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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1936
Page
2
A flurry of visits and relatives appears across Monticello with residents sharing trips to Cedar Rapids Anamosa Manchester and Wisconsin. Notable movers include Miss Marian Hayes Dr Henry Kingsley Mrs M J Hogan and many others visiting family friends and attending events.
Numerous Cedar Rapids residents and relatives are noted visiting, traveling, or vacationing in nearby towns and states. The items mention Miss Gladys Howland, Mr. and Mrs. McAleer, Arthur Shelley, Leslie Reade, William Kettlitzg, Charles Butler, Charles Metcalf, August Monk, Arnold Oeschger, Miss Jean Liddy, Miss Helen Lahey, Ada Egger, J. J. Reding, Mrs. Henry Che, B. T. Perrine, Izora Bancroft, Jean and Rosemary Muller, and more with visits to Muscatine Worthington Chicago Detroit and Columbia Missouri.
Local residents and relatives gathered for visits and family events across Monticello and nearby towns. Notable items include births, travel, university events, and summer visits involving Stuhler, Arduser, Behrends, Berlin, Shover, and other families.
Mrs. Samuel Gutensohn travels with Jo Rickless Wanda Podchaski and Max Palmer to Camp Waubeck representing Davenport association Congregational churches young people. Mr. and Mrs. A T Percy and Mrs M R Boot of Dexter visited the Hodsons last weekend. Percy and Boot are Hodsons’ sister and mother. Percy attended the Republican judicial convention in Cedar Rapids last Saturday. Mrs. Harry Benson and Ronald of Luray Virginia visited Mr. and Mrs. John Ross, and will go to Denver for two weeks. Ronald stays with his grandmother during the trip.
J. J. Locher, Dr. M. F. Hogan, J. J. Hayes, and J. A. Liddy joined other Monticello residents at the reconvening of the county Democratic convention in Anamosa last Saturday. The gathering aimed to select delegates to the national congressional convention.
Mr and Mrs J E Heiserman hosted Mrs John Burnstedt and her daughter Miss Helen Louise Bessey of Webster City. Mr Burnstedt attended the state judicial convention in Cedar Rapids while the visitors were in Monticello.
Miss Alta Grier of Hartwick visited Miss Vivian Bancroft for two days. Guests included Miss Mabel Else and Miss Janet Bolk of Schleswig en route to Wisconsin's Dells for a vacation.
Loyal Podhaski commercial manager of WHBU Anderson Indiana and Mrs Podhaski returned to their Anderson home Friday evening after a two week vacation with Loyal’s parents Mr and Mrs Frank Podhaski.
J. E. Heiserman president of Monticello Rotary attended a meeting for presidents and secretaries of Iowa’s sixty-eighth Rotary clubs held last Monday in Marshalltown. He traveled with representatives of the Anamosa Rotary club.
The column lists Mrs. Frank Sutherland and Mrs Minnie Rietz of Wheatland visiting Monticello hosts after attending a Townsend convention in Cleveland. It records travel and visits of numerous families including the Trussells in Iowa City en route to Detroit, and Jennie Rohn with Harriet. It mentions Leo Novak visiting Monticello, Arthur Tubbs in Newton, Rev. Gutknecht's Clarks ton trip, and W. D. Mafee’s Perry celebration with humor.
Don Hotchkiss left for a week at Clear Lake. Miss Leona Stott visits Waterloo with friends. Eldon Brashaw was a business visitor in Stockton Illinois last Saturday. Burton McLaughlin and Bua Hauss visited friends in Wadena last Sunday. Miss Winifred Rohr and Miss Irma Rohr with Mrs George Sutherland were Town City visitors last Friday. Miss Irma Rohr left for a group vacation through Utah California Washington and Vancouver DC. Clarence Hartley’s neighbors gathered for a shocking bee after his hay fall. J J Locher and son John Jr visited Madison Wisconsin last Thursday and met Dr Robert Locher at St Marys hospital. Miss Dorothy Bradfield of Tucson came for a few days with Miss Helen Rohr. Rohr and Bradfield left for Tucson Monday. Rohr a registered nurse employed at Desert sanitarium.
Dr and Mrs C G Thomas and family depart Saturday for two weeks at Cass Lake Minnesota with plans to stop at Fort Snelling to pick up their son Jack. Joseph Mizour collapsed two miles northwest of Oxford Junction and died at Mercy Hospital Anamosa after heat illness. Mrs A W Steiner recovers from a fractured hip and is aided by Loretta London. Mrs E J Noble and daughter Florence return from California and visit relatives in Monticello. Florence heads to Cincinnati to resume library duties.
Mrs Ed Flaherty aged 75 longtime Cass township resident died at home at 5 p.m. Thursday after a long illness Funeral services were held at St Patrick's church Anamosa with burial in Holy Cross cemetery Surviving are four sons Frank Harry John Eugene and a daughter Eva It was recently reported that 90 per cent of American manufacturers are dependent on agricultural products
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