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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1931

Page

8

Flower Mission day observed at Anamosa reformatory

Cascade WCTU conducts Flower Mission services at state institutions with bouquets for inmates. At Anamosa reformatory, Mrs. Jones led the service on June 21 with Miss Iva Bevan singing and Miss Maude Ganfield on violin, and Mrs. Norma Rabenberg delivering "The Message of the Flowers." About a thousand convicts heard the address and received bouquets. flowers also given in the prison hospital.

Women’s Christian _Temperance Union United States Flower Mission Anamosa Reformatory Mrs. Jones Iva Bevan Bernard Commercial Club Joe OC Herard Cascade Bernard R. J. Melloy W. L. McDonnell M. J. Noonan Florence Curae A. E. Curae Prairie Creek Township National University Washington D. C Curae Alpha Lambda Chapter Phil Delta International Legal Sorority Queen's Bench Sacred Heart Church Fillmore John Clancy J. J. Leen Clancy Mercy Mr. Clancy McGregor Bartley Bridget Connors Clancy Ireland Whitewater Township Bridget Drew Charles Sadler Francis Peter Valley City N. D Thomas J. E. Kennedy John Gehl Kate Clancy Eugene Sheckles Sacred Heart Cemetery Leen Marjorie Loras Lane Geh Cedar Rapids Joseph L. Engler Charlotta Leytem Cascade Township William Leytem St. Mary's High School Joseph Engler Worthington St. Mary's Church Father Schue St. Paul's Cemetery J. J. Schilmoeller

Lenox College Receives Major Bequest From Delia McKean

The will of Delia A. McKean of Center Junction leaves Lenox College nine thousand five hundred dollars reinforcing Dean Laughlin s plan to build a college fund. Prof Belden Dennison of Oxford Ohio and Mrs J G Boomhour of Raleigh New York visited the MacAllister home while Dennison teaches at Miami University and Boomhour serves as a college dean. An evening service at the M E church featured the Daily Vacation Bible School.

William Engle G. P. Thorpe Delhi Lenox College Delia A. McKean Center Junction Dean Laughlin Belden Dennison Oxford Ohio G. Boomhour Raleigh N. Y MacAllister Dennison Miami University Boomhour M. E. Church Bible School

Local Wyoming Notes Cover Weddings and Events

Marriage announced for Claude Von Sprecken and Vera Kohl with a June 3 ceremony in Anamosa at the Lutheran parsonage. The couple will reside on the Gus Von Sprecken farm near Wyoming. Also reported are anniversary celebrations, visiting relatives, community speed enforcement in Wyoming, and local social gatherings including a Diana Frett club meeting and a medicine show stop in Anamosa.

Claude von Sprecken Gus von Sprecken Wyoming Vera Kohl Charles Kohl Mechanicsville Anamosa Bernard Cass Leonard Duckett R. P. Clark Edwin Wilcox Helen Jolly Pauline Cooper Sylvia Olden Monticello Zelma Cass Monmouth C. B. Shaffer A. Hoegen Teaneck N. J J. A. Hoegen Mabel Kerkman Lucile Vera van Horne George Hersberger Adele Luke Roy Jeffries Jimmy Waukon Jeffries James Inglis Paul Lofshult Patricia Sloan R. H. White Lofshult Peter Eichhorn Diana McDonough Lota Barnhill Henry Rohwedder

Castle Grove Church Festival and Local Meetings

The annual mission festival at the Lutheran church drew fair attendance with an afternoon English sermon by Rev es Luts formerly of the township. The Castle Grove farm bureau meets Friday evening with 4 H club girls hosting ice cream and cake.

Lutheran Church Es Luts Castle Grove Marcus Kehoe Joseph William Delay Anamosa Martello A. W. McDonald Hopkinton F. C. Cramer W. A. Hogan James F. Delay A. W. Cramer Monticello Will Hilfer Claude Mason Cascade M. Hosford Charles Davis L. E. Black Ladies’ Aid Society the Presbyterian Church Lester Fairbanks Kenneth Hosford Mike Haley Willie Behrends

Cattle Feeders Day Planned at Iowa State College Ames

P G Hagen of Anamosa weed commissioner visited last week as Cedar Rapids guests called. The hot dry weather hurts pastures and oat yields may be short. Iowa Cattle Feeders' day at Ames is set for late July with tests on protein supplements minerals and cattle from Texas. Since 1917 USDA and states have slaugh tered most tuberculous cattle. fewer than 1,000,000 remain.

P. G. Hagen Anamosa 8. M. Hosford F. C. Cramer Cedar Rapids Iowa Iowa State College Ames C. C. Culbertson Texas Farmers’ Commission U. S. Department of Agriculture United States

Mellon complaint on income tax burden sparking debate

Secretary Mellon argues the income tax falls on a small group. He notes these taxpayers possess the income and should bear the paying responsibility. The Webster City Freeman Journal presents the controversy and public reaction to the policy stance.

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