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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1932
Page
4
Last week saw five automobile accidents with multiple injuries and substantial damage. Donald Jones, Howard Klinetop, Lucile Rickels, George Moenck, and Tom Carson were involved in wrecks near Bellevue Maquoketa Monticello and Scotch Grove road.
The Rev L C Lemon 70 died at his Mount Vernon home last Monday at 11 am after a heart attack. He served Methodist churches in Davenport Clinton New Hampton Anamosa and Osage and led the Davenport district for six years before retiring. He recently ran a dairy in Mount Vernon and is survived by his widow and two sons Kenneth at home and Keith of Sterling Colorado. Funeral services were held yesterday in Mount Vernon.
The Marshall Electric Company of Marshalltown was granted a franchise by the county board to build power lines and connect with Iowa Besche Company's grid. The project aims to extend service to Wayne Scotch Grove Cass Richland Gestle Grove Madison and nearby areas.
Carl Hodson reports a flock of evening grosbeaks seen in the north part of town near Seventh street. The birds, eight inches long with yellow bodies and black wings, rarely appear west of the Mississippi in winter, feeding mainly on seeds. They breed in northern Canada and winter south near the Mississippi.
The Farmers' Community Fire Truck association held a meeting at the O. B. Burrichter garage last Saturday. W. F. Hintz was named president with Cameron Greer as vice president and S. M. Heaford as secretary. Directors for one, two, and three year terms were drawn. Members discussed adding water canons to fights and a non-member charge for fire runs.
Miss Margaret Porter daughter of Rev and Mrs Roy V Porter tops Penn college Oskaloosa sophomore class with forty six points for the first semester earning the leading rank in scholarship. She was valedictorian of Monticello high school.
Negotiations began last Saturday to buy 22.5 acres south of Mitchellville for a Central Broadcasting Co station. The plan includes a new 50 kilowatt transmitter for WOC and WHO. Dave Palmer, business manager, said the setup should be completed within a month.
A series of all day gardening lessons led by C. V. Holsinger from Iowa State College toured Jones County towns including Anamosa Monticello and Wyoming. He projected Iowa’s vegetable and small fruit value at 20 million dollars annually and urged practical cultivation pruning mulching and row planting to meet rising demand for home grown food.
Miss Alma Buol daughter of Mr and Mrs George Buol and granddaughter of Mr and Mrs J G Suter and Mr and Mrs Len Buol was chosen with seventy five students to attend the eighty fifth birthday of the University of Iowa A Memorial Union dinner honored attendees including state board of education faculty and students Miss Bud is vice president of Kappa Beta representing it at the function She chairs the founders day party for Iowa City chapter of the organization which numbers thirty members and will be held next Saturday February 27
Extension specialist Miss Hazel I. Bown from Town State college led training schools on Posture and Foundation Garments last week. She outlined what good posture is the causes of faulty posture and how foundation garments affect health and comfort. Local leaders will hold meetings where women may obtain the same material presented by Miss Bown.
Otis Briggs the local transport pilot returned last Monday from a 2000 mile trip to Virginia. He co piloted in a Stinson Detroiter owned by E B Brazelton of Elmhurst Illinois. Brazelton made a dozen salesmen stops between his home and Norfolk Virginia.
The Huckins case, charged with obtaining money by false pretenses with intent to defraud, is being tried in Anamosa district court before Judge F. O. Ellison. Jury selection completed after motions overruled. Monticello residents serve among eight men and four women. The trial is expected to last more than a week with venue history from Linn to Jones counties amid multiple pretrial motions.
Last evening the Monticello public school auditorium hosted a preliminary declamatory contest with Delhi Hopkinton and Monticello as participants. James Littlefield Jr of Hopkinton won the oratorical division with Christ of the Andes while Monticello’s Helen Crane took the dramatic title The Hill of Silence and Hopkinton’s Cecelia Ellington won humor with Ma's Monday Morning.
The Monticello high school senior and junior high teams meet Mount Vernon high school Friday night in the public school gym. It is the last home game of the season and the forty nine piece band will perform during and between halves. Mount Vernon is described as a very fast team and the game should be worth attending.
The V F W chapter in Monticello awarded prizes last Monday in parochial and public schools. Hazel Houston won first prize, Betty Denkhoff second, and Alice Greene third. Prizes included a five dollar gold piece, 2 50, and a Washington framed picture.
Dr. L. Chandler of Cornell College Mount Vernon delivered a well received address on the life of George Washington before the Monticello Rotary Club last Monday evening. He has recently spoken to several audiences on Washington and provided detailed information on the subject.
The home project leaders of the farm bureau will meet at the farm bureau office Saturday afternoon February 27 at 1 30 to outline the home management project to begin next September Miss Neale Knowles state leader of home project work will lead the meeting.
Monticello Express recalls events from February 1892 including anniversaries, marriages such as Mabel Grace Herrick and J. S. Hall on the 3rd and Lydia Matthiessen with Will Adams on the 17th, deaths of Dr. Isaac Russell and others, and a national bank chartered at Anamosa with G. H. Lull as first president. It lists Monticello residents from 1862 and notes local deaths, births, and marriages.
Anamosa Eureka reports R H Helgens and Gesina Helgens won 5798.18 against administrator C A Schatz over Mrs Maria Leesekamp's will after a four day trial in Judge F O Ellison's court. The case stemmed from a 1928 home agreement and a 196 acre Monticello farm foreclosure sold for 20000. The jury upheld the court finding, with attorneys Gorman Cedar Rapids for claimants and Remley and Locher for the estate.
The Jones county board of supervisors has bought road equipment totaling 8576 to grade and surface roads for the coming season. Purchases include two graders, two scrapers, two tractors, one caterpillar tractor, and other minor gear. The State Highway Commission will oversee state and federal roads plus sixteen miles of county trunk roads. eight miles will be graded and paved, including the Stone City Prairieburg road.
The Monticello DeMolay basketball team upset the Dubuque Car Dinals 41 to 40 in two overtimes during the Northeast Town Independent tournament. Eby and Martgg led scorers while Coach Claude Appleby scored five in overtime and snared the decisive basket near the end. The DeMolays face Hopkinton at 9 tonight.
The J. C. French farm of 80 acres near Hopkinton sold to Mose Lamont for 7000 dollars. Mrs J D Hansen of Oxford Junction died aged 56 after Germany birth in 1886 and emigration at fourteen. Rev D F Boomershine of Maquoketa died after months of illness. burial at Mount Hope. James O Halloran, 13, died from a 175 foot fall near Dubuque. he was a student at Columbia Academy. Banks in Earlville reopened after a five day holiday with promises to leave deposits untouched for three years. College basketball results listed. several games noted. Joan Drew, 14, died after injuries from a street car and automobile collision Friday night.
Jones county supervisors and township trustees approved a road program for 1932 totaling about 80 000 dollars. Eight miles of county roads and sixteen miles of trunk roads were slated for erosion and surfacing across Cascade Madison and Rome townships plus the county line road near Cascade Morley and the Onslow Monmouth route. Funding includes 45 000 dollars from gas tax this year and a two mill mandatory levy to cover the remainder with 24 000 carryover from last year’s state tax share.
E R Easterly of Olin announces candidacy for the office of supervisor for the term beginning in 1933. He will seek the Republican nomination at the June primaries and is described as an able man who could handle the position if elected.
Mrs Anke Mary Schoon longtime Wayne township resident dies February 19 at the home of her daughter Mrs Meta Kasper Anamosa aged 86 born August 18 1858 in Petersburg T daughter of John Dietrich Poppe and Anne Wilken Poppe survived by five children eight grandchildren and two brothers Funeral services held February 21 at Zion Lutheran church Wayne township with services also at Mrs Kasper's home in Anamosa attended by many.
Dirk Collmann a longtime Jones county resident died at his North Cedar street home yesterday morning after a long illness He was born May 8 1849 in Kloster Ostfriesland Germany and lived in Langworthy Raven s Prairie Tripp South Dakota and Monticello He had four marriages and is survived by Katherine Post and several children Funeral services are set for Friday at 1 pm at the family home and 130 pm at St Matthew s Church with English and German sermons Oakwood Cemetery burial follows He was a lifelong farmer
A guide recommends placing thermometers on the north side of a sheltered porch and keeping them a small distance from walls. The U S weather bureau notes about 5000 thermometers perform best when in a covered screened enclosure that blocks rain sun and radiation yet allows air flow.
The George Washington chapter of DeMolay conferred its majority service on three members Harlan Cooper Sam Rhatigan and Kenneth Burris Saturday at three o clock The degree marks age twenty one enabling attendance at all meetings In the evening the chapter marked its third birthday with a dance Music provided by a victrola.
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