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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1957
Page
2
Auction notices list a consign ment sale at Ray's Trading Post on May 1 at 1 p.m. with entry before sale. a June 1 slave auction at the depot lawn in Monticello at 8 p.m. organized by Louie Hanken and Tom Eden.
Police report three minor collisions. On March 7 at South First Street and the railroad, two cars collided, causing damage to the right rear fender. drivers Madalyn Mo nier and Melvin A Crocker sustained slight damage. Edward Wenger was fined $10 for failing to yield after a May 2 accident. Wenger's car sustained about 50 dollars damage and the Raven car about 249.
The afternoon and evening circles of the Women’s Fellowship met at the church for a joint session with 31 members present. The program How to Read and Enjoy Books covered Bible and library works led by Mrs. A K Jones Mrs. Arch Edwards and Mrs. Florence Roberts. Devotions by Mrs. Herman Egger and Mrs. Hulda Robinson framed the theme. Mrs. Guy Byerly conducted the meeting with news from the Muscatine district meeting and two honorable mentions received by the group. Refreshments were provided by Mrs. Olga Stott Mrs. Cecil Goettsch Mrs. Edna Borden and Mrs. Charles Etter.
Merle Edward Pillard faces a single Jones county district court charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was arrested May 4 after an erratic drive near Monticello and Highway 151. Pillard waived a preliminary hearing and his case was bound over to the grand jury with bond set at 350 dollars.
Weekend guests at the Charles Luett home in Monticello include Glenn McNeilly of Pasadena California on a Havana trip, Ray McNeilly and family of Kansas City, and John McNeilly of Oelwein. Grandson Jimmy Hamersly and his mother Marjorie Luett Hamersly also joined the visit.
Three Express area men attended the Iowa Farmers Union convention in Des Moines May 2 and 3 where an Iowa branch of the National Farmers Union was formed. Attendees included Bob Whiting of Prairieburg Leonard Kula and Harold Larson of Anamosa. About 200 delegates participated in the ceremony with Maurice O Rielly of Barnham elected president and Leonard Huffman of Waterloo as vice president.
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