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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
6
A reader seeks a paint and varnish remover for an old walnut chest. The exchange discourages starch and lye mix due to wood bleaching and filler loss. It recommends using commercial removers and following product directions, noting cost concerns and home economist help via the Monticello Express.
A mother assists her son Johnny as he expands his hobby collecting rocks stamps and butterflies. He plans to grow his collection with help from friends and a Bend trip while Mom supplies boxes frames and a mounting book.
Practical home making tips suggest turning to simple DIY shelves and built ins to modernize rooms. Use white pine and oil stain for furniture, paint interiors in contrasting colors, and add lamps and storage to maximize space.
Article notes shrinkage differences in curtains. All cotton Marquisette curtains shrink crosswise more than lengthwise when laundered. Cotton and rayon Marquisette lose about 10 to 12 inches in a 2 yard length curtain after washing.
Wyoming notes highlight the Old Settlers picnic on June 22 at the James French farm in Madison township Jones county marking John Benders 1852 furrow turning. Dr Ernest Burnham Western State Teachers College Kalamazoo Mich will address the gathering. he helped organize rural education structures nationwide. Other items cover Legion auxiliary officers election local club events and community developments in Jones county including choir contest results and residents moving or visiting.
The piece notes visitors from Cedar Rapids and Long Beach gathered at Klaude Dick’s home. It mentions W Ronald Brown of San Bernardino elected commander of the Legion post in that city, and his Riverside-born family links to Wyoming including WWII Rainbow division service. Howard Countryman remains another living member of the group in Wyoming.
Center Junction Methodist Ladies Aid met in the church basement with fourteen members and one visitor Irma Sanford. Presbyterian Ladies Missionary society met at J. R. McNeilly home with plans for July praise service and Vacation Bible School with 38 pupils registered. Basements host classes. Ames and Monticello connections noted in birthday and reunion events.
The three top stars of the WHO barn dance appear Sunday on the Niles theater stage led by Jerry the yodeling cowboy and Louisiana Lou with Glen Burkland the Swedish ally. Roy Rogers In Old Caliente heads the screen program with George Gabby Hayes as his sidekick. Our Gang newsreel and a Donald Duck cartoon complete a family show with regular prices.
Mr and Mrs F D Sutherland travel to Ames for their daughter Josse's home economics course completion. Rev and Mrs A Alyea and family attend as son Peter graduates from mechanical engineering. Several local families visit relatives and attend picnics amid windstorm damage to Center Junction trees.
The Monte presents a week of showings headlined by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross in Some Like It Hot with Gene Krupa Orchestra. Also Unmarried with Buck Jones, Helen Twelvetrees, and Donald O Connors. Other nights feature Arizona Legion with George O Brien, YF Was a Convict with Barton MacLane and Beverly Roberts, and Lucky Night starring Myrna Loy and Robert Taylor. Nurses and doctors headline Young Dr. Kildare and Let Freedom Ring with Nelson Eddy.
A dramatic adventure based on Jack London with Robert Cummings Charles Winninger and William Lundigan as leads. The story follows a nervy young man against radium racketeers in the untamed North with John Carroll and Movita. Playing Wednesday and Thursday next week.
Red sensitive plate photographs reveal a bright spot within the Coalsack dark region indicating more light in the nebula than previously noted. The discovery suggests the darkness is not absolute and may host faint stellar or nebular sources.
At The Princess, the Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland feature Dodge City closes Thursday with Ann Sheridan. The film stars Marie Wilson Allen Jenkins Johnnie Davis Charles Fay and Jerry Collins in a Technicolor western comedy with a $150000 prop bag plot. Tex Ritter stars in Down the Wyoming Trail as a companion feature. Three Smart Girls Grow Up stars Deanna Durbin Nan Grey and Helen Parrish with songs including The Last Rose of Summer.
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