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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1930

Page

2

McNeill's Hardware Offers Christmas Bargains and Toys

Local merchants advertise Christmas items at McNeill's Hardware including bulbs, flexible flyers, calendars, radio repairs, and casseroles. Devlin Millinery markets hats and gifts while area residents like Henry Eggers and Emma Hanken visit and shop. The listing notes extended evening hours and a focus on window displays and affordable toys such as one inch rubber tired tricycles.

McNeill's Hardware

Local folks adrift in holiday bustle reach out for year end buys

A Monticello area notices column from December reports visits across towns including Davenport Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Marion. Thanksgiving week finds Mr and Mrs Cook and others traveling for Franklin Equipment and social events and a box social in Lovell No. 7.

Arthur Lyons Cedar Rapids Monticello Leo Locher and Son Bessie Potter Mary and Carrie Clark

Pickles Operetta Delights Local Audience At School

An enjoyable high school operetta titled Pickles was staged by the senior and junior pupils in the public school auditorium. Miss Maurine Hamblin directed with Miss Opal Porter assisting on drama and dancing and Miss Vera Mattocks designing costumes. The plot centers on a pickle magnate in Vienna during a carnival with lost fortunes, gypsies and a comic impersonation, featuring a strong school orchestra and elegant dance numbers. The performance drew a packed house and earned high praise for staging and cast cooperation.

Publc Maurine Hamblin Opal Porter Vera Mattocks Vietina Howard McLaughlin Vivian Edna Siebels Vienna Kinski Eugene Rodman Ohne Trish Leonard Bader Frank McCullum John Thomas Mary Schoon Helen Jolly Ethel Smith Freda Balster Freda Widmer Hamblin Porter Mattocks

Free Movie For Children At Princess Saturday

Monticello residents learn of a free children’s movie at the Princess Theater next Saturday December 20 with a 2 PM start for about fifty minutes. If crowd size allows a second show may follow and Majestic radios are advertised for Christmas at Locher’s Music Store.

Majestic Radios Monarch Locher Music Store Princess E. T. Landis The Princess Theater Monticello Mr. Landis Majestic Locher’s Music Store

Christmas church services in area parishes

The notice lists multiple churches with December and Christmas schedule details. St John’s By Lutheran Paul Gutknecht English service at 11 Trinity 9 45 Christmas Eve 7 30 Children’s program. Sacred Heart masses 8 and 10 3 devotional confessions 3 30 5 7 00 Holy Days 6 15 9 00 First Friday devotions 7 00 morning. Methodist Episcopal Por ter Christmas service 11 00 Epworth League 6 30 program 7 30 St Matthew s Ev Lutheran December 21 10 00 Sunday school 10 15 confession 10 45 German service 10 30 Christmas offering. Presbyterian Leonard Duckett December 21 10 00 Sunday school 11 12 Christmas Joy 6 45 Christian Endeavor 6 45 7 30 musical 7 30 Christmas Eve program. Castle Grove Lutheran G Wolf 10 00 Sunday school 11 00 English service 8 00 Luther League 2 00 Christmas program practice. Christmas Day 10 30 German service. Congregational Samuel Gutensohn December 21 10 00 Sunday school 11 00 morning worship Christmas message choir music Christmas vesper Sunday afternoon at

St. John’s By Paul T. ,Gutknecht Trinity St. John’s Sacred Heart Catholic Church N. Sycamore Street A. L. Lorenz Methodist Episcopal Roy V. Porter Epworth League St. Matthew's Ev H. L. Adix Presbyterian Leonard Duckett Christian Endeavor Castle Grove Lutheran G. Wolf Luther League For Business and Social Samuel G. Gutensohn

Christmas program schedule at church services

The article lists multiple Advent and Christmas events including 4 o'clock musical program under Frank Roy den, Young People's Society at 6 30 Sunday, and a Christmas Eve pupil pageant next Wednesday at 7.00. It notes German morning service at 11 and a Christmas pageant The Heavenly Host by Lyman Bayard on Sunday December 21 with holy communion preparations for December 28.

Frank Royden Young People's Society Armin H. Tendick Burghalter Christ Lyman Bayard Regtar

Christmas Services Calendar At Local Church

The schedule lists Sunday school at 9 30 a m and English divine services at 10 30 a m. Teen and children’s activities include Christmas tree trimming at 1 p m. A Christmas program rehears al follows Monday at 12 30 p m with all children and teachers urged to attend.

Lovell 4-H Girls Host Christmas Party for Mothers

Lovell's Laboring Lassies 4-H club girls entertained their mothers at a Christmas party on Saturday December 13 at the home of Mrs. John Matthies senior. Roll call featured Christmas suggestions. Mary Elizabeth Fothergill played a piano solo. a play titled An Old Fashioned School was produced.

Lovell John Matthiessen Mary Elizabeth Fothergill Johnny Noodles Muriel Hanssen Philo Pete Freda Eilers Diana Sour Garnet Eilers Tim Slim Clemma Wenger Matthiessen

Christmas Eve and Sunday Services Announced

At 10 30 a m confession occurs. Announcements may be made on Christmas day or the Sunday after Christmas. Sylvester Eve services begin at 7 30. Divine services in German are listed.

Sylvester

Devotion and Midnight Services At Local Congregation

A watch party invites all youths to attend with devotions in English at midnight. The community warmly invites everyone to join services at any time.

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