Local notes from Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns
A roundup of short items lists visitors and activities across Cedar Rapids Dubuque Monticello Hopkinton and nearby towns. Notables include Mrs Irving Tlintz and Mr and Mrs Wilbur Cartano visiting Cedar Rapids, Teeters in Dubuque, and Dr Reed in Cedar Rapids on legal business. Easter dinner at The Virginia Café and spring fashion at Devlin Millinery are noted along with births and local sales events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. E. Reed
Cedar Rapids
Wilbur Cartano
Monticello Express notes local visits and events
Local residents report visits to Cedar Rapids Oxford Junction and Monticello while families travel for illnesses and celebrations. bake sales church events and an Legion dance are announced along with spring repairs, farm notes and new births.
Town notices and social events fill Monticello week
Local ads announce Easter offerings at The Express shop Miss Belle Devlin carries Waster hats and Emil Rickless promotes curtains and clothing Husman McCrea line J LeRoy Farmer signs corn contracts and dairy talks knead community life as court business and a new Monticello siren debut unfold April programs and family losses WCT
Lovell township meetings list topics and local events
The Lovell township women meet next Saturday at the public library for talks on raising baby chicks followed by a nutrition lesson led by Mrs Meyers of Ames. The Own Your Own Room club plans a monthly library basement meeting with a program including roll call Country Girl's Creed and demonstrations of wallpaper and curtains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell Township Farm Bureau
Meyers
Towra State College of
Own Your Own Room Club
Lovell Township
Evelyn Eby
Mona Lightfoot
Ruthayes
Death of Monticello Teenager After Surgery
Benjamin Durst 17 son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Durst of Monticello died at John McDonald hospital after mastoid operation. He was a Monticello high school sophomore. Survived by parents brothers Alfred civil Cedar Rapids Robert and Warren Monticello. Funeral at Reformed church two o'clock with services at home first. Burial Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Durst
Leonard Durst
Monticello
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello High School
Alfred Durst
Cedar Rapids
Robert
Warren Durst
The
Reformed Church
Roland P. Kuentzel
Oakwood Cemetery
Senior class picnic and school notes at Monticello
The Monticello high school community reports a Friday night picnic at the dam with games and photos. Miss Hoy directs the play Clarence to premier May first, while seniors study electricity and exhibit crafts. Teachers attended a Waterloo convention. Janet Young and Bernice Podhaski visited, and Philomathean discussed The Maker of Dreams. A Kinder Little Red Hen play impressed, and Mr Sloan injured rolling a heavy oil barrel. recovery hoped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Dam
Miss Hoy
Clarence
Mahannah
Whitford
Pierrot
Robert Ricklefs
Twedl EU Piorette
Imogene Skeley
Bernice van Voltenburg
Jian Zimmerman
Miss Knapp
Fraser
Sloan
Teachers Study Center Hosts Monticeto Event
The dast study center will be held at the Montiecto high school building on Saturday April 11 starting at 380 sharp with an afternoon session at 1 30. Teachers should bring notebooks and pencils. Mrs Blanche Whitford will present physical education and Prof George Hendrickson will present mature study. Nellie Vo Morey Co Supt Mrs A Buckley aged 97 celebrated her 1st year of residence in Straw berry Point combining that anniversary with her 97th birthday in a town gathering. Mrs Buckley is mother of the wife of ex Senator Byron W Newbury. Three other daughters assisted in the festivities. Miss Susan McMahon recovering at Mercy hospital in Anamosa plans to return home next week after a long rest. Her friends in Monticello rejoice at her good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montiecto High School
Blanche Whitford
George Hendrickson
Nellie Vo Morey
A. Buckley
Strawberry Point
Susan McMahon
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Miss McMahon
Monticello
Sioward Lawrence Hosford
Amanda Hosford
Washington, D. C
Lillian Lambert Wagner
Wichita
Kansas
Sean Lambert
William Murchhie
BE. C. Lambert
What Cheer
Town State University
Amember
Rho
Gamma Phi Leta Sorority
P. KO
Hosford
Monticello High School
Northwestern University
Sigma Chi Fraternity
North
Garfield Place
Memphis
Tennessee
Long Lines Department
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Happenings in Monticello Discussed by Local Rotarians
Monticello Rotarians held a weekly meeting at Maples Inn last Monday evening. After the business session, Master Otto Riedel played violin with George Richard Guyan at the piano, receiving hearty encores. J J Locher gave a humorous talk on early Monticello happenings, recalling many funny boyhood moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Fire destroys large Monticello area barn and stock
A Sunday evening blaze on the Andrew Ambuehl farm three miles east of Monticello on the Cascade road consumed a 72 foot barn and its contents. Loss included 11 young cattle, 30 tons of hay, bushels of small grain, and farm machinery. Fire chief noted eastern wind limited spread. Insurance with the Lozher agency totaled 1,600 dollars, not full coverage. Also reported wedding news: Sloward Lawrence Hosford, former Monticello boy, wed Lillian Lambert Wagner in Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Ambuehl
Monticello
Cascade Road
Ambuehl
Locher Agency
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Orry
JW. Doxsee Chas
A. Doxseer
Paris
Fifth Avenue
Burrichter
Irving Tlintz
Fyes
Redmond
M. HH. ‘Teeter
Dubuque
Edison
Locher
Winchester
McNeill
M. Th, Teeter
Winchester Paints
Frank Locher
Max Specht
Robert Hogan
Davenport
Gulbransen Pliver Pianos
Virginia Cafe
Elmer Brockaw
EYES
R. A. Ricklefs
Oxford Junction
Devlin
Minnie Lewis
Wyoming
Albert Smith
Mount Vernon
J. W. Hoult
R. R
W. G. Parsons
Harry Maire
E. J. Warley
F.1d. Crcutt
Gracia
Cross Hardware Co
Vincent Redmond
Hopkinton
Vivian Qenish
Lenox College
Misa Della Balch
Elgin,llinois
Imogene Stuhler
T. F. Denkhoff
Clifford McDaniel
Amanda L Hosford
Washington, D.C
Sarah Hosford
Emery Snyder
Sam Rhatigan
Charles Brown
Burlington
Illinois
Alexander Davidson
Sioux City
Cartany
Iowa
Oaltle
Soad
Wilbur ‘Cartino
Jean Ann
Methodist Church
Rundle Building
Duncan Dreibelbis
Guan Scotch Grove
Rickless
Klondike
McNeill's
Fred Brokens
Manchester
Fred J. Kay
A. J. Rickless
Charles Fields
Charles
James McAleer
Lisbon
Anton Locher
Rudolph Tobiason
St. Augustine
Florida
Kitty Sutherland
Yeasterday
Miss Jean Sutherland
Cole
Ladies of the Reformed Church
B.J. Farley
Thelma Smith
Alice Bowie
Ben Durst
St. Elizabeth Society of the Sacred Heart Church
Denkhot
Albert J. Stuhler
James Bender, Jr
W. W. Stickford
the Xpress
Crass Hardware Co
Will First
Walter First
Eugene and
Clifford
Marie Reuter
Herman Rickless
Scotch Grove Township
McDonned Hospital
Frances Coyle
Mike Cavie
American Legion
A. G. Gray
Muscatine
Alice B. Cowan
Bedford Public Schools
George Cowan
George Hubbard
Chirksville
Dear A. Hubbard
Colin G. Thomas
Thomas
McNeil’s Hardware
Fred L. Mahannah
Paul Daake
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Bernice Rodman
Waverly
Mrs. I. M. Rodman
Thomas Shafer
Peoria
Fairgrounds
Jani Mintz
Florence Noble
Mary Stadtmuedler
Coe College
Rex Ricklefs
Roy
Josephine
Robert Nicklets
0. H. Brainard
Iowa City
G. G. Thomas
Mary Heyen
State University Hospital
John Hogen
I G. Burrichter
the Express
M. S. Smith
Jess
Sand
Irvin Leggatt
Daugher
Peter Kerrigan
Cedar Rapida
Emma Grote
Rockford
Illinoia
J. B Zimmerman
Peacock Shop
Belle Devlin
Emil C. Rickless
John Marshall
Mattison
Uncls
William Marshall
Star Meat Market
William B. Allen
Miami
Billy
Ladies of St. John’s Lutheran Church
J. B. Zimmerman Clothing Store
Herman King
Central City
R. . Reed
John Schweitzer
Oscar Newton
Geraldine Brainard
Rockwell
Cass Township
K A. Iverson
Elsworth
Petersen
John Heyen
Langworthy
McDonald Hospital
McDonald
al G. Gray
Soldiers’ Memorial
Floyd Johnson
Waterloo
Rickless' Dry Goods Company
Husman & McCrea
Express
Adele Wilkens
Chicago Heights
George Wilkens
Miss Wilkens
George A. Hauck
Tucson
Arizona
Arcadia
Wisconsin
F. J. Gestel
J. LeRoy Farmer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Mr. Farmer
Nee
Jixpress
Anderson
Adolph Egger
U. S. District Court
Franklin Barn Equipment Co
Wniter
Pred L. Mahannah
C. Q. Thomas
B. C. Roberts
Ray Nehternacht
Harding
Robert Howie, Jr
Robert Howie
Castle Grove Township
George Stahler’s Sons Co
Merle Cass
Grace M. Tisserand
Center Grove Methodist Church
Miss Tisserand
Fandeville
Rozina Tisserand
J. H. Barr
Center Grove Church
Miles R. Landis
State Railway Commission
Maquoketa
Cass Bus
Landis
Bullock
Onslow
J. J. Locher
John (Koozy) McKeever
Francis Murray
Dugz" Bertling
Honnie" Kiburg
Id. Marugg
McKeever
Honnie” Kiburz
Hd Maruge
Jfrancis Murray
Wd Maruge
Jazz" Bertling
Paul Steiner
Teachers’ Study Center
A. J. H. McNeill
Jerry and
Ter
Dane Drchestra
Towa
Marshall & Marshall
Lowell State Bank
Buick
F. W. Page
J. B. Zimmerman
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