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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1940

Page

2

Local News Notes From Monticello And Area

Bud Denkhoff of Davenport spent the week end with friends. Mrs. W K K Hodgson of Anamosa spent Tuesday visiting Monticello friends. Mr and Mrs C M Holst of Center Junction were shopping in town Tuesday. Charles Coxsee confined to home with flu. Eight local Boy Scouts and scoutmaster S E Locher hiked to Stuhler acres for snow fun. Charles Mann passed one of his second class tests. A newborn daughter Judith Louise Schneide r born Feb 5 at John McDonald hospital. Watch care tip from Monte Jewelry.

C. M. Holst Center Junction Judith Louise Louis Schneider John McDonald Hospital S. E. Locher Stuhler Acres Charles Mann Christina Smith Dorothy Rolls Mrs Chester Sutton Maquoketa George Waite Anamosa J. H. Perrine Nancy Perrine J. B. Albers John Becker Chicago Joseph Cooley L. F. Barrett James Hickey M. F. Kurt

Week-end Visits Highlight Iowa City and Surroundings

Social notes list Miss Lillian Locher and several students and relatives visiting in Iowa, Maquoketa, Walford, Decorah, Hammond Indiana, and Mount Vernon. Local births, travels to Chicago and Des Moines appear among weekend movements. Continuous mentions of Cornell students home over the break and educators traveling for shopping and examinations.

Cornell Max Palmer Charles Field Clarence Hosford Dean Morey

Funeral of J A Drake Held in Brooklyn

Mrs. Charles Vyskocil traveled to Brooklyn as her father J A Drake lay ill. Drake died Saturday evening and funeral services were held Tuesday morning conducted by veterans of the Spanish American War.

Charles Vyskocil Brooklyn J. A. Drake

Birth of Crystal Cyrena Mitchell in Rapid City

A daughter named Crystal Cyrena Mitchell was born January 18 at St. John's Hospital in Rapid City South Dakota to Mr and Mrs Charles E Mitchell. The baby weighed nine pounds at birth and the mother will be remembered as Mrs Fred Fahrni Jr.

Charles E. Mitchell St. John’s Hospital Rapid City S. D Miss Crystal Cyrena Mitchell Fred Fahrni, Jr

Cascade Car Hits Child Near School House

Johnny Thomas six year old son of Galen and Mrs. Thomas was struck by a car driven by Mrs. Vincent McLain of Fillmore while returning from school. He suffered a forehead gash and facial and body bruises, and was taken to a physician. The driver was not held. Nearby notes report improvements in Monsignor Albers health and other Cascade social items.

Cascade Johnny Thomas Galen Thomas Johnny East Side Vincent McLain Fillmore

Why Wilcox Leghorns Should Be The Choice For Poultry Raisers

Want ads describe Wilcox Hatchery Hopkinton Iowa selling pedigreed Leghorn cockerels with 250 275 egg dams and 300 321 egg sires, test for RW D, culling, 100 Craven strain, plus New Hampshire Reds. Prices 8c for chicks, 17c pullets, 2c cockerels, livability guaranteed. Also ads for five foot De Luxe Electrolux refrigerator and Purebred Holstein bulls from Anamosa and TB free herd. Bereavement thanks note from Frances Mitchell Agnes Jacobs Joseph Powlishta. Also dimension lumber from Ray Naylor depot roundhouse. 32-8

Wilcox R.O.P R.W.D Iowa New Hampshire New H. C. Wilcox Hopkinton George & Hanken Anamosa

Wyoming Obituary Notes George Coleman And Ruth Bills

Funeral services for George Coleman 72 of Hale will be held at Harrington funeral home in Wyoming. He died after a long illness at his Hale home. Ruth Eleanor Bills daughter of Sarah J Bills died Jan 31 in Weiser Idaho aged 23. She was born Jan 22 1908 in Antioch Wisconsin and lived in Wyoming during her youth. Ruth earned a home economics degree and held teaching and supervisory posts in Michigan North Dakota and Idaho. Mrs Ernest Reitz hosted Cozy club. bridge prizes awarded. Dearborn Williams 55 native of Wyoming died in St Louis. body to be brought home when weather allows. A joint Legion auxiliary meeting with dinner planned Memorial hall Tuesday. District leaders attended.

Wyoming George Coleman Hale Harrington Hale Township S. Ellen Walston Hale Church Leon Coleman Olin Mabel Sherrill Bernice Topping Stanley Harley Frank Coleman Anamosa Arthur Coleman Washington Kate Garrett Davenport Ira Lee van Dexter Minn Henry van Hazel Green Wis Mattie Boudinot Ruth Eleanor Bills Flint Mich Michigan State College Lansing Wall Lake Nashville North Dakota State College Fargo Weiser Ida United States Sarah J. Bills Neillsville Esther Paulson Chester Dilman Edwin City Point Ernest Reitz Gordon Marshall Everett Vrooman William Peck Dearborn Williams St. Louis Dell Williams F. L. Harrington Winifred Kettlesen Williams Harlan Briggs Lisbon American Legion of Iowa Memorial Hall Legion E. Z. Reidesel Wheatland Jack Matthews Industrial Society of the Presbyterian Church Center Junction Wyoming Methodist Church Methodist Clarence Mary’s Methodist Aid Society James Nowsehek Don Wherry Midland Homemakers Club Robert Tidman Margaret Hein Hubbard Supt R. J. Tidman Frank Tasker John Morse Chicago Maquoketa Delmar Miles Andrew Elwood Monmouth R. C. Scott H. D. Green E. T. Gough Mt. Vernon

Rites Held for Dubuque Residents in St Marys and Zwingle

Obituary notices detail services for George Leffert a former Cascade resident whose funeral was in Handenchild funeral home Dubuque and conducted by Rev C W Franz. Surviving are widow Nellie Powers and son Roland. Earlier a mass at St Marys church Dubuque honored another deceased member with survivors Carl Orville Floyd Paul Roland and daughters Virginia Meyer and LuVetta Mae.

Dubuque St. Mary’s Church Holy Name Society Carlson Orville Floyd Paul Roland Royal Green Bay R. V Virginia) Meyer Baltimore LuVetta Mae George Leffert Handenchild Funeral Home Cascade C. W. Franz Zwingle Reformed Church Zwingle Nellie Powers

Women Host Fellowship Tea and Meeting Notes

Community notices record World Fellowship Day tea at Methodist church parlors and district meeting plans for Clarence on March 15. Also covered are club hostesses, social visits, a Hawthorne club election, a school play cast, and local residents’ travel and household changes.

Evening of games and oyster supper for school squaders

A fragment describes a gathering for 16 members with an oyster supper followed by a night of games and a basketball event involving boys squads on Monday.

Also Mentioned on This Page

The Express Bud Denkhoff Emil Burrichter W. KK. Hodgson of Monticello Charles Coxsee B. T. Perrine Cedar Rapids Joe Simmons Prairieburg Norman Newton of Charles Kay George Schoon Henry Kray George Dirks Marcus Lahey John Lahey Sandiy James Lacy Erma Schneider Clinton S. H. Schneider R. C. Hoag Gulfport New Orleans J. J. Redding James J. F. Meyer Lyman Maulford Hampton Hei Schoon Dean Durphy Larry Misses Mary Bertha Locher John Robertson Paul Chapman Coggan Monte Jewelry Adv Jones County H.j.mayberry Lillian Locher University of Iowa Iowa City J. J. Locher John Renesh Tone G. J. Christon Walford James Hasler Hazel Brazelton Decorah Watson Brazelton Margaret Thompson Hammond Indiana John Thompson Kathleen Hogan University of Iowa At M. F. Hogan Fred Otten Wayne Jones Don Schoon Karl M. Keyes D. D H. W. Stuhler Niles Meltesen Des Moines Clothiers Antonette and Wilbur Doxsee Cornell College Mount Vernon C. A. Coxsee Mae Schneider Albuquerque N. M Galesburg Ill Inez Smith J. Lehman Beatrice, Neb Central District American Lutheran Church K. Weltner Hebron Neb H. Meyer H. L. Adix Star Ae Performance Chevrolet H.P. Valvi Michigan General Motors Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co Phono Louis Breitbach St. Mary’s Mercy Hospital Jacob Breitbach St. Mary’s School Emma Kirchen Frances Mitchell Agnes Jacobs Joseph J. Powlishta Dimension Lumber Round House Ray Naylor Dick Naylor R. J. Howland and Son Princess Monticello, Iowa John King Arizona Walter Hall i Hidden Enemy J. Mac Brown In Chip of the Bette Davis Errol Flynn Elizabeth and Essex Earl Waggy World Fellowship al Kramer Theodore Becker Ralph Orth W. B. Brown Hawthorne Club Doris Day John Holub Robert Alden Lee Sherrill Dorothy Endsley L. M. Koch August Thomson R. B. Pollock Wendell Weed Charles Marshall Georgianne Butcher Delphie Lutes Emilyn Wickstrom Frank Henderson Hinsdale A. S. Nickless Henry Fishwild Fishwild Harvey Paul Laurel John Deere Implement Co 1.C.C.F Rebekah Lester Breunig Rhodes W. O. Shaffer R. B. Bullocken Volt Volt Gamble Store Harm J Dirks Ford AA S.A.E Pires Champion Factory Ford Madge Stakler Brooks Tobasco Thousand Island Waconia Monarch Lincoln St. Valentine Reba Libby Boston Fish North Atlantic Vera Ae
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