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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1935
Page
2
Local notes recount Miss Clara Palmer visiting Cedar Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Mahanney hosting in Cresco, and numerous calls from Des Moines to Monticello. Madsen Motor Company promotes winter needs and Ford V8, while Schoenhut Bakery and Schoenhut Bakers advertise holiday baked goods.
The men's topic club will meet on December 16 to present American Neutrality as the discussion topic. A new member was voted into the club last week with Vig H M Carpenter Jr noted among the attendees.
Henry Rickels has leased the Rickels garage and service in Monticello for operation of a bulk tank service truck for the White Rose oil company. The note references his recent farm closing near Antioch and suggests continued local business activity.
Saturday December events include a debate trip to Iowa City with University of Iowa judges and a state medical question. Debaters list is led by Mr. King. Monday junior and senior girls volleyball loss noted, followed by a banquet where the all high volleyball team was named. The manual training projects move ahead as six week term ends. Miss Linter’s class studies As You Like It. Seventh graders plan a Christmas party with chairmen and committees. Martha Meyer attends English conference at Town City with a three act mystery play by Dr. Carpenter.
Miss Ann Miller attended the Latin conference at Iowa City on Saturday and reported an excellent program.
Fourth graders craft Christmas cards for the Davenport Soldiers' Orphans Home and supply stamps so the orphans can mail them. They also donate a quart of nut meats. Harold Hogan and Donald Stott deliver a Christmas tree for Miss Berryhill's room, decorated by pupils with silhouettes illustrating a Christmas story.
Hopkinton struggles with a municipal building program aided by federal funds. Bids for an addition to the grade building exceed estimates by 20 600 dollars and an injunction blocks a December 10 contract for a municipal power plant sought by Iowa Electric of Cedar Rapids amid rising material and labor costs.
County Treasurer McNamara issued nearly 250 motor plates at the courthouse annex. Car plate number 1 went to John Smith of Monticello, plate 13 to John B. Hanken of Langworthy. Truck plates went to Henry J. Peterson of Anamosa and Andrew Tobiasson. readers are advised to follow tag instructions.
Fred G. Matthiessen has handed in his resignation as secretary of the Jones County Fair association this week after sixteen years of service. He served fourteen years as treasurer and two years as secretary and director, with resignation effective immediately. He plans to leave Monticello once business matters are arranged and his plans are somewhat unsettled.
The obituary notes a man who spent 23 years in the local automobile trade in Monticello. He served four years on the city council and held 25 years of membership in the Monticello fire department.
J. A. Thompson is the new lineman for the Northwestern Bell Telephone exchange in Monticello. He came from Waterloo and succeeds Ray Carlson, who was promoted to Waterloo. Thompson was reared at Mount Vernon.
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