Cattle Shipments and Jones County notices
Outgoing cattle cars to Union Stock Yards Chicago include George E Rickels P N Hosch John P Kurt Ray Adama George Kurt Knepper Strang John A Hosch Mrs William Hosch and M J Kenneally. Farmers Mutual Creamery shipped one car of butter to New York. 22 feeder cattle cars arrived from Eldorado Kansas Sterling Colorado Kansas City Kilgore Nebraska Cody Nebraska. The Jones County war chest drive is set for late September with county chairwoman Mrs C R Smith Onslow and north half chairman Rev Glenn McMichael Monticello planning a meeting in Monticello. One new divorce case Helen Crawford vs Kenneth Crawford filed. Custody sought for three children ages 6 4 and 2. Marriage in Marshalltown May 8 1987, separation Sept 8 1944. Allegations of cruelty and affair cited.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
George E. Rickels
P. N. Hosch
John P. Kurt
Ray Adama
George Kurt
Knepper & Strang
John A. Hosch
William Hosch
M. J. Kenneally
Mutual Creamery
New York
M. B. Leonard
Ed Reiter
Eldorado
Kan
Joe Kearney
Sterling, Colo
O’shea Bros
Kansas City
Carl Kintzle
Kilgore
Neb
John Hosch
Cody
Peter Hosch
Eldorado, Kan
Gilbert Becker
Cody, Neb
Jones County
C. R. Smith
Onslow
Glenn McMichael
Monticello
Jones County District Court
Helen Crawford
Kenneth Crawford
Marshalltown
Lions and community groups announce events and life events in Monticello
The Monticello Lions hosted a banquet for 67 guests as the Red Cross reports overseas kit shipments and urgent needs. Monticello Rotary plans a banquet featuring Miss Minnie Huibregtse on Sept. 18. Local clerks record three marriages at the district court and four births at John McDonald hospital. The Selective Service notes five 18 year olds registering, listing Howard Willis Jr and others from Olin Anamosa Wyoming and Onslow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jones County Selective Service Board
Howard J. Willis, Jr
Olin
Edwin A.alferts
Anamosay
Melvin
Peterson
Wivoming
Lee D. Derga
Clarence
Kennet D
Heeren
Onslow
Buick M-18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer Debuts In War Effort
The M-18 Hellcat, a 76 mm gun tank destroyer built by Buick in collaboration with Army Ordnance, in rapid production for European invasion. It reaches 55 mph with a 485 hp engine, 360 degree turret, torsion-sprung suspension, and extensive subcontracting to speed delivery to U S forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint, Mich
Buick
General Motors
Army Ordnance
Tank Destroyer Command
Third Army
Orleans
Patton
Paris
Buick Proving Ground
Harlow H. Curtice
Loyals
Curtice
Army Ordnance Engineers
A. D. Bruce
Camp Hood
Texas
77Th
Army
Buick Car Assembly
Ordnance
Buick Flint
July Payroll Savings Honor Roll Details by County
Jones county leads in payroll savings with high activity and upper percent participation. Monticello tops the list with nine firms including Farmers' Mutual Creamery Franklin Equipment and U S Post Office all above ten percent. Other towns and firms listed with varied percentages and many names, plus a brief note on Mrs. Charles Boxwell visiting Springfield.
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Jones County
R. A. Naylor
Monticello
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Co
Franklin Equipment. Co
U. S. Post Office
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
Iowa Liquor Control Store
W. E. Long’s Dept. Store
Monticello Express
Montice
War ballots open for service members in county
County Auditor George F. Specht urges prompt action to request war ballots for soldiers sailors and marines overseas and at home. About 75 percent of the 294 applications are for personnel overseas and early mailing is advised to avoid delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Specht
Specht
Stearns Heads Manchester Bank in New First State Bank
A. W. Stearns of Manchester is elected president of the new First State bank to be organized in Manchester with capital stock of 50000 dollars and a 10000 dollar surplus. Charles Qellet of Stuart named vice president and Paul Klaus of Manchester cashier. Directors include Stearns Kelley Clarence Klaus Z. W. Brown and Howard Drew. The bank aims to open by January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Stearns
Manchester
First State Bank
Charles Qellet
Stuart
Paul Klaus
Stearns
Kelley
Clarence Klaus
Z. W. Brown
Howard Drew
New Books Added to Monticello Public Library
The Monticello Public Library reports new adult titles donated or purchased for fall and winter reading. The list includes works on antiques, crime cases, biographies, history, travel, animals, humor, politics, and technology from authors such as Francis Morse Esther Singleton E S Gardner Stephen Benet John Gunther Bob Hope Fairfax Downey Ellen Berlin and Elizabeth Conger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public Library
B. €. Roberts
Frances Morse
Esther Singleton
E. S. Gardner
I. S. Gardner
N. S. Gardner
Emil Ludwig
Stephen Benet
America
John Gunther
Evra Zistel
J. P.schachter
Morley A. Jull
C. J. Cornish
Lebanon
Caroline Miller
George H. Estabrooks
Ellen Berlin
Crushell Rimington
Bob Hope
Jezebel
Fairfax Downey
Stephen Longstreet
W. E. Woodward
Fairfield Osborn
Plastics Horizons
B. H. Weill
Margaret Runbeck
Algiers
Frederick N. Litten
Old
Russia
Helen Aker
Elizabeth Conger
The
White House
Albert Graham
West Union Paper Sold to Kenneth C Crabb
The West Union Argo Gaz ette and the Hawkeye Beacon were sold to Kenneth C Crabb of Grinnell. Crabb is a former state president of the Town Press association. The sale was made by the current owner Mrs Blanche Beall. The papers were edited by her husband Walter Beall who died last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union Argo-Gazette
Hawkeye
Ferd Petersen Dies Monday
Ferd Petersen dies at his home on North Sycamore street after a heart attack. Funeral services were held at the Goettsch funeral home with Rev. Henry L. Adix officiating and burial at Oakwood cemetery. Born in Germany in 1866 he came to the United States at 17 and settled near Wyoming. He married Louisa Holst in Maquoketa in 1893. five children were born. Survived by his wife two daughters and three sons, two sisters and four brothers. He retired from farming in 1924 and lived on North Sycamore street until his death.
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Ferd Petersen
North Sycamore Street
Goettsch
Henry L. Adix
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Petersen
Germany
United States
Wyoming
Louisa Holst
Maquoketa
Petersen
Ida Boner
Herman Petersen
Center Junction
Ella von Sprecken
Mary Carstensen
August Carlstenson
Thomas
Louis
Martin
Oxford Junction
John
North
Sycamore Street
Rust College Singers Raise Funds in Holly Springs
Four Rust College students from Holly Springs Mississippi sang at a Methodist church with teacher accompaniment. First soprano Yolander Ford led the quartet Bertha Anna Jones Onertha Norphlet and Dimple Majors. They travel the Middle West for three months raising money for the college with all offerings going to Rust College.
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Rust College
Holly Springs
Miss
South
Yolander Ford
Dimple Majors
Bertha Anna Jones
Onertha Norphlet
Middle West
Wac Recruiters Here On Monday
Sgt Minnie Williamson and Co. Janie Newkirk of the Waco recruiting service visit Monticello public library each Monday from 2 to 5 PM. They seek women aged 20 to 50 to join the medical department.
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Minnie Williamson
Janie Newkirk
Waco
Cedar Rapids
Monticello Public Library
Rural Schools Share 804.59 in Apportionment
Apportionments totaling 804.59 were distributed among 16 standardized Jones county schools per County Superintendent Nellie V. Morey. Each school must meet 800 points on a 1071 point rating card under six categories to remain standard.
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Nellie V. Morey
Jones County
Department of Public Instruction
North Western Seeks To Drop Lyons to Anamosa Branch
Chicago and North Western Railway asks the interstate commerce commission to abandon its 68 mile Lyons to Anamosa line in Iowa. The company says the branch is economically useless with no profit prospects and would need 43000 dollars to repair flood damage.
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Lyons
Anamosa
Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Longtime Jones County matriarch marks 90th birthday
Mrs. Tallie Husmann celebrated her 90th birthday with a family reunion at the Henry Balster home near Scotch Grove. Born September 10 1854 in Ostfriesland Germany, she came to Iowa in 1887 and lived in Jones County since, with eleven children and many grandchildren. She recalls her 1898 Jones County Fair visit and now enjoys meals, limited reading, and her Zion Lutheran church ties.
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Hawkeye
Jones County
Tallie Husmann
Husmann
Trinoja
Casper Husmann
Avert Schoonover
Scotch Grove Township
Henry Balster
Scotch Grove
Okenhausen
Ostfriesland
Germany
Oko
Othey
Moyuit Olive
Frank
George Johnson
Henry Neunacher
Iown
Illinois
Towa
Jones County Fair
Old Clothing Drive Starts in Monticello for Russia
Residents of Monticello will join a September 24 to 30 drive organized by Russian War Relief chaired by R C Lambert. The campaign seeks clothing, bedding, and shoes for distressed Russians in liberated areas, to be shipped to the Soviet Union at Soviet expense, amid Iowa-wide support from schools churches and local groups.
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Monticello
Russia
Russian War Relief
R. C. Lambert
Iowa
Iowa Motion Picture War Activities Committee
Lambert
Soviet Union
Red Army
George Hughes Dies Inventor of Electric Stove at 71
George Alexander Hughes 71, Edison General Electric Appliance Company chair and electric stove inventor, died in a Chicago hospital. Funeral held Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church, Riverside. Born Monticello, he grew up in Bismarck and helped bring electricity to homes. He and his brother formed a company later merging with Hart Point and General Electric. Survived by widow, daughter, and five siblings.
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George Alexander Hughes
Edison General Electric Appliance Company, Inc
Chicago
First Presbyterian Church
Riverside
Monticello
Hughes
Bismarck
N. D
Bismarck Tribune
Edmund
North Dakota
Montana
Minnesota
Hughes Electric
Hartpoint Heating Appliance Company
General Electric Company
Edmund A
N. C
Frank C
Minneapolis
William V
Evanston
Atherton Richards
Washington, D. C
Rainbow Girls To Install Officers
A Rainbow Girls assembly of Monticello will hold a public installation in the Masonic temple Sunday at 2 PM. The public is invited. Frances Ellen Bone leaves for Boone to teach in the Boone public schools, succeeding a resigned teacher. she previously taught in Algona and is Grinnell College graduate.
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Rainbow Girls Assembly
Monticello
Masonic Temple
Frances Ellen Bone
Boone
Boone Public Schools
Miss Bone
Algona Public Schools
Grinnell College
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Lions Club
OMIM
TDM
Gap Eeatt
Lionesses
Red Cross
Rotary Club
the District Court
Robert K. Menkemueller
Lois Elizabeth Lange
Eugene Byers
Gladys Emmons Stuhler
Raymond J. Hunter
Dorothy Elizabeth Gorius
John McDonald Hospital
al Kelchen
Hopkinton
Vincent Simmons
Louis Gaddie
Ambrose Leytem
Charles Boxwell
Springville
John Wilcox
Clarence McLaughlin
Castle Grove Township
McLaughlin
Lyle Hosford
Fred Harken
al Laude
Joe Assel
Matt Muller
Harold Deischer
Clarence Eberhart
Clifford Petersen
Harry Garrets
Henry Schmidt
Edwin Caspers
Walter Streeper
James Howie
Clarence Schmidt
Paul Harms
Norbert Manternach
Ed Luck
Marvin Oltmann
Max Specht
Reuel McColm
George Rickels
Fred Kromminga
Ray Oltmann
Forrest Deischer
Clarence Johnson
Fred Cramer
Harry Prull
John Hasler
Harry Gerrets
Express Doxsee Photo
Manchester Bank
West Union
Methodist Church
Wac
County
Cass
Verla Belle Morris
Henry Harms
Lyle Jeffrey
Edward Husmann
Norma Herman
Albert Schrader
Alfreda Husmann
John Monk
Castle Grove
Ella Rickels
George Seehusen
Grace Hilly
Henry Hansen
Whyne
Troth “Folkerts
Henry Andreesen
Wayne
Maxine Poppe
Merle Atwood
Glenna Krueger
Harm Bunting
Selma Schlimmer
Tobe Hinrichs
Betty Stover
Henry Folkers
Leona Gierhart
Helen Rickels
E. F E. Wilkns
Anne Marie Husman
August Dirks
Black Oak
Mildred Carstensen
John Martinsen
Lovell
Ruth Decker
John Kray
Ruth Steiner
Henry Che
North Western
Gether
Mrs
Talke Husmann
George Hughes
Rainbow Girls
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