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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1934
Page
3
Community notices recount April gatherings at Folkers and Hagen homes celebrating family milestones. Meetings include the Amber Presbyterian church and Rainbow club with plans for a mother and daughter banquet. News covers visitors, baptisms, farm bureau plans, occasional travels, and a new Plymouth car update.
Castle Grove resident Hiller announced plans to run for county supervisor for the term beginning January 1925 on the Republican ticket. He is described as a potential valuable board member. The church schedule lists next Sunday mass at 9 am at the Church of Immaculate Conception and a week of services to follow. Local social notes mention visits among residents including the Fisher and Hahn families, Balster, Van Buren, and McNeilly households, with various weekend gatherings. Conversations also cover school repairs and PWA labor wages, with the board opposing paying PWA workers more than other labor. The Castle Grove community ledger records multiple visits and acquaintances among area families and a forthcoming meeting of the Castle.
CCC members at Maquoketa camp week end. Birth at Mercy hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Alva Streeper, first child and grandchild for the Streeper and family. Astrumian club guest night at church with music and dramatic acts. Annual church meeting held with officer elections. Passages note the deaths of Mrs. J. R. Kennedy and a Perry family child Peggy Anne Hamilton. Senior class play Second Story Peggy set for Friday April 27 at the opera house.
Monticello residents offered a free car check using a new Allen Moator Tuner. The device tests 36 points to diagnose motor issues regardless of make or model. Art Madsen cited no sales pressure, urging timely tune ups to save on fuel and prevent accidents.
Public notice announces the appointment by the Jones county district court of George H. Paulsen as administrator of the estate of Robert H. Streeper deceased. Creditors must file sworn claims with the court and debtors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa Iowa April 3 1934. Attorneys Doxsee Doxsee and Heiserman.
Superintendent A B Grimes outlines Monticello High School activities from athletics to arts. He notes athletic costs are covered by receipts, with music and dramatics subsidizing deficits, and highlights a long history of student access to resources and community support for education.
The notice lists multiple churches St. Matthew's Lutheran St Joseph's Catholic Wayne Zion Sacred Heart St John's and Reformed with service times Sunday schools and devotions. It notes a bake sale April 28 and a sermon theme The Last Straw along with a question on enduring personal troubles.
Congregational Church conducts morning worship at 11 with theme The Output of Life and a Sunday conference delegation from Earlville. mother daughter banquet on April 26. Presbyterian Church invites worshipers as Rev Groesheim leads day school at 10 and morning service. Christian Endeavor at 6:45 led by Clarence Hearn and evening sermon Returning to Jerusalem. Methodist Episcopal notes Youth Sunday April 22 with music by Keith Dickey and sermon Jesus the Permanent Guide in Life. second quarterly conference April 24 presided by Dr G W Rowley.
There is still time for Mrs A B Grimes to receive a free package of Salada tea by calling at The Express office.
For sale native dimension lumber pasta cord wood and black wood. Inquiries to Amber Savings bank or Adolph Schoon Amber. Farmers' Grain Company Scotch Grove portable grain mill service Clover and timothy seed bought and sold. Soy bean seed prices and feed prices available. Phones Monticello Center Junction 95 322 556 90 1.
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