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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1935
Page
5
Cascade community notes report Mrs. Ben Timmer of East Cascade died at home from meningitis after influenza. James Murphy of West Cascade died, with details of his Irish origins and long farming life. Local events include church services, lodge and 4-H activities, school honors, and residents visiting or returning from hospitals.
Township 1934 efforts push educational drives and 1935 contract signups. Officials will announce precise dates for each school district and meetings to organize officers and township directors. Twelve members answered roll call. a music memory piece and health talk followed with demonstrations on table manners.
Center Junction hosts Farmers Mutual Creamery annual meeting with a detailed report by Herbert Cox showing net gains and a 165.32 balance. Cox rehired as butter maker. free dance at Shinley’s hall. Township corn-hog program meeting and county allotment events held at the school gym. Local religious and educational notices, girls and boys basketball results, and Cedar Rapids visitors noted.
Onslow city items report the birth of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hines with Mildred Null as a former name. Various visits, health notes, measles case, club meeting on Indian music, school talks on taxes, and local social events are recorded along with sports results and upcoming community activities.
Len McKinstry Wanda Petersen and Helen Warren are listed among attendees. Primary Paul Wilcox and Lila Bramer show perfect first semester attendance while Barbara Smith was absent ill all week. Eleanor Kennedy Lila Bramer Betty Mae Hinrichs Harold Dew Gross LeRoy Petersen Rosemary Kleineck and Dwil n Bickford earned A in spelling for the first period.
Hopkinton updates include visitors from Dubuque and Orlando, club meetings for Clio Kensington and Clayonian groups, and reports on local auctions, hospital visits, births, property trades, and minor accidents. Notable events: Hopkinton creamery annual meeting on Feb 2. Aces clinch 35 to 26 over Waverly Independents in a Burdick’s Aces game. Nina Murray returns to Toulon TM. a Loop brick residence swap. several residents hosting gatherings and caring for relatives.
East Cass Township resident Ed Head took ill with acute indigestion but improving. Nearby families from Anamosa and Morley visited, including the Darrow and Ellison households. Children Lisa ailments and chickenpox noted for Willis Fairbanks and June Brainerd. Card games and refreshments followed gatherings with the Lubben and Benedict families. Ed Head visited by H J Mayberry, and others listed sick lists and social visits around Iowa City and Morley.
The Castle Grove farm bureau gathering at the Harken home drew a good crowd with a luncheon and a program. Miss Bertha Harken spoke on the Des Moines federation meeting, followed by accordion selections, and E F Burr discussed chinch bugs and control in infested Iowa fields.
Amber Harris hosted a Saturday party for fifteen children in honor of Marvin Harris turning nine. Guests included Shirley Siebels, Jackie Dress, Everett Englehart, Dale Englehart, Owen Kofoed, Ruth Kofoed, John Kofoed, Galen Hagen, Marvin Englehart, Lavern Englehart, Galen Englehart, Maxine Harms and Ralph Harms. The group sleighed and played games before a lunch served by Mrs. Harms. Marvin received remembrance gifts.
Mr and Mrs Herman Rickels of Scotch Grove visited with Mr and Mrs Wert Bennen on Sunday. Bernice Freese recently returned home from Mercy Hospital Anamosa in a leg fracture cast after a five week stay. Several local families—Herman Zimmerman Michael Martin Will Jansen and families and Rena Hoult—were Sunday guests at Otto Danneman residence.
Mrs Briggs staying with her daughter Mrs J H Keith at Thor Humboldt county was injured when wind blew the storm door open and threw her from the back porch. She fell three feet onto the ground hitting her head and suffered a broken arm and chest injuries with severe head bruises.
Workmen dismantle Centerville gypsum mine the 45th in Appe noose county once famed since 1917 for pure white plaster gypsum. It is the deepest mine with an underground lake at 550 feet but will be capped and reopened if water in the main shaft is lowered. Water seepage and poor business end the operation.
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