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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
7
A series of social gatherings detail bridge club games and luncheons hosted by Mrs. Lloya Clark Mrs. Clarence Matthiessen and Mrs. Harriet Coughlan among others. Delphia Balster celebrated her ninth birthday with a Saturday afternoon party at her home with games and guests.
A birthday event for Delphia was held Sunday as part of a family dinner hosted by her parents. Nine places were set for guests including Mr. and Mrs. Arend Balster and son Leslie of Scotch Grove who were out of town. Worton’s Working Band meets with the Women’s Working Band of the Congregational church for a regular social afternoon led by Mrs. Milton Thoeni. Tea at 4:30 followed a business meeting and social hour, served by the hostess and assisted by Mrs. Fred Kay, Mrs. Cecil Goettsch, and Mrs. Thoeni.
Sylvia Gutensohn daughter of Rev and Mrs G G Gutensohn was guest of honor at a seventh birthday party held Monday after school at their home. Games, a birthday supper, a green and white decorated cake, and tiny colored gumdrop airplanes framed the celebration.
Clarence Emerson of Eagle Grove Wright county avoided a trap by slick horse buyers who paid $150 for a horse and took him to a Fort Dodge hotel room where a "boss" promised a check. He refused a drink and cards, as his lady friends appeared but offered no help. The boss failed to show up with the check and Emerson left, wasting only his time.
Mr and Mrs Gerke Hanken welcomed Beverly Joyce born Saturday January 22 at McDonald hospital weighing seven pounds four ounces. This is the couple's second child joining a son.
Mrs. W. J. Scott of Buffalo New York reports a severe snowstorm in New York state and Ida Grove with snow half way up her door. Stores ran out of provisions as shovels sold fast. traffic opened after a week. In LeMars a mass death of snowbirds puzzled residents with theories of blindness from lights or poisoning.
Mrs Mayer Freedman of Philadelphia arrived in Newton to see her brother Louis Raizes, a Newton merchant who came from Podola near the Black Sea in 1914. Relatives endured losses during the revolution and two sisters left for Argentina after lengthy separations. Nine cars and a truck were tangled in a foggy Logan Harrison County highway crash with no serious injuries.
Local churches including St Matthew's Lutheran St John's Ev Lutheran Prairieburg St Joseph's Catholic Hopkinson Castle Grove Congregational and others announce schedules for Sunday worship English services at 10:45 or 11, Sunday schools, Ladies' Aid meetings, youth programs, and adult confirmation classes with dates in late January to February.
Betty Jane Levsen of Wyoming was named Coe college beauty queen after a student election on November 3. Four Cedar Rapids contestants were finalists chosen by Kay Kyser and his orchestra, with the five images to appear in the 1938 Acorn yearbook. Levsen, a junior, leads Delta Delta Delta, serves on Chi Delta and A W S council, and holds other campus roles.
Spotts of LeMars Plymouth county won a $100 prize in a national contest for retail druggists for a better title than soda jerker. His entry fountaineer stood out with more than double the votes of others.
Pella mayor T G Fultz received a leather-bound pocket folder in the mail with Major Edward Bowes, director of radio amateur hours, as the sender. The inside cover bears Bowes’ autographed gold signature, making the gift a prized keepsake for years.
Marshal Jake Carstens of Manning Carroll county responded to a Greene county sheriff request and arrested a Manning man wanted for questioning in Jefferson. He announced the arrest from his window then followed and detained the suspect down the street.
Mr and Mrs Carl S Rue of Northwood Worth county own a unique plant that grows without water air nourishment or tending. The plant resembles parsley and develops in a glass jar sealed with tape. Roots fill the jar rapidly, and the Rues have propagated new plants two or three times from a parent root over five years.
Joseph Sicard Charles Flessa and Otto Grobe of Hardin county Ackley have celebrated New Year’s Eve together for 40 years. Sicard aged over 80 is a retired shoemaker Flessa a carpenter remains active Grobe is the youngest. They also share Sunday evenings beyond year end.
Residents of Mount Vernon Linn county heard a shrill whistle across town as crowds gathered on Main Street. The sound came from a burst safety plug in the supply tank releasing bupane gas vapor at the local gas tank, puzzled bystanders.
El don Hendricks son of Mr and Mrs Sol Hendricks of Rockwell City Calhoun county tried a ski jump from a garage roof after practicing leaps. Details of the incident are incomplete with no final outcome given.
1935 Chevrolet Master Deluxe Sport Sedan with new car appearance and guarantees. 1936 Master Town Sedan in gunmetal with heater and guarantee. 1934 Master Coach with good rubber and knee action. 1931 Chevrolet Coupe with new paint and guaranteed mechanically. Down payments from 100 to 250 dollars. Also other makes and models at bargain prices. Passenger cars and trucks to suit buyer.
The item lists entries including Universal News No 1 and No 2 Modern Inventions featuring a Disney cartoon, No 3 Pictorial, No 6, and No 4 Termites of 1938 with the Three Stooges. It also notes Manhaten Merry-Go-Round with Phil Regan Leo Carrillo Gene Autry Ann Dvorak.
Everett Shay of Wisconsin was visiting family in Harvey Marion County when a trip of back to Wiscon sin led to two separate accidents. After surviving a bus collision via a truck he walked two miles home with luggage. A heart attack two days later proved fatal.
John Miller of Newton in Jasper county catalogs a diverse private museum with 284 lead pencils, 64 kinds of safety pins, 27 edible nuts, 360 varieties of matches, 1 800 different but tons, 31 clocks including one 152 years old, five pairs of spectacles 160 years old, a 100 year old umbrella and a 148 year old quilt, plus various old dishes as he begins fountain pen collecting.
A Rock Island woman hired a taxi to Waterloo in a bid to catch her husband with another woman. The 160 mile trip over icy roads ended with police present as she confronted him at his hotel room, where he answered the door.
An unnamed man alone in his room read and appeared glad to see a visitor. The encounter concluded with a taxi fare of 36 dollars.
In Imogene Fremont county the town now has no operating bank. First National Bank closed just before Christmas while Bank of Imogene owner W P Cahill died recently. Both banks paid depositors dollar for dollar leaving Imogene without a bank. Grant's tomb on Riverside Drive was funded by 600000 dollars raised by public subscription.
A compact classified ad lists several used cars with low prices and brief features. 1935 Pontiac four door sedan black finish new tires deluxe heater, priced at 545 dollars. 1933 Ford V eight two door sedan reconditioned motor, winterized, 345 dollars. 1931 Chevrolet four door sedan refinished, hot water heater, 195 dollars. 1928 Chevrolet coupe good mechanical condition heater 45 dollars.
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