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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1932
Page
3
Scotch Grove residents report hospital stays and recoveries, school staff changes, theatre visits, social gatherings, 4 H club plans, illness updates, and community club talks. Highlights include Mr. and Mrs. Forest Craig hospital time, Miss Thelma Gregory resignation, new teacher Miss Hazel Eby, and 4 H roll call riddles program.
Center Junction hosts 4-H club meeting with resolutions music and a minuet. Madison township farm bureau sponsors community day with butchering demo and a 25 cent chicken pie dinner at the Presbyterian church. Several local clubs hold meetings and prepare programs including a Scotch Grove Players play and high school basketball results.
A speaker appeared before the club for the first time, addressing members and outlining upcoming events and goals for the season. The audience welcomed the new voice and discussed potential collaborations and community outreach plans.
The Onslow Ladies Missionary Society meets with Mrs. Howard Willison this Wednesday. Local gatherings include visits to Cedar Rapids for dinner with the Barrows, attendances at the Seth Parker show, and quilting at Mrs. James Kennedy’s. Notable events cover illness, care help from relatives, a new foreman, moves, a farm sale, and honor rolls at Onslow schools. The high school and grade honor lists are announced. The Onslow Bears lose to Wyoming and Cedar Rapids Albert’s Cleaners, with overtime thrillers and a junior game. A shower and lunch honor Mrs. Meinhardt Paulsen.
Harvey Willard of Hopkinton and Miss Opal Bolsinger of New Vienna wed in Galena Illinois with a Methodist ceremony. O W Breidenthal, former Lenox college teacher, leads in combined life and accident insurance for the period Dec 30 to Jan 15 1932. Bethany Methodist Sunday school class hosted by Mrs Russell Lux with a short program and refreshments. Tuesday night bridge club gathered at Mr and Mrs Kouba home. A. P.’s car was entered during the party.
Amber Co operative creamery reports 1 453 166 pounds of cream containing 459 724 pounds of butterfat for 1931 from 268 patrons at its twenty first annual meeting. Butterfat averaged 30.02 cents per pound, and the creamery pays three cents more for butterfat in sweet cream than in sour or inferior cream. Butter maker Hans C Kofoed produced 571 965 pounds of butter with an overrun of 24.41 percent and 2 61 cents a pound cost. Average butter price was 27.03 cents per pound. 150 people attended the meeting. Henry Wehling and Henry Holmes reelected to the board. Speakers included W W Newland and A J Kenzie.
A Sunday blaze on the south roof of the J. T. Lane home in West Cascade caused extensive attic destruction and water damage to walls and furnishings. Firemen contained the fire after a difficult effort. losses are about 1600 with insurance. Mrs. Eleanor Lane was away in Dubuque. Local history notes Mrs. Mullady received fruit from Mrs. Watson of Long Beach, a friend of the Lane family. A robin’s early spring sighting was noted by Charles Oeceschger.
The East Cascade School P T A met Monday evening in the school assembly. A fine program was presented by pupils from various grades, while residents debated whether robins signify spring or winter's lingering.
Langworthy Mr and Mrs John Prull and son Emil of Monticello spent Sunday evening in the Ed Prull home. Guests included Mr and Mrs John Batchelder and others from Sand Spring and Monticello. Several local residents visited Clifford Arduser and many made short calls around town. Ed Prult was ill with the flu last weekend.
Richland Center and nearby communities report visits and departures. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eilers of Montecello visited the Balsigers before moving to Michigan. Leonard Buol returned from Dubuque after a two week visit. Amos Sackett, former Richland township resident, died January 17 in Eau Claire. Several families shared weekend visits in Cedar Rapids and Dubuque. others traveled to Viola, Hopkinton, and Dubuque with relatives.
A Castle Grove meeting at the E F Burr home on January 15 covers lesson four Your Money’s Worth in Clothing led by Anna Helken. Attendees include ten women. Mrs George F Specht and Fred L Kromrnza attended the Iowa Farm Bureau federation meeting in Des Moines. Willie Behrends hosted a dancing party Friday night. Fred Heiken the assessor is on rounds again. Miss Esthe Zourmei tn of Monticello was a Sunday guest at the Hosford home. C W McDonald promotes meat cutting and canning demonstrations at the upcoming Castle Grove farm bureau meeting Friday evening. Uncertain arrival of the county fire truck. farmers await word. Earl Leonard sold hogs in Cedar Rapids Saturday at 3.40 per hundred.
Wayne Township resident Henry E. Harms of the Amber region has been very ill but is improving rapidly. Mercy hospital in Anamosa reports Mrs. M. R. Tobiassen is doing well and friends wish her a swift recovery.
Rev F C Worcester returns from Bar Harbor after his mother's death. Clarence Rickels jailed 30 days after resisting arrest. John Bodenhofer files for state senator in Twenty fourth district. former Jones county sheriff. Co L Rigby serves as Cedar and Jones counties current senator. County relieves unemployed by hiring 10 to 15 men on highways under Engineer Vetter to clear brush ahead of spring road work.
A historical note states that rehearsals of grand orchestras ran at about ten dollars per minute, reflecting high expenses associated with major ensembles.
The Sand Spring Farmers Mutual creamery shows eleven high patrons with dues from 262.77 to 100.90 dollars and mentions December butterfat at 31 cents. Rehirings include John Batchelder as buttermaker and Edward Cox as bookkeeper and manager. Dave Wilson hired as cream hauler at 1.5 cents per pound butterfat.
The federal government with Iowa State College Forestry Department and the Iowa Nurserymen’s Association will distribute forest trees at no cost to farmers for woodlot erosion planting and reforestation under the Clark McNary bill. Black walnut and black locust recommended for gullied land. Plan to request trees early so frost free planting is possible. note on mild starvation and mental effects references a University of Chicago and Michigan study.
A reflective poem fragment on mortality by Thomas W. Rolleston. The speaker asks for forgetfulness of worldly ties and past to allow entrance to a land where all things are forgotten, seeking pure rest beyond purging fires others endure.
A British firm has invented a new metal lighter than aluminum yet as strong as cast iron, cheaper than brass, impervious to sea water, and malleable when cold. The material is already in use by the Admiralty for naval applications.
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