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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
2
Local residents span Monticello and surrounding towns with visits to Cedar Rapids Anamosa Manchester and Davenport. Families attend church gatherings school events and social visits while workers and students travel for conferences vacations and internships in Iowa and Minnesota communities.
Hospital bulletin from Monticello reports multiple admissions and births. Leonard Wied and Lewis Jueonars Wied among transferred patients. a Sept 20 admission noted for a Westwood resident. Recent rabies birth cases include a girl born Sept 24 and a Monticello infant born Sept 22 to Mr and Mrs Har Monticello.
Taxpayers face penalties for late payments as Monticello State Bank notes mailed checks must post by Sept seven. The Town tax commission reports 787 250 dollars still due in second half income taxes from an original 1 148 249 with 386 009 already paid. Delinquent income tax adds 1 percent penalty plus 1 percent per month. property tax penalties are 0.75 percent monthly. Officials discuss a valuation shift from 60 to 100 percent, potentially raising total valuation from three to five billion dollars without raising net taxes due to lower millage.
County Auditor George Specht said the state tax commission delayed the certificate of taxes for public utilities in Jones County after a Supreme Court ruling. The court decided TIV must be assessed at actual valuation for tax purposes, likely changing the rate from 3 percent to 1 percent of value.
Seventy six persons registered for the annual Jones County Sunday school convention at Forest Chapel Tuesday. Dee Vrooman presided as county council president with speakers PF McCullough Rev Tyrrell and Sammie Weaver. Officers for next year include Rev J K Delahooke president and Gladys McNeilly secretary treasurer, with district presidents and divisional directors listed.
Tyrrell in Center Junction honors adults Rev. R. C. Scott of Wyoming as the school awards a framed picture to the boy with the largest attendance at the convention, noting the greatest distance traveled.
Friends of Lloyd Knutson and Ralph Torgerson from Kensett and Northwood pursued a deer seen swimming offshore. They captured the animal and loaded it into their boat, a sight recorded by onlookers through photographs.
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