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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1926
Page
7
Local Monticello items list visitors and residents with minor events. Names include Mrs Anna Ehrisman Mrs N Rohr Katherine Farmer Harvey Kurt D P Young Roy Adamson Vivian Benesh and Martha Williamson. Hardware promotions and home repairs are advertised along with dairy equipment and butter sales.
Monticello residents visit relatives and celebrate birthdays while students and teachers attend events at Coe College and local schools. Mrs J H Fraser takes charge of history classes at Monticello High after Whitford’s resignation. Community groups meet, shoppers seek bargains on McCormick Deering cream separators, and club events provide refreshments and planning for future fundraisers.
Local residents share visits and events ranging from Hulda Hanken in Hampton to Miss Carolyn Stubler’s return to Wellesley. Monticello High hosts senior class play Nothing But the Truth with Helen Hoy directing. Community groups hold gatherings and church social afternoons as university figures and teachers visit for meetings and discussions.
Mrs H M Carpenter Sr entertained at a one o clock luncheon on Tuesday for her sister Mrs W S Smith of Washington with twelve guests. The four course meal featured yellow and green table decor and a centerpiece of spring flowers.
Miss Freda Zimmerman opens a beauty parlor in the former H. B. Lee office and rear of Alva Behrends' barber shop. The new shop is fully equipped with modern appliances and ready to serve the Monticello trade.
Plan your garden now and buy seeds early to reap early joys. We are headquarters for every garden and flower seed market and can supply needs via quick mail service before you are ready to plant. Order early.
D A Huene formerly of Monticello was elected vice-president of the Cedar Rapids Rotary club at the annual election held last Monday. He also was chosen a member of the board of directors. Huene serves as sales manager for Warfield Pratt Howell wholesale grocery and is active in Rotary circles.
This week shipments from the Monti cello office include hogs and cattle for Farmers Mutual creamery and Ray Adams, with cars scheduled by Ed Hiler and W D McLaughlin. Monday saw 2 hog cars and 1 cattle car for Farmers Mutual and Ray Adams, Wednesday added 1 cattle for Ed Hiler and 1 cattle and 1 hog for Farmers Mutual, and today 1 hog car for W D McLaughlin and 1 cattle for Ray Adams.
J LeRoy Farmer presented a detailed talk to the Rotary Club Monday evening about Florida’s unusual development in the last three months. Mr and Mrs Farmer had just returned from Miami where he works with the Tamiami Townsite company. The meeting was led by Rotarian Paul Daake.
Mr and Mrs Diedrick Kammerman hosted a pre-nuptial shower for their daughter Ann Kammerman and Harold Egger last Monday. The event had 30 guests who brought gifts and enjoyed cards music and refreshments. The couple wed yesterday.
Mrs. W F Hintz represented Castle Grove Presbyterian church at a district missionary convention in Mount Vernon last Monday and Tuesday. She visited Cedar Rapids to see her son Paul Hintz who now works for Northwestern Bell and recently moved from Decorah. Monticello churches held large unaudited Easter services with musical programs across Methodist Presbyterian and Congregational churches and Rev Albert E Coe read a Lost Word at the Methodist church.
Jones county residents selected as grand jurors for the Cedar Rapids federal court include J. W. Iton of Scotch Grove and W. L. Lamb of Anamosa. Monticello officials announce a new school secretary and committee appointments as Otis Barclay, H. M. Carpenter, F. T. Benhart, W. H. Hanken, G. J. Van Buren, and G. W. Ireland appear on petit juries. Weather notes predict rain for seven Sundays following Easter. Miss Janet Young earns honors as a top Cornell co ed from Monticello. a runaway team damages a buggy but causes no major harm. Obituary reports Mrs. N. H. Cassady of Monticello dies in St. Lawrence South Dakota after long residence in Monticello and Miller.
W. J. Thompson of Clinton buys the garage next to Cross Hardware, takes possession, and plans oil and gas sales in nearby territory. Mrs. Thompson, formerly Miss Luella Nichols of Monticello, is noted as the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Nichols. Milton Stott left his post at Otin. William Sawyer will open an auto repair shop in the Brucks building near the Presbyterian church after Iowa Electric vacates. Ella Fay McCue of Monticello will chair the Weishea convocation committee at Iowa State College May 13 to 15, with a collegewide exhibition including a musical comedy and parade. Miss McCue, a senior in home economics, leads the assembly program for student events in the gym, while the Veishea name blends veterinary, engineering, industrial science, home economics, and agriculture.
Preparations begin for a Woman less Wedding sponsored by the P E O chapter at the public school auditorium on April 22 and 23 with Monticello men portraying all roles including the bride. The event aims to entertain while masking the identity of the blushing bride until show night. The same issue reports the Monticello library year end figures with 14 748 books circulated and 63 magazines held, plus 1 293 borrowers.
Monticello schools resume after spring vacation with civics geography and arithmetic classes led by Mrs Fraser Mr Whitford and Supt Mahansah Updates include senior play Nothing But the Truth a three act comedy by James Montgomery tryouts and rehearsals slated for April 12 West Union band director Galen Mirick receives praise from the Argo Gazette for his work with the school orchestra Engagements weddings and local club activities are reported along with a Monticello High accreditation continuation until 1927 and baseball season preparations by Hopkinson Oxford and local fans.
The speaker announces candidacy for Jones county supervisor starting January 1, 1928 and notes the Republican primary on June 7, 1926. The candidate requests voters support, signing S M. Hosford.
Public notice states the barber shop will relocate on and after April 19 to the basement of the Jones County bank building at 41-4 Ray Hearn, updating the business address and premises.
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