Intercity Rotary Ro Tara meeting at Anamosa Country Club
The Ro Tarians and Rotary ladies from Anamosa Mount Vernon Lisbon and Monticello join for a Friday evening gathering at the Anamosa country club with a post dinner program by a State University speaker on vital war issues. War price and rationing board approves four applications this week. Herron promoted to private first class with AEF in Northern Ireland. Anamosa business leaders join citizens at Jones County Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotarians
Rotary Ladies
Anamosa
Mount Vernon- Lisbon
Monticello
Country Club
State University At
Iowa City
Henry J. Ricklefs
Scotch Grove
Gyle E. Herron
A.E.F
Northern Ireland
Herron
Cattle and Hog Shipments From Monticello Reach Record Volumes
Station agent M. B. Leonard reports 1 780 head of cattle and 1 560 head of hogs shipped out of Monticello from August 4 to September 1, highlighting strong livestock movement for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Leonard
Monticello
New Car Licenses Issued In County Treasurer Office
In the last two weeks two new vehicles were licensed. A Ford was issued to H. A. Ferguson of Olin and a Chevrolet to Everett Glenn of Olin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
H. A. Ferguson
Olin
Chevrolet
Everett Glenn
Marriage License Issued to Delhi Couple in Past Week
One license issued to Gottlieb Fred Keebler of Delhi to wed Alice Margaret Meyserli of Monticello. One birth reported at John McDonald hospital a girl to Mr and Mrs Joe Sherlock of Worthington born August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottlieb Fred Keebler
Delhi
Alice
Margaret
John McDonald Hospital
Joe Sherlock
Worthington
Four H Boy Is Bond Buyer At Iowa State Fair
Donald Starr 21 of Oxford Junction received a $1,000 war bond from L B Cunningham at the Iowa State Fair Thursday night. Starr, a five year 4 H member, posted a $2,989 gross from various 4 H projects and has served as president, vice president and news reporter of the Oxford Live Wires club. He plans to enter the army soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Starr
Charles Starr
Oxford Junction
L. B. Cunningham
Des Moines
Starr
Chicago
Oxford Livewires
United States Army
Teachers Leave For School Work In Fall Term
Monticello teachers depart for posts to begin fall school activities. Listed are Frances Bone Algona LaVern Lambert Nevada Ruth Reuter Epworth Mrs Clark Matthiessen Waterloo Florence Noble Cedar Rapids Frances Coyle Boone Irma Rohr Newton Vivian Bancroft Decorah Helen Meyer Oelwein Josephine Meyer Council Bluffs Jayne Shover Madison Wis Bernice Rodman Chicago Heights Ills Tola George Milwaukee Wis Eding K K Alrnken Chilocco Okla Ellington Carpenter Iowa City Long Yale Marie Coe Mildred Delacher Maxine Havitchek Gilbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Frances Bone
Algona
LaVern Lambert
Nevada
Ruth Reuter
Epworth
Clark Matthiessen
Waterloo
Florence Noble
Cedar Rapids
Frances Coyle
Boone
Irma Rohr
Newton
Vivian Bancroft
Decorah
Helen Meyer
Oelwein
Josephine Meyer
Council Bluffs
Record crowd gathers as Jones County Fair ends
The 89th Jones County Fair ended with 10 000 on County day and more than 15 000 paid admissions. Despite rain reducing income by 300 to 400, the fair drew cars from Illinois and Wisconsin and net profits were slated to aid war service organizations. Officials praised the attendance and noted only 600 fewer attendees than the five-year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Schuetz
Illinois
Wisconsin
L. B. Cunningham
Earl Davis
William Campbell
Iowa State Fair Board
B. C. Gates
Independence
Towa State Fair Managers Association
Advance First Aid Class To Begin Sept. 15
Dr Earl DeShaw announces the advanced first aid course will start Tuesday September 15 for graduates of the standard course. The program runs five two hour sessions on Tuesday evenings at 8. The 10 top performers will represent the northern half of Jones county at the national instructor training school in Anamosa October 26 30 to receive instructor certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl DeShaw
Jones County
Anamosa
Clagees
Disyi T
Fire hits Al's Bakery in Monticello blaze
Firemen battled a 6 30 a m blaze at Al's Bakery on East First Street when a grease kettle heated by coke ignited and flames shot to the ceiling. Smoke filled the Shaffer Sweet Shop and apartment above as firemen wore gas masks to enter. Loss is estimated at around 300 with insurance handling and damage to the oven and personal property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Al’s Bakery
East First Street
al Reisselman
Shaffer Sweet Shop
Reisselman
C. F. Shimanek Insurance Agency
Leigh Clark
Clark
New Civil Filings For Sept Term In Jones County Court
Clerk Leigh Pearson reports three new cases filed for trial at the September term opening September 28. Anna Harden asks for $750 from Don L Braddy on a promissory note. Earl E Sherman seeks $1 032 42 plus 7 percent interest and foreclosure of a real estate mortgage on land in section 84 with a requested receiver. Laverna Miller Kline petitions for guardianship of Stacy Miller claiming mental incapacity and need for a guardian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Pearson
Jones County District Court
Anna Harden
Don L. Braddy
M.D
Oxford Junction
Earl E. Sherman
Oscar Hanson
Jones County
Laverna Miller Kline
Stacy Miller
New Second Grade Teacher Employed Miss Lucetta Cook
Miss Lucetta Cook of Waterloo is hired to teach in Monticello public schools second grade. A Cedar Falls Iowa State Teachers College graduate, she previously taught in Attica Lamont and Swea City, and comes highly recommended by former superintendents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucetta Cook
Waterloo
Monticello
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
West Waterloo
Reel Products Sale Shifts Monticello Plant Leadership
The Reel Products company of Monticello, maker of yeast and flavoring extracts, is sold by Max McCrabb of Anamosa to M H Lorenzen and Ed M Lorenzen of Waterloo. Ed Lorenzen will manage actively. Jerry Sondag remains plant superintendent and Mrs Augusta Melsha acts as secretary. Lorenzen plans to move his family to Monticello soon. McCrabb, now Jones County rationing board secretary, splits time between Anamosa and Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reel Products Company
Monticello
Max McCrabb
Anamosa
M. H. Lorenzen
Ed M. Lorenzen
Waterloo
Haywhere, Steel Products Company
And
Ed Lorenzen
Jerry Sondag
Augusta Melsha
Lorenzen
McCrabb
Jones County
Forty-one Men Called for Physicals by Jones County Board
Jones County draft board summoned forty one men for physical examination in Anamosa last Thursday. Most classified 1 A from the group are expected to be included in the September 21 call. Dr J D Paul headed the medical exam team. Listed examinees include men from Monticello Cascade Wyoming Monmouth Martelle Anamosa Olin Onslow and Clarence with several named individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Mason L. Adamson
Stuart Hayes Hoag
Augustus Deering
Lawrence Herman Hahn
Elmer Tobias Hanken
William Edward Thompson
William Frederick Peters
Fredrick Paul Gogel
Harold Fredrick Schneiter
Oliver William Hutton
Cascade
William Herbert McNally
Leo John Peiffer
John Lile Heister
Joseph Antony Althoff
Wyoming
Harold Ambrose Doudney
Cecil Durance Even
Monmouth
Frank Glenn Coffin
Martelle
Henry Ludwig Luerkens
Edward Emil Mallie
Anamosa
Leonard Arthur Coleman
Edward LeRoy Snell
Gale Edwards
Fred Garret Zimmerman
Wayne William Joslin
Harley Christian Anderson
Thomas Wilbur Day
Leonard Joseph Kula
Howard Arthur McDaniel
John William Bauserman
Darvin Thomas Harderson
Harvey Gerhart Siobels
Olin
Harland
Andrew Bixler
Melvin Randall
Ralph Petersen
Onslow
Peter Thomas Petersen
County Quota Sets Eight Bicycles for September
Harold E. Teachout the state rationing officer named the county quota of eight bicycles for September. The state allotment totals 1 212 with 444 held in reserve and the rest distributed among 99 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold E. Teachout
Style revue crowns winners on Achievement Day at Fair
Eleven club contestants presented a closing feature for Achievement Day. Mary Dorothy Pospishil of Martelle won, Lois Horton of Onslow took second, and Lillian Freese of Monticello was third. Pospishil and Horton advance to the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo to enter the state contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleven
Style Revue
Icon Clubs
Mary Dorothy Pospishil
Martelle
Lois Horton
Onslow
Lillian Freese
Monticello
Public School Opens For Year In Monticello
Monticello public schools opened for 1942 43 with 539 enrolled students. Totals show 287 girls and 252 boys across 12 grades and kindergarten, including declines from previous year due to CCC camp personnel absences and fewer tuition pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public
CCC
Mate Rice Roots Monticello Fair Founder Remembered at 1942 Event
Mate Rice 92 of Rock Island recalls his role as one of 36 founders who funded the Monticello fairgrounds, built a fence and race track, and opened the first Jones County Fair in 1873. He recounts early races, gate duty, and his push for a farmers creamery that evolved into the Farmers' Co-Operative Creamery Company of Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Mate Rice
Rock Island
Charles Wales
Rice
Wales
Co-Op Creamery
Diamond Creamery
Dani Palmer
The
Diamond Company
Palmer
J. W. Coxsee
Monticello State Bank
Klondyke Creamery
Farmers’ Co-Operative Creamery Company of
New York
Rockford
Ill
Anamosa
Illinois
Edgar Hubbard
Hubbard
Langworthy
Tracy and
West
Proctor
Charlie Wales
Scrap drive to aid war effort in Jones county
Jones county launches scrap drive starting Monday September 7 with rural pickups and town collections. Parish leaders urge residents to donate scrap metal rubber rags burlap bags and fats to support U S war agencies and steel mills through winter with a parade planned in Monticello Friday September 11 led by the high school band and area students urging donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
C. J. Matthiessen
J. J. Eggers
USO
Red Cross
Navy Relief
Army Relief
Monticello
S. A. Kaplan
Monticello Auto Wreckers
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Manila
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Coral Sea
Add Two Teachers To County List
Two more teachers have been hired for the rural school system of Jones county joining the list released last week by county superintendent Miss Nellie V. Morey. Rosemary Zirkelbach from Scotch Grove will teach at Mineral Valley school in Clay township and Glenna Krueger from Delhi will teach at Wayne No 4 replacing Emil Prull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Nellie V. Morey
Rosemary Zirkelbach
Scotch Grove
Mineral Valley
Clay Township
Glenna Krueger
Delhi
Wayne No. 4
Emil Prull
Frederick Biere Wins Guernsey Grand Championship
Frederick Biere of Olin won the grand championship in the Guernsey division at the fair. He also took first place in 1941 and repeated in 1942, securing the grand title in the latter year. The photo from the fair was forged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Lorenzen
Jones County Fair
Chicago Livestock Breeders Association
Lorenzen
Express
Frederick Biere
Olin
Guernsey
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Ireland
Shipping News
Cars
Reeves
Al's Bakery
Messrs. Lorenzen
Kaplan and
Auto Wreckers
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