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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1922
Page
7
A stream of notes covers Miss Janet Young and others visiting Cedar Rapids for Easter millinery shows and social calls. Drs Redmond Cochrane Stabler test eyes, fit glasses as Devlin Millinery advertises new spring hats. Local residents travel to Anamosa Marion Dubuque and Chicago for events.
A string of social and business notices from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns details millinery displays at Devlin Millinery, insurance pitches by Denkhoff, and visits by residents to Iowa City and Monticello. Local events include church Lenten services, a school bond election date set for April 24, Mother’s Day promotions, and various guest visits and civic activities.
Miss Alta Farnham visits her parents in Monticello while several teachers and students travel for duties. Bricklayers sought for Luther Church job with John T. Weber as foreman. Monticello schools close for district convention. a bond election set for April 24. Dubuque baseball team trains in Monticello with a planned practice game against the local club.
Obituary notes George W. Gurney of Monticello died at his Chicago home last week. Survived by wife and two daughters. Funeral held Saturday. Various Monticello notices include a school election on April 24, new study center for teachers, and a fiber of civic engagement. Residents attend visits from Miss Jessie Davidson and Theta Phi Epsilon charter members at Coe College. Fort Snelling summer camp to include local youths. confirmation class set for April 8 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Monticello will not face an ice shortage as two suppliers operate. James D. Shelley has produced a large river ice stock, and the Monticello Electric Company reports its artificial ice plant ready. Surplus ice may be shipped to nearby towns lacking adequate supplies.
A class of 21 members will be confirmed at Wayne Lutheran church on Sunday April 9 at 10 a m. Confirmands include Ida Harms Edna Folkers Lena Folkers Eveline Folkers Loretta Wilken Sophie Zimmerman Anna Lubben Martha Behnken Herman Tieken Albert Harms Fred Zimmerman Harm Behnken Harry Gertets Henry Schuette Earl Tobiassen Louis Hagen Carl Folkers Harm Edward Folkers Harry Stutt Henry Ricklefs Geo Wessels.
Palm Sunday April 9 at 11 a.m. English services and home church offering. Confirmands: Adel Meier Clara Burrichter Irma Rohr Benjamin Durst Mary Aebi Paul Arduser Rose Winkler Walter Zumbrunnen. Good Friday German service April 14 11 a.m. Easter Sunday German service 10:30 a.m. with Lord's Supper and missions offering. Funeral of Mrs Sarah Jane Hubbard held Monticello March 29. Red Cross northern Jones county directors meet at Monticello library and plan nurse visit to schools and farm bureaus.
Miss Anne Stirton daughter of Mrs. Robert C. Stirton wed Raymond Dechternacht yesterday afternoon April 6 at the First Presbyterian church Monticello in a simple ring ceremony Rev Leonard Duckett officiated. The couple left for a short wedding trip after a three course dinner and were joined by out of town guests including Mrs. Lester Gearhart and Miss Agnes Marshall Hopkinton Miss Gertrude Echternacht Cedar Rapids and Miss Crystal Echternacht Iowa City. Both families have many Monticello friends wishing the couple happiness.
Senior class play entered third hour practice with strong prospects. The operetta yielded 63 dollars at the theatre. Northeastern Teachers' meeting in Waterloo with Monticello participants. two day spring vacation for pupils while teachers are away. Rattlesnakes noted in Clayton county bounty payments, and high school athletics like pole vault and high jump setting records. Lenten services at Zion Lutheran include confirmation exams and Palm Sunday rites.
Last Thursday evening the Monticello high school glee club staged Polished Pebbles a two act operetta at the opera house. Cast includes Rudolph Aebi Erhmal Farnham Gladys Alcorn Jean Cochrane Clara Schoon Ruth Gundlach DeWain Thompson Thelma Gregory Merle Delscher and a large chorus of sunbonnet girls and overall boys Between acts a dozen fifth graders performed A Box of Dolls The songs were clever and Miss Hunt supervisor of music is praised for training the pupils.
J. J. Lanigan leases the Jones County Times for two years to Everett Maloney who may buy the paper after the first year. Maloney, who edited a paper at Edgewood, plans to take charge with the next issue. Lanigan, editor for 21 years, remains in Monticello as postmaster and adviser to his subscribers.
The new Monticello city government sworn in last Monday re-elected C. J. Northrop as city and water clerk, named H. B. Lee city marshal and Albert Meyer weighmaster, with Lee also water superintendent. Norman Davidson becomes street commissioner and city attorney E. B. Reed is reappointed. The plan includes buying a horse team for street work and adding a second story to the fire engine house to house sleeping rooms and the team, improving night fire protection under Davidson who will be on duty at night and during alarms.
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