Great Jones County Fair Lights Up Grounds In 1937
The 1937 Jones County Fair at the fair grounds showcases 4-H club entries with live stock, poultry, garden demonstrations and booths led by Raymond Sorensen. The stock parade begins at 1 PM in front of the amphitheater as hundreds attend. 4-H teams perform demonstrations near the floral hall with winners listed in a separate column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Fair
Floral Hall
the Express
Raymond Sorensen
Farm Bureau
Childress-Hoag
Matthiessen Auto, and Supply Company
Farmers Implement Company
John Deere
Shaffer Implement Company
McCormick-Deering
IHC
Oliver
Joe Messerli
Monticello Boy Wins College Post In Washington State
Harry E. Rodman son of Mr and Mrs Harry I Rodman has accepted an instructorship in architectural engineering at Washington State College Pullman WA. He will begin Sept 22 and will teach architectural history graphics and freshman and junior architectural courses. He is a Monticello High School graduate Iowa State College BS in architectural engineering 1936 cum laude. Lake Forest College scholarship. Harvard University Master of Architecture this June. He leaves Sept 5 and holds Tau Beta Pi Tau Sigma Delta and Lambda Chi Alpha memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Rodman
Harry I. Rodman
Washington State College
Pullman, Wash
Rodman
Monticello High School
Iowa State College
Ames
Foundation For Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Lake Forest
Til
Harvard University
Harvard
Monticello
Tau Beta Pi
Tau Sigma, Delta
Lambda Chi Alpha
Monti Octagenarion Observes Birthday
Mrs. Cora Sexton celebrated her 63rd birth anniversary last Sunday at her home on N. Sycamore Street. She received birthday greetings from friends and entertained numerous visitors during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Sexton
N. Sycamore Street
Ernest Wright 69 Died After Stroke Sunday Morning
Ernest A Wright 69 died suddenly at his Monticello home Sunday morning at 4 after a stroke of apoplexy suffered Saturday at 4 30 He had been in failing health but worked until hours before death Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 at the Methodist Episcopal church with Rev William J Macaulay in charge Burial followed at Oakwood cemetery He was born April 12 1868 at Newport Jones county son of Alpheus and Della O Wright One child died in infancy He married Jennie Glenn April 29 1904 and lived in Center Junction until 1918 thereafter Monticello He belonged to the Methodist church and was regarded as a faithful Christian He leaves Mrs Joe Baldwin Akron Iowa and Mrs Nettie Dicus Arcada Calif and several Monticello area nephews and nieces
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest A. Wright
Wright
Methodist Episcopal Church
William J. Macaulay
Monticello
Joe Baldwin
Akron
Iowa
Nettie Dicus
Arcada
Calif
Sacred Heart School Plans Open In Late August
Sacred Heart elementary and high schools will start the 1937 38 term Monday August 30 with early registrations held August 23. New and returning students prepared schedules and books for earnest work. commercial courses available to junior and senior classes. Sister Mary Audrey leads music. other faculty largely unchanged. Students may contact the Sacred Heart convent to arrange music study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart
Mary Clarice
Mary Anysia
Mary Audrey
Sacred Heart Convent
John McDonald Hospital Notes For The Week
The following patients were admitted this week at John McDonald hospital Mrs Clarissa Houston Justin Stoll Leo Dirks Alta Bacon Lois Leonard and Mrs Juilf Husman Those dismissed were Robert Bohlken Roy Rice James Anderson Frederick Faust and Mrs Wright and baby of Hopkinton Tonsillectomies performed Bobby Reade Junior and Dorothy Gienapp Babies born at the hospital this week to Mr and Mrs George Heiken a boy and Mr and Mrs Clifford Shaw a boy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Clarissa Houston
Justin Stoll
Leo Dirks
Alta Bacon
Lois Leonard
Juilf Husman
Robert Bohlken
Roy Rice
James Anderson
Frederick Faust
Wright
Baby
Hopkinton
Bobby Reade
Dorothy Gienapp
George Heiken
Clifford Shaw
Castle Grove Woman Elected At Reunion
Eighty-two Cra mer family members attended a reunion at Bever park in Cedar Rapids last week. After the dinner officers were elected to plan the next event with vice president Mrs. Fred Cramer Castle Grove and secretary treasurer Mrs. Elmer Reed of Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cramer
Bever Park
Cedar Rapids
Fred Cramer
Castle Grove
Elmer Reed
Ryan
Rains Welcome Pastures and Gardens Nearby Last Week
Rain fell in Hopkinton and surrounding area last week easing drought concerns. Farmers report improving pastures and drying gardens as the first substantial rainfall in recent weeks, bringing much needed moisture to crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Meyer’s Poem Included in Contemporary Poetry 1937 Year Book
Miss Martha A. Meyer of Oelwein and Monticello High School English faculty is honored in a Poetry Anthology 1937 edition. Editors selected 500 of about 9000 submissions, featuring her work among worthwhile obscurities gaining national readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha A. Meyer
Oelwein
Monticello
Meyer
Local Teachers Leave to Take Up Posts in Iowa and Beyond
A compiled list of young community members who have gone or will leave to teach in Iowa and other states. Names include Lavetta Perrine Bondurant Mildred Deischer Elkader Helen Meyer Holstein Hazel Brazelton Decorah and many others with noted schools and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Monticello Express
LaVetta Perrine
Bondurant
Mildred Deischer
Elkader
Helen Meyer
Holstein
Hazel Brazelton
Decorah
Mary Stadtmueller
Spirit Lake
Alfreda Reed
Alice Reed
Wapello
Jayne Shover
East Chicago
Ind
Margaret Thompson
Hammond
Gladys Benedict Weds William K. Black in Davenport
Gladys I Benedict and William K Black were married at the First Presbyterian church in Davenport on August 18 at 10:30 AM by Rev Alfred S Nickless with a double ring ceremony. The bride wore a dark blue crepe suit and the couple planned a motor trip to Minnesota Wisconsin and Illinois after a wedding dinner. Attending were George Schoon Amber Grace Benedict Ernest Benedict Elsie Benedict Earl Benedict Ivan Benedict Herman Dirks Monticello and F H Darrow Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys I. Benedict
William K. Black
First Presbyterian Church of
Davenport
Alfred S. Nickless
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
George Schoon
Amber
Grace Benedict
Ernest
Elsie
Earl Benedict
Ivan
Herman Dirks
Monticello
F. H. Darrow
Atlantic
Naomi Kleiner Returns With Parents
The Rev and Mrs Paul T Gutknecht traveled to Clarks ton Washington due to Naomi Kleiner’s serious illness Doctors expect travel when she improves and Mayo Clinic Rochester examinations are planned Elsa Ruth Gutknecht stays in Lewiston Idaho to begin her second year at Lewiston State Teachers College and will live with her brother and wife Gerhard Gutknecht in Lewiston during school
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul T. Gutknecht
Clarkston
Wash
Naomi
William Kleiner
Kleiner
Gutknecht
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Elsa Ruth Gutknecht
Washington
Lewiston State Teachers College
Lewiston
Idaho
Gerhard Gutknecht
Mrs Husman Fractures Hip After Fall at Home
Mrs Juilf Husman was admitted to John McDonald hospital Tuesday night with a fractured right hip after slipping on the floor of her N Maple street home. She is reported in rather good condition by the attending physician. She has been in poor health for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juilf Husman
John McDonald Hospital
Ray T Moore Named District Manager in Cedar Rapids
Ray T Moore of Cedar Rapids is appointed district manager for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States overseeing seven counties. He previously taught in the Monticello schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray T. Moore
Cedar Rapids
Equitable - Life - Assurance Society of the
Horses win big at Jones county fair harness events
The Jones county fair showcases a top harness racing lineup with 70 plus horses from Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Charlie Makin driven by D C Patton won the 2 18 trotor pace heats while Vanda Guy swept the 2 28 trot. Joins county wide 4 H livestock winners featured George Fraser Monticello with a champion Shorthorn calf and Grover Lorenzen Olin with reserve baby beef.
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Jones County Fair
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
T. J.george
Charlie Makin
D. C. Patton
Vinton
Lulu Belle
L. F. Yates
Central City
Vanda Guy
C. J. Rumiley
Morrison
Foxy. Chenault Jr
Wilfred Loos
Cascade
Bunky
Carl Garret
McComb
Ill
Anna Park
Art Davis
Mineral Point
Wis
H. Warren
Joe Grime
Arlington
Lulu Williams
John Jurgenson
Owatonna
Minn
Monticello
Hopkinton
Davenport
Anamosa
K. Ferring
George Fraser
4-H Exhibitors Showing at Jones County Fair
The Jones county fair features a complete list of 4-H exhibitors across baby beef, dairy calf, pig, draft colt, sheep and lamb, poultry and gardening clubs. Readers can find names from communities including Olin Anamosa Monticello Clarence Martelle Wyoming Scotch Grove Center Junction and Onslow with participants such as Edwin Andrews and Paul Messerli among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Duncan
Cedar Rapids
Angus
Grover Lorenzen
Olin
Virtus Lorenzen
Irvin Sievers
Anamasa
George Fraser
Monticello
Edwin Andrews
Shorthorns
John Eichhorn
Wyoming
Leo Wa
Jones County Fair
Arthur Hollingsworth
William Hollingsworth
Eugene Sievers
John Sievers
Leo Waggoner
Delbert Grafft
Paul Messerli
Frederick Faust
Eugene Walker
Galen Alexander
Leo Bonjour
Willard Byerly
Jack Freeman
Robert
Jay Slater
Lloyd Brickley
Donald Fairbanks
Thomas Hartley
Carlton Latta
Kenton May
Everett
Robert Walton
Orlyn Peck
Anamosa
Richard Krutzfield
Floyd Siver
Mechanicsville
Maynard Kuhns
Scotch Grove
Chester
James Ehrisman
Kenneth Howie
James Howie
Donald Howie
Paul Gerdes
Dick Hartwig
Olin Howie Jr
LaVern Kuhns
Jack Naylor
Reymond Naylor
Kermit
Galen Kuhns
Richard Eichhorn
Melvin Sievers
Duane Wilson
Russell Tenley
Herbert Martin
Merlyn Glick
Willard Houstman
John M
Norman Biere
Ervin Eden
Albert Wendt
Richard Cartano
Margaret Mulherin
Thos. J. Hartley
Leo E. Levien
Clarence
Ralph and
Edward Kromminga
Former Pastor Delivers Sermon In Local Church
Rev. Leonard Duckett of Ecorse Michigan delivered the sermon at the Presbyterian church in Monticello last Sunday morning. He was greeted by an audience packed to capacity. Duckett formerly pastored the church for eleven years before moving to Ecorse six years ago. He and his two sons Charles and Frank visited with Mr and Mrs Cornelius during the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Duckett
Ecorse
Michigan
Presbyterian Church
Monticello
Duckett
Charles
Frank
Cornelius
E. Schlachtenhausen
Palmer
Henry Meyer
Pomeroy
Junior Chamber of Commerce
S. E. Locher
S. H. Sandrock
Bellevue
Locher
G. ‘Krebs
Davenport
Gov Frank Merriam and Wife Injured in California Crash
Governor Frank F Merriam and his wife sustained slight injuries in a head on collision near Selinas California last Friday when their car struck a produce truck. Merriam formerly resided in Hopkinton and once published the Hopkinton er.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Merriam
Frank F. Merriam
Selinas
Calif
Gov. Merriam
Hopkinton
The
Hopkintoner
Wyoming Pastor F L Provan Dies in Cedar Rapids
The Rev. F. L. Provan 56 a Wyoming resident died at St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids after two weeks of heart trouble. native of New Brunswick raised in Beverly Mass he studied at Brown University and a Omaha seminary. He served as pastor in Onslow and Westside and was a member of ISC CF lodge and A F and A M. Survived by widow Cora Slagg Provan and four children funeral plans pending word from daughter Marjorie a nurse in Ann Arbor Mich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Provan
Wyoming
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
New Brunswick
Beverly
Mass
Brown University
Providence
R. I
Omaha
1.C.C.F. Lodge
A. F
A. M. Lodge
Westside
Presbyterian Church
Onslow
Cora Slagg Provan
Marjorie
Ann Arbor
Mich
Interior Building Cafeteria Stock Totals Released
The new Washington Interior building cafeteria is stocked with 12 120 pieces of silver and 26 100 pieces of china and will use 6 000 paper napkins daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fifty Floats Parade at 2 30 P M Tomorrow
A parade of 50 floats will pass in review before the grand stand at the fair Friday afternoon at 2 30 o clock. In charge is Raymond A Naylor of Scotch Grove who notes floats from Scotch Grove Monticello and Hopkinton Harvest Home plus other features will join the spectacle. The stock and machinery parade is set for 1 P M Thursday. The 4 H club exhibits are exceptionally good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond A. Naylor
Scotch Grove
Dedication Plans For New Jones County Court House
The Jones county dedication of its new court house is planned for Friday September 10 at 2 pm. Governor N G Kraschel will be the principal speaker with other state and county figures, and local bands and the American Legion Junior drum and bugle corps will participate. The public can inspect the building and register in a permanent record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Jones County
Iowa
N. G. Kraschel
Old Court House
Glen J. McLaughlin
EB. Locher
Monticello
E. N. Stoffel
Wyoming
Alva Stadtmueller
Castle Grove
Burton Brown
Cass
Harlan Russell
Greenfield
A. L. Remley
Anamosa
William Stanton
Washington
Hot Freeman
Olin
American Legion Junior Drum
Kraschel
P. F. Hopkins
PWA
J. M. Parsons
Iowa Supreme Court
F. O. Ellison
J. W. Coxsee
Bar
H. J. Mayberry
Jones County Board of Supervisors
L. T. Lorenzen
Madison Township
Batemans Attend Delaware School Picnic With Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Bateman and granddaughter Peggy Alford of Aledo Illinois join Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Blake of Peoria Illinois and others as week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bateman. A morning meeting at the school house in their younger days featured a program. The group then traveled to Table Rock for a picnic dinner with fellow classmates and spent the afternoon visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Bateman
Peggy Alford
Aledo
Til
Samuel Blake
Peoria
Ill
J. E. Bateman
Delaware
Bateman
Table Rock
Chamber of Commerce Dinner at Monticello Country Club
Members of the Chamber of Commerce meet next Monday at 6 30 p m at the Monticello Country Club for a dinner at 40 cents per plate. Merchants and interested parties are urged to attend. Officers will be elected for the coming year and a discussion on the rural urban picnic will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Monticello Country Club
Monte Cleaners to Open in Odd Fellows Building
Mr and Mrs W. Jackson formerly of Cedar Rapids will open The Monte Cleaners in the Odd Fellows building on Monday August 30. They own and operate the business and bring five years of experience guaranteeing best work and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. ©. Jackson
Cedar Rapids
Odd Fellows Building
The
Monte Cleaners
Jackson
Rotary Club Host To Tri City Meet At Monticello
The Monticello Rotary Club hosted last Thursday's annual tri city dinner with guests from Anamosa and Mount Vernon and their wives. Seventeen Rotary members plus spouses attended at the Monticello Country Club, with William Shaffer presiding. Sam Pfautz spoke for Mount Vernon and John McNamara sent greetings from Anamosa. Past governor A C Fuller spoke on his Nice France Rotary convention trip and discussed convention highlights and the Battle of Flowers. A piano trio performed and guests were invited to a local movie that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
William Shaffer
Sam Pfautz
Lisbon
Mount Vernon
John McNamara
Anamosa Club
A. C. Fuller
Iowa State Teachers’ College Extension Department
Fuller
Nice
France
Rotary
Gene Byers
Keith Dickey
Raymond Schoon
Monticello Club
Rotary Clubs
Supervisors Reelect Vadena Finney in Local Vote
Vadena Finney is re elected as director of Tenet in Some Area. Previously she served as county public health nurse before her appointment a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss.Vadena
Finney
Tenet
Miss Finney
Unusual Mass Heard At St Martin's Cascade
The first solemn high mass in America was read at St Martin's church by Rev Loras T Lane on a Sunday morning honored as St Timothy feast day. The procession included clergy and lay officers with Rt Rev Msgrs and prominent priests present in the sanctuary. The sermon by Rev Thomas Rooney covered themes from the mass and the service continued with page 5 noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Martin’s Church
America
Loras T. Lane
Father Lane
Timothy
Timothy C. Barrett
Patrick Clarke
Acoultes
Thomas Rooney
Thomas J. Rooney
Bernard Collins
Cedar Rapids
Albert Hoffman
Dubuque
George Biscup
Thomas Conry
Columbia College
John B. Albers
St. Mary’s
Cascade
D. V. Foley
M.L. Kerper
B. H. Skahill
J. J. Leen
William Holub
Iola George Elected To New School Position
Miss Iola George daughter of G Henry George of Monticello is appointed vice principal of the Milwaukee Industrial and Technical school for girls in Milwaukee Wisconsin. She has taught home economics at South Side High School Milwaukee and left for duties after visiting her father and sister Mrs J H Fraser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iola George
G. Henry George
Monticello
Milwaukee Industrial and Technical School For
Milwaukee
Wis
South Side High School
Miss George
J. H. Fraser
Rev William J Grossheim Returns From Vacation
The Rev. William J. Grossheim of Monticello returns home tonight from a two month vacation with his family. He will preach next Sunday in his pulpit. While away he preached in Washington D C and visited his father in Cincinnati Ohio, spending the rest of the break at Winona Lake Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Grossheim
Presbyterian Church of
Monticello
Grossheim
First Presbyterian Church
Washington, D. C
Cincinnati
Ohio
Winona Lake
Ind
Two Held On Federal Liquor Conspiracy Charge
L J Winkler and Clarence Kramer both of Earlville were bound over to the grand jury on a federal liquor charge after arraignment in Cedar Rapids. Bonds set at 5000 each. Prosecutors say the pair conspired to defraud the U S by manufacturing concealing and selling distilled spirits. They linked the operation to a large still on Frank Bureshs farm near Oxford Junction which exploded August 5 starting a fire. The equipment is valued at 8000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cedar Rapids
L. J. Winkler
Clarence Kramer
Earlville
Grand Jury
Linn County
U. S. Internal Revenue
Buresh
Iowa
Betty Thomas Returns From Camp Holiday
Miss Betty Thomas daughter of Dr and Mrs C G Thomas arrived home last Saturday night from eight weeks at Camp Holiday in Hackensack Minnesota She served as an assistant counsellor at the camp Betty hosted Wednesday guest Miss Helen Winters formerly of Grand Island Nebraska en route from Chicago to her home to continue her education
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Thomas
C. G. Thomas
Hackensack
Minn
Betty
Helen Winters
Salpmate
Grand Island
Nebr
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True Hearts
Rome Township
Frank Walker
Booth
Concen
West
Harry E Rodman
Washington State
Sacred Heart School
Frances Coyle
Boone
Jean Sutherland
Clinton
Irma Rohr
Newton
Bancroft
Onawa
Gladys Benedict
Naomi Kleiner
Market Lambs
Maurice Bonjour
Howard Eden
Shropshire
Donald Peck
Robert Starry
Eve Shropshire
Leo Levsen
Garden Club
Fred Kromminga
Maynard Marek
E. L. Helgens
Chester Whites
J. B. Seehusen
Center Junction
Co. Jurgenson
W. R. Martin
Poland
China
Helgens Brothers
Cedar Rapids Hospital
Batemans
Henry L. Adix
Lutheran
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Tri-City
M. Rev
K. F. Weltner
Maquoketa
G. Bunge
Independence
American Lutheran Church
E. Poppen
Columbus
H. L. Adix
F. H. Voelker
A. Guetzlaff
Sheldon
Emil Bock
Vadena Finney
Rome
Italy
T. J. Lane
Wm. J. Grossheim
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