Jones and Linn Farm Bureau Picnic June 22
M S Winder executive secretary of the American Farm Bureau federation will address a joint Jones and Linn county Farm Bureau meeting at Thomas park Marion on June 22. Winder has spoken in Iowa before about farm relief from a business and policy perspective and has deep ties to dairy farming and civic work. continues on Page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Farm Bureau
M. S. Winder
American Farm Bureau Federation
Jones and Linn County Farm Bureau
Thomas Park
Marion
Mr. Winder
Iowa
Ottumwa
Southern Town Farm Bureau
Century of Progress
Chicago
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Farm Bureau
Winder
Men Sentenced in Davenport Arson Case
Six men confessed to an arson plot that burned Delbert Bickford’s farm house eight miles north of Monmouth Jackson county. Basil Hinton Gregory Kruel and Frank Broders, all of Davenport, received five year terms at the state reformatory in Anamosa. Leroy Nelson Lee Miller and Alfred Nelson face arraignments. Broders already serves a five year term for hog theft. Bickford denies guilt while hospital bound awaiting trial. case continued to September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Bickford
Basil Hinton
Gregory Kruel
Frank Broders
Davenport
State Reformatory
Anamosa
C. L. Ely
N District
Maquoketa
Leroy Nelson
Lee Miller
Alfred Nelson
Broders
Kruel
Hinton
LeRoy
Nelson
Miller
Bickford
Monmouth
Jackson County
Central City
Oscar Newton Visits Friends In Monticello
Oscar Newton of Chicago former owner of the Newton sweet shop and a Monticello variety store visited friends here last week. He left Friday morning for Minnesota as a traveling salesman for Franklin Equipment company. Since leaving Monticello about ten years ago he was employed for a few years as a traveling salesman for Hall Manufacturing of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Newton
Chicago
Newton Sweet Shop
Monticello
Minnesota
Franklin Equipment Company
Newton
Hall Manufacturing Company
Cedar Ra
Frost Reported Near Monticello in June Chill
Frost appeared in the Cas tle Grove township lowlands during the night of June 12 13. G H Gerdes saw frost on plantain leaves and a nearby farmer measured 32 degrees at 4 am June 14. Officials note a 72 degree swing from recent heat wave as locals discuss weather oddities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Castle Grove
G. H. Gerdes
Gerdes
California
Sol
O D Rosh�k Brothers store to become Montgomery Ward Class A
More than 25 men are employed remodeling the O D Rosh�k Brothers store at Eleventh and Main streets in Dubuque. Montgomery Ward & Co will install a Class A store in the building. General Hagood said economy rules out basic first year training for Citizens' Military Training camps this year. Only those with prior MT camp training may attend. Charles D. Huston of Cedar Rapids will become Iowa internal revenue collector around July 1, replacing Gerald Jewett. He will work from Des Moines with residence in Cedar Rapids. Kenneth Hubbard from the Des Moines reforestation camp spent a 36 hour leave with his mother in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'd Roshek Brothers
Elehth
Main Streets
Dubuque
Montgomery Ward & Co
Johnson Hagood
Seventh Corps
Charles D. Huston
Cedar Rapids
Federal Internal Revenue Collector
Iowa
United States Senate
Gerald Jewett
Huston
Des Moines
Kenneth Hubbard
George Hubbard
Former Resident Died of Heart Attack in Cedar Rapids
Joe F. Trunec aged 48 formerly with Hall Manufacturing died at his Cedar Rapids home Sunday noon from a heart attack. Relatives reported long illness without medical care. Coroner Vorvahl said natural causes. Survived by wife Naomi Kehoe and one infant son who died. later funeral in Cedar Rapids and burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe F. Trunec
Hall Manufacturing Company
Cedar Rapids
R. A. Vorvahl
Trunec
Naomi Kehoe
Monticello
Central Park Fuel Company
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Monticello Honors Roll Eight Grade Students Included
Monticello public schools publish honor rolls for seventh eighth and ninth grades. Two eighth graders are noted below 90 percent but included due to near average. Names and grades for each grade are listed with multiple above 90 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public Schools
Frances Bone
Kathleen Carlsen
Josephine McNeill
Jean Royden
Betty Thomas
Jimmy Hicks
John Thomas
Hilda
Monticello Band Plans Second Concert June 22
The Monticello band under Frank Royden will give its second summer concert at the city park on Thursday evening June 22 on the platform opposite the amphitheater. The Thursday concerts have been a Monticello summer feature for years. The program includes Overture from the Bohemian Girl, Moment Musicale, Tres Jollo, Bong, and Over There.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Frank Royden
Balfe
Nola
Zaminck
Moment Musicale
Schubert
Waltenfel
Mary Burrichter
Monticello Country Club opens with sport and society
The Monticello Country Club held its official opening Wednesday June 7 with a Ladies' tournament at 9 a.m. and a Men's Handicap event at 3:30 p.m. Mrs. Ben Cotton led the women, while George Dennis won low net in the men. A 6:30 p.m. dinner followed, with 100 guests, and a club bridge party. Jimmie Rick and His Band provided music, and Don Young joins as club professional overseeing concessions and locker rooms as new amenities and greens debut or progress. The club reports heavy play, multiple tournaments, and plans including Eastern Town association meet on August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Country Club
Ben Cotton
Jane Bone
Pealion
George Dennis
Emil Ricklefs
T. M. Redmond
Riess Stuhler
Paul Locher
Jimmie Rick
Don Young
Mount Vernon Country Club
Bill Laude
Eastern Town Association
Monticello
Camp Fire Girls Hold Picnic and Se?k Beauty Ceremony
After a Monticello camp fire girls picnic with parents at Dr. C G Thomas's cabin, a Seek Beauty council fire featured lamp rites and honors. Guardians Mrs Earl Deshaw and Miss Pauline Prahm led the ceremony with sisterly help. Honors listed for selling forget me nots and poppies. special honors for posture, poster, trunk, etiquette. national birthday honors awarded to a group of named girls. eleven girls won regular honor beads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
C. G. Thomas
Earl De-Shaw
Tammala
Pauline Prahm
Center Junction
Burdena Behrends
Betty Matthiessen
Esther Cass
Fern Lightfoot
Helen Jolly
Betty Thomas
Lillian Locher
Naida Bradley
Kathleen Carlsen
Margaret Olive Deischer
Kathleen Hogan
Miriam Lovell
Josephine McNeill
Mary Lucille Rickless
Leona Taylor
Hilda Balster Wins P.E.O. Scholarship Prize
Hilda Balster daughter of Mr and Mrs L F Balster won the P E O prize for highest eighth grade scholarship with a 94 average. Nearest rival trailed by three points. Other honorees included John Thomas Margaret Smith Mary McLaughlin and Helen Jolly. Mrs Ben Roberta FP P E O chapter secretary presented the prize on class day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Balster
L. F. Balster
Hilda
John Thomas
Margaret Smith
Mary McLaughlin
Helen Jolly
Ben Roberta
Election Tuesday To Determine Repeal Of Eighteenth Amendment
Voters in Jones county Iowa will decide repeal of the eighteenth amendment at all precincts. Listed are election judges and clerks for Monticello and surrounding townships with guidance on marking ballots using the Australian system and absentee options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Jones County
First Band Concert Of Season Tonight At City Park
The first band concert of the summer takes place at the city park tonight starting at 8:15. Bandmaster Frank Royden leads his group placed on the amphitheater platform for clear seating. The program features Schubert and Gounod selections among other modern works.
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Frank Royden
Schubert
Gounod
James Ricklefs Receives Amateur Radio License
James Ricklefs of Monticello earns a permanent amateur radio operator license after passing the state examination in Des Moines. He held a temporary license for a year and now may operate any amateur station in the country with a nearly all homemade sending set at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
James Ricklefs
E. C. Ricklefs
Monticello
James
Two Ames Students From Jones Graduate at ISU Commencement
Two Jones county students at Iowa State College in Ames earned bachelor of science degrees at the annual commencement exercises held Monday morning. James A. Maurice son of Dr and Mrs A M Maurice of Monticello received his degree in general engineering. Laura Henrietta Holst of Center Junction majored in education in addition to her science degree in home economics. More than five hundred students graduated this year. Raymond M Hughes president conferred the degrees after delivering the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa State College
Ames
James A. Maurice
A. M. Maurice
Monticello
Laura Henrietta Holst
Center Junction
Iowa State
Raymond M. Hughes
Principal of Public Schools at State U
Monticello high school principal Minard Stout left for Iowa City to study in the state university graduate department for a probable master’s degree after the second summer session. Mrs Stout accompanied him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minard Stout
Monticello High School
Iowa City
The
State University
Stout
Monticello Cubs Take Second Place With 19–8 Win at Manchester
The Monticello Cubs stretched into second in the M V league by beating Manchester 19 to 8 on the foreign diamond. George Clark went 6 for 6 setting a league record, part of 23 hits for Monticello tied a 1930 mark. Independence and Guttenberg traded near misses as Guttenberg won 7 6 11 2.
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Monticello Cubs
Manchester
Little Giants
George Clark
Monti
Dyersville
Oxford Junction
Guttenberg
Independence
Guttenberg Giants
Monticello
Giants
Items Of Occurrences Twenty Five Years Ago
June 1908 events from The Monticello Express include Raymond Thomas graduating at Annapolis with his mother Mrs. John G. Thomas attending. births such as a son to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Benedict. marriages including Anna Prull to Arend Zimmerman. and Gottlieb Bader earning a bachelor of science from Ames. Local deaths note Florence Lundon and Edgar P. Chaplin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
John G. Thomas
United States Military Academy
Annapolis
Raymond
Roy Benedict
Cass Township
Frances Koop
Edna Templeton
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Anna Prull
Arend Zimmerman
C. Mardorf
Gottlieb Bader
Town State College
Ames
Jones County
Elsie Noble
Castle Grove Township
Essie Hoag
Monticello
Lucy Tisley
Sisley
Wyoming
Carl Thuman
Carl Stuhler
Lee
John E. Pond
D. E. Pond
The
State University
Florence Lundon
David Lundon
Cash Aynerson
Congregational Church
John E. Foster
Montreal
Perkins S.slocum
Upper Iowa University
Monticello Methodist Episcopal Church
Earl Holtz To Teach In Local Junior High
Earl Holtz of Dysart a Drake University graduate will teach at Monticello junior high for the 1933 4 school year. Superintendent A B Grimes announced the hire. Holtz has one year teaching experience at Clarks ville and is highly recommended for ability character and personality. He will also lead the band and orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Holtz
Dysart
Drake University
Des Moines
Monticello
A. B. Grimes
Holtz
Clarksville
Bootleggers Picked Up In County Roundup
Sheriff Frazer and deputies arrested members of a bootlegging ring last Saturday. At Shep Eggers home nine and a half pints of alcohol and a half gallon jug were found. Eggers pled guilty Tuesday to illegal possession of intoxicating liquor. fined 300 dollars and jailed three months. Ernest H Allen also pled guilty to illegal possession, fined 300 dollars and jailed three months. Alleged liquor nuisance charges were dismissed against Eggers and Allen pending good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Frazer
William Null
Roy Pearson
Shep” Eggers
Eggers
Anamosa
F. O. Ellison
Ernest H. Allen
Monticello
Allen
Walter E. Leggett Dies in Denver Colorado
Walter E Leggett 35 native of Scotch Grove township died at his Denver home June 2 Born May 5 1898 son of Mr and Mrs W E Leggett His mother died February 22 1910 Married May 6 1927 to Margaret Tindale They had one son Charles Hardy age three Survived by widow son father two brothers Will and Irvin one sister Mrs Carl Bock Denver Funeral services and burial held in Denver where he had lived before marriage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Leggett
Scotch Grove Township
Denver
Colo
W. E. Leggett
Margaret Tindale
Charles Hardy
Will
Irvin
Carl Bock
Leggett
Monticello Pupils Tie In State Scholarship Tests
Monticello high school sophomores John Hiller and Helen Holst tied for sixth in plane geometry at the State Scholarship final in Iowa City. George Briders also placed sixth in world history, Edward Sherrer near the biology rankings, as Monticello ranked seventh statewide in class B during earlier home tests. The school finished fourth in plane geometry, thirteenth in biology, and fifth in world history among 65, 39, and 50 class B finalists respectively. The contest, in its fifth year, is held under University of Town College of Education auspices with E F Lindquist directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Iowa City
John Hiller
Helen Holst
George Bridegrs
Edward Sherrer
Monticello
Town City
College of Education
The
University of Town
E. F. Lindquist
Children’s Day Service At Reformed Church
Children’s Day observance at the Reformed church on June 18 begins at 10:30 with a combined Sunday school and church service. The program includes a processional by the senior choir and school, dramatizations by various departments, songs, an anthem, an address by Rev. A Tendick, a benediction, and a post service picnic at the city park with bring your own dishes and baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Reformed Church
Lord
Carrie B. Adams
Rev. A. Tendick
Auto Crash Hurts Husman Family Near Oakwood Cemetery
On Scotch Grove road near Oakwood cemetery an auto accident injured Mr and Mrs Ben Husman their family and Laurel Naylor. Alfreda Husman drove when steering failed the car veered into a ditch and turned over. They were hospitalized with broken wrist broken arm broken ribs and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Husman
Laurel Naylor
Scotch Grove
Oakwood Cemetery
Alfreda Husman
Mr. Husman
Cascade Line To Resume With Private Management
The Cascade to Bellevue narrow gauge line, previously set for abandonment after opposition from local business and farmers, will be kept alive under private investors. Milwaukee railroad officials indicate sale and transfer of possession to Twin City Coach Company president E C Bradley, with final steps pending Interstate Commerce Commission approval.
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Dubuque
Raiilroad
E. Co. Bradley
Minneapolis
Twin City Corch Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Milwaukee Railroad Company
The
Commerce Commission
Federal Building
Cascade-Bellevue
Unknown cause burns Tobias Hanken house on South Chestnut
A fire Tuesday morning at 10 30 destroyed the upper portion of the Tobias Hanken residence on South Chestnut street. Mrs Hanken and her two children were home while Mr Hanken was in the country. Neighbors helped move furniture as firemen, aided by Mrs Augusta Bliss who first noticed the blaze, quickly extinguished the attic fire. Insurance coverage was 1300 held by the J G Schoon agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobias Hanken
South Chestnut Street
New Roadmaster Appointed Locally
A. H. Hobart becomes road master for the Milwaukee road haul from Calmar to Marion and Davenport to Maquoketa succeeding John Van Bockern. He served twelve years as roadmaster in the Illinois division and now lives with Mrs. Hobart on North Cedar Street with six children two married and four at home this summer Marcus William Alvin H. Jr and Shirley among them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Hobart
Milwaukee Road
Calmar
Marion
Monticello
Davenport
Maquoketa
John van Bockern
Savanna
Hobart
Illinois
Marcus
DeKalb Normal School
William
Alvin H., Jr
Shirley
Fred Harken Tops Chicago Market With 1243-Pound Steers
Fred Harken of Castle Grove, a successful cattle feeder, topped last Thursday's Chicago market with a load of 1243-pound Hereford-Angus steers selling at 7 dollars per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Harken
Castle Grove
Chicago
Elden Brashaw Passes State Bar Examination
Elden Brashaw of Monticello son of Mr and Mrs John Brashaw passed the state bar examination at Iowa City this week and was admitted to practice law in Iowa. He graduated from Illinois State University at Urbana last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elden Brashaw
Monticello
John Brashaw
Iowa City
Iowa
Brashaw
Illinois State University
Urbana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jones and Linn Farm Bureau
Federation
First Rate Dairy
Utah Agricultural College
Salt Lake City
Country Club
J. E. Heiserman
P.E.O
Frank Hayden
E. H. Huibregtse
Mary Coxsee
P. A. Kurt
F. W. Ferring
H. H. Schoon
J. L. Arduser
Harry Hoag
L. P. Waddick
A. W. Adams
Frank Serbou‘sek
Boyd Shannon
W. H. Kelley
G. J. Paulsen
Jake Metz
We Wayne
Ray Sanford
Fred Gray
John Hoult
Herman Folkers
P. B. Daly
Herman Helgens
Center
Junction
R. H. Robbie
W. K. Moats
Harry Stingley
N. C. Ee
Paul Paulsen, Jr
Howard c. Castle Grove
W. D. McLauchlin
George F. Snecht
O. R.howie
Steve Petersen
John Specht
George A. Rickels
W. B. Fagan
Arthur McQuillen
Hugh Weber
David Stanton, Jr
William Stanton
Carl Weber
Cass
Joe T. Kula, Sr
Carl B. Husman
Carl Cordes
Park Ogden
Miss Ida Lake
Andrew Watt
Clay
E. A. Horton
B. L. Wherry
James Moran
Floyd Horton
Alva Orr
Allen Chatterton
H. L. Wismeter
William Balsiger
Forrest Ely
Paul Gugan
James Inglis
Grace
Jones
State U
Meredith
Cronkhite
Michaels
Carty
H. Heyer
Seymour
R. Nieman
Eed Pritz
Behan
Kepler
SP Heenan
Weber
Rubly, Weyant
Cascate
Lavel
Hanscomb
Johnson
City Park
Epworth
Eskimos
Oil
Ers
Shomont
DeMolay
Midgets
Stuhlers
Oilers
Ollers
Walter Zubler
Town Electric Company
Cascade
Harry Lang
Pete Guttenberg
the Express
Anna Hoss
John B. Hoss
Peter Besser
Worthington
Edgar P. Chaplin
Ernest Allen
Denver, Colorado
D. O. Sinclair
Cascade Line
Milwaukee
Hanken
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