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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1936
Page
2
Local brief notes list Miss Sylvia Cooper visiting friends in Muscatine and shoppers and visitors across Cedar Falls Anamosa Monticello and Des Moines. Lead arsenate prices appear in ads from Kay's and higher prices implied for future.
Mrs. Cecil Seeger and children visited parents Mr and Mrs H P Bancroft in Marion. Marcella and Ann Clement attended Mary Seeger Timmer’s wedding in Dyersville. Cedar Rapids guests Beahl T Perrine visited Jolhn H Perrine’s family. Mrs Tobias Folkers underwent major surgery at John McDonald Hospital last week. Various local residents hosted or attended gatherings in Cherence, Cedar Rapids, Webster City and Drake Movies engagements.
Local notes list a Sand Spring parish bake sale at Baty's store on May 9. The column records visits from Dubuque residents, weekend trips to Monticello and Davenport, and various community happenings including rummage sales and births.
George F. Taylor a retired newspaper publisher died at his Center Point home last Friday. Born in Waukon in 1864 he published the Cedar Rapids Tribune from 1903 for five years and later owned Center Point Independent until ill health ended his career. Funeral with Masonic services was Sunday.
Dr. Arthur E. Bennett tendered his resignation as president of Upper Iowa University. He has led the college since 1932, succeeding Dr. J. W. Dickson. The effective date appears set for September.
The Monticello school lists the second six weeks honor roll for seventh grade. Students include Dickey Landis 94.75 Robert Liddy 94.75 Arline Bassier 94.25 Juanita Shover 96.93 James Wright 89.75 Jo Ricklefs 96.75 Miriam Lovell 95.25 Eleanor Stewart 84.53 Mary Jane Veitch 93.25 Bernice Tobiason 92.25 Mary Hansen 92.25 Maxine Lange 91.50.
A catalog of student names and scores across grades from eighth through twelfth. Notable entries include Doris Board 91.50 Lucile Yossi 90.50 in the tenth grade. Hilda Balster 96.20 Raymond Stott 93.75 in the eleventh. Jo Royden 96.25 Helen Havitchek 93.50 in the twelfth. Shirley Hobert 96.25 Janet Howie 95.25 in the eighth. and other peers with scores ranging roughly from 89.75 to 96.25.
Lois Clark marks her seventh birthday on April 27. Adela Marsh Billy Marsh Glen Appleby Carroll Schneider and Janice Musgrove achieved 100 percent in a 100 addition test. Jane Stahler is home from the hospital. Second graders make raggedy animals and fourth graders draft their own writing scale. Reading speed and comprehension show big gains from a Friday test. Robert Clark brings tulips to school and Armin Jacobs brings spring flowers. Many women struggle with adding but can be distracted.
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