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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1933
Page
5
Numerous family gatherings and local events fill the Wyoming area with reunions picnics and visits. Attendees include the Shaffer McCann and Bates families from Pe tersburg Chicago Davenport and Anamosa while Clifford Schmalfeldt remains hospitalized after a horse kicked him.
Rev Findley Brown and Mrs Brown visit Chicago relatives while John Brown stays with the Beckwiths. Lutheran Ladies Aid hosts Aug 31 at Becker home with hostesses Westphal Groening and Holub. Presbyterian Industrial Society gathering at Miss Jane Inglis home. Wyoming schools open Sept 4. Klaud Dick family visiting relatives in western Iowa and South Dakota. East Ridge homecoming picnic Aug 90 at East Ridge school. Edna Conmey to present piano pupils at M E church Friday. Minna Hansen visiting family in Ghirovre. Barbara Huggans returns home from Monticello Hospital after major operation.
Center Junction Madison's Merry Maidens 4-H win first for their flower arrangement booth at the Monticello fair. Members include Lucile Livingston Evelyn Courtney and others under leader Mrs Paul Smith. Shorthorn class winner Marvin Brohm and garden club third place Bob Hanson noted. Leaders T E Stanton and others referenced amid a flurry of fair related visits and travel to Des Moines Chicago Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Monticello events.
Prairieburg residents host and visit family friends throughout the week. The sequence includes visits to Anamosa Cedar Rapids Monticello and Mercy Hospital in Anamosa as well as siblings and clergy joining relatives. Several health issues and family ties surface in the gatherings.
Daily notes from Prairieburg and nearby areas record numerous visits and family looks in on residents. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. John Kaliban, Milo Kaliban, and relatives in Prairieburg. Sister Mary De Pazzi and Sister Frances Marie visit in Anamosa. travelers from Minneapolis, Cedar Falls, Dubuque, Monticello, Manchester, Center Point, Davenport, and Santa Monica are listed among weekend visits and family stays. Community members attend the Jones County fair and plan fishing trips to northern Wisconsin.
A roundup of local activities includes visits by residents to Monticello and North Minnesota, a Sunday school convention at Antioch church with multiple area churches, and funeral services for William Hanken after an airplane crash near Clarence. Silo filling begins early on the Henry Folkers farm due to dry weather, with other residents traveling to Tampico, Springfield, and Denver for visits and errands.
Castle Grove chapel will resume services next Sunday with Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 11. The Castle Grove 4-H club girls meet with Phoebe Hiller on Saturday afternoon. Joseph J. Delay and Mrs. Marcus Kehoe visited in Anamosa Friday last week. Claude Mason and Lyle Hosford fished near Delhi last Thursday. Silo filling commenced in this yi-
The August Castle Grove Farm Bureau meeting is set for Friday September 1 after a postponement due to the Jones County fair. Highlights include community singing readings music talks by Max Wortman and club reports with prizes won by Castle Grove 4-H and Cass township boys at the Jones County fair. James McLaughlin led baby beef in the Angus class and overall champion among the youngsters.
Onslow residents report visits to Chicago for the Century of Progress and Des Moines for the stage fair. Families attend church, return from trips, and plan season events as school prepares to open on September 5. A hunting harness accident injures Duliford Schmalfeldt, requiring hospitalization in Anamosa.
Richland Center residents and guests recount visits to Chicago World’s Fair and trips to Dubuque Detroit and Martette. Walter Eiburg and family hosted Kan sas City visitors and others from Dubuque Rickels Kiburz Buol Sackett Rogers and Heath were among those listed in recent leisure and social rounds.
A brief note from a reader identified as a long time Express subscriber praising local coverage and urging continued focus on community news and hometown updates.
Sheriff records show transfers including Clifford L Niles to Mabel Flockhart in Anamosa for about $50.91 and parcels in sections across 8 and 16, with a 224 acre claim valued at $15,385.75, plus multiple conveyances involving Lillie Meeks, J R Duncan and others, together with a 280 acre tract subject to a mortgage of $17,000. Also notes a cemetery lot transfer from New Antioch Cemetery Association to Tullos McGuire.
The district court of Jones County Iowa appoints Arthur McDonald as executor of Kate O Rourke deceased. All persons with claims must file with the clerk sworn and within time to be allowed or proved, or risks costs. Debts should be paid promptly. notice dated August 5 1933 at Anamosa Iowa. attorney J d Locher.
Public records list undivided interests of Emma A Hinrichs Folkerts in farm land parcels near New Antioch cemetery described as 15 and 31 10 acres and various metes and bounds with references to First Farm Land Co and Gerret J Siebels to Anna Siebels hi wife and Amber addition lot boundaries including se corner deeds and outlying measurements.
Financial statement shows 2 635 acres of land valued at 223 975 90 with cash on hand 2 636 65 and bank balances. Liabilities list capital stock 200 Surplus undivided 20 000 Mortgage indebtedness 190 000 with no other liabilities. H M Carpenter Jr sworn as president attesting to accuracy before Notary F G Matthiiessen on August 26 1933.
Fragment from a land record describes boundary lines starting at the northwest corner, then north along the side of an 80 acre tract to a road, then southeast along the road to the eastern end of the west line, then north 16 perches.
Officials record the execution of deeds and estates involving Sarah J. Atwood. Clifford B H Paul, executor, handles last will and testament matters and deed transfers to Grace Atwood. A sum of $300 is noted for a parcel at 15 Orkland, within a 118 acre context referenced as part of the Atwood estate.
Local column notes weather, roof coating sales, and home repair tips from St. Anthony and Dakota Lum Khar War Wek Aha Jr. Barron editor. The piece jokes about disarmament talk, insurance payouts, coal prices, and autumn repairs while promoting Mule Hide roof coatings and free estimates.
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