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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1942
Page
2
Mrs John H Weers of Scotch Grove wins this week's Express photo contest with a shot of her son Gerald tugging with King the St Bernard. She receives a year’s free subscription and a chance at the 25 prize in August for the top entry from the 12 WEES contest.
The Monticello Rotary Club held its Ladies Night at Goudy’s last Monday, marking the final meeting of the year. A convention report from Toronto highlighted proceedings with 7000 Rotarians in attendance, including Don Fernando Carbajal of Lima as future Rotary president.
A parade of residents and guests visits family homes across Anamosa and nearby towns including Cedar Rapids Milwaukee Milwaukee native Iola George and several Monticello and Yale residents. Army call ups and local events touch Woodbury and Osage counties as families attend services school meetings and travel for leisure and duty.
Mr and Mrs A I Percy of Dexter were guests at the Hodsons home. They were joined by Mrs Hodson’s mother Mrs M Bent who had spent a month with her daughter and returned home with the Percys.
Mrs. Harry Bricker 66 died at her Coggon home on June 24 after a long illness. Funeral at H7 chapel and burial at Oakwood, Monticello. Born Katherine Holmes Forman April 5 1876 in Monticello she later lived there with husband Harry Bricker and son Herman. Survived by husband son and sister Mrs Jessie Parrott of Monticello.
Librarian Marian Wittenberger says the Monticello public library will open in July and August every afternoon 1 30 to 5 30 Monday through Saturday and one evening a week Saturday 7 to 9. Glenn Gerdes returned to Boone after a week with his mother Anna M. Gerdes and is YMCA camp athletic leader this summer. Lena Marugg returned to Joliet to work after two weeks visiting her mother Lottie Marugg.
Neighbors numbering around 5 gathered at the Louie Hanken residence Monday evening June 29 to discuss the government program to prevent inflation. Walter Wilcox of Ames led the discussion with full participation and noted inflation rises with war production and higher wages while goods for home use shrink. Fear was voiced that price ceilings may fail unless buying power is reduced by bond sales or taxes. Mrs Jane Long and grandson Jimmy Sands visited Mrs Long's sister Mrs Madge Alderson at Manchester Sunday.
The local War Production group shipped knitted articles to the American Red Cross. The first army consignment and second for naval forces were included along with a refugee assignment. Items totaled 24 ladies bed jackets size 8, 18 gunner bed jackets size 10, 4 antierss hoya sweaters size 8, and a teddy sweater size 8. Navy items included UT sleeveless sweaters size.
The document lists items with sizes including 84, 36, 40, 44, and 34. It notes neck sweaters and sleeveless sweaters, cap mufflers, helmets, and socks. An army assignment accounts for quantities of sweaters, sizes, helmets, mufflers, and socks.
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