Appleby Leads Local Ten Man Golf Team
Claude Appleby topped a 10 man squad with an average of 74 from two away and three home events. The team aims for the Eastern Iowa Golf Association meet at Marion on Sunday August 13. Royal Rodman was runner up at 75 2/5 and Mark Rodman followed at 76 1/5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Appleby
Monticello
Eastern Iowa Golf Association
Marion
Royal Rodman
Mark Rodman
Bill Shaffer
Dick Long
Ben Cotton
Dr. Swift
Irville Rhatigan
Francis Shimanek
Golfers Breakfast at Monticello Club House Sunday
Monticello Country Club hosts breakfast for golfers next Sunday morning from 8:00 to 8:45, followed by an 18 hole handicap tournament. Breakfast and entry total 25 cents. organizers urge early entry via Dr. Swift to ensure space.
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Club House
Monticello Country Club
Swift
Chevrolet Team To Play At Clarence
The Chevrolet softball team will enter a tournament at Clarence to be held today Friday and Saturday with games scheduled across multiple days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Clarence
Franklin Backs Away Sand Springs Drive to Tie Monticello Loop
Franklin defeated Sand Spring 4-3 to nearly seal first place in the Monticello softball league. Niles won 7-4 over Grain Belt, moving ahead of Sand Spring. Chevrolet climbed to fourth with a 7-2 win over Grain Belt, which also lost to Niles. Center Junction dropped again, staying without a win and sinking toward last.
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Franklin
Sand Spring
Monticello
Niles
Grain Belt
Chevrolet
Conservation League Plans to Raise Cubs and Restock Areas
The Conservation League will raise cub coons this winter with Lee Bartlett tending them in cages north of the schoolhouse. The group also aims to release 60 to 70 quail this month and restock Maquoketa with channel catfish and bass in September on local farms and waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Conservation League
Jones County
Lee Bartlett
Maquoketa
Franklin Club Loses To Post Office Ten
On a foreign diamond the Franklin softball club fell 3 2 to the Post Office ten of Cedar Rapids Sunday night. The winning run came in the eighth when Ray Hibben singled. For Monticello Reynolds and Krech pitched, while Womachka Hibben and Camp handled defense for Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Softball Club
Post Office
Cedar Rapids
Ray Hibben
Reynolds
Krech
Monticello
Womachka
Hibben
Camp
Sand Spring Tops Marion 1-0 on Two Hits
Marvin Johnson tossed a one hit ball for Sand Spring as they beat Marion Sunday afternoon 1-0. Zangerli drove in Smith with the lone winning run in the fifth inning, Sand Spring collecting only two hits both by Zangerli and Smith in that frame.
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Marvin Johnson
Sand Spring
Rapid Welding School of
Marion
Zangerli
Smith
Monticello and Cedar Rapids Split Weekend Open League Games
Monticello’s Chevrolet club defeated Cedar Rapids 5 4 in a seventh inning rally after Franklins loss to Oakland Dairy Dubuque 4 3 in extra innings. Hurlers Scherrer and Jones each spun six hits allowed as both teams posted six hits apiece. Wayne Jones produced the tying and winning hits in the seventh.
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Monticello
Franklin
Oakland Dairy Club
Dubuque
Chevrolet
Cedar Rapids
Chevrolet Club
Hines
Larson
Ivan Reynolds
L. Hayes
Jamieson
Jewel
Janda
Barnes
Powers
Warner
Ray Ferring
Wayne Jones
Chevy
Bill Ferring
Jones
Scherrer
Monticello Ranches Fight but Fall to Dyersville 19-9
Glenn Lambert had four hits in five trips as Monticello totaling 15 hits fell behind early. Dyersville capitalized on eight Monticello errors and 17 outfield hits to win the Maquoketa Valley league game 19 to 9. Lambert homered and Brueckner and Luesman each contributed three hits for Dyersville.
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Glenn Lambert
Dyersville
Monticello
Maquoketa
Miehe
Epworth
Larson
Lambert
Schweitzer
Waggoner
Nordman
Brueckner
Luesman
Wage disclosures anger readers in Reinbeck Courier
The Reinbeck Courier denounces WPA salaries in Iowa noting 230 non relief workers earning monthly sums from 500 to 200 dollars while unemployment claimants average about 37 to 40 dollars. It criticizes public expenditure and calls for scrutiny of spending.
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Northwood
Reinbeck Courier
WPA
Iowa
George Keller
Archie Michel
Des Moines
Easy Modern Ham Carving Method Demonstrated
Expert Max Cullen explains a simple ham carving technique in an educational short. The piece covers proper tools, the fat side up position, and step by step cuts from the shank end to the aitch bone, with tips for additional servings and attractive second helpings.
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Cullen
Pete Smith
Ann Morviss
Editorial Urges Local Solutions and System Overhaul
The piece argues federal aid mostly benefits contractors and officials while ordinary people gain little. It urges shifting funds to states and communities, expanding pensions for older citizens, and allowing earlier retirement with minimal personal costs. It also notes misc. local property deeds and transfers in Monticello Center Junction and surrounding areas.
Seen From UPTOWN Seen From UPTOWN
Don Mouw notes local anecdotes from Monticello including fish stories and small town happenings. The piece mentions Fern Bender Marguerite Fothergill Nightwatchman Sil Null CCC recruits home boys in fall and forged checks traced to Carolyn's Tavern Zimmermanns and Egger’s with police involvement.
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Fern Bender
Matthiessen
Marguerite Fothergill
Cascade
Sill Null
CCC
Don
Thomas
Carolyn
Zimmerman
Egger
Hooke's textile prediction fulfilled with modern micrographs
Edward R. Schwarz notes in Technology Review that Robert Hooke's 17th century textile experiments anticipated synthetic fibers. Hooke described artificial materials resembling silk and suggested glutinous compounds could be drawn into micro fibers, inspiring future trials and applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hooke
Hooke
Edward R. Schwarz
Technology Review
Auto Foreshadowed in Early 15th Century Ideas
The piece traces the concept of the automobile back to the Fifteenth century per American Petroleum Institute. It notes Leonardo da Vinci era experiments with air fuel mixtures, Huygens gunpowder engine, a coal gas engine by John Barber, and the evolution to four-stroke cycle engines by Otto based on Beau de Rochas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Petroleum Institute
Leonardo da Vinci
Christian Huyghens
John Barber
Otto
Beau de Rochas
Real Estate Transfers from July Real Estate Records
July 14 to 20 transfers include Elsie Walters Hall and Phil to Wm G Ritenour for blocks 19 to 24 in Onslow with $250. C G Thomas and Eloise to Mrs Kathryn Wright east 60 ft lot 8 Lightfoot add to Monticello for $115. Belle Howard to Irma Bickford lots 16 and 87 ft lot 15 Frank's add to Onslow for $1 and other considerations. Florence Weideman and H C to E E James NW quarter and SE NW in section 18 township 83 range 4 totaling 120 acres for $1 and other considerations.
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Caddie White
Equitable Life Assurance Society
The
United States
West
John Reichart
Anna Reichart
Etta M. Schoon
Monticello
Sycamore Street
Leigh Clark
Elsie E. Walters Hall
Phil Husband
Wm. G. Ritenour
Onslow
C. G. Thomas
Eloise
Kathryn Wright
Lightfoot
Belle Howard
Irma Bickford
Frank
Florence Weideman
H. C
E. E. James
Land deed description for section 34 and 83
Corrective deed description details a land tract involving highway segments in sections 34 and 83, including a 120 rod strip along a public road and a reserving of land east of center. It notes filing date 4 25 31 and reference to recorded book 89 page 286 with other valuable considerations.
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Beernie
Legion Convention Set for Sioux City August 20 23
Sioux City will host the 20th annual Iowa American Legion convention from August 20 to 28 with heavy turnout anticipated. Festivities begin Sunday with a memorial program at the band shell, followed by a Monday start to business sessions led by Governor George Wilson, a big Tuesday parade, and a Wednesday address by National Commander Stephen F Chadwick. The event aims for a historic gathering with Nebraska and South Dakota veterans welcome, and plans include a rotating array of concerts, drills, and displays at Stock Yards Park and the Monahan Post Band venue.
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Sioux City
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Toric
Legion
Nebraska
South Dakota
Shell
Monahan Post
Sioux
George Wilson
Stock ‘Yards
Stephen F. Chadwick
Harry Frohow
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