Monticello Falls to Cascade Reds in Tight Baseball Tilt
Cascade Reds edged Monticello 6 to 5 in a rugged Sunday game. Duane Wilson had four hits for Monti, while Weber delivered late heroics for Cascade to seal the win. Donald Kurt celebrated his first solo flight with a Saturday milestone and a Tuesday reception at Monticello airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monti
Monticello
Cascade Reds
Cascade
Reds
Cascade Lads
Duane Wilson
Platter
Weber
Clark
George
Thenhaus
Orr
Janu
Wilson
Cascaders
Jake Bisenius
Willenberg
Eddie Bisenius
Jake
Jack Thenhaus
Cronkhite
Koob
Meredith
Crawford
J. Bisenius
E. Bisenius
Peewee
Michels
Gascade
Sloan Recalls Sixty Years Reading The Express
Hon Charles H Sloan a former Monticello boy ex congressman and prominent lawyer of Geneva Nebraska remits his subscription to The Express. He writes that he has read the paper for more than sixty years and it brings renewed interest in friends of generations back. He praises the editorial column as uniformly conservative and wholesome and cites John Blanchard M W Herrick and the senior editor as influential figures from Monticello High School days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Sloan
Monticello
Geneva
Nebraska
the Express
The
Express
John Blanchard
M. W. Herrick
Monticello High School
Bridge Gone Flinges Two Men Into River Near Monticello
Two Wyoming men riding the abandoned Hopkinson road north of Monticello were thrown into the Maquoketa river when a missing bridge collapsed under their car. Max Countryman was treated for bruises at John McDonald hospital and Justus Phelps suffered facial cuts and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Maquoketa
Hopkinton Road
Monticello
Max Countryman
John McDonald Hospital
Justus Phelps
Tobias Hanken Home Remodel Underway After Fire
The Tobias Hanken home suffered 1300 dollars in damage from a fire on Tuesday morning June 13. Eclipse Lumber Company is remodeling the residence, replacing the roof and attic floor and planning interior and exterior painting and redecorating within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobias Hanken
Eclipse Lumber Company
Monticello Band Sets June 29 Concert at City Park
The Monticello band plans seven numbers for a Thursday concert at the city park on June 29. Mary Burrichter will sing Forty-Second Street as a vocal solo with band accompaniment. The program opens with Suppe's Poet and Peasant Overture and includes Humoreske by Dvorak and Wee Danube Wave a solo Forty-Second Street, Songs of the Old Folks, and Summer Evening in Hawaii.
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Monticello
Mary Burrichter
Forty-Second Street
Dvorak
Suppe
Spirit of America
Zamcevick
Humoreske
Lohe
Hawaii
Delaware County Fair dates moved up in state
The Delaware County Fair will run August 15 to 18, two weeks earlier than typical. The report notes other local items including a state G A R commandership grant to Frank L. Quade of Dubuque, and a farm of short notes from Iowa and Cedar Rapids.
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Delaware County
Frank L. Quade
Dubuque
Grand Army of the Republic
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company
First Congregational Church of
DeWitt
L. V. Ware
Ryan
Corrine Robinson
Mechanicsville
Harriet Rohn Named Secretary at John C Campbell Folk School
Miss Harriet Rohn daughter of Mr and Mrs W F Rohn after completing her junior year at Berea College Berea Kentucky has assumed duties as secretary of the John C Campbell Folk School at Brasstown North Carolina. The school aims to replicate Denmark’s rural life through a Danish style recreational program with folk dances singing games and English ballads set in the Blue Ridge mountains near the Great Smoky range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Rohn
W. F. Rohn
Berea College
Berea
Kentucky
John C. Campbell
Mountains
Franklin Equipment Sales Gains in New Business and Hiring
Franklin Equipment Sales reports rising business over the last two months led by a garden plow that sold well in May and June, despite off-season patterns. R. J. Langer says overall sales and employment are up with 32 locals employed and 12 rehired recently. total factory staff is 45.
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Franklin Equipment Company
R. J. Langer
Ashes Of Sultana Houlett Interred At Oakwood
The ashes of Mrs Sultana Houlett daughter of the late Calhoun Stevenson were interred at Oakwood cemetery last Sunday. Born in Monticello she was 53 at death in Rockford Indiana February 21 1933 cremated February 23 1933 The Stevenson family will be remembered by the town's elder residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sultana. Houlett
Calhoun Stevenson
Oakwood Cemetery
Monticello
Rev Porter Attends M B Church Conference in Dubuque
The Rev. R. V. Porter, pastor of the local Methodist Episcopal church for four years, left yesterday to attend the annual conference at Dubuque. The church will celebrate its hundredth anniversary with special ceremonies during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Porter
Dubuque
Churches Clash In Kittenball With Weekend Games
Presbyterian and Congregational groups competed in kittenball at the city park. Congregationalists defeated Presbyterians 20 to 16 Friday with Rex Ricklefs leading the victors and Otto Burrichter guiding the Presbyterians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kitnae
Rex Ricklefs
Presbyterians
Otto Burrichter
Proctor Wilkens
Captain Ricklefs
E. C. Ricklefs
L. A. Iverson
F. W. Royden
Gene Byers
B. C. Roberts
Roy Ricklefs
W. A. Beery
G. Gutensohn
Gene Burrichter
C. B. Burr
Harry Maire
Tobias Hanken
A. J. Root
Congregationalists
Paul Hanssen
Sunset Burial For Albert Starks Here
Funeral services for Albert Starks 74 of Princeton Kansas were held here Tuesday evening with burial in Oakwood Cemetery at sunset. The Rev Roy V Porter officiated. Starks died Saturday June 17 after 11 weeks of serious illness and had been unwell since a stroke years earlier. He was born January 12 1859 in Kilbourn Wisconsin and married Matilda Curtis March 15 1881 in Monticello. He lived in Monticello then moved to Princeton where his family resides. Survived by widow two sons and four daughters 17 grandchildren two great grandchildren a brother and a sister. The body was brought from Kansas Tuesday.
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Albert Starks
Princeton
Kan
Oakwood Cemetery
Roy V. Porter
Methodist Church
Mr. Starks
Kilbourn
Wis
Norman Starks
Martha Campbell Starks
Monticello
Matilda Curtis
George
Norman
Goldfield
Nev
Alice Pearson
Margaret Rathjen
Bishop
Calif
Effie Colburn
Fullerton
Claude Smith
Ottawa
Fred Starks
Joel Starks
Kansas
Scouts Outing At Waubeek This Week
Ten local scouts depart Monday for Camp Waubeek led by Merle Hutton. Scouts Wilbur Coxsee and Jack Fraser passed tests with tenderfoot and second class ratings. George Fraser earned four merit badges and aims for Eagle during the camp period. Others attending include Gordon York Eugene Burrichter John Hay Glen Lambert Royal Rodman Wilbur Doxsee Rex Hodson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eby’s Mill
Wilbur Coxsee
Tenderfoot
Jack Fraser
George Fraser
Camp Waubeek
Camp
Waubeek
Merle Hutton
Gordon York
Eugene Burrichter
John Hay
George
Glen Lambert
Royal Rodman
Wilbur Doxsee
Rex Hodson
Denkhoff Resigns to Accept Chariton IH Finance Manager Post
Raymond Denkhoff son of Mr and Mrs T F Denkhoff of Monti cello left three years with the I T GC Finance firm in Des Moines and Omaha to become manager of the financial department at the International Harvester company in Chariton. The move comes with a higher salary. Mrs Denkhoff was Margaret Maurice before marriage. Mr Denkhoff is a University of Iowa College of Commerce graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Denkhoff
T. F. Denkhoff
Monticello
I. T. GC. Finance Company
Des Moines
Omaha
Chariton
International Harvester Company
Flames Break Out In Press Room At The Express
A minor fire erupted in the coalbox behind The Express press room Friday morning. Firemen quickly doused the blaze. the cause remains unknown. The coalbox was nearly destroyed and the press room windows were charred, but the building suffered little other damage.
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the Express
Towa Voters Sanction Repeal In Special Election Tuesday
Iowa and a wave of states moved to repeal national prohibition in the Twenty‑first Amendment vote. In Iowa 127,332 out of 627,218 voters favored repeal, with 3 to 2 state margin and a record off year turnout. Final tallies show 377,275 for repeal and 249,943 against.
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Towa
Jones County
Iowa
Hawkeye
Connecticut
New
Hampshire
Michigan
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Wyoming
New Jersey
New York
Delaware
Nevada
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Rotary sponsors overhaul of Monticello tennis courts
The Monticello Rotary Club funds rejuvenation of two municipal courts on Masonica Temple grounds. A group of about fifty boys aided by A B Grimes and others cleared weeds, laid gravel, and prepared the surfaces. George Stott will maintain the courts all summer. use is free to the public.
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Monticello
Mr. Grimes
C. G. Thomas
George Stott
Rotary Club
Wilson Burkert Suffers Severe Fall At Home
Tinsmith Wilson Burkert fell while standing on a ladder to pick cherries at his South Cedar street home. He was taken to John McDonald hospital for X rays and was not found to have any broken bones.
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Wilson Burkert
South Cedar Street
John McDonald Hospital
Iowa Auto Licenses Show 13 Percent Drop This Year
State motor vehicle figures indicate a 13 per cent decrease in registrations from last year with passenger cars down 10 per cent from 584 136 to 526 078. Total motor vehicles fall from 689 673 to 657 411. Trucks drop from 69 662 to 60 857 and motorcycles from 1 346 to 1 344. Trailers fall to 1 395 from 2 267.
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Iowa
State Motor Vehicle Department
Mrs. Sweesy Dies in Washington at 62
Word from Walla Walla Washington reports the death of Mrs. George Sweesy after an operation for internal cancer last March. She was 62 and survived by her husband and three daughters Grace Ruth and Lucille, a missionary in Persia. Her siblings include Arnold Egger and Mary Barrett of Monticello. Previously, the family lived in Monticello.
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Walla Walla
Wash
George Sweesey
Arnold Egger
Mary Barrett
Monticello
Sweesy
Grace
Ruth
Lucille
Persia
Monticello Band Admits 13 New Members This Year
The Monticello band debuted 13 new members joined by 28 veterans for a concert at the city park drawing about 500. Frank W. Royden leads the outfit with rehearsals on Mondays at the Soldiers' Memorial building. The program featured Schubert pieces and melodies, with plans to perform The Bohemian Girl overture and Over There.
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Monticello
Balfe
Mary Burrichter
Soldiers’ Memorial
Naomi Maloney
Loretta Specht
Jean Royden
George Fraser
Princes Steck
Madonna Cotton
Jo Royden
Royal Rodman
Ada Egger
Robert Spooner
Miriam Fairbanks
Wayne Jones
June 1903 Monticello Events Chronicle
The Monticello Express lists June 1903 occurrences: Byers and Thomas go to Canada seeking homesteads. Cartano Eberhart take a merry go round crew. Lena Burrichter weds Carl Mohl. George Mardorf weds Matilda Zimmerman in Wayne township. Arduser moves to Rushmore as bank cashier. Ed Brazelton becomes route carrier. Walton resigns United Brethren pastorate. Tremain sells barber shop stake to d Autremont and plans a Monticello restaurant. a large barn on J Q Shelley farm burns, $2000 loss.
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Monticello Express
William Byers
Ray Thomas
Canada
Richard Cartano
Frank Eberhart
Ray Lee
Gerry Eilers
Lena Burrichter
Carl Mo
George Tousley
Mr. Walton
United Brethren Church
Monticello
H. Tremain
Vic d’Autremont
Tremain
J. Q. Shelley
Jones County Fair dates set for Monticello in 1933
The Jones County fair board announced the event will run from Tuesday August 22 to Friday August 25. No definite entertainment is booked yet but preparations proceed with a promise of a bigger and better show. Vaudeville acts, a big carnival, and stressed floral hall and stock exhibit plans are noted. Board members listed include L E Hoag president and Harry Rodman secretary with several directors.
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Monticello
Floral Hall
L. E. Hoag
Tom George
William McDaniel
Harry J. Lang
J. J. Locher
M. F. Hogan
H. M. Carpenter
Tom J. Shover
H. W. Stuhler
Harry Rodman
Fred Matthiessen
Bible School Closed In Castle Grove Township
The fifth annual daily vacation Bible school ended at Castle Grove Lutheran Church with 46 students enrolled this year, up from 17 the first year. Instructors were Augusta Eiben Irene Heiken and Rev. Wolf. three weeks of classes concluded with a list of attending boys and girls.
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Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Augusta Eiben
Irene Heiken
Rev. Wolf
Robert Siebels
Carl Eiben
Paul Caspers
Edwin Caspers
Donald Caspers
Lorna Caspers
Carol Caspers
Kenneth Howe
Donald Howe
Lavern Rickels
Rose Marie Albers
Burdena Ortgies
Rudolph Ortgies
Laura Ortgies
Viola Darrow
Gerhardt Kray
Albert Kray
Marie Kray
Edna Kray
Henrietta Kray
Donald Kray
Edwin Kray
Wilma Kray
Vernon Weers
Wayne Weers
Magele Ulferts
Jamboree Scouts Hold Cedar Rapids Reunion
A reunion in Cedar Rapids gathered several Iowa Boy Scouts who attended the 1929 Scout Jamboree in Birkenhead England. R T Moore of Cedar Rapids, former Monticello teacher, led the Iowa group as scoutmaster and was present along with James Ricklefs and other notable attendees from Anamosa Cresco and Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Birkenhead
England
Cedar Rapids
R. T. Moore
Monticello
James Ricklefs
E. C. Ricklefs
Howard Remley
Lone Bandit Robs Jesup Bank For 1100
A lone bandit robbed The Farmers' State Bank of Jesup Monday afternoon taking about 1100 dollars after lining up clerks at gunpoint. He wore dark glasses as a disguise and fled. no trace of the robber has been found as vigilantes are alerted countywide.
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Farmers' State Bank of
Jesup
4-H Club Girls Rally Set in Anamosa Thursday
Jones county 4 H club plans a Thursday rally in Anamosa with events at the Baptist church at 10 am including invocation welcome by County Agent Smith and installation of officers. The queen will be crowned at 2 pm in Anamosa city park and a noon lunch invites all interested in 4 H club work.
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Jones County
Annamosa
The
Baptist Church
Florence Thornhill
Smith
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Loretta Specht
Anamosa
Masons Elect Officers and Slash Dues at Cedar Rapids Meeting
A. Larson of Marshalltown was elected grand master at the grand lodge annual meeting in Cedar Rapids, succeeding Fred Hansen of Clinton. Homer Benjamin and W. L. Perkins as senior and junior grand wardens, Verner Hayward as grand treasurer, C. C. Hunt as grand secretary, and John T. Ames reelected to custodians. New officers to be installed late Wednesday. Budget cuts of 10 to 15 percent and lower dues proposed. 1934 convention awarded to Des Moines for the second Tuesday in June.
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Ars A. Larson
Marshalltown
Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Fred G. Hansen
Clinton
Homer Benjamin
Des Moines
W. L. Perkins
Chariton
Verner E. Hayward
Davenport
C. C. Hunt
John T. Ames
Traer
Fortune Finders 4-H Club Held Meeting
Misses Mary and Elizabeth Mc Laughlin hosted last week’s Fortune Finders 4-H meeting. The program featured Pioneer Music by Elizabeth McLaughlin and other items by Loretta Specht Ruth Howle and Mary McLaughlin. Lorna Gerdes was absent attending the state 4-H convention at Ames. Mrs E F Burr was a guest.
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Mary
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Fortune Finders 4-H Club
Pioneer Music
Loretta Specht
Pauline Burr
Ruth Howle
Mary McLaughlin
Lorna Gerdes
Ames
E. F. Burr
Legg Department Store Changes Managers Here
Alden Hansel, previously manager of Legg's in Monticello, transferred to Independence to head the Legg Department store there. E. G. Burrichter becomes new Monticello store manager after serving as assistant manager since opening. Mr. Hansel and his wife and daughter left for Independence.
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Alden Hansel
Legg
Monticello
Independence
Hansel
E. G. Burrichter
Mrs Chadwell Confined After Multiple Strokes At Home
Mrs Emily Chadwell is confined to her bed at her North Cedar Street home after suffering three strokes Sunday. She has had five strokes since Friday and is being cared for by her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Lyle Chadwell who share the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Chadwell
North Cedar Street
Lyle Chadwell
Crowley Daughter Weds L R Kehoe In Castle Grove Church
Lucille Rose Crowley daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick Crowley wed Loris R Kehoe son of Mr and Mrs James Kehoe in an Immaculate Conception church ceremony June 21. The couple planned a four course breakfast at the bride’s parents home and will reside on Mr Kehoe’s farm after August 1.
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Lucille Rose Crowley
Patrick J. Crowley
Loris R. Kehoe
James Kehoe
Immaculate Conception Church
Castle Grove
Marcus Kehoe
J. J. Hennessey
Doris Kehoe
Joseph Crowley
Father Hennessey
Immaculate Conception Choir
Eugene Fleming
Cedar Rapids
Junior Supple
St. Ravier’s High School
Jones and Linn
Kehoe
St. Bachman's Seminary
Marion
Columbia College
Dubuque
Lake Region
Chicago
Mr. Kehoe
Two Monti Pilots Fly In Waterloo Parade
Two Monticello pilots Ralph Mc Caffree and Kenneth Benesh flew in a 23-plane Waterloo aerial parade last Thursday morning. The event celebrated prosperity with the opening of the National Bank of Waterloo, which consolidated and opened with $1,000,000 in deposits from the old Commercial National Bank. The parade featured stunts and formation flying and was followed by floats a fete and a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Waterloo
New National Bank of Waterloo
Ralph H. McCaffree
Kenneth Benesh
Charles City
Fort Dodge
Ackley
Des Moines
Charlie Gatchet
Hans
Des Moines Register Autogiro
New
Waterloo Bank
Commercial National Bank
Ruth Casper Weds Carroll Podhaski in Galena Ceremony
Miss Ruth Casper of Anamosa married Carroll Podhaski of Monticello last Saturday June 17 in Galena. The Rev Theo Pagies of the Evangelical Lutheran church officiated. Mrs Podhaski is the daughter of Mrs Meta Casper and a 1933 Anamosa high school graduate. Podhaski, a Monticello native, finished high school in 1927 and has worked in the shoe department and as a city mail carrier. Attendants were Ray Maruge of Monticello and Frances Gerdes of Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Casper
Anamosa
Carroll Podhaski
Monticello
Galena
Theo. Pagies
Evangelical Lutheran Church
George Stuhler
Stunt by Andy Gault At Maquoketa River Bridge
Charlotte country printer-editor Andy Gault staged a challenging swimming stunt at 1 30 p m Sunday near the Maquoketa river bridge east of Monticello. He swam about wearing a full street clothes outfit while bound in a chair and enveloped in a large gunny sack. Newsreel photographers recorded the feat as onlookers watched the daring demonstration.
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Maquoketa River
Monticello
Andy Gault
Charlotte
Andy
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Robert Balster
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J. Edward Heiserman
Fred W. Royden
Willard Yeoman
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Harold Yeoman
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Ray Eby
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George Barnie
Royal Corbett
Bible School
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R. H. McKelvey
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