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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1932
Page
4
Obituary notices recount the deaths of Mrs. Nettie Slauson and Albert Kimball, with funeral details in Monticello and Salt Lake City. Additional brief notices include the death of 14 year old William Meyer Ashley, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Ashley, and bereavement expressions from local friends and relatives.
In a letter Otto G. Meyer says conditions near Sorum, South Dakota, are better than last year despite drought grasshoppers and army worms. Rainfall this year offers relief. Meyer has 100 acres of small grain and plans to plant more. His mother remains ill since his grandson William Meyer Ashiey was buried.
The Eastern Iowa Seven conference track meet draws 125 contestants from seven schools including Anamosa Monticello Mt Vernon Tipton West Branch West Liberty and University High. Finals start at 1 30 p m with events such as 120 hurdles mile dash 100 yard dash 440 yard dash and relays. Awards include silver trophy for overall winner silver cups for mile and half mile relays and ribbons for top three in each event.
The Monticello school board completes the 1932 33 teaching group with Lyla Sill of Delhi replacing Ann Henderson. The roster includes 23 teachers and a superintendent with salaries ranging from 540 to 1800 dollars, detailing each educator’s education and assignment.
Walter Wilcox of Washington DC received a social science research fellowship from the Social Science Research Council of America for a year of advanced training at Harvard University. He will continue research work for the federal government in St Paul Minnesota after the training. Local relatives hosted a Sunday dinner in his honor with out of town guests attending.
A cattle barn 26 by 50 feet and the herd bull Shomont Korndike Inka were destroyed by fire at the Thomas Shover farm east of Monticello last Saturday night. Loss estimated at 1900 with 1400 for the building and 500 for the bull. insurance through German Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Wayne township. Fire discovered at 11 15 by tenant Tony Kammerman who alerted Mr and Mrs Shover and Monticello fire department. A hog house and other outbuildings were saved. seven bulls in adjacent yards were not endangered, but the herd bull was killed. The cause is not known. The steel pen barn was a newer type. curious motorists filled the road.
Sacred Heart School showcased its music department recital on May 4 at 8 pm in the auditorium. Mary Elizabeth Fothergill earned a teacher's diploma, while Helen Louise Stuhler and Betty Denkhoff completed the high school course in the St. Louis Progressive Series. The program featured piano solos, duets, cello, and vocal pieces performed by Fothergill Denkhoff Stuhler and others, with honors conferred by Rev. A. L. Lorenz.
About 150 men gathered at the Legion hall for a baseball banquet with Dr. M. F. Hogan as toastmaster. Mayor F. D. McLaughlin welcomed candidates for primaries, who spoke on the offices they seek. Representatives from league towns and leaders from Maquoketa Valley League shared remarks.
James Laude son of Mr and Mrs William H Laude of Monticello has signed to continue as athletic coach at Rockford High School Illinois He is nearing his seventh year in that school The school lists a head athletic director and two coaches with long tenures Dee Want Ade for quick results.
Monticello public schools report an $11,000 budget reduction over four years under Superintendent A. B. Grimes. By paying bonds early and trimming levies in the general and schoolhouse funds, the district slashed salaries, adopted energy saving measures, book-sharing, and budget controls to keep costs down while maintaining programs.
Public program last Friday April 29 displayed six Camp Fire groups from Anamosa Wyoming and Monticello. Woodgatherer ranks were conferred by Miss Aliana Burr to Frances Bone Naida Bradley Kathleen Carlsen Edith Ferring Margaret Deischer Antonette Doxsee Kathleen Hogan Fern Lightfoot Lillian Locher Josephine McNeill Mary Rickless Leona Taylor Betty Thomas Helen Jolly and Virginia Matthiessen. National honors went to Maye and Faye Cass.
In March the Monticello creamery paid 21 cents for first grade butterfat with no second grade price due to shortages. About 7,000 pounds of butter were produced, a slight increase over last year. Rev. 8. G. Gutensohn and Mrs. Gruhler, and Mrs. Guyan traveled to Osage for a Congregational churches meeting. A celebration honored Dr. P. A. Johnson for twenty five years as superintendent. Mrs. Guyan is his daughter.
Express Store News promotes ice delivery from Monti cello Ice, baking powder ads, used cars from Madsen Motor, low priced men’s work shoes at Lege’s, $2.95 to $3.45 sandals, baby week suggestions, Pineapple slices from Robertson Brothers at 19 cents a can, Longhorn cheese at 14 cents a pound, Star chick grower, Monticello Feed Mill bag prices, Schultz Brothers baby contest at 3 pm with two prizes, Stahlers sugar sale, and local visits by the Hearn and Neilly families to Cedar Rapids.
This Monticello Express summary recalls May 1912 events. Wagons shifted to the background as autos arrived. Libbie George reelected primary principal in Maquoketa. Yousse Brothers opened a pool hall. Camp Fire group formed by Congregational church staff and community members. Edward Rice celebrated 20th wedding anniversary. Edward V. Monroe died after a stroke. rural normal school notification for T. M. Redmond. Blanche Hunter visited from Cornell College. Godfrey Bader married Matilda Straser. Miss Coxsee planned European trip. Charles E. Wales died. Hupmobile ad advertised. a new movie theater foundation work. Mary Locher returned to teaching in Monticello. John Wennekamp died. record warm week and summer hint. Emil Ricklefs homesteaded near Kismet. Sandhouse sold a Monticello farm. Mrs Coxsee celebrated 75th birthday. E. D. Miller salary increase. severe rain and hail damaged farms and windmills in Wayne Scotch Grove and Richland townships.
Friends of the eighteenth amendment will rally in Anamosa on Sunday May 8 at the Congregational church in two sessions 3 p.m. and 7 30 p.m. Allied Forces for Prohibition led by Dr. Daniel A. Poling will deliver addresses hoping to enlist 2 000 000 voters by June and influence national conventions.
Envoy W L Lowe of Des Moines will help lead the Salvation Army annual drive in Monticello on May 10 and 11. Funds collected will be accounted to local treasurer F E Stimson at the Monticello State Bank. The army seeks greater service this year due to conditions and has long worked across Jones county and 34 other counties.
Obituary notes L M Carpenter of Olin dies in California. Court case: Norman Baker, Muscatine cancer specialist, cited for contempt amid state board of health action. Music Week features 1,500 children singing Mass of the Angels at Columbia gym directed by Rev Alphonsus Dress. Charles Chapman, 55, found dead by hanging on his farm near Mechanicsville. coroner suspects suicide after long depression. Anamosa reformatory reports April figures: 80 prisoners released, 37 received, 20 parole completions, 1 escape. Victor Paustian of Davenport, chief deputy treasurer of Scott County, sought on $11,400 shortage. whereabouts unknown, suspected illness or self harm.
William Behrends, 47, and Hei Doyen of Pomeroy were killed when dynamite blasting in a field exploded prematurely on the Doyen farm near Seated Grove. Behrends died at once. Doyen died at the scene. Surviving relatives include Behrends’ siblings and Doyen’s wife Marie, with five young children. Funeral held at Emanuel Lutheran church in Pomeroy.
Iowa reports the nation’s lowest illiteracy rate at under 1 percent, per a Washington sourced advisory on illiteracy. The U S average stands at 4 3 percent with South Carolina highest at 14 9 percent.
J N Petersen, long time bookkeeper at Monticello State Bank, was moved from John McDonald hospital to the state university hospital in Iowa City last Tuesday for an operation to correct health troubles that have troubled him for weeks. Friends hope for a highly successful procedure and his swift return to work.
A large turnout of aspiring baseball players gathered for the first practice of the year for the local club. Batting and fielding drills dominated the afternoon with George Clark making an early impact in center field. Evening and Sunday sessions will continue as weather permits while the Maquoketa Valley League schedule is to be announced next week in The Express.
The Iowa Supreme Court granted a stay of disbarment for attorney A. M. Cloud of Manchester after a three-judge tribunal had ordered the disbarment. The hearing occurred in Des Moines with seven of nine justices present. A new hearing on the charges is expected in September.
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