Monticello Ships Yards to House Livestock Concentration Unit
The Eastern Iowa Livestock Marketing Association will establish a livestock concentration yard in Monticello by October 1 or soon after to handle hogs and later cattle. The plant will use a rented building south of the stock yards with scales pens and chutes, and a five car siding and double deck loading chute are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Eastern Iowa Livestock Marketing Association
Tom George
the Shipping Association
J. T. Lanigan
Monticello Shipping Association
R. F. O'Connell
State Marketing Association
Howard Jefferson
Sam Thompson
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Mr. O'Connell
United States
Jefferson
National Livestock Marketing Association
Federal Farm Board
Middle West
Anamosa
Center Junction
Ohio
Amber Family Victims Of Side-Swipe Auto Crash
Mr and Mrs Will Zimmerman and their daughter and son in law Paul and Mrs Hanken were injured in a car crash near Flandreau on September 17. The Zimmerman car rolled over three times and all occupants were hospitalized with injuries including a badly wrenched back and scalp wounds. Most were discharged yesterday except Mr Zimmerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Zimmerman
Amber
Paul Hanken
Sioux Falls
Flandreau
Zimmerman
Brother-in-law of Rev Duckett Dies in Australia
Leonard Duckett learned of the death of his brother in law Arthur Woolder who died recently at Adelaide South Australia. He was 48 and a foreman in an engineering works. Woolder had worked in Australia for twenty years and is survived by his wife who is Rev Duckett’s sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Duckett
Arthur Woolder
Adelaide
South Australia
Australia
Duckett
Hazel Hill School Qualifies With 100 Percent In Dental Campaign
Hazel Hill school in Greenfield township becomes the first rural Jones county school to meet 100 percent in the year long dental program. Public health nurse Miss Lora R. Houston reports every student has a dentist’s OK, with students Victor Quinton Narvis Corinne Gorman Robinson Robert Towne and James Ross named for commendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Hazel Hill
Greenfield Township
Victor
Quinton
Narvis
Corinne
Gorman Robinson
Robert Towne
James Ross
Lora R. Houston
District Court Opens Sept 29 in Jones County
The September term of the Jones county district court opens Monday September 29 with Judge Atherton B. Clark presiding. The docket is unusually large with forty five criminal cases including murder and intoxicated driving and sixty five new law cases plus sixty six on the equity docket and sixty seven estates on the probate docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Jones County
Atherton B. Clark
Reformatory
Reati
Osha Sef Rade
Equity
All Wayne Township Schools Earn Standard Status and Bonuses
H R Jacobs reports eight Wayne Township schools all meet standard criteria requiring first class certificates and proper programs. August bonuses are listed by district: Langworthy $42.75 Edith Behrends. Dunn district $30.87 Alma Andresen. Wayne Center $59.37 Helen Lieneman. Union district $64.12 Clara Schoon. County Home district $952.25 Mildred Helken. Amber district $90.25 Grace Slemers and Gertrude Porter. Soper district $23.75 Thelma Larson. Rieken district $28.50 Laura Rieken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Jacobs
Wayne
Langworthy
Edith Behrends
Dunn
Alma Andresen
Wayne Center
Helen Lieneman
Union
Clara Schoon
County Home
Mildred Helken
Amber
Grace Slemers
Gertrude Porter
Soper
Thelma Larson
Rieken
Laura Rieken
Forty Years Ago in Jones County Highlights
This item lists births marriages deaths and notable events from Monticello and Anamosa areas during a fair week. It notes Charles D Davidson at Iowa State College, Duroc Jersey hog shows by Clark and Thomas at Des Moines, a Monticello baseball win 19 to 12, and several marriages including Henry Heisey and Jessie Kannelt. Also reported are the Jones County Fair week start, a child Nellie Grassmeyer’s death, local officials Noble and Fifield deaths, a Caledonian murder case in Anamosa, frost onset, a long baseball game 11 to 9, schoolhouse and church notices, and Rev Thomas Oliver’s farewell sermon with reference to his Oliver typewriter invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Davidson
Agricultural College
Ames
N. P. Clark
A. Thomas
Des Moines
Edgewood
Monticello
Henry B. Heisey
Castle Grove Township
O. D. French
Jessie D. Kannelt
Dubuque
Heisey
Marcus Z. Farwell
Tres Piedras
N. Mex
Town ‘City
Elizabeth Coldron
Farwell
Jones County Fair
John Hoult
Clara Hooper
W. H. Hoult
England
Nellie
Adolph Grassmeyer
Noble
Mary Ralston
C. W. Brown
David Ralston
W. D. Hartsough
Toledo
U. B. Church of
Anamosa
Monti
Robert Wilson
G. H. George
Odebolt
Gertie Rodman
Elmer Hubbard
Maine
John Dickerson
Hoag Duster Company
Curtis Hosford
Thomas Oliver
Methodist Church
Oliver Typewriter
Cafeteria Supper By P T A Opens Year
The Parent Teachers association invites all members to a free cafeteria supper at 6 30 PM in the gym of the public school building next Tuesday September 30. A membership drive with 50 cent annual dues is closing tomorrow. After the meal Mrs Hazel Schaus of the state university will speak on parent education and members are urged to attend and meet the teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teachers Association
Hazel Schaus
The
State University
Rural School Teachers Attend Monticello Study Center
A group of 130 rural teachers enjoyed a study center in the Monticello public school auditorium last Saturday. Miss Nellie V. Morey county superintendent directed the event. Iowa State Teachers College staff Mr. Kauffman spoke on rural choir work and Miss Louise Hearst presented geography. Seventy rural school children from sixty schools served as demonstrating units in both sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Nellie V. Morey
Kauffman
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Louise Hearst
8000 Fish Placed In Maquoketa River By Harold Tedrow
The Monticello Commercial reports 8000 crappies and bass placed in the Maquoketa River by Harold Tedrow, town marshal. The fish are intended to be large enough to catch in a future year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Annual Banquet Honors Jones County 4-H Clubs
The fourth annual Jones county 4-H banquet in Center Junction drew about 300 members and friends. Royal H. Holbrook of Cedar Rapids spoke on Iowa’s size, crops, and state industries, followed by a toast by Elma Holub. Gwelda Fairbanks and Loretta Specht addressed health, music memory, and breadmaking plans for 1931, while Medals were awarded to grand champion calf Marvin Blohm and pig champ John Henry Eichhorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Center Junction
Royal H. Holbrook
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
New England
Hawkeye
Holbrook
Elma Holub
Paul Smith
Gwelda Fairbanks
Oriole Club
Fairview Township
Miss Fairbanks
Anamosa
Loretta Specht
Castle Grove Township
Martha
Rachel Heasty
4-H Clubs
Kelly
Chicago Producers’ Association
Max Wortman
Marvin Blohm
Madison Township
John Henry Eichhorn
Wyoming
Monticello
Alvin Bailey
Greenfield
Marie Philips
Jacqueline Kenlar
Hale
Vern Em
Leona Behrends
Frieda Balster
Castile
Florence Marfort
Eide Herren
Wire Owl Club
Jackson Township
Farmer Canning Co Closes Year’s Pack in Monticello
The Farmer Canning company of Monticello finished its annual sweet corn pack last week with 42,500 cases, over a million cans. Local manager Carl Hodson contracted growers for 850 acres, the longest haul being 18 miles. A 30 acre soil test showed fertilizer raised value by 8 per acre for 2.25 cost. The plant employs 80 people and J N Peterson of Monticello State Bank spent his two week vacation at the factory, a yearly pattern for 33 years with four years off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canning Company
Monticello
Carl Hodson
Hodson
J. N. Peterson
Monticello State Bank
Change Made In The Shomont Dairy Office
Adam Reichart resigns as Shomont Dairy manager. W C Forrest, previously near Coggon and later Dillon Montana, succeeds him after Iowa State College dairy studies. Forrest served in World War I, is married with daughter Marjorie Ann, and will manage the south side route while Floyd Appleby covers the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Reichart
Shomont
W. C. Forrest
Coggon
Mr. Forrest
Dillon
Mont
Iowa State College
Ames
Marjorie Ann
South Side
Floyd Appleby
North Side
Clergy Transfers In Dubuque Diocese Announced
The Most Rev Francis J L Beckman announces priest transfers effective October 1 in the Dubuque diocese. Names include Murtagh to Eldora, Panek to Chelsea, Kefferer to Watkins, Hammill to Edgewood, McGovern to Vinton, Ament to Cedar Rapids, Tushak to Oxford Junction, Drummy to Waukon, Bumholt to Holy Cross, and Holthaus to Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Catholic Church
Francis J. L. Beckman
John J. Murtagh
St. Mark's
Edgewood
St. Mary's
Eldora
Wenceslaus Panek
Oxford Junction
St. Joseph's
Chelsea
Flying Stick Injures Cecil Roth in Scotland Grove Timber Work
Cecil Roth assisting Raymond Eby in Scotch Grove township suffered an eye injury while cutting timber. A stick flew from a wagon wheel end striking his eye. a local anesthetic was used for the wound and a stitch was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Roth
Raymond Eby
Scotch Grove Township
Roth
Minor M s Presented At School Assembly
The assembly notes eight students earning minor M s joining the M club. Susan, Edna, Miriam and others listed receive the honor. A talk by Mr Ditemar on law obedience adds to a busy school program with ticket sales, PTA efforts, and club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
Illinois
University High
Town City
Manchester
Anamosa
Washington High
Cedar Rapids
Grimes
Vivian Smith
Hertha Mae Goldin
Miriam Fairbanks
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Edna Schoon
Emma Hughes
Lorene Zimmerman
Emil Prult
Ditemar
Miss Rabbe
Betty Lou Patterson
Miss Anderson
Porter
Meyer
Literary Society
Vivian Bancroft
Edna Siebels
Edith Winkler
Dorothy Eden
Mildred Aldrich
Glee Club
Lillian Slauson
Bates Elevated to President of Northwest International Highway Group
From Pierre dated September 9 news notes Chauncey T. Bates of the South Dakota highway commission is elected president of the Northwest International Highway association. The group includes highway commissions from South and North Dakota Minnesota Wyoming and Canadian provinces Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan. The South Dakota delegation also features J. B. Johnson Verne Clarke H. S. Sternberg J. W. Kolb and Kenneth Schurr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdo Coyote
Murdo
South Dakota
Pierre
Chauncey T. Bates
Northwest International Highway Association
Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
Rapid City
South Dakota Highway Commission
C. T. Bates
South Dakota Commission
South and
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wyoming
Manitoba
Alberta
Mr. Bates
J. B. Johnson
Verne Clarke
State Commission
H. S. S. Sternberg
J. W. Kolb
Mitchell
Kenneth Schurr
Child Swallows Stone Removed At U Hospital
Valda Rickels six years old daughter of Clarence Rickels living with her grandmother Mrs Lizzie Behnken underwent surgery at University hospital Iowa City last Friday after swallowing a small stone that lodged in the right bronchus. Local and Town City doctors could not reach the stone and the child remains seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valda Rickels
Clarence Rickels
Lizzie Behnken
University Hospital
Iowa City
Town City
Glenn S. Dixson Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Glenn S. Dixson, a former Dubuque man known in Monticello, died last week from injuries after an automobile accident in Rapid City South Dakota. He owned and managed Hotel Andrews in Minneapolis and was son of Sam Dixson longtime associate of John T. Hancock & Sons. Survived by a sister Mrs Burdick and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenns. Dixson
Dubuque
Monticello
Rapid City
S. D
Dixson
Andrews
Minneapolis
Sam Dixson
John T. Hancock & Sons
Glenn Dixson
Burdick
Arthur Kiburz Dies Suddenly in Kansas City Area
Arthur Kiburz a longtime Monticello resident died suddenly last Tuesday near Woolsey S Oak while on a business trip with his brother Walter He was born July 7 1878 in Monticello son of Samuel and Hannah Kiburz He married Leone N Cronkhite of Olin No children survive Funeral set for September 27 in Olin with burial there Survivors include his wife sister Mrs Jake Arduser and brothers Walter and Samuel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Kiburz
Monticello
Woolsey
S. Oak
Walter
Mr. Kiburz
Samuel and
Hannah Kiburz
Deatrick Dry
Kansas City
Kiburz
Leone N. Cronkhite
Olin
Jake Arduser
Samuel
Celebrate Their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Fifty years ago on September fourteenth, eighteen eighty, Sarah Van Vechten married Henry Northrup in Anamosa. They marked their golden anniversary at their daughter Lena Wolf's home in Anamosa. Mrs Northrup is seventy one, Mr Northrup eighty five today. They farmed near Anamosa until 1900 then retired to town. They had seven children. Mr Northrup is a Civil War veteran who served in Company A of the 31st Iowa Infantry and fought at Vicksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah van Vechten
Henry Northrup
Anamosa
Lena Wolf
Northrup
Mr. Northrup
31St Town Infantry
Vicksburg
DeMolay Banquet Marks Allen Chapter’s Tenth Anniversary
In Dubuque the Allen chapter DeMolay celebrated ten years with initiatory work and an evening banquet followed by a dance. Monticello attendees included Tim George James Ricklefs Berkeley Curtis Raymond Coyle William Kettlitz Kenneth Burris Hugh Lambert George Stott George Hoult Raymond Siebels Curtis Moncrief Richard Calkins and advisor E E Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Dubuque
Monticello
Tim George
James Ricklefs
Berkley Curtis
Raymond Coyle
William Kettlitz
Kenneth Burris
Hugh Lambert
George Stott
George Hoult
Raymond Siebels
Curtis Moncrief
Richard Calkins
E. E. Reed
Jones County Girls Pledged To Sororities
Last Saturday at the state university in Iowa City, several sororities announced pledges for the fall. Notable pledges include Pauline Prahm of Center Junction with Delta Zeta and Catherine Redmond of Monticello along with Mary Remley and Ana Mosa, Pi Beta Phi. In Tawa City, Mayor J J Carroll vetoed an ordinance to cut his salary from 1800 to 600 dollars and the council did not override the veto. The measure would have taken effect April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University At
Iowa City
Pauline Prahm
Center Junction
Delta Zeta
Catherine Redmond
Monticello
Mary Remley
Anamosa
Pi Beta Phi
Tawa City
J. J. Carroll
Bible Quiz Questions About Temple and Debt
Questions ask who from Tyre built the temple who hemmed garments with fringe why Esau had another name who built the second temple and who paid her husband's debts with oil. Answers referenced on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyre
Moses
Esau
Transfer of Rev G A Hauck to Oelwein Iowa
The Rev G A Hauck moves from Monticello to Sacred Heart Parish Oelwein effective October 1. Rev A L Lorenz takes over Monticello, with Rev Louis P White assisting in Oelwein. Hauck’s 25th ordination anniversary was celebrated in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Hauck
Sacred Heart
Monticello
Oelwelh
A. L. Lorenz
Holy Cross
Francis Joseph Beckman
Dubuque
Oelwein
Hauck
Louis P. White
White
Rose Het
Father Hauck
Lorenz
American College At
Rome
Waterloo
Dyersville
West Ridge
Fillmore
Mt. Calvery
Wis
St. John’s University
Collegeville
Minn
James Trobec
St. Cloud
J. B. Hauck
J. L. Hauck
Paul Pitzenberger
James J. Keane
Sacred Heart School
St. Elizabeth Society
Catholic Church
Petersburg
Iowa
Sassen
Holy Ghost
Keane
Boys Work Program Discussed by Local Leaders
Tom Hamilton of Northwestern Bell Telephone company spoke to the Rotary club on citizen role modeling for boys. King Slocum and Bill Altman of the Clinton Consistory lent remarks and greetings at the Monticello meeting in the Masonic Temple Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Tom Hamilton
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Hamilton
King Slocum
Consistory Lodge
Clinton
Helgens Automobile Found In Marion Garage
The R. H. Helgens car stolen from the public school grounds last week was recovered Friday in a Cedar Rapids garage. The vehicle had covered about 300 miles and sustained partial damage with no thief identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Helgens
Cedar Rapids
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rev. Duckett
Hazel Hill School
Atherton
Clark
W. T. Shipe
Assignee
Ivan Shirk
Standard Oil Co
Chris Petersen
L. F. Zeller
S. M. Bonar
W. C. Holst
George Hinrichs
State of Iowa
Wm. Rowan
J. N. Baumel
Albert F. Walters
George F. French
Harold Muck
George J. Hill
Oxford Junction Savings Bank
M. Bonar
G. H. Monroe
C. B. Paul
Bert Atwood
International Milling Co
G. R. Watters
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Dr. C. V. Burris
Chester Tippey
Marvilla Bootss
H. H. Soper
Anton C. Olson
Peter Bahnsen
Citizens’ Savings Bank
William Steenhoek
Wayne Township
the Express
Maquoketa River
Roy Joslin
Mesdames C. A. McLaughlin
John Matthiessen
Thelma Fairbanks
Margaret Wismeier
Reuel McColm
Clara Kilnefelter
Mesdames Harlan Russell
W. E. Hay
Ray Stivers
Dorothy Johnson
Frank Byerly
Bernard Cass
W. B. Clark
Ray Fairbanks
Mrs. Smith
Farmer Canning Co
J. Leroy Farmer Canning CO
Flying Stick
U. Hospital
Glenn S. Dixson
Oelwe
DeMolay
New Bible Questions
G.A. Hauck
Oelwein, Iowa
Rev
Sacred Heart Church
Helgens
Marion
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