Chloe Carson Weds A E Skelley in Monticello Ceremony
Chloe Carson married Arthur F. E. Skelley at the home of her parents in Toledo. The service was conducted by Dr. John L. Hillman before sixty guests with music by Phyllis Pace and Ruth Elston. The couple will reside in Monticello after a western states trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Carson
Toledo
Chloe
Arthur FE. Skelley
J. D. Skelley
Monticello
John L. Hillman
Simpson College
Indianola
Phyllis Pace
Ruth Elston
Lohengrin
Albert Nicolet
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Alice Gay
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Royal Corbett
Skelley
Neil B. Adair
Des Moines
Dorothea Boyer
Gladys Skelley
Bernice Mason
Tama
Mary Ebersole
Toledo High School
State University
Gladys
James
Sarah Skelley
B. B. Behrends
Howard Skelley
Otto Burrichter
University of Iowa Summer Graduation Held at Weat Campus
The August convocation at the State University of Iowa was held on the old capitol building portico. Dean Eugene Allen Gilmore of the college of law gave the address. Degrees awarded spanned bachelor, master, and doctoral levels with attendees from Anamosa, Delhi, Monticello, and Olin receiving BA, MA, BS, and MLS among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University of Iowa
Weat
State Capitol
Eugene Allen Gilmore
College of Law
Edith G. Buxton
Olin
Frank W. Jones
Anamosa
Gladys Kiefer
Fred Kay
Monticello
Robert L. Runkle
Raymond L. Albrook
Delhi
Vets Interfered With In Cedar County Dispute
Three farmers in Queécar county face arrest after injunctions forbidden interference with veterinarians testing cattle for tuberculosis were violated. Vets were kicked rotten eggs thrown at one site and women of the household resisted in another. Vets withdrew and reported to superiors. incident occurred last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queé¢ar
Iowa City Woman Visits Monticello Friends
Mrs Laura H Koop of Iowa City is visiting Monticello and staying with Miss Kate Maurice. She plans to stay until September 10 then return with her daughter Laura to resume university studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura H. Koop
Iowa City
Monticello
Kate Maurice
Two farms sold in Jones county this week
Two farms changed hands in Jones county during the past week. Tobias Rieken’s 138 acre Scotch Grove farm sold for 20 000 to Henry Rittmer at about 145 per acre. John Murray’s 80 acre Sand Spring farm sold to Walter Behn ing for 9 000 cash with possession next March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Tobias Rieken
Scotch Grove Township
Henry Rittmer
Monticello
Sand Spring
John Murray
Walter Behning
Ryan
Monticello Schools Set To Open August 31 1931
Monticello public schools prepare to start the 1931 32 year next Monday August 31 The faculty remains largely the same with two new principals Minard Stout as head principal and dean of boys and Miss Georgia Miller as dean of girls The list includes A B Grimes superintendent and twenty four teachers with assignments across English mathematics science social studies languages physical education home economics agriculture music and junior high and elementary grades from various colleges the state teachers college and the University of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public Schools
Minard Stout
Georgia Miller
A. B. Grimes
Monticello
Coe College
University of Chicago
University of Iowa
Cedar Falls
State Teachers’ College
Georgia Miler
Fayette
Upper Iown
State Teachers
Margaret Kaste
Charles City
Wew
Opal Porter
Truro
Vera Mattocks
Wadena
Town State College
A. F. Walker
University of Tinois
Maurine Hamblin
Cedar Rapids
Clara Pillmore
Aurora
Dorothy Stemm
Menlo
Ann Henderson
Spirit Lake
Recene Ashton
Shenandoah
Mildred Iverson
Britt
June Meyer
Breda
Bernice Stout
Wyoming Girl Marries Former Hawkeye Star at Princeton
Willis Glassgow, former University of Town all American halfback and 1929 Hawkeye captain, married Hansette McHugh of Wyoming at Princeton Illinois on August 21. He graduated in 1930 and played pro football with Portsmouth Ohio last season, signing with the Chicago Cardinals and continuing law study. The couple will live in Chicago until January before returning to continue studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansetta McHugh
Joseph Hoegen
Wyoming
J. G. Thomas
Monticello
Willis Glassgow
University of Town
Hawkeye
Hansette McHugh
Towa
Princeton
Ill
Mrs Ricklefs and family return from Pacific Grove trip
Mrs Emil C Ricklefs and her son James traveled home last Saturday from Pacific Grove California where they stayed with Mrs Alice Cornish. On the way they visited Mr and Mrs Tra Bishopp at Farson Wyoming. Roy Ricklefs joined them at Farson and accompanied them home driving through Yellowstone Park on the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil C. Ricklefs
James
Pacific Grove
California
Wabun Camp Fire Holds Rank Ceremonial Ceremony
The Wa bun Camp Fire held a ceremonial on the Reed home lawn with Mrs. Ervin E. Reed as guardian. Vivian Smith earned the Torchbearer rank and four girls became Firemakers while Elizabeth McLaughlin also holds a national health honor. Guests included Maquoketa and Tysenahka Camp Fires. The next ceremony is planned for October with aims for Firemakers and Woodgatherers and charity garment work this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabun
Ervin E. Reed
Reed
Vivian Smith
Boy Scouts
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Maxine Redmond
Margaret McNeill
Jean Hogan
Maquoketa
Tysenahka
E. H. Huibregtse
E. J. Farley
William D. McLaughlin
Samuel J Rice Dies in De Ridder Louisiana at 85
Telegraphic notice reports Samuel Joseph Rice died at his home in De Ridder Louisiana on a Tuesday night likely due to a heart attack. Born October 5 1859 in Indiana County Pennsylvania he lived in Scotch Grove Iowa before moving to Louisiana twelve years ago where he ran a truck farm. He never married and is survived by his sister Mary Elizabeth Sinclair and nieces Ethel Courtney Miriam Abbott and Esther Sinclair with services at Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church led by Rev. Hugh Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald O. Sinclair
Scotch Grove
Samuel Joseph Rice
de Ridder
Sooten Grove Presbyterian Church
Hugh Robinson
Edgington
Tinois
Mr. Rice
Indiana County
John Rice
Scotland
United States
Samuel J. Rice
Mary Elizabeth
Scotch Grove Township
Ethel Courtney
Center Junction
Miriam Abbott
Great Falls
Montana
Esther Sinclair
Rice
Shomont Dairy Opens New Ice Cream Factory
The Shomont Dairy owned by Thomas Shover adds an ice cream department with new equipment including a pasteurizer visculizer and freezer. A 600 gallon capacity facility cools to 34 degrees for milk and mix while hardening occurs at 10 to zero degrees. three layer brick ice cream will be produced. Manager Joe Krahmer of Estherville leads with Keith Smith of West Union assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shomont Dairy
Thomas Shover
Shover
Joe Krahmer
Estherville
Keith Smith
West Union
Iowa State College
Ames
the Express
Adv
Samuel Kiburz Former Resident Dies in West
Mrs. Jake Arduser learned last Saturday of the death of her brother Samuel Kiburz a Dubois Idaho resident. He died at his home August 4 after years of ill health at age 70. He is survived by his wife of Dubois Idaho one brother Walter of Kansas City Missouri and one sister Mrs. Jake Arduser of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Arduser
Samuel Kiburz
Dubois
Idaho
Jones County Fair Opens With Record Livestock Show
The 1931 Jones County Fair launches its run with a record livestock display spanning cattle swine poultry and dairy breeds. Superintendent Tom Shover oversees cattle entries while Nat ural crowd pleasers include a 150 head pavilion and a busy swine section. Exhibits cover Holsteins Guernseys Shorthorns Angus Herefords and Duroc Jersey cattle with 4-H clubs and dairy calf participants noted amid extensive mercantile displays and floral hall progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Shover
Shomont Farms
Monticello
Fred Shover
Niles & Kempshall
Anamosa
Guernseys
Aitchison Bros
J. H. Kaiser
St. Olaf
W. B. Robinson & Son
Masonville
Lesle Seeland
Monona
Aberdeen Angus
Robinson Bros
Suter & Son
Herefords
Heeren Bros
J._B.Olson
H. E. Carrothers
Leslie Seeland
H. E. Carruthers
George Fraser
Dairy Calf Club
Robert Glider
Myrie Shover
Anna Marie Orcutt
Hone Orcutt
Georgia Orcutt
Joyce Orcutt
Carroll Kempshall
Robert Schaffer
D. D. Offringa
Waverly
R. H. Domer
Stanwood
Shomont Farm
Myric Shover
Olson & Son
John H. Fraser
Angus—Robinson Bros
Notable Monticello Residents Remembered In 30 Year Recap
Obituary notes mark the death of T. R. Breenbrack a longtime Anamosa lawyer who died in Dubuque. Other items report marriages births and local incidents including a crossing obstruction arrest a chicken theft recovered by a threshing crew and a train accident at Fifth Street. The Monticello county fair ran with lower gate receipts blamed on Ringling Brothers show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Breenbrack
Anamosa
Dubuque
Wesslyan University
Connecticut
Masonic Lodge
Robert Henderson
O. H
Monticello
Bridget Curtin
Columbus
Ohio
Vandyke
Milwaukee Road
Jerome Brazelton
Grand Street
Joe Loetscher
Leonard Hein
Max Farragher
Rudolph Winkler
John Marugeg
Richland Township
Diapason
Chicago Post
Lake Forest
Rachel Mayberry
Leona
Elmer
Fifth Street
Chestnut
North Cedar Streets
Ames
Town State College
Irving Mirick
Charles Heisey
Frank F. Hotacre
Kate Stuhler
Mary Davidson
Jessie Davidson
Michael McCullough
Bright
Smith
Felton
Madison Township
Fadison
Behnke
Ringling Brothers
New Members Received Into Presbyterian Church
Last Sunday August 22 Rev Leonard Duckett welcomed fifty seven new members into First Presbyterian Church Monticello. Fifty four came from the Richland Center church after its dissolution. Since 1920 he has added 396 members, with 218 on confession of faith and 178 by letters. The church grew from 162 in 1920 to 427 now. others include 152 infant baptisms 89 adult baptisms 66 weddings 170 funerals and 830 sermons. Next Sunday August 30 he will lead services again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Duckett
First Presbyterian Church of
Monticello
Richland Center
Duckett
Duckett to Deliver Farewell Sermon and Move to Michigan
Duckett will preach his farewell sermon at 11 am. He and his family depart for their new home at 4 Ecorse, Michigan, on Tuesday, September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duckett
Ecorse
Mich
Howard Hoskins Suffers Foot Amputation
Mrs. J. E. Pond learns her son in law Howard Hoskins of St. Paul had his foot amputated after a fall on a cottage roof during a Minnesota lake vacation. He sustained a compound ankle fracture on July 7 and, after six weeks in a cast, the foot could not be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Pond
Jennie Shipman
Howard Hoskins
St. Paul
Mr. Hoskins
Margaret Pond
Monticello
Hoskins
Minnesota
Frances Cushman Heads to Beirut for Teaching Post
Frances Cushman sails August 25 from New York aboard the S S Exochorda for Beirut Syria to teach at the American community school. She will stop in Chicago and Washington D C en route, arriving Beirut September 14. Her father Rev C E Cushman has served at Town Falls since resigning Monticello church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Frances Cushman
Beirut
Syria
New York
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Marseilles
Naples
Alexandria
Egypt
Neighborhoods That Interest Neighborhoods That Interest
Conrad Hoffman a 72 year old Dubuque county farmer died in Waterloo hospital after a fall near Benson left him unconscious at death. Fred Binine of Mount Vernon qualified for the Hole in One Club driving 140 yards near the Belle Plaine course. The state of Town drills an 8 inch well at Lower Palisades state park expected at 250 feet. Stodola accident near Lisbon involved three cars with Lawrence Romine severely injured. Lumir Svoboda 35 hanged himself in Cedar Rapids city jail amid a probed case of prowling near his wife’s home. he was an engineer and former traveling inspector for Town Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Hoffman
Dubuque County
Benson
Waterloo
Fred Binine
Mount Vernon
Belle Plaine
Lower
Palisades State Park
Stodaledar Rapids
Lisbon
Stodola
Lawrence Romine
Cedar Rapids
Lumir Svoboda
Svoboda
Town State College
American Legion
Rainbow
France
Town Railway & Light Corporation
Local Man Renews In Rann Auto Institute
Manchester visitors Mr and Mrs H M Carpenter of Monticello renew their Auto Institute membership and seek the latest mechanical innovations in the automobile field. Henry notes he once relied on Will S Beels of Hopkinton for information but found it unreliable and now turns to the fountain head for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
H. M. Carpenter
Monticello
Auto Institute
Henry
S. Beels
Hopkinton
Beels
Fountain Head
Local Girl Graduates From State Teachers College
Miss Bernice Burrichter, daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin Burrichter, graduated from Town State Teachers College in the summer term exercises last Thursday evening. She received a primary education diploma as part of 318 graduates honored in outdoor ceremonies. Dr George W Frasier of Colorado State Teachers College at Greeley delivered the commencement address. President O R Latham conferred the degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Burrichter
Martin Burrichter
State Teachers’ College
Burrichter
George W. Frasier
Colorado State Teachers’ College
Greeley
Colo
O. R. Latham
Monticello Boy Flies From New York To Des Moines
Ted Koon of the Associated Press in New York City flies to Des Moines in seven hours at a cost of $80 on a vacation trip. He visits his sister Mrs. Adolph Johnson in Ottumwa and friends in Des Moines, then returns via train to Chicago and flights to Cleveland before reaching New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Koon
Associated Press
New York City
Boeing
Des Moines
Adolph Johnson
Ottumwa
Chicago
Cleveland
Anamosa Fair Exhibits Strong Livestock Show
The Anamosa fair ended last Sunday with good weather and solid livestock displays. Monticello and surrounding towns dominated classes in Shorthorn, Hereford, Guernsey, Jersey, and Poland China breeds, with champions named for senior and grand categories. The 4 H and junior events featured top honorees and a health contest tied between Catherine Peet and Mary Elizabeth Fothergill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Monticello
Shomont Dairy
Reformatory
Helgens Brothers
George Fraser
Aitchison Brothers
Guernsey
Prof. Shearer
Theo Martin
Martelle
Robinson
Ryan
Guernseys
Charles Reinheimer
Marion
Jersey
M. Gaul
Tipton
Shomont Farms
Niles
Kempshall
Tyler
McGovern
State Reformatory
J. B. Seehusen
Center Junction
Chester Whiteson
Henry Jorgensen
Bert Miller
Lisbon
W. B. Meeks
Martello
Poland
Catherine Peet
Mary Elizabeth Fothergill
Drs. Paul
Fred Sigworth
Eloise Kuhns
Scotch Grove
Mary Koch
Wyoming
Local Creamery Pays 27 Cents For Butterfat
Roy Morey reports Farmers' Mutual Creamery of Monticello paid 27 cents a pound for first grade butterfat and 24 cents for second grade for July. Butter checks dated the 25th. July 1931 first grade delivery reached 82 280 pounds vs 79 992 in 1930. Second grade last month 11 774 pounds vs 34 725 in 1930. Farmers raise cream quality despite feed shortage. pasture nearly barren and corn being cut for cattle feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Morey
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company of
Monticello
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chloe Carson
A. E. Skelley
Cedar County
Illinois
Council
Louisiana
West
Jones County Fair
Harry Maire
Byron Abel
Leonard Yverson
Chester Whites
H. L. Cook
Henry Jurgensen
RE. Moreland
Hampshires
Clarence Sueppe
Solon
Orbin Schaff
J. R. Winslow
Helgens Bros
G. H. Gerdes
Duroc Jersey
N. Roeder & Sons
Hazelton
J. W. Livingston
Alfred Manweiller
Maurice Banjour
Leonard Horn
Howard Biere
Tom George
Vinton
Lyle Callahan
Frank Hayden
Skelgas
B. C. Roberts
George Stuhler’s Sons Company
F. A. Locher
Philco
Majestic
A. J. H. McNeill
Voss
Zimmerman Radio Shop
Crosley
Clarion
Spartan
Starr Weeze
Hoag Duster Spanany
Floral Hall
Lora Houston
Max Wortman
Forthe
Castle Grove
Merry Maiden
Lovell
B Square Club
Wyoming Township
Sunshine Club
Farm Bureau
Lovell Township
Presbyterian Church
William Sloan
Billy” Sloan
Billy
Rann Auto Institute
Anamosa Fair
Shomont
Theo J. Martin, Jr
Martette
George Praser
George Phillips
Oxford
John Henry Eichhorn
Lloyd Fairbanks
Glendon Remington
Mary Dawes
Javee Preston
Marguerite Schilt
Fortune Finders Club
Clarence McLaughlin
Booth
Jackson
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