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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1954
Page
1
A philosophical musing compares planting crops to long term outcomes. it begins with corn for one year and adds trees for decades and raises men for centuries. It notes the brain awakens at birth and only stops when speaking in public, implying bold public discourse.
A Monticello reader describes a foggy Bellevue fishing trip with a slow bite and a swim of errands. He notes a wary waiter from Dubuque and a late night store patrol by Gene DeWitt who spots a suspicious youth. An animal bite antivenom query at John McDonald Hospital prompts a joke about veterinarians.
The Clay Busy Bees 4 H Club will host a local achievement and style show at the Community Hall Friday evening August 20 after the patch test. Local residents visit and travel include Mr and Mrs Ronald Hadoval arriving from Texas with Ed Hodoval. Mr and Mrs Ray Chaplin visiting from Monticello with Clara Chaplin. Dale Bickford and sister from Nevada. Joe Jacobsen and Ed Juilfs trip to Virginia to see Mrs Juilfs brother James Kirkpatrick. George Lyon and family touring Missouri. Russell Norris hosting relatives from Washington. Ann Paulsen and Mabel Paulsen also visiting. Sara and Judy spent Thursday in Dubuque.
The Clay Homemakers met Thursday afternoon led by Mrs. Jack Heeren with Mrs. Paul Heeren as assistant hostess. Fourteen members heard lessons from Mrs. Francis Orr and Mrs. Lester Orr. A Sunday park picnic united the Steiner, Emil Paulsen, Ronald Paulsen, and Gene Hanken families.
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