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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
2
Local items note visitors from Cedar Rapids and Anamosa, summer shopping trips, family calls, and social events in Monticello Manchester and Springville. Mentions eye care ads and a theater outing, plus Rot ary and church group travel to Mount Vernon.
A collection of short, imperfect poems by fifth graders about mothers. Voices include Mist Searies and Barbara Heeren, expressing gratitude, affection, and memories of care. The lines describe kindness, guidance, bedtime hugs, and the wish to honor mothers on Mother's Day.
Miss Mildred Lee and Mrs Ahert Nagel are among locals noted for visits and health updates. Townsfolk attended church meetings in Davenport and Decorah and celebrated Mary Ann Bunt’s birth in Monticello. A Redwood City visitor reconnects with Algona-area relatives as residents report illnesses and hospital care.
Tickets for the Monticello high school alumni banquet in the high school gymnasium on June 9 go on sale next week. The dinner costs 40 cents with tickets available at local shops. A dance follows with committee chairs named, and dues of 25 cents collected this week from association members.
Steve Hoag and Relph Lembert of Monticello received honor buttons from the supreme chapter for commendable membership activities. Several men including John Shover Ray Coyle Elmer Goon and others were named, with towns listed as Monticello Anamosa Belle Plain Brooklyn Cedar Rapids Center Point Central City Dike Marengo Martelle Van Horne Williamsburg and La Porte City. The lodge, reorganized on 6 January, now has 43 members.
Ruth Bowie, daughter of Mrs. Alice Howie and a senior in home economies at Iowa State, works on Alice Freeman dormitory front and homecoming events for the LS T C Veishen festival set for May 11 22 18.
Ghauncey T Bates head of the South Dakota park board mails a highway map of the Black Hills and Custer State Park to attract tourists. He promotes U S 16 as a dustless route from Canton to the park with affordable lodging, camping, and various wildlife attractions including buffalo, elk, deer, and wild turkeys.
Thirteen members of the Monticello Knights of Prthins received the Knight rank at the Sth district lodge meeting in Van Borne Tuesday night. Monticello sent twenty three candidates, with 36 Montiadire men present. the ceremony was led by the Gedur Rapidr lodge degree team. The annual event drew two hundred eighty five knights, with ninety seven candidates achieving the third degree in a new gymnasium ceremony.
Leslie Balster and the Iowa State College community prepare for a three day Open House festival highlighting the 18th annual event. About 3500 cherry pies will be baked for visitors. The program features marching shows by college groups, fireworks, and performances by the Alb-Bakr White Thorpe group from Sioux City across the weekend.
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