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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1937

Page

2

Local News Of Local People Highlights Weekend Visits

A string of visitors and social activity fills local pages. Miss Tone Benesh visits Cedar Rapids while J C Herard from Cascade comes for business. Numerous residents travel to Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns for visits, weddings, and family time.

Monticello Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors

Monticello and surrounding area residents gather for visits and farewells as guests arrive from Des Moines Philadelphia Center Junction and other locales. Local families announce babies weddings graduations and travel plans while shops promote spring sales and shoe specials.

Monticello and Cedar Rapids Residents Attend Events

A stream of local residents visited relatives and attended graduations and funerals in Monticello Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Notables include Walter Brainerd Laura Waddick and Bud Hauss with family, John Flackiger funeral attendees John Eggers former pool partner and many Redmonds at Iowa University commencement.

Laura Waddick Temple Hill Monticello L. F. Eggers John Eggers Prescott Wis John Flackiger Flackiger Fred Fahrni State University Children’s Hospital Iowa City

Coe College Baccalaureate and Alumni Gatherings

Mr and Mrs Fred Kay spent Sunday in Cedar Rapids for the baccalaureate services at Coe college. Their daughter Elizabeth graduated from Coe Monday with a cum laude degree and has a position in Cedar Rapids. Others from Monticello at Coe events were Mrs Donald Sutherland Mrs Irving Hintz and Miss Mary Stadtmueller who attended the alumni dinner Saturday evening.

Fred Kay Cedar Rapids Coe College Elizabeth Coe Monticello Donald Sutherland Irving Hintz Mary Stadtmueller

Items Of Occurrences Thirty Years Ago

Thirty years ago excerpts from The Express June 1907 note weddings births illnesses deaths and travels. Highlights include Anna E Hein marrying H P Hicks Helena Boner and Martha Rohrer dying after measles pneumonia, Yale alumnus John E Foster invited to Taft Day, and multiple local marriages and travels across Monticello Castle Grove and nearby towns.

the Express E. E. Hicks Ames State College J. S. Hall C. T. Bates South Dakota Anna E. Hein Richland Township H. P. Hicks Harry P. Hicks John J. Bailey Mont Yale College Nellie Welch John H. Schilling M. S. Murphy Castle Grove Russell Stuhler Ward Inglis Frank Bolton Halstead Carpenter Cedric Smith Maquoketa M. W. Herrick George Lovell Catharine Lovell Europe Fay Lovell New York James Davidson Amelia C. E. Borgelt State Normal School John Gibson Fritz Miller Richland Nancy Jewett Louisburg Kansas Esther Brown Charles Coxsee Epworth Sarah Buck George McDonald T. E. Canty Rock Island Andrew Yousse Ira Grover Abijah Bickford Monticello B.B. Ryan Elmira Barker C. S. Barker Ida May Moncrief William E. Rustan Farley Center Junction Robert Williamson Charles Zumbrunnen Mary Lehmann

Monticello Locher family attends Mount Mercy graduation

Miss Bertha Locher Miss Mary Locher Mrs Matt Muller and Gerald Locher from Monticello along with Dr L R Locher of Farley attend Mount Mercy Junior College graduation in Cedar Rapids Thursday evening Catherine Locher a graduating student returns home with her father to meet John and Jane born May 19 to Dr and Mrs Locher. Free Quaker Oats book offers magic tricks with proofs and limited supply.

Bertha Locher Mary Locher Matt Muller Gerald Locher Monticello L. R. Locher Farley Mount Mercy Junior College Cedar Rapids Catherine Locher John Jane Dick Daring

Spider colonies weave shared web network across prey paths

Several species form colonies with multiple webs linked by shared silk. Entangled prey tend to reach the first spider to arrive, shaping a cooperative but competitive foraging pattern within the colony.

Executive Council of P T A Names Committees for 1937 38

Following a one o clock luncheon at Mrs Riess Stuhler home the Executive Council of the Parent Teachers Association named committees and chairs for 1937 38 Program chair Mrs G Gutensohn Mrs E H Huibregtse Mrs C G Thomas Social chair Mrs Tom Hamilton Mrs George Timmins Mrs Fred Endsley Mrs Carl Morning Membership chair Mrs Lee Byerly Mrs A B Grimes Mrs B E Abel Publicity Mrs C A Doxsee and iss Searles Room representatives chair Mrs F J Stuhler room chairmen Mrs D P Sutherland Mrs O E York Mrs Robert Balster Mrs Frank Walker Mrs S Guyan Mrs Alva Behrends Mrs Fred Ortgies Mrs E H Huibregtse Legislation Rose McMullen

Riess Stuhler Parent-Teachers Association Lee Byerly A. B. Grimes B. E. Abel C. A. Doxsee Iss Searles F. 3. Stuhler D. P. Sutherland O. E. York Robert Balster Frank Walker Guyan Alva Behrends Fred Ortgies E. H. Huibregtse Rose McMullen

Sleep Ties Pace To Dancing In Des Moines Chronicle

Bud Denkhoff misses a K of C dance in Des Moines after choosing rest over the banquet. The piece reflects on air conditioning in theatres and stores, customer service, and shifts in shopper mood. It also notes Iowa state fair prize offerings and competitions led by farm women and 4-H, with $100,000+ in premiums.

Bud Denkhoff Des Moines Bud

Iowa State Fair Opens Women’s Contests With 6500 Prizes

The Iowa state fair board announced over 6500 in cash prizes for women including a state farm women's chorus tournament with 225 for the six best rural choruses and a farm women's hobby contest offering 93 for three entrants.

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