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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1936
Page
3
A stream of short notes records visits by Ray Neiers of Cascade and others to Monticello, Cedar Rapids, and Hopkinton. Local events include a bake sale at Cimble store on March 21 and a jewelry discount on confirmation watches from Denkhol Jeweler.
A stream of local visitations and family events across Monticello and nearby towns is cataloged. Miss Rose Wilcox of Marion visits Monticello. Carl DeWald of Waterloo spends a week at Maples Inn. Edna Zimmermann and Olena Zimmermann return home after their uncle Siebert Harms’s death. numerous residents travel to Cedar Rapids, Marion, Cascade, Oxford Junction, and Town City for family, work, or mourning. prize mentions include Mrs. Clayton Palmer winning a vanity mirror for a Chevrolet essay. several university students and faculty guests are noted. funeral attendance and community connections appear throughout.
Mrs F A Locher and son Gerald visited in Dubuque at the home of Harry Locher while Harry Stuhler recovers at home from pleurisy and expects to return to the store soon. Various students and locals travel for visits, studies, and school events amid illness updates and local ads offering clearance shoe deals and coupons.
Vincent Kane assisted the express mechanical department this week in setting ads for the cooking school edition. He will help next week when the main cooking school edition is published. W E Culver a Davenport district manager for Chevrolet visited Matthiessen Auto and Supply. Mr and Mrs D P Young visited daughter Mrs Hubert Metcalf in Anamosa Monday. Mrs Metcalf broke a rib. Ed Huibreetse and daughters Gath and Lucile visited Monmouth Illinois with Mrs Huibreetse's mother Mrs Madae Patterson for her birth anniversary.
Mrs John Hasler, formerly staying at John McDonald hospital for five weeks, was discharged and is slowly convalescing at her Monticello home. Her friends in Monticello and vicinity are pleased by her progress. An ad note mentions an article by Dr Donald Laird in The American Weekly.
Mrs Will Tuetken and her daughter Margaret Ann returned home last Thursday after visiting Afr and Mrs A D Flockhart in Anamos. Mrs Tuetken was convalescing during the stay.
Edith Behrends of Cedar Rapids was summoned to Monticello last Thursday due to her mother Mrs. Etta Behrends serious illness. She returned to Cedar Rapids early this week as the mother showed improvement.
Clarence Matthiessen, a Des Moines business visitor and officer in the National Automobile Dealers' Association, attended the convention in Des Moines on Monday. Art Madsen also attended the same convention.
Mrs J R Champlin and two children Betty Wray and Charles return to Jefferson New York last Friday after weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs A H Hobert Mrs Hobert accompanied them to Chicago Mr and Mrs Carl Schneider and their children Nancr and Paul of Vinton visited Will Skelley and family last Thursday Schneider left for Cedar Rapids on business with Hutchinson Ice Cream Co The Schneiders extended their visit longer
Francis Locher Matt Muller Miss Mary Locher and Mrs John Breen visited Cedar Rapids on Thursday. They called at Leo Locher’s home and traveled to Lisbon for a brief visit with Mrs James McAleer. Mrs McAleer stayed overnight at her sister Mrs Matt Mutler’s home and left Friday for Dubuque for a weekend with her brothers Dr Earl Locher and Dr Jee Locher.
The public school served 2 078 lunches to first six grades over three winter months at about four cents per meal, costing 79.94 with PEO contributing 35 and Welfare League 44.94 from earlier funds. About 35 children were fed daily. menu included multiple soups puddings pies and baked dishes with bread and butter.
The Farmers' Mutual Insurance association of Castle Grove held a meeting at the Monticello State bank on Thursday. John Evans of Grinnell, secretary of the Farmers' Mutual Reinsurance association, attended to discuss mutual insurance issues. Evans also serves as secretary of the Poweshick County Mutual Insurance, which holds about 14,000,099 of insurance in force. He is noted as a pioneer mutual man in the state and contributed much to the local association's gathering.
At a recent meeting a profitable gathering was noted with a noon dinner at the Princess cafe. Attendees included President W F Hintz and directors from Hopkinton Castle Grove Prairieburg and Monticello with several adjusters and the secretary. Visitors Raymond Denkhoff from Marshalltown and family joined relatives and local guests Mr and Mrs Ed Brown and Dr and Mrs Harold Werner from Fort Madison for a family dinner and visits.
Mrs. Walter Hartman of Waterloo stayed last week with her mother Mrs. Hilah Hutton and brother Lloyd Hutton and family. Hartman was Sybil Hutton before her marriage.
Miss Betty Kay and Miss Ann Elizabeth Helscher, students at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, spent Thursday in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. FP J ay.
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