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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1925

Page

7

Social notes and visits in Monticello area week's gatherings

Local residents and visitors share social calls across Monticello and surrounding towns. Mrs Mauder and Miss Bort host and visit relatives in Hopkinton Marion and Delhi while teachers, merchants, and families recount trips to Marion Minneapolis Chicago Mason City and Gulph Ontario. Valentine candy promotions at the Monticello Sweet Shop and Peacock Shop feature credits and deliveries.

Monticello News Highlights Local Happenings

Monticello sees a busy week with visits by Miss Margaret Reardan in town and Miss Emma Laude starting a hospital position in Harvey Illinois. Lincoln hospital plans and two moving picture installations at the opera house are noted along with dog tags enforcement and town council actions. The town also reports a real estate sale, a court setting, and a Mayo Clinic appointment for Dr. Louis G. Stuhler.

Opera House A. O. Lambert Louis G. Stuhler Monticello Mayo Bros. Clinic Rochester Minnesota Stuhler Louis Schmidt Chicago

Local notes mix basketball and civic events in Monticello

Iowa lost a close 30 to 28 game to Indiana witnessed by the Lude family and James Laude scored 15 of Iowa's 28. Monticello Rotary Club welcomed Lawrence W. Whitford while outlining spring youth activities. A lyceum program features De Jen and Company on February 16. John J. Locher was appointed mayor, and the town gears up for foreclosures, boxing, weddings, banking notices, and a new Red Cross nurse Katrine Justesen.

William Lude George Schweitzer Iowa City Iowa James Laude William Laude Lawrence W. Whitford Monticello Monticello Rotary Club Rotary C. G. Thomas Paul Daake Rotary Club de Jen and Company Hmil Legion Memorial Hall Cub” Bartlett H. Arthur Anamosa Red Cross Jones County Katrine Justesen Ida Grove Miss Justesen Denmark Nurses’ Training School Ann Arbor Michigan Cleveland Ohio Omaha Nebraska Mary B. DeLaskey

Monticello High School Declamatory Contest Results

The Monticello high school declamatory contest was held in the school auditorium last Friday. In oratorical, Raymond Denkhoff won first with Lafayette We Have Come, and Bessie Hughes was second. In dramatic, Margaret Maurice topped with The Promise and Thelma Gregory was second. In humorous, Camille Goings placed first with At the Matinee and Alice Petersen second with A Modern Becky Sharp. Vocal solos complemented the program, with a good audience in attendance.

Monticello High School Donald Bell Garcia Raymond Denkhoff Lafayette Bessie Hughes Becky Sharp Alice Petersen Irma Rohr Camille Goings Miss Wilcox Miss Perry Girls' Glee Club Gertrude Muren Margaret Gracey Anamosa Atnna Laughlin Hopkinton

Sweetheart Town Musical Set for February Show

The Eastern Star presents Sweetheart Town a musical comedy in the new school building auditorium Friday and Saturday February 13 and 14 with G J Van Buren and Mrs A P Lambert in leading roles. The plot centers on a mortgage love triangle with Mary and Joe and features Howard Deischer as Squire Biglow various varmints and a mistaken identity as Professor Lighthead with Arch Koop. Tri City Producing Co provides costumes and scenery and a chorus of local girls. Admission 35 and 50 cents.

Sweetheart Town G. J. van Buren A. P. Lambert L. B. Hong Mary Joe Cliff Main Squire Biglow Howard Deischer Squire Helena Wilcox Peggy Biglow Riess Stuhler Prof. Lighthead Arch Koop Peggy George Barnts Charles Luett P. E. Gibson John Staff Miss Kaba Camile Goings Jayne Shover Esther Zimmerman Alice Petersen Thelma Gregory Bessie Hughes Lucile Johns Gertrude Schweitzer Imogene Skelley Gladys Streckford Margaret Henniger

Fifteenth anniversary of Scouting observed in Monticello

Troop J marks Scouting’s 15th birthday with a Camp-Fire supper and a historic hike planned for Friday evening and next Saturday. Scouts and former officials urged to attend, bring gear, and report by Friday noon. If weather holds, skating and a bike hike are on the agenda.

United States Monticello America Meyer Coe Pictured Rocks Iowa

Third Time Report Cards Shown With Semester Averages

Gaylen Milley reports on the school all grades for the semester and six weeks. Friday morning entertainment featured J W Coxsee tracing money history with coins and valent German bill souvenirs. Declamatory contest winners listed with judges from Anamosa and Hopkinton. Monticello cagers travel to Manchester Friday. Eighth grade class party and Raynor Christensen moving to the eleventh grade from Waterloo. Mr Whitford asks what is the difference between world and earth, senior replies world is round earth is dirt.

Gaylen Milley J. W. Coxsee Dicken Raymond Denkhoff Bessie Hughes Margaret Maurice Thelma Gregory Camille Goings Alice Petersen Gertrude Muren Margaret Gracey Anamosa Anna Laughtin Hopkinton Monticello Manchester Raynor Christensen Waterloo Mr. Whitford Bright

Castle Grove Township to Hold Annual Road Meeting

The trustees of Castle Grove Township will hold their annual road meeting on Saturday February 14 at 1 o'clock at the usual meeting place. A grader man, tractor man, and road superintendent or superintendents will be chosen, with other business to be transacted. George F. Specht Township Clerk.

Castle Grove Township George F. Specht Anna Sophia Friedrichsen Peter Friedrichsen Center Junction Carl Seehusen Henry Seechusen J. Willms Zion's Lutheran Church Wayne Township Frieda Friedrichsen Rudolph Seehusen Miss Friedrichsen

Scotch Grove Township to hold meeting for road work bids

Trustees of Scotch Grove Township will meet February 16 at 1 p.m. at the clerk's home to receive bids for road work with right to reject any or all bids. W. B. Clark clerk. Sealed proposals also invited by the city manager of Maduckets for about 22 790 square yards of paving to be opened February 17.

Thelma Welch City Township Gastow Frank Kibur Scotch Grove Monticello Leonard Duckett Bertha Schwartz Galen Hein Scotch Grove Township W. B. Clark Maduckets

Legion Gave Party at Monticello In Memorial Building

A Monticello American Legion post hosted a party in the Soldiers Memorial Building gymnasium. The event featured music, speeches, Boy Scout activities, a chicken fight, boxing bouts and a meal with meat sandwiches and cake as members paid 1925 dues.

Arthur P. O'Rourke American Legion Monticello Soldiers’ Memorial Building Asa P. Lambert West J. W. Beauhoin Albert Mc. Coe Methodist Episcopal Church Legion Boy Scouts Coe A Davenport Legion MeNider Frank Miles Iowa Legionaire Ben Kellum George Rickels Lyle Robinson William Jarrett Hartley Wilkinson

City to destroy unlicensed dogs under license ordinance

The City Council orders destruction of all dogs lacking proper city and county licenses. Licenses must be paid by February 12, 1925 or enforcement begins. After July 12, 1926, untagged dogs in Monticello will be killed. Duplicate tags cost 26 cents at the City Clerk’s office. Ray Echternacht, City Clerk.

Monticello Towa Ray Echternacht

Monticello ISD Sealed Coal Bids Due February 13

The Independent School District of Monticello invites sealed bids for coal from Franklin or Saline counties. Bids must be received by the secretary by 7 30 p.m. on February 13, with A H Koop as secretary.

Independent Monticello Franklin County Saline County A. H. Koop

Fire destroys Webber Candy Kitchen and nearby shops

A Friday blaze in Manchester leveled the Webber Candy Kitchen along with the Armistead Dry Goods store and the oMees of Drs Willard and Willard. Local firefighters battled the flames as residents assessed the damage and insurance details.

Manchester Webber Candy Kitchen Armistead Dry Goods Drs Willard and Willard

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