Annual Cooking School Closes in Monticello Attendance High
The 7th annual cooking school of The Bon tienue Express wrapped up last Saturday at the opera house after three days April 13 14 and 16 led by Miss Gladys Looney home economist. Attendance rose with 371 guests Thursday 473 Friday and 489 Saturday from adjacent towns and Wyoming high school domestic science students. Awards and prizes were given by Mrs George Timmins with assistance from Little Miss Patty Bond and others as gifts such as a birthday cake pie and grocery baskets were distributed. Plans for a fall cooking school are already in the works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aene
Opera House
Gladys Looney
Monticello
Wyoming High School
Mildred Deischer
Looney
George Timmins
Patty Bond
G. Schoon
Mary Esther McLaughlin
Helen Jolly
Antonette Doxsee
Wilbur Doxsee
Towa Electric Company
Ed Eggers Receives Three Year Reformatory Sentence
Edwin Eggers of Monticello pleaded guilty in Jones county district court to conspiring to commit a felony. Judge H C Ring sentenced him to three years at hard labor in Anamosa reformatory with parole to his Minneapolis mother upon good behavior. Eggers, tied to stealing several chickens used in a pool hall youth feed, has been jailed in Anamosa since the offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Eggers
Monticello
H. C. Ring
Jones County
Anamosa
Marvin Levien
Yemiency
Eggers
Minneapolis
Minn
State Sunday School Convention At Independence
Town hosts the State Sunday School Convention from April 26 to 28 at Independence. Noted speakers include Dr. Garvin of Dubuque University and Dr. Magill of the International Council of Re Education. A 60 voice Independence chorus and Grundy County chorus will provide special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Dr. Garvin
Dubuque University
Magill
International Council of Re- Education
Cal Singers of Independence
Richland Township pupil wins county spelling title
Paul McGrane of Richland Township rural school number 6 captured first place at the Jones county spelling contest, advancing to the state contest in Des Moines. Irene Freese of Wayne Township was second on acc eleration, while Mary Esther McLaughlin of Castle Grove Township placed fourth. the event drew about 250 spectators with a musical program before the spelling contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Paul McGrane
Richland Township
Des Moines
Irene Freese
Wayne Township
McGrane
Mary Esther McLaughlin
Mra
W. D. McLaughlin
Castle Grove Township
Nellie V. Morey
Valley League Elects Officers
John Layton of Manchester is elected president of the Maquoketa Valley league for the coming year. Frank Lees of Cascade becomes vice president. Goose Gosling of Manchester named secretary and treasurer and statistician. Independence is voted in, six teams to operate: Monticello Manchester Guttenberg Cascade Dyersville Independence. Season to start May 14 with a meeting in Dyersville to finalize schedule. mới
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hogan
John Layton
Manchester
Maquoketa Valley League
Linfred Hauss
Monticello
Frank Lees
Cascade
Goose” Gosling
Guttenberg
Dyersville
Independence
Camp Fire Group Hosts Style Show And Handcraft Exhibit
Mothers and friends of the Tam anila Camp Fire group gathered at Frances Ellen Bone’s home for a style show by twenty girls modeling school and dress outfits and camp toys. Kathleen Carlsen provided music. Judges named Helen Jolly Lilian Locher Betty Thomas and Kathleen Hogan as top portrayers. Guests viewed a Camp Fire handcraft exhibit after punch and wafers, with strong interest from Cedar Rapids observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamanila
Frances Ellen Bone
Kathleen Carlsen
Helen Jolly
Lilian Locher
Betty Thomas
Kathleen Hogan
Cedar Rapids
Monticello Awards Five Beer Permits
The Monticello city council approved class B beer permits for Maurice Maire Bartlett and Fluckiger Yousse Brothers Evaline M. Lambert and Fred J Kay. Class C permits for George B Stuhler's Sons E C Ricklefs and Robertson Brothers. Lambert restaurant first to serve beer yesterday morning. Regulations under the new act noted in this week's Express legislative news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Maurice Maire
Bartlett & Fluckiger
Yousse Brothers
Evaline M. Lambert
Fred J. Kay
George B Stuhler’s Sons Company
E. C C. Ricklefs
Robertson Brothers
Lambert Restaurant
the Express
Meyer Marmis Involved In Auto Accident
Meyer Marmis driving a family truck at six am last Saturday between Amber and Anamosa when a cutter key detached from the steering gear causing the vehicle to run into a ditch. He suffered a head cut and a tractor was needed to pull the truck from the deep roadside ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer Marmis
Marmis
Amber
Anamosa
Meyer
Cake contest draws many entries at local cooking school
The Express sponsored a cake baking contest for girls fourteen years old or under on the first day of the cooking school last week. First prize went to Constance Naylor of Scotch Grove, with Leona Taylor of Monticello honored for effort.
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the Express
Constance Naylor
Scotch Grove
Leona Taylor
Monticello
Jones County Receives Unemployment Relief
Jones County earns about $2800 in relief funds from the RFC to be used for public works. About forty men work on projects with eight hour days and eight cents per hour. The committee urges property owners to undertake repairs now to absorb surplus labor and reduce future taxation burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
A. Q O. Jones
J. W. Conmey
Glen McLaughlin
Anamosa
Ralph Bone
F. E. Stimson
Monticello
G. W. Ireland
Wyoming
E. M. Russell
Mechanicaville
A. O. Sones
County Emergency Relief Committee
Marriage of Miss Helma A Mieras and Raymond T Moore
The couple wed last week Wednesday at 6 30 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Leon A Meyer in Cedar Rapids A Rev Ermil B Frye officiated The bride wore an Eleanor blue gown with Alencon lace The groom attended by Frank L Kinch Jr and Miss Jamis line Mieras served as bridesmaid After a wedding dinner twelve guests were hosted in the Jefferson room of the Hotel Roosevelt The newlyweds plan a short motor trip then will reside at 1115 Second Avenue Southeast after April 20 Both families attended the ceremony Moore is a graduate of Iowa State Teachers College and a salesman for Equitable Life Insurance Moore formerly lived in Monticello
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helma A. Mieras
Raymond T. Moore
Leon A. Meyer
Cedar Rapids
Ermil B. Frye
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
Jessamine Mieras
Frank L. Kinch, Jr
J. E. Mieras
Maurice
Coe College
Chi Omega Sorority
Moore
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Alpha Delta Alpha Fraternity
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
New York
Monticello
Contempt fined for Dr Breen in Oxford Junction court
Dr William Breen of Oxford Junction was fined 300 dollars plus costs after being found guilty of contempt of court for violating a liquor injunction. The session also granted divorces for Laura Rickels, Dorothy Lindmeier, and Irene Oe, dismissed the Hancock Mutual Insurance foreclosure, approved foreclosures in Wherry vs Vaughn, and set April 25 for Hearings in bank and landlord cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Breen
Oxford Junction
Laura Rickels
William Rickels
Monticello
Dorothy Lindmeier
J. F. Lindmeier
Irene Oe
Harold Fisher
Marle
The
Hancock Mutual Insurance Company
Charles Ballou
W. G. Wherry
A. A. Vaughn
Henry Fishwild
Roush
F. L. Harrington
Ring
First Trust Joint Stock Land Bank Va
Joe Gorius
FE. Reddin
Anamosa National Bank
L. W. Russell
Winifred Russell
Express Readers Learn To Know Home Town News
A brief note encourages residents to be attentive to local coverage in The Express and to stay engaged with community happenings and announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Death of Leander Weldon Rigby at LaMoille Illinois
Word came this week of the death of Leander Weldon Rigby at his niece C H Garwell s home in LaMoille Illinois last Sunday April 16 at 6 pm after four weeks illness He was born February 12 1861 in Roanoke Indiana He funeralized and interred at LaMoille cemetery He lived with his niece for two years and is survived by three nieces and three nephews including Frank and William Jarrett of Monticello Mrs William Guilford Mrs George Keough of Cedar Rapids Taylor W Buttler of Waukesha Wisconsin and Mrs Garwell He was a faithful employee of the Franklin Equipment Company while living in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Weldon Rigby
C. H. Garwell
LaMollie
Illinois
Mr. Rigby
John L
Mary A Rigby
Roanoke
Ind
LaMoille
Rigby
Frank
William Jarrett
Monticello
William Guilford
George Keough
Cedar Rapids
Taylor W. Buttler
Waukesha
Wis
Garwell
Franklin Equipment Company
Monticello Creamery Stands Very High
Monticello creamery employees and management are praised after a 1932 state-wide comparison shows the Monticello plant paying .2236 per butter fat versus .2146 for large creameries and .2130 overall. Manufacturing cost at Monticello was .0144 per pound, nine one-thousandths less than the state average, with butterfat priced at 19 cents for late March and a higher first half of April price anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Farmers Mutual Creamery Company
Death by Chewed Dynamite Cap At Maquoketa
Hiram Merrick, 72, died in a Maquoketa hospital last Sunday evening from an explosion caused by chewing a dynamite cap. An inquest held Monday ruled the death an intentional explosion caused by Merrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Merrick
Maquoketa Hospital
Merrick
Silk Stockings at Ricklefs Reach 58 Cents
Ricklefs dry goods store advertises silk stockings at 58 cents a pair with a special offer. Shoppers urged to visit the shop for the unusually low price and service appeal.
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Ricklefs Dry Store
Death of Bartley Haller On Peter Meyer Farm
Bartley Haller died Tuesday evening following a seeder accident while working on the Peter Meyer farm near Monticello. He suffered a heart attack en route to Monticello hospital and died in the automobile. He was born about 1879 on a farm west of Monticello and leaves siblings Louise Blake Marie Quimby and several nephews and a niece. Funeral services will be held at the Reformed church next Sunday with Rev. Armin Tendick in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartley Haller
Peter Meyer
Meyer
C. G. Thomas
Monticello
Mr. Haller
John McDonald Hospital
John Haller
William Haller
Haller
William
John
Louise Blake
Swan River
Minn
Marie Quimby
Malden
Wash
Lyle
Seattle
Clinton
The
Reformed Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Armin Tendick
Grunow Refrigerator Sold By Matthiessens
The Grunow refrigerator is showcased at Matthiessen Auto and Supply with a new carrene refrigerant. It features few moving parts nine and a compact motor design, oilless bearings, and a durable cabinet finish that resists chipping and cracking. The ad promises a spacious interior and low maintenance.
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Grunow
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company
The
Express
Buol Sells 400 Bushels 99 66 Percent Pure Timothy Seed
Monticello farmer John Buol marketed 400 bushels of timothy seed tested by Iowa State College crops department at 99.66 percent pure. Seed contained Kentucky blue grass with no weed seeds. He sold to Farmers Mutual creamery of Monticello and Sand Spring.
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John Buol
Monticello
Iowa State College
Buol
Farmers Mutual Creamery
Sand Spring
Mr. Bud
Items Of Occurrences Thirty Years Ago April 1903
The Monticello Express records April 1903 events including Mrs Nelile Bevington leaving for Baltimore, Peter Prahm’s militia exam, a Lt. in Maquoketa, several deaths and births, public school enrollment at 611, a marriage in Monticello, Rev. Van Buren officiating, Mrs Mary E White’s death, library site votes, golden wedding plans of Mr and Mrs Behrends, cadet appointment to the Naval Academy, Raymond Thomas as academy alternate, a $200 burglary at D H Johnson & Company, and culprits captured in Fayette county after traveling on foot to Hopkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Nelile Bevington
Baltimore
William G. McConnon
Peter Prahm
Des Moines
49Th
Iowa Regiment
Maquoketa
John Arduser
Lovell Township
Brunke Saathoff
Edgar E. Himes
Monticello
Ora M. Pool
Monmouth
Methodist Church
W. E. van Buren
Mary E. White
E. A. Hubbard
Massachusetts
Lirary Board
Hogg
Henderson Corner
First Street
Patterson Corner
Willie Behrends
Raymond Thomas
J. G. Thomas
R. G. Cousins
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Thomas
United States Navy
D. H. Johnson & Company
Fayette County
Hopkintom
Besching
Fayette
Hall Manufacturing Buys Charles City Firm
Hall Manufacturing of Cedar Rapids buys the Burnham company’s Charles City plant and will operate it. G. M. Wodtke of Charles City moves into a sales post in Cedar Rapids. Charles City operations will run through August 1 and future plans depend on Burnham stock relocation decisions. Cliff Kinney remains plant superintendent in Charles City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hall Manufacturing Company
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Burnham Company
Charles City
Marshall Hall
G. M. Wodtke
Hall
Burnham
Cliff Kinney
W. D. Burnham
Hall Company
Carr and Bride Tola Johnson wed in Manchester
Hubert Carr of the Manchester firm Carr and Carr married Miss Tola Johnson a local teacher at her mother’s home in Jewell The couple returned to Manchester where the bride will finish her school contract She is a Ellsworth College Elsworth College Town Falls graduate and four year local school instructor The groom is a partner in Carr and Carr and a director of the Manchester and Oneida Railroad company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Carr
Carr & Carr
Manchester
Jewell
Tola Johnson
Sallie M. Johnson
Carr
Ellsworth High School
Elsworth College
Town Falls
Iowa State Teachers College
Carr and Carr Law Firm
Press- Democrat-Radio Publishing Company
Manchester and
Ministerial Association Meets At Onslow
The Jones County Ministerial Association met at the Onslow Presbyterian church with hosts Rev and Mrs F L Provans. Officers elected for the coming year include President Dr W F Nicolas of Wyoming Vice President Miss Florence Thornhill of Anamosa and Secretary Treasurer Rev Harry D Green of Anamosa. The May meeting is set for Monticello Congregational church. Mrs Lyons of Onslow celebrated her 92nd birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Lovell Farm Bureau Meets With Stimpson Talk on State Legislation
The Lovell township Farm Bureau will meet next Tuesday evening April 25 at 7:30 at Monticello Public School. Music by Jack Fraser's orchestra. Charles Coxsee speaks on the Century of Progress in Chicago. Representative Tom Stimpson will discuss state legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell Township
Agnes Inglis Wins First in Essay Contest of Auxiliary
Announcement this week reports winners of the Americanization committee contest sponsored by Monticello auxiliary 1683 Veterans of Foreign Wars. Agnes Inglis, eighth grade, school 1 Hale Township, took first. Mary Lucille Rickless, seventh grade Sacred Heart Monticello, second. Maynard Kuhns, eighth grade rural school 1 Scotch Grove township, third. Prizes awarded by committee members at special exercises on Americanization Day April 27 in the three schools. Further details to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Agnes Inglis
Hale Township
Mary Lucille Rickless
Sacred Heart School
Maynard Kuhns
Scotch Grove Township
J. J. Locher
Helen Pulver
Alfreda Reed
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds City Council Cigarette Permits
A recent Iowa Supreme Court ruling confirms city councils may exercise discretionary power in granting or denying cigarette sale permits. The report also notes local obituaries and incidents including thefts in Cedar Rapids and Fairbank, a commencement address at Coe College, and a Chicago arrest linked to an Iowa case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Supreme Court
E. B. Russell
Mount Vernon
Carrie Barker
Dubuque
George Washington
Robert Lewis
Field Lewis
Stephen W. Stookey
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Podhaski and Feigley Couple Wed in Anderson Event
Loyal F. Podhaski married Miss Eunice Feigley at Rev J Floyd Sellig s residence in Anderson Indiana Attendants were Mr and Mrs Ray Rodicap sister of the bride The couple plan to live in Anderson where Podhaski works at WHBU station and has radio training background The bride is described as charming and little known to Monticello residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Podhaski
Eunice Feigley
E. E. Feigley
Anderson
Indiana
J. Floyd Sellig
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Ray Rodicap
Podhaski
WHBU
Mr. Podhaski
Monticello
National Radio Institute
Washington, D. C
Dodge
Anamosa Legion Auxiliary to Examine Preschool Children
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the American Legion in Anamosa sponsors a county wide examination of preschool children on Monday May 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The effort seeks to detect defects and correct them before school entry. A detailed notice will appear next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
American Legion of
Alumni Of Monti High To Meet At Library
Mrs. M. Maurice president of the Monticello high school alumni association calls all members to a meeting at the Monticello public library next Monday evening April 24 at 7 30. Plans will be made for upcoming graduation ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4. M. Maurice
Monticello High School Alumni Association
Monticello Public Lbrary
Iowa approves 3.2 beer bill ending long adjournment fight
The Assembly and Senate approved a 3.2 percent beer bill by 57 to 50 and 31 to 19, ending hours of tense debate. Beer will be legally sold starting April 24 under strict controls limiting sales by class and age, with forbidden consumption on streets, autos, and in nonpermitted spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Iowa
Death of Amelia Hiller Van Nostrand Noted in Johnstown
Amelia Hiller Van Nostrand died at her Johnstown New York home on April 7 after a short illness from internal cancer. She was born December 1 1872 in Syracuse and earlier lived in Wheaton Minnesota and St Paul before moving to Johnstown in 1911 with husband Emmet Van Nostrand. Surviving are her husband three children Florence Beulah and Robert who died young and two sisters and several brothers including Will Hiller Monticello and Ming Natilie Hiller Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Young
Monticello
Freeport
Alvah Miller
Hettinger
North Dakota
F. P. Weigand
Edna
Dora
Orville C. Hosford
Platte
South Dakota
Ethel
Earl Young
Ill
Methodist Episcopal Church
Roy V. Porter
Oakwood Cemetery
Miller
Hosford
Weigand
Kenneth
Williams
Young
Will Hiller
Castle Grove Township
Johnstown
N.Y
Amelia Hiller van Nostrand
N. Y
Edward
Walla Walla
Wash
William
Dora Hiller
Syracuse
Robert
Florence
Beulah
Matilda Covert
Ithaca
Albert Hiller
Baker
Oregon
Helen Harris
Clara de Haas
Elmer C. Hitler
Ming Natilie Hiller
Seattle
Farm hand sentenced for uttering forged instrument
Herman Neiman a 52 year old farm hand near Anamosa was sent to Jones county jail last week by Justice Whitcombe for uttering a forged instrument. He was out of funds with no one to help him and received leniency due to it being his first offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Neiman
Anamosa
Jones County
Whitcombe
Neiman
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Valley League
Cub” Bartlett
Donald Serbousek
Eskimos
Henry Ahraken
Lee Rigby
William Hiller
Castle Grove
Henry E. Ahraken
Mgr. Ahrnken
Germany
Anna Ahrnken
United States
Mr. Ahraken
Anns Poppe
Ahraken
Eldesi
Dnnois
Matthiessens
Expres
Hall Manufacturing Co
Onslow
Stimpson
Lovell Two
Fair
Chicago
Victor Griffoz
August Polark
Fairbank
Polark
Inman
Griffen
F. Podhaski
Monti High
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