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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1928
Page
4
Monticello residents attend regular Rotary Club drill at Maples Ton, plus Ladies Aid and J T club gatherings. The Epworth League and various showers, bridge and euchre games, and a Country Club open party highlight civic social life. A June 6 Arcadia wedding and a 25th anniversary for Carl and Willms conclude the report.
The CHUPGHES Reformed Church reports no Sunday school or service on June 17 as the pastor attends Wheatland to ordain Rev. B Presenberg. St John’s Ev Lutheran notes Sunday activities and Bible class. Trinity has no services but hosts Friday teachers meeting and choir practice. June 17 includes Sunday school at 9:45 and English services at 10:30 with a 2:00 p.m. semi annual congregational meeting.
Seventy pupils in grades five through seven join a summer reading club at the public library basement led by Florence Noble. Weekly meetings discuss books and recognize readers with pins, while noting a goal of 100 points for diplomas at summer’s end.
Seven Jones county dentists and two university nurses met at Dr. and Mrs. Stoffel’s Wyoming home to review dental hygiene efforts in Jones county rural schools. Miss Wiley and Miss Hoff Iran led inspections, questionnaires covered eighty-one schools, with 1,125 pupils enrolled. Oxford Mills emerged as the leading school for dental interest amid inspections and demonstrations by local teachers and principals.
Pastor Leonard Duckett lists next Sunday's schedule including Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. The sermon topic is Religion and Work. Christian Endeavor meets at 7 p.m. A union service occurs at 8 p.m. in the Congregational church.
George W. McNary pastor announces Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. Children’s day service at 11:00 a.m. Union evening service at 8:00 p.m. Rev. L. A. Duckett to preach. Morning worship at 11:00 a.m. Epworth League at 7:00 p.m. Union service at 8:00 p.m. Epworth Leaguers thank Mothers and sisters for the cafeteria supper and donations.
Contractors start paving between Cascade and Monticello at the Jones county line with a new bridge planned over the Maquoketa river. The project will use about 100 trucks, cost four dollars per load, and connect with East Cascade and Dubuque county efforts as the cement mix is hauled from a Monticello plant.
Monticello’s newly formed baseball team lost 3 to 2 at home to Dyersville in a tight season opener. Palmer scored for Dyersville, Bartlett hit a three run triple in the seventh for Dyersville, while Monticello’s Dartlety and Rhatigan contributed. Manager Palmer reports $75 in gate receipts.
Four meetings will be held in Jones county for dental hygiene inspections of pre school children this month. Jane M. Wiley of the University of Iowa leads the program with chairmen in Anamosa Monticello Wyoming Olin handling local events. Parents may bring children free and must telephone or mail a coupon with name address age and number of children. At Cedar Rapids Masonic Grand Lodge Dr Charles E Wright and others were elected to key officer posts with the 86th annual convention set for Burlington next June.
Practical guidance for housewives covers salad lettuce care and saving juice from canned produce. It also warns about chautauqua associations relying on guarantors, cites deficits in Manchester and Worcester, and notes a controversial debate proposal in Waverly. Cincinnati Enquirer quote about pathways to glory ends.
The Camp Fire group elected Thelma Fairbanks as president Bertha Mae Goldin as vice president Vivian Smith as treasurer Evelyn Fairbanks as secretary and reporter Mrs E E Reed announced rank changes The ceremonial meeting is set for June 30 at 3 p m with the annual camp likely the last week of June at Crystal Take Darling Brink a five year old from Dubuque was badly injured in a wagon accident requiring many stitches Frances Fiske Marshall wife of Verne Marshall Cedar Rapids Gazette editor died of pneumonia leaving four daughters and a husband.
Notice is given that bids will be received by the Jones County Iowa Board of Supervisors at the auditor's office in Anamosa at 10 a.m. on July 3 1928 for three cars of bituminous 4-6 lignite coal. One car to be delivered August 1 one September 1 and one October 1. LaVern Rockstad County Auditor.
The Center Junction board of education invites sealed bids by July 1 for the janitor position for the coming school year. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. H. E. Stingley, Secretary.
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