George Fraser Earns Eagle Scout Title From Troop 49
George Fraser son of Dr and Mrs John Fraser received the Eagle Scout badge at a Camp Waubeek court of honor. He joined scouting in 1929, rose to first class later that year, earned Life Scout in 1931 and is 16. Four Monticello youths now hold Eagle rank. Also noted are Taminala Camp Fire honors won by local girls at Camp Huaga and Camp Hitaga with multiple merit awards and special recognitions across two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fraser
John Fraser
Camp Waubeek
Fraser
Carroll O. Thomas
Cedar Rapids
George
Young Fraser
Monticello
James Ricklefs
Milton Langer
William Stickford
Jack Fraser
Wyland Bone
Bone
L. E. Hoag
Samuel Gutensohn
Court of Honor
Mr. Gutensohn
Troup 49
Tamiala
Camp Huaga
Camp Hitaga
Earl H. DeShaw
Taminala
Hitaga
Betty Thomas
Lucile George
Josephine McNeill
Helen Jolly
Kathleen Hogan
Lillian Locher
Ruth Roberts
Josephine Rickless
Frances Bone
Leona Taylor
Pollywog
Robin Hood
Booze Runner Caught West of Monticello
Prohibition agents seized 200 gallons of alleged alcohol in an automobile tied to James Connaly a 22 year old Omaha resident. After a three mile chase the car was stopped seven miles west of Anamosa. Connaly waived hearing and was bound over to the grand jury with a $1000 bond while held in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition
James Connaly
Omaha
Anamosa
Connaly
United States
D. C. Hutchinson
Boy Scouts To Have A Two Day Outing
Troup 49 of the Monticello Boy Scouts plan a two day outing at Whitewater YMCA grounds starting Thursday morning July 27. All Scouts bound for the trip should meet in the scout room at 7 PM tomorrow. those unable to attend must call Mr Guten sohn to reserve a spot and confirm numbers by weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troup
Monticello
Boy Scouts
Whitewater
Mr. Gutensohn
Dog Pony Monkey Show Comes to Monticello Saturday
The Robson brothers present a circus with dogs ponies and monkeys plus aerialists acrobats and clowns in Monticello on Saturday. Two shows at 2 PM and 8 PM will be held on LeRoy Clark field with 10 cent children and 25 cent adult admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robson Brothers’ Circus
Monticello
LeRoy Clark Field
Anamosa Couple Wed By Monticello Pastor
Miss Fern T. Bshover wed James D. Caswell in a single ring ceremony at the Monticello Methodist parsonage on July 14. Rev. Wm J. Macaulay officiated with Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lambert as witnesses. both spouses reside in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern T. Bshover
James D. Caswell
Methodist Parsonage
Wm. J. Macaulay
Anamosa
Everett Lambert
Popular Favorites To Appear On Band Program Tonight
Monticello Municipal band presents a summer concert under Frank Royden featuring Dvorak Humoresque Arndt Nola and Mary Burrichter singing Roses In Picardy. Victor Herbert Favorites and Bucolessi Hunting Scene plus Auber Les des Fees open with Les Lacs des Fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dvorak
Mary Burrichter
Bucolessi
Auber
Humoreske
Victor Herbert
Here and There In Nearby News
The Rev J Frank Moore pastor of Manchester Community church suffered severe lacerations to his nose Thursday afternoon while playing golf Leona Dippel Marion was named highest ranking individual speaker among all state high school debaters at the forensic contest in Iowa City last week The law partnership between G S Banta and H J Williamson of Manchester has dissolved and each will go it alone hereafter A J Miller of the Citizens State Bank of Hopkinton was elected president of the Community Club of that town R A Wallace is vice president It is announced by The Anamosa Journal that a new organization will take charge of the shirt factory in that city and commence operations the first of August The Iowa Public Service company has filed a suit in federal court at Dubuque against city officials of Rockford charging illegality in the city's contract with Fairbanks Morse for a municipal power plant and asks the court to restrain completion of the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Moore
Manchester Community Church
Leona Dippel
Marion
Iowa City
G. S. Banta
H. J. Williamson
Manchester
Anamosa Journal
Iowa Public Service Company
Dubuque
Rockford
Iowa
Fairbanks Morse Company
Eugene Rodman Fellows In Express Work This Week
Eugene Rodman spends a two week vacation at his parents home and assists in the Express mechanical department during Emma Bradtmueller’s absence. He plans to return to Ames next month to begin his third year at Iowa State College in architectural engineering after a four year apprenticeship in the Express office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Rodman
Harry S. Rodman
the Express
Emma Bradtmueller
Eugene
Ames
Iowa State College
Office
Doctors Trim Lawyers In First Half Of Match
A club golf challenge saw doctors and attorneys contest the first nine holes last Thursday. Eddie Heiserman led play with a 43 as the lawyers trailed by 24 strokes. The final nine holes are scheduled later this week with lawyers aiming to close the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Heiserman
Local Items Of Passing Interest To Our Readers
Local society notes list visitors and guests in Monticello and nearby towns. Mrs. E E Hoag and daughter Helen visited in Town City. Clinton visitors Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stambaugh and daughter Betty Jean. Chicago and Cedar Rapids guests Mr. Don Rathburn and Mrs. Lillian Rathburn. Ed Zumbach and wife welcomed a daughter near Coggon. Mrs. E H Manning of Brooklyn visiting her brother James Wilson after thirteen years. Eva Fear Wreatha Gullt Alvin and Leonard Barrack visited Eugene Dafoe, with Dorothy Mae O Niel returning for a week. Miss Eunice Rueppel to Waterloo with Misses Sutherland and Brazelton. former Coe College grads Clara Kaufman Ann Fahli Detroit visiting Monticello. City guests Arline Cotler and Pauline Olga Meyer en route to Century of Progress. Emma Stadtmueller and companions to Chicago. Emma Stadtmueller enjoying two weeks vacation from Express. Mrs. John Yossi, Mrs. Milton Stott and Seraphine Schweitzer R N spent time in Iowa City. Mrs Cushman improving at her mother’s home after examination. Mrs Cushman previously Miss Lavan Boden before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Hoag
Helen
Town City
Ernest E. Stambaugh
Betty Jean
Clinton
Grant Stambaugh
Don Rathburn
Chicago
Lillian Rathburn
Cedar Rapids
W. A. Beery
Ed Zumbach
Coggon
Zumbach
Viola Paulsen
E. H. Manning
Brooklyn
New York
James Wilson
Wilson
Eva Fear
Wreatha Gullt
Alvin and
Leonard Barrack
Arlington
Eugene Dafoe
Dorothy Mae O'Niel
Donald Sutherland
Hazel Brazelton
Eunice Rueppel
Waterloo
Miss Rueppel
Mrs. Sutherland
Miss Brazelton
Coe College
Cedar Raps
Clara Kaufman
Ann Fahli
Detroit
Mich
Monticello
Arline Cotler
Pauline
Olga Meyer
Century of Progress
Emma
Mary Stadtmueller
Helen Lieneman
Robert H. Balster
Emma Stadtmueller
John Yossi
Milton Stott
Seraphine Schweitzer
R. N
Iowa City
Robert Cushman
Cushman
Wyoming Masons Honored for Fifty Years of Service
The Free Masons of Keystone lodge in Wyoming honored three living members and memory of one deceased for over fifty years of service. Certificates from the Grand Lodge of Iowa were presented at the community hall in a gathering led by Worshipful Master Fishwild. John Waite received his certificate from his son R W Waite, a Waterloo banker. Leroy B Stewart received his from Mr Beams of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Masons
Keystone Lodge
Wyoming
Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Fishwild
John Waite
R. W. Waite
Waterloo
Leroy B. Stewart
Beams
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Stewart
Lovell Farm Bureau Meeting Tuesday July 25
The Lovell township Farm Bureau will hold its regular monthly meeting in the Music room of the public school building Tuesday evening July 25. The 4-H girls will present the program and ice cream and cake will be served afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovell Township Farm Bureau
Local History Is Told In Lives Of Monticello's Octogenarians
The Express profiles Angeline Jacobs Hanken and other Monticello octogenarians, highlighting long lives tied to Jones County. Angeline, born 1841 in Hanover, emigrated with 172 relatives in 1857, married Henry Jacobs in 1861, and spent decades farming before moving later in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
The
Express
the Express
Angeline Jacobs Hanken
A. H. Hanken
Scotch Grove
Jones County
Canada
Long Beach
Calif
L. Anne Becker
Hanover
Germany
Wiedersehn
Ostfriesland
Angeline Margaret Grumm
State and National News Events Of The Past Week
Judge C L Ely 46 dies in Maquoketa of heart disease. Funeral today at his home with Rev J A Mullen officiating. Gilbert N Haugen 74 former Iowa congressman dies at Northwood. Survived by daughter Mrs Johnson and son L G Haugen. Court rules unconstitutional a $20 million state debt plan to free banks. Elliott Roosevelt divorces and pursues new acquaintance in Fort Worth. Mrs Gifford Pinchot protests in Lebanon against mayoral ban on speech. Supreme Court upholds state right to recover salary funds from lawmakers. Two alleged ringleaders in Judge Bradley attack plead guilty in Le Mars. Farmers in Jefferson county oppose anti bovine tuberculin test. Waterloo raid nets 126 quarts and eight pints home brew. Mrs Julia Persons arrested. Market report shows sharp stock drop led by alcohol shares. hogs and steers also fall. Alabama and Arkansas elect wets in Tuesday vote.
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Haugen
Gilbert N. Haugen
Congress
Iowa
J. O. E. Johnson
Northwood
Mrs
Johnson
L. G. Haugen
National City Bank of
New York City
National House of Representatives
Liquor Charges Against Two Local Men in Monticello Raid
Sheriff Frazer and federal agents seized liquor at two Monticello homes last Saturday. Bill Sawyer and Fred Himes were arrested and charged with illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. At Sawyer home 14 one gallon tins and two half pint bottles found. at Himes home six half pints found. Both men had preliminary hearing and waived to the September Jones county district court grand jury, each bound at $2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
William Frazer
Bill Sawyer
Fred Himes
Jones County
Sawyer
North
Cedar Street
Himes Place
Justice of the Peace Bay Echternacht
Jones County District Court
Haystack Fire Damages North Side Property
A haystack owned by Harvey Kammerman on the extreme north edge of Oklahoma caught fire Friday after 2 pm when children dropped matches. The blaze scorched the stack and damaged an adjacent barn while firemen, after soaking the stack, prevented further spread. The stack had just been erected that morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Kammerman
Oklahoma
Kammerman
Story Of The Ozark Country Told At Rotary
Monticello Rotary Club heard A. B. Grimes recount his vacation trip last Monday at Maples Inn. He focused on the Ozark country in Missouri and the region made famous by Harold Bell Wright stories during his travel tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Judge H C Ring to Attend Anamosa Court Friday
Hon Judge H C Ring plans to be present at Anamosa in Jones county district court Friday July 21 at 9 am. He will sign necessary orders with the attorneys. The May term of the Jones county district court remains in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Ring
Anamosa
Jones County District Court
Madsen Delivers Ford V-8 After Iowa Nebraska Meet
A. T. Madsen left last Monday for a conference of fifty top Ford dealers from Iowa and Nebraska in Omaha. After the meeting he planned to drive to Greeley Colorado to deliver a new Ford V-8 to a customer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Madsen
High Point Ford
Iowa
Nebraska
Omaha
Mr. Madsen
Greeley
Colo
Sixty Two Present At Yousse Family Reunion
Sixty two people attended the Yousse family reunion at Anamosa state park last Sunday. Attendees represented six towns including Monticello with 26 and Wyoming with 13. Names from Maquoketa Baldwin and Central City appear among the listed relatives and spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yousse
Anamosa State Park
Monticello
Wyoming
Maquoketa
Lizzie Maskrey
Earl Wyrick
Harry Wood
Harry Lubben
Frank Lubben
Ted Lubben
Emiline Hershberger
Charles Hershberger
Floyd Wyrick
Baldwin
A. T. Allen
John Allen
Wilma Sieveka
Whittier
Wayne Yousse
John Yousse
Dick Sawyer Cme
Central City
Will Lubben
Minnie Lubben
Ella Netcott
Ray Yousse
Lou Ehrisman
Hans Bennett
Frank Bullock
Dayton Yousse
Harrison Lubben
Doris and
Doloris
Funeral Services Held Friday For Mrs Eggers
Funeral services for Mrs Adolph Eggers were held Friday at Zion Lutheran church Wayne township at 10 30 am. She died at home in Amber Tuesday July 11. Born May 1 1895 she was a daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacobus Schoon. She married Adolph Eggers February 25 1916 and they had five children Mary Irene Lorena Louis and an infant three weeks old. She is survived by six brothers and one sister Mrs Emma Warner of Minnesota.
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America
Richard and
Anke Marguerita Heeren Grumm
Angeline
Dixon
Ill
Wayne Township
Jones County
Arend Zimmerman
Angeline Grumm
Henry J. Jacobs
Anamosa
Jacobs Place
Carl Plueger
Adolph Eggers
Zion’s Lutheran Church
George
Lorenz
Will
Adolph
Henry
Alva
Emma Warner
Minnesota
New Minister Honored At M. E. Church Picnic
Members of the Methodist Episcopal church held their annual picnic at City Park last week Wednesday evening to welcome the new minister Rev. and Mrs. Wm J Macaulay and family. More than seventy members attended the picnic supper. Rev. and Mrs. Roy Porter and daughter of Hopkinton were out of town guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wm. J. Macaulay
Roy Porter
Hopkinton
Mrs Schipman Leaves Hospital After Month
Mrs. Jennie Schipman, hospitalized for a broken arm at John McDonald hospital for nearly a month, left Tuesday to continue recovery at the home of her cousin, Joel Starks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Schipman
John McDonald Hospital
Joel Starks
Miss Helen Pulver Weds Page Carlsen at Grandparents Home
Miss Helen Pulver daughter of Mrs Ives Pulver wed Page Carlsen of Soldier at 9 am Monday in a ceremony at her grandparents home Reverend A E Coe officiated with Miss Mildred Pulver as bridesmaid and Orvin Hansen as best man The couple planned to return to Soldier where Carlsen owns a furniture store after a August 1 departure The event followed a small breakfast for immediate family and a bridge tea hosted by relatives with several out of town guests attending
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P. H. Britt
Helen Pulver
Ives Pulver
Eliza Pulver
Delhi
Ludwig
Mildred Deischer
Marion Out Plays Monti Golf Team
Monticello Country Club golfers lost to Marion 1916 to 1852 in a Sunday match. Podlaski and Cotton were absent, leaving Monticello short. Medalist for Marion was Arp with 42 37 179 while Ralph Bone led Monticello with 43 38 82 and Ben Roberts 40 43 83. Next Sunday Monticello hosts Mount Vernon and Tipton at 8:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Country Club
Marion
Buddy Podlaski
Ben Cotton
Ralph Bone
Monticello
Ben Roberts
Gene Byers
Bill Laude
Vaters
Arp
Mount Vernon
Tipton
Will Marshall Undergoes Cataract Operation
Will Marshall proprietor of the Star Meat Market had a cataract removed from one eye last Friday in Cedar Rapids. His daughter Mae Lang is caring for him at her home in Cuba City until the bandages are removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Marshall
Star Meat Market
Cedar Rapids
Mae
Ed Lang
Mrs. Marshall
Mrs. Lang
Cuba City
Mr. Marshall
Call to pave No 113 linking Monticello to No 20
Monticello Delhi Manchester and Hopkinton residents urge the State Highway Commission to add paving of No 113 from Monticello to its junction with No 20 in Delaware County to planned projects. They cite increased traffic and dust from the current gravel surface and note clubs in four towns promote the upgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Delhi
Manchester
Hopkinton
State Highway Commission
No. 20
Delaware County
Anamosa
Mrs. O'Rourke Dies at Monticello After Yearlong Illness
Mrs. Joseph O'Rourke sr died at her Monticello home last Sunday after a year of illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Sacred Heart church. She was born Kate McDonald in 1854 in Dubuque County and married James Lane in 1878, later marrying Joseph O'Rourke in 1885. She leaves a daughter Mrs. John Corcoran, two sons John and Joseph Jr, 13 grandchildren, and is honored by a local American Legion post named for son Arthur P. O'Rourke who died in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph O'Rourke
Monticello
A. L. Lorenz
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Cemetery
O'Rourke
Kate McDonald
Holy Cross
Dubuque County
James Lane
Cascade
Castle Grove
Mr. O'Rourke
Sunshine Club Girls Have Regular Meeting
The Scotch Grove Sunshine girls met at the home of Alfreda and Alberta Husman on July 13. Members discussed kitchen improvements, held a business session, and enjoyed demonstrations on braided and hooked rugs by Geneva Loomis and Alberta Husman with Jo Royden. A talk on personal contribution followed, and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Alfreda
Alberta Husman
Geneva Loomis
Jo Royden
Alfreda Husman
Hostes
Buchanan County Plans Diamond Jubilee Fair
Buchanan County announces the Diamond Jubilee fair set for August 16 to 19 in Independence. The grounds feature a refurbished race track and painted buildings with outstanding attractions. A pre fair event on August 13 will host speakers and a 150 voice choir. Manager A. R. Hoffman from Central City has cut admission prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan County
Independence
Vacation Reading Hints From Monticello Library
The Monticello library offers reading suggestions for a summer vacation including guides on Chicago for the World’s Fair and a World’s Fair Weekly, golf and tennis reads, and a Summer Book List featuring Cavalcade Amana That Was and Will They Pay among others.
Plans for Big Golfing Show July 27
Plans to stage a July 27 exhibition golf event at Monticello Country Club move ahead. Sixteen clubs were invited for a 4 p m exhibition match with pro Tom Harris, plus a 12 30 p m nine hole open tournament and a 7 p m club dinner. Also featured are Johnny Vavra and George Frohwein with Jimmy Rick and his melody boys for dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Country Club
Don Young
Tom Harris
Eastern Town Golf Association
Jimmy Rick
Melody Boys
Pat Stambaugh Injured in Monticello Amber Collision
Pat Stambaugh sustained two injuries after a Sunday night crash on the Monticello Amber road. Lawrence Schaeffer pulled onto the highway from a barnyard, striking Stambaugh’s right front and sending him from the vehicle as it rolled over. Schaeffer was unhurt and his car lightly damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Stambaugh
Schaeffer
Former Cascade Man Named Poet Laureate
Anthony F. Klinker state editor of the Catholic Daily Tribune of Dubuque will be named poet laureate of Town during Centennial week in Dubuque August 6 to 12. The honor recognizes his poetry and literature advocacy in Iowa and his published verse and prose. Born July 10, 1880 in Cascade, he worked on newspapers there Waukon and Dubuque before joining the Catholic Daily Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony F. Klinker
Catholic Daily Tribune
Dubuque
Poet Laureate League of America
Klinker
Towa
United States
Canada
Cascade
Waukon
4-H Livestock Judging Slated for July 21 at Anamosa
The Jones County 4-H livestock judging contest will be held Friday afternoon July 21. Members meet in front of Antioch church four miles east of Anamosa for preliminary judging instructions. Dairy cattle breeding hogs and draft horses will be judged at Stanley Waggoner farm with baby beefs judged at Fred Blohm farm. The top four scorers form the Jones County judging team to represent the county at the Iowa State Fair with expenses paid by the Jones County Farm Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch Church
Anamosa
Stanley Waggoner
Fred Blohm
Jones County
Jones County Farm Bureau
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Waubeek
A. J. Miller
Citizens State Bank of
Community Club
R. A. Wallace
Wyoming Masons
S. G. Franks
Lovell Farm Bureau
C. L. Ely
Judge Ely
J. A. Mullen
Sacred Heart Catholic
Supreme Court
State Executive Council
Senate
Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Reno
Ruth Googins
Fort Worth
Texas
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Lebanon
al Unm
General Assembly
Bradley
le Mars
Maurice Cope
Ed Caper
Cope
Casper
Mitchell
Jefferson County
Burlington
Shebang
Julia Persons
Urey
Alabama
Arkansas
Haystack
North Side
Ozark Country
Rotary
Madsen Denivers
Eggers
M. E. Church
Page Carlsen
A. B. Grimes
Missouri
Herman Rolf
Gretchen
Grimes
Monti
Sunshine Club
A. R. Hoffman
Florence Noble
John and
Ruth Ashenhurst
Have Golf Magazine
Alex J. Morrison
Helen Wills
Noel Coward
Bertha Shambaugh
Dorsey Richardson
R. H. Lockhart
Russia
Julia Newberry
Europe
J. B. Priestly
Pickwickian
Christa Winsloe
Harris
Town City Country Club
Tom
U. S
England
George Frohwein
Iowa City Country Club
Johnny Vavra
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Charles Burkart
Marion Country Club
Vavra
West Okoboji
Johnny
West Liberty
Bellevue
Belle Plaine
Vinton
Dyersville
Pat Stambaugh
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