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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1929

Page

4

Two Camp Fire Girls Win National Honors

Maquoketa Camp Fire group in Monticello celebrates Alice Reed and Helen Pulver earning the national health craft badge from New York City. The award requires 90 percent adherence to a year long health living plan. This marks the first Monticello group honor since Camp Fire work began there, delayed awards finally issued last week. New members since reorganization include Isabella Davies Dorothy Barlow Virginia Hearn Ruth Bender Sibyl Hutton. Wabun group adds Betty Denkhoff Kathleen Hayes Winnie Rohr. Members pursue craft work and plan trips for summer camping.

Maquoketa Monticello Alice Reed Helen Pulver New York City

Sacred Heart School Notes Report on Campus Events

Sacred Heart students heard Mrs. Pirie Beyea address both junior and senior high at the public school auditorium. Lectures for seniors continued in classrooms. Physics covered current electricity and voltaic cells. Magnetism intrigued general science as magnets passed through various substances. The Beacon edition is in progress. Diocesan basketball tourney comes to Columbia College in Dubuque March 6 7 and 8 with eight Sacred Heart players and coach. Father Landolt visited the school. Fifth graders honored Longfellow on his Feb 27 birthday with poems and sketches. Fifth and sixth graders support missions during Lent and seek new library books.

Pirie-Beyea Dubuque Columbia College Sacred Heart High School Father Landolt Sand Spring Berra Longfellow

Sixth Grade Poem by Raymond Hoag Class of 1929

A poem by Raymond Hoag written in sixth grade for Monti cello public schools. The verses describe winter scenes with skating and sliding, including playful lines about bundling up, thick soles, and safe sledding.

Monticello

Shelter belts prove value for cold winters on farms

This winter, Wallaces' Farmer notes evergreen shelter belts protect homes and barns from wind, allowing farms to stay two to three hundred miles farther south in severe weather. The advice urges planting white pines and Norway spruce next spring as a future investment for earnest farmers and their children.

Wallaces

Church Services and Activities Across Local Congregations

Multiple local churches publish Sunday schedules with listed pastors, service times, Sunday schools, and monthly events. Richland Presbyterian, Castle Grove Lutheran, Congregational, St John Ev Lutheran, and Reformed church plans include sermons, Luther Leagues, English and German services, and Sunday school at 10:00 am.

Richland Presbyterian Church Henry Marks Luther League Paul T. Gutknecht St. John's Trinity Ladies’ Aid Paul Schuetz Gutknecht Coral Galbraith Kansas School For the Blind Christian Endeavor

Boy Scout Notes and Meeting Schedule Update

Regular Tracy meetings at Legion hall every other Monday at 7 15 PM to 8 44 PM. Patrols Ravens Bea vers Rattesnakes Eagles Clip this note. March 1 joint court of honor with Anama Scout guests. March 2 board of review at 7 30 PM tests ready. Eagle patrol challenges for attendance. leader points list with Jeff 139, Bart 106, Kuentzel 99, Hutton 98, Suthers 96. Regular hike Saturday at 9 AM. ביותר

Legion Hall Ravens Beavers Eagles Anamasa Boy Scouts Eagle Patrol Fellows Rick Jeff Bart Kuentzel Hutton Suthers

Law and fools do not warrant stock protection

Legislation should not shield investors from consequences of their own poor choices. Citizens and lawmakers are reminded that high dividend promises invite risk, and buyers cannot expect the law to rescue them from losses when a salesman overstates prospects.

Reinbeck Courier

Milwaukee Freight Week Tops Heavy Car Shipments

Milwaukee reports one of the heaviest weekly freight periods with 24 cars handled at the local station. Carloads moved include scrap iron to Hammond Indiana, cattle hogs to Chicago and Cleveland, and butter eggs to New York. Receipts total eleven cars carrying straw, feed, flour, lumber, horses, and farm machinery from multiple firms and shippers.

M. B. Leonard Hammond Ind Marmis & Solomon Adams & Adams Chicago Ed Eilers George Hurt Farmers Mutual Creamery Company New York Cartano & Hubbard Cleveland Ohio W. R. Cartano Wadsworth Ill DeWitt Thompson Ray Adams Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company Podhaski Produce Company Eclipse Lumber Company Western Coast Lumber Delmar King South Dakota R. H. Balster

Sacred Heart Triumphs Over St. Wenceslaus In Cedar Rapids

Sacred Heart high school defeated St. Wenceslaus 27 to 17 in Cedar Rapids marking the second win over the team this season. Monticello lineup included Schlimmer Donahoe and Locher while Cedar Rapids featured Zak Zachar Stuart Mattias and Pisarik. Public notice sets March 1 election for two Monticello Independent School District directors at the American Legion hall from noon to 7 pm.

Sacred Heart School St. Wenceslaus High Sacred Heart St. Wenceslaus High School Cedar Rapids Monticello St. Wenceslaus Sacred Heart High Sacred Heart Hich Schlimmer Donahoe J. Locher R. Locher R. McAleer Carmichael Reichart Zak Zachar Stuart Mattias Pisarik Jones County Iowa F. E. Stimson John H. Fraser American Legion Hall Chas. M. Luett

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