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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
8
A large Scotch Grove crowd attended a district five program led by teacher Ruth Craig with Esther Sinclair on piano and students performing plays and the Virginia Reel. The evening included a lunch, a birthday party for Ruth Craig, and a sale of household goods.
A milk truck skidded on wet pavement last week, trapping Mr. Johnson until a passing motorist freed him and drove him to medical aid. He suffered cuts and head injuries and is hospitalized in Pasadena, with family and friends expressing grave concern.
East Cass Township relatives report the marriage of Lloyd Lake of Des Plaines Illinois son of Arthur Lake to Ollie Groupe of Pautine Illinois. The ceremony took place at the bride's parents home on Saturday November 23 with the couple to live in Des Plaines where Lake works as a mechanic at Palwaukee airport.
Friday and Saturday POWDER RIVER WRANGLERS present Bring ’Em in Dead a story of the old west with Boris Karloff Dorothy Sebastian Mary Carr and others. An educational lobby display features relics of the frontier including Poncho Villa artifacts. A two hour program includes two unusual shorts and the famous outlaw tale.
The Cass school district No. 6 hosted a Monday evening program on Nov. 25 with songs dialogues recitations and folk dances by pupils. Mrs Rose Babb and Mrs Joe Curtis of Coggan performed duets with Curtis on guitar. Over fifteen dollars was raised and a free plate lunch plus homemade candy sales supported the event.
Hopkinton residents visited family homes in Lamont Dubuque and Monticello during Thanksgiving week. The Independent school district plans selling $24000 in bonds for a new school building. Community events include the Kill Kare club dinner the U Go I Go Club gathering and a missionary society praise meeting. Lenox junior college basketball schedule and local club meetings are noted.
The council will open bids next Tuesday December 10, with high interest noted as over fifteen applications for plans and specifications have been received.
Onslow residents hosted guests from Cedar Rapids Davenport and Wyoming for Thanksgiving. Families at Anamosa Center Junction and nearby towns shared meals with relatives and noted a school accident as Eleanor Kennedy cut her face and broke a tooth. Local business and housing changes included Paul Smith selling cattle in Chicago and Ed Hodoval preparing to open a new East Main Street business.
Onslow welcomes a new drug store after a period without a local drug business. Duane Topping visited J. G. Reid at the county home. Mrs Harm Harrs and two children stayed with Henry Cook in Wyoming. O Lightfoot and daughter Irene visited Ana missa on business Tuesday. Onslow squads lost both basketball games to Oxford Junction Monday evening. Ruth Sears returned home from an extended visit in Chicago. Local residents joined C R Smith S G Hutton and Emil Paulsen at the Chicago international stock show. Cecil Woon stayed with W H Koon. Mankind urges civilization with germ bombs and poison gas debated by a writer in London. Honolulu hosts a class of twenty two learning ancient abacus techniques.
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