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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
6
Center Junction reports baccalaureate at Presbyterian Church with Albert Schroeder delivering sermon and school music. The community notes a May 3 theater show, student performances, a county convention, a clothing drive, commencements, and numerous local visits and gatherings across Center Junction and nearby towns.
J J Locher of Monticello will speak at the Scotch Grove Farm Bureau May meeting on May 9 at the Ferring home. Janann Meier will perform piano accordion numbers and moving pictures will be shown by the county agent. The event is hosted by Mr and Mrs Wilfred Schuster.
Miss Mabel Caspers will close her school in No 2 this week. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs John Morse of Muscatine named Marilyn Janet. The directors of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Association met Saturday. Lem Postel of Viola was paid 371.59 for fire damage to his dwelling on April 7. Sunday guests at Lyle Hosford included Tom Warner Wyn Nobleby and others from Monticelo and Heiken. The school board met to select an alternate for county convention to elect a county superintendent. Mr and Mrs F C Cramer were visitors in the C Livingston home in Anamosa last Friday. The cold weather slows small grain and grass growth. Those who turned stock to pasture early face short pastures. Gordon Eberhart has a tassel with mumps. Floyd McCorkle left McDonald hospital Saturday and can do light work at his daughter’s home. James Kehoe of Hopkinton visited Saturday on business. John Kane and sons William and John of Water loo were Sunday guests of Marcus Kehoe and J J and W M Delays.
Edward Buol who spent the winter in Albuquerque New Mexico visited his parents Mr and Mrs Len Buol on Monday. Mr and Mrs Rhinehart Coden and Mrs George Hein were visitors at Cedar Rapids last Wednesday at St Luke s hospital to visit John Yossi. Mr and Mrs G L Buol were visitors there last Friday evening.
The record lists multiple 1945 property transfers in Jones County including joint tenancy deeds by Robert Aldrich and spouses to Fred and Ethel Aldrich and J L Sheesley to G C Preston. Also Bramer to Henry Bramer and related lots in Monticello and Anamosa descriptions with Rev. St. assessments and specific tract boundaries.
Alice Faye Ripperton wed Robert Wayne Backham in Simi Valley California at Community church with Rev Thomas Grice officiating. Attendants Audrey Nelson and Robert Nelson attended. a wedding dinner followed at the Nelson home. The bride, Onslow High School graduate, later studied at Scoville Business College and worked in Washington DC. Backham served three years in the navy two overseas and is stationed in San Diego with plans to make a home there.
A guidance note states that hanging clothes to dry immediately after starching prevents mold growth by reducing moisture buildup. It emphasizes timely drying to maintain fabric quality and hygiene.
H O Young and Cecile transfer via joint tenancy to Lynn and Rowena Miller for an area of 1 acre in section 25 84 4 and Seth Ruhl Maggie to Lynn and Rowena Miller by joint deed for 35 acres in 84 4. Dates noted 4 11 45 and 2 27 45 with nominal payments.
Guide advises using as little water as possible when cooking vegetables to preserve nutrients and flavor. It suggests steaming or adding small amounts of liquid and covering pots to trap heat.
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