Keiths Celebrate 50 Years in Monticello
Mr and Mrs George W Keith marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Monticello on May 2 192? The couple wed May 2 1881 in Manchester with S L Doggett officiating Their family includes four children ten grandchildren and a large circle of friends The celebration drew ninety guests at the Monticello country club with the couple residing on their farm past and now home to Benjamin Keith their son Both born in Pennsylvania and Delaware counties the pair spent most of their years farming before moving to town in 1917 They remain active with Mrs Keith helping at home and Mr Keith enjoying the garden and daily chats on First Street
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George W. Keith
Monticello
Manchester
S. L. Doggett
Cliff
Sarah Keith
Mr. Keith
Hazel Green Township
Keith
Benjamin
Clara Dunlap
Benjamin F. Keith
Delhi
Bess Dickey
R. H
Georgia) Dunlap
Masonville
Monticello Country Club
Union Township
Delaware County
Havel Green Township
U.S. Grant Keith
Hopkinton
Ann McCoulough
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Ellen Boyer
Henry J
Sarah Boyer
Montgomery
Lycoming County
Hillside
Sand Springs
George Wilcox
Bay Settlement
Margaret Davis
Charles Boyer
Dubuque
Henry J. Boyer
Guntown
Mississippi
Bess
First Street
Sloan's Civic Service and Uncommon Gavel Hobby
Charles H. Sloan a retired Nebraska representative and longtime Mason Knight Templar Knight of Pythias Elk Woodman of the World and former state senator studies gavels as symbols of authority. He notes American origin of gavels tied to colonial and Masonic use and recalls many nations using bells gavels and signals while the House often loses gavels as souvenirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Sloan
Monticello
Nebraska
Music Festival At Mount Vernon Opens May 7
The Cornell college May Music Festival runs May 7 8 and 9 featuring Josef Hofmann Dr Frederick Brock the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and five other artists in the festival's largest program in 33 years Hofmann opens with a recital May 7 and returns Saturday afternoon with the Chicago Orchestra to perform a Rubenstein concerto marking his first Midwest appearance in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josef Hofmann
Frederick Brock
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Cornell College
Chicago Symphony
Rubenstein
Middle West
Eastern Iowa Editors Meet in Monticello Gathering
The Eastern Iowa Publishers association held its May meeting in Monticello with an excellent turnout. New officers were elected to replace retirees, and the program included talks by Otto Ambroz and R L LaChappelle on advertising and reformatory printing. The June picnic will be at Bellevue state park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Iowa Publishers Association
Monticello
Soldiers’ Memorial Building
Tom J.white
the Express
S. E. Sennett
London
A. C. McKinsey
Maquoketa
Tom J. White
Wade Guenther
Sabula
Bellevue State Park
Otto Ambroz
Cedar Rapids
R. L. LaChappelle
Reformatory
Anamosa
Indusdustrial School
Eldora
Leo D. McShane
Bingham Roller Company
Des Moines
H. C. Baldwin
Cascade Pioneer
C. J. Cash, Jr
Anamosa Journal
Edwin Black
Elmo Black
Preston Times
H. R. Marshall
Crescent Printing Company
Wyoming
F. W. Buxton
P. T. Buxton
Wheatland Gazette
E. J. Maloney
Des Moines Printers Exchange
Cliff L. Main
Monticello Express
J. W. Doxsee
C. A. Doxsee
O. W. Babcock
Delmar Journal
Will 8. Beels
Hopkinton Leader
Leo D. Mee- Shane
Anamosa Re‘formatory
H. A. Grant
John Rhodes Dies in Baldwin After Ill Health
John Rhodes died at his Baldwin home after a year of severe heart trouble and seven procedures to drain fluid around the heart. He formerly lived in Cedar Rapids and Wyoming and was in banking there, later running a garage and implement business in Baldwin. Survived by widow Sadie Franks Rhodes, daughter Helen Mahlin of Chicago, daughter from Wyoming Mrs. Franks, and brother Frank Rhodes of Los Angeles. Funeral Friday at 2:30 in Baldwin with Masonic burial rites at Wyoming cemetery.
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Jones County
John Rhodes
Baldwin
Cedar Rapids
Wyoming
Sadie Franks Rhodes
8. G. Franks
Helen Mahlin
Chicago
Frank Rhodes
Los Angeles
Rhodes
Masonic Fraternity
Masonic Lodge
Monti High Enters Iowa Academic Contest
Monticello high school students compete in the third annual Iowa Academic Contest with tests in Algebra Plane Geometry General Science Physics World History American History Economics Civics English Literature American Literature and English Curriculum. Schools enter statewide with class B grouping and a separate state scholarship contest will be held in Iowa City June 1 and 2 for top scorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
East Central
Iowa City
Salvation Army Annual Appeal to Be Held in Monticello
The Salvation Army will conduct its annual canvass in Monticello on May 11 12 and 13 led by Envoy W L Lowe and daughter Viola from Des Moines Iowa state headquarters. Frank E Stimson again serves as treasurer funds support Iowa division and local works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Monticello
W. L. Lowe
Viola
Iowa
Des Moines
Frank E. Stimson
Army
Friends
Monticello Entrants to State Music Contest
Monticello high school pupils will travel to Iowa City May 8 to compete in the state music contest spanning May 7 to 9. The district win earned Monticello a spot in the mixed chorus division with delegates including Burris, Cramer, Dickey, Phelps, Schoon, Specht, McLaughlin, Ricklefs, Schoon, Behrends, Gerdes, Jacobs, Kay, McLaughlin, Oltman, Oltman, Slauson, Winkler, Oltman, Eden, Fairbanks, Hughes, and Zimmersman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Iowa City
Monticello
O¢lwein
Junior Burris
Richard Calkins
Loren Cramer
Keith Dickey
George Harris
Robert Phelps
Eugene Rodman
Raymond Schoon
Gerald Schoon
Max Specht
Bernard Che
Russell Hughes
Stewart Curtis
Tim George
Howard McLaughlin
James McLaughlin
James Ricklefs
Leroy Schoon
Leonard Schoon
Leona Behrends
Lorna Gerdes
Ruth Jacobs
Betty Kay
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Margaret Phelps
Edna Schoon
Edna Siebels
Vivian Smith
Lillian Slauson
Sara Oltman
Edith Winkler
Pauline Oltman
Vivian Bancroft
Dorothy Eden
Esther Eden
Miriam Fairbanks
Emma Hughes
Luella Oltman
Winnie Rohr
Lorene Zimmerman
Annual School Exhibit To Be Presented May 15
Monticello public schools announce their annual exhibit of department work to be shown Friday afternoon and evening with exhibits open from 3 to 5 and 7 to after the grade operetta and performance No charge to view the displays Exhibits will be in each grade plus domestic science and manual training rooms
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Monticello Public Schools
Veterans of Foreign Wars initiate 25 candidates next Wednesday
The Veterans of Foreign Wars will initiate a class of 25 candidates on May 13. Davenport drum and bugle corps and Cedar Rapids and Dubuque post representatives attend. A dancing party and entertainment follow the initiation.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Monticello Plans May Graduation Events For Class Of Forty Nine
Monticello public schools announce May activities from May 7 to May 29 including state music contest at Iowan City. The class of 1931 comprises twenty girls and twenty nine boys with Louise Thomas among graduates. Activities feature operetta The Palace of Carelessness on May 15 and a Junior Senior banquet on May 16, plus baccalaureate May 24 and senior exams May 25 26 culminating in commencement May 28 and alumni banquet May 29.
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Iowan City
Monticello Men In Automobile Wreck
Messrs Halstead Carpenter and H F Kettlitz from Monticello were in an auto accident near Anamosa while returning from Des Moines. Carpenter swerved to avoid a parked car, hitting a second car with lights off, leaving the Ford badly wrecked. Both men were uninjured and were later driven home. A nearby couple from Cedar Rapids rode in the other involved vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Halstead Carpenter
H. F. Kettlitz
Des Moines
Anamosa
Carpenter
Ford
Kettlitz
Packard
G. I. Litten
Cedar Rapids
Items Of Occurrences Twenty Years Ago
Twenty years ago notes recall A Kraft named mail carrier on route 4 from Monticello and other local lives. The list mentions Colin G. Thomas a Chicago medical student visiting family, a proposed parsonage for Rev W H L Schuetz, and Louis Hong planning to join Hoag Duster company. It covers births, weddings, graduations, farm moves, a large sweet corn planting contract, deaths of Henry Paulsen and Mrs Mary Winner Heisey, a windstorm damaging several farms, and various local family milestones in Monticello and Jones County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Kraft
Monticello
Colin G. Thomas
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chicago
J. G. Thomas
W. H. L. Schuetz
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Louis Hong
Andrew Cassidy
Hugh Campbell
Belle Fourche
S. C
G. W. Eastwood
First
Walnut Streets
Enanning
Wyoming High School
Henry Paulsen
Gus
Eugene
Reuben Schneider
G. H. Bohlken
Germany
Mary Winner Heisey
William Woods
Fritz Zimmerman
James George
Chris Scheer
Henry Rieken
Rudolph Bohren
Dolores Elaine Balster Dies at Hastings Minnesota
Dolores Elaine Balster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Balster, died April 26 at fifteen months and nine days after illness from pneumonia and complications. Funeral April 28 at Evangelical Lutheran church Hastings. Rev E Penk presided. burial in Ellsworth Wisconsin. Survived by parents grandparents A H Balster of Monticello and John Goodier of Hager City and the maternal great grandmother. Baptized at Hastings Lutheran church at one month.
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A. H. Balster
Walter
Dolores Elaine Balster
Fred L. Balster
Hastings
Minn
Evangelical Lutheran Church
E. Penk
Prescott
Wis
Ellsworth
Monticello
John Goodier
Hager City
House Of David Beats Monticello In Cold Park Game
The House Of David team defeated Monticello 10 to 0 at the city park on a chilly afternoon. Attendance was light, receipts totaled between 50 and 60 dollars, and Monticello will begin Maquoketa Valley league play at Ryan on May 17 followed by a home date against Dyersville on May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of David
Monticello
Maquoketa
Dyersville
Rotary Club Names New Executive Officers for Monticello
The Monticello Rotary Club elected Clay ton A. Palmer president Dr C G Thomas vice president and A B Grimes secretary for the year starting July 1. Thomas E Hamilton was chosen as delegate to the eleventh district Rotary convention to be held in Burlington on May 18 and 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Rotary Club
Clayton A. Palmer
C. G. Thomas
A. B. Grimes
Thomas E. Hamilton
Rotary
Burlington
Neighborhoods That Interest Mrs Burke 96 Dies at Home
Marion’s and area headlines cover the death of Mrs Mary Burke 96 from a fractured hip suffered last August. Also notes a Cedar Rapids May 19 hearing on a N M Waite motor freight line. a Dyersville liquor sale arrest. bank consolidation to American Savings Bank & Trust. Iowa State versus Missouri State track and field results. Manchester gambling arraignments for seven business venues with fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Burke
Marion
State Railroad Commission
Cedar Rapids
N. M. Waite
Oxford Junction
Wyoming
Onslow
Monmouth
Arrion Layde
Dyersville
Dubuque County
Layde
United States
Lay
American Savings Bank & Trust Company
Towa
Iowa State College
Missouri State University
Towa State
Missouri
Ray Putnam
Laberten
Town State
Bob Hager
R. Smith
Fred W. Hermann
Manchester
E. G. Roe
C. A. Foell
Charles Zirtzman
Peter Ermel
W. H. Condon
Cyril Armstrong
A. H. Cleveland
Mail routes out of Monticello contracted to bids
Postmaster George Guyan reports the government let four year contracts for two Monticello mail routes effective July 1. The Monticello Dubuque round trips go to Ernest Peschong for 2993.50 dollars yearly, and Monticello Cedar Rapids round trip goes to Allen E Rayner for 1400 dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Guyan
Star Mail
Monticello
Dubuque
Ernest Peschong
Cedar Rapids
Allen E. Rayner
Cascade
Baby Contest Saturday Proved Decided Success
Schultz Bros held a baby contest last Saturday. Nurses picked first second and third places for the best developed babies. First prize went to Len Earl Grimm six months old of Monticello. Second prize to Jean Marie Howie seven months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lynn Howie. Third prize to Doris Anne Rienfets nine months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore Rienfets Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schultz Bros
Fepress
Len Earl Grimm
Monticello
Jean Marie Howie
Lynn Howie
Doris
Anne Rienfets
Theodore Rienfets, Jr
Selma Prahm Honored By People Of Rockwell
Miss Selma Prahm daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Prahm of Center Junction was honored at a Rockwell Congregational church reception. She resigns as music supervisor to take a similar post in Wyoming public schools in Jones county. A musical program accompanied the event and a waffle iron was given by the Ladies Aid. Her four years in Rockwell included teaching pupils who won three firsts and four seconds in a county musical contest at Plymouth. Monti Cello shows interest as she was born in Rockwell.
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Selma Prahm
Peter Prahm
Center Junction
Rockwell
Congregational Church
Wyoming Public Schools
Jones County
Prahm
Ladies’ Aid Society
Plymouth
Monticello
Gruenstein Honored by Chicago Organists Society Luncheon
S E Gruenstein longtime Lake Forest church organist and choir master was honored at a Palmer House luncheon. Chicago chapters of the National Association of Organists and the American Guild of Organists plus several societies of organists hosted the event honoring the Monticello native and brother of Mrs George Guyan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Siegfried Gruenstein
Monticello
George Guyan
The
Tribune
S. E. Gruenstein
Presbyterian Church
Lake Forest
Palmer House
Chicago
National Association of Organists
Illinois
American Guild of Organists
Chicago Society of Theater Organists
Chicago Club of Women Organists
van Dusen Organ Club
Trevor Curtis Reaches State Spelling Contest Des Moines
Jones county sent Trevor Curtis to the state spelling contest in Des Moines last Saturday. He did not win a prize but was among the last twenty five finalists out of over a hundred participants. The challenging word was annum. He attended with spelling coach Miss Martha Meyer. Trevor is an eighth grade student at Monticello Public School.
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Jones County
Des Moines
Trevor Curtis
Trevor
Martha Meyer
Monticello
Ina Nelson Fractures Knee Cap After Street Accident
Ina Nelson fractured her knee cap on Saturday while crossing the street near her home. She was distracted by a paying crew and stumbled, falling and injuring herself at John McDonald hospital where she is receiving treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina Nelson
Shes Tra Neen
John McDonald Hospital
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Mount Vernon
Memorial Building
Monti High
Maples Inn
Louise Thomas
Raymond Thomas
Norfolk
Richard Behrends
Kenneth Burris
Faye Cass
Maye Cass
Harlan Cooper
Charles Eby
Clarence Eilers
Elmer Folkerts
Bertha Mae Goldin
Fred Hanken
Harvey Heleens
Raymond Helgens
George Hoult
Viola Hutton
John Kay
Milton Langer
Fern Leggett
Harry Matthiessen
Ada Mundinger
Orlando Null
Dani Reichart
Floyd Richardson
Elmer Rickels
George Schiemme
Ernest Schmidt
Raymond Siebels
Thelma von Voltenburg
Dottis Vertrees
Kathryn Gerdes
Irene Heiken
Olga Meier
Elsa Pruynyrm
Maurine Hamblin
Opa Porter
London Town
Palace of Carelessness
Dolly Dimples
Mr. Clock
Tim Thomas
Dean Slauson
Josephine McNeill
Wyland Bone
Eloie Timmins
Betty L. Patterson
Glenn Lambert
Monkey
Fay Haeussler
Sammy
Orvan Yeoman
Kathleen Carlsen
Dean Tedrow
Donald Schoon
Walter Stutt
Carl Howland
Leonard Bader
Frederick Bone
Royal Rodman
Helen Jolly
Ada Egger
Ralph Bender
Jackie Beeks
Charles Ross
Harry Boots
Carl Behrends
Leslie Burrichter
Robert Brokens
Betty Jean Crane
Jean Echternacht
Bobby Eggers
LaVern Eilers
Junior First
Louis Graves
Dwaine Harford
Arling Hughes
Harold Hogan
Richard Landis
Arfie Rathbun
Joan Reichart
Geraldine Schneider
Roy Schoon
Esther Sanford
Robert Smith
Paul Warner
Mary Jane Collman
Ralph Bader
Stanley Beebee
Raymond Behrends
Charles Bender
James Bone
Louis Brockhahn
Everette Clark
Lester Collins
Frank Duckett
Glenn Orcutt
Graydon Reade
Arthur Rigby
Donald Rynerson
Kenneth Schneider
Eugene Schoon
Marvin Schoon
Donald Stott
Gerald Taylor
Willam Wright
Ellen Ackerman
Phyllis Anderson
Marguerite Bader
Bonnie June Burris
Pearl Harford
Lucille Hutbregtse
Iva Hutton
Jeanette Lubben
Virginia Marsh
Louise Mettler
Wanda Retchart
Yola Rodman
Ruth Schneider
Doris Schoon
Veiita Shover
Juanita Shover
Umbrellas
Rosella Behrends
Iane Bender
Paul Bender
Robert Brown
Helena Calkins
Ellen Cooper
Wilbur K
Jean Royden
Loyal Rittmer
Donald Robertson
Mae Sharp
Robert Stutt
Eggie Schoon
Charles Wright
Harald Yeoman
Eugene Burrichter
Joyce Bright
Edward Brokens
Trene Brockhahn
Frederick Faust
John Fraser
Eileen Hanssen
Glenn Haeussler
Bernice Havitchek
Eunice Howland
Lavonne Landis
Dean Milroy
Luella Powers
Lucile
Max Palmer
Mary Schoon
Edna Mae Crane
Antonette M. Coxsee
Mary Keith
Margaret Smith
Enecte Barlow
Calen Graves
James Farley
Monte
Pauline Cooper
G. Gutensohn
Hastings, Minn
Monti
Rotary Club
K. D. Miller
Scout Organization
Memorial Hall
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Roy Schwab
Carroll Thomas
Carroll B. Thomas
Waubeek
Howard Cherry
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