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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1937
Page
10
Numerous society groups and clubs held meetings at homes and local venues this week. Guests included Miss Winifred Neilly and Miss Helen Lewis of Storm Lake, with events ranging from contract and progressive bridge to five hundred, pinochle, and a buffet bridge tea hosted by Mrs. Redmond, Maurice, and Roberts.
Mrs. Charles Luett led with high score while Mrs. F Stewart Stuhler and Mrs. Byron Abe took second and third in a bridge party hosted by Mrs. Bert Thompson. Other gatherings included Miss Virginian Schneider’s contract bridge group with Miss Clara Palmer winning high score, and Miss Helen Lewis of Storm Take as guest. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Long hosted a six thirty dinner for out of town guests with eleven settings. Mrs. Harriet Coughlan hosted a Women’s Missionary society tea featuring Mary D. White speaking on Negro and Indian missions and Ellis Island government work. Eighteen attended.
Monticello young people joined the Young People's League of Presbytery at a spring dinner at First Presbyterian church Cedar Rapids. Merle Hutton spoke on church mission work. Attendees from Monticello included Jack Ritchie Leona Taylor Frances Collins Frances Taylor Charles Ritchie Verna Loomis Roberta Clark and Wilma Grossheim with guest Mrs Donald Sutherland secretary of the Presbytery. Churches represented included Vinton Mount Vernon Westminster and several Cedar Rapids churches. Ann Reid of Chicago delivered the main address. More than one hundred people were present.
A fragmented essay swirls through New Mexico place names and global locales, contrasting Mexican village visions with American towns. It notes a postal guide misplacing Des Moines and Pie Town, adds reflections on English county names and Tanganyika, and ends with quirky tidbits about a lawyer and his secretary and a German police dog named Ginger.
The Iowa clubs organized the 11th District Conference at Cedar Rapids with prizes for membership gains from July 1 1936 to April 1 1937 and for best attendance percentage. Activities include a banquet ball April 26 at Pla Mar ballroom, a Sunday roast buffet with musical entertainment, and a luncheon style show for women. Delegates listed include Bil Shaffer James Maurice Milton Langer and B Locher with rooms available at $1.75.
John Behrends originated a computation process where churning salting and coloring occurred in one operation by electric power machinery. He worked at the Pomeroy and Sioux City creameries and traveled to Fort Dodge to buy cream. A friend sent word he should go to Portland Oregon to manage the butterfat department. At that time the Lewis and Clark exposition was underway and he expected challenges.
The report covers opposition to the IGWA liquor law aimed at protecting Iowa’s remaining fish and game stocks and notes a House move to speed passage by substituting a Senate bill. It also discusses Okoboji and nearby lakes potentially sparkling again if an approved sewage disposal project proceeds, funded partly by relief funds and federal matching.
The teachers annuity bill, lost two weeks ago by one vote, will be reconsidered and amended to cut the appropriation from one million to about 200000 and pensions from 50 to 25 dollars monthly. Early this week leaders expect revisions to pass before session ends with possible future increases. New Use Tax in Effect Last Friday taxes articles bought outside Iowa to curb out of state purchases including automobiles and trailers. Purchasers must report within twenty days after the quarter ends and penalties apply for nonpayment. Gasoline tax refunds will hinge on proof the vehicle paid the use tax. Iowa State Commerce Commission name adopted for town references a rebranding of the state railway commission.
The article notes no salary increases for state or college officials and few changes in boards. The senate approved an $85,000 rise for the state conservation commission, with $20,000 for Storm Lake improvements and the remainder for hunting area upkeep and restoration. Local church notices and schedules follow.
Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric Co operative chairman A B White received a telegram from John Carmody of the Rural Electrification Administration stating a loan contract of 305,900 dollars was approved. The funds will finance electric line construction in Jones and Jackson counties once final plans pass government review and bids are invited for the project.
Worship service is listed for the M E Church at Center Junction with minister Harley W Farnham, residence Wyoming. The fragment records a church service notice without further details.
A fragmentary church notice describes sermons and events unnamed. It mentions Congregational Church with minister Samuel G Gutensohn and sermon What Makes Christianity Christian, plus a Working Band meeting with Mrs A J Stuhler, Epworth League youth events, and Lutheran, Reformed, and Episcopal services with various pastors and schedules.
Reserved by the ladies of the congregation for a thorough church cleaning. Able-bodied ladies are asked to sacrifice time. Choir members, remember rehearsal Thursday evening. Confirmation instruction Saturday morning.
A 1922 Ford Model T Park is offered cleanly for $265. A 1980 Ford pickup is described as good condition with a price of $185.00.
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