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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1938
Page
2
Multiple brief society notes report visits and illness among residents of Monticello, Anamosa, Cedar Rapids, Marion, Dubuque, Cascade, Sumner, and nearby towns. Names include Milroy Goudy Johnson Perrine Bricker Oswald Hughes Jedlicka Starks Butler Christgau Otting O Rourke Lubben and others with travel and family updates.
Alva Stadtmueller visits Fort Dodge and Palmer relatives while John Balster travels to Petersburgh after his cousin’s death. University of Iowa student Gladys Skell tey joins Monticello relatives, and Rita Patterson returns from Rochester clinic with hopeful news. Local installations, anniversaries, a manslaughter plea, and funeral attendance by many out-of-town relatives center this week’s notices.
Monticello public library announces new circulation titles across Adult and Children shelves. Notable works include Enchanter's Nightshade by Ann Bridge, Katrina by Sally Salminen, and Cleopatra by Emil Ludwig. Also featured are We Cover the World by Eugene Lyons and China Quest by Elizabeth Lewis among others, plus youth titles like Ballet Shoes and Mid-Flight.
Eight year old Charles McQuillen son of Mrs. Frank McQuillen of Cascade was struck by a car driven by Robert Hawkins on Highway 151 near his home. He sustained a fractured right leg facial lacerations and a head injury and was taken to Mercy Hospital at Anamosa.
Miss Helen Hefner studied at Grinnell College. Mary Gray married George F. Harford at the Presb yterian church January 1. Steve Peterson wed Mary Tschantz January 3. Miss Serene Skelley married C. J. Simmons on the 15th. Numerous births and deaths noted, including Counland Chapman in Hopkinton and Mrs. C. H. Huntington of Cascade. Farmers Cooperative creamery extended life for 20 years. Multiple local marriages recorded through January 28.
Mr and Mrs Edwin Wilcox spent two weeks in Washington D C as a Christmas gift from daughter Mildred They were guests of Whitney Atchley and Mrs Nellie Bev ington and dined at homes associated with Senator McAdoo They visited relatives in Pittsburgh and Chicago en route home, noting pleasant weather and early spring surroundings
Applications for automobile licenses pour into the county treasurer as February 1 approaches. After February 1 a fine of one dollar will be charged each month. Total licenses issued reach 2300, plus 275 truck licenses. New car licenses go to Hugh McGlade for a Ford V-8 and Adams & Adams for a Chevrolet truck.
Town officials list 1200 attendees who paid $25 per plate for the Jackson Day Dinner in Des Moines on January 3. The Jones county donors include Arenda Balster Jr, Mrs Charlotte Byerly, H M Carpenter, GC J Cash, Mrs J Cash, Henry Eichhorn, W O W Frazier, M F Hogan, N C Holst, R J Langer, J J Locher, F H Peckosh, Ernest Reitz, G F Specht, H W Stuhler, Mrs R M White.
A seed station sponsored by the field crops class at Monti cello public school invites farmers to bring open pollinated seed corn for germination. Seed corn will be dusted with mercury and graded into three grades before shelling. A small fee per bushel funds future Farmers of America equipment. details to follow.
Mrs. Lyman Moats hosted yesterday afternoon January 19 as the Scotch Grove Community Club met. The program featured music by Indian-Gladys Carson, roll call with hobbies, and talks on Rural Electrification including Electric House by Irene Schrader and Electrical Hazards by Wilma Kuhns followed by an illustrated talk on electrical equipment.
The Rev. S. G. Gutensohn chaired the Spiritual Life Committee of the Congregational conference of Iowa at the First Congregational church in Cedar Rapids last Tuesday. Mrs. Gutensohn visited relatives in the city the same day.
J H Weber a prominent Cascade resident died and the community honored him with funeral rites. Honorary pallbearers included George Patterson R J Lane F J Kremer William Tallman Leo Dolphin and C H Huntington. Attending boards and relatives hailed from across Iowa with multiple officials and family members listed.
Sincere sympathy is extended to the Weber family and to friends across Dubuque and nearby towns including Dubuque Dyersville Clinton Clinton Monticello Farley and Fillmore as relatives and neighbors express condolences. The note lists many locals from Dubuque to Farley among those sharing in the loss and support.
Mechanics in their fourth year describe projects including 16 brood sows 10 yearling heifers 14 baby beeves 8 poultry flocks 10 beehives and extensive corn potato garden and orchard acreage. The Vocational Agriculture department attracts farm boys from about 55 miles, with half the instructor salary supported by a federal fund. A local Future Farmers of America chapter has formed and is recognized by the state executive council.
The region's farm youth have elected officers and run meetings in a businesslike way. The year’s program includes a Junior Dairy Herd Improvement association with 12 herds and about 200 cows, a seed corn and grain station, a corn yield test plot, home beautification, and a spray ring. A Monday night vocational agriculture class draws 15 daily, with 20 to 25 interested and aims to aid placement of nonestablished members.
The Vocational instructor will visit young men on their farms to promote desirable practices. A weekly course for older farmers runs each Wednesday night, drawing about 10 attendees as a nucleus for a stronger future group. A 2 to 3 day short course is planned next month if interest warrants. With changing agricultural conditions, farmers are urged to stay informed.
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