Jones County issues licenses to eighteen residents
Fifteen new automobiles four of which are trucks were licensed this week by Jones County Treasurer Don S. Ruhl. Names include Elmer Soberg Gastin Mich Mary Ann Otten Scotch Grove Raymond Antons Center Junction and others. The Youth Center sponsored by the Monticello Lions Club will not reopen this fall due to low attendance and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira Lochte
Legal
San Antonio
Texas
Jones County
Don S. Ruhl
George E.rickels
Monticello
Ford
William Daab
Olin
Plymouth
Allen Siebels
Anamosa
Chevrolet
Fred Shover
Dodge
John Feldmann
Hopkinton
Kaiser
L.G. Holmes
Pontiac
Carl A. Folkers
Scotch Grove
George K. Zeuch
Ana
Lions Club
Ed Cox
Tomorrow Nite 4-H Girls Win Honors At Iowa State Fair
Margie Paulsen representing Jones county won first place in Best Fit of Garment and honorable mention for Thrift with Snap and Style in the State Style Revue at the Iowa State Fair. The Jones county team Janice Freese and Marjorie Behrends earned blue on Sweater Smartness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Paulsen
Jones County
Janice Freese
Marjorie Behrends
Lovell Happy Helpers
John Hines
Monticello
John Morrell and Company
Younker's Tea Room
Greta Bud
Barbara Hoffman
Donna
Bonnie Ketchum
Janet Wagner
Jane Mardorf
Judith Glick
Lavetta Sivers
Hansetta Hinrichsen
Therese Nowachek
Peggy Barber
Ruth Spahr
FP Albers
Judith Glic
Wanda Reid
Joyce Oeschger
Births Reported at John McDonald Hospital This Week
Only two births were reported at John McDonald Hospital during the past week. They were September 2, to Mr. and Mrs. [names unclear], rounding out the weekly newborn count at the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Former Monticello Woman Dies in California
Mary Louisa Clark died in Palo Alto California on Thursday September 2 at age 90. Funeral services were held there Friday with interment at Monticello Iowa on Sunday September 5. She lived in Monticello before moving to California 34 years ago and was born in Elizabethport New Jersey. She was the widow of the late James Bently Clark and mother of Harry B Clark of Glen dale Oregon Ford M Clarke of San Mateo California and Mrs W E Lake of Palo Alto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louisa
Clark
Palo Alto
Calif
Monticello
Iowa
California
Elizabethport
New Jersey
James Bently Clark
Harry B. Clark
Glendale
Oregon
Ford M. Clarke
San Mateo
W. E. Lake
Judgment Won by H W Skelley in Anamosa Court
The district court at Anamosa issued a decree in favor of H. W. Skelley. Lillian Harris is ordered to pay $161.67 plus 50 percent interest from June 1, 1948 and the costs of the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skelley
H. W. Skelley
District Court
Anamosa
Lillian Harris
New Case Filed in District Court over Land Shares
One new case was filed this week in the district court at Anamosa. Lucille Smith sues Theola Sanders and others to establish the rights of the defendants to shares and interests in lands set out in the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Lucille Smith
Theola Sanders
Assessors Complete Clay Township Work
Assessors have completed their work in Clay township according to the county assessor's office. A crew works in Hale township under Ed Burda and another was to begin yesterday in Madison under Fred Latare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Township
Hale Township
Ed Burda
Madison
Fred Latare
No Local Draft Quota Set Yet
Local draft officials report no draft quota for November in Jones County. State Selective Service HQ announced a statewide quota of 175 yesterday. It is assumed one or two Jones County registrants may be called to meet the quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
State Selective Service
Monticello Chamber Of Commerce Dinner Speaker
Arthur Brayton secretary for the Des Moines Convention Bureau will be the featured speaker at the Monticello Chamber of Commerce quarterly dinner. The event, arranged by committee chairman Max McCrabb, also features the presentation of the annual budget by financial committee head James Maurice. Tickets are $1.25 and the dinner will be served by the Methodist church ladies at the Monticello country club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brayton
Des Moines Convention Bureau
Monticello
Maurice
Chamber
Methodist Church
Monticello Country Club
Inter-Church Council Meeting Announces Anamosa Lunch Convent
The Inter-Church Council of Jones County announces a Sunday School convention in Anamosa on September 26. Rev. A L Drake and Rev. G L state worker will lead sessions with a potluck supper planned. The program invites every Sunday School officer and minister to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
A. L. Drake
G. L
Aim
Teschir
Oficer
Shomont Bottle Remembrance Triggers Old Home Nostalgia
Mrs Bud Griffith recalls Cedar Falls memories when a Shomont Dairy bottle stamped Enjoy Shomont Ice Cream surfaces at Sunset Village ISTC housing for veterans. She hopes the bottle reappears among Monticello residents and ISTC alumni including Harold Larson Ralph Bender Mildred Jacobs Traugott Roxie Yeomon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Griffith
the Express
Express
Sunset ‘Village
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Monticello
Harold Larson
Mary Schooh
ISTC
Ralph Bender
Richard Traugott
Mildred Jacobs
Herman Boss
Roxie Ann Yeomon
Shannon on Iowa State Committee Formed
Superintendent Boyd Shannon of Monticello public schools joined the state committee at Des Moines for an atomic energy educational conference on September 1. The committee promotes a sixth grade level program to inform students about atomic energy science and society with members from Iowa State Teachers College State University of Iowa and Iowa State College along with state officials. Castle Grove Fortune Finders 4-H club meets Monday evening with Mrs. Charles Tuttle to complete record books and bring pens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Boyd Shannon
Des Moines
Shannon
Dean Nelson
Howard
Iowa State Teachers College
Heafner
Unsicker
L. A. Vandyke
State University
Castle Grove
Fortune Finders 4-H Club
Charles Tuttle
Returns From European Trip
Miss Wilma Grossheim returned to Monticello on Sunday afternoon after nearly two months in Europe. She visited France Switzerland Germany and England and met local residents Sgt and Mrs John Ross in Frankfurt and Capt and Mrs Donald Kehrli formerly of Coggan. She stayed with Mr Anton Cave in Holland and returned Wednesday to Dubuque where she serves as director of Christian Education at Westminster Presbyterian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Grossheim
Monticello
Europe
France
Switzerland
Germany
England
Wilma
John Ross
Frankfurt
Donald Kehrli
Coggon
Holland
Anton Cave
University of Dubuque
427 Register For Draft
427 Jones county men have registered with the draft board as of closing time Tuesday. Remaining registration days continue with deadlines for birth-year groups 1927 to 1930. Registrants must go to the Anamosa courthouse third floor office September 10 to 19 with discharge certificates or service evidence. Volunteers and mail questionnaires to non veterans are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
County’'Draft Board
Ruth Tomlinson
Anamosa Court House
Clerk Publishes Names of September Jurors in Jones County
The Clerk of the District Court Leigh Pearson announced the list of petit jurors for the September term. Official notices to appear at 10 a.m. October 4, 1948 will be mailed by the Jones County Sheriff Floyd Philbrick. The roster includes August Andresen Anamosa Grace Atwood Anamosa Dial Behnke Martello Sylvester Benischek Wyoming Fred Biere Anamosa Mrs Harry Boedeker Anamosa and many others across Anamosa Monticello Oxford Junction Cascade and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Pearson
Jones County
Floyd Philbrick
August Andresen
Anamosa
Grace Atwood
Dial Behnke
Martello
Sylvester Benischek
Wyoming
Fred Biere
Stone City
Lillian Divoky
Oxford Junction
Harold J. Dunn
Monticello
Henry Eden
Edna Egger
Eva Flaherty
Herman Folkers
Harry Girard
Olin
Kenneth Gissel
Anthony Henak
Andy Hearter
Lisbon
Sylvia Hodgson
A. L. Hoffman
Marguerite Supple
Cascade
D. P. Sutherland
William Thompson
Center Junction
Belle Timmins
Ed Tjaden
Onslow
Ellen Vrooman
Allen Weiss
Arthur Wernimant
W. C. Westfahl
Lawrence White
James Whitmore
Eilers Starts Work At Diamond Grocery In Monticello
Laverne Eilers began work last Wednesday at the Diamond Grocery in Monticello as part of a store management track under the G I training bill. He aims to advance through the program to management responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eilers
Diamond Grocery
Laverne Eilers
Diamond
Monticello
G.I
Acme Wins Two School Electrical Contracts
Acme Electric Company announces it has secured two school electrical contracts totaling 400000 dollars. It is the low bidder on 300000 dollar Marion Rural Independent School District project and on a 100000 dollar Olin Consolidated school addition. Gethman Construction Co. of Gladbrook, Iowa is the general contractor for the Marion project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme Electric Company
Marion Rural Independent School
Gethman Construction Co
Gladbrook
Iowa
Olin Consolidated School
Local Farmer Receives Honors in Soil Conservation
Three Jones County men Kenneth Howie of Monticello Dillon Story of Wyoming and Ray Miller of Martello were named meritorious for soil conservation by Goodyear's awards committee in Akron Ohio Des Moines Iowa honored 127 Iowa farmers for work during July 1 1947 to June 30 1948 Howie flew to Des Moines Tuesday to accept the award accompanied by Harold Severn piloting his own plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Kenneth Howie
Monticello
Dillon Story
Wyoming
Ray Miller
Martello
Soil Conservation Awards
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Des Moines
Iowa
Soil Conservation District
Eee
Harold Severn
Anamosa Exceeds Monticello Sales in Jones County
Anamosa leads Jones County with $4.74 million in sales tax receipts out of $12.62 million total retail sales for the year. Monticello posted $3.99 million, about $800 thousand less, while Des Moines State Fair attendance noted by Mr and Mrs Herbert Balsiger and Mr and Mrs Jack Buol last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa State Tax Commission
Anamosa
Monticello
Herbert Balsiger
Jack Buol
Des Moines
Monticello Council Grants New Beer Permit
Monticello city council approved a beer permit for Oscar Ambuehl to open a tavern in the Schoon building on South Cedar Street. With Grainbelt tavern closed, eight permits remain and a nine permit cap has guided policy. The meeting also awarded a coal contract to Eclipse Lumber Co and accepted the bond of city clerk Rose Hines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Oscar Ambuehl
Schoon
South Cedar Street
Eclipse Lumber Co
Rose Hines
Stimson Urges Thrift Program For Schools
Frank E. Stimson county chairman of the U S savings bonds division urged school administrators teachers and parents to support the thrift program this term The program aims to teach budgeting and regular saving to children and to prepare them for future investments and public debt understanding Treasury materials are available free to teachers and reps are meeting with superintendents Also mention visits by Mrs E E O'Brien and Patsy to Portland Oregon after a stay with Nell Donovan and relatives at home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank E. Stimson
Jones County
U. S. Savings Bonds Division
Stimson
Treasury
Plant Survey by Larry Burns Highlights Bob Brown’s Work
Robert G. Brown of Conesville pursues a plant survey of Jones County Iowa for a Master’s in Agronomy. He has 500 specimens and aims for 1200 plus by next fall, mapping locations and sharing duplicates with State College Ames and Town University. His wife Mable, a graduate botanist, aids in field work and preserves jams from native fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Burns
Robert G. Brown
Conesville
Iowa
Mr. Brown
Brown
Bob
Jones County
Ones County
State College
Ames
Town University
University
Mable
Alaska
J. P. Anderson
Alcan
Dr. Anderson
Nebraska
U. S. Department of Agriculture
G. I. Bill
Iowa University
Panthers Shuffle Lineup For Openner With Ineligible Stars
Monticello High prepares for Friday night clash with Wilson High Cedar Rapids as key players Roy Dreibelbis Paul Schneider and others compete. Ineligible players Hank en and Shelley miss start and the new lights field seating for 2500 plus band halftime show highlight preparations. Elizabeth Wilson departs for Marysville college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Avelchas
Wilson High
Cedar Rapids
Gene Hanken
Don Shelley
Panthers
Hanken
Shelley
Nick Avelcas
Leo Cabalka
Wilson
Monti
Roy Dreibelbis
Paul Schneider
Dreibelbis
Schneider
Don Schrader
Dean Willworth
D. Gerdes
Bob Guyan
John Paulsen
Bill Neill
Mount Vernon
Neill
Galen Helgens
Bob Reade
Helgens
Avelchas
Carl Leesekamp
John Schneiter
Rieken
Loren Hayes
Aps
Monticello High School
Also Mentioned on This Page
Janice ‘Freese
Marjore Behrends
Women Voters
C. of C
Inter-Church Council Meets
Potter
ES Anamosa
Baptist 1
State Committee
J. F. O'Toole
Edwin Helgens
R. D. Sanford
Nadine Fahey
Betty Johnson
H. E. Campbell
James M. Kearns, Jr
J. L. Gierhart
Thomas .C. Loder
Anamos
Henry Becker
Iowa City
Acme
K. Howie
C. R
Council
E. E. O’brien
Patsy
Portland
Ore
Nell Donovan
Jones County Plant Survey
Mablé
Conesville High School
Elizabeth Wilson
Marysville Tenn
Marysville College
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