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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1951

Page

3

Meeting Set On Farm Agencies Jones County Mobilization Plan

The Jones County Mobilization Committee will hold a public meeting at the Monticello Community Building on Monday September 10 at 8 p.m. Farmers and other interested parties are urged to offer recommendations to improve agency services for the family farm and strengthen national agriculture and defense.

Jones County Agricultural Mobilization Committee Department of Agriculture Jones County Mobilization Committee Monticello

Wayne Homemakers Skit At Iowa State Fair Featured Members

Members of the Wayne Homemakers club performed the skit Around the Clock with Fabrics at the Iowa State Fair last Tuesday. Participants included Mesdames Harry Dierks Ervin Poppe Rollie Bronneman Walter Hall Albert Heeren Henry Tobia son John H Rickels Irvin Boklen and daughter Carol Mrs George Folkerts and Verlynne.

Wayne Homemakers Club Iowa State Fair Harry Dierks Ervin Poppe Rollie Bronneman Walter Hall Albert Heeren Henry Tobiason John H. Rickels Irvin Bohlken Carol George Folkerts Verlynne

New Barber Joins Bud Willamon Shop

Jim Monahan age 34 joins Bud Willamon Barber Shop in Monticello as assistant barber starting September 3. A Clinton Foods alum and Cedar Rapids Barber College graduate, Monahan served three years in the army in California and was born on a farm near Fulton Illinois. He is married with no children.

Jim Monahan Clinton Bud Willamon Monticello Monahan California Clinton Foods Barber College Cedar Rapids Fulton Ilinois

REM Electric Enters National Kelvinator Contest for Cars

Rudy Monk owner of Rem Electric Co announces a national Kelvinator contest offering eight Nash Rambler automobiles as top prizes. The program runs September 3 through 29 with 67 weekly prizes nationwide for entrants who best complete the phrase I like a Kelvinator refrigerator because in 100 words or less. Entry blanks and rules available at Monk’s store.

Rudy Monk Rem Electric Co Kelvinator Monk

Visiting Buol Family Relations Highlight Community Gathering

Richland visitors Rev Arnold Buol of Plainfield Indiana and Mr and Mrs Tom Toran with children Tommy and Timmy of Dubuque spent Sunday with Mrs Mary Buol. Greta Buol of Omaha and Mr and Mrs Robert Buol of Cedar Rapids were also Sunday guests at Mary Buol home.

Richland Arnold Buol Plainfield Tom Toran Tommy Timmy Dubuque Mary Buol Greta Buol Omaha Robert Buol Cedar Rapids Arnold Gangness Vonnie Kay Rochester, Minn Mary Marshall Louis Leonard

Borden Introduces Half Gallon Lady Borden Ice Cream

The Hutchinson division of the Borden Company announces a new half gallon size of Lady Borden ice cream, expanding beyond the former smaller sizes. An introductory 20 cent coupon offer is valid until September 12 at stores handling Borden products.

Hutchinson Borden Company Lady Borden Borden

Monticello Teachers Leave For Positions

Monticello teachers departing for assignments this week include Marie Schatz Monterey California Maxine Redmond Oak Park Illinois Miriam Young Mattoon HL Margaret Thompson Hammond Indiana Millington Carpenter Iowa City Josephine Meyer Council Bluffs Helen Meyer Des Moines Lucille Huibregtse Burlington Ruth Ann Decker Denison Dorothy Steiner Algona Shirley McCurdy Hubbard Laneva Folkers Monona Ruth Roberts Muscatine Esther Young Davenport Trinity Ruth Hintz Elwood Paul Young Blairstown Ross DePuce Blairstown Dorothy Fuller Marjorie Luett Olive Abel Anamosa Phyllis Cox Buck Creek Jeanne Cox Earlville Frana Schneider Cresco and Paul Locher at Georgetown University Washington DC.

Monticello Marie Schatz Monterey Calif Maxine Redmond Oak Park Miriam Young Mattoon Margaret Thompson Hammond Ind Millington Carpenter Iowa City Josephine Meyer Council Bluffs Helen Meyer Des Moines Lucille Huibregtse Burlington Ruth Ann Decker Denison Dorothy Steiner Algona Shirley McCurdy Hubbard Laneva Folkers Monona Ruth Roberts

Wayne No. 8 First On Dental Honor Roll

Wayne school No. 8 leads the county Dental Honor Roll this year per public health nurse Mrs. Marion Serbousek. Teaching staff includes Celena Siebels with pupils Diana Cunley Wayne Bohlken Wanda Audrey Clifton Roger Soper Ronald Donald Carolyn Siebels. Nearby visits include Harold Dunn in Cedar Rapids, Capt. Louis J. Bohlken visiting his parents, and Mary Elizabeth Clark returning from Chicago after two weeks with relatives.

Wayne School No. 8 Marion Serbousek Celena Siebels Diana Cunley Wayne Bohlken Wanda Audrey Clifton Roger Soper Ronald Donald Carolyn Siebels Bernard Rittmanic Elizabeth Freese Okinawa Lt. Rittmanic John Rittmank Chicago David

John R. O'Rourke Died In Dubuque

John Richard O'Rourke, 54, a lifelong Dubuque resident and meat cutter at a local market for 32 years, died Sunday evening in a Dubuque hospital after being stricken on the way to a motion picture. Funeral services were held from the Church of the Nativity with burial in Mt. Olivet cemetery. He was born April 30, 1897, in Dubuque, son of John and Julian Freeman O'Rourke, and survived by his wife, sister Mary Burrichter, four other sisters, a brother James F., and other relatives.

John Richard O'Rourke Mary Burrichter Dubuque Church of the Nativity Mt. Olivet The Holy Name Society Mary Rosaire BVM Chicago Frank Roscamp Frank Miller Catherine O'Rourkee James F

Miss Caroline Heiken Visits Friends in Chicago Heights

Miss Caroline Heiken spent the Labor Day weekend visiting friends in Chicago Heights Illinois where she enjoyed leisure moments and social calls with local acquaintances.

Caroline Heiken Chicago Heights Til

Community Guests Visit and Travel Notes Across States

A roundup of local residents visiting relatives and attending events across Iowa and neighboring states. Families from Waverly, Shookap ee Minnesota, Zwingle Iowa, Blissfield Michigan, and Denver Colorado are noted visiting homes in Eiben, Coates, and Deischer households. Weekend travel includes weddings, leadership conferences, and fishing trips with accompanying family visits and hospital travel updates.

Carl Eiben Davids and Ann Waverly E. F. Eiben Anna Gerdes Monticello

Meet The Order of the Basters at the Temple

The Star will meet Thursday September 6 at 8 o'clock at the Temple. Harvest Home is set for Sunday afternoon at 3 on September 9 at the Temple with members contributing to the Eastern Star Home at Boone. A traffic incident Friday at 10:30 near the Community building caused $75 in damage to two cars. investigators note the clash between Fred A. Lange and Willie Ralph Schafer.

Ernest Landis Marilyn Indianapolis Ind William Zwally Zwally LaVonne Landis Landis Yellow Springs Ohio Antioch College O. E S. Wilk Order of the Basters Star Harvest Eastern Star Boone Fred A. Lange Route 1 Scotch Grove Willie Ralph Schafer Langworthy South Sycamore Howard

Change of address for Ralph J. Bader

Word reaches J L Bader’s that their son Ralph J. Bader has changed address to Ralph J Bader H M 3 USS Everglades A D 24 H Div c o P M San Francisco California.

J. L. Bader’s Ralph Ralph J. Bader H.M Uss Everglades A. D C’o P. M San Francisco Calif

Jones County Sealed Bid Notice for Roadwork August 1951

Jones County invites sealed bids in Anamosa until September 19 1951 for culverts resurfacing and grading projects SN 1619 1621 and 837 with plans at the County Engineer. Bids must include certified checks 1000 or 500 and comply with bidder qualifications and subcontracting rules.

TN Bydders I Jones County Anamosa Towa Weednesday Towa Bank Ney SM Sec Sec Niety See SW See Corporation Board of Supervisors Geo. F. Specht County

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Dept. of Agriculture REM Electric ACE Hardware Dnk Ane Oliver Corporation Anais Wayne No Harold Dunn Jean Lyle Adams Louis J. Bohlken Mrs. J. D. Bohlken Mary Elizabeth Clark Ray Clark Chicago, II Mary Margaret Kittie Nolan Patricia Ryan Les Stream J. M. Lange Norma Hintz Jamestown, N. D Ruth Hintz Elwood Irving Hintz Miriam Neff New York City L. W. Lovell el Reno Oklahoma George le van Audrey Egger Harold Egger Labor Day Pearl Parson Gwen Reed John R. O'Rourke R. S. Sandford el Paso Texas H. E. Morrow Sandford Morrow Mrs. G. C. Bonwell Black Hills Park Rapids Minn Arnold Egger William R. Greeniter Great Falls Mont Lester Applegate Gilmore City Joe Blunk Moorland Sam Oman George Cranston Waterloo Warren Harbaugh Manchester D. W. Ross Coggan Joe Conroy Rushville William Johnston Walter Mechanicsville Marjory Luett Wyoming Iowa Midway Sweet Shop National Dairy Cattle Congress Greater Monticello Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Mueller ED Huibregise Merlin Faust Shookapee, Minn Eldon Coates Zwingle Thomas Coates Paul Harris Lois Chester Baird Blissfield Mich Norman Bringard Detroit Canada H. B. Tedrow Norman Farris John Farris Bloomington Dean Tedrow H. Eliott Richard and Steven Stockton, Calif George Rice Davenport Marilyn Bristol Dale Wicke Marion Nancy Deischer Red Feather Lakes Colorado Rocky Mountain Area Christian Fellowship Miss Deischer University of Missouri F. D. Deischer Greeley Howard Jackson Columbia, Mo J. A. Deischer Alva Freese Bill Potter Laurence Leytem Elmer Holmes Leech Lake John Junior Leonard Fitzsimmons Army Hospital Denver Colo Alice Smith David Cuckler Karl M. Keyes Miles Lovie Hanken Lovie Bud Sands’ Cafe Monticello, Iowa Great Plains Supply Co Kelvinator Rambler REM Electrical Service
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