Local Items That Interest Amid Regional Travels
J L Tellon visited Dubuque on Tuesday. Mrs W W Kelly spent Friday in Davenport, as did Mrs E E Brokaw the following Saturday. Numerous residents traveled to Cedar Rapids Anamosa and other towns for business and social visits. The notes mention sales at Matthiessen Auto and Supply Co and a carload of used pianos at Frank Locher Music Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Butler
Cedar Rapids
Fred Matthiessen, Sr
Frank Locher Music Store
Frank A. Locher
Anniversary Week for Boy Scouts Celebrated
The Monticello troop marks the eighteenth anniversary of Boy Scouts of America with an exhibit of member crafted articles in metal leatherwood woodcraft and archery. A march hike produced a rugged trek led by Prof. Moore and Scoutminster with sightings of Indigenous-era tools and plants. John Locher Jr won a fire making contest followed by second class cooking tests for Willard Yeoman and Bill Kettlitz.
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Boy Scouts of America
Tue Monticello
Prof. Moore
John Locher, Jr
Jim Bucklets
Milt Lansger
Willard Yeoman
Bill Kettlitz
Many Colors On Auto License Plates Across States
States including Iowa and 41 others adopt 23 color combinations for next season. Two colors lead in popularity with six states each: dark blue background white numerals and green background white numerals. Iowa and four others use white background black letters. nearby plates vary with examples: Illinois white on maroon, Kansas dark blue on white, Minnesota black on drab, Missouri blue on orange, Nebraska white on blue, North Dakota white on dark red, Wisconsin black on orange.
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Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Dakota
Wisconsin
Pioneer Monticello woman marks 81st birthday
Mrs. J. A. Voorhees, veteran Monticello resident, celebrated her eighty first birthday last Monday. Born Feb 6 1847 in Morris Illinois she and her husband lived in several towns before settling near Monticello. Now living with her daughter Mrs Frank Harden she remains active and engaged in current events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Voorhees
Monticello
Frank Harden
Lovell Township
Voorhees
Chaplin
Julia Merrill
Morris, IL
Elvin
Dundee
Merrill
Frank Hayden
Fred and
Harry
Whitewood
S. D
Libbie Voorhees
Pasadena
Calif
High School Notes Inspire Interest in Lyceum Course
Mr. Allen spoke on numbers in the lyceum course and noted his speech would be concise. Irma Adix led practice teaching with Pearl Batchelder succeeding her. home declamatory contest set for Feb 10 at the high school auditorium with varied categories and entries.
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Allen
Lyceum
Irma Adix
Pearl Batchelder
Biff Perkins
Beth Lightfoot
Ruth van Buren
Jones County
Monticello
Iowa
Evelyn Eby
Dale Greenawald
Avelda Hanssen
Anna Hanken
Henry Heyen
Katherine Jacque
Ruth Matthiessen
Gladys Skelley
George Brohlken
Alma Buol
Nadine Kennedy
Laura Kooy
Mary Lovell
Mildred Pulver
Lucia Schoon
Curtis Moncrief
Edith Winkler
Thelma van Voltenburg
Edna Siebes
Eugene Rodman
Bertha Mae Goldin
Emma Hughes
Helen Mangold
Ruth Marsden
Mrs Anna Reichart Celebrates 79th Birthday Saturday
Anna Reichart longtime city resident marked her seventy ninth birthday last Saturday at daughter Ed McBride’s home where she has lived since her husband’s death twenty years ago A surprise party followed at the McBride residence with guests bringing baskets supper at seven and a game of progressive 500 High honors went to Ben Ament Her five children Ed McBride Peter A Kurt Len Reichart Monticello Mrs L C Smith Dyversville and John Reichart Beloit Wis attended
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Anna Reichart
Ed McBride
Ben Ament
Reichart
Wabun campfire girls doughnut sale order offer
The Wabun campfire girls seek orders for doughnuts at 25 cents per dozen, with guardian Mrs. & E. Reed listed as contact and phone number 94. Unusual lightning hit a barn on Mrs. Barbara Grenenwald’s farm near Monticello Monday night, but no major damage occurred and the roof hole was quickly doused by rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabun Campfire Girls
E. Reed
Guardian
Barbara Grenenwald
Monticello
David Winans
Social Life Notes from Monticello Gatherings and Milestones
Mrs. Matt Mueller hosted bridge for four tables with Miss Kath erine Young taking high score. The Matheson and Link society gatherings featured a two course luncheon and five hundred. A missionary society meeting, a Maples Inn dinner party, and a Ruth Ann Lux kids party occurred. Josephine James’s marriage to Harry H. Riede was announced, with plans to live in Sioux City. Gerald Locher’s twelfth birthday, and J W Doxsee anniversary events, plus a Doxsee tin shower, marked the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Matheson
Three Link Society
Josephine James
Harry H. Riede
Independence
Des Moines
Mrs. Riede
Sioux City
J. W. Doxsee
C. A. Doxsee
Thursday Evening Bridge Club Valentine Party in Monticello
The Thursday Evening Bridge Club hosted a well received Valentine party last Thursday. A 6:30 dinner at Maples Inn featured a doll dressed in a valentine costume and red candles. Bridge at Mrs. John W. Schweitzer Sr home followed with Mrs. Matt Mueller winning high score and Mrs. W P Kelly in second place.
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Monticello
Maples Inn
Valentine
John W. Schweitzer
Matt Mueller
W. P. Kelly
John Anderson My Jo and Corday Quotation
The fragment folds a Burns lyric about endurance and companionship with a Corday quotation noting crime makes the shame not the scaffold. The two lines contrast affection and revolutionary justice.
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Charlotte Corday
Annual Road Meeting Notices for Lovell and Scotch Grove Townships
Lovell township trustees set a February 13 meeting at 1 PM in Monticello library to receive road superintendent applications and conduct business. Scotch Grove township trustees hold a February 18 meeting at 1 PM at the clerk’s home to accept road superintendent applications and address other board matters.
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Lovell Township
Thebrary
Monticello
Lovell Town Township
Scotch Grove Township
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J.L. Tellon
Dubuque
Ww. P. Kelly
Davenport
E. E. Brokaw
J. H. Fraser
Anamosa
T. F. Denkhoff
Winchester
McNeill Haw
Emma Grote
G. H. Good
Donald Serbousek
Torrence
Cedar Bar
J. A. Donahoe
Daz Rapids
Willam Smith
Ce Rajques
Frida
H. A. Owen
Oxford Junction
James Anderson
Cedar R
le Rocksiae
Cesar
H.W Jacobs
M. Rodman
Aew
Paul E. Gibson
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Co
L. E. Hoag
Kansas City
Mass Francesco Cosle
Art Lyons
Adam Buol
Richland
Ames
J. W. Hoult
Monticello, Ry
W. A. Suthers
Mason City
R. C. Hoag
Ray Hayes
Ray Nanderl
Manchester
William Putnam
Timothy
Wm. G. Schoon
C. L. Main
Mrs Porter
Hopkinton
Jake Arduser
Jake Lang
L. H. Lang
Carl Lee
Milwaukee
Wis
Bis Florine
Leonard Durst
John Gerdes
Scotch Grove
Matthiessen Auto Ana Supply Co
Mrs. Roach
Mrs
Louis Pazour
Chris Hartman
Ceder Rapids
Betty Howard
Frank Podhaski
Elmer Hubbard
Rockford
Harry Lang
Boston
Mass
Frank Thompson
Agnes Maire
Lizzie Henderson
Falcon, S. D
A. J. Rickless
Lester Behnke
Edgewood
Mildred Warden
Clara Roth
Frieda Bohren
Monroe, Wis
Laura Anderson
Cascade
J. L. Arduser
Dr. A. Palmer
Denver
Colo
Margaret Maurice
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
A. A. Maurice
Mabel Heisey
Henry Heisey
Ethel Parrott
Charles Parrott
Ulysses Maire
Greeley
George
Carrie Locher
Lisbon
Sieefried Gruenstein
Chicago
George Guyan
F. H. Hungerford
Cedar ‘Rapids
Fred Bellini
Elmer Kurt
Eleanor
Clarence Gregory
Marion Ted
Fred Matth Ter
Betty
Hook
MD Dauch
Sacred Heart
Ev. Farr
Marc Hirknatrich
Gresley
Raph Berg
Know, N. D
Ses
John Hubbard
Norman Clark
Kathryn McAleer
Mercy Hospital
James Lahey
K. of Chall
J. H. Lambert
Edwin Lightfoot
Cedar Rapids Business College
E. J. Lightfoot
R. Yousse
Will Cassady
Randson Gordon
Messrs
Emil Riedel
Arthur
Harm Bartels
Mr. Riedel
John Gavin
Frank Locher
Mate Siemering
Heb
Mrs. Henry Seemering
Dent
Sot
Thess
Jane
Will Reuter
Weo
Lee Rathbun
Government Hospital
Mary and
Carrie Clark
Edwin Potter
Tnee
Anna Blakes
Irving and
Dorothy
Whitetail
Montana
Belle Devlin
Katherine McAleer
Marcels
Marcel
Alva Behrends
Freda Zimmerman
Edward Jones
McDonald Hospital
Boy Scout Troops
Denkholf Jewelry
Albert FE. Coe
Mount Vernon
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bishop Keeney
Omaha
Baker
Bergsthaler
Cornell College
Dan Zumbrunnen, Jr
Dan Itt
Alma Buel
Bruce Suthers
Alder Boys and Girls
Mohawk Radio
Towa
Cedar Rauds
Harm Prin
Rochester
Minn
Buark
J. M
Shirley Louise
Nellie Sullivan
Bayless Business College
Eighth St
Dubuaque
R. T. Gordon
Minnie E. Sadler
Anna E. Ehrisman
Bertha Rohr
Florence Carmichael
Peter Haeussler
William Cassady
Thomas Carson Harry Jessup
D. D. Yousse
Hans Petersen
Wen Sickle
Springville
Petersen
Tom George
Hans
Mary Kehoe
Martin Kehoe
Sophrosyne Society
Washington High School
Strand Theater
Forrest C. Ensign
University
Kitty Creek
Canning Factory
Boy Scout
Viola Paulsen
Harry Stahler
Iowa State Clothiers Association
George W. Stahler
California
Bridge
Katherine Young
Mrs. Matheson
Congregational Missionary Society
Bart
Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Anna Bort
Simon Locher
Sacred Heart School
J. J. Locher
Ruth Lux
Tlome
Ruth Ann Lux
The
Congregational Church
Harriet Coughlan
Ifonticello
Junior
James
Lois Schneider
Paul Warner
Gradon Reade
Warren Durst
Grace and
Iva Hutton
Clifford Schneider
Bridge Club
Halstead Carpenter
William Stuhler
Janet Hazard
Reformed Church
Young People’s Society of the Reformed Church
Rose Winkler
Barnes
Feneral
Lena Caspers
Shower
A. F. M. Caspers
G. C. Mardorf
Gerald Richard Locher
Colin
John Thomas
Robert Smith
Richard Kong
John Eden
Mrs. J. W. Doxsee
John Anderson
John
Brent
Robert Burns
F. L. Berlin
W. B. Clark
Princess Cafe
Gene Sis
Karl M. Keyes
Optometrist
Lowell State Bank
Iealthy
Realty
C. V. Burris Chiropractor
Monticello, Iowa
Zeigler
Hoag Duster Co
Opera House
W. H. Null
Templehill
John Gorman
Zene Mackrill
Onslow
Clover
G. V. Mann
R. D. Cooley, Auctioneer