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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1938
Page
7
The Clover Leaf club gathered at James Skelley’s home last Friday for its regular monthly meeting with a visit time and a 4:30 plate luncheon hosted by Mrs. Skelley.
The report lists Friday and Monday gatherings of the Ladies' Aid and card clubs at St. John's Lutheran, St. Matthew's Lutheran, and the Reformed church. Members, officers, and hosts are named, with devotional services, prizes, and plate lunches noted.
Mrs. First entertained the 500 Club at her home with a one o clock luncheon followed by 500 at three tables where Mrs. Everett Nichols won high score and Mrs. Henry Che the traveling prize while Mrs. Ralph Lambert took the consolation prize. The Women's Foreign Missionary Society met at Mrs. Huibregtse’s home. Tea ended the program. The League of Women Voters met at Mrs. Sutherland’s for a session on government policy and peace. Twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Cass celebrated their 25th birthday with a family dinner at Goudy’s cafe, nine guests seated at one long table.
The Royal Neighbor lodge met in Odd Fellow hall for its first 1938 meeting with Mrs. Edna Yeoman presiding. An altar draped in memory of Mrs. Mary Arnholt of Rock Island, supreme oracle, followed by installation of new officers: Mrs. Anna Shelley, Mrs. Fannie Bennett, Mrs. Florence Bright, and Mrs. Fannie Milroy. A picnic luncheon closed the gathering for members and guests.
The Ladies' Aid circles of the Presbyterian church held their regular monthly meeting and social hour at multiple homes. Circle No 2 met at Mrs. William Corbin with Mrs. Harrison Lubben presiding. Circle No 3 gathered at Mrs. Maurice Cook with Mrs. Delco Yount leading. Circle No 4 convened at Mrs. R. P. Clark. Circle No 5 met at Mrs. O. E. York with Mrs. Frank Walker presiding. Refreshments were served after business meetings.
Miller orchestra members returning to Rolfe from Algona found their instruments scattered along the road after a flat tire. Only a saxophone was damaged as the crew retrieved gear. Two separate stories note a $5,000 windfall for four Hardin county residents and an elderly woman found begging in LeMars, claiming a Chicago son funded her trip.
A Pella butcher clings to Dutch wooden shoes while lamenting their decline in Holland. An owl electrocuted on a highline caused a power outage near Blakesburg. A Harlan man caused a car fire by pouring gasoline into a radiator. Santa in Iowa Falls missed a Christmas Eve party due to a book. A Marble Rock sewer explodes a sewing machine area, injuring none seriously.
The Carroll opera house hosted Bergen the Ventriloquist on three days in the early 1900s. Marie Lawrence and future film stars Guy Kibbee and Harry Carey also appeared on the Carroll stage.
A prowler in Linn county crawled through an open window at Rose Marie Williams residence and grabbed a purse from a sewing machine. The purse contained only a nickel and was discarded nearby. In Marshall county, postmistress Mrs. Henry Vogt faced embarrassment after a fire destroyed the Van Cleve post office and the key to mail pouches was lost during the rush to move records.
In Eldon Wapello County Faye Cunningham suffers a fractured hip after a fall and Calvin Cunningham, 77, also fractures a hip after slipping on ice. George Bittle of Mount Vernon buys 348 chickens totaling 1859 pounds from Ebien Maher near Morse for 283.45 dollars. US motorist tax payments are projected to reach 1 billion dollars by year end, quadruple a decade earlier.
Harry Sly Jr. 31 of Manchester ended his life with a shotgun while in bed last Wednesday after calling his wife to say farewell. He suffered an appendicitis attack and left no inquest was held. He is survived by a widow, five children, and his father.
Theodore Tebo aged 85 died at his Onslow home on Thursday. Born January 12, 1852 in Newark New Jersey he helped found Onslow after moving to Iowa in 1857. He built his 1871 home and became a noted stone mason and construction engineer with many sidewalks bearing his name. He is survived by four children Ferdinand John Jessie Snyder and Raymond six grandchildren five great grandchildren and one sister Frances Jennings. Funeral services were held Saturday in South Mineral cemetery interment followed.
Regular meeting of the Monticello board of education on November 6 1937 notes attendance and approval to allow the League of Women Voters to flood part of school grounds for an ice skating rink. Bills for supplies services and salaries are read and approved. Meeting adjourned with F E Stimson president and F E Podhaski secretary.
A warning stresses that selling a substitute for 666 to gain a few cents is unsafe for business. It urges valuing customers as assets, noting the 666 substitute is worth significantly more than a weaker substitute.
An advertisement urges readers to take Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea to prevent constipation and related health troubles. It claims thousands have seen wonderful results and promotes Palmer's Drug Store as the seller.
December 24 to 30 1937 real estate filings show Clifford L. Niles and Clara H selling to Iowa Electric Company multiple parcels in Anamosa including blocks and out lots in Huber's subdivision and Gibbs street areas. Other transfers include Norma E. Smith and Eugene to Irene Smith. Henry Che and Dora to Carl J. Opfer and Bertha. A W Adams and Lydia to Raymond Adams. Herman Ohe and Wilma to Henry Ohe. James A. Straka Sr administrator to Charles Straka. and Charles Straka to Otto Straka with assorted lots, sections, and acreage transfers in Monticello and Anamosa areas.
A bold youth in Davenport Scott county enters a filling station while an attendant serves a customer. Police in a squad car across the street mistake him for a company auditor, and the youth takes $41 from the till before walking away.
Oliver Utterback of Ottumwa reports a 20 pound badger carcass from a hunt near his parents home outside Martinsburg in Keokuk County. Badgers are rarely seen in southeastern Iowa.
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