Cooking School Ready To Open In Monticello Opera House
The Monticello Express sponsors a four session cooking school at the opera house today tomorrow and Saturday. Miss Gladys Looney will demonstrate new recipes and methods while vendors display kitchen equipment. Prizes include eight market baskets of groceries and other gifts. No seat reservations. bring pencil paper and notebooks.
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The
Monticello
Gladys Looney
Town Electric Company
General Electric
Iverson Furniture Store
the Express
Mrs. J. T. Lanigan Buried In Seattle
Mrs. J T Lanigan died March 24 at 1012 Queen Anne Ave Seattle WA aged 70 funeral held March 26 at St Anne Church Rev Maurice Galvin presiding burial at Calvary cemetery She had lived in Seattle since 1927 and led local Democratic and Diocesan clubs She was born Katherine Drees married in May 1911 and is survived by her husband a brother and three sisters
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J. T. Lanigan
Monticello
Queen Anne Avenue
Seattle
Wash
St. Anne Church
Maurice Galvin
Calvary Cemetery
Lanigan
Nell Campbell
Los Angeles
C. J. Maggy
Kellogg
Idaho
Center Junction Bank Notice Has Been Quashed
The stockholders meeting to vote on dissolving Center Junction Savings Bank has been canceled by officers and directors. The notice was premature and the matter will be held in abeyance until a later time.
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Center Junction Bank
Center Junction Savings Bank
Hubbard Funeral Parlor Sold To L A Iverson
E A Hubbard sold his stock of caskets and equipment to L A Iverson last Friday due to the illness of George Hubbard who has severe heart complications and has been confined to bed for ten days. Iverson now has an unusually large selection of caskets.
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E. A. Hubbard
L. A. Iverson
George Hubbard
Automobiles in Iowa Must Buy Licenses by May First
Delinquent automobile licenses must be purchased before May 1 under a ruling by C W Storms state auditor. About 000 trucks and automobiles in Iowa bear last year’s plates. Law shifts license due date from January 1 to May 1 next year. delinquent owners will be listed by county treasurers for the motor vehicle department. The department urges obtaining 1933 licenses soon, noting the state may seize vehicles without current licenses but will not strictly enforce.
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C. W. Storms
Iowa
State Motor Vehicle Department
State Department
Jones County Spelling Contest Set For April 15
The annual Jones county spelling contest will be held in the Anamosa high school auditorium next Saturday at 2 p.m. An admission of 10 cents will be charged. A short program precedes the contest featuring piano solos, songs, duets, and readings by local youth from Scotch Grove, Wayne, Hale, Castle Grove, and other areas. Contenders representing various schools compete to crown the Jones county champion.
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Jones County
Anamosa
Jean McNeilly
Scotch Grove
Alivia Weers
Washington
Myron Workman
West Corner
Clarence Hosford
Castle Grove
Lois Tobiason
Wayne
Caroline
Avert Kiburz
Roy Martin
Greenfield Center
Ida Louise Brokens
Iaa Petersen
Hale
Elmer Stutt
Reynold Fishwild
Pleasant Ridge
Joyce Porter
Jackson Center
Velda Toenjes
Cass
Dorothy Otten
Fred Woellert Dies After Illness at McDonald Hospital
Fred Woellert died at McDonald Hospital last Saturday after a three week illness. He was brother of John Woellert. Funeral services were held in Earlville last Monday. He had visited Monticello many times and friends here mourn his passing.
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Fred Woellert
John Woellert
McDonald Hospital
Mr. Woellert
Earlville
Monticello
Achievement Day Observed by Jones County Farm Bureau Women
The annual Achievement day at the Presbyterian church in Monticello highlighted a 99 percent score for the Fairview township home and grounds exhibit after the first year of the home management course. Twenty additional townships were recognized as part of Mrs May Larson's Ames extension program.
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Fairview
Farm Bureau
Jones County
Presbyterian Church
Monticello
May Larson
Ames Extension Department
Greenfield
Bine
Wyoming
Larson
Jones
Reading
Miss Georgia Cramer of Upper Iowa University Guest at Fayette
Miss Georgia Cramer a senior at Upper Iowa University Fayette visited the home of Miss Bertha Schatz this week. She teaches German in her second year at the university, is blind, and has earned her education despite great difficulties. She previously graduated from the College for the Blind at Vinton.
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Georgia Cramer
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Bertha Schatz
Cramer
Miss Cramer
College For the Blind
Vinton
Prairieburg Gets New Express Correspondent
Miss Ernese J Camne of Prairieburg has joined The Express as correspondent for the community. Her first letter appears this week and readers are urged to send news by mail or phone. Miss Alice Reed, music supervisor for Mediapolis schools, visited with her mother over the weekend, accompanied by Miss Louise Case.
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Ernese J. Camne
Prairieburg
the Express
The
Express
Alice Reed
Mediapolis Public
E. E. Reed
Louise Case
Mediapolis
Easter Programs Planned by Monticello Churches Next Sunday
Monticello churches prepare Easter observances for April 16. Congregational church will host 8 AM communion and 11 AM Easter services. St Matthew’s Lutheran to hold its regular double service. Sacred Heart, Reformed Church, and Presbyterian pageant events follow with choir pieces, readings, and an Easter pageant Life Immortal.
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Monticello
Congregational Church
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Sacred Heart Church
Haller
Reformed Church
Presbyterian Church
Christ
Jesus
Jairus
Nain
Lazarus
Monticello Janitor Billy Sloan Heads 50 Years of Service
Ruth G. Van Buren profiles Monticello public school janitor William Sloan who marks his fiftieth wedding anniversary next Saturday and his forty fifth year at the district school. since 1889 he has worked across three buildings witnessing a century of changes in the school system.
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Billy
Monticello
William Sloan
Hattie L. Specht
E. F
Reel
Maurices
Stahlers
Ricklers
Monticello Library Report Shows Strong Readership
The Monticello public library’s 1932 33 annual report notes 24 557 books circulated an increase of 1 500 from the prior year with an average of 80 books borrowed daily and juvenile titles accounting for 39 percent. Donations from W G McConnon and three literary clubs expanded shelves and services.
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Monticello
W. G. McConnon
Good Friday Services Tomorrow At 2 O Clock
Large crowd attended the first Holy Week service at the Methodist church last Sunday. Dr. D I Berger of Dubuque University delivered an inspiring message. Communion services and a Good Friday service are planned for tomorrow from 2:00 to 3:00 pm at the Congregational church. Public invitation.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
D. I. Berger
Dubuque University
Congregational Church
Youth Escapes Death In Akron Dirigible Crash
John Stone of Central City survived an Atlantic crash last week Tuesday when off duty from the Akron dirigible. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Stone.
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Akron
U. S
John Stone
Leonard Stone
Central City
Atlantic
Directors Chosen for Monticello Baseball Club
At a Monticello State Bank meeting seven directors were chosen for the Monticello Baseball Club with Lee Byerly named league and local director and to manage the Monticello team. Other directors include M F Hogan Linfred Hauss Frank Ferring Ralph Lambert Clarence Matthiessen and Harry Maire. The group voted to cut gate admission to 25 cents and drop Sunday doubleheaders. Independence favored joining the league, while Anamosa and Guttenberg have not acted. If all three join the league would reach seven teams: Monticello Manchester Dyersville Cascade Guttenberg Independence Anamosa. A Maquoketa Valley league meeting occurred last night in Manchester with results to be reported next week.
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Monticello State Bank
Lee Byerly
Monticello
Lee
Dr. M. F. Hogan
Linfred Hauss
Frank Ferring
Ralph Lambert
Clarence Matthiessen
Harry Maire
Cascade
Manchester
Dyersville
Guttenberg
Independence
Anamosa
Maquoketa
Reconstruction Finance Loans to Banks in Iowa
Washington dispatch reports the Reconstruction Finance Corporation authorized February loans totaling 5 856 626 55 to the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation at Sioux City. Iowa banks received 1 904 306 45 with Cascade State Bank 50 000 Clinton City National Bank 277 000 Dubuque Consolidated National Bank 620 000 Morley Jones County Savings Bank 3399 83.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Agricultural Credit Corporation
Sioux City
Iowa
Cascade
Cascade State Bank
Clinton
City National Bank
Dubuque
Consolidated National Bank
Morley
Jones County Savings Bank
Dr Charles R Keyes Spoke In Chicago Seminar
Dr Charles R Keyes spoke at the central session of the American Anthropological Association in Chicago last week. He presented A Division of the Town Archaeological Map and is director of the Town Archaeological Survey and a German professor at Cornell College Mount Vernon.
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Charles R. Keyes
Karl M. Keyes
Monticello
American Anthropological Association
Chicago
University of Chicago
Keyes
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Occurrences From Monticello Express April 1908
A historical list notes births marriages and deaths in Monticello and nearby townships. Highlights include A L Krafts daughter born April 5, William Cooper and Anna Egger wed April 2, Walter Hall and Louisa Etten wed April 7, Emma Ricken dies at 6, 4 months, and the Sloan twenty fifth anniversary with silver gifts. Additional items record confirmations at Zion Lutheran Wayne Twp clerkship Matilda Jacobs hiring Deatrick store Jerome Brazelton to Hopkinton creamery Bendix Mettler dies aged 68 baby arm fracture John Livingstone dies in Montana Nicholas Holst and Toni Rohwedder wed April 29 Alaska death telegram for Adolph Miller.
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A. L. Kraft
William Cooper
Diamond Creamery Company
Anna Egger
John Egger
Castle Grove Township
B. &. Gruenstein
Walter Hall
Louisa Etten
Gruenstein
Tobias Ricken
Emma R. Ricken
Wiliam Sloan
J. A. Douttick
John Roof
John Livingstone
Montana
Nicholas Holst
Toni Rohwedder
Scotch Grove
Wyoming Township
Adolph Miller
Alaska
Miller
Jones County Sunday School Institute Program Highlights
The event at the Contrerational church on Sunday April 2 features a full day of devotional talks, optional leadership study, and student-led sessions. Rev. F L Prov an and Rev Earl Hodgkin lead morning devotions while O G Herbrecht coordinates leadership topics and an open forum. Forty George Washington Chapter DeMolay members attended morning services.
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Ohie Sessor
F. L. Provan
Miss Cunningham
Riess Stuhler
Miss Thornhill
Harry Holcomb
O. G. Herbrecht
Earl Hodgkin
H. OD. Green
Tuno of
Onslow
O. G. Herprecht
Lloyd Dutro
George Washington Chanter
Order of DeMolay
DeMolay Boys
Express Readers To Patronize Cooking School Advertisers
The Express features display ads from local merchants and national manufacturers for the 1933 cooking school. Miss Looney and Mrs Timmins will present each article and its sale through the cooking school offices. Fine weather on Saturday invites brisk pre Easter trading days.
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the Express
Cooking School
Governor Declines Proclaiming Child Health Day
Governor Clyde Herring did not issue a proclamation designating May 1 as Child Health Day and urged statewide action to highlight child health importance.
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Clyde Herring
Lovell Wins Honors at Nebraska University Convocation
Miss Mary F. Lovell eldest daughter of Major and Mrs Ll W Lovell of Monticello received honors at the University of Nebraska Lincoln last Monday. She ranked in the upper ten percent of her class at the annual honors convocation and is a senior in the college of arts and sciences.
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Mary F. Lovell
Ll. W. Lovell
Monticello
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Lovell
College of Arts and Sciences
University
Odd Names Found In Catholic Clergy Directory
The Rev. William Holub notes amusing name variety among U S Catholic clergy using the Official Catholic Directory. He cites many priests named Adams Washington Taylor Wilson and others, noting biblical and national names across dioceses from Davenport to Buffalo and Notre Dame, ending with a blessing request to Monsignor Blessing.
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Richard Washington
Old Point Comfort
Adams
Arthur
Grant
Hayes
Harrison
Hoover
Harding
Jackson
Johnson
McKinley
Monroe
Pierce
Polk
Tyler
Taylor
Wilson
Davenport
Adam
Kane
Abel
Colorado
Indiana
Michigan
Abraham
Carlisle
Kentucky
Jacob
David
Sampson
Daniel
Solomon
Wilkes-Barre
Shannon
Grace
Mathew
Mark
Luke
John
Father Temple
Father Tower
Bell
Abbey
Cleburne
Texas
Abbott
Prior
Aurora
Innocent
Divine
Cadiz
Ohio
Hazard
Father Hope
Notre Dame University
Monsignor Blessing
Providence
Rhode Island
Monticello Orchestra Wins District Contest at Waterloo
The Monticello high school orchestra took first place in the Town district music contest at Waterloo last Saturday. James Ricklefs earned a superior for clarinet solo, with three other solos rated superior. The group will advance to the state contest in Iowa City in May under the leadership of Frank Royden.
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Waterloo
James Rickless
Town City
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Pauline Oltman
Robert Spooner
Roy Ricklefs
Gerald Sehoon
James Ricklefs
Betty Kay
Monticrllo
Vinton
Monticcllo
West High Auditorium
East High Auditorium
Oelwein
Toledo
K. Forbes
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
J. R. Gillett
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Abe Pepinsky
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
LeMars
Frank Royden
Royden
J H Johnson's Funeral Held At Wayne Tuesday
J H Johnson longtime Jones county resident died April 8 at Cass township farm after a paralysis stroke. Born August 16 1860 in Oldenburg Germany he was 72 years 8 months and 25 days old. Survived by sons Henry and Carl of Cass township and daughter Mrs Emma Hastings of Cedar Rapids. Funeral at Zion's Lutheran church Wayne township at 10 30 Tuesday led by Rev J Willms.
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Jon Henry Evers Johnson
Jones County
Cass Township
Oldenburg
Germany
United States
Katherine Margaret Hulls
Scotch Grove
Johnson
Monticello
Henry
Carl
Emma Hastings
Cedar Rapids
Zion's Lutheran Church
Wayne Township
J. Willms
Young Man Must Serve A Ten Year Sentence
Claude Stanley 22 of Panora was arrested eight miles east of Manchester last week after allegedly stealing T. D. May's automobile. He is sent to the Anamosa reformatory April 5, having been on parole from the institution and working near Anamosa since February. He allegedly stole May's truck, rode a bread truck to Manchester, then stole another car. He must finish a ten year sentence dating from 1929.
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Claude Stanley
Panora
Manchester
T. D. May
Reformatory
Anamosa
Stanley
Dubuque
Master George Stuhler Fractures His Leg
Last week at play Master George Stuhler son of Mr and Mrs Riess Stuhler fractured a leg. He fell while playing with his sister Jane. The bone was reduced quickly and he is expected to be playing again soon with the bull pup Sneokums.
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George Stuer
Rs. Riess Stuhler
George
Jane
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