Local Items From Monticello and Surrounding Areas
Local notes list visits and small events around Monticello Iowa including Miss Vivian Smith visiting Marion friends Gerald Rohr visiting Delhi and other friends Louis Hoag and Ray Hoag in Freeport Illinois bake sale at Iverson's May 7 at the Congregational church J W Hoult jeweler in Monticello and many residents visiting relatives and attending socials illnesses and a fall injury at home plus a rummage sale and a Victorians dance on May 6 and a plate social at Black Oak school Local notices show many travelers and neighbors across Cedar Rapids Davenport Dubuque and Anamosa with brief errands and life events.
Local social and obituary notes from Monticello area
Community snippets list visits and family events across Center Junction Marion Cedar Rapids Victor and other towns. Residents mentioned include Mr. and Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. Goldin, Bertha Mae, D A Miner, Miss Dorothy Johnson, Rev A L Lorenz, and many others with updates on health, newborns, and deaths.
Special Program By V.F.W. Auxiliary Highlights Americanization Work
The Monticello VFW Auxiliary Americanization committee has sponsored school programs in Story and Sacred Heart libraries. A George Washington life sketch leads the March 11 meeting with Lena Marugg Laura Waddick Mabel Jarrett and Hartley Wilkinson. Wreaths will be placed on ex service graves Memorial Day.
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Americanization Committee of the
Monticello
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Story School
Linn County
Velma Che
George Washington
Lincoln
United States
Library of the Sacred Heart School of
Children of Our Land
Washington
Fay Clark
Mount Vernon May Music Festival Returns to Town
The Mount Vernon festival marks its 30th year each May, starting with Chas. H. Adams and the Cornell May music festival tradition. Frederick A. Stock leads the Cornell connection as conducting guest, with Dr. Steck guiding the festival legacy. The 1890 to 1910 era saw Chicago roots and Mount Vernon as the spring stage, now set for May 12 to 14.
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Mount Vernon
Chas. H. Adams
Cornell
Thomas
Chicago
Frederick A. Stock
Dr. Steck
Marriage of I A Mirick and Naomi Smith in 1931
Irving A. Mirick grandson of Mrs. W A Mirick of Boone and Naomi Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Lynn C Smith of Fayette wed March 21 1931 in Macomb Illinois Attendants were Mr and Mrs Frank Federer of Keokuk Both graduates of Upper Iowa university with active scholastic and social records The couple will live in Kinross Iowa with Mirick teaching athletics and music at Kinross High School and Mrs Mirick teaching English in Stockport Iowa.
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Fayette
Irving A. Mirick
I. A. Mirick
Anamosa
W. A. Mirick
Boone
Naomi Smith
Lynn C. Smith
Macomb
Ill
Frank Federer
Keokuk
Upper Iowa University
Kappa Eta Beta
Redstone
Mont
Stockport
Iowa
Mirick
Upper Iowa
University of Iowa
Kinross
Huckins Faces September Retrial In Jones County Case
Judge King overruled the request for a special venire for George Huckins, delaying a retrial in the false pretenses case. The March term trial ended with a guilty verdict, and after multiple delays and deadlocked juries, Huckins remains jailed in Anamosa as a September retrial becomes the only option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
George Huckins
Ring
Jones County
Huckins
Anamosa
Prairie Wolf Shot By Marcus Kehoe Tuesday
Marcus Kehoe of Castle Grove township shot and killed a prairie wolf near his home while outside at work. An investigation confirmed the kill and he may apply for bounty at the county auditor's office. The animal was part of a pair troubling the area and damaging stock.
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Marcus Kehoe
Castle Grove Township
Kehoe
Castle Grove
William Delay
Mr. Kehoe
Hopkinton
Chapter Meetings and Socials Highlight Monticello Clubs
Schreiner chapter O E S meets Tuesday May 10 with two candidates to be initiated. Needlework Guild hosted by Mrs Van Bockern with fancy work and quilts. Mothers Day program at Mrs L W Lovetls. Miss Mary Coxsee reads and music. Libbie Thoeni visiting. bridge after a 6 30 picnic supper. The 94 club met at Mrs Stuhlers with papers on Women in Medicine Florence Sabin and Marie Curie. Several bridge and social events held by Neighborhood and Delta Delta clubs with high scores and prizes.
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L. W. Lovetl
Chapter FP
Mary Coxsee
Lincoln Thoeni
Libbie Thoeni
Minneapolis
Monticello
Bridge
Albert Stuhler
Women In Medicine
George Wilkens
Florence Rena Sabin
Stuhler
Marie Curie
E. J. Farley
Harry Hoag
Florence Hoag
Asa Lambert
Delta Delt
Marriage of Ralph Glass and Margaret Rech at Man chester
Ralph Richard Glass of Monticello married Margaret Elizabeth Rech of Central City at Rev J J Kidder's home in Manchester on April 27. Attending were Eva L Glass and Clarence C Rech. They will live on a farm west of Monticello. Mrs Glass is daughter of Charles Rech of Alburnett and Ralph Glass is son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Glass near Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Richard Glass
Monticello
Margaret Elizabeth Rech
Central City
J. J. Kidder
Manchester
Eva L. Glass
Clarence C. Rech
Lois Mae Clark Celebrates Third Birthday Party
Mrs. Sam Clark hosted a Saturday afternoon gathering for Lois Mae Clark with little friends. Games followed by a birthday luncheon featured a yellow decorated table and a large cake with yellow candles. Guests included Ann Marie Husman, Bobby Husman, Bonnie Burris, Buddy Burris, Patty Lou Bond, Raymond Clark, Bobby Clark, Jean Marie Howie, LaVerne Eilers, Junior Heath, and Margaret Jane McCrea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Clark
Lois Mae
Ann Marie
Bobby Husman
Bonnie
Buddy Burris
Patty Lou Bond
Raymond
Bobby Clark
Jean Marie Howie
Laverne Eilers
Junior Heath
Margaret Jane McCrea
Gloria Stadtmueller Celebrates Her First Birthday
Mr and Mrs Edward Stadtmueller hosted a birthday dinner for daughter Gloria with 25 relatives at their home. Guests included Arend Bal ster family and other Stadtmueller and Balster relatives. The honoree received numerous gifts at the rear occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Zimmerman
Ralph Zimmerman
Carl Zimmerman
Esther Reuter
Edward Stadtmueller
Gloria
Arend Balster
Leslie
J. C. Balster
Mary Balster
R. H. Balster
Bobby
Delphia
George Moenk
Evelyn
Marcella
L. C. Stadtmueller
Herman Lange
J. A. Stadtmueller
Clarence
Arthur
Church Services Across Area May 8 Observances
A list of May 8 services across multiple churches including Castle Grove Lutheran St Matthew Ey Lutheran and Prairieburg Protestant with Sunday schools, English and German services, and special Mother’s Day programs. Highlights include Wayne Zion Lutheran Pentecost German services and a county temperance rally at the Congregational church in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Church
Harold Ginter
Cascade
Jd. Coffey
Farley
S. J. Kucera
Prairieburg
Castle Grove Lutheran
G. Wolf
St. Matthew's Ey
H. L. Adix
Luther League
Church Council
St. John’s Evy
Paul T. Gutknecht
Trinity
Methodist Episcopal
Roy V. Porter
Epworth League
Anamosa
Wayne Zion “Lutheran
J. P. Willis
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
Ladies' Aid Meeting Set at Mrs. Elmer Coon Home
The Ladies' Aid will gather at the home of Mrs. Elmer Coon next Wednesday, May 11, for their regular meeting and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Elmer Coon
Cascade May Lose The Narrow Gauge Road
Cascade residents oppose the proposed abandonment of the Cascade to Bellevue narrow gauge line. Milwaukee officials and local business leaders discuss the plan with no decision, while a mass meeting is planned to examine motor service as a substitute.
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Dubuque
Railroad Commission
John M. Hughes
Des Moines
C. M
St. P
L. F. Donald
Savanna
W. H. Warren
C. E. Oliphant
L. E. Jaegger
Bellevue
Cascade
Bernard
Zwingle
Lamotte
Wisdom Whispered Across the Farm
A reflective note contrasts aging of mind versus body and asks whether losing money matters more than never having it. It weighs wealth against fulfillment, concluding that an acre of garden with fruit can be the most profitable asset a farm possesses.
Swap grain for cash and protein crops to balance accounts
Palmer's Drug Store proposes exchanges for farm inputs with eggs and ice cream in a wartime style note. A Monticello city notice bans dumping ashes within city limits but allows disposal on the McDaniels farm east of Sneered Heart cemetery by order of the city council. Ray Echternacht, city clerk.
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Palmer's Drug Store
Monticello
McDaniels
Sneered Heart
Ray Echternacht
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