Presbyterians Observe Fiftieth Anniversary in Monticello
The First Presbyterian Church of Monticello marks its 50th year with a June 5 program beginning at 10 a.m. The 11 a.m. service features Rev. J. W. Innes of Milwaukee. A 6:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor gathering closes with the day’s final service at 8 p.m. A birthday dinner precedes weekend events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church of
Monticello
J. W. Innes
Milwaukee
Christian Endeavor
J. F. Hinkhouse
D. D
Independence
Gladys Skelley Closes Castle Grove No 4 School Year
Castle Grove No 4 school ended its year with a May 27 picnic attended by seventy five pupils parents and friends. Miss Gladys Skelley will teach again next year. Verona Kromminga earned perfect attendance with no tardiness for nine months. The school also made the 100 percent State Dental Honor Roll. An evening program of dialogues recitations and songs followed at the No 2 schoolhouse during the Castle Grove Farm Bureau meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove No
Gladys Skelley
Verona Kromminga
State Department
Lillian Voorhies
Jackson Center
Clara Walderbach
Marion McVay
Lovell
Wilhelmina Grenenwald
Charlene Starr
Oxford
Gladys Rickels
Florence Wehling
Midland
Jackson
Nellie Straesstin
Mary Esther McLaughlin
Castle Grove
Bridge McCusker
Mary Dehner
Richland
Hilda Weber
Lawrence Lubben
Cass
Anna Lubben
Marie Phillips
Hale
Esther Root
Elmer Osterkamp
Wayne
Wilma Craig
Henry Scheer
Velma Tobiason
Gladys Ireland
Elsa Ruth Gutknecht
Marie Widmer
William Jones Returns After Ten Years Abroad
William Jones son of Mr and Mrs Charles Jones of this city arrived home last week to spend the summer here He left about ten years ago for the Pacific Northwest and has lived in Beattie Washington most of the time He has worked on ships plying between the Pacific coast and the Orient and shares tales of sea life and Orient travel He says the Pacific Northwest is hard pressed but has bright prospects for new settlers He plans to return again around late September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jones
Charles Jones
Jones
Pacific Northwest
Beattie
Wash
Pacific Coast
Orient
High Seas
Mr. Jones
Adams
Monticello
Robert P. Adams
University Hospital
Sat
Town City
The
State University
Manning
Robert
Wallace
Bruce
Elizabeth
Towa City
Solo
Agency For Leonard Refrigerators Taken
A fragment notes a refrigerator agency named Leonard is taken, with a display ad mention and market reference. It references prices around 8 pesos and a potential opening. The text is incomplete but indicates a sale or realization tied to a store display.
Zion Lutheran Church to Celebrate 60th Anniversary
Zion's Lutheran Church in Wayne Township marks sixty years since founding with English and German services next Sunday June 5 at 10 a m and 7 30 p m A missions offering will be taken at both services Rev R Taeuber of St Paul and Rev R Bunge of Garnaville will speak and Bunge will oversee organ music The event includes invitations to former members and neighboring pastors and recalls the church's growth under Rev J P Willis and officers Folkerts Often Eden Oltmanns Kermit Freese Monk and Zimmerman The Express will publish a history sketch in a future issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion’s Lutheran Church of
Wayne Township
R. Taeuber
St. Paul
R. Bunge
Garnaville
Foreign Missions of
New Guinea
Bunge
Carl Eden
William Oltmanns, Sr
Tobias R. Kermit
Siege ‘D. Popperman Ricksbenry
D.” Freese
New “Monk
Lorene Zimmerman
the Express
Hard Luck For Former Monticello Citizen
The Citizens State Bank of Chicago was closed last week by Illinois state officials. G. J. Squiers served as president and Louis Gardner as vice president. Gardner was a former county auditor and long time employee of The Express. The bank had a 750000 dollar capital, large surplus, and over 2 million in deposits remained as runs hit during Chicago banking turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens State Bank of Chicago
State Auditor of
Illinois
G. J. Squiers
Louis Gardner
Gardner
Chicago
the Express
Jones County
Chicago Bank
Foreman Bank
Citizens State Bank
Alma Buol Performs In School Of Music Recital
Miss Alma Buol daughter of George and from Richland township and granddaughter of Jacob Suter Monticello appeared in a joint music recital on May 26 in the school of music auditorium. She opened with three solos and sang four numbers by Sinding and four Chinese tone poems with pianist Kathryn Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Buol
George Buol
Richland Township
Jacob Suter
Monticello
Lem Buol
Kathryn Baker
Miss Buol
School of Music
Miss Baker
Sinding
Grieg
Vernon Null Birth Anniversary Surprise Party
A group of about fifty neighbors friends and relatives surprised Vernon Null son of Mr and Mrs John Null last Friday evening with a birthday party for his sixteenth anniversary. Guests played five hundred at seven tables with Milton Toxinson taking high score and Vernon scoring low. A late supper was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Null
John Null
Milton Toxinson
Vernon
Sacred Heart School Holds Eighth Commencement
The Sacred Heart high school completed its eighth annual commencement on May 31 at the church. Nine graduates received diplomas: Isabelle Bader, Mary E Fothergill, Jean Hogan, Betty Denkhoff, Raymond Ferring, Robert Hogan, Donald Kurt, Vincent Kane, and Harry Liddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart High School
Veni Creator
Ben Pitas
A. L. Lorenz
Malcahuy
Lorenz
Sacred Heart School
Isabelle Bader
Mary E. Fothergill
Jean Hogan
Betty Denkhoff
Raymond Ferring
Robert Hogan
Donald Kurt
Vincent Kane
Harry Liddy
Memorial Exercises Held Here Monday Forenoon
Memorial Day services were held at Sacred Heart church and Oakwood cemetery due to rain. Rev. Grossheim delivered the main address, Frank Royden led singing, and Ray Echternacht read General Logan's order. A VFW ceremony and firing salute closed the program with taps by Ben Ament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Monticello
Father A. L. Lorenz
Sacred Heart Church
Soldiers’ Monument
Oakwood Cemetery
America
Frank Royden
Porter
Ray Echternacht
General Logan
Messrs
A. B
Old Brigade
Grossheim
Presbyterian Church
Hartley Wilkinson
Ben Ament
Rich Cedar Rapids Man Takes His Own Life
Carl G. Stoddard aged 46, head of the Bishop Stoddard Cafeteria chain, shot himself in the bathroom of his Mount Vernon Heights home after illness and a stay in Excelsior Springs for a breakdown. He rose from poverty to wealth as a Cedar Rapids newsboy and restaurateur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl G. Stoddard
Bishop Stoddard Cafeteria Company
Ilinois
Stoddard
Excelsior Springs
Mount Vernon Heights
Cedar Rapids
Thrills In Motorcycle Races At Central City
About 600 attended the Central City Memorial Day motorcycle meet despite weather. Earl Wood Cedar Rapids won two mile and five mile Indian rides, with multiple riders placing in open races. Events to repeat next Sunday June 5 at 2 30 p m Adv. Mrs Leonard Iverson spent a day at Milaworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central City
Earl Wood
Cedar Rapids
John Powers
Lynn Wilson
Waterloo
Eyynn Wilson
Ray Eggeberg
Minneapolis
Orville Anderson
Wade Crew
Harley Davidson
Oe Bros
Roy Eggeberg
Cy Pusel
Harley Team
Adv
Multiple Monticello deaths mark a somber week
Mrs. Robert P. Adams dies after inward goiter operation at University hospital. Her life touched Monticello and Iowa City, with a long career in education and a family of four children. Other obituaries recall Kate Stuhler and Mrs Ed Brazelton, both linked to Monticello roots and local churches.
Memorial Day Auto Crash In Monticello Injures Driver
Lee Rigby and his niece Mrs. Chris Garwell of Lamoille Illinois visited relatives in Monticello on Memorial Day. Mrs Garwell’s car was struck on Main Street near the public school while turning west. The Wisconsin license coupe blamed for the collision showed a crushed left front fender and a flat tire. The Wisconsin driver allegedly was traveling at a fairly fast clip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Rigby
Chris Garwell
Lamoille
Ill
Monticello
Garwell
Main Street
Wisconsin
Sacred Heart Notes Scholarships Awarded at Closing
Sacred Heart high school awarded two college tuition scholarships from Briar Cliff College and Clark College to Mary Elizabeth Fothergill and Betty Denkhoff. Fothergill donated her award to Jean Hogan who intends to continue her education. Commencement was held at Sacred Heart church with Rev J H Mulcahy delivering the sermon and students receiving communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart High School
Briar Cliff College
Sioux City
Clark College
Dubuque
Mary Elizabeth Fothergill
Betty Denkhoff
Jean Hogan
Sacred Heart Church
J. H. Mulcahy
Anamosa
Sacred Heart Convent
A. L. Lorens
Death Of Infant Son Of Mr and Mrs J Van Buren
Mr and Mrs John Van Buren mourn the death of their infant son born last Saturday at McDonald hospital who lived briefly. Funeral services were held at the mother's home Sunday at 2 PM conducted by Rev W E Van Buren of Tipton. Interment followed at Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van Buren
McDonald Hospital
Orpha Cramer
W. E. van Buren
Tipton
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello High School Class Of 1932 Graduation
Forty eight students graduated from Public School Monticello in a May ceremony led by Supt. A. B. Grimes. Honors were won by Mabel Harper Lorene Zimmerman and Richard Calkins with M medals awarded. Alumni banquet followed at the Masonic Temple with toasts and song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
A. B. Grimes
B. C. Roberts
Mabel Harper
Lorene Zimmerman
Ella Rickels
Leonard Schoon
Richard Calkins
Miriam Fairbanks
June Bollinger
Supt. Grimes
Mr. Roberts
Porter
Orchard
Masonic Temple
Monticello High School
Order of the Eastern Star
Grossheim
Presbyterian Church
Lucia Schoon
Kate Maurice
Vivian Smith
Marion
Edwin Lightfoot
Dwain Thompson
Hopkinton
Halstead Carpenter
C. A. Coxsee
Edna Schoon
Edna Siebels
Ursinus Classis Annual Meeting Held at Baxter
Rev and Mrs A H Tendick returned from Baxter where they attended the Ursinus Classis four day annual meeting. Tendick preached Friday on The Church as an Educational Institution. The Woman's Missionary convention was conducted by Mrs Tendick. A new society from Klemme joined and a member from Marengo was received. Sunday school and delegates from Viola Paulsen Edith Winkler George Burrichter and Herman Egger participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Tendick
Baxter
Ursinus Classis
Tendick
Woman's Missionary Convention
Klemme
Marengo
Viola Paulsen
Edith Winkler
George Burrichter
Herman Egger
O Connor Family Returns From Masonville Visit
Mrs Hazel O Connor and her son Lloyd of Masonville returned home last Tuesday after staying with Mrs Annie Aldrich. They were joined by Marvin O Connor who finished his first year at Monticello High School and was a winner in algebra in the recent high school academic contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel O’connor
Lloyd
Masonville
Eugene Rodman Receives Honors at Iowa State College
Eugene Rodman of Monticello, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Harry I Rodman, was honored at a special convocation on Honors Day at Iowa State College Ames. He ranked in the top three percent of his class and is in his first year at the Town State college, balancing studies with work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Eugene Rodman
Harry I. Rodman
Monticello
Iowa State College
Ames
Eugene Rodman
Eugene
Town State College
Monticello High Finishes 17th in State Contest
Monticello high school ranked seventeenth among 72 class B schools in the Iowa academic contest. Five students Willard Yeoman Mary Stickford George Bridges Hazel Houston and Helen Holst will compete in Iowa City June 7 after the school’s nineteen subject examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Universe of Iowa College of Eduction
Iowa City
Willard Yeoman
Mary Stickford
George Bridges
Hazel Houston
Helen Holst
Monticello High School
Death of Cascade Publisher C D Baldwin
Charles D Baldwin editor and publisher of the Cascade Pioneer died at his Cascade home after a year of illness. Funeral mass at St Martin's Cascade. Burial in Cascade Catholic Cemetery. Survived by widow daughter Helen of Cincinnati son Howard of Cascade sister Mrs M M Linn Des Moines and half siblings Frank L Baldwin Roland J Baldwin and Mrs Evelyn Kuemple. Born Wisconsin October 2 1867 and brought to Cascade as an infant. Father Isaac W Baldwin founder of the Cascade Pioneer. He was active in religion and politics and served on the electoral college for Woodrow Wilson and led local Red Cross and liberty loan efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine R. Stuhler
Kate
Means
George W
Mary Stuhler
Monticello
Iowa State College
Ames
Mechanics Institute
Rochester
New York
Los Angeles
Calif
McDonald Hospital
Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Lincoln
Neb
Miss Stuhler
Schreiner Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Louis
Carl
Albert
Riess
Albert J. Stuhler
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Carl F. Stuhler
Washington, D. C
Mary Elizabeth Stuhler
Moline
Russell G. Stuhler
Chicago
E. G. Braselton
Ed G. Bragelton
Rose E. Mansfield
Michael
Loretta
Strong) Mansfield
Cascade
Mansfield
Bowen's Prairie
Brazelton
Jones County
George H. Meade
George Urban Meade
Ed G. Brazelton
FE. G. Brazelton
George Meade
Minnie Clark
Crofton
W. G. Masefield
Marsland
Grace Marsh
Marsh
David A. Glenn
Ernest Wright
Lawrence Glenn
Roundup
Mont
Mr. Glenn
Robert
Mary Glenn
Scotch Grove Township
Glenn
Mary A. Barnhill
Scotch Grove
Lewiston
Idaho
Leonard
Wallace Glenn
L. W. Glenn
Jennie Wright
Kittie Callahan
William J. Grossheim
Charles D. Baldwin
Cascade Pioneer
St. Martin's Church
Cascade Catholic
Baldwin
Helen Baldwin
Cincinnati
Ohio
Howard C. Baldwin
M. M. Linn
Des Moines
Frank L. Baldwin
Roland J. Baldwin
Cresco
Evelyn Kuemple
Guttenberg
Wisconsin
Isaac W. Baldwin
The
Charles Baldwin
Pioneer
Electorial College
Woodrow Wilson
Red Cross Organization
Liberty Loan
Denkhoff Named Iowa Delegate to National Knights of Columbus Meet
T F Denkhoff of Monticello was chosen as one of eight Iowa delegates to the Knights of Columbus national convention in Washington D C starting August 15. He was lauded for efficiency and devotion to the order and was accompanied by J A Liddy from the local council. Strawberries will be ready soon, phone Callahan's. 49-1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Fort Dodge
T. F. Denkhoff
Monticello
Iowa
The
Washington, D. C
Denkhoff
J. A. Liddy
Rural Schools Set June 10 Graduation for 93 Pupils
Eighth grade exercises of Jones county rural schools held in Monticello auditorium Friday June 10 at 10 30 am. 93 diploma recipients mark one of the largest classes with Miss Jessie Parker state rural inspector delivering main address and county superintendent Nellie V Morey presenting diplomas. Honor roll lists many pupils with averages from 90 to 94.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello
Monticello High School
Frank Royden
Jessie Parker
Nellie V. Morey
State Department of Public Instruction
Burns Fatal to Ryan Resident Ralph Keegan
The death of Ralph Keegan, 45, who lived near Ryan, occurred at McDonald hospital last Thursday morning at 8 30. He burned legs, body and arms Tuesday May 24 when chemicals used in fumigating a house on the Thomas Kula farm exploded. He leaves a widow two sons and two daughters. Keegan had run a poultry business in Ryan for four years. Funeral held in Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Keegan
Ryan
McDonald Hospital
Thomas Kula
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Presbyterians
Wm. J. Grossheim
Oregon
Wis
Church Society
Hazel Brazvelton
Endeavor
G. Gutensohn
Sullivan
A. R. Bickenbach
Schubert
Wooler
Robert Harris
Neva Miller
Manchester
Lord
Leonard Duckett
R. V. Porter
Largo
Handel
West
Leonard Refrigerators
Ih. A. Wallace
State Bankers Association
Wallaces’ Farmer
Alma Buol
Sacred Heart
Leonard Iverson
Milaworth
Kate Stahler
E. G. Brazelton
Robert Adams
Kate Stuhler
S. H. S. Notes
John Breen
Caacade
Hugh Orchard
Elmer L. Rebi
Mildred E. Aldrich
Frieda R. Balster
Henry D. Balster
Reid Bartlett
James C. Bort
Robert L. Buol
Irene G. Burrichter
Richard A. Calkins
Raymond D. Coyle
Loren W. Cramer
Helen E. Crane
Robert A. Durst
Dorothy M. Eden
Clarence R. Egger
Emma M. Eiben
M. Evelyn Fairbanks
Thomas M. George
William A. Hall
Alva H. Hinrichs
Merle L. Hutton
William H. Kettlitz
Harold W. McVay
Luella K. Oltman
Willard B. Schatz
Harold R. Scherrer
Edith M. Schneider
Iva G. Schneider
Edna C. M. Schoon
Leonard M. Schoon
Freda M. Widmer
Lester L. Zimmerman
W. Leona Behrends
Bertha I. Bunningham
Sylvia L. Cooper
Virginia G. Hearn
Mabel G. Juilfs
Florence I. McFarland
Mabel M. McVay
Pauline M. Meier
Mary E. Moes
Sara M. E. Oltman
Alice J. Palmer
Ella M. Rickels
Norma Rickels
Lorene M. Zimmerman
Olena K. Zimmerman
Mabel McVay
Elmer Aebi
Pauline Cooper
Dorothy Barlow
Ruth Howie
Pauline Oltman
James Ricklefs
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Loretta Specht
Gladys Howland
Violet Rigby
Iola Folkerts
Amy Zirkelbach
Brain Derby
C. D. Baldwin
K. C
Callahan's
Robert Whalen
Dorrance Kehoe
Albert Johnson
Clara Marck
Frieda Steuri
Otto Steuri
Fairview
Evelyn Johnson
Henry Folken
Leonard Joslyn
James Durgin
John Henry Durgin
George Shover
Lorraine Wolfe
Stanley House
Grace Pegorick
Grace Wood
Paul Allen
Mary Ellen Wismeier
Sylvester McGrane
Lois Kuhns
Constance Naylor
Edwin Craig
Selena Otten
Anna Behrends
Edna Bohlken
Berdena Schafer
Washington
Mary Skahill
Sabina Finn
Raymond Manternach
Mary Irene McNally
Ray Supple
Lloyd Wagner
Everett Batchelder
Gertrude Prull
Carl Siebels
Selma Stutt
Celena Brockens
Leo Dierks
Earl Dirks
Wilma Helgens
Mildred Doden
Caroline Kiburz
Edwin Kiburz
Leonard Bohlken
Leonard Siebels
Ernest Schafer
Ruth Topping
Clay—Sutton
Wilma Carpenter
Greenfield
White Oak
Vera Thimmel
Jackson — Center
Roy Folkerts
Nelda Porter
Arlene Bock
Eleanor Luker
Frieda Mortensen
Lawrence Otten
Lucile Siebels
Pleasant Hill
Ethel Remington
Johanna Thomson
Mildred Wright
Tommy McDaniel
Lewis Burrichter
Reinhard Eggers
Madison
Maple Grove
Marietta Story
Vernie Kreger
Marie Ruley
Donald Wehde
Wyoming
Spencerville
Lois Bramer
Willis Bramer
Clyde Edwards
Neva Eye
Dale Mayberry
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