Locals Edge Dyersville In Close Monticello Defeat
Shorty Michaels delivered a decisive eighth inning single as Monticello beat Dyersville by a3to1. Meredith fanned five in a strong start while Rubly faded late for Dyersville. Monticello piled four hits in the eighth to salvage the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michaels
Monticello
Dyersville
Meredith
Way
Rubly
Monti
Kronkhite
Clark
Hilsenbeck
Hess
Wilson
Wilhelm
Hayes
Dyersvilles
Fenelon
Laura Koop Graduates From Journalism School
Laura Koop of Iowa City recently earned a journalism degree from the University of Iowa. She served as toastmistress at the Monticello high school alumni banquet and plans to move with her mother to New York City to pursue a newspaper librarian position with an eastern daily. Ted Koop, employed by the AP in New York, will join them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Koop
Laura
Iowa City
Monticello
Maine Representative Visits Friends Here
Dr. Roy L. Fernald of Winters Maine visits the home of Mrs. G. J. Van Buren this week. He formerly headed the economics department at Cornell Mount Vernon from 1930 to 1932 and now practices law in Winterport as a member of the Maine state legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy L. Fernald
Winters
Maine
G. J. van Buren
Fernald
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Winterport
Children Day Program at Congregational Church
Officers of the Congregational Sunday schools arrange a children's day program to be held during the morning service starting promptly at 10:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Conguoneenes
Scotch Grove 4 Farm Sold At 87.50 Per Acre
John M Letsze of Cedar Rapids sold his 200 acre Scotch Grove township farm to Herman Brockhahn of Langworthy for 17500 dollars. The price equals 87.50 per acre, a notably good rate in today’s market. Possession to be taken March 1, 1934 with tenant Lyman Moats on the property. Ralph Bone of Monticello handled the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Letsze
Cedar Rapids
Scotch Grove Township
Herman Brockhahn
Langworthy
Brockhahn
Lyman Moats
Ralph Bone
Monticello
Monticello High Ranks In Iowa Academic Examinations
Monticello high school placed seventh among class B schools in the every pupil contest and ranked 24th overall among 178 Iowa schools in the state examinations. In district 6 class B Monticello was fourth. four pupils attended the state cranial derby at Town City June 5 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
University of Iowa College of Education
Monticello High School
Town City
Helen Holst
John Hiller
Edward Scherrer
George Bridges
93 Scholars Graduate From Rural Schools
The rural eighth grade commencement at Monticello Public School awarded 93 certificates of graduation, eight more than anticipated. Nellie V. Morey presented the diplomas as the audience of 200 watched the program with orchestra, choir, and a keynote by J. J. Locher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public School
Nellie V. Morey
Monticello High School
Wm. J. Grossheim
Presbyterian Church
Frank Royden
Miss Morey
State Department of Education
Three Monticello youths graduate from Iowa State University
Three young Monticello residents graduate from Iowa State University in Iowa City last Monday. Among them is Alma Bual from the music department, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Bual of Richland township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa State University
Iowa City
Alma Bual
Department of Music
G. L. Bual
Richland Township
Commencement Honors Mark Monticello Class Of 1933
Commencement exercises for the class of 1933 were held June 1 in the public school auditorium with 46 graduates presented by Superintendent Grimes to F. E. Stimson. Pauline Cooper led with a 93.38 four year average, followed by Dorothy Barlow, and several others on the honor roll. Dr. Harry M. Gage of Coe College gave the address on Labor A Gift of the Gods, praising school music and urging work and perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
A. B. Grimes
F. E. Stimson
Board of Education
Pauline Cooper
Dorothy Barlow
June Bollinger
Miriam Fairbanks
Ruth Howie
Elizabeth Kay
Elizabeth McLaughlin
James Rickless
Mary Stickford
Grimes
Frank Royden
Wm. J. Grossheim
Harry M. Gage
Coe College
A. H. Tandick
Gage
Cedar Rapids
Dr. Gage
Monticello Country Club
Monticello High School
Methodist Episcopal Church
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Congregational Church
Monti High
Alfreda Reed
Laura Koop
Iowa City
Vivian Bancroft
Edna Schoon
Edna Siebels
Betty Kay
Imogene Stuhler
Monticello Teachers Return From Positions
Monticello announces that several teachers have returned or will return soon from duties in this region and adjoining states. Names include Helen Meyer Holstein Hazel Brazelton Decorah Mary Stadtmueller Spirit Lake Mabel Helsey Cedar Rapids Alice Reed Mediapolis Jayne Shover Eau Claire Josephine Meyer Council Bluffs Nell Wilson Manchester Frances Coyle Boone Jean Sutherland Clinton Irma Rohr Newton Bernice Bur richter Viola Dorothy Johnson Victor Vivian Spenesh Fairfax Mildred Deischer Wyoming and Ethelwyn Wilcox Buck Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Helen Meyer
Holstein
Hazel Brazelton
Decorah
Mary Stadtmueller
Spirit Lake
Mabel Helsey
Grant High
Cedar Rapids
Alice Reed
Viola
Dorothy Johnson
Victor
Vivian Spenesh
Fairfax
Mildred Deischer
Wyoming
Ethelwyn Wilcox
Buck Creek
James C Paul Weds Donna Davidson in Cedar Rapids
James C Paul son of Mrs. Clifford B Paul and the late Mr Paul of Anamosa married Josephine Davidson of Cedar Rapids. The ceremony was at the First Lutheran parsonage with Rev. J J Gent officiating. Mrs Paul is a graduate of Washington high school and Cedar Mounton State college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Paul
Clifford B. Paul
Track Athletes Shine in Monti High History
Monti High boasted its largest track squad as Alfred Wenger Reed Clark Clarence Seedorf Willard Yeoman starred across meets at Iowa State Teachers College and Mount Vernon. Yeoman won events and set conference marks while Wenger Yeoman and teammates chased all time records, with coach Ray Smith awarding letters to eight athletes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Smith
Alfred Wenger
Reed Clark
Clarence Seedorf
Willard Yeoman
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Monti
Marion
Iowa
Mount Vernon
Robert Spooner
van Buren
Buol
Glen Wenger
Town City
University High of
Iowa City
Monti High
Yeoman
Clarence Hearn
Trevor Curtis
Bernard Ohe
Bill Ferring
Paul van Buren
Roland Buel
Marion Balster
Kenneth Burris
Al‘ired Wenger
Why I'm Glad I Am An American Essay Winners
The piece notes Agnes Inglis and Mary Lucille Ricklefs as first and second prize winners in a local VFW auxiliary contest. It focuses on patriotism, love of homeland, and pride in American heritage with references to the flag, citizenship, education, and scientific progress shaping national identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Inglis
Hale
Mary Lucille Ricklefs
August Rickless
Monticello
Sacred Heart School
America
Funeral for Anita lumberman Edgar Vernon’s father dies at 82
Edgar D. Vernon of Monticello reports his father died last Tuesday at Anita from a paralysis stroke. He was 82, ran a long time in Anita’s lumber business, and visited Monticello April 1 this year. Funeral services are set in Anita. He held a fifty year Odd Fellows certificate and leaves his widow and children Mrs. A. J. Bebee Lewis Mrs. J. F. Hayenga of Coggon and H. T. Vernon of Ardmore Okla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar D. Vernon
Monticello
Edgar Vernon
A. J. Bebee
Lewis
J. F. Hayenga
Coggon
H. T. Vernon
Ardmore
Okla
Helen Rohr to Graduate From Chicago Hospital
Miss Helen M. Rohr daughter of Mrs Bertha Rohr Sutherland will graduate Friday from the University Hospital school of nursing at Chicago She was in the John McDonald hospital training school for eighteen months then joined the University hospital She is class president and was chosen most representative nurse from a class of 160 She plans to enter a tuberculosis hospital in Chicago for a post graduate course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen M. Rohr
Bertha Rohr Sutherland
University Hospital School of Nursing
University of Chicago
Chicago
Rohr
John McDonald Hospital
Nurses’ Training School
University Hospital
Local Girls Graduate From Cornell College
Among 104 seniors at Cornell College Mount Vernon eightieth commencement two Monticello high school graduates earned degrees. Mildred Pulver and Ruth Van Buren received A B degrees while Laura Sinclair earned a bachelor of music. Rev Ralph Cushman gave the commencement address. Graduates hailed from eight states and three foreign countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Monticello High School
Mildred Pulver
Theodosia Pulver
Ruth van Buren
George van Buren
Monticello
Laura Sinclair
M. M. Sinclair
Scotch Grove
Ralph 8. Cushman
Denver
Methodist Episcopal Church
Dr Jacobs Completes Surgical Work in St Louis
Dr R G Jacobs longtime surgeon at St Louis City Hospital No 1 spent the past week with his parents Mr and Mrs Paul Jacobs after five years at the hospital He began as an interne there and returned last Monday from a reunion of the medical class at the State University hospital in Iowa City He graduated with the class of 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Jacobs
St. Louis City Hospital No. 1
Paul Jacobs
St. Louis
State University Hospital
Iowa City
Jacobs
Sacred Heart Graduation Exercises Held Friday Evening
Seven Sacred Heart graduates received diplomas in a ceremony at the school auditorium and church. Rev A Lorenz delivered a strong address as ushers and flower girls helped. exams closed June 1 and report cards were issued next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart School
Herman Burkert
Agnes Cashen
Doris Fagan
Clara Flack
Mary Minnis
Maxine Redmond
Helen Louise Stuhler
Sacred Heart Church
Catherine Connolly
Therese Kurt
Rev. Lorenz
A. L. Lorenz
Robert Hogan
Vincent Kane
College Students Return For Summer Vacation
Mon ticello area youths return or plan to go home from Iowa and other states. List shows names from University of Iowa Iowa State College Coe College Notre Dame Nebraska Purdue Penn Grinnell Mount Mercy and other schools including Tipton Lenox Lenox and military academies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa City
James Redmond
Janet McNeill
William Stickford
Robert Locher
Iowa State College
Ames
Eugene Rodman
Russell Hughes
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Vivian Bancroft
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Howard McLaughlin
Maye Cass
William Kettlitz
Notre Dame _ university
South Bend
Ind
Simon
John and Paul Locher
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Jack Kay
Purdue University
Lafayette
Milton Langer
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Margaret Porter
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Richard Calkins
Armour Institute of Technology
Chicago
Carlton Landis
Mount Mercy Junior College
Jean Hogan
Mount Mercy Academy
Leona Fitzsimons
Tipton Junior College
Tipton
Augusta Ejiben
Lenox Junior College
Hopkinton
Raymond Ferring
Robert Hogan
James McDonough
Raymond Coyle
James Bort
Harry Schneider
Leona Behrends
Elizabeth Pender
Trene Burrichter
Robert Durst
St. John’s Military Academy
Delafield
Wis
Richard Hoag
Shattuck Military Academy
Faribault
Minn
Colin Thomas
Two Monticello Students Graduate From Illinois
Miss Florence E Noble and Elden W Brashaw will graduate next Monday from the University of Illinois at Urbana. Noble earns a bachelor of science from the library school while Brashaw receives the LL B from the College of Law. Commencement marks the sixty second ceremony with about 1900 degrees conferred. The address will be by Dr Harry Woodburn Chase who is Chancellor elect of New York University and retiring president of Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence E. Noble
Elden W. Brashaw
University of Illinois At Urbana
Noble
Brashaw
College of Law
Harry Woodburn Chase
New York University
University of Illinois
Mercury Tops Records in Monticello Heat Wave
The Monticello week with temperatures near 100 degrees and high humidity spurred fears of possible thunderstorms. Tuesday and Monday observed heat that pushed records, with humid conditions persisting under a broiling sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Monti cello public school speaker at Cue alumni banquet
Supt A B Grimes of Monti cello public school delivered the main address at the Cue college alumni banquet in Voorhees hall last Saturday evening. Alumni praised the selection and thanked the committee for the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Grimes
Monticello Public School
Cue College
Voorhees Hall
Grimes
First Band Concert of Season at City Park
Frank Royden and his concert band open the summer series with an 8:35 PM show on Thursday in front of the amphitheater. The program features Overture Hungarian Comedy and selections from Faust among others, drawing large crowds to the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
Frank Royden
Royden
Conservation Camp Favored in Jones County
Professor B McDonald recommends a conservation camp for Jones County to be located with about 160 young men under three army officers and three technical staff plus a superintendent. Twenty five local workers, local supplies, and several local trucks will support soil erosion control park beautification and later reforestation. Farmers with gullies should contact the Farm Bureau to participate, providing posts wire brush and straw for dam construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson and
Jones County
B. McDonald
Town Corps
Army
Farm Bureau
The
Conservation Corps
K O C Elects New Officers For The Year
At the regular meeting of the Knights of Columbus Monticello council 1821 officers were elected for the ensuing year. Grand knight Joseph R. Barron leads a slate including John T. Breen as deputy grand knight and Joe O Rourke as chancellor with Harry Schneider as recorder and T F Denkhoff as finance secretary. Other officers listed include Dr T M Redmond treasurer James J Hayes lecturer C F Shimnek advocate Clarence Kuriger Inside guard Eugene Chaloupka Outside guard Bernard Kuriger and trustees Leo N Kane Ed J Kurt Henry Charouplin. Delegates to state convention name Joe R Barron and alternates Breen Brashaw Kurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Monticello
Joseph R. Barron
John T. Breen
Joe O'Rourke
Harry Schneider
T.F. Denkhoff
T. M. Redmond
James J. Hayes
C. F. Shimnek
Clarence Kuriger
Eugene Chaloupka
Bernard Kuriger
Leo N. Kane
Ed J. Kurt
Henry Chalouplin
Joe R. Barron
Clarence J. Brashaw
Edward J. Kurt
Vacation Bible School Opens June Nineteenth
The fourth annual community vacation church school begins Monday June 19 at 9 o clock. Prospective pupils should register Friday June 16 at 9 a.m. at the public school. Sessions are at the school house for children ages four to twelve. A further notice appears next week.
V. F. W. Meeting Set For Flag Day
The Monticello post and auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars schedule a regular meeting for Wednesday June 14. Refreshments will be served and a Flag Day program will be presented by the Americanization committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Americanization Committee
James Maurice Finishes Course At Iowa State
James Maurice, eldest son of Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Maurice, will graduate from the school of engineering at Iowa State College in Ames next week. Dr. and Mrs. Maurice plan to attend the ceremony. A pressure cooker assures less spoilage in food that is canned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Maurice
Iowa State
A. M. Maurice
School of Engineering
Iowa State College
Ames
Maurice
Interesting Events Of Iowa News
A collection of curious Iowa anecdotes from J. W. Jarnagin. Elsie V. Clark of Burlington ends a long unemployment spell by returning to work, then dies by gas in his home after disappearing. A robin rides a Wabash train from Moulton to Moberly producing four eggs. A Maxwell cyclone carries its own news by damaging the barn yet sparing the family. Other tales recount cows crossing fences and lilies flung by wind with fish unharmed. Tom Rutherford of What Cheer is mentioned in a tragic end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Appanoose
Moberly
Robin
Maxwell
Story County
William Troop
Young Troop
Leslie Moeller
Waverly
Bremer County
Rudolph Albrecht
Jim McKnger
Enda
Tom Rutherford
Senior High Honor Roll For Second Semester
The publication lists students from Sophomore, Junior, and Senior classes with top exam averages. Notable names include Helen Holst, Ada Egger, Loretta Specht, Iola Folkerts, Dorothy Barlow, James Ricklefs, Ruth Howie, Mary Stickford, Elizabeth McLaughlin, Willard Yeoman, and Betty Kay with scores ranging from 89 to 96.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Holst
Ada Egger
Frances Steck
Carol Naylor
John Hiller
Josephine Scherrer
Laura Lehman
Dorothy Rolls
Lucille Scheele
Loretta Specht
Iola Folkerts
Gladys Howland
Elmer Kaufman
Amy Zirkelbach
Dorothy Barlow
James Ricklefs
Ruth Howie
Ruth Jacobs
Mary Stickford
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Willard Yeoman
Betty Kay
Pauline Cooper
Velma Schofield
Elfreda Burrichter
Jola Folkerts
Christina Smith
Lucille Tschants
Louise Collman
Geneva Loomis
Eugene First
Harry Guyan
Robert Smith
Lovell Daughter Mary Graduates at Nebraska University
Major and Mrs. L. W. Lovell attended the Lincoln graduation exercises at the University of Nebraska where daughter Mary Lovell completed the liberal arts college degree. Mary plans to work as a counselor at Camp Holiday in northern Minnesota starting July 1, joined by sister Miriam who will participate in camp activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Lovell
Lincoln
Neraska
University of Nebraska
Mary
College of Liberal Arts
Miss Lovell
Minnesota
Miriam
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Guttenberg
Cascade
Manchester Little Hawks
Giants
M. V
Manchester
Journalism
Brain Derby
Iowa University
Donna Davidson
Traclas
E. D. Vernon
Helen Rohr
Chicago Hospital
Dr. Jacobs
Commercial Law
Charles Renk
Franklin Stamm
John Lahey
Dov Nordman
Bud Denkhol
Carl Renk
Gerald Locher
Dorothy O'Rourke
Lois Schneider
Laverne Lambert
Marguerite Fothergill
Catherine Renk
Francis McKeever
Lavon Lambert
Jeanne Kurt
Illinois
Cue
Kelar Bela
Schubert
Lane
Faust
Gounod
Jones Or
Jackson
Vacation Bible School
Iowa News
Jarnagin
J. W. Jarnagin
Elsie V. Clark
Burlington
Des Moines County
Burlington Railroad
Clark Home
Mary Lovell
Nebraska
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