Monticello Cook School Draws Big Crowds
The seventh annual Monticello Express cooking school closed last Saturday in the Monticello public school auditorium after three sessions held Thursday afternoon Friday evening and Saturday afternoon. About 1655 attended including 475 on opening day and more than 580 women for the Saturday lecture. Miss Jan Shaw led the event aided by Mrs. William Thompson with gifts drawn by children. Local businesses supplied most prizes as Monticello celebrates a record year for the school under the Express.
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the Express
Jan Shaw
Monticello Express
Monticello Public School
Home Economist
Monticello
William Thompson
Miss Shaw
Dyersville
Maquoketa
Reynolds Sets New Conference Pole Vault Record
Monticello finished third at the indoor conference meet in Iowa City. University High led with 57 points, Tipton 28, Monticello 24, Mechanicsville 22. Bud Reynolds topped Monticello with 13 points and set a new indoor conference pole vault record at 10 feet 9 inches, surpassing his outdoor mark by 2 inches. he also placed second in shot put and broad jump, and tied for second in high jump.
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Monticello
Iowa City
University High of
Tipton
Mechanicsville
Bud Reynolds
Reynolds
Bone
Steiner
Eden
Vic Richardson
Lubhben
Richardson
Allen
Nagel
Rodman
Balsiger
Fat Lady Gives Birth to 9 Lb 3 Oz Daughter
Mrs. Gertrude Karns, 28, weighing 745 pounds, gave birth to a daughter weighing nine pounds three ounces in Shreveport Louisiana. The father, Cliff Karns, weighs 305 pounds. The Karns appeared in a side show at the 1935 Jones County fair in Monticello last August.
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Gertrude Karns
Shreveport
Cliff Karns
Karns
Jones County Fair
Monticello
Last Au
Sand Springs Creamery Pays Butterfat Rates
Farmers Mutual Creamery at Sand Springs paid 41 cents a pound for butterfat in sweet cream and 40 cents for butterfat in No 1 cream. February last year saw butterfat at 3 cents per pound.
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Sand Springs
Farmers Mutuall Reamery Company
Cam
Inter-City Debate Set For Tuesday At Monticello School
Manchester and Monticello high schools will debate at Monticello Public School auditorium on Tuesday April 1 during the Parent-Teachers association meeting. The topic is socialized medicine with Monticello supporting the affirmative and Manchester opposing. Monticello team members are Jo Royden and Constance Naylor. Manchester hosts a strong team currently competing in the state tournament, promising an engaging contest for the public.
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Manchester
Monticello
Parent-Teachers 'Association
Jo Royden
Constance Naylor
Manchester High School
Mrs Lydia Ommen 89 Former Guthrie County Resident
Mrs Lydia Ommen aged 89 died February 28 and was buried March 2. She lived in Guthrie county for over fifty years, was born near Ron Ohio June 3 1846, married Alva Ommen in 1867, had four sons and two daughters, and left thirteen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Her remains were conducted by the Brethren church pastor at Dallas Center. She is survived by children Edo A Ommen Hettie Haynes Alva Ommen Reimer Ommen Almeda Masters and Lutie Ommen with a sister Sarah Messerli in Salem Oregon.
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Monticello
Lydia Ommen
Guthrie County
Brethren Church
Dallas Center
Ommen
Ron
Ohio
Lydia Nodle
Henry
Mary Nodile
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Mr. Nodie
Alva O. Omman
Jones County
Dale
Reimer G. Ommen
Menlo
Almeda O. Masters
Guthrie Center
Lutie E. Ommen
Paintsville Ky
Sarah Messerli
Salem, Ore
National VFW Auxiliary Leader Visits Iowa in April
Winifred D. Toussaint national president of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars will tour Iowa April 4 and 5 as a guest of the Fort Dodge auxiliary An instructional school is set for 2 p.m. April 5 with Department Junior Vice President Honor L Clark and Department Historian Mabel Jarrett assisting in ritual work exemplary sessions will mark the department year event underlines.
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Winifred D. Toussaint
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wil
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Toussaint
Honor L. Clark
Mabel Jarrett
Red Cross Plans Annual Meeting at Monticello Library
The Monticello Red Cross chapter schedules its annual meeting for April 14 1936 at 7 p.m. in the library basement. Agenda includes reports, officer elections and other business. Members who paid dues or are life or patron members are urged to attend and vote.
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Monticello
the Red Cross
Red Cross
Simon Locher Joins Monticello Rotary Club
Simon Locher of Locher & Locher was inducted as a member of the Monticello Rotary Club last Monday evening. President Tom Hamilton gave a brief talk on Rotary and its benefits. It marks the first father son pair to hold membership in the club with J. J. Locher joining a year earlier as another long standing member.
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Simon Locher
Locher
Old Monticello High class of 1876 recalled by alumna
Mrs Sarah Seward of Canoga Park writes to Monticello public schools recalling the class of 1876. She notes graduates such as Amanda Babbe Hosford and Ida Langworthy, mentions Luther Foster as former principal, and urges a write up from both first and second class members for the Express.
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Sarah Smith Seward
R. 1
Leadwell Street
Canoga Park
California
Monticello Public Schools
Monticello High School
Seward
Luther Foster
Lizzie Burnight Kramer
Beacon Street
Redlands
Amanda Babbe Hosford
George Wood
Mellett
Ida Langworthy
the Express
Mrs. Frank McNeilly Dies Suddenly in Springville
The sudden death of Mrs. Frank McNeilly occurred at her home in Springville yesterday afternoon after a recent illness. Funeral services are planned for Sunday, April 5. She is survived by her husband, a daughter Ruth, Mrs Charles Suett of Monticello, and four sons Andrew of Fort Dodge, John and Glenn of Seattle, and Raymond, an officer in a CCC camp in northern Iowa.
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Frank McNeilly
Springville
McNeilly
Ruth
Charles Suett
Monticello
Andrew
Fort Dodge
John
Glenn
Seattle
Wash
Raymond
CCC
Iowa
Public Library Adds New Books For Readers
Monticello library announces new circulation titles across fiction and non fiction. Notable works include Youths Captain a Hawthorne biography of Emerson and Can We Be Neutral on U S neutrality plus Why Keep Them Alive critical of child malnutrition.
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Catherine Redmond
Monticello
Paul de Kruff
J. W. Calley
Mexico
Leone
Alice Moats
Helen Jerome
Jane Austin
Katherine Dayton
George Gaufman
Washington
Satterlee and Sher
Negley Forson
Victoria Regina
Laurence Hausman
One Way Street
Joseph McCord
Turnbull
Pennsylvania
Margaret Widdemer
Tagged Blue Jay Found On John Null Farm
A blue jay with a leg band was found on the John F. Null farm by Earl and Roy Null on Sunday morning. The band message reads Notify Biological Survey A439441 at Washington DC.
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Blue Jay
John Null
John F. Null
Earl and
Roy Null
Washington, D. C
Farmers Mutual Creamery Sets Butterfat Price at 37 Cents
The Farmers Mutual Creamery of Monticello pays 37 cents for butterfat this week for butterfat sold to the creamery during the first half of March. This follows a prior price of 40 cents.
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Farmers Mutual Creamery
Monticello
State Representative Candidacy for Jones County
Roy Lawrence announces Republican bid for state representative of Jones County subject to the approval of Republican voters at the June primary. Adv 41-3.
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Jones County
Roy
Lawrence
Leaving San Diego After Six Weeks of Winter Sunshine
J. W. D. signs off from San Diego on March 24, 1936, recalling mild weather, bright citrus, and a financially successful exposition. He notes naval base activity with 400,000 sailors, mentions Ensign Irvine and family ties, observes city hills, churches, varied beliefs, and cautious optimism about agriculture and prices.
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San Diego
Iowa
Southwest
Los Angeles
Yeoman Hoag Factory Busy With Snow Tools Growth
Monticello reports Yeoman Hoag’s expanded operation in the old tire factory near the stock yards now houses a full line of snow shovels snow pushers ice choppers and garden tools plus cold packing devices. Inventor W F Yeoman started in 1933 with his sons and the plant now ships to more than half the states.
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Yeoman-Hoag Company
W. F. Yeoman
Willard
Orvin
Harold
Yeoman
Hoag Duster Company
Nash Coffee Free One Pound Jar Offer Prompted
Nash-Finch of Cedar Rapids distributes Nash coffee in Monticello stores and will give a free one pound jar to the person whose name appears at the bottom of the display ad over the next six weeks. Hunt for the ad to see if you are the winner.
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Nash-Finch Company
Cedar Rapids
Nash Coffee
Monticello
New Candidate Announces Republican Bid for 1937 Supervisor
William J. Bailey of Greenfield township near Anamosa declares as a Republican candidate for supervisor for the 1937 term. He asks GOP voters for support at the June primary, subject to the voters' will.
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Wm. J. Bailey
Greenfield Township
Anamosa
Monte Theatre Installs New Sound System
The Monte Theatre unveils a modern sound system with a dual amplifier for clearer tones in noiseless film recording. To showcase the upgrade the theater will run a free continuous show starting at 6 30 p m Friday April 17 for the public to experience the improved reproduction.
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Monte Theater
Ady
Jones County Seeks Seven Boys for C M T C Program
Lee Van Kirk of Anamosa named county chairman of the C M T C seventh corps area by Leon G. Harer major infantry C M T C Iowa. Van Kirk will send application blanks to American Legion and V F W posts as seven enlistments are sought. Contingent heads to Fort Des Moines from July 8 to August 6 for inoculations and vaccines.
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Lee van Kirk
Anamosa
Cc. M. T. C. Seventh Corps
Leon G. Harer
Iowa
van Kirk
American Legion
V. F. W. Posts
Jones County
Fort Des Moines
Items Of Occurrences Twenty Years Ago April 1916 Monticello
Milestones from April 1916 include births of Buol and Eilers Williams Nichols, a drowning tragedy in Lovell township, deaths of Irene Curtis and Mrs James Sullivan, weddings of Hazel Martin and Harvey Harford, and civil matters such as Yousse garage foundation work by William Netcott. Monticello State Bank directors honor a residuary fund via the late John McDonald.
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Monticello Express
George Buol
Olive Cartano
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Richard Cartano
Fred L. Lehman
Lovell Township
Stewart Stuhler
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Irene Curtis
George Curtis
W. A. Mirick
Lake Geneva
Wis
Monticello
Anamosa
Matilda Pfeil Benson
Conrad Pfeil
Howard E. Deischer
J. H. Barr
Methodist Episcopal Church
James Sullivan
Wayne Township
William Adams
Frank Eilers
Frank Williams
Jud Nichols
Scotch Grove
William Netcott
Yousse
Cass Transportation Company
Hazel Martin
Harvey Harford
Monticello State Bank
John McDonald
Bodenhofer Bids for State Senate Seat in Jones County
John Bodenhofer former Jones county sheriff announces candidacy for state senator in this district. He files nominating papers as a Republican for the June primary. He has spent his life in Jones county and knows its needs. The Express retracts its mistaken report of a state representative bid.
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John Bodenhofer
Jones County
Bodenhofer
the Express
Belgians Involved In $600 Tractor Trade Near Ryan
A farmer near Ryan arranged a deal totaling $600 for a tractor outfit. The transaction involved two Belgian mares described as sorrel with white manes and falls. The horses are two and three years old and collectively weigh about 13 200 pounds.
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Fay Brothers
Ryan
John Doesche
Two New Councilmen Added In The Recent Municipal Election
Regular city election results show Mayor F D Mc Laughlin and several incumbents reelected. New councilmen Harry Hong at large and William Shelley for the third ward join a roster including Jacob Metzenberg Z A Graves William Netcott and others.
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F. D. McLaughlin
Jacob Metzenberg
Z. A. Graves
William Netcott
Harry Hong
William Shelley
Paul Schuetz
Henry Schoon
Otto Burrichter
Schoon
A. P. Lambert
Bark
C. J. Matthiessen
Paul T. Schuetz
H. H. Schoon
O. B. Burrichter
F. W. Ferring
J. Metzenberg
William Laude
C. J. Matethiessen
W. E. Tuetken
Elmer Coon
LeRoy Clark Jr
P. T. Schuetz
W. E. Tuctken
Harry Hoag
William Skelley
Monticello Plans Good Friday Religious Services
The Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist Episcopal, Congregational and Reformed churches will hold Good Friday services from 2 to 3 pm on April 10 in Monticello. Mayor Mc Laughlin and Simon Locher urge businesses to close during the hour. Citizens are urged to attend.
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Methodist Episcopal
Congregational
Monticello
F. D. McLaughlin
Chamber of Commerce
Simon Locher
Marriage License Issued In Linn County For Ireland Holmes
A marriage license was issued by the Linn County district court clerk at Cedar Rapids for Louis LeRoy Ireland of Martelle and Es ther M. Holmes of Anamosa. Also reported: a 13 year old boy from Winthrop won a Buchanan county spelling contest by placing the hyphen in weiner wurst, in Independence after a three hour contest. Funeral services were held for Sybilla Sterling at her Anamosa residence. she died March 26 after a life in the community. One man injured and six cattle killed when a train struck a truck near Independence. Ralph Kornwell drove the truck, his brother Verne injured lightly. Fire destroyed eight buildings and livestock at Albert Hoker’s farm near Wheatland, with losses near 10000 dollars. explosion in the tractor shed preceded the blaze and insurance covered the loss.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids
Louis LeRoy Ireland
Martelle
Esther M. Holmes
Anamosa
Robert Sharp
Winthrop
Buchanan County
Independence
Sybilla Sterling
Sterling
Samuel
Elizabeth Moyers Stover
Tlinois Central
Ralph Kornwell
Verne
Hokers
Hoker
Express Bird Contest Closes as Booklets Are Judged
The Monticello Express concludes its winter bird photograph series and selects finalists from rural schools. The top booklet will win five dollars in library books for the school. Booklets are due April 15 at the Express office. Miss Recene Ashton will judge the entries.
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Monticello Express
Express
Recene Ashton
Confirmation Class At Reformed Church Sunday
Rev. Armin H. Tendick announces a confirmation class at the Reformed church of Monti cello for next Sunday April 5. The class includes Joyce Ambuechl Ruby Ambuehhl Elda Buel Russell Etten Laura Like Helen Moore Marguer ite Bader and Lyle Arduser. The examination will be held Saturday afternoon at 1 30 o clock.
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Armin H. Tendick
The
Reformed Church of
Monticello Country Club to Elect Directors at Library
The annual meeting of Monticello Country Club will be held Friday April 3 at 7 30 in the public library. Directors for the 1936 season will be elected and will later elect executive officers. All members and prospective members are urged to attend.
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Monticello Country Club
Country Club
Mrs Arthur George Dies at Pomeroy Home
Monticello mourns the death of Mrs Sophia Gerdes George at her Pomeroy residence after an illness since last December. Funeral services are set for April 3 at the Pomeroy Lutheran church with relatives attending from Monticello, Terra Bella, California, and nearby areas. She was born September 20, 1887 in Lovell township and married Arthur George February 17, 1909. four children Arthur Junior Louis Robert Dorothy survive along with her mother Mary Gerdes and many siblings.
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Monticello
Arthur George
Pomeroy
Great
George
Pomeroy Lutheran Church
Grant Etters
G. H. Gerdes
Rickles
Mary Gerdes
Lovell Township
Sophia Gerdes
Vie
Arthur
Louis
Robert
Dorothy
Terra Bella
Calif
Grant Eilers
Castle Grove Township
Henry Gerdes
Wyoming
August Gerdes
Earlville
Fred Oltmanns Jr
Oswald Mucke
William
John and Paul
Frederick
Orange
Cedar Rapids Calmar Train Not Discontinued
Information from the C M St Paul and Pacific railway says the Cedar Rapids Calmar service will not be discontinued this week as planned for April 1. The train serves many towns with their sole mail delivery, and the decision stems from previously noted lack of business.
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Monticello
C. M. St. Paul & Pacific Railway Company
Cedar Rapids
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A. J
Gamble
Princess Theater
Lever Brothers Soap Company
Moore
Morrisburg
National V.F.W
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Rotary Club
Chicago
Naval Base
Irvine
Greer
Rome
Mary
Addi
Old Cabrillo
Point Loma
Middle West
Missouri River
Charles Moore
George Waite
Yeoman-Hoag
Jean Liddy
Monte Theatre
C.M. T.C
Express Near Close
Reformed Church
Lutheran Church, Pomeroy
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