Monticello Heart of Eastern Iowa Sports Scene
Local fans follow basketball football and track season into summer with Monticello sports filling the town decks. Notables include Clausen and Blackman testing with Chicago White Sox and Royal Rodman leading local golf. Ben Roberts Sr posts 35 for nine holes. badminton and boxing shows draw crowds at the Opera House.
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Monticello
Iowa
Bud Hauss
Paul Schuetz
Elden Brashaw
Jim Maurice
Marion Clausen
Oxford Junction
Charlie Blackman
Cedar Rapids
Chicago White Sox
Clausen
Oxford
Blackman
Ryan
Lee Crim
Montsport
Notre Dame
Iowa City
Lee
Royal Rodman Stil
Ben Roberts Sr
Jim Braddock
Ast ThurStay
Rond Emery
Folfing
F. and K. Team Wins Honors In Softball
The F. and K. softball team earned top honors in a Friday program with Franklin facing Jim's Cafe and City Club meeting DeMolays. The schedule included F. and K. versus City Club and DeMolay versus Franklin.
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Franklin
Jim's Cafe
City Club
DeMolays
Mondar
W. L. Pet
Stahlers
Jim’s Cafe
Kittensball Nine Clinches First Half Title In Dramatic Win
The F and K nine secured the half season crown by defeating Stahler 12 to 5 last Friday, securing first place. City Club finished second, Merchantmen third. Outsiders Kenwood Park beat Stahler 12 to 4. Gildner of Anamosa beat DeMolay 12 to 4. Schlitz sluggers edged Cafe 15 to 13. Grocerymen beat DeMolay 7 to 1. Franklin and City Club split, Hobert homered and doubled. Third annual tournament set for July 16 17 and 19 with 12 teams at $3 entry funding prizes.
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F. and K. Kittenball
Stahler
Merchantmen
Kenwood Park
Gildner
Anamosa
Schlitz
Jim
Stahlers
Cafe
James Bort
Schutz
Franklin
Stubblers
City Club
Hobert
Farm Bureau Sets Definite Plans for July Fourth Sports
The Monticello fairgrounds hosts the Farm Bureau picnic on July 4 with a county split in two for a baseball game. West side led by George Specht faces East led by Lee Byerly. 4-H kittenball morning events directed by Max E Sauerbry. Afternoon foot races and contests offer cash prizes for top boys and girls.
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Farm Bureau
Fair Grounds
Monticello
Ito
George Specht
Lee Byerly
Max E. Sauerbry
Bov
Boy 11 Drowns in Afton Reservoir Accident
Robert Harriman, an 11 year old boy, was rafting on a makeshift raft in the city reservoir at Afton Union county. The raft proved unsteady and he fell into the water. Despite efforts, he drowned before help arrived.
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Robert Harriman
Afton
Union County
Horseshoe champion wins as Roy Moore notes
Bob Moncrief defeated Paul Bender 21 to 6 in last week’s horseshoe tournament. Playground activities highlight varied games, story hours, bicyclist clubs, and weekly outings for 5 to 17 year olds around Monticello civic recreation efforts.
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Bob Moncrief
Paul Bender
Schmeling and Louis Get 139 483 Each For Yankee Stadium Fight
The fighters each receive 139 483 as their payout for their Friday night bout in the Yankee stadium ring. Paid attendance reaches 39 878 with gross receipts of 547 531 and net receipts 464 945. Schmeling 139 493 and Louis 199 483 after taxes and deductions.
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Max Schmeling
Joe Louise
Yankee Stadium
Schmeling
Louis
Monticello Cubs Drop Home Closer To Dyersville Dutchmen
In a drizzly Sunday contest at Monticello city park, Dyersville defeated Monticello 3 to 1. Rubly pitched well for Dyersville while Kehoe drove in the lone Monti run. The win ends Monticello’s first-half in the Maquoketa Valley league with brighter defense hoped for in the second half.
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Dyerville
Monticello
Monti
Invaders
Justin Kehoe
Cub
Rubly
Dyersville
Kehoe
Goerdt
Bende
Clough
Judd Hayes
Ken Thenhaus
Cubs
Bailey
Cedar Rapids
G. Kehoe
Benke
Willenberg
Local Social Notes From Monticello And Surrounding Areas
Mrs Will Baum and family attended Cy Kenny funeral in Earlville and Rev Fr Dunkel silver jubilee. Howard Travers and Joseph Baxter visited Bertha Baxter near Ryan. Henry Prult attended Joseph Seery funeral in Waterloo. Cecil Roff family visited Dave Wilson home. Betty Wilson returned home. Mrs Harold Wessel and daughter visited John Blaker. Mrs Fred Welter attended a Helen Kurt shower. BE Ws Cox and daughters guests of Mrs William Moser Colesboro. George Bright and family stayed a few days in Stamey Bright home. Several visits to Ray Murray and Perry DeShay homes. John Arnold of Farville visited Will Baum. Henry Hess, Charles Burger, Clarence Aldrich guest at Wid Baum dinner. Roy Berlin, Ralph Johnson, A Blanchard visited McGregor Guttenberg Prairie IdO Chien and Cuba City. J R Ramey and Delmar visited Stanley Bright. Mrs W Wm Coombs, Mrs Edwin Egger and Mrs Charles Stevenson Monticello calLers Tuesday evening.
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Will Baum
Laurabell
Clarence
Cy Kenny
Earlville
Dunkel
Howard Travers
Joseph Baxter
Near Ryan
Bertha Baxter
Henry Prult
Joseph Seery
Waterloo
Cecil Roff
Hopkinton
Dave Wilson
Betty Wilson
Henry Hess
Charles Burger
Worthington
Clarence Aldrich
Monticello
Wid Baum
Roy Berlin
Ralph Johnson
A. Blanchard
McGregor
Guttenberg
Prairie Ido Chien
Cuba City
Wis
J. R. Ramey
Son Delmar
On On
Stanley Bright
W. Ho“ &Oombs
Edwin Egger
Charles Stevenson
Monticello Caliers Tuesan
Mare 30 Produces Colt In Woodbury County
A 30 year old mare owned by Eli Beers near Correctionville Woodbury county has foaled a colt. The mare has produced only one other colt in her 30 years.
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Eli Beers
Correctionville
Woodbury County
Council Backs Special Election For Pool Plan
The council votes in favor of a special election to fund a Monticello public swimming pool. Proponents argue the pool would attract visitors and benefit local commerce, noting low costs and long-term tax-friendly payment options. The piece urges immediate steps to provide a pool in Jones County.
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Marion Swimming Pool
Jones County
Monticello
New Library Summer Reads Highlight Variety of Novels
The library shelves boast a broad list with works by Arnold Zweig Trygve Gulbranssen Bellamy Partridge A R Clark Alan Le May Max Saltmarsh George Santayana G W Brace and non fiction titles by Ely Culbertson C Curtis J E Williamson Martin Gumpert F C Minaker and R E Sherwood. Highlights include Education before Verdun Beyond Sing the Woods Thunder Shower High Wall Deep Water Island Highly Inflammable The Islands The Last Puritan and The New Beach reads.
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Trygve Gulbranssen
Norway
Bellamy Part-ridge
A. R. Clark
David Stephens
Alan LeMay
Max Saltmarsh
Near East
George Santayona
New England
Ufe
Islands
G. W. Brace
Maine
Boston
Beacon Hill
Ely Culbertson
C. Cc
Curtis
J. E. Williamson
Martin Gumpert
F. C. Minaker
R. E. Sherwood
Pay Old Age Tax Deadline Sets Penalty Risk
Iowa residents face June 30 deadline to pay the 1936 old age assistance tax with a 1 percent monthly penalty after that date. Towans have paid $873,766.50 toward the tax, with about $190,000 from group remittances. Employers are responsible for payroll payments after 30 days of employment. Each eligible Iowan must pay $2, aiding $4 in federal matches. Iowa has received $1,174,500 from the federal social security board for the year.
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Jones County
Iowa
Towans
Wegman
Towa
United States
Federal Social Security Board
Interrogatories for motorists reveal exam failures in Iowa
Mrs. Alex Miller reports 20 percent of car license examinees failed in four months including 18 percent of chauffeurs. Of 1,269 drivers and 17,504 chauffeurs, 2,314 and 3,143 failed respectively. Failures split across driving, vision, and law tests with many tied to driving laws. About 20 percent involved in accidents and redos. The law test is the toughest hurdle as it signals potential violators.
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Des Moines
Alex Miller
Miller
Ed Murray
Murray
Law test pitfalls in driving exam explained by Murray
Murray outlines common errors in the state driving test. Key rules include reducing speed when approaching pedestrians and animals, yielding aid and reporting after accidents, and exchanging identification with the injured. He notes urban test takers usually score higher than rural ones.
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Murray
Well Known Composer To Visit Monticello
The Monticello Municipal Band plans a concert with A. A. Rockwell as guest artist and conductor. Rockwell, famed composer and band conductor, will perform his suite In a Spanish Village and lead other works. The date is not fixed, likely July 8 or 15, to be announced in The Express.
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Monticello
A. A. Rockwell
Rockwell
the Express
Hard To Spot The Reckless Drivers
A reader letter from Frank Wallace, superintendent of the Iowa Motor Vehicle Department, notes that prior driving history rarely predicts crash involvement. The piece recounts rural anecdotes from Albert City and Hawarden, including a horse-drawn hitching post escapade and a golf drive blocked by a doctor, ending with a June frost report from Spencer.
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F. F. Null
Frank Schoeneman
Schoeneman
Hawarden
Sioux County
June events from Monticello thirty years ago
The Monticello express notes June events including the funeral of Abe ekary E Gill at her parents home in Cass township. deaths of Mrs. Margaret Burkert and William Rearick. graduations of Charles Heisey Roy Petersen Louise Bebb. a May 13 wedding of Charles H Stockwell and Bessie Neal with attendants. Jones county normal institute meeting. Civil War veteran Rearick, 84, a native of Indiana, died June 24.
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Monticello
Abe
Ekary E. Gill
A. L. Fairbanks
Cass Township
Grant Gill
Margaret Burkert
Wilson Burkett
Charles Heisey
Iowa State College
Roy Petersen
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
State University of Maine
Spain
Harry Stuhler
Shattuck Military School
Faribault
Minnesota
Louise Bebb
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Charles H. Stockwell
Bessie Neal
W. E. van Buren
Methodist Episcopal Church
Roy Lang
Jessie Thompson
Blanche Hunter
Jones County Normal Institute
William Rearick
Special Election Proclamation for Monticello Pool Bond Vote
Monticello Iowa schedules a special election on July 15 1936 to decide buying land and building a city swimming pool. The plan includes issuing bonds up to 20000 dollars and levying up to two mills annually to pay principal and interest. Polling places listed for each ward. The notice is issued by Mayor F D McLaughlin under chapter 319 of the Iowa Code.
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Monticello
Iowa
Jones County
Towa
Ferring
First Street
Chestnut Street
Lovell Bank
Soldiers' Memorial Dance Hall
Castle Grove Bible School Closes With Friday Picnic
The Castle Grove Lutheran daily vacation Bible school will end Friday with a program and picnic. Reverend Thalacker says 46 pupils enrolled. Teaching staff include Wilma Barrack Irene Heiken Irene Johnson and Rev Thalacker. parents and congregation invited.
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Castle Grove Lutheran Daily Vacation
Thalacker
Wilma Barrack
Irene Heiken
Irene Johnson
Pinched for Speeding On First Street Here
Melvin Breitbach of Cascade was fined $2.85 by Mayor Fred McLaughlin for speeding and running a stop sign. Police who made the arrest and witnesses testified Breitbach was driving at an excessive rate on First Street Wednesday night and failed to stop at the First Street intersection with Highway 16 east of Monticello's business section.
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Melvin Breitbach
Cascade
Fred McLaughlin
Breitbach
First Street
First
Monticello
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John Bohiken
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John Deere Model
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KR. J. Bone
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Tolgeuslity
McNeill Hardware
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Bank Nite
Fage Wemee
George Brent
Roscoe Karns
Crue
Neant
Dorothy Lee
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Ech
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