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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1939

Page

2

Local People Attend Visits Across Several Towns

A sequence of brief social notes lists Miss Marguerite Aitchison visiting relatives in Anamosa, Dale Carpenter staying in the Stimson home, and Mrs. Gerdes visiting Strawberry Point. Other items note university students, local births, and corrections to a previous arrest report.

Marguerite Aitchison Anamosa Dale Carpenter Coon Rapids F. E. Stimson John H. Gerdes Strawberry Point Melvin Sands Perry Sands John Miller Monticello Claire Aitchison

Local Families Attend Birthdays Funerals and Meetings

Mr and Mrs Walter Kiburz of Kansas City visited Mrs J Arduser and family and celebrated Walter Ardusers birthday. Mrs Otis Moore of Tipton will speak at a Wyoming Methodist church vesper service on Sunday March 12 with music by the Wyoming high school chorus directed by Miss Verle Breed. James McLaughlin of Hampton plans to form McLaughlin and McLaughlin with his father after returning from Town State College and dairy work in Hampton. Mrs R D Mahoney and others attended the funeral of Inje W W Eberhart in Castle Grove.

Walter Kiburz Kansas City J. Arduser Wil) Hitler R. D. Mahoney Ottawa Kansas Cisir Eberhart Warren Blue Island Mingis Betty Eberhart Tama Inje W. W. Eberhart Castle Grove James McLaughin Hampton Monticello W. T D. McLaughlin McLaughlin McLaughlin & McLaughlin Town State College James Otis Moore Tipton Women’s Foreign Missionary Society Methodist Episcopal Church India Madras World Missionary Conference Wyoming Methodist Church Wyoming High School Verle Breed

Local Station Reports Eight Carloads Of Merchandise Shipped

Eight carloads of stock and merchandise were sent from the local depot last week. Cartano and Son Chris Reiter George Kurt and Johanek Bros each shipped a car of cattle. George A Rickels sent two cars of hogs. Farmers Creamery sent two cars of butter. F G Stevenson shipped a car of walnut logs. Incoming shipments include four carloads of steel for Franklin Equipment one carload of harvesters for William G Schoon one of machinery for Farmers Implement three cars of feed for Monticello Feed Mill two cars of feed and one of flour for Farmers Mutual Creamery and one car of black pipe for Spencer Construction at the sewer plant.

Cartano and Son Chris Reiter George Kurt Johanek Bros George A. Rickels Farmers’ Creamery F. G. Stevenson Franklin Equipment Company William G. Schoon Farmers Implement Company Monticello Farmers Mutual Creamery Spencer Construction Company

New Lighting Installed in Monticello Bank Lobby

The Monticello State bank upgrades its lobby with fluorescent lamps from First Electric. Ten thousand six hundred watts daylight like illumination replaces chandeliers using 110 tubular lamps two feet long and mercury neon filled. The system uses only 2,120 watts of electricity and requires no other lamps in the room.

Monticello State Bank First

Seen From UPTOWN by Don Mouw

Local guest columnist Don Mouw offers reflections on the season's end in Monticello. He ribbed the post office project and cheerleaders while noting the return of a town clock and light commentary on local sports and daily life from Uptown.

Astaire Don

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