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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1931
Page
2
A string of visits and health reminders appear from Monticello to Hopkinton and beyond. Karl M. Keyes is advertised as an optometrist with eye health messages and service notes threaded through the local notices.
Local residents and visitors are listed with weekend trips and hosting duties across Monticello and nearby towns. The notes mention Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Rohn Cedar Rapids visiting the Rohns, Minard Stout Cedar Falls and Howard Ley San Diego visiting friends, and many shopping trips and social calls at Monticello households. A new steel boiler is being installed in the public library with Mc Neill's Hardware handling the contract. Stuhlers advertise discounted light colored slippers and a radio shop promotes repairs and parts.
A son was born last Sunday to Mr and Mrs John Weirs of Scotch Grove township This is the second child in the family Misses Freda Hanken and Emelie Schrader registered nurses returned to Lincoln after a month's vacation in the A G Hanken home Various ads mention electrical work permanent waves and hardware services The paper notes furnaces repairs and several local visits and travels including Clayton Palmer meeting his family in Cedar Rapids and Eugene Rodman taking over Express duties during a staff furlough.
Mr and Mrs Fred Matthiessen spent several days last week with their daughter Mrs Charles Butler in Cedar Rapids They received a letter from their grandson Robert Thompson son of St Louis stating they had entertained Otto Riedel Charles Eby and Raymond Schoon of Monticello who are touring the south and west
Mr and Mrs Donald Wilson of Keokuk announce the birth of a daughter Bernice Ann born last Thursday July 23 Mrs Wilson formerly Miss Bernice Ferguson a Monticello high school instructor. Mrs Fred Kay visited relatives in Farley last Friday and left with Mrs Harvey Jones of South Bend Ind who spent the weekend at Hindman Ky house mothers settlement school Hindman's settlement school in Hindman Kentucky
A Cedar Rapids party including Mr. and Mrs. O A Dorland and others stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E Hamilton enjoying a picnic and bridge. Nearby, Dr Elwyn Patterson and relatives took a Spirit Lake vacation. Hiram S Lee plans Vancouver trip for Elmer. Camp Fire group toured Camp Hitaga near Troy Mills. this week is the last for the camp.
Rev. and Mrs. R. V. Porter and daughter Margaret enjoyed a week at Clear Lake returning last Monday. They plan another vacation trip this week. Rev. Porter has a three weeks’ vacation from his pastorate at the Methodist Episcopal church and will resume work next month.
Lewis Hepp marked his sixty second birth anniversary with a family dinner in Marion. Guests included Mrs. R. M. Clark and Mrs. C. C. McDaniel, plus their daughters Frances and Eleanor. The Clark and McDaniel families are Hepp relatives.
Mrs Ed Hulbregtse entertained the Delta Dek bridge club Monday with two tables of play. Mrs Ray Echternacht won high score and one guest, Mrs Ralph Bone, attended. Refreshments followed. Mrs B J Farley hosted a separate Friday bridge party for Mrs W W Low of Chicago, with three tables, and Mrs H F Kettlitz earning high score as the guest was presented a prize. Refreshments concluded the event.
Mr and Mrs Fred Kay hosted a Sunday family supper at their home to honor their cousin Mrs Harvey Jones of South Bend Indiana. Festivities included a seven o clock meal at a table with garden flowers and out of town guests Ruth and Robert Swartzell from Olin and Miss Gladys Kiefer of Iowa City. The evening was spent informally after supper.
Mrs. F. Stewart Stanier hosted the Friday club at her home Friday afternoon. The program, led by Mrs. John Fraser and Mrs. John Perrine, featured a discussion on The Peace Treaties and a book review of Up the Ladder of Gold by Mrs. Perrine.
The third in a series of bridge parties gathered 35 members at the club house on Tuesday. Bridge results crowned Mrs Riess Stuhler high and Mrs Antonia Hanssen led dominoes. Hosts and hostesses served refreshments, with guests including Mrs O S Dorland of Cape Rapids. Mr and Mrs Will Skelley hosted a family dinner in honor of daughter in Vinton.
Mrs G Kammerman hosted a Ladies Aid meeting at Luther hall with sewing social hour and refreshments. Miss Bertha Locher celebrated her sixth birthday with a six o clock dinner for relatives and friends. Kathryn Young won high bridge score. Milton Nouzak marked his tenth birthday with a home party and games.
Milton received many birthday gifts after refreshments and cake at a family gathering. A Sunday city park picnic honored out of town kin of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hall and Mrs. Jacob Etten with a noon dinner. Attendees included families from Monticello and nearby towns.
A Monticello telephone directory review shows ten Poppes, nine Hankens, nine Schoons, eight Zimmermang, eight Prulla, eight Ricklers, seven Matthiessens, and seven Tobiasons as the most common user names. Only four Smiths appear, a rarity for a common surname in city directories.
A fragment notes that in Monticello the hop industry drew many families, with Wentea mentioned as a prominent figure. It oddly observes the absence of Millers among the town’s abundant families.
Paving on route 13 north from Manchester to the Clayton Delaware county line finished last Saturday. The nearly eleven mile stretch excludes one mile west of Thorpe for an overpass crossing to be paved later. The new slab is very smooth and traffic will resume in about two weeks. Delaware County gains paved routes in four directions with Manchester as hub.
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