Portrait Corner reveals Monticello's colorful local character
A Monticello businessman known for a masculine look and mannerisms works as a cook and crafts toy projects in spare time. He is an avid angler who has lived in Wayne township and Sand Spring, attended local schools, and now runs an independent hardware business with an associate. Last week's portrait featured R. J. Langer of Franklin Equipment.
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Monticello
Santa Claus
Wayne Township
Sand Spring
R. J. Langer
Franklin Equipment Company
Obituary of Mrs. Leonard VanKirk of Wheatland
Mrs. Leonard M. VanKirk of Wheatland died April 22 1935 after years of illness including plural pneumonia She was born July 11 1876 in Anamosa Iowa married September 28 1904 to Leonard M VanKirk They lived in Mason City Swaledale Monticello and settled Wheatland in 1924 Survived by husband daughter Eleanor Totten Cedric VanKirk two granddaughters and two sisters Funeral held in Balster chapel with readings by Davenport church members.
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Wheatland Gazette
Leonard M. VanKirk
Floy H. Babcock
Perry O. Babcock
Monticello
Iowa
Anamosa
Mason City
Swaledale
Wheatland
Eleanor Totten
DeWitt
Cedric
Peggy Jo Totten
Kathleen Ann van Kirk
FP. W. Buston
W. F. Rohn
Rutan
Balster
Ed Schmidt
First Christian Science Church of
Davenport
Gregg
Vocational Guidance Tea Hosted by Mon ticello B P W Club
The Business and Professional Women of Monticello hosted a Sunday afternoon vocational tea at the public school. It honored Sacred Heart seniors and public school seniors with decorated tables and a May pole centerpiece. An afternoon program covered choosing vocations with speakers on nursing education library work civil service beauty culture and teaching.
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Business and Professional Women's Club of
Monticello
Sacred Heart
Recene Ashton
Isabel Meyer
Minnie Ricklefs
Jean Nagel
Monticello Hospital
Bertha Locher
Catherine Redmond
Mary Locher
Lillian Stewart
Ann Miller
Maude Arduser
Caroline Heiken
County Institute on Church School Work Planned
A county wide General Institute on Church School Work will be held at the local Congregational church on Friday May 24. Delegates register at 9 15 in the morning and sessions end at 5 o clock. Walter Hutton from Des Moines, general secretary of Town Religious Educational Councils, will appear on the program. All Jones county church schools are urged to send workers to attend. An outline will appear next week in The Express.
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Walter Hutton
Des Moines
Town Religious Educational Councils
Jones County
the Express
Receiving Station Here For Coming Tomato Crop
The Farmer Canning Co. of Cedar Rapids will establish a receiving station at the Monticello factory to accept tomatoes. Price is $9 per ton for deliveries. Tomato yield ranges from 15 to 20 tons per acre. Interested parties should contact Carl C. Hodson, Monticello factory manager.
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Farmer Canning Company of
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Carl C. Hodson
Honor Roll Notes From Public Schools By Grade Level
The list shows senior students with high honors and scores ranging from the high 90s to 80s led by Helen Holst at 98 and Frances Steck 95.25. Juniors include Jo Royden 97.25 and Marion McVay 95.25. Sophomores feature Hilda Balster 93 and Mary McLaughlin 92.25 along with other top performers. Ninth grade honors include Kathleen Carlsen 95 and Dorothy Otten 94.12. mention goes to Dennis Tobiason 89 and others in the honor roll and honorable mention categories. Seventh grade presents Shirley Hobert 93 and Doris Schoon 92 among top scorers.
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Helen Holst
Frances Steck
Roy Ricklefs
Mildred Rathbun
Mary Jane Stewart
Ada Egger
Norma Jean Bevan
George Fraser
Sam Schuetz
Mildred Board
Jo Royden
Marion McVay
Helen Havlichek
Lucille George
Orvin Pa
Wilma Kuhns
Hilda Balster
Mary E. McLaughlin
Alice Rabenburg
Charlene Rolls
Margaret Smith
Virginia Mintthiessen
Kathleen Carlsen
Dorothy Otten
Betty Thomas
Margaret Delscher
Bernice Havlichek
Vernon Steiner
Josephine McNeill
Robert Wahl
Dennis Tobiason
Frances Bone
Mary Jane Veitch
Wanda Podhaski
Bleaone Stewart
Josephine Ricklefs
Miriam Lovell
Doris Lubben
Mary Hanssen
Shirley Hobert
Doris Schoon
Lucille Hulbregtse
Wilma Grossheim
Frances Barlow
Fourth Grade Community Notes and School Activities
Fourth grade sent flowers and fruit to ill Betty Brokaw and Ruth Hoffman. PTA health program tickets raised twenty five dollars Friday night. Students rail against spelling and arithmetic milestones while others broadcast book reports on MSG. Kindergarten bird hike and poems by second graders appear alongside maps of Iowa and national settlement examples.
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Betty Brokaw
Ruth Hoffman
Betty
Ruth
Dick Abel
Duane Harford
Donald Pierce
PTA
Bobby Husman
Elizabeth Lee Byerly
MSG
Monticello
Dickey Landis
Louis Graves
Ralph Bender
Joyce Ambuhl
Betty Otten
Harry Boots
Robert Liddy
Charles Ross
Iowa
Miss Berryhill
Pella
Springville
Arthur Rigby
Kitty Creek
Newson
The
Robins
Inoculation Clinic To Open Tomorrow
The Parent-Teachers Association sponsors a diphtheria immunization drive in Monticello with a public school clinic opening at 9 am and a parochial clinic at 1 pm on Friday May 10. Consent slips must be signed. preschoolers treated at 3 30 pm at the school clinic, and nurses and doctors provide immunizations through June 8.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
Monticello
Redmond, Fraser, Thomas and
DeShaw
Vadena Finney
Martha Buol
Marion Hayes
Parent-Teachers' Association
Eastern Star
P. BE. O. T.E. Association
Knights of Columbus, Red Cross Chapter
St. Elizabeth Society
Monti Varsity Wins Mt Vernon Track Meet in Close Title
Monticello earns third consecutive conference track crown at Mt Vernon as coach Merten receives praise from Dr. Carpenter. Relay victory leads a program highlighted by multiple event wins and new records including mile relay and pole vault. Notable placers include Eggert Mech and Spooner Mont in sprints and hurdles with Mount Vernon and University High runners contending in several events.
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Matthiessen
Ferring
Butch” Spooner
Merten
Monticello
Allen
Fraser
Bone
Hearn
Tipton
University High
Mount Vernon
Eggert
Mech
Lind
Campbell
Bennett
Lembaugh
Schroeder
Ribble
Smith
Casterline
Neff
Mont
Barron
Miller
Shank
Travis
Spooner
Wombacher
Higbie
Swift
Mechanicsville
Eggers
Fountain
Kent
Hart
Riley
Elers
Hiller
B. Eggert
Foerster
Pierce
Wescott
Barnes
Mother's Day Church Services Across Prairieburg Area
Local churches publish Mother's Day observances with services, Sunday schools, and youth activities. St Josephs Prairieburg Lutherans and other congregations list schedules for May 12 including English and German services, Sunday schools, and youth conventions in Anamosa.
Leaguers Meet at Anamosa Church for Sunday Program
Mosaic groups from Mosa Castle Grove Monticello Olla Ryan and Wayne plan a convention at St Pauls Lutheran in Anamosa Service begins 11:00 a.m. Dinner at noon Program at 2:00 p.m. All leaguers invited and other youths welcome Meet at 10:00 a.m. at the church to travel together Center Junction M E Church hosts morning services Epworth League and choir activities follow Mother's Day observaance at the Methodist church with program features and floral offerings for mothers.
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St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Anamosa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wm. J. Macaulay
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Rev
G. Wolf
Luther Leagues of
Ana
Mosa
Castle Grove
Monticello
Olla
Ryan
Wayne
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Anamosa League
Annamosa
Center Junction M. E
S. V. Williams
Vera Moats
Epworth League
Endeavor
Mary Leech
Evangelical and Reformed Church Service Schedule
Rev. Armin H. Tendick leads Sunday May 12 worship with Sunday school at 9 45 a m English service at 10 45 a m Next Sunday is Mother's Day and will be celebrated during worship at 9 a m
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Evangelical and Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
Sundaay School
The Madonna of the Trail Service and Banquet Notice
A church announces a special program themed The Madonna of the Trail. All mothers and daughters are invited to Sunday service and the in church basement banquet next week Thursday with tickets at 30 cents. Members are reminded to pay 1934 dues by next Sunday and to continue regular church support. The Woman's Missionary Society meets next week Tuesday.
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Woman's Missionary )Society
Tuesday Not Wednesday Notice From Mrs Will Burrichter
The notice corrects an event day stating the gathering is on Tuesday and not Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Will Netcott visited Dyersville with friends last Sunday.
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Will Burrichter
Will Netcott
Dyersville
Mrs Pernice Penniman Judd Visits Monticello En Route
Mrs Pernice Penniman Judd and her daughter Mrs Helen Blue with her baby made a brief Monticello stop visiting the Judd family. They traveled by car from Hammond Louisiana to New York City, stopping a few days ago to see uncles Elmer and Ed Hicks.
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Pernice Penniman Judd
Helen Blue
Monticello
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leonard VanKirk
Elsa Ruth Gutknecht
Joanne Smith
Raymond Denkhoff
Chariton
Theodore Denkhoff
A. M. Maurice
Raymond Maurice Denkhoff
Monti
Mt. Vernon
Princess
George Cohan - Wynne Gibson
Bob Steele
Sun
Mon
Navy
Ben ‘Dogs OF Cease
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Prairieburg
Stephen J. Kucera
Congregational Church
Samuel G. Gutensohn
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Hoskinton
J. A. Pannkuk
Ladies’ Aid
Luther League
St. John’s
American Lutheran Church
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
J. Willms
St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
Ladies’ Aid Society
J. B. Zimmerman Clothing
Presbyterian Church
Wm. J. Grossheim
Farmers Mutual Creamery CO
Monticello, Iowa
Henry Heeren
Nina Bulgren
Esther Tabor
Mary Jean McDonald
Henry Townsend
Joe Fisher and His Orchestra
Hutchinsons
Good Housekeeping
Vogue Foundation
Vogue
Cally
Smart Wear Shop
Altman Building
America
Pontiac
Pontiac A Ae Saas
Ciro
S. Cedar St
Catribane
General Motors
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