War price board approves several local requests this week
The local war price and rationing board approved applications from residents including Mrs. Neil Hirtz, Jones County Maintenance, S. A. Kaplan, Fred Bohiken, William Rickela, Vernon Barrack, William Dirks, Leslie Doyle, Muller Brothers, Elmer Drexler, C. E. Moran, Carl Schneiter, and others for tires and tubes. Also Dr. and Mrs. L. J. Swift showed prize Persian cats at the Twin Cities show with top awards, and Private Frederick W. Hanken of Fort Bragg was promoted to corporal technician, with a cooking role forthcoming. Hanken, a 1931 Monticello High School graduate, is the son of Mrs. W. H. Hanken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Hirtz
Cascade
Farmer
Jones
County Maintenance Department
S. A. Kaplan
Monticello
Fred H. Bohiken
William Rickela
Vernon H. Barrack
William D. Dirks
Anamosa
Leslie J. Doyle
Muller Brothers
Elmer Drexler
C. E. Moran
Onslow
Carl Schneiter
L. J. Swift
Twin Cities
Minnesota
Red Mischief
Sammie Pudge
Louis Heeren
United States
Frederick W. Hanken
194Th Field Artillery
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Corporal Hanken
185Th Field Artillery
194Th F. A
Four Babies Born at McDonald Hospital This Week
Dwayne and Mrs Stickley of Hopkinton welcomed a boy on September 3. Leo and Mrs Staner of Monticello welcomed a girl on September 3. William and Mrs Holub of Hopkinton welcomed a boy on September 4. Louis and Mrs Angell of Delhi welcomed a girl on September 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Iowa City naval cadet thanks Monticello girls for party
A WSUI broadcast featured a naval preflight student from Iowa City praising the fair and saying the baseball players enjoyed their time. He added that each boy would like to publicly thank the girls of Monticello for the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WSUI
Iowa City
Monticello
Car Licensing Report Names J Stanley Waggoner
One new car was licensed in the office of county treasurer Don Ruhl during the past week a Chevrolet to J Stanley Waggoner Olin on September 2 Plan text notes county treasurer and vehicle record entry for a Chevrolet issued to J Stanley Waggoner in Olin on September 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Ruhl
J. Stanley Waggoner
Olin
Teach First Aid At Monticello High
Monticello High opens a standard Red Cross first aid course for juniors and seniors taught by Mrs Earl DeShaw. The 20 hour program runs one hour weekly for 20 weeks as part of physical education with the class later divided into small groups for hands on training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Red Cross
Earl DeShaw
Hopkinton 4-H Team Wins Dairy Congress Judging
Hopkinton 4-H judging team led by Gordon Stead of Hopkinton, Delaware County, captured first place in the dairy cattle congress 4-H club contest with 1428 points. Stead scored 500 individually as Black Hawk county won production class with 186 points and Jones county followed with 129. Raymond Nagel of Monticello was top individual with 48 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Stead
Hopkinton
Delaware County
Dairy Cattle Congress
Stead
Black Hawk County
Jones County
Raymond Nagel
Monticello
Prull Promoted to Corporal at Camp Funston
Richard Prull son of Mr and Mrs Henry Prull telephoned Thursday evening to tell his parents he has been promoted to corporal. He is stationed at Camp Funston Calif and is enjoying army life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Prull
Henry Prull
Camp Funston
Calif
Monticello Scrap Parade Friday in Anamosa
Ensign Lee Chan ning Zeigler of Anamosa aged 23 died in a Pensacola plane crash near Pensacola. Cadet David L. Hurst of Jackson, Mississippi also died. Zeigler, son of H W Zeigler, taught at the Iowa reformitory canning plant and trained at Glenview before joining naval aviation in 1941. The ashes will be returned to Anamosa for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Channing Zeigler
Anamosa
Pensacola, Naval Air Station
Zeigler
H. W. Zeigler
Pensacola
David L. Hurst
Jackson
Miss
Iowa Men’s Reformatory
Ensign Zeigler
Muscatine
Anamosa High School
Iowa State College
Beta Theta Pi
Naval Aviation
Glenview
Rotary Tri City Dinner Receives Talk on Russia
At the annual tri city Rotary dinner in the Wapsipinicon country club Anamosa Monticello and Mount Vernon Lisbon groups heard Hew Roberts professor from the University of Town discuss The Russian Situation He warned that a Russian collapse would impact the United States and noted Stalin as a key figure While High School sextet from Anamosa performed,Rined Rotary leaders and wives were welcomed and plans for the next meeting in Monticello were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hew Roberts
College of Education
University of Town
Tri-City
Rotarians
Rotary
Wapsipinicon
Monticello
Mount Vernon-Lisbon
Anamosa
Arctic Circle
Russia
Roberts
Rotary Group
Irvin Hover
Anamosa Club
No New License Plates For 1943 In Iowa
Iowa motorists will use 1942 plates through 1943 with stickers issued for 1943. Treasurer Don Ruhl notes many drivers will store cars to avoid licensing costs amid gasoline rationing and rubber shortages, likely relying on alternative transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Don Ruhl
Sheriff arrests Robert Mackey in Jones County jail
Sheriff Henry Eichhorn reports the arrest of Robert Mackey of Olin on a charge tied to an army camp incident near Fort Des Moines. Mackey is held in the Jones County jail as army officers from Fort Des Moines pursue the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Eichhorn
Robert Mackey
Olin
Jones County
Fort Des Moines
Mackey
Fe Alonke
Sixty five draftees ordered to report for induction
Sixty five draftees have been ordered to report at Anamosa on Monday September 21 for transport to an induction center. This is one of the largest groups to leave from Jones county under the selective service act. The men will receive a two week furlough before reporting for duty. Names include Harold Scherrer Carl Bohlken Herman Tieken Lawrence Siebels Mason Adamson Karl Renk Stuart Fairbanks John Fitzsimmons Rudolph Monk Leonard Meadow Henry Schone Nicholas Muller Elmer Hanken William Thompson Harold Schneiter Harlo Gearart Harold Bramer Ernest Matejka Oliver Grover Peter Peterson Irvin Sievers Laurence Callaghan Francis Davis Wayne Halda Thomas Edwards Otis Bailey Glenn Coffin Leonard Coleman Dade Bailey Arthur Marek William Post Octten Kendall Fousek Gale Edwards Bernard Bunce Joseph Tyc Jr Ladislav Peckosh Howard Barto Frank Vozenilek Lester Denison Albert Remington Laurence Neunaber Morris Lane Harland Bixler Melvin Randall Merle Lathrop Owen Wallroff Max Fayram Marvin Null Lloyd Skahill Thomsen Althoff LaBarge Dearborn Pospishil Mallie Wilson Ellis Winans Marvin Blohm Heeney Carl Sieverton Donald Scott Orvin Larsen Thomas Brighton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County
Monticello
Harold Scherrer
Carl F. Bohlken
Herman Dietrich Tieken
Lawrence Johannes Siebels
Mason L. Adamson
Karl Benedict Renk
Stuart
Wyoming
Harold Carl Bramer
Ernest L. Matejka
Oliver A. Grover
Peter T. Peterson
Irvin C. Sievers
Davenport
Laurence J. Callaghan
Francis A. Davis
Wayne E. Halda
Thomas I. Edwards
Lisbon
Otis B. Bailey
Monmouth
Glenn F. Coffin
Leonard A. Coleman
Dade C. Bailey
Arthur E. Marek
William A. Post
Clarence M. Otten
Wesley Dale Kendall
Matthew J. Fousek
Gale
Cascade
Lloyd B. Skahill
Carsten T. Thomsen
Joseph Anthony Althoff
Stone City
Loyd J. LaBarge
Ray B. Dearborn
Martelle
Albert F. .Pospishil
Edward E. Mallie
Des Moines
Kenneth Guy Wilson
Clinton
Ellis R. Winans
Center Junction
Marvin C. Blohm
Heeney
Cole
Carl Sieverton
Blue Island
Ill
Camp Grant Thanks Fine People For Hospitality During Visit
Major Balser at Camp Grant thanks Dr. M F Hogan and Monticello for hospitality shown to soldier ball players from Iowa City during the fair. The letter praises the visit, notes the 1943 fall reunion hope, and sends regards to Monticello. The 1941 taxes are due September 1 and delinquent after September 30, payable at Monticello State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Hogan
M. Balser
Camp Grant
Monticello
Iowa City
Petit Jury Selected for September Term in Jones County
A list of petit jurors chosen to serve the September term of the Jones County District Court. The panel includes jurors from Monticello Anamosa Wyoming Oxford Junction Cascade Olin Scotch Grove Onslow Mechanicsville and Lisbon with 10 a.m. enrollment on Monday October 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County District Court
Monticello
Claire Aitchison
W. E. Carson
Harry Doyle
H. E. Hall
Ed Harris
John Lieneman
John G. Mardorf
0. F. Otten
Blanche Ritter
Agnes Steck
Milton Stott
Susie Wieneke
Cascade
Frank J. Fagan
Frank Geisler
Charles Keating
Norbert McNally
Olin
Marvin Fischer
Gilbert Jones
Edmond Schalle
Howard Vrooman
Scotch Grove
George Graves
L. J. Hughes
Eloise Kuhns
Carl Reuter
Oral Schlemme
Onslow
A. E. Hoyer
John A. Petersen
Mechanicsville
Perry L. Russell
Lisbon
Herman Schmidt
World Traveler Ralph Baney Speaks on Nazi Germany
World traveler, missionary, and author Ralph E. Baney will lecture tonight at 7:30 in the Monticello community building on Behind the Scenes in Nazi Germany. The event, sponsored by Monticello churches, includes films and uncensored stills from concentration camps and Nazi scenes. Admission is free. Baney has visited Germany five times and is a seasoned observer of European affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Baney
Nazi Germany
Churches of
Maurice son of Dr and Mrs Maurice lands in Ireland
Philip Maurice an x ray technician and son of Dr and Mrs A M Maurice has arrived in Ireland with a medical unit. His wife in St Louis received a cablegram last week stating Maurice is attached to a combat unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Maurice
A. M. Maurice
Ireland
St. Louis
Maurice
NYA to Process 100 Youths in Defense Work Training
National Youth Administration in Dubuque announces plans to process 100 young people through a defense work experience program. Open to men and women aged 16 to 25 not in school full time, all U.S. citizens. Training in sheet metal, machine shop, welding, forging, and industrial sewing. 81 trainees placed nationwide in the last 10 days. Enroll at NYA shop, 300 East Fourth Street, or at the US Employment Service Office, 505 Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Youth Administration of
Dubuque
Defense
United States
NYA
East Fourth Street
United States Employment Service Office
Main Street
Canning Plant Sets Pace With Record Corn Output
The J. LeRoy Farmer Canning company plant boosts production as 80 workers run two 20 hour shifts to finish over 65,000 cases of canned corn in a five week period. Lunch and supper breaks shortened to 45 minutes to speed processing amid a large corn crop. Last weekend farmers delivered 26 carloads to the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. LeRoy Farmer Canning Company
Hamiel Resigns From State Senate After Judicial Nomination
Marion C. Hamiel of Tipton announces immediate resignation as state senator for the 24th district. He was nominated by the Republican ticket as judge of the eighteenth judicial district at the July convention following endorsement by the Jones Hann and Cedar County bar associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion C. Hamiel
Tipton
Eighteenth
Jones, Hann and Cedar County Bar Association
Guam Prisoner Writes From Kobe Japan
Ralph Betz, a Guam prisoner captured when Guam fell, writes from Kobe Japan to his Sioux City parents and Wyoming wife Ruth Betz. He describes daily life, Mass, Catholic companions, shopping, yen money, and hopeful homeward travel via a long route through South Africa. He mentions his brother Paul and two daughters, Marjorie and Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Ralph Betz
Guam
Sioux City
Ruth Broderson Betz
Thomas Broderson
Tokio
Rushholme
Paul
Kobe
Davidson's
Martins
Japan
South Africa
Residences of Monticello School Teachers
Public school teachers and their home addresses listed. Includes superintendent A B Grimes, principal Boyd Shannon, coaches, grade teachers, and associated residents such as N L Newton and Ben Roberts. Also notes Mrs DeLos Wilcox visiting in the Edwin Wilcox home this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
A. B. Grimes
Boyd Shannon
Vaughn Thornburgh
Clara Lauderdale
Joe Meyer
Otto Huebner
James Maurice
Mildred Englund
A. J. Rickless
Betty Gould
Helen Humpke
Mary Coxsee
Frank Walker
Dorothy Dwelle
Betty Donovan
Lois Hager Simmonds
Ed Burrichter
Dorothy Cox
L. R. McMullen
Betty Merrill
Paige Smith
Rickels
Barbara Eder
N. L. Newton
Maurita Stahle
Grace Searles
Ben Roberts
Alvina Kirschner
Alva Zimmerman
Helen Levsen
Jean Hutchcroft
L. A. Iverson
Lucetta Cook
Ina Cruise
John Zimmerman
Monticello Students Headed to Colleges in Big Batch
Sixty nine Monticello youths already on the Express list will attend colleges and out-of-town schools this term. The compiled roster names students bound for Iowa and out-of-state institutions, with more names to be added next week as readers report omissions. Institutions include University of Iowa, Iowa State College, Cornell College, Coe College, and others, plus several nurses training programs and business schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Express
Iowa Colleges
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Gordon York
Miriam Lovell
Mary McLaughlin
Delores Poppe
Charles Field
Josephine McNeill
Janet Howie
Robert Liddy
Stan
Junked Cars Parade Sparks Monticello Scrap Drive
Monticello mobilizes a 100 percent scrap drive with tonnage funneled to steel mills for weapons. A parade on First Street is set for Friday at 4 PM led by the Monticello high school band under Lyle McMullen, followed by students with banners urging metal collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
First Street
Monticello High School
Lyle McMullen
Death Calls Rev. Gustav Janzig of Monticello
Rev. Gustav Janzig a five year Monticello resident died at University hospital Iowa City Tuesday morning. He entered August 10 for surgical treatment. Funeral at St Matthew s Lutheran Friday at 2 pm Pastor H L Adix officiating. Burial Oakwood cemetery. He was born January 15 1870 in Zemblurg Germany. Survived by wife Caroline Hirschbuehler six children two grandchildren and 14 more relatives. He served churches in Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota South Dakota and retired to Monticello October 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Janzig
Monticello
University Hospital
Iowa City
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Oakwood Cemetery
Janzig
Zembelburg
Germany
Gustav
Henrietta
Brandt) Janzig
Duluth
Minn
Caroline Hirschbuehler
Guttenburg
Ruben
Esther Davies
Ada
Philipp Mensch
Freeman
Rufus Janzig
Gary
Ind
Ruth
J. Pannkak
Akron
Herold Janzig
Aberdeen
S. D
Pastor J. Janzig
Monona
Anna Biessmeister
St. Paul Luther Seminary
St. Paul
Oconto Falls
Wisconsin
Sioux Center
Arco
Bridgewater
North Cedar Street
Post Office Urges V-Mail Letters For Overseas Mail
Post master M F Hogan urges sending letters to service members overseas on V mail stationery distributed free by the post office to improve delivery. Microfilmed V mail travels faster than bulky envelopes, and five letters return for every one sent under ordinary mail conditions. The V mail plan could equalize the mail ratio, with 400 pounds of V mail equal to 15 000 pounds of regular mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Hogan
Red Cross Home Nursing Classes Call For Preferences
The Red Cross home nursing classes will begin soon. Call Mrs. T. M. Redmond to indicate preference for day or night sessions. A further notice about the course start will appear later in this paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
T. M. Redmond
Harold Yeoman Completes Training At Great Lakes Visit
Harold Yeoman, hospital apprentice first class, finished work at the Naval Training Station Great Lakes Illinois and last week assisted in a recruiting office in Chicago. He leaves today for Indianapolis Indiana for further assignment after visiting Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs W F Yeoman in Monticello. Get In The Scrap!
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Yeoman
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Chicago
Indianapolis
Ind
W. F. Yeoman
Monticello
Monticello Scrap Drive Mobilizes Forty School Volunteers
Forty boys from Public and Sacred Heart schools join 25 truck drivers to collect scrap from homes and businesses in Monticello tomorrow. They meet at 10 at Eclipse Lumber Yard to begin the drive with a free lunch stand for workers nearby. Domestic science girls will serve lunch. hot drinks or cold drinks and doughnuts will be provided depending on the weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart
Monticello
Eclipse Lumber
Eclipse
Monticello Scrap Drive Aids War Effort In 1942
Monticello residents completed a robust scrap collection driven by volunteers, with C J Matthiesen X Ray Childress and B B McLaughlin leading the committee. The effort asked every farmer and household to donate metal iron steel copper brass lead tin and aluminum and turn proceeds to war funds and Red Cross. Chris Balsiger suffered a hip fracture after a Wednesday fall and is cared for at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
C. J. Matthiessen
X-Ray Childress
B. B. McLaughlin
Red Cross
USQ
Jones County
Chris Balsiger
North Maple Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cals
Cars
Monticello High
Anamosa Ensign
Lee C. Zeigler
Air Base
SUI
Petit Jury
World Traveler
Hamiel
Ley Schrader
Clarence Hosford
Ruth Roberts
Ben Long
Donald Howie
Ames
Josephine Ricklefs
Mark Rodman
Olin Howie, Jr
Robert Wahl
Gene Walker
Loren Cramer
Mary Lou Luett
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
George Coxsee
Bill Marsh
Lucille Huibregtse
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Clark
Helen McLaughlin
Dean Tedrow
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falle
Glenn Gerdes
Yola Rodman
Irene Heiken
Mildred Jacobs
Lorraine Jacobs
Wallace Schneider
Paul Connolly
Louis Havlichek
John Mesnerl
Dorothy , Heyen
University of Dubuque
Wilma Grossheim
Lenox Junior College
Robert Schuetz
Olin Howie
Iowa Wesleyan
Mount Pleasant
Robert Wishman
University of Chicago
Colin Thomas
Betty Thomas
Goucher College
Baltimore
Susan Banghart
Western Military Academy
Alton
Bill Thomas
Bill Stuhler
Jack Stuhler
Mercy College
Detroit
Mich
Ison
Emeline Hicks
South Shore Hospital
Clara Balster
S.U.S. Hospital
Shirley Hobert
Franklin Boulevard Hospital
Betty Redmond
Helen Minnis
Betty Lou Podhaski
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lorraine Lubben
Lutheran General Hospital
Moline
Roberta Helgens
Mercy Hospital
Doris Otten
Business Colleges
American Institute of Commerce
Ruth Ehrisman
Cedar Rapids Business College
Helen Deischer
Clarence J. Matthiessen
G. Janzig
J. J. Eggers
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