Local shoppers, visitors fill Cedar Rapids area ads and notices
Local items describe Mrs A E Coe and others visiting Cedar Rapids and Delhi. Denkhoff promotes gift items with engraved pens, watches, and prayer books. Helms Studio offers portraits and Kodak supplies. Newton's Variety Store schedules December evening hours. The Arthur P O Rourke American Legion to present Circus Sally on February 1 and 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur P. O'Rourke
The
American Legion
Local Notes and Announcements From Monticello and Vicinity
A Monticello weekly roundup lists fish and poultry sales at Bader's market, family visits, social events, a city water well drill halt, Legion officers installation plans, a St Matthew's sale, box social success, and community updates including snowfall, school activities, and TB seal drives.
Violin Recital Highlights Miss Doolittle Pupils
Miss Theodosia Doolittle of Delhi directed a Wednesday violin recital at Knights of Columbus hall featuring a large group of pupils. The event included piano numbers by other students and showcased her weekly violin class held at Mrs. Simon Neilly’s home.
Monti Express Gift and Monticello Basketball Team Formed
The Monticello area promotes The Monti cello Express weekly letter as a lasting gift option. Monticello forms one of the eastern Iowa independent basketball teams, named The Cardinals, with Arch Koop as manager and a roster including Whitford Hauss Zubler Wybur Certeno Kula Schneider Behnke Corbett Denkhoff Adamson Stuhier Hayden. The team will play its first game during Christmas holidays and seeks opponents for dates.
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Monticello
Iowa
Cardinals
Lawrence Whitford
Linfred Hauss
Waller
Louis Zubler
Wybur
Certeno
Thomas Kula
Hermann Schneider
Lester Behnke
Royal Corbett
Donald Denkhoff
Red” Adamson
Pete” Stuhier
Neal Hayden
Arch Koop
Death of Mrs Conrad Mardorf in Lovell Township
The Lovell township community mourns the death of Mrs Gertrude Marie Aldrichs Mardorf at Mercy hospital Anamosa after gallstone surgery. Born in Oldenburg Germany in 1876 she came to the United States in 1884 and settled in Scotch Grove and Wayne township before marrying Conrad Mardorf in 1897. Survived by husband five children and three sisters the funeral was held at the family home and the Reformed church with burial at Oakwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell
Conrad Mardorf
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Gertrude Marie Aldrichs
Sade
Oldenburg
Oesfriesland
Germany
Gerd J
Katrina Aldrichs
United States
New York
Scotch Grove
Jacob Matthiessen
Matthiessen
Wayne*township
Mardorf
Lovell Township
Delaware County
George
Annie Peters
Gerhard
Carl
William
Monticello
Clarence Spence
Folk Festival Dances Shine at New Public School Gym
A Friday folk festival in the new public school gym featured twelve dances by junior and senior high girls from public and parochial schools. Helen Thompson wowed with Sailor's Hornpipe while the final group showcased a colorful melting pot of costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Whitford
Monticello Man Killed by Car in Tacoma Washington
George Frost son of S G Frost a Monticello business leader was killed in Tacoma Washington October 26 after being struck by a car and run over. He was 75 and survived by his widow and four married daughters. The Monticello high school junior class play Adam and Eva postponed to December 17 due to illness. tickets available from cast members or at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam and
Eva
Emily Chadwell
James W. Cartwright
van Alstyne
Texas
Cartwright
Nellie Parrott
Monticello
Mr. Cartwright
George Frost
S. G. Frost
Tacoma
Washington
Fannie
J. M. Kin
Frost
Monticello High School
Jayne Shover
The
Express
James King
George Meyer Coripthia
Gladys Stickford
Clinton DeWitt
Carrol Podhaski
Julie DeWitt
Camille Goings
Eva King
Jayne Shoyer
Abby Packer
Ruth Cropp
Jack Delamater
Carl Hartman
Horace Pilgrim
Edwin Lightfoot
Adam Smith
Robert Rickless
Lord Andrew Gordon
Harold van Voltenburg
Monticello Christmas Tree Brightens Town With Santa Visit
The Monticello Christmas tree stands decorated with red green blue and white lights topped by a star. Henry Schoon funded the tree and Santa visits are set for December 24 at 2 PM with candy for attendees. Also recap of the Father and Son banquet at the Methodist church last Thursday evening with football topics and plans for next year. A blizzard caused a fatal crash near Conrad injuring Gladys Harris, 16, when a buggy was struck from behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Santa
Henry Schoon
Henry
St. Nick
Santa Claus
Monticello
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dads and Sons
Albert E. Coe
J. W. Coxsee
Merle Deischer
Charles Coxsee
Carlton Landis
R. C. Hoag
Paul Meyer
F. L. Mahannah
Gladys Harris
Conrad
Rotary Club Song Fest Adds Two New Members
The Monticello Rotary club meeting featured a song fest with chairmen Frank Locher and Ben Roberts. O. B. Grane accompanied on piano as Thomas Shover dairyman and Paul E. Gibson surgeon were welcomed. Louis Hoag and Ray Hoag introduced the new members. The club plans to attend a Manchester Rotary meeting next Tuesday at 6 30 where Waterloo Rotary will sponsor a charter presentation for a new Manchester club.
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Monticello Rotary Club
Frank Locher
Ben Roberts
O. B. Grane
Thomas Shover
Dairyman
Paul E. Gibson
Louis Hoag
Ray Hoag
Manchester
Waterloo Rotary Club
Monticello High School basketball team fields 27 players
Monticello begins week two of practice with twenty seven players and one letterman from last year. The squad includes seven holdovers and multiple prospects with heights from four feet seven inches to six feet two inches and weights from eighty to one eighty pounds. Captain to be chosen soon. first game set for January 8 against Manchester.
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Monticello High School
Monticello
Rhatigan
Anderson
Podhaski
Rickless
Grenewald
Dubbs
Appleby
Hutton
Sam Rhatigan
James Maurice
Donald Morey
George Meyer
Carl Egger
John Wilcox
John Shover
Alva Hahn
Harold Marugg
Raymond Hoag
George Schoon
John Zubler
Schmidt
Kenneth Harrs
Kenneth Hosford
Clark Brokaw
Robert Wilhelm
Ferdinand Oltman
Whitford
Manchester
Sudden End of a Lawsuit Over Flood Damage
James D. Skelley dismissed his suit against the City of Monticello and Tom Shover after discovering an established street grade. The case claimed the raised roadway caused flooding and ice loss at Skelley’s inland ice house near Kitty Creek. The dismissal follows arguments that flood and grade levels, not negligence, determined the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Skelley
City of
Monticello
Tom Shover
Skelley
Kitty Creek
Shover
Proctor Store
Maquoketa
Shelley
Sait
High School Notes Highlight Banquets Plays And Exams
School events are chronicled from the Father and Son banquet to a dance festival and a junior class play. Mentioned are Captain Kenneth Hosford, the Adam and Eva performance, the Phnomathean society, state examiners, and city council pay concerns in Des Moines and Monticello.
Iowa Motorists Urged to Apply for Auto Licenses Now
Officials in Iowa urge motorists to renew licenses before year end. Delays risk inability to issue licenses "while you wait" after January 1. Ample notice has been given. no respite expected for delinquents and enforcement may begin. The auto division has prepared to issue licenses. public inaction will cause trouble for those with outdated plates.
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Iowa
Auto Division
Reuben Hubbard Earns State Honor With Sheep Club Leaders
Reuben B Hubbard son of Mr and Mrs Bert Hubbard of this city leads eight boys sheep club named best in Minnesota at the St Paul live stock show The Montevideo high school agriculture instructor oversaw clubs totaling fifteen boys and girls in sheep hog baby beef and poultry with substantial prizes and state fair champion sheep club recognition noted by the St Paul paper Grand Champion sheep prize won by Vernon Rairden’s dam also highlighted
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Reuben B. Hubbard
Bert. Hubbard
Montevideo
Chippewa County
Minnesota
St. Paul
Wother
Vernon Rairden
Hubbard
Champion
Reuben
Monticello
Through Tourist Sleeping Car To Los Angeles
Through tourist sleeping car to Los Angeles via Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Ry leaving every Tuesday from Austin Calmar Monticello Cedar Rapids and intermediate stations via Kansas City and southern routes. For full particulars regarding train service and excursion rates consult any Milwaukee agent.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Monticello ISD Sealed Coal Bid Due December 14
The Independent School District of Monticello will receive sealed bids for one car of coal from Franklin or Saline counties before 7 30 p m on Monday December 14 at the board of education office in the public school building. The Anamosa high school football team closed its season without a defeat.
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Independent
Monticello
Franklin County
Saline County
Board of Education
A. H. Koop
Anamosa High School
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Lenticelia
Legondary
OXSEE
CHAS
Doxsee
E. G. Burrichter
A. E. Coe
Cedar Rapids
Winchester
McNeill
Denkhoff
Guibransen
Locher
F. EB. Stimson
Delhi
Dr.Redmond
Otto Burrichter
Cedar: Rapids
George K. Meyer
William Rohn
Mrs. Halstead Carpenter
Parlor City
Edison
Lochet
Augusta Bliss
Clara ‘Schodde
Dr. Redmond
G. J. Helken
Helen
Helms Studio
Waldemar
Father Lagence
F. G. Matthiessen
Hopkinton
Fred Henak
Wyoming
L. W. Whitford
Daisy Gardner
Nadine
Eastman Kodaks
Denkhoft
George Scroggie
Tyler
Sherman Olson
Strawberry Point
Rudolph Aebi
Newton's Variety Store
Vivian Benesh
Lenox
College
Ray Jacque
George Stutt
Oxford Junction
J.gerdes
John Gerdes
Castle Grove Township
Myrtle Rockstad
Mildred Deischer
Coe College
Sinclair Literary Society
Freda Zimmerman
Marcelling
Alva Behrends
B. J. Farley
Godfrey, Bader
Wyrick Photo’ Studio
Bader's
Nick
Maurice
Imogene Stuhler
Minneapolis
Nellie Fletcher
J. Farley
Poultry Hosage
Paul Maire
Ulysses Matre
Fred Barrack
John Brokens
Arlington
Anna Brokens
Austin Stadtmueller Home
Jolly Stitchers
Ruth van Buren
Erville
Thomas Rhatigan
T. M. Redmond
Chestnut Street
Medical Fraternity
Mary Sheets
Inez Knapp
Phoebe Parry
Mildred Ganfield
EB. G. Hicks
Orlando
Florida
Bob
Richard Thompson
Frank Thompne
Cass No. 6
Iva Miller
Emil Rickless
Willys-Knight
O. B. Burrichter
Emil
I*al
Legion Hall
Werner Stockwell
St. Louis
Missouri
Stockwell
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
J. B. Zimmerman
August J. Toenjes
Amber
Gerd Bunting
Toenjes
Henry L. ‘Moeuk
Joe Kuhns
Bunting
the Express
St. John’s Ladies’ Aid Society
Margaret Stadtmueller
Florence Nobie
BE. J. Nobie
Chi Delta Club
Zeta Phi Eta
Florence
Coe
John Yossi
Frank
Bilers
Yossi
Hillers
Public Library Board
C. J. Northrop
Laura Koop
Leonard Duckett
Janet Hazard
Halstead Carpenter
Mary Coxsee
Lovell Township Farm Bureau
Irving Hintz
Harold Wilcox
Nora Workman
Ames
Monticello Hydro-Electric Company
Monticello Electric Company
M. A. Harrison
Waverly
Dorothy Hance
M. EB
Clarence Rhatigan
Des Moines
Los Angeles
Atwater Kent Radio
Cross Hardware Co
Lowell State Bank
Mr. King
Long Island
King Farm
New Jersey
Lucille George
Warren Studer
Part
Olive Slauson
Alma Bud
Star Meat Market
Will Marshall
Peacock Shop
Monticello Opera House
Fred Thompson
Century Comedy
Irene Rich
Warner Bros
Jack Pickford
Fox News
Metro
the Mystic
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