Monticello Falls Short in Muscatine District Run
The Monticello basketball team missed a state finals spot by one game after a 35 to 25 setback to Davenport in the Muscatine district. Earlier Monti won close games over Grundy Center 25 to 22 and Cedar Rapids Franklin 36 to 36 before the finals proved beyond reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Davenport
Monti High
Muscatine
Grundy Center
Franklin
Cedar Rapids
Monti
Muscatine High School
Vinton
Keystone
Monticello - Grundy
Weil
Cascade Boy Ordained Into Priesthood Friday
Rev Loras T Lane son of Mr and Mrs Thomas J Lane will be ordained as a priest in Rome Italy on Friday March 18 He will then visit the Holy Land for two weeks and return home in August Lane is a Notre Dame Ph B in foreign commerce 1932 and AB from Columbia College Dubuque He studied at the Gregorian University Rome for theology prior to ordination
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loras T. Lane
Thomas J. Lane
Rome
Italy
Holy Land
Lane
Notre Dame University
Notre Dame
Iowa Club
Commerce Forum
Columbia College
Dubuque
Cascade
Gregorian University
Jury verdict in Bennett case awards $12121.84
In Jones county district court last Monday a petit jury decided for Seymore Bennett in the suit L H Bennett v H S Bennett. A sealed verdict read Tuesday awarded $12121.84 including a collection by Monticello State Bank held pending the case. Prosecution by Locher and Locher and George Gor man. defense by J B Heiser man of Doxsee Doxsee and Heiserman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Bennett
H. S. Bennett
Jones County
Seymore Bennett
Monticello State Bank
Locher and Locher
George Gorman
J. B. Heiserman
Vet Dr William Drinkwater Dies After Long Monticello Career
81 year old Dr William Drinkwater formerly a leading Monticello veterinarian paid his last subscription to The Express before leaving active practice. He arrived from London Ontario in 1891 and lived in Monticello since. He noted he had paid for The Express 46 times, a record only rivaled by Billy Rosa of Pasadena and Mrs Sarah Blanchard of Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Drinkwater
Monticello
London
Ontario
Canada
the Express
Billy Rosa
Pasadena
Calif
Billy
Wines
Sarah Blanchard
Minneapolis, Minn
Musical Program At School This Evening
An evening program in the public school auditorium at 7 30 features 14 numbers. Admission 10 cents for children 25 cents for adults with proceeds funding contestants' travel to sectional and district contests. The Monticello high school orchestra advances to the Waterloo district contest due to no orchestra competition at Maquoketa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibelius
Air de Ballet
Opera “Alcesta
W. von Gluck
Maquoketa
Monticello High School
Waterloo
Lenox gospel team to visit Monticello church service
The Lenox college gospel team will visit Monticello's Presbyterian church on Sunday March 21 at 7 30 pm. The program includes soloists, quartets, duets and speakers from Oxford Junction Manchester Avalon Benediction and more. Claire Adams, a St Luke's hospital nurse student, visited her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Adams last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox College
Monticello
The
Presbyterian Church
Thelma Rich
Martelle
Mary Belle Collins
Melvin Leslie
Oxford Junction
Lyle Jeffrey
Hila Beth Reeve
Victor Stead
Maurice McNeilly
Howard Dunlap
Manchester
Claire Adams
St. Luke's Hospital
Mrs
Henry Adams
Jack Chaplin Still Carries Arm In Sling
Jack Chaplin a Sand Spring ninth grade student fractured his arm during icy weather and wore a sling. He recently began PE again but a playful poke reopened the crack, requiring reapplication of splints and sling, an accidental injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Chaplin
Sand Spring
Jack
A. M. Bailey Appointed Manager At Anamosa
A. M. Bailey named manager of the Childress Hoag Motor Company Anamosa garage coming from Milwaukee where he worked in Ford sales and service since 1916 He is joined by Mary Hartreenan as office assistant and Bailey is married with two Wisconsin graduates sons now employed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Childress-Hoag Motor Company
Anamosa
A. M. Bailey
Bailey
Milwaukee
Wis
Ford
Mary Hartreenan
Monticello
Andriosa
Wisconsin
Stimpson Reveals Steel in Debate Over Iowa Attendance
Rep. Tom Stimpson of Anamosa holds his own in a rough political exchange in the Iowa House on Tuesday. The heated discussion touched on attendance rules and sparked light name calling as Rep. Gallagher pressed for duty and Stimpson declined to be coerced, preferring his own attendance record. The exchange lasted over thirty minutes as the chamber debated speeding up the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Tommie
Hitler
Mussolini
Iowa House
J. P. Gallagher
Williamsburg
Iowa
Thomas Stimpson
Anamosa
Gallagher
Hitlers
Musso
Mrs. Sam Reade Died Tuesday in Monticello
The death of Mrs. Carrie L. Hanna Reade occurred at her North Cedar street home last Tuesday after two years of ill health. Funeral services were private at 2 p.m. at her daughter Mrs. Harry I Rodman’s home, with Rev. William J Macaulay presiding. burial followed at Oakwood. She was born August 19 1867 near Onslow and married Samuel Reade June 4 1883 at Onslow. Surviving are seven children including George Reade Leslie Reade Zaida Corbitt and others, ten grandchildren, one brother Alfred Hanna and many siblings. She was active in the Methodist Episcopal church and Ladies Aid society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Reade
North Cedar Street
Monticello
Verna
Mark
George Reade
South English
David Corbitt
Zaida
Cedar Rapids
Leslie Reade
Harry I
Rodman
Jack Shea
Kankakee
Ladies’ Aid Society
Scolaro dies from ice fall blood poisoning
Mike J. Scolaro 43 former Olympic theater owner Cedar Rapids dies Tuesday from blood poisoning after an ice fall. George S. McCorkle 40 WWI veteran ends his life with a butcher knife in a friend's home near Palo. No inquest planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike J. Scolaro
Olympic Theater
Cedar Rapids
Hand Writing Expert Addresses Monticello Rotary Club
A. T. Scoville of Clinton spoke to the Monticello Rotary Club at Maples Inn last Monday evening. He used enlarged screen pictures to illustrate authentic and forged handwriting and demonstrated forgery examples. The talk lasted over an hour with full attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Scoville
Clinton
Monticello
Cyclone of 1878 Described by Waterhouse in Monticello
Wilson N. Waterhouse recalls the 1878 cyclone that moved from Cass township through Monticello, detailing house destruction at the Murdock and Reiger properties, a corn field’s strange husk and shelled produce, and major damage to the Catholic and Methodist churches. He notes the church chimney and cross left upright, a farmer’s open door, and a Gardiner’s shop near First Street where a pine plank pierced a chair and wall, ending with a personal signoff from Ripton, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson N. Waterhouse
Ripton
Ohio
Monticello
Mr. Waterhouse
Cass Township
Monticello Township
Ed Murdock
Ea Murdock
Murdock
Reiger
Murdock Place
Mrs. Reiger
Mrs. Rieger
Monti
First Street
Gardner
Garen
Lois Jean Buscher 1932 1937 Child Dies After Operation
Lois Jean Buscher daughter of Gerhard and Elsie Buscher born Lamont November 10 1932 died March 10 1937 at Iowa City Hospital after a March 9 operation for a hip problem. She was baptized March 5 1933 at Lamont. Funeral held at Lamont Lutheran Church and burial at Oakwood Cemetery Monticello. Survived by parents a brother Lloyd grandparents and many relatives and friends.
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Lois Jean Buscher
Gerhard Gustaf Buscher
Elsie
Martens
Lamont
Iowa City
Lois Jean
Schiffler
Lloyd
John Martens
Center Junction
Henry Buscher
Mary Benischek
Oxford Junction
Mathias
Oakwood
Monticello
Gustaf Buscher
Henry J. Rickless
John Buscher
Scotch Grove
Norman Martens
Lloyd and Stella Martens
Carl Harms
Earl Martens
Anamosa
Minnie Huibregtse Speaks at Methodist Church Mission Visit
Miss Minnie Huibregtse, a returned Methodist missionary from India, spoke at the morning service of the Methodist Episcopal church last Sunday. She wore native costume and recounted her work among the natives and her attempt to Christianize them during an 18 month furlough from the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Huibregtse
India
Methodist Episcopal Church
Miss Huibregtse
Far East
Roof Fire at Jack Beeks Home
A roof fire broke out at the Jack Beeks residence early Saturday morning at 3 o'clock. Monticello fire department battled the flames from an overheating chimney, burning a considerable portion of the roof before the blaze was checked. The house was insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Beeks
Monticello
County Home Project Leaders Plan Open Homemakers Meetings
Mrs. Bernard Cass presided over the Jones county county home project meeting at the Gillen hotel with 22 rural women present. Plans were made for open homemakers meetings this week and for the April 8 Achievement day at Monticello Presbyterian church to display nutrition project results with Miss Ruth Cessna and a luncheon by the Holden sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Cass
County Home Project Committee
Gillen Hotel
Jones County Farm Bureau
Carl Smith
Jones County
Holden Sisters
Presbyterian Church
Monticello
Open Homemakers
Ruth Cessna
N. May Larson
Iowa State College
Lenora Hoffman
Martelle
May
John Wallace
Williamsburg
Antioch Church
Jackson Township
Eilene Wilson
Mrs. Sarah Skelley Celebrates 87th Birthday
Mrs. Sarah Skelley quietly celebrated her 87th birth anniversary at home on Sunday. A small family dinner followed at noon and relatives and friends visited in the afternoon to offer congratulations. She received several cards and gifts including three decorated birthday cakes. Mrs. Skelley is in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Skelley
Henry Hayen Buys Farm Northwest of Anamosa
The Federal Land bank announces the sale of an improved 150 acre farm in Jones county six miles northwest of Anamosa to Henry Hayen of Scotch Grove. The purchase price is reported to have been $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Land Bank
Jones County
Anamosa
Henry Hayen
Scotch Grove
Herman Kray Arrested As Liquor Violator
Herman Kray of Cedar Rapids was returned to the city jail after eluding a liquor raid February 10 by driving through a barricade. He was found in a Town City area house and left ten gallon tins of alcohol as evidence. Kray has prior liquor convictions in Jones and Linn counties and federally at Cedar Rapids. He received a three year indeterminate sentence at Fort Madison after Linn county district court proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Kray
Cedar Rapids
Kray
Town City
Fred Briggs
Davenport
Linn
Jones County
Linn County
F. O. Ellison
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Jones County Students Among Record Iowa State Enrollment
Iowa State College reports 4 828 winter enrollees the highest in its history with 22 from Jones county and 12 from nearby towns. Divisions include agriculture 1342 engineering 1219 home economics 1074 industrial science 562 and veterinary medicine 201.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa State College
Monticello
James Bort
Ruth Howie
James McLaughlin
Marian Palmer
Lewis Renken
Benjamin Roberts
Ethelwyn Wilcox
Loretta Specht
Maxine Palmer
Anamosa
Alvin Bailey
Theodore Krouse
Mary Russell
Esther Stones
Lee Zeigler
Center Junction
Peter Figen
Evelyn Courtney
Mary Sutherland
Marvin Decious
Martello
Howard Jones
Fale
Wilma Kuhns
Scotch Grove
Elizabeth Ann Fishwild
Laurence Keen
Alfred Minwiller
Wyoming
Prevention Of Cancer Through Education Campaign
The state committee on cancer in Town aims to raise 6000 for public education on cancer during Holy Week. Monticello’s quota is 50 dollars. Donations may be given to treasurer F. E. Stimson. Enrollment costs 1.70 remains split between Iowa and the national group to fund the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
F. E. Stimson
Iowa
Jones County Spelling Bee Set At Anamosa High
The Jones county spelling contest will be held at the Anamosa high school building on Saturday March 27 at 2 pm. Admission is 10 cents. Sixteen schools have entered. The county winner goes to the state contest in Des Moines on April 24 and the state winner advances to the national contest in Washington. Ruth Ann Hoag of Monticello seventh grade public school will represent his county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa High School
Des Moines
Washington
Monticello
Ruth Ann Hoag
Total of 851 Bills Now On File In The Iowa Legislature
The 47th General Assembly reached 851 bills filed as the deadline passed. Senate 378 and House 473, with committees still free to add proposals. Observers note late introductions face high scrutiny and controversy risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
47Th General Assembly
Senate
Walter Beam
House
Gus” Gustafson
Young Man Lester Wenger Dies at 24 in Monticello
Lester Allen Wenger son of Mr and Mrs William Wenger died Sunday March 14 in Monticello after a period of illness He was born March 13 1913 in Langworthy and would have turned 24 the day before his death He spent his life in Jones county with early schooling here He was survived by his parents a sister died in 1913 and a brother Loren in 1935 Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 pm at the Presbyterian church Rev William J Grossheim officiated burial followed at Oakwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
William Wenger
Lester Allen Wenger
Langworthy
Jones County
Loren
Lester
Wenger
William J. Grossheim
The
Presbyterian Church
Oakwood
Fine B P W Meeting Held in Muscatine District
Sixteen members of the Business and Professional Women's club attended a district six gathering in Muscatine with delegations from Cedar Rapids Davenport Clinton Iowa City DeWitt and Monticello. A 6:30 dinner opened proceedings followed by a welcome by Muscatine president Helen Richardson and a response by Louise Boutner of Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Clinton
Iowa City
DeWitt
Monticello
Helen Richardson
Louise Buttener
Davenport Club
Mary Allensworth Creighton
Galesburg Post
H Or
Lady Astor
Helen Heiken
Laura Lewis
Margaret Wisneier
Mildred Iverson
Emma Heiken
Madge Shaffer
Minnie Ricklefs
Mildred Meyer
Izora Bancroft
Hanna Ort
Good Friday Services To Be Held By All Monticello Churches
Monticello churches will observe Good Friday with services from two to three o clock on March 26. Merchants are urged to close their stores during the hour, following a long standing local custom. Anamosa plans three hours of services with store closures, and Monticello is urged to join in observing the religious hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Anamosa
Wm B Allen Household Goods Sale Notice
The Express lists a display ad for the sale of Wm B Allen's household goods on March 20 at the North Gill Street premises. The house is for rent and Allen has left for Eldora to visit his daughter Mrs L W Martin, manager of Coast to Coast Eldora, due to ongoing heart trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Allen
the Express
Wm. B. Allen
North Gill Street
Schedule Of Events In Meet At Maquoketa
Maquoketa hosts a two day music contest with 19 high schools. Monticello performs Friday morning solos including tuba baritone trombone trumpet and flute. Friday evening features the class B concert band. Saturday morning includes baritone base solo tenor solo soprano solo and boys small vocal group. Saturday afternoon offers girls small vocal group and girls glee club. Saturday evening presents boys glee club and mixed chorus.
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Franz Schubert
Margaret Deischer
Glenn Gerdes
Knight
Vander Cook
Cornet
Harold Yeoman
Watts
Elmeree Nichols
Riegger
Blue Bells
Scotland
de Ville
Dean Tedrow
Saxophantasia
Bishop
Leslie Balster
Children of the Moon
Warren
Llewellyn
Beatrice Long
Finden
Homer
Royal Roamans
Old Road
Granada
Stradella
Flotow
Olivadoll
Maquoketa
Monticello
Topic Club Talks on Prisons and Parole Systems
Dr. T. M. Redmond and L. A. Iverson will speak at the men's Topic Club next Monday evening March 22. They will discuss Our Prisons and Parole Systems, aiming to spark an engaging discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topic Club
T. M. Redmond
L. A. Iverson
Senate to end 100 day session by April as bill passes
The 100 day legislative span may end around April 13 per a senate joint resolution adopted last Thursday. The house may not concur. The motor vehicle law revision bill, presented by Senator Beardsley, passed the senate nearly unanimously after a lengthy explanation of its 200 sections. Provisions limiting daytime speeds to 55 mph were removed by senate surgeons amid opposition from insurers, auto makers, truckers, and railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Beardsley
Warren
Virginia
Iowa to Celebrate Birthday With 100th Year Recognition
The 47th general assembly recognizes Iowa's 100 years of existence and a related territorial milestone. Continued on page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
47Th General Assembly
Dorothy Sawyer and George Bohlken Wed in Monticello
Miss Dorothy Sawyer daughter of Mr and Mrs William J Sawyer of Monticello married George Bohlken last Friday at six pm in St John s Evangelical Lutheran parsonage. Rev Paul T Gutknecht officiated in the presence of immediate families. They will keep house on the Bohlken brothers farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Sawyer
George Bohlken
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
Willam J. Sawyer
Monticello
Adolph G. Bohlken
A. G. Bohlken
Bohlken Brothers
Classified Ads Split Across Pages Three And Eight
The Express runs classified ads on pages three and eight this week. Readers should check both pages to find all listings and secure the information offered by the ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Monticello Board Reelects Whole Faculty For Year
In Monticello public schools the board reelected the entire faculty led by Superintendent A B Grimes and President F E Stimson for another year. Salaries to be determined later. New assignments include principal Boyd Shannon and teachers A B Grimes, Ann Miller, Martha Meyer, Clara Palmer, John A Brindley, A F Walker, Kenneth A Fuller, Dale McConnell, Am ney Wood, Dorothy Stemm, Mildred Iverson, Adelaide Gray, Ina Cruise, Grace Searles, Bessie May Sloan, Mary Stoddard, Alvina Kirschner, Harriette Brindley, Roy Moore, Belle Markovitz, Bethel Merrill, Lyle McMullen, Lois Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Monticello Public Schools
A. B. Grimes
F. E. Stimson
Stimson
Boyd Shannon
Ann Miller
Martha Meyer
Clara Palmer
John A. Brindley
A. F. Walker
Kenneth A. Fuller
Dale McConnell
Amney Wood
Dorothy Stemm
Mildred Iverson
Adelaide Gray
Ina Cruise
Grace Searles
Bessie May Sloan
Mary Stoddard
Alvina Kirschner
Harriette Brindley
Roy Moore
Belle Markovitz
Bethel Merrill
Lyle McMullen
Lois Smith
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Monti Hi
Moore
Wm. W. Drinkwater
Tom Stimpson
Sam Reade
H. I. Rodman
George S. McCorkle
Palo
Helen Holst
Stephens College
Columbia
Berniece Babcock
Edith Alcorn
Stephens
Anamosa Reformatory
Herbert
Leonard
Burton Sprague
Winthrop
LeRoy Inglis
Edgewood
Colesurge
Rotary Club
Methodist Church
Iowa State
Monticello and
Vicinity
Oscar E. York
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
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