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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1933
Page
6
Local residents and visitors are listed from Ames Des Moines Solon Chicago Cedar Rapids Davenport Anamosa and other towns. Individuals include Harry Stuhler J J Locher Lester McAleer George Ambueh Mary Becker and Mary Demmer with mentions of trips visits and weekends. Local businesses Matthiessen Auto & Supply and Keyes advertise services.
Social notes list many visitors and guests in local homes including Mr. and Mrs. James McAleer of Lisbon, Miss Beasie Potter of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Agnes Gearhart, H. A. Legg and daughter Katherine of Manchester, and others from Anamosa, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, and Des Moines. The column also notes medical and formal visits, plus a new baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. W. Tuetken at John McDonald Hospital.
A series of visits and community events fill Monticello and surrounding areas. Residents travel between Davenport, Olin, Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, and Ames to visit relatives, attend picnics, and join 4-H and Breeders groups while local churches and the American Legion plan summer activities.
Mr and Mrs Paul T Schuetz and two sons Samuel and Robert left for Mundelein Michigan for a week at a summer cottage with Rev and Mrs W H L Schuetz They also plan a few days at the Century of Progress in Chicago Miss Naom Gutknecht of Chicago vacationing with her parents and preparing for July state nurse exams Attendees at the Des Moines Register carrier salesmen convention include Mrs Ruby Bader and others who enjoyed a theater party and Riverview park visit George R Smith of La Crosse Wisconsin visiting Monticello relatives and recounting a fatal engine explosion involving his engineer father A H Larkins Mrs DeWitt Thomason and others plan a Chicago weekend for the Century of Progress Mrs M J Hogan joins them later Glenn Clark and son Robert visit Monticello and will spend time in Chicago at the Century of Progress Myron Clark invited to sing at the Century of Progress glee club event Mr and Mrs E D Vernon return from Anita after a funeral visit with relatives Mrs Aksel Nielsen and daughters plan to spend the week with the Vernons
The bar association of Jones county meets at the court house next Thursday afternoon June 22 at 1 30 to adopt resolutions of respect for the late Clifford B Paul a longtime Anamosa practitioner. Miss Florence Noble Monticello librarian returns from Champaign Illinois and resumes duties as city librarian with Miss Catherine Redmond guiding the library in her absence. Richard Hoag comes home from St Johns Military Academy Delafield Wisconsin for summer with his parents and was named most worthy new cadet at last Thursday's commencement.
C M Doxsee and daughter Margaret along with Mrs Wilbur Doxsee and Peggy Lou of Redwood City Calif are due next Saturday for a weekend visit with Mr Doxsee’s sister Mrs E E Reed and brother J W Doxsee in Monticello. Doxsee is well known to older Monticello residents for childhood days on a Bowen's Prairie farm east of town.
Mrs Eugene Melchert wife of the Ryan Lutheran pastor is recovering from a serious injury after a railing collapsed while she tended a rose bush on her porch Friday She fell five feet and a root penetrated her side four inches The Melchert family has deep local ties dating to Monticello and the death of Mrs Lena Rohn.
Paramount theater presents Hell Below June 17 for four days starring Robert Montgomery Madge Evans Walter Huston and Jimmy Durante. The Navy aided production described as a top talking screen spectacle with love and courage at sea. International House visits Cedar Rapids featuring Peggy Hopkins Joyce Rudy Vallee Burns and Allen Cab Calloway and others.
Mrs. C G Thomas and her children Jack and Betty traveled to Faribault Minnesota on Thursday. They were joined by Colin Thomans Jr a Shattuck military academy cadet who earned a silver medal for scholarship this year.
The column promotes local home improvements and low paint prices from Minnesota tested paint. It mentions a roof update by H Bartels with Mule Hide shingles and invites readers to call for a free roofing estimate. A joke about age and a note on mosquito breeding pools alert readers to pest control and screen doors.
Miss Gladys Skelley, a teacher from Castle Grove township rural schools, left town to enroll in the summer term of the School of Journalism in Iowa City. She plans to study journalism and later enter the field professionally.
Mr and Mrs Harvey Adamson and Mrs Nancy Adamson and Mrs Myrtle Takes spent last Monday at Fort Des Moines visiting Ms Takes son Celsus stationed there prior to leaving for reconstruction work sponsored by the government.
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