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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
7
Local residents and relatives are visiting Cedar Rapids Anamosa Dubuque Marion and Des Moines. The notes mention J LeRoy Farley Mrs J LeRoy Farley Katie Breen Helen Reichart Inez Young Janet Lothian Mary Breen John Breen Vera Tompkins Minnie Lewis Kathryn Orcutt and others visiting family friends and shopping with ads for barrels radios cheese and tennis gear.
Local Monticello items list visits from Janet Hazard to Farley and Mrs. Cass inviting guests to a Chestnut street bridge party while many residents visit kin in Anamosa Dubuque and Cedar Rapids. Notices include sales, bake sales, socials, auctions and church events with dates through late June.
Monticello and surrounding towns feature visits and travels of residents from New London to Davenport. Church bake sales support orphans while local picnics and school events mark a busy week. Several residents travel for visits and vacations, with daylight length noted as the summer opens.
A farewell supper at the Methodist Episcopal church honored Rose Wenger who leaves for Seattle Washington. Gifts included a money purse for her church work. Guests T J O Connell Anna Rock of Boone and Margaret Kennedy of Otis Colorado visited Mr and Mrs T J White and joined Euch aristic congress attendees in Chicago with Mrs White. Kate Maurice returned from Des Moines after attending her niece Grace Bowie and Verne L Jones wedding and the state Red Cross convention.
Monticello undertakes street upgrades over the past week placing oil on most unpaved roads and marking white parking lines on First street and surrounding blocks under city council direction.
This week Wilbur Cartano purchased the interest in the Monticello Motor Company formerly owned by Millard First. The new firm will consist of Frank C. Byrne and Cartano. Cartano has worked in the company's garage for several years and is familiar with the business.
Alfred Durst son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Durst of Monticello will join Niles Watters Savings Bank in Anamosa starting July 1. He is a Monticello high school graduate and completed the Cedar Rapids Business College commercial banking course. Mr and Mrs Henry M Carpenter and Mr and Mrs Halstead Carpenter attended the state bankers association convention in Sioux City and Halstead plans a later auto tour through South Dakota before returning to Monticello.
Mr and Mrs P C Cunningham and Mrs D Franks with children James and Ruth Ann of Wayzata Minnesota spent last Saturday visiting Mr and Mrs A J Rickless. The Cunninghams continued on to attend the Eucharistic congress in Chicago while Mrs Franks remained locally.
Misses Teresa Lux and Irene McAvaney traveled to Chicago last Saturday to visit the former sister and attend the Eucharistic congress. They will return home in due course, enjoying time away from office and Doxsee.
Miss Alfreda Reed and Miss Florence Schmidt visit Reed family home while attending summer school at Cornell college Mt Vernon. Miss Reed plays violin at Methodist church program. Twenty four guests attend bridge at Monticello Country Club with garden flowers and refreshments.
Entrants in the junior business builders contest search for a hidden Mr X who will appear on First street between 3 and 4 PM. The would-be finder receives 5 dollars and 200 coupons, but only if they declare the exact phrase You are the mysterious Mr. X of the junior business builder campaign and you have a prize for me.
Mrs. Selbert Siebels of six miles south of Monticello may be the first to claim the Jones county poultry association reward of a thousand dollars for catching chicken thieves. L Boden was arraigned before Justice F W Whitecombe at Anamosa and bound over to the September grand jury on larceny charges after Mrs. Siebels says she caught him in the act. The association has 572 members each paying two dollars toward the reward for poultry theft convictions.
Mrs. John H. Fraser was elected chairman of the Red Cross for the north half of Jones county at a directors meeting last Monday evening. She succeeds C. Bates, who resigned, and replaces Mrs. Bates who had held the post. Mrs. Fraser was formerly first vice president and Mrs. Henry M. Carpenter became advanced to that office. Mrs. Fred Huyck was elected second vice president. Supt. Fred L. M Hannah and Dr. T. M. Redmond were chosen additional directors from Monticello. Miss Katherine Farmer, the public health nurse, gave the monthly report and Miss Kate Maurice reviewed the Des Moines state Red Cross meeting.
Mrs Clara Mitchell hosted the Friday Bridge club at Marion last Thursday with fourteen guests at three tables for a three course luncheon served at Fernow's tea shop. Yellow and white decorations set the scene before a bridge afternoon at Mrs Mitchell's home. Attendees included Mrs Henry Carpenter Mrs Hal Carpenter Mrs M H Teeter Mrs C J Northrop Mrs G F Wilkens Mrs Edward Templeton Mrs William Stubler Mrs F B Stubler Mrs C H Shipman Miss Janet Hazard and others from Monticello Cedar Rapids and nearby areas.
Miss Frances Valanta and Henry Holub wed at Sacred Heart church in a morning ceremony. Miss Hattie Folkers married Carl Dirks at Zion's Lutheran church. Lulu LaBlanche Farmer married Dr Everett Dreyer at home in Story City. Community events include anniversaries, golf, school census, and a Mount Vernon high school bond approval of 1160000.
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