VFW Second District Picnic Draws 275 at City Park
Monticello post No 1683 and auxiliary hosted a Second District VFW picnic at the city park drawing over 275 members from Iowa posts. The event featured a drum and bugle corps from Clinton county a district band concert with Miss Mary Elaine Burrichter and delegation honors.
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Second District
City Park Sun
Monticello Post Veterans of Foreign Wars
Iowa
Monticello Post
Clinton County
Clinton
Monticello
Eugene Byers
Mary Elaine Burrichter
Cedar Rapids Boy Fractures Skull After Farm Accident
Jack Wisehart a Cedar Rapids 15 year old sustained a skull fracture after falling from a radiator hood on the John Picray farm five miles southeast of town. He was unconscious until Monday but improving. his grandparents live near Monticello while he vacations with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wisehart
Cedar Rapids
John McDonald Hospital
John Picray
Here
Eugene Picray
Wisehart
Claude Wisehart
Charles Davis
Monticello
Hospital Notes: Admissions Dismissals and Births
The John McDonald hospital weekly note lists admissions including Mrs Rena Otten Monticello Mrs Nancy Adamson Monticello Mrs Helen Kehoe Hopkinton Leo Dierks Monticello Joe Swanson Hopkinton Mike Leytem Monticello Mrs Howard Martin Cascade Alfred Etten Monticello and Mrs Effie Bodenhofer Discharges include William Brade Hopkinton Lester Wilson Coggon Mrs James Johnson Hopkinton Mrs Floyd Farnsworth and baby Monticello Mrs John Smith Monticello. Births reported to Mr and Mrs Merle Buckner Monticello a girl Mr and Mrs William Duffey Cascade a boy and Mr and Mrs Robert Phelps Monticello a boy. Tonsil cases listed for the week are Dorothy Ann Maire Maynard Thompson and Janet Sinclair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Rena Otten
Monticello
Nancy Adamson
Helen Kehoe
Hopkinton
Leo Dierks
Joe Swanson
Mike Leytem
Howard Martinson
Cascade
Alfred Etten
Effie Bodenhofer
William Bradle
Lester Wilson
Coggon
James Johnson
Floyd Farnsworth
John Smith
Merle Buckner
William Duffey
Robert Phelps
Dorothy Ann Maire
Maynard Thompson
Janet Sinclair
Mrs. Tom Murphy of Dubuque Dies
Mrs. Tom Murphy of Dubuque formerly Mrs. Rudolph Ruof died Monday night at her home in Dubuque after visiting this city on numerous occasions. Monticello residents Mr. and Mrs. Hans Ruof and Mrs. Andrew Ambuehl attended the funeral.
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Tom Murphy
Dubuque
Rudolph Ruof
Monticello
Hans Ruof
Andrew Ambuehl
Old Time Picnic at Canton Promises Speaker Talk
The Canton old settlers’ picnic on Sunday August 1 will feature headlined speaker 8. E. Locher. He will present a talk fitting the day. Local former residents are invited to attend and join in the events.
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Canton
E. Locher
Castle Grove Children Aid Orphans Home Benefit
Castle Grove youngsters sponsored a benefit at the McLaughlin farm for the Christian Orphans Home in Council Bluffs. Two plays and musical numbers drew over thirty attendees, raising $2.35 for the orphanage through a social hour and refreshments. Participants included Helen McLaughlin and Richard and Helen Dietiker.
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Christian Orphans
Council Bluffs
Castle Grove
Clarence A. McLaughlin
Helen McLaughlin
Richard
Helen Dietiker
Council Cluffs Home
Jones Co. Cattle Thief Sentenced
John Whitley of Cass township received an indeterminate five year sentence in the Anamosa men's reformatory after his Thursday arrest by Sheriff Henry Eichorn in the Jones county cattle rustling case. John Watters, arrested last Tuesday, waived to the September term grand jury for his share of the alleged thefts and implicated Whitley. Watters posted bond to secure his release. Authorities seek further evidence to implicate others. Five yearling calves were also stolen from the William Folkerts farm tenanted by Ed Husman.
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John Whitley
Cass Township
Henry Eichorn
Jones County
Anamosa
John T. Moffit
John Watters
Watters
Whitley
Chicago
Alfred Remley
Tewanted
Earl Larson
William Folkerts
Ed Husman
Jones County Stock Hits High Prices at Chicago Yards
Cattle from Jones County brought a top price of 17.00 per cwt for 1281 pound Hereford Steers sold by Herman Brunsheen of Wyoming. It marked the highest cattle price since 1928 and the best July price since 1920. Hog market opened at 13.10 per cwt, a nine year high.
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Jones County
Chicago
Herman Brunsheen
Wyoming
School Building Plan Rejected in Castle Grove
Thirty five votes were cast in the Castle Grove number two schoolhouse election Monday afternoon and the proposal to build a new sub-district number one building was defeated. The current structure across from the Immaculate Conception church is in great need of repair and will require attention before this year’s use.
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Castle Grove
Immaculate Conception Church
Boy Scouts Honor at Waubeck Camp
Monticello Boy Scouts return from Waubeck QC camp with honors for Wallace Schneider Ralph Bader and Bill Thomas plus George Hines Leslie Burrichter Gerald Taylor and George Coxsee. Some earned honor camper or satisfactory plus camper awards and aimed to complete next rank before summer.
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Monticello
QC Camp Waubeck
Wallace Schneider
Ralph Bader
Bill Thomas
George Hines
Leslie Burrichter
Gerald Taylor
George Coxsee
Merle Cass Family Returns From Europe trip
Mr and Mrs Merle Cass and daughter Esther returned last week from a six weeks tour of Nice France and other European points The Express previously published their itinerary and Mr Cass plans to speak to the Monticello Rotary Club soon with a report to follow
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Merle Cass
Esther
Nice
France
Europe
the Express
Cass
Monticello
Two Men Arrested In Dubuque Fur Coat Scheme
John Reis of Pittsburgh and Edward Carroll of Grand Island were seized at the Biehl station by Marsha Roy Pearson after offering to sell three women's fur coats at bargain prices. They face questions on selling without a retailer license as sheriff T J Ryder investigates.
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John Reis
Pittsburgh
Edward Carroll
Grand Island
Neb
Roy Pearson
Biehl
Dubuque County
T. J. Ryder
Ryder
New York
Sheriff’s Office
Dubuque
Monticello
Judy” Moes
Rockdale
Local Woman Injured in Iowa City Hospital Incident
Mrs. Hilah Hutton is a patient at University hospital in Iowa City recovering from injuries suffered last Wednesday afternoon when she fell from a car seat as it hit a bump on the highway. She was escorting her niece Wanda Livingstone of Anamosa who is also receiving treatments at the hospital.
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Hilah Hutton
University Hospital
Iowa City
Playground Notes Port Monticello summer program ends
The Monticello playground program concludes its closing week with a two month funding plan from the school band. About 150 youths joined June and July activities including kittenball golf and more. The director thanks the community for supporting young people during vacation months. Roy Moore director encourages continued use of the gym in August with equipment available for informal play.
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Monticello
Roy Moore
Cascade Trucker Captures Escaping Monkey in Langworthy
Glenn Gearhart, a Cascade trucker hauling cattle, stopped in Langworthy and chased a runaway monkey that slipped from a leash as a woman exited a car. The creature darted across Gearhart’s track before a ripe banana lured it into capture. The monkey is believed to belong to Howard Hall of Cedar Rapids.
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Cascade
Glenn Gearhart
Langworthy
Gearhart
Stag Party At Country Club Last Night
Country club members held a stag party at the clubhouse last night. A Jiggs dinner topped with apple pie and cheese was served at 7 30 by a committee led by Dr. L J Swift and assisted by Bud Hauss M Thoeni and Gene Byers.
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L. J. Swift
Bud Hauss
M. Thoeni
Gene Byers
Woman Charged After Stabbing Husband to Death
Mrs. J. F. Elias, 49, formerly Rose Vision of Monticello, stands trial for the July 18 Minneapolis murder of her husband, a Ford plant foreman. She claimed self defense after stabbing him four times, then called a doctor and had a transfusion. Both had prior assault records. this is her fourth marriage.
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J. F. Elias
Rose Vision
Monticello
Minneapolis
Minn
Elias
Local Girl Bertha Goldin Weds Lloyd Winfrey in Tipton
Bertha Mae Goldin daughter of Fred and Mrs Goldin Marion marries Lloyd Rex Winfrey son of Mr and Mrs L W Winfrey Cedar Rapids in a July 14 ceremony at the Tipton Presbyterian manse Rev H N Poston officiating Attendants were Mr and Mrs J L Robertson Marion Bride wore dark blue chevron suit with white accessories corsage of sweet pens and roses Bride attended Monticello High School and Codes Rapides business college now a stereoigraphist in Cedar Rapids Groom attended Aberdeen South Dakota schools and works for Instant Auto and Tire Service They will reside in Cedar Rapids
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Fred M. Goldin
Marion
Bertha Mae Goldin
Lloyd Rex Winfrey
L. W. Winfrey
Cedar Rapids
Presbyterian Manse
Tipton
H. N. Poston
J. L. Robertson
Aberdeen
S. D
Instant Auto and Tire Service
Two 4-H Dairy Meets In County Tuesday
Ernest Wright of the Iowa State Dairy association assisted in two 4-H dairy calf club meetings in Jones County. At Monticello Richardson farm 25 boys watched a fitting and showing demonstration with two calves dressed for show. At Anamosa state reformatory farm 15 boys judged three classes of dairy cows under Wright supervision.
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Ernest Wright
Iowa State Dairy Association
Jones County
Richardson Farm
Monticello
State Reformatory Farm
Anamosa
Wright
Dunlap jailed after Cedar Rapids accident
Robert J. Dunlap, 19, of Anamosa was fined 100 dollars and costs for reckless driving after a Cedar Rapids crash that left his car wrecked and three trees damaged. He will serve time in Cedar Rapids jail for inability to pay. Passengers Margaret Worden and Leonard Williams, both Anamosa, were treated for skin abrasions and lacerations.
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Robert J. Dunlap
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Dunlap
Margaret Worden
Leonard Williams
Manchester to Open New Post Office This Friday
Manchester's new post office building, a $60,000 government structure, will officially open Friday July 30 from 2 to 5 p m. Postmaster Paul J Kehoe announced the one story brick building, with work starting October 8, 1936, marks a milestone for the town.
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Manchester
Government
Paul J. Kehoe
Monticello
New Game Laws Open Rabbit Season Across State
Mrs. Bess E. Sherman Jones county recorder reports the new game laws allow taking cottontail and jackrabbits from August 1. Daily bag limit is 10 per person and possession limit 20. Season closes March 1, 1938. Licenses required for all hunters.
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Bess E. Sherman
Jones County
Championship Flights In Progress at Monticello Park
Monticello country club hosts city golf championships with first round results across four flights. Royal Rodman leads in the first flight after defeating M Thoens and Byers, while Walter Brainard and Claude Appleby win in the second flight. In the third flight H W Stahler prevails and a 27 hole Howie Sanford decider marks the longest match yet. Roy Moore and Fred Bohe win in the fourth flight as Vernon's match awaits a ruling on a possible penalty for an unplayable lie. Monticello to host Mount Vernon Tipton and Marion teams on upcoming Sundays. Lovell shoots 37 for nine, par 34.
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Monticello Country Club
Royal Rodman
M. Thoens
Rodman
Byers
Walter Brainard
G. L. Lovell
W. H. Laude
C. Hodson
Harry Rodman
Edgar Vernon
Vernon
Monticello
Mount Vernon
Tipton
Marion
Geo. L. Lovell
Lovell
Fire Truck Called to Harms Farm Near Monticello
A Monticello rural fire truck responded to the Harms sisters farm three miles north of Monticello Tuesday after noon at 5 30. Sparks from a threshing machine set straw in the barn alight and the flame was extinguished before firefighters arrived. damage was minimal.
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Monticello
Harms Sisters
Young People Honored By Picnic at Anamosa
Last Sunday in Wapsipinicon park Anamosa a group hosted a miscellaneous shower and picnic for Miss Virginia Hearn and Earle Harper whose upcoming marriage. Thirty five guests sat at a single long table and received gifts for their new home. Organizers included Winnon Harford Eldora Semert and Mable Harper with guests from Mon ticello and visitors from Cedar Rapids Marion Manchester Hopkinton Prairieburg Anamosa Savanna and other communities.
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Virginia Hearn
Earle Harper
Wapsipinicon Park
Anamosa
Winnon Harford
Eldora Semert
Mable Harper
Monticello
John van Bockern
Savanna
Joe Repstine
Ralph
Lillian
Cedar Rapids
Russel Hughes
Marion
Alva Hahn
Manchester
Mildred Arduser
Hopkinton
Beaulah
Prairieburg
Dale Wink
August Rickels
Iverson Names New Assistant at Funeral Home
L. A. Iverson announces Cecil L. Gottsch of Gladbrook as new assistant. Gottsch, a 1935 embalming school graduate from St Louis, worked two years for his father at a Gladbrook funeral home and will also help as a furniture store salesman.
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Cecil L. Gottsch
Gladbrook
Naomi Kleiner Stricken in Idaho Prompting Family to Travel
The Rev. and Mrs. Paul T. Gutknecht learned Monday night that their daughter Naomi Kleiner in Idaho is critically ill. They departed Tuesday morning to be with her as services at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church are handled by the Rev. Schriner of Hopkinton during the absence of the pastor.
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Paul T. Gutknecht
Naomi Kleiner
Idaho
Gutknecht
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Schriner of
Hopkinton
Former Monticello Man Dies in Dubuque
Funeral services for Thomas Magee 4 of Dubuque formerly a Monticello resident were held at the Church of the Nativity. He died Friday at his Dubuque home after a long illness due to heart trouble. He was born February 22 1863 in Monticello and lived in Dubuque nearly 50 years running a grocery and feed store. Surviving are his wife Ella Kelly two sisters and one brother and several nieces and nephews. Local relatives attended the service from Monticello.
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Thomas Magee
Dubuque
Monticello
Church of the Nativity
Mount Olivet
Magee
Barney Magee
Monticclio
Ella Kelly
St. Paul, Minn
Etta Chaloupka
Mary Cashen
Placid Magee
New Melleray
Joe Chaloupka
Ben Zumbrunnen
Cornelius Cashen
Agnes Cashen
Will Cashen
Arcadia
Wis
Neal Cashen
J. W. Coxsee
Mary
Injured Hopkinton Man In McDonald Hospital
A head on crash one mile west of Buck Creek consolidated school left Vernon Wilson 17 and Lester Wilson about fifty injured. Lester was unconscious with head and facial injuries requiring about fifty stitches. The younger man recovered enough to go home. Both vehicles were badly wrecked.
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Vernon Wilson
Roscoe Wilson
Lester Wilson
Buck Creek
Boy Scout Notes on Clean Hall and Camp Honors
Scout hall cleaned as many scouts miss meetings with 6 30 Monday sessions. Camp Waubeek winners eight honor campers Wally Schneider Bud Bader Jerald Taylor plans 14 mile hike toward first class. Next meeting at Wilbur Coxsee home with 6 30 start. Progress urged and more first class scouts needed.
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Waubeek
Wally Schneider
Bud Bader
Jerald Taylor
Scont
Charles Ross
Bud Sader
Clarence Hosford
Leslie Burrichter
Dick Landis
Duane Hartford
Jack Stuhler
Wilbur Coxsee
Wilbur
Mohammed
Three Cascade Boys Fined for Cream Can Theft
Three of four Cascade youths involved in the cream can theft at the Sand Spring Catholic Church picnic pleaded guilty in Manchester and were fined ten dollars plus costs. Jack McNally paid his fine. Wilford McDermott and Allen Becker must pay within two weeks. Richard Lane fled to Omaha, Nebraska. Deputy sheriffs Will Null and Henry Prult Jr. recovered the can and the plate bearing the name UC Smith from the grounds.
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Cascade
Sand Spring
Manchester
Jack McNally
Wilford McDermott
Allen Becker
Richard Lane
Omaha
Neb
Marshall Will Null
Henry Prult
Delaware County
UC. Smith
Two Men Caught Here For Robbery And Kidnapping
John Ginsberg 26 and George Sites 23 both of St Paul were arrested Thursday afternoon by Marshal Roy Pearson after stealing a car in Dubuque an hour earlier. They were brought to Monticello then returned to Dubuque county jail where they confessed to abducting the St Paul owner and forcing him to drive into the counties. Ginsberg has a prior robbery conviction and is on parole for diamond theft. Sites has no known record.
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John Ginsberg
George Sites
Dubuque
Marshal Roy Pearson
St. Paul
Roy Pearson
Martin Seeley
Bird Motor Company
Rockdale
Moes
Steve Green
Cascade
Monticello
Pearson
Leo J. Eisbach
Dubuque County
Seeley
Atta Whick Tiagr
Key West
Ginsberg
Minnesota
St. Cloud
Sites
Local Boys Aid Capture of Stolen Missouri Truck
Donald Schlimmer and Frank Ejlers Jr assisted in recovering a stolen truck from Missouri. Listening to police calls at the Standard Oil station they heard a capture request for a 15 year old driver of a red fendered aluminum cab black box truck. They alerted Cascade city marshal and the driver was arrested with forged checks found on him. Missouri authorities returned him to face trial. He planned to head to Britt Iowa and took $6 with the truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Schlimmer
Frank Ejlers, Jr
Missouri
Standard Oil
Cascade
Britt, Towa
Wayne Woman Died Sunday at Langworthy Home
Mrs Almuth Kathrina Poppe 76 died Sunday at 12:20 p m at her son Fred H Poppe s home one mile south of Langworthy on highway 161 after three weeks confinement She was born January 24 1861 in Ostfriesland Germany and came to the United States with her parents She was married to J Frederick Poppe March 8 1883 The couple lived on farms in Wayne township and Cass township She leaves eight children two of whom died in childhood Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Poppe home and Zion Lutheran church Wayne township with burial in the Zion Lutheran cemetery
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Almuth Kathrina Poppe
Fred H. Poppe
Langworthy
Poppett Ekeathr Dirks
Harm and
Engel Rickels Dirks
Hogelucht
Ostfriesland
Germany
United States
Pella
Marion County
Wayne Township
Wayne Zions Lutheran Church
J. Frederick Poppe
C. Mardoff
Cass Township
Henry H. Poppe
John Fehners
Castle Grove
Will F. Gerd J. Ata
Wayne Townemp
Fred Doden
Harm Fechtmann
Engel Schuette
Funy
Monticello Band at City Park Tonight
The Monticello Band performs a weekly concert at City Park under Gene Byers. Soloist Miss Helen Crane headlines with a program starting at 8 o clock including marches Overture and El Capitan, mornings, serenades, and popular songs.
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Monticello
Gene Byers
Helen Crane
Wualtz
Louise
el Capitan
Vocanl
Neighbors Shock Oats At Tobe Caspers Farm
Fifty friends and neighbors from within four and a half miles gathered at Tobe Caspers farm south of Castile Grove Presbyterian church to shock 30 acres of oats. Earlier in the day two neighbors used a tractor and binder to cut it. A lunch followed. Mrs Caspers died Saturday night at home and was buried Tuesday afternoon. The Caspers have six children, the youngest a month old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobe Caspers
Castile Grove Presbyterian Church
Monticello Boy Involved In Sunday Car Crash Near Monticello
Four cars collided near the Hugh McGhide farm north of Monticello Sunday evening. One woman was injured and four vehicles sustained heavy damage. A Thames of On parked for a tire repair when Kirby and Guthrie vehicles approached. Mrs Guthrie stood roadside as Netcott struck her. Authorities allege lights and licenses issues with some drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh McGhide
Monticello
Kirby
Guthrie
Thomas
Treasurer Starts Move Into New Courthouse
County treasurer installs the safe as three carloads of steel equipment are unloaded. Officials expect the county records to be moved to the new courthouse by mid August as the supervisors plan the relocation.
Clarence Shaffer Wins Farm Equipment Trip to Chicago
Clarence Shaffer, local McCormick-Deering agent in Monticello, earned a trip to Chicago as a prize for selling a higher percentage of tractors in the Dubuque territory in 1937 than in 1936. The Dubuque region covers thirteen and a half Iowa counties. Since taking over the local agency he has been highly successful in agricultural machinery sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Shaffer
McCormick-Deering
Monticello
Chicago
Dubuque
Iowa
Shafter
McCormick-Deering Products
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Moline
Galena
J. J. Moran
Leo A. Schwindt
Davenport
P. O'Hearn
Mac Grube
Peter Mim
Picray Farm
J. Watters
Waubeck Camp
County
Ford Plant
Oklahoma
J. J. Eggers
Edward
Prescott, Wis
al Tipton
Lloyd Winfrey
R. J. Dunlap
Harms’ Farm
Iverson
Mortician
McDonald Hospital
Boy Scout
Cascade Boys
Fourth Fleet
Wayne
Almuth K. Poppe
City Park
Tobe Casper
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