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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1938
Page
2
Mrs. Merle Cass visits in Dubuque last Friday and Mary Stoddard stays in Waterloo with Esmeree Nichols visiting Wyoming friends while Jack Brindley rests at Cedar Falls. Several trips to Chicago Cedar Rapids and Des Moines frame a bustle of relatives and arrivals.
Monticello Post 1683 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars urges observance of National Defense Week February 12 to 22 in cooperation with the National Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Reserve Officers Association. The drive promotes defense funding and honors Washington and Lincoln birthdays, while opposing anti defense movements.
The first 1938 county girls 4-H committee meeting was held January 29 at the Farm Bureau office with all members present. The slate includes Mrs. Harold Hartman chairing, Mrs. Alice Howie, Mrs. W. B. Clark, Mrs. George Fishwild, and Mrs. H. Ellison. Mrs. A. R. Embree was chosen to head county 4-H music activities. Several local residents and Coe college students are noted visiting or returning home for holidays.
Mrs. Otten and Mrs. Jansen joined by Mrs. Gerdes of Amber attended the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hanken in Sioux Falls. Other guests included Mr. and Mrs. Ohe from Dundee and Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman and Mr. Fredrickson from Elgin. Rex Heiken and Gladys Postel wedding dance honored Mrs. Ohe’s brother.
Miss Violet Holub daughter of Mr and Mrs Victor A Holub of Prairieburg married Bernard Crowley of Monticello Thursday Jan 27 at St Joseph Catholic Church Prairieburg Rev Clarence J Crowley performed the double ring ceremony. The bride wore white velvet and lace with a pearl headpiece and carried carnations and baby’s breath. The couple hosted a three course dinner for 60 at the bride’s home followed by a dance in the evening.
The George Buresh estate farm of 160 acres near Oxford Junction sold Friday to Louis Buresh for 16500. Buresh plans repairs and hired help to operate the productive property. Saturday he sold a team of sorrel geldings totaling 4200 pounds for 650 to an Ohio buyer, after their Stanwood horse show honors.
President H J Burgstahler announced that the Carnegie Corporation of New York granted Cornell College Mount Vernon $15000 for furnishings in the new Arm strong hall of fine arts. The grant will enhance the music art and dramatic departments facilities.
A county wide Christian Education Institute will be held at the Olin U B church on Wednesday February 9. The program features O G Herbrecht from Des Moines as main speaker and sessions on Sunday school best practices, youth programs and teacher development with notable local leaders and music throughout the day.
The Jones County Tuberculosis association met in the court house on Saturday January 29 at 1 pm with 25 members at a pot luck luncheon. A business session followed reports from city and township chairmen as Monticello again led in seats sold. 1938 officers were elected: Mrs. T E Watters county director, Mrs. C A McLaughlin chairwoman, Mrs. E C Gotch vice chairwoman, Mrs. Delbert Stingley secretary, and Mrs. Halstead Carpenter treasurer. Attendees from Monticello included several local ladies.
Since last Sunday the roads and walks in this vicinity have been extremely slippery. A sheet of ice formed Saturday night making driving hazardous and a rain last night froze quickly. Travel remains difficult as every surface is a glare of ice.
In Condino Italy villagers recall a 1630 tale of 40 workers who fled plague to Mount Melino building hermit homes. After grim deaths they were buried on the ridge and lilies bloomed in winter, sparking annual pilgrimages to honor the graves.
The ancient Indian hospital system began about 1000 B C among northwestern Aryans centered on Benares. Its growth peaked around the third century B C and expanded until the sixth century A D when northern Scythians disrupted it. Sanskrit records show contagion awareness and sanitary practices, including steam treated clean sheets in maternity wards over 2000 years ago.
A compilation of church notices lists St. Johns Ey Lutheran Paul Gutknecht Wayne Zion J Willms and other congregations with English and German services, Sunday school times, confirmations, adult classes, Ladies Aid events, and upcoming meetings. A hearing device loan is available for worship.
Adix of Manchester will address the Luther League on the Northeastern Iowa district federation of Leagues. Marvin Beehusen and Laura Rickels lead the campaign. Wm. J. Grosshelm presides at the Presbyterian Church with Sunday school at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11. February features a series of request sermons. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p.m. Charles Field leads the service. Evening service at 7 30. A postponed Young People's service resumes with theme My Obligation to God. Vera Steffy to Chicago for National Style Show with Gossard school. joins Mrs H W Drew and Mrs Ira Phelps.
Simpson sand dunes in Aus- Lane stretch 50 to 100 miles and run parallel to the wind. The Washington Post notes a hidden giant underground water reservoir beneath the sands, trapped by clay. When bored, wells release roaring gushes of billions of gallons, offering future potential for irrigation.
Elihu Yale born near Boston in 1648 went to England at age four and did not return to America. He served as governor of Fort Saint George in Madras from 1687 to 1692 and became governor of the East India Company in 1699. Yale College bears his name from the 1745 charter and he left money and books to the institution. He died in 1721 and was buried in Wrexham Wales.
James A. Garfield’s inauguration featured six Ohioans in key roles on the platform. Rutherford B. Hayes, William T. Sherman, Philip Sheridan, John Sherman, and Morrison R. Waite stood with Garfield, Waite administering the oath. Waite, though not native, was a lifelong Ohio resident.
The old Frisians held the world to be a vast ship with mountains as masts. Sailors rise as boys and return as old men. The ship shrank yet stayed immense and once wedged in the Straits of Dover. The captain smeared the port side with soap to pass, leaving the white cliffs of Dover as a memory.
The Brown family fattened hogs yearlings and chickens for canning and storage. Mr Brown praised a plump child and then the little boy sobbed I don t want to be killed as he cried aloud revealing fear of impending slaughter.
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