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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1927

Page

9

Local Visitors Reported Across Iowa and Illinois

Local residents and visitors circulated through Farley Cedar Rapids Dubuque Des Moines and other towns this week. Names include James Lahey W P Kelly Kate Adama Enez Beach and Edna Eilers among many business and social visits. Local ads promote feed poultry equipment radios and belt lacing supplies.

Local notes and ads from Monticello area April week listings

Monticello area social items include Velma Wichola visit with sister Mrs Charles Luett. Velma Nichols and others visiting Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids visitors to Monticello. many local calls to buy Goodyear belts and nursery stock. Miss Thelma Smith and Adele Wilkens visiting. Stuhler's Grocery promotes chick feed and farm goods. city to host 12 Monticello Concert band performances starting June 2.

Thelma Smith Cedar Rapids Monticello High School

Easter Services And Local Community Notices In Monticello

Regular Easter services at the Presbyterian church feature a special program of song and story. Ed W Price Co of Chicago showcases woolens at Stablers on April 22 and 23 with an expert tailor on site for measurements. Various social events, sales, and local updates fill Monticello reports, including bridge clubs, charity notes, and community milestones.

St. Elizabeth Society of the Sacred Heart Church Adv Ed W. Price & Co Chicago Stablers Presbyterian Church Ed Y. Price & Co

Monticello school program and senior play cast listed

Last Friday morning the Beyouth grade entertained the assembly with singing led by Dorothy Coe and a reading by Elmer Aebi. A short Huckleberry Finn dramatization featured Tom Sawyer by William Kettlitz and Tuck Finn by Richard Calkins with Nat and Jim roles. A group of negro singers accompanied by Otto Riedel performed Southern songs. The senior class play Green Stockings by Mason is set for May 13 with a large cast and staff listed. Field trips, visitors, and a physical education demonstration were described, along with the Philomathean Society canceling an Athenian meeting. The honor roll for the fourth period includes seniors Ruth Cropp and Camille Goings, among others.

Dorothy Coe Monti High Elmer Aebi Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn William Kettlitz Tom Sawyer Richard Calkins Tuck” Finn Leo Marmis Nat Fred Kreeb Jim Otto Riedel Green Stockings Mason Admiral Grice Harold van Voltenburg William Faraday Robert Rickless Colonel Smith Margaret Balster Helen Lieneman Hdna Oltman Paul Meyer Mary Aebi Berniece Woellert Miss Sherwood Betty Haeussler Washington High School Olive Slauson Philomathean Literary Society Hopkinton Ruth Cropp Camille Goings Carl Hartman Robert Ricklefs Jayne Shover Gladys Stickford Helen van Buren Esther Zimmerman Claude Appleby Evelyn Eby Dale Greenawald Anna Hanken Avelda Hanssen Henry Heyen Katherine Jacque Beth Lightfoot Ruth Matthiessen Gladys Shelley Lena Bartels Alma Buol Kate Hanken Viola Hogan Laura Koop Mary Lovell Mildred Pulver Helen Rohr Lucia Schoon Laura Sinclair Ruth van Buren Patline Widmer Mary Eileen Curtis Moncrief

Death Claims William Lange After Mastoid and Brain Fever

William Edward Lange of Scotch Grove township died at John McDonald hospital last Monday afternoon from brain fever and spinal meningitis following mastoid trouble that began March 25. He was married to Violet Carr on March 31, 1919 and leaves two sons Leo and Irvin, his mother Mrs. August Miller, and many siblings. Funeral services were held yesterday at the family home and Scotch Grove Presbyterian church led by Rev. George Long.

William Edward Lange Eby’s Mill Scotch Grove Township John McDonald McDonald Hospital Mr. Lange August Miller Violet Carr Leo Irvin Fred Coliman Tripp South Dakota Ora Scott Madrid Emily Gordon Olin Miss Gordon Cook County Illinois William P Minerva Gordon Gordon George W. Gordon H. R. Gordon Sterling Nebraska R. E. Gordon Anamosa H. F. Gordon Mount Vernon C. E. Gordon Marion Rev Bainbridge United Brethren Church

Christian Endeavor District Convention Closes in Cedar Rapids

The Tenth district Iowa Christian Endeavor convention ended at the Congregational church with 130 delegates from Anamosa Cedar Rapids Davenport Marion Mount Vernon Center Junction Coggon Monticello. Ralph Cutler of Cedar Rapids was praised as past president and Rev Bruce West gave the keynote closing address.

Christian Endeavor Tenth District Iowa Congregational Church Attamosa Cedar Rapids Davenport Marion Mount Vernon Center Junction Coggon Monticallo Ralph Cutler Cedar Rapida Helen Rehorst Montichello Tom Fred Campbell Everett Robie Des Moines C. S. Williams Town City Harriet Rohn Monticello Kentucky Bruce West Olivet Presbyterian Church Avelda Hanssen Eewin Lightfoot Zarita Peters John Steyne Reformed Church Mountain Top Dwight Hastings Coggan Marion Hale Anamosa Cecelia Franke Florence C. Chapin Ida Wilcox Masonic Temple Harold Walrath James Stauffacher

Longtime Wayne Township resident Gerd Rickels dies at 73

Gerd Rickels of Wayne township died at Mercy hospital Anamosa after an operation in early March. He was born February 2 1866 in Marx Ostfriesland Germany and married to Taalke Margareta Tobiassen on February 2 1876. He survived by his widow and nine children with three deceased. Funeral plans were not yet set.

Gerd Rickels Wayne Township Mercy Hospital Anamosa Mr. Rickels Marx Ostfriesland Germany Hinrich Gesche Marie Rickels Taalke Margareta Tobiassen Oetken Rickels John Hagen Michael Tobiassen Henry Rickels Gerhard Rickels Tobias Folkers John Rickels Oscar Ambuehl John Poppe William Rickels Amber J. Willms Zion’s Lutheran Church

James Wilson Sends Upbeat Letter From Spirit

Friends received letters from James Wilson stating he was feeling fine and in spirit as good as Tunney, whom he had seen.

James Wilson Neee Tunney

Mrs Steiner to Attend Luncheon in Hopkinton

Mrs A W Steiner plans to attend a one o clock luncheon at the home of Mrs James McConnell in Hopkinton tomorrow. The notice also mentions favorable wages for Mrs J W Doxeee.

A. W. Steiner James McConnell Hopkinton

Monticello Country Club to Hold Special Meeting Tonight

A special Monticello Country Club meeting is scheduled at 8 p.m. at the public library for stockholders and interested parties. New directors and officers will be elected and dues discussed as a committee presents restructuring and improvement plans.

Country Club Monticello Country Club Monticello

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