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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
7
Home news lists Mrs. Lee Martin and others visiting Wall Lake and Monitcello friends. Many attend funerals, weddings, college commencements, and conventions. A Camp Fire girls bake sale is planned for Carlson’s store on June 9 at 2 PM.
Mrs. Anna French of Ashville North Carolina stays as a guest in the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. C B McKean.
Mrs Martha Loomis of Cedar Rapids spent last Sunday in Monticello visiting her mother Mrs Robert Williamson.
Mrs Macinbrook of Chicago arrived last Saturday morning for a visit in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs John S Welch.
Miss Mildred Pierce plans to leave next Saturday for Mt. Vernon to attend a six weeks summer school at Cornell college.
Sam Reade traveled to Keota last Monday evening to visit his son George Reade who is working on a farm near the town.
Miss Catherine Perley, formerly teaching in a negro school in Memphis Tennessee, is visiting at the home of Miss Caroline Hicks detailing a quiet social call amid educational work in the city.
Miss Eloise Welch returns from Dubuque after attending Visitation Academy during the past school year.
Mrs. J. B. Schoug of Rolfe returns to her home Monday evening following a stay at the home of her daughter Mrs. A. O. Peterson.
Ralph Cooper of Boone stayed at the home of Mrs. A. W. Mirrick last Tuesday evening before leaving for St. Louis on a business trip that night.
Mr and Mrs Hart Carson visit Cedar Rapids hosts in Castle Grove. Walter Storm leaves for Missoula Montana to spend summer with uncle. Fred Mastin, recently Avery Iowa school principal, returns home for summer vacation. Mrs Selma Suter Adams and son return to Solon after visiting J G Suter. Sophie Huls visits sister Mary Huls in Iowa City. Herman Schneider visiting from Ames at parental home. Frank Byrne to University Hospital Iowa City for tonsil operation. Mrs C A Palmer and baby visit Maquoketa. Mr Palmer plans Sunday trip. John Barney of Proctor Colorado testifies in Kasper v Kasper at Anamosa. Lena Haengsler to Town Q City for nursing work. Mary Margaret Hanawalt returns to Allison after teaching there.
Henry Seimering once a Monti cello boy is now a musician in the United States Army and has been transferred from Ft. Bliss Texas to Gettysburg Pennsylvania.
Miss Mary Brainerd of Iowa City visits in the home of Dr. and Mrs. G. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. QO. HE. Brainerd. She is the sister of Mrs. Thomas and Mr. Brainerd.
The article notes last Saturday's long rain period and warns that continuous wet weather could lead to heavy roads in June, suggesting ongoing travel difficulties and potential road conditions.
Mesdames J. O. Lawrence and Amanda Hosford of Monticello with guest Mrs A Kempf of Cedar Rapids traveled to Strawberry Point for a weekend visit last Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mabel Welch sister of W O Welch of this city returned home last evening from Forrest Glenn Maryland where she graduated from National Park Seminary last week.
Mrs KE E Reed and her daughter Alfreda attend the Iowa State College commencement in Ames and plan to visit Des Moines before returning home.
Misses Ruth Young Nell Hubbard and Margret McDonald travel to Cedar Falls to attend six weeks of summer school at the Iowa State Teachers College.
Miss Mildred Pierce has finished her freshman year at Cornell College in Mount Vernon and returns to Monticello to spend the summer with her mother, Mrs. Frank Pierce.
Letters remain in the Monticello post office uncalled for addressed to Mrs Nellia Rebart Miss Rosa Lee Williams Mr Henry Brackens Miss Beatilla Rieley Jacob Harari and Mr George Harper in the latest postal notices from the regional office.
The three year old son of Mr and Mrs Henry Schoon was brought from the sanitarium at Anamosa to Monticello last Tuesday evening. The child underwent an operation last week which proved successful.
Miss Margaret Maire returns to spend the summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses Maire. She had charge of one grade in the Ft. Dodge public schools during the past school year.
A daughter was born to Eddie Burichter at home last Tuesday morning, the second child in the family following a son. The event marks a joyful addition to the household and completes the family lineup.
Mias Lois Cowan, a staff member at Drake University in Des Moines, spent last Tuesday evening returning to the family home of her parents Mr and Mrs George Cowan to enjoy the summer break.
Miss Gladys Fairbanks an instructor of mathematics at Red Oak high school during the past school year has returned to spend the summer in the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Fairbanks of Castle Grove township.
F. W. Jones and his young daughter visited the city last Saturday. He has completed the school year as Edgewood superintendent and will return to the post next year. The summer plans include time at Center Junction.
Emil Ricklefs went to Willow Point New York last Saturday for a three week visit with relatives. Mrs Ricklefs and her son James have been there the past month and will return with Mr Ricklefs.
Mr and Mrs J W Doxsee traveled to Ames last Monday evening for the commencement of Town State College and to attend a reunion of his class from 177 at the institution forty years prior.
Governor Harding appointed Dr. A. G. Hejinian to represent Jones county on the registration board under the selective conscription law. The move is expected to be well received throughout the county.
Mr and Mrs Edward Templeton report a month long stay in Southern California with unusually disagreeable weather in the Los Angeles region during May. They were told the weather was the worst ever known there for the month.
Leo Locher completed his final examinations for the navy and is assigned to the Naval Training School in New York City to join the division of electrical engineers. He shows strong aptitude for the work and is expected to excel as a technician.
Mr and Mrs Siegfried Gruenstein of Chicago visited Mr and Mrs George Guyan. They traveled by automobile and faced typical delays from rain during the long journey.
Howard Hosford, son of Mrs. Amanda Hosford, has enlisted in the army and is in training at Ft. Logan. He left for the post last Monday evening after his mother spent Sunday with him in Cedar Rapids. Preston Miller headed to Hazen Arkansas last Friday to work on his father’s rice farm for the summer, after assisting at the local high school and living with his grandmother Mrs. Alfred Miller.
Garri Schoon has let a contract to build a house a barn and several sheds on his Wayne township farm rented by his son Hayo Schoon. He will also erect a silo on the home place within the next two weeks.
Valentine Eby son of Samuel Eby of the city has joined the United States army in the aviation department in Chicago. He passed all preliminary examinations and part of the final tests but must still complete several eye tests before final acceptance.
Misses Gladys Swift Irene Kehoe Berdina Wenger and Olive Cartano have left State Teachers college at Cedar Falls for the summer vacation. Miss Cartano will return for the six week summer school session accompanying the note of the season.
In Monticello last week Mrs. Maude Kiburz reported her sister Miss Ethel Smith a dietitian for St. Joseph hospital has joined the Red Cross hospital contingent. She will do dietetic work for a Red Cross hospital and her location, whether in the United States or abroad, is not yet known.
The Improvement club invites all to a fish supper at Lovell House on Friday evening in June. Free discussions on city improvement topics will follow, with the Fourth of July committees reporting progress. Music will be plentiful.
Most Monticello public school teachers left for home last Friday and Saturday to begin a three months vacation. They worked hard during the year and in unity. The results of this year's work should please the public school patrons.
Mrs E H Sparing of Chicago visits the H S Lee home and attends Lenox College graduation at Hopkinton with Mrs Les. A former student, she once lived near Sand Spring and was Miss Anna Carst before marriage to Dr Sparing.
A morning storm in Monticello toppled large trees at multiple locations including Mrs Bessie Baade Miss Celia Babletter C L Main Martin Guyan Lloyd Sexton and Mrs A V Scott. Many trees were uprooted with limbs torn off or tops broken.
Dr. Alex McKean of Rouleau Saskatchewan visits his parents Mr and Mrs B McKean and sister Nell Davis. He notes Canada has few young volunteers and that men up to fifty are now being accepted. He secured a photographic passport to leave Canada.
Residents on the north side of West First Street complain that the curb and guttering project has ruined access to their properties. They urge council members to review the call for a cut that would require the city to remove thousands of yards of dirt from the street.
The following licenses were issued in the past week by Clerk of the Court George A. Fisher: Lowell Coxzart of Olin Fern Burwell of Oxford Junction Arthur L. Albert of Galena Illinois Marie Barnett of Marion Fred Johnson Bohlken of Sand Spring Jessie M. Glass of Monticello Louis Wall of Marion Cora Jepson of Springville William Specht Caroline Takea both of Cascade.
Asa Lambert son of Mr and Mrs William Lambert of this city graduated from the college of dentistry at Creighton University Omaha Nebraska last Saturday. He ranked fifth in a class of thirty and recently enlisted as a dentist in the United States Army awaiting a call to colors. He is currently in Omaha taking state board examinations.
Miss Virginia Paul of Cedar Rapids arrives next Monday to take charge of Miss Harriet McCuskey’s piano class. She is a Maywood-Chane School of Music graduate from Chicago and currently an instructor in the Coe College Conservatory of Music. Miss McCuskey commends her as a highly capable teacher and Paul will meet pupils at Mrs. A. W. Steiner’s home from 9 to 12 and 1 to 2 in the afternoon.
The Camp Fire girls from the Congregational church travel to the Lower Pallisades near Mt Vernon for a camping period. They plan to prepare supplies for the local Red Cross branch. Attending are Harriot Robn Carolyn Stuhler Hazel Harrington Inez Young Helen Hoag Bernice Podbaski Gale Magee Vera Webster Grace Hull Adele Wilkens Barbara Marugg and Glatha Van Meter.
Ray Hearn writes insurance coverage for city property of all kinds. The note notes involvement with municipal risk and risk management practices.
The 1894 club will hold its annual picnic supper tomorrow afternoon at Mrs. C. C. Marshalls home. Honorary members will be guests. The event marks the club's 23rd anniversary since its organization.
Valedictorian Lucia Hejinian and salutatorian Merlin Sones lead a list of graduates including Harry Beaman Mildred Byerly Henry Carlson Thenche Danneman Ruth Downing Joseph Dunn Gladys Evans Helen Fearde Grace Hubbard Bessie Kershner Earl McLaughlin Alpha Ralston Owens Scott Virgil Van Kirk Mildred Walters Orpha Hansel. Three deaths in Anamosa Mrs Jacob Birk and Mrs M McCarty and William Robertson. Graduation exercises at the Monticello opera house feature patriotic program with invocations readings speeches Red Cross drill and diplomas presented by Supt K D Miller. Rev A P Walton delivers benediction.
The Monticello Improvement Club chorus performed at the opera house last Tuesday evening before a full audience. Soloists Earle G. Killeen and Mrs. Colin G. Thomas received high praise for their voices and interpretations. The program closed with the Star Spangled Banner sung by the chorus and audience.
Johann Stadtmueller turned 85 on June 3 and was surprised at home by children grandchildren and relatives. He was born June 3 1882 in Feldkahl Bayern Germany and remains active. Guests included Max F Stadtmueller Fort Dodge and many Stadtmuellers from Monticello Langworthy Scotch Grove and Sand Spring.
Eye care notice states tests completed and glasses fitted for a patient by Dr. L. G. Stubler, indicating completion of the vision correction services.
Dr Louis G Stahler accompanied Leslie Q Gushman to Iowa City last Monday for medical consultation at the University hospital about improving his health.
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