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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1947
Page
4
The Monticello Boosters visit Dyersville next Sunday September 7 to decide the league championship. The teams split the season halves with Monticello winning the first half and Dyersville the second. A large crowd is expected as Monticello aims to return home with the title.
The rabbit and squirrel hunting seasons open September 1 across Iowa. Squirrels are legal through November 30 with a daily bag of six and possession twelve. Rabbits are legal through February 29 with a daily bag of ten and no possession limit.
Hopkinton beat Delhi 15 to 12 in Delhi in the first game of a best of three for the Delaware county baseball league title. 29 combined hits. Bill Lux and Vesey doubled for Hopkinton. Vesey added a double and triple for Delhi. Next game set for Sunday at Delhi. Delhi led the first half of the season, Hopkinton the second.
A letter from Armin Jacobs stationed at Nichols Field Manila describes extreme flooding on August 11. Sixteen inches of rain fell in 24 hours with 14 inches in 12 hours, water reached four feet in the basement, and staff moved records to higher floors as furniture floated. A YMCA man paddled a life raft along the air strip during the incident. He hopes to be home soon.
Cpl Leroy Petersen based at Augsburg Germany reports that General Clay praised his fueling depot team. Petersen in charge of fuel for over 405 trucks and army vehicles earned a commendation and a promised promotion from private first class to corporal.
An act approved August 1 1947 provides a Gold Star lapel button at no cost to widows parents and next of kin of service members killed in World War II. The law allows cost sale to other next of kin and limits one button per person. The Monticello Red Cross will provide application forms soon. Guests in Monticello included Raymond Clark Jr and Bud Bernero from Chicago with Mary Elizabeth Clark.
Matthiessen supervises a project that constructed a 150 foot bridge in 5 minutes 30 seconds earning a record for such work. The team was praised by a major as the record was announced. Cadet C J Matthiessen 3rd class 1st Co Camp Buckner West Point NY addressed by mail. An NCWC unit was organized in Sacred Heart parish with officers elected and plans for study groups. Mary Lucille Rickless travels to Des Moines to visit the Hogan home before returning to teaching duties in Boone.
Rev F H Kehren pastor of Zion Lutheran confirms class last week at Henry Charles Soper. Names listed include P Hint Lawrence Henry Kehn Ernest Biere Mrs De Rieken Mrs Clarence Mes Louis Renken Fol Amaila and Ethel Allison daughters of Mr and Mrs Allen Allison Wash. were sussis Streit home August Qn Wil be remem. nemmet Bessip Kaylor schow values at their Rome following 2 regeh the southern op. D CC New and Canadas. At New they sttended Columbis u they were doing advanced graduate study. Attention League of Women Voters Monticello will resume meetings after summer vacation next Tuesday Sept 9 with board meeting and luncheon at Monte cafe. Mrs David Ross state treasurer of Grinnell will discuss standards of recognition of local lasts and present new IMTS program at afternoon meeting at Mrs Glenn Jones home at 2 o clock. Mrs James Hollar president requests all members attend. Mrs Augusta Farley Washington DC is visiting Monticello friends this week. Mr and Mrs Hugh McGlade spent past week at Ypsilanti Michigan visiting their daughter. Mrs and Mrs Raymond Stevenson and family. Mrs and Mrs Leo Harford and daughter of Chicago spent fair Week with Mrs Rose Lambert and other relatives.
Mr and Mrs William Matthies spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Robert Weir at Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs Clare Reginton and family attended a Ter park Manchester picnic. The affair honored Mr and Mrs Arthur Littefield of Halfway Ore visiting relatives this week. Mrs W B Tretken hosted Jr and Mrs George Thetken and children Louis and Mary of Allen. Ruth Ann Devker left for Earlville to teach in the Earlville school. Guests at Dr and Mrs B H DeShaw included Mrs Donald Thatcher and daughters Polly Ann Patty Fort Dodge and Mrs Peter Prahm Center Junction.
Mr Th Tebben of Pocahontas and Mrs Emerson Burmeister of Wonietay visited relatives in Mon Areello and My adora Phillip Hilden brandt of Gildcrest Colorado spent last week visiting relatives and at the fair. Mr and Mrs Vernon Helgens became parents to a daughter weighing seven pounds four ounces born at John McDonald hospital Monday morning, the Helgens’ second child following their son Jinnie.
Dale Turnmire a 16 year old youth from Cresco recently returned home after a five day 1000 mile motorbike journey averaging 32 miles per hour. His route included Minneapolis and Mitchell South Dakota as part of the trip. Osceola firefighters tackled a grass fire on school grounds amid the neighborhood’s silent mourning for the incident.
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