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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1931
Page
2
Local items list visits visits and greetings across Monticello Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns including Greeley Lost Nation West Liberty and Oxford Junction. Residents attend funerals mastoid operation recoveries weddings and weekend travels with many relatives and friends mentioned by name.
The annual girls volleyball tournament in the public school gym ended with juniors leading the standings 3 1 0 after a round robin. Seniors defeated freshmen 9 4 while sophomores topped juniors 30 27 and beat freshmen 26 80. Final standings juniors 3 games seniors 2 games sophomores 1 game.
Sylvia Ann was born at Donald Hospital last Saturday in January weighing seven pounds at birth. She is welcomed by her sister Rey Gutensohn, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Monticello.
Community clubs and families hosted gatherings with bridge games, showers, and birthday celebrations. Notable events included the Hamiltons and Yorks entertaining at home, the Sacred Heart circle benefiting from a large bridge night, and the Pries couple honored at multiple parties with 500 games and toasts.
A joint installation by Loyal Rebekah Lodge No 306 and Monticello Lodge No 117 I O O F occurred on Wednesday January 2. Officers for the Rebekahs included Lavina Sloan as noble grand and Emma Matheson as chaplain with a post installation lunch served to about fifty members and guests from Monticello Wyoming and Anamosa. I O O F officers installed were Zack Graves as noble grand Fred Zimmerman as vice grand and Will Shelley as secretary.
Anamosa high school edged Tipton 24 to 22 in a fast game at Anamosa last Friday. Tipton rallied with 18 points in the second half while Anamosa added 12. Tipton junior high beat Anamosa 17 to 16 in the preliminary.
Reverend Clyde E. Baker 50 of Mount Vernon, head of religious education for the Upper Town Methodist conference, died in a head on crash near Marshalltown. Five others injured, Nebraska residents, slippery pavement blamed. Baker’s son Kenneth not seriously hurt. Survived by widow and five children. Cornell College and Drew Theological Seminary graduate. served at multiple churches and led Clear Lake Institute before his death.
TEF Hamilton of the Newestern Bell Telephone company announces a $20,000 project improving farm lines radiating from Monticello. Sixteen workers have rebuilt about 156 miles of lines since June 1990, placing 264 miles of wire and replacing around 2,200 poles. Two thousand old poles were removed as part of the upgrade.
About 600 poles were straightened or reset and seven miles of trees removed to reduce noise and interference from branches. Upon completing the work, former grounded or noisy one wire services will switch to metallic or two wire service, benefiting roughly 436 rural subscribers and improving overall reliability.
The service aims to be largely interruption free since poles are set to adequate height and strength and free interference is reduced. Only severe weather conditions are expected to disrupt service, ensuring reliable access for subscribers.
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