Woman Killed In An Accident Sunday Evening
Mrs. Joseph Baker was killed in Cedar Rapids when struck by a car driven by Galen Smith of Monticello as she crossed with her husband who was injured. The coroner's inquest is set for Friday and Smith aided victims at St Luke's hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Baker
Cedar Rapids
Galen Smith
Monticello
Smith
Baker
Dan Smith
Pearl Gapen
23Rd Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Mrs. Lillias Fuller Died in Cedar Rapids December 3
Mrs. Lillias Fuller former Monticello dressmaker died at her Cedar Rapids home on December 3 at 1 30 p m Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church with Rev Leonard Duckett officiating Interment was in Oakwood cemetery She left behind two grandchildren and a brother Will Johnson Pocahontas County Mrs Fuller lived in Monticello for fifty five years and was active in the Presbyterian church Royal Neighbors and the Mystic Workers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillias Fuller
Monticello
Presbyterian Church
Leonard Duckett
Oakwood Cemetery
Fuller
Warrensburg
N. Y
Andersonville
Iowa
Pocahontas County
Grant
Will Johnson
Lee Moffitt
Cedar Rapids
The
Royal Neighbors
Mystic Workers
Com R G Thomas Visits Family After Naval Service
Commander Raymond G. Thomas returned from foreign service last week after being promoted from Cavite to command of the U S S Jason flagship of the Asiatic fleet aircraft squadron. He plans Norfolk residence before January and his wife and three children Louise Raymond and Douglas have spent the past year with Mrs J G Thomas while two older children attended high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond G. Thomas
Navy Yard
Cavite
P. I
U. S. S. Jason
East
Norfolk
Infant Jean Ann Bartlett Dies at Home
Mr and Mrs Bryan Bartlett mourn their infant daughter Jean Ann Bartlett who died at home last Sunday after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the family home Tuesday at 9 30 led by Rev Leonard Duckett of the Presbyterian church and burial followed in Oakwood cemetery. Jean Ann was born in Monticello on September 3 1930 and leaves her parents and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Bartlett
Jean Ann
Leonard Duckett
Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello
Diamond Creamery Company
Amelia Borgelt
Iowa State Teachers’ College
John Scales
May
Santa Ana
Calif
Frank McDonough
Sand Spring
Gerkie Bohlken
Jones County
Geneva Earhart
A. P. Himebaugh
Epworth
Reuben Dress
J. T. Tellon
Ed Kohl
Adam Reichart
Mr. Tellon
Lewis M. Clark
Scotch Grove Township
S. H. Clark
Clinton
F. A. Hefner
Delaware
Sarah A. Hefner
Kasper Aggola
Henry Guyan
A. G. Hanken
Anna Schoon
Rhinehart Tobiassen
Mary Schoon
Amber
Georgeanna Reynolds
William Dawson
J. W. Innes
Dawson
Traer
Charles O’brien
John O'Brien
Cascade
John
Jessie Fawcett
Olin
Mary A. Fawcett
David Adams
Leonard Arduser
Colton
J. W. Gilroy
Caroline Sherman
Capt
P. S. Sherman
Bowen's Prairie
Gayle Magee
Dwight Smith
Chicago
W. A. Mirick
Siegfried Gruenstein
Congregational Church
James Wilson
Lovell House
Harry J. Wilson
Greeley
Burns Lodge Elects New Executive Officers
Burns Lodge No. 173 A F and A M of Monticello elected new officers at the regular meeting last week. Named were Worshipful Master Ben Roberts Senior Warden Glenn Bancroft Junior Warden Neal Hayden Treasurer L. W. Lovell and Secretary D P Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns Lodge
No. 173
A. F
A. M
Monticello
Ben Roberts
Glenn Bancroft
Neal Hayden
L. W. Lovell
D. P. Young
Farm Bureau Marks 14th Birthday in Anamosa
The Jones county Farm Bureau celebrates its fourteenth birthday at K P Hall Anamosa December 16 with a 10 30 am program featuring home project and girls club reports by Max Wortman county agent an election of officers at noon a candle lighting ceremony a history of the bureau and a resolution committee report A noon dinner by the Pythian Sisters costs 60 cents per plate reservations urged committee members named Laude Wherry Meeks Burr Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau of
Jones County
Anamosa
Home Project
Max Wortman
K. P. Hall
Pythian Sisters
Farm Bureau
Jones County Farm Bureau
Resolution Committee
Mesdames Laude
Wherry
Meeks
Burr, Morse
Notable Crimes and incidents reported near Waukon and Cedar Rapids
Last Friday two young men stole a truckload of hogs at the Ellingson farm near Waukon but were captured before selling them. Cedar Rapids resident John Knapp suffered severe injuries after being struck by a car driven by G S Izer while bicycling. A $100,000 anonymous gift to Cornell College will be matched with $45,000 from the Rockefeller foundation. Joseph R. Anderson, 50, died after a fall from the eighth story window of the American Trust Savings Bank building. Gilbert Fangfann, 19, injured by a hunting accident near Delhi. Davenport student John Joseph Conaty, 22, sentenced for threatening a letter to Worrall Dow. Dr G L Hill, former Manchester chiropractor, disappeared after selling his practice. Robert Spradling, 24, killed in a head‑on crash near Schueyville. passenger F F Frost injured. Blinding fog blamed for several incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellingson
Waukon
John Knapp
Cedar Rapids
G. S. Izer
Knapp
Cornell College
Rockefeller Foundation
Joseph R. Anderson
American Trust & Savings Bank
John Joseph Conaty
Davenport
Worrall
Dow
Trinity Cathedral
Anamosa
G. L. Hil
Manchester
Jeanette Kinne
Minnesota
Hill
Robert Spradling
Frankfort
Ind
University At
Town City
Louis Langhurst
Schueyville Cemetery
Langhurst
Spradling
F. F. Frost
Iowa City
Iowa Film Delivery Company
Golden Wedding Anniversary of M. and Mrs. Knapp
Mr. and Mrs. M. 8. Knapp celebrated their golden wedding Friday in Cedar Rapids with a Memorial hall dinner for 103 guests. The couple, married December 5, 1880 in Castle Grove, were honored by six children, 25 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Mr. Knapp, born August 19, 1857 in Wisconsin, moved to Jones County in 1879. Mrs. Knapp, daughter of John F. and Catherine Kline of Castle Grove, later moved to Linn County.
Twenty Five Years Ago Items Of Occurrences
Butterfat pricing at 2314 cents a pound featured in a year-old column. Local births, marriages, deaths, and events include Amelia Borgelt at Iowa State Teachers College, Jon es county obituaries, weddings such as Podlaski anniversary, and notable deaths like T. K. Black and James Wilson.
Local Want Ad Sells Black Walnuts Fast
Mrs. Jack Studer placed a 25 cent one issue ad in The Express for black walnuts. Orders came from W O Welch in San Antonio Texas and Mrs Frank Eberhart in Rosebud Montana plus many locals. All stock was sold within ten days to readers seeking that item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Studer
The
Express
W. O. Welch
San Antonio
Texas
Frank Eberhart
Rosebud
Montana
West of Broadway staged by Monticello Auxiliary
A home talent play titled West of Broadway was sponsored last week by the American Legion Auxiliary of Monticello. Due to bad weather and the Christmas rush only a small audience attended Thursday and Friday evenings, with door receipts near $100. Participants portrayed their roles creditably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Ladies of the American Legion Auxiliary of
Monticello
Teacher Enroute To Hamadan Travels By Letter From Persia
Arnold Egger prints excerpts from a niece Miss Lucile Sweesy missionary in Hamadan Persia. She describes travel from New York and Hamburg to Berlin Warsaw Baku and Resht and on to Hamadan with vivid details of seasickness train delays rain sightseeing and encounters with fellow missionaries. She notes visas trunks and language hurdles and mentions meeting American missionaries in Resht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Sweesy
Arnold Egger
Hamadan
Persia
Russia
Plymouth
England
Iowa
New York
Gulf Stream
Herr Six
Hamburg
Elbe
Germany
Berlin
Worms
Wittenburg
Luther
Kaiser’s Palace
Sacred Heart High Wins First Game of Season
Monticello beat St. John's of Farley 17 to 12 in Sacred Heart gym after a tight first half and seesaw third quarter, with Claude Appleby refereeing. Box score lists players for Monticello and out-of-town funeral attendees postgame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart High
Monticello
Sacred Heart School
Sacred Heart
St. John’s of Farley
Farley
Claude Appleby
Coe
Faiiley
Chaloupka
Jones Farm Bureau To Celebrate 14th Birthday
The Jones county farm bureau marks its fourteenth annual meeting on Tuesday December 16. The program features past presidents county agents and home demonstration workers with names and tenures including John Bodenhofer G H George J W Morse and A B White among presidents and Mrs Sam H Thompson Mrs Roy M Joslin Miss Bessie Redfern and Fred Clark among home agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Farm Bureau
John Bodenhofer
G. H. George
J. W. Morse
A. B. White
T. R. Young
G. J. van Buren
W. B. Meeks
G. J. Hughes
George F. Specht
Paul Smith
I. R. Hintz
Roy Joslin
Sam H. Thompson
Ames
Roy M. Joslin
Annamosa
Bessie Redfern
Harlan
Fred Clark
Willis Sheets
Marion
Center Junction
W. W. Strike
Max A. Wortman
Present Trade Conditions Discussed by Ray Hoag
Ray Hoag told Monticello Rotary club last Monday that there is no real low mood in the public just a matter of state of mind. He noted local income held steady with last year and thus people had no real cause to complain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hoag
Monticello Rotary Club
Monticello School Presents Pickles Operetta Next Tuesday
The Monticello public school operetta Pickles debuts next Tuesday at 8 PM in the school auditorium under Miss Maurine Hamblin. A large cast features Nona Vivian Smith J Jennison Jones Howard Mc Laughlin Jonas Pennington Raymond Schoon June Pennington and many others as Vienna carnival unfolds with song and comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public School
Maurine Hamblin
Monticello Public Schools
Nona
Vivian Smith
J. Jennison Jones
Howard McLaughlin
Jonas Pennington
Raymond Schoon
June Pennington
Edna Schoon
Arthur Crefant
Kenneth Burris
Vivian Delaney
Edna Siebels
Jigo
Raymond Thomas
Hans Mayer
Leonard Schoon
Rumski
Tim George
James Ricklefs
Captain Kinski
Eugene Rodman
Louisa
Vivian Bancroft
Mary Stickford
Dante Retchart
Lester Zimmerman
Jonas H. Pennington
June
Vienna
Jones
Pennington
Peter Piper
Lady Vivian
Kinski
Mona
Arthur Cresant
Keith Dickey
Richard Calkins
Billy Kettlitz
Milton Langer
Leroy Schoon
Junior Burris
Bernard Che
Gerald Schoon
James McLaughlin
Loren Cramer
Paul van Buren
Helen Crane
Rachel Callahan
Sara Oltman
Viola Hutton
Esther Eden
Irene Burrichter
Lillian Slauson
Leona Behrends
Emma Hughes
Max Specht
Bill Curtis
Berkley Curtis
Robert Phelps
Elmer Rickels
George Harms
Lucile George
Garnet Eilers
Lucile Scheele
Luella Boots
Luella Balsiger
Muriel Hanssen
Georgia Orcutt
Ada Eggers
Laura Lehman
Shirley Hoag
Roberta Clark
Wilma Harford
Maxine Wirth
Roy Rickless
Monticello High Names Honor Roll Students
Monticello high school announces the honor roll for the six weeks. Top honors go to Thelma Van Voltenburg and Pauline Cooper with averages of 96 percent. Other honorees include Ella Rickels Bertha Mae Goldin Edith Winkler and many seniors juniors and sophomores listed with scores from 90 to 94 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Thelma van Voltenburg
Pauline Cooper
Ella Rickels
Bertha Mae Goldin
Edith Winkler
Emma Hughes
Eugene Rodman
Jack Kay
Emil Prull
Pauline Oltman
Eldora Semmert
James Rickless
Mabel Bartlett
Margaret McNeill
Mary Stickford
Jones County No 3 Cow Test Association Report
The 185 cows tested, 61 dry, averaged 448.7 lbs milk and 19.1 lbs butterfat. Forty cows produced over 40 lbs butterfat with eight over 50. Tyler and McGovern led with 44.8 lbs butterfat and 968 lbs milk in purebred and grade Holsteins. J W Street er’s grade Holsteins were second with 756 lbs milk and 28.8 lbs butterfat. C C Jones’s grade Holsteins tied for second with 702 lbs milk and 28.8 lbs butterfat. High cows for the month were Roany 1410 lbs milk 63.5 bf, Star 1548 lbs milk 61.9 bf, Tib 1521 lbs milk 60.8 bf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler & McGovern
J. W. Streeter
C. C. Jones
Roany
Star
Marion Anderson
American Legion Monticello to Host Basketball Series
The Arthur P. O Rourke post of the American Legion in Monticello sponsors a basketball team with a December to February schedule arranged by Ralph C. Lambert. Games occur at the Memorial building gymnasium with one December game in Monticello and others at Morley Edgewood Cascade Advertisers and Martello. A March independent teams tournament will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur P. O'Rourke
American Legion of
Monticello
Ralph C. Lambert
the Legion
Memorial Building
Martello
Morley
Edgewood
Cascade Advertisers
Obituary of Mrs. Sarah FE Snowe of Kennebec
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Rice Snowe aged 86 died November 24 at a daughter’s home in Kennebec South Dakota after a week illness from pneumonia. Born May 6 1844 in Whitesville New York, she lived in Monticello Mitchell Wynot and Kennebec, was twice married to Jackson P Snowe and had eight children including six survivors. Funeral was held at Kennebec November 26 with burial at Wynot Nebraska. She planned reminiscences of Monticello for The Monticello Express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah FE. Snowe
Monticello
Kennebec
S. D
Snowe
Sarah Elizabeth Rice
Whitesville
N. Y
Gilbert and
Remembrance Rice
Jackson P. Snowe
Marion E
Harry F
Howard N
Roy N
Otis N
Leon F
Florence
Gilbert
Wynot, Neb
Fred P
Frank H
Wynot
Neb
Norman A. Rice
Silvis
Mitchell, S. D
Potter Mother of Nine Dies in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Mattie A. Potter, born May 23 1861 Nora Springs Iowa, died December 6 at 7 25 p m after long illness. Funeral was held in Cedar Rapids with Rev W L Alexander officiating and burial at Riverside cemetery Anamosa. Survived by four sons Clyde E Clark A Whitetail Montana and Edwin F of Redstone Mont and Bessie at home plus two daughters Vera Scarborough of Los Angeles and Carrie Clark Monticello and two brothers T W and F E Clark of Clinton. Mary and Carrie Clark of Monticello mourn her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary FE
Carrie Clark
Monticello
Mattie A. Potter
Frank N
Edwin F
Whitetail
Montana
Clark A
Clyde E
Redstone
Mont
Vera
F. C. Scarborough
Los Angeles
Bessie
T. W
F. E. Clark
Clinton
Mary
Potter
Anamosa Nurse Weds Monticello Man at Parsonage
Margaret Flockhart of Anamosa, sister of Miss Mabel Flockhart of Monticello, married William Ketelsen of Monticello December 1 at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Anamosa. Rev. F. W. Worcester officiated. They plan to live on a farm near Springville, newly purchased by Ketelsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Flockhart
Anamosa
Mabel Flockhart
Monticello
William Ketelsen
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
F. W. Worcester
Sprineville
Ketelsen
Mrs Wilhelm Behrends 60th Birthday Party Celebrated
Mrs Behrends surprised at home last Sunday as her children and families gathered for the sixtieth birthday. Dinner was served at noon with Mr and Mrs Will Balsiger and family, Mr and Mrs Andy Smith and family of Delhi, Mr and Mrs W H Behrends of Sand Spring, and Misses Eda and Edna present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelm Behrends
Will Balsiger
Andy Smith
Delhi
W. H. Behrends
Sand Spring
Eda
Edna
Booze Peddlers Sentenced In District Court
In district court the jury tried cases including a will contest McIntosh vs Matejkna where the will was sustained for the proponents. Joe Powlesta pleaded guilty to a prohibitory law infraction, fined 500 and jailed if not paid. Pat Cohee was found guilty of the same charge, fined 400, three months county jail. Sutton vs Moreland awarded 800 to plaintiff in automobile damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McIntosh
Matejkna
Supreme Court
Amon
Jones County
Joe Powlesta
Oxford Junction
Powlesta
Pat Cohee
Sutton
Stick-Up Man Kills Cedar Rapids Grocer
A Cedar Rapids grocer Thomas Risk aged 55 was shot and killed during a robbery at his South 8th Street and 7th Avenue store about 7 30 pm The gunman demanded money and fired as Risk hesitated The victim’s nine year old boy witnessed the attack and attempted to help The robber fled and no suspect has been identified by the boy despite one arrest local police continue to investigate the case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Risk
Risk
South 8Th Street
7Th Avenue East
Christmas Mailing Schedule by Postmaster Guides Deadlines
Postmaster George Guyan urges timely sending to ensure delivery by Christmas. The schedule lists regional panes with specific date ranges: December 15 17 for western states, December 16 18 for mountain and southern states, December 17 20 for central and southern states, December 19 21 for midwest and northeast states, and December 21 22 for all towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Guyan
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
Delaware
New England
Wyoming Farmer Found After Fall Into Cistern
Oscar Hansen, an aged farmer living alone on a farm near Wyoming, fell into an eight foot dry cistern last Monday night. He suffered shock and severe bruises before neighbors found him and transported him to Mercy hospital in Anamosa, where doctors diagnosed an injured shoulder blade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hansen
Wyoming
Hansen
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Fatal fall at Roshek building claims second construction death
Chester Baldwin a 35 year old glazier from Shullsburg Wisconsin was killed in Dubuque when a plank crossing an elevator shaft broke dropping him from the second floor to the sub basement. The disaster marks the second fatality in the $1,500,000 department store project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Baldwin
Shullsburg
Wis
Dubuque
Baldwin
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. G. Thomas
Jean Ann Bartlett
Gilbert Fangfann
Earlville
Chester
Dubuque Hospital
the Express
Sprecken
Baku
Poland
Warsaw
Caspian
Caucasian
Jesus
Phalevi
Resht
Mary Smith
Q. Miller
Frank Fuller
Luella Gibson
James Campbell
Harry Peterson
William Behrends
Glessner
Codey Rapids
Alice Moffit
Monmouth
Cow Test Association
American Legion
Sarah E. Snowe
Kennebec, S. D
Mittie A. Potter
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