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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1937

Page

2

Local shoppers fill Cedar Rapids week end

Local residents and visitors frequent McNeill's Hardware for Seal Sacs, aluminum roasters, Pyrex dishes, and a wide range of gifts. The scene includes Mrs. W. B. Clark, Miss Bethel Merrill, Mr. and Mrs. John McNamara, Otto Arduser, and many others shopping and visiting Cedar Rapids, Prairieburg, Anamosa, and Monte Cell o.

Miss Bethel Merrill Cedar Rapids John McNamara Anamosa Anna Simmons Prairieburg Arthur Holub Mildred Deischer Elkacher Public Schools N. C. Deischer

Local social notes and shopping ads from Monticello

Miss Pauline Oltman visits Cedar Rapids parents while St Luke’s nurse. Shoppers seek discounts at Kay's Drug Store and Kay’s promotions. Cattle shipments from Monticello. Christmas gifts and jewelry sales highlighted. Local births and visits, church meetings, and travel plans across Monticello and area.

Pauline Oltman St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids L. A. Oltman

Banquet for seed salesmen at Maquoketa Center Junction

About 250 people attended a dinner in Maquoketa hosted by McNeilly Ground Seed Corn Company of Center Junction for seed salesmen and dealers. The banquet featured a corn themed menu served by Maquoketa Methodists, with talks by J R McNeilly Senator Gruenwald and others, plus entertainment by Odette Keene and pupils. Attendees toured a new storage and drying plant near Maquoketa. McNeilly operates plants in Center Junction and Wisner Nebraska.

Zl Hillel C. A. McLaughlin Deischer Maquoketa McNeilly Hround Seed Corn Company Center Junction Methodist Episcopal Church J. R. McNeilly Gruenwald Blairstown J. F. Mommsen Miles Henry Stamp Bryant S. G. Thompson Odette Keene McNeilly Iowa Wisner Neb

Queen Esther Ceremonial And Initiation Held At Local Church

The Queen Esther Circle of the Woman's Home Missionary Society held a Sunday evening ceremony crowning Miss Lucille Huibregtse queen with Miss Mildred Iverson as Queen Regent and other officers in royal costumes. Initiates were Joyce Bright Naomi Moorehead Frances Barlow and LaVonne Landis. A following play titled Out of Print portrayed circle activities and the society's reach includes 36000 Queen Esthers in 40 states plus Alaska DC Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

Queen Esther Woman's Home Missionary Society Methodist Church Joyce Bright Naomi Moorehead Frances Barlow LaVonne Landis Esmeree Nichols Brydena Behrends Dorothy Ross Edna Howell

Annual Christmas Party For VFW Members and Families

The Monticello Post No 1683 Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary announce their annual Christmas party on Wednesday December 22 at the club. Each family should bring gifts for their group to be given by Santa. Chair Emma Jacobs leads a committee including Mabel Behrends Katie Jacobs and Margaret Carmichael with refreshments organized by officers led by Junior Vice-President Inez Lubben.

Monticello Post No Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxilary Santa Claus Emma Jacobs Mabel Behrends Katie Jacobs Margaret Carmichael

Remainder of Money Thrown Away by Thief

John Gray of Hopkinton was bound over to the grand jury after a jail return of the $5 found by Wade Long in front of his home. The money, lost after Gray allegedly received change for a $19.59 rubber check for underwear, was returned to the local store.

John Gray Hopkinton North Cedar Street Marshal Roy Pearson Wade Long Mr. Long Gray McLaughlin Grand Henry Etchhorn Jones County

Simple Parcel Sending Tips For Christmas Mail

Advice on safely packing fragile items and gifts plus timing for Christmas mailing. Include sturdy packing, marking fragile, addressing clearly, return on top left, weight and girth limits, and using special delivery or combined air mail for fastest service. Local post office notes December volume and anticipated growth.

Hosford Visitors Reported In Cedar Rapids and Prairieburg

Hosford and Mr and Mrs Lyle Hosford were in Cedar Rapids on Monday Antone L Holub of Prairieburg was a business visitor in the vicinity on Tuesday.

J. H. Perrine Anamosa Paul Smith Hosford Lyle Hosford Cedar Rapids Antone L. Holub Prairieburg

Major Portion of Taxes Received By County

Nearly 95 percent of the 1936 taxes payable in 1937 have been received by the county treasurer. The state treasurer sent a $95,642.23 homestead exemption check, with $13,987.38 paid directly to taxpayers. Payments credited to taxpayers for unpaid taxes totaled $73,308.97, and the total refund to Jones county was $87,296.35, leaving $8,345.88 to be returned to the state. Delinquent taxes should be paid promptly to avoid penalty.

Jones County

Dairymen Benefit from Cow Testing Association Work

One thousand three hundred seventy nine dairymen received benefits from cow testing association work last year. Their herds totaled twenty eight thousand eight hundred twenty five cows. Average feed cost was sixty three dollars and sixty six cents, with an average return over feed cost of sixty three dollars and eighty eight cents.

Girls Basketball Teams Compete In Monday Game

SCHOOLS Miss Markovitz selected the girls teams across freshmen sophomores juniors and seniors. Notable players include freshmen captains Olive Nagel and Yola Rodman sophomores Beatrice Long Jeanette Lubben and Kate Woodall juniors captain Doris Lubben seniors captain Frances Bone and Frances Bone led the squads. Monday night the sophomore team defeated the freshmen in a competitive contest.

Miss Markovitz Olive Nagel Betty Otten Deloris Howland Arline Balster Lois Naylor Pearl Harford Ruth Schneider Ruby Ambuehl Norma Reyner Velma Larimer Betty Rathbun Margaret Bader Yola Rodman Beatrice Long Jeanette Lubben Bernice Tobiason Eunice Howland Frances Bone Betty Thomas Edith Ferring Kate Carlsen Jean Royden Joyce Bright Esther Cass Fern Lightfoot Margaret Olive Deischer Helen Heath LaVonne Landis

Castle Grove Skips Town for Cattle Trades and Meetings

John Messerli traveled to West Union after cattle movements while Don Hennessey moved to Hicks farm on the Delaware county line north of Monticello. Various locals attend a ladies aid meeting, a Catholic burial for John Hogan in Union township, and beef cattlemen’s banquet in Monticello. James Morrissey plans an Anamosa implement store with John Deere line. Hasler and Rickels bought 60 feeder cattle in Omaha.

John Messerli West Union Don Hennessey Hicks Delaware County Monticello S. M. Hosford Onslow M. J. Cass J. A. Howie E. J. Noble F. D. McLaughlin Frank Burlingham Cass Ladies’ Aid A. M. Black John Hogan Delhi Simon Hogan W. P. Hogan Union Township James Morrissey Anamosa Morrissey John Deere John Hasler George Rickels Omaha M. Hosford Kenneth Hosford Manchester George B. Nordman W. H. Burrichter Castle Grove W. M. Delay Clarence Hosford Cedar Rapids Vernon Barrack John H. Husman S. M

Seniors Fall To Juniors In Overtime Showdown

Tuesday night featured an overtime defeat for the seniors as juniors won to set up a winner’s bracket clash while losers face the other side Wednesday. The report details class activities from shorthand to Christmas events and student projects across grades.

Christmas Cheer Spreads as School Begins Holiday Plans

Pupils repair toys for boy scouts to give away at Christmas. Second graders welcome Jack and Eugene Butler from Maquoketa. Fourth to sixth graders plan jokes poems and songs for hospital and assembly events. Classes prepare carols and Christmas reading around a lit tree. Georgia Bartlett returns from Iowa City surgery.

Boy Scouts Patty Podhaski Marilee Clark Donald Shelley John Lubben Eugene Hanken Marjory Luett Bobby Guyan Marilyn Landis Beverly Beeks Ruth Boots Iowa City

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