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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1938
Page
5
The Monticello municipal band opens the summer with a June 1 concert at City Park under director Eugene M. Byers. Ten concerts are planned with Thursday night performances and mass-band collaborations with neighboring towns. The band now numbers forty players with eleven apprentices.
The Jones County Ministerial Association met at the Presbyterian church in Monticello last Tuesday morning. Rev H W Farnham of Wyoming led devotional services and Dr Glenn Rowley led a discussion on "The Church and the Family." A luncheon followed served by local church ladies. next meeting is scheduled for June 7 at Monticello city park.
Willie Jensen, 32, of Anamosa, was sent to a Rock Island hospital after a motorcycle crash near Blackhawk State Park. He lost control, fell through a fence and suffered a wrenched back with cuts and bruises.
A committee of Anamosa businessmen and a $1200 fund raised last week will pave the street to and around Mercy hospital with bituminous asphalt. The project aims to improve access for hospital users and the surrounding area.
Monticello high school alumni officers call a meeting at the Monticello Public Library on May 6 to plan the annual banquet and business session. They expect many graduates to attend and participate, with display photos from classes 1867 through 1904.
Judge H C Ring in Jones county Anamosh district court awarded the Olin consolidated school district the Rummell estate. W D Merritt as administrator charged E R Easterly with undue influence over Harriet E Rummell, resulting in transfers of real estate and other property without consideration. The estate includes an 11 acre farm in Jones county a 60 acre tract in Thayer county Nebraska the Olin residence and contents and about 1300 dollars in banks. The will leaves a remainder to the Olin school district in honor of D E Rummell. Trial costs taxed to Easterly.
Lewis G. Ireland of Langworthy was named station agent and telegraph operator for the Co M 81 P P railroad at Dona Hue. He will reside in Langworthy and return home Sundays. Ireland, on furlough from the Milwaukee road, trained in Fayette and served at Strawberry Point before five years on the road. For the last two years he ran a Mid-Continent service station at Langworthy, where he is postmaster. his wife is assistant postmaster handling Langworthy postal work.
The kittenball season opens May 16. Watch The Express next week for details.
A sequence of school and community events spanning May from State music contest in Town City to Monte high alumni banquet. Included are track meets at Mount Vernon and District events, concerts, banquets, graduations, and class activities across May 5 through May 27.
Favorable comments grow in Monticello over the proposed oldiers Memorial building. A seven member committee was appointed to study costs and a subcommittee will consult with an architect. The project aims for a government loan to cover most of the cost, with a bond issue for the remainder.
Vincent Supple, shot at Hopkinton on April 23, was released from University Hospital in Iowa City last Friday. He remains bedridden at his parents' Hopkinton home. No operation could remove the bullet behind his eye and he has lost sight in the left eye, with local doctor care ongoing.
The Jones county agricultural conservation committee reports completion of 1938 soil depleting and corn acreage allotments. Some addresses may be incorrect, so owners and tenants should notify the county office in Monticello. Reconsideration requests must be on file before May 13. Township meetings will begin later this week to explain allotments and payments.
Lloyd Taylor Eugene Bal siger and Ralph Kuriger of the U S navy have returned to Long Beach California aboard the Lexington after a fleet cruise to Honolulu Hawaii. The ship formerly completed a voyage with the fleet returning home.
A Ross Baty grocery store added a refrigerated and electrically lighted vegetable rack yesterday. The white porcelain rack is an attractive feature enhancing the produce display.
The Onslow county achievement day highlighted homemaking practice booths from Fairview Castle Grove Scotch Grove Lovell and surrounding townships. Linoleum resurfacing ranked highest in Scotch Grove with Fairview showing the best organization. About 250 people attended as 21 leaders were named 100 percent for training and follow up. The county farm women's chorus closed the program after three songs.
Filing deadline for state and district offices passed last week with minor last minute activity. County and township candidates must file by 5 p.m. May 7 with the Jones county auditor. The slate includes Republican and Democratic nominees for Congress, state offices, and judgeships, with full lists to appear in a later issue.
Purebred Guernsey bulls were sold by Aitchison Brothers of Monticello to William McLaughlin of Monticello and Joe Madigan of Bernard, according to the American Guernsey Cattle Club. Petersborough, New Hampshire.
The Monticello city park hosts the summer opener next Sunday May 8 at 9 a.m. The event is a blind bogey tourney with a ten cent entry fee and is open to participants who wish to compete for the brag and prize.
Official delegates from Iowa join National 4-H Club Camp in Washington DC from June 16 to 22. Marie Grunewald of Blairstown Kathryn Monson of Farragut Grover Miehe of Maynard and Myron Johnson of Boone travel with 4-H staff Gladys Adams and Frank Reed from Iowa State College Extension Service.
Mr and Mrs George W Keith mark their 57th anniversary last Monday May 2 at their daughter Mrs Clara Dunlaps home in Manchester. The couple married May 2 1881 in Manchester and spent years on local farms before retirement in 1917. They have four children and were accompanied by relatives at the celebration.
Carl Schneider, longtime manager at the Vinton plant, has been transferred to the Hutchinson plant in Monticello. He arrived early in the week and will move his family when a house is found. His brother Herman, manager here, has taken a leave of absence for illness.
A roadside STOP sign warns drivers while another blank sign on a truck hides danger. A distracted pedestrian fails to notice the warning and risks a sudden stop and collision. The piece contrasts visible text signs with hidden cues in streets and vehicles.
Endorsed by the state board of public welfare and the Monticello Chamber of Commerce the Iowa Children's Home society will hold its annual tag sale in Monticello on Saturday May 7 The affair is sponsored by local officials and church leaders with Miss Wood in charge of finances and youth workers The drive supports children in Jones county and other Iowa counties through foster homes and adoptions with the society based in Des Moines and 231 children under care Purchasers are asked to display the tag and cooperate in funds for Homes for needy children
Mr and Mrs Frank A Meade marked fifty years of marriage with a May 1 anniversary at the old Meade farm north of Manchester now run by their twin sons Harry and Harold. The couple, married May 2 in Monticello by Rev Thomas Oliver, are parents of a daughter Mrs Frank Emerson and two sons with seven grandchildren. The old home has belonged to the family since 1852 and Mr Mead, 74, with his wife 72, have since retired nine years ago and reside in North Manchester.
The Knights of Columbus Monticello and Cascade councils plan a joint initiation at Cascade on Sunday May 15. Local members invited to participate in the ceremony and related activities.
P T A leaders gathered at the Congregational church in Marion for a district school of instruction. One hundred eighteen delegates from Monticello Hopkinton Dubuque Belle Plaine and Cedar Rapids attended the all day session. State goals chairman H C Breckenridge urged applying state and national programs to local units. Monticello P T A was represented by President Riess G Stuhler and Secretary Charles Luett.
County Clerk office reports five licenses including Donald Culvey 21 and Helen Stine 18 of Belvidere Illinois Catherine Locher legal of Monticello Harold Kilers 30 of Monticello Beatrice Smith 31 of Prairieburg Orville Petersen 21 and Virginia King 22 of Cedar Rapids Leroy Kaberle 21 of Dyersville Irene Potter 19 of West Union.
County Recorder Bess E. Sherman reports 359 licenses issued in April, bringing in 453 dollars. Sales included 168 resident fishing, 3 resident hunting, and 188 combined hunting and fishing licenses.
Judge H. C. Ring presided in Anamosa last Monday over six criminal cases pursued by County Attorney J. E. Heiserman. Four defendants, parole violators, were returned to the reformatory and pled not guilty demanding trial, delayed to September due to no petit jury at the May term. Names include Floyd Evans George Zimmerman Beryl Sparks and Guy Karsner. Elmer Aumen to stand trial for stealing the Henry Prult car after escape, pled guilty and received an indeterminate five year sentence. Fred Smith pled guilty to sodomy and received a determinate sentence up to ten years.
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