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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
2
Cascade, Clinton, Dubuque, Ana Mesa, Monticello and other communities report numerous residents spending weekends with relatives and friends. Notices include births and visits, plus ads for watches and radios and local layouts of upcoming events and market card party details.
Colored slides on clay building products and farm structures sparked Monday night discussion. Next week’s talk on Swine Breeding Programs was postponed with two pasture management meetings planned for next month led by a CCC technician and an Ames extension specialist. Farmers are invited to the Vocational Agriculture room at 7 30 p m each Monday this spring.
Delaware county sheriff Carl A. Anderson investigates a $190 burglary at Manchester high school Friday. A safe in Supt. C. W. Bangs' office held $100. the door was closed by faculty at 6:30 Thursday night, no breakage. Police suspect an experienced burglar used tools from the janitor’s room and chisels from the manual training room to force the safe.
Two rural Jones county schools Lovell No. 1 and Lovell No. 5 have installed daylight fluorescent lighting. Each of four fixtures per school uses two twenty watt bulbs, with each fixture drawing 40 watts and delivering about 150 watts of light. REM Electrical Service did the wiring. The new lighting aids visibility on dark days and during evening events.
Dennis Tobiason was elected president of the Luther League of Wayne Zion Lutheran church. Ea Sievertsen is vice-president, Bernice Tobiason secretary, Wanda Siebels vice secretary, Herbert Herren treasurer, Lucille Waggoner vice-treasurer. Eloise Kuhns heads the program committee with Louis Rickels secretary, and Donald Rickels, Johanna Kehren, Milo Tobiason assisting. The Luther League has 102 members.
Henry Schafer was elected secretary of the Wayne Zion Evangelical Lutheran church at its annual meeting. J. H. Hinrichs named treasurer, Carl Harms deacon for three years, and William T. Jansen trustee for three years. Louis Helgens named cemetery custodian. Rev. F. H. Kehren congregational chairman. Herman Herren trustee and John Doden Wert Bennen deacons remain for one or two years.
Marcel Clark of Anamosa files for divorce from John S. Clark in district court alleging cruel and inhuman treatment. Plaintiff seeks custody of minor child John. The couple wed in Davenport on March 7, 1928.
Olin High’s girls, averaging 50 points a game, won the Jones County tournament with a 59–19 final over Wyoming. They earlier beat Martello 48–15 and Oxford Junction 44–12, with Easterly scoring 24 in the final and Macomber and Otten also among top scorers. Dorothy Meade reportedly broke her nose in the Sacred Heart game.
A few days before the U. High game Captain Meade was suspended for smoking. Coach Roy Moore notes Friday's Minotaur loss as the first in the Eastern Iowa conference era. Cheerleaders Jeanette Lubben and Delores Otten provided unusually strong support amid mixed reactions to local sports events.
Ruth Gibson of Cedar Rapids filed a notice of appeal in Anamosa after a Rockwell City sentence of 10 years for forgery. The district jury found she used two Anamosa women’s names on checks to obtain money and the appeal will be heard by the state supreme court in the May term.
Property listing invites inquiries to Mrs. Newton Parrott in Monti cello. Also note a belated thank you from Herman Zubler and family for sympathy expressions. Abstracts offered by Jones County Abstract Company in Anamosa Iowa. A local business opportunity seeks an ambitious man. no signers, car required, S F Baker & Co Keokuk Iowa.
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