Local Folklore and Shoppers Populate Monticello Week
Local notes describe visits by Planos tuned Gene Byers Call 126 Karl M Keyes and Henry Hus man in Des Moines relatives in Mason City and Cedar Rapids. Devlin Millinery sales on Friday and Saturday offer hats at 50 cents to $1.00. Numerous visits and dinners noted among Monticello residents with family in Cedar Rapids Farley Springville and Davenport. Special store sales on curtains and lawn mowers from Rickless Dry Goods and School Implement Store plus a jewelry ad from Karl M Keyes.
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Devlin Millinery
High School Notes Highlight Debates And Arts Programs
The junior and senior high held a debate on buying American goods with James Ricklefs and Loretta Specht for the affirmative and Junior Burris and Frances Steck for the negative. Activities featured health talks, gym tests, a May Fete rumor, a China talk by Mr. Lee, Shakespeare study, track meet results, 4-H and 2nd senior voice tea performances, and plans for a junior-senior banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ricklefs
Loretta Specht
Junior Burris
Frances Steck
Miss Grote
Miss Porter
Playground and Recreation Association of America
Dolores Warner
Jo McNeill
Eileen Hanssen
Elmeree Nichols
Hilda Balster
Helen Jolly
Fern Lightfoot
Virginia Matthiessen
Loretta Oaken
Frances Collins
Kathleen Carlsen
Constance Naylor
Violet Meyer
Helen Harms
Velma Schofield
Wilma Harford
Emelyn Hoffman
Garnet Ebers
Muriel Hanssen
Margaret Behrends
Margaret
Lee
University of Colorado
China
Miss Kaste
Alfred Wenger
Reed Clark
Clarence Seedorf
Willard Yeoman
Cedar Falls
Len Buol
George Fraser
George
Jones County
Ames
New York
Wallack’s
Dion Boucicault
Pauline Cooper
June Bollinger
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Betty Kay
Benjamin Roberts
Myrie Shover
Leroy Schoon
James Rickless
George Stott
Berkeley Curtis
Pauline Oltman
Carol Naylor
Georgia Mae Orcutt
Miriam Fairbanks
Pauline Cramer
Luella Balsiger
Elfrieda Burrichter
Gianina Mia
Margaret Phelps
Mary Burrichter
Wanda Ely
Congregational Church
Roy Ricklefs
Oliver Hutton
Roland Buel
Iola Folkerts
R. C. Puckett
University of Iowa
Public
Toledo
Ohio
Marie Helgens
Wall Paper Service and Paint Cleaners Ad
An old advertisement lists prices for wall paper cleaner 6 cents per roll up, Climax wallpaper cleaner 3 for floor and wall, Dikadoo paint cleaner 2 for 25 cents, and a wood product at 75 cents.
Monticello honors its oldest resident Lena Nipp
Mrs. Lena Nipp aged 95 celebrated her birth anniversary at her niece Emma Goes home. Born in Alsace Lorraine she settled in Lovell township in 1554 and later moved to Monticello with her parents. She spoke French in youth and later admired schooling but faced ridicule for her accent. Mrs. Nipp keeps good health and visited Monticello business men recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Nipp
Monticello
Emma Goes
Reiger
Lovell Township
Alsace-Lorraine
United States
America
Nipp
Mrs Tighe Visits Cedar Rapids Kin in Dixon Trip
Mrs Clara Tighe of Cedar Rapids and Mr and Mrs George Wilkens traveled to Dixon Tennessee to visit Mr and Mrs Walter Sligen who had driven from Chicago Heights Illinois They then returned home with the Sligens for an extended stay at Mrs Tighe's parents home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Tighe
Cedar Rauids
George Wilkens
Cedar Rapids
Dixon, Ti
Walter Sligen
Chicago Heights
Ill
Tigen
Parente
After Easter Hat Sale at Deviin Millinery
Two lots of hats offered at fifty cents and one dollar during a Friday and Saturday sale at Deviin Millinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deviin Millinery
Elben Couple Visited Wyoming Guests of Relatives
Mr and Mrs Chris Elben spent last Sunday in Wyoming as guests of relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline
Emma
Irene Heiken
Margaret Balster
Helen Heiken
Strawberry Point
Alva Rodman
Springville
Mart Rodman
Charles Schneiter
I. W. Suter
Iowa City
Nell Davis
Ike Schneider
Lois
Jimmie
Shirley
Marjorie
Davenport
Hans Hallouer
J. J. Locher
Manchester
Roosevelt
Chris Elben
Wyoming
Visiting Relatives in Monticello
Fragmentary note reports family visit in Monticello with unclear details about who stayed and for how long. It mentions Dubie and possibly spouse or relatives but lacks full names and dates.
Local Monticello Hoots and Home Craft Items
HeeHaw News highlights home entertainment and local ads from Monticello area. Features include garden trellises sold in two sizes with designs and full-size paper patterns, Johns-Manville asbestos shingles roofing for non burnable roofs, Mule-Hide roofing lines, estimates without obligation, and light humor quotes.
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Planos
Gene Byers
Karl M. Keyes
Henry Husman
Des Moines
Elmer E. Hicks
Mason City
Devlin
Congregational
Altman
Stuhler
al Hamilton
Jack Orr
Onsoe
Albert Schmidt
Ralph Otten
Isabel
Mildred Meyer
J. J. Reding
Lois and
Catherine Locher
Farley
Mary Locher
Anna Moore
Paul Seehase
Pauline
Sumner
Paul T. Schuetz
Waterford
Wis
William Frentress
Dorothy
Alden Hansel Home
Rickless Dry Goode Stara
O. BE. York
Iowa
Brazelton & McLanshiln
Wilty
Stuhler’s
Arthur Brown
Newton Parrott
Mrs Brown
Mr. Parrott
Town City
University Hospital
Joe Starks
Jennie Shhipman
Clint Buffington
Mechaniceville
Matt Muller
Virginia Schneider
Dubuque
Joe Locher
D. Kammerman
M. M. Huebsch
Edwin Wilcox
Ethelwyn
Mildred
Dana Wilcox
Mr. Wilcox
Mount Vernon
Rudy Burrack
Long Beach
California
Burrack
United States Navy
Lexington
American Weekly
Magasine
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Adv
Miss Stemm
Josephine Ricklefs
Miriam Lovell
Doris
Dolores Lubben
Vernon Schatz
Eileen Appleby
Allen Siebels
Miss Wood
Ruth Ann Hoag
Dorothy Teshauser
Miss Meyer
Podhaski
Robert Husman
Phillip Schneider
Jack Stahler
Rebecca Grimes
Dorothy Ann Jolly
Norma Reyner
Rickless Dry Goods
Carl Hein
John McDonald Hospital
Edna Ahraken
Chilocco
Oklahoma
Carl Morse
Nadine
Cecil Hosford
Morse
Hosford
Parker House
Schoenhut
Ned
Arend Balster
Scotch Grove
Royal Soap
Palmers Drug Store
St. Denis
Johnson
CGE
Skelly
Choi
Variety Store
Keyes
Grant Stambaugh
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Tly
Dubie Hee
Amily
Monticelic
HeeHaw News
St. Anthony and Dakota
J. R. Barron
John
Presbyterian Church
Johns-Manville
Boxing
Tenue
Opera House
Monti
Chicago
Tiger” Flowers
Yeeee Eee
Kid Leggett
Anamosa
Louis Hanken
Ralph Netcott
Tommy McDaniel
Ello Post V. F. W
Jackie Malone
Louisville
Kentucky
Naries Amr Faow
Young Ferrell
Joe Moran
Cascade
Roy Rice
Viola
Walter Hall Jr
Jack Cook
Young Gotch
Sioux City
Illinois
Latham
Bunlap
Concord Grapes
Norway
Cumberland
Peonies
Scotch Grove Nursery
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