Schoon
Leonard Schoon
Ruth Jacobs
Charles Renk
Helen Wroblewski
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Frances Steck
Bernard Che
William Kettlitz
Roberta Clark
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Paul Locher
Iowa State College
Ames
James Bort
Rex Hodson
Loretta Specht
John Hay
Wilma Kuhns
Ruth Howie
Marian Palmer
Jo Royden
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Lucile George
Robert Smith
Antoinette Coxsee
Royal Rodman
Max Palmer
Mount Mercy Junior College
Married Fifty Years Celebration for Doxsee Couple
Mr and Mrs Clarence M Doxsee of Redwood City California celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Tuesday August 24 He a brother of J W Doxsee of Monti cello and Mrs E E Reed of Wapello He came to Bowen's Prairie from Ohio as a child He is president of the San Mateo Title Company and married Minnie Ingham on August 24 1887 at Algona Iowa A family dinner the eve ning of the 24th was enjoyed by their children and families
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Clarence M. Doxsee
Redwood City
Calif
Doxsee
J. W. Doxsee
Monticello
E. E. Reed
Wapello
Bowen's Prairie
Ohio
Coxsee
San Mateo Title Company
Minnie Ingham
Algona
Iowa
Rooster at County Fair Eats 187 Kernels of Corn
The Jones county fair drew crowds as a rooster in the floral hall was fed between 7 AM and 4 PM. Guesses varied from 187 to 3421 kernels. W. B. Meeks near Martelle correctly guessed 187 kernels to win a bushel of National Hybrid seed corn. Otto Beusch of Marion won the second prize. The highest guess came from a farm woman near Delhi.
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Floral Hall
Jones County
W. B. Meeks
Martelle
Otto Beusch
Marion
Delhi
Charles Byers Returns Home From Hospital
Charles Byers, once a patient at John McDonald Hospital after fracturing his hip in a fall from a stepladder, is expected to leave hospital and return home Friday. He invites friends to visit him at home.
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Charles Byers
John McDonald Hospital
Mr. Byers
Death of C A Smith in Oakley Kansas at 78
Charles Albert Smith died in Oakley Kansas at age 78. Born May 5 1859 in Philadelphia he lived in Boston Monticello Cablerock Colby Olathe Holton and Oakley. He built Oakley s first telephone system served as mayor 1919 1921 and leaves wife Carrie A Applegate a daughter Lois and two grandsons.
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Arnold Egger
Charles Albert Smith
Oakley
Kansas
Mr. Smith
Philadelphia
Elias and
Perlinia Smith
Pennsylvania
Boston
Mass
Monticello
Carrie A. Applegate
Scotch Grove
Lois
F. H. Bailey
Perlinsa
Gladys
Kan
Lyle M. Bailey
Denver
Gordon S. Bailey
Independence
Six Marriage Licenses Issued At Clerk's Office
Six marriage licenses issued last week at the county clerk office. The final license in the old court house went to Frank Stanley 25 Athlene Tex and Arlene Bock 18 Anamosa. The first license in the new courthouse was Tomerald K Rowe 22 Iowa City and Mary W Gardner 22 Any Other licenses were issued to William Buol 27 Monticello and Mildred Aldrich 24 Monticello William D Becrlein 22 Westwood N J and Maxine Easterly 18 Springville Charles S Locher and Alice B Cowan both Cedar Rapids Carl A Folkerts 28 Scotland Grove and Ida M Piltard 9 Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
William D. Becrlein
Westwood
N. J
Maxine Easterly
Springville
Charles S. Locher
Alice B. Cowan
Cedar Rapids
Carl A. Folkerts
Scotth Grove
Ida M. Piltard
Anamcsa
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Farmers Mutual Creamery Co
Brunscheen
Aitchison Farm
Mrs
Grover Lorenzon
Olin
Hereford
Jones County Fair
Boy Scouts
J. M. Parsons
State Supreme Court
F. O. Ellison
18Th Judicial District
J. W. Coxsee
P. F. Hopkins
PWA
Nelson G. Kraschel
H. J. Mayberry
Louis Lorenzen
O. J. Felter
Clin
Fairview
California
Post Office Department
Lew Rosenthal Booking Agency
W. H. McDaniel
Dude Hoff
Duffy
Mr.McDaniel
Wilfred Lees
Cascade
Foxy Chenault Jr
Mr. Strong
Monti
Weatherman
John E. Bateman
Mr. Bateman
Aeust
Aususs
Dale Larson
Dale
C. A. Smith
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