Winners Gallop Home in Local Academic Tests
Monticello high school pupils took this year’s state academic tests with multiple top scores across subjects. Winners include Jo Royden, Hilda Balster, Roy Ricklefs, and Kathleen Carlsen, among others, with Monticello previously ranking first in B class. Final state results expected around May 26 at Town City.
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Monticello High School
Jo Royden
Constance Naylor
Roy Ricklefs
Iowa City
Robert Wahl
Grace Hutton
Margaret Deischer
Edward Brokens
Edward Snell
Dennis Tobiason
Kathleen Carlsen
Jean Royden
Jo McNeill
Elsie Benedict
Margaret Detscher
Mary McLaughlin
Hilda Balster
Antonette Coxsee
Julean Blake
Gordon York
Junior Hobert
Dean Morcy
Alice Rabenberg
Margaret Smith
John Hay
George Bridges
U.S
Joan Hay
Orvin Yeoman
Warren Studer
Helen Holst
George Fraser
Carol Naylor
Trevor Curtis
Josephine Scherrer
Frances Steck
Wanda Podhaski
George Smith
Josephine Ricklefs
Wilma Grossheim
Doris Schoon
Lucille Hui
Prisoner at the Bar to be staged by Local Citizens
A group of twenty one local citizens with an Anti-Saloon League representative will present the murder trial Prisoner at the Bar at a union meeting in the school auditorium on Wednesday evening May 22 at 8 o'clock. The set reproduces a courtroom and the cast includes Judge Forsythe state attorney Homer King defense attorney T E Hamilton prisoner at bar Ed Johnson Neal Hayden Tom Hamlin clerk Robert Buol jury twelve well known citizens and others.
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Anti-Saloon League
Forsythe
A. B. Grimes
Homer King
T. E. Hamilton
Bar
League Man
Ed Johnson
Neal Hayden
Tom Hamlin
G. W. Anderson
Frank Hall
Margaret McNeill
Dorothy Jones
Gail Huibregtse
Robert Buol
Merle Hutton
Brooder and Chicks Destroyed by Fire Near Amber
A brooder house on Phil Bailey farm near Amber burned last week killing 60 to 75 chicks. Wes Burlingmeier works as a tenant on the Bailey farm.
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Phil Bailey
Amber
Wes Burlingmeier
Bailey
Jones County Sees 144 More Farms Since 1930 Census
Preliminary counts from the 1936 agricultural census show Jones county listing 2268 farms, up from 2124 farms in 1930, an increase of 144 farms over five years.
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Jones
Jones County
Iowa Farmland Shifts Toward Corporate Control
Forty three percent of Iowa farmland is mortgaged and ten percent of unmortgaged land is held by large corporations, which own about 3,450,000 acres. Southern Iowa counties Decatur Wayne Clarke and Ringgold show high mortgage shares while northern counties Emmet Dickinson Palo Alto and Kossuth lead in corporate ownership. Operators and individuals hold roughly forty seven percent of land with corporate takeovers rising as insurers acquired mortgaged farms tied to boom era land prices.
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Iowa
Decatur
Wayne
Clarke
Ringgold
Emmet
Dickinson
Palo Alto
Kossuth
Valley League Opens Season With Three Wins for Anamosa Dyersville Oxford Junction
The Maquoketa Valley league opened last Sunday with games in Coggon Cascade and Oxford Junction. Anamosa Dyersville and Oxford Junction led the league after Sunday with 10 1 records while Alburnett rested. Monticello fell to Oxford Junction 8 to 3 and next Sunday Anamosa faces Dyersville at Dyersville Coggan hosts Cascade and Alburnett visits Monticello.
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Maquoketa
Coggon
Cascade
Oxford Junction
Dyersville
Anamosa
Monticello
Alburnett
Oxford Junction Sluggers
Oxford
Coggan
Monticello Golf Fans Thrilled By Exhibition
Members of the Monticello golf club journeyed to Cedar Rapids for an exhibition and lecture by Olin Dutra and Jimmy Thompson. Thompson is noted as the longest driver in golf and delivered mighty drives while Dutra impressed with precise putting.
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Monticello Golf Club
Cedar Rapids
Olin Dutra
Jimmy Thompson
Thompson
Dutra
Pioneer Adah Bodenhofer Dies in Anamosa Home
Mrs Adah Bodenhofer born at Fairview February 16 1861 died at her Anamosa home last week. Funeral was held from the Baptist church on Monday. Her husband once served as deputy sheriff in Jones County and died in 1930. She is survived by daughter Mrs Ruby Gerst and five grandchildren, former Amber residents.
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Adah Bodenhofer
Fairview
Anamosa
Baptist Church
Hopkinton Boy Breaks Arm In School Football Game
Dick Brown, a Hopkinton student, fractured his right arm in two places during a strenuous football game in a school physical training class. He was taken to John McDonald Hospital for medical care last week.
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Dick Brown
Hopkinton
John McDonald Hospital
Ministerial Association Met At Anamosa
The Jones County Ministerial Association held its monthly meeting in Anamosa last Monday with a noon lunch at the Baptist church served by area youth. The gathering continued in the Congregational church parlors with devotionals led by Rev. R. V. Porter and an open forum led by Rev. L. Dutro of Olin.
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Jones County
Jones County Reports Low Communicable Diseases Rate
State health commissioner's weekly report for the week ending May 4 shows a very low rate of communicable diseases in Jones county with no chicken pox diphtheria influenza or whooping cough cases. Five measles cases one meningitis case and three scarlet fever cases were reported.
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Jones County
Matched Team Sells For A Fancy Price
Henry Brunscheen a Wyoming Hale region trucker who hauls livestock delivered a matched team of horses from Jones county to a farmer near Madison Wisconsin. The team sold for 600 dollars.
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Henry Brunscheen
Wyoming and
Hale
Jones County
Madison
Wisconsin
Monticello Country Club Prepares for Open Golf Season
The Monticello country club hosts a dinner and dance to launch the golf season with a tentative May 22 date. Pro Robert Hartenberger anticipates the best season yet as fairways and greens are in fine shape. The first home tournament is slated for May 26 with prizes for each flight. The pro shop offers repairs and a new stock of clubs and balls, and the clubhouse refreshment stand is open for guests.
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Monticello
Robert Hartenberger
Prises
Hartenberger
Suit Over Pound Fees Carried To Supreme Court of the State
In a Des Moines library moment a fiftiethanniversary style note ties a 75 cent pound fee dispute, Weir vs Crane, to Iowa law history. The Iowa Supreme Court scene features seven lawyers from Monticello Anamosa and elsewhere as they argue on local option and state power to legislate. The piece frames how a small case raises broad constitutional questions about legislative authority and the limits of popular vote in liquor control and related local measures.
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Supreme Court of the State
Hibraa Ry
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Monticello
Towa
Weir
Crane
Great
Scott & Breanbrack
Anamosa
A. J. Monroe
M. W. Herrick
J. Q. Wing
William Weir
Iowa
Charles Crane
Bossy
Circuit Court
Supreme Court of
Immunization Clinics Treat 135 Children
The Parent-Teachers' association immunization program administered diphtheria vaccines at public and parochial schools. A total of 135 pupils were treated, with 103 at public schools and 32 at the parochial school. 12 absent with signed consents will be rescheduled.
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Parent-Teachers’ Association
A Good Word For Our New Golf Pro Mount Vernon Hawkeye
Bob Hartenberger has been chosen by the Monti cello Country club board to run the club this year. He will teach golf, manage grounds and accessories, and his wife Anna Zacher will be hostess at the club house.
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Mount Vernon Hawkeye
Bob Hartenberger
Monticello Country Club
Hartenberger
Manchester Country Club
Anna Zacher
Bob
Mount Vernon-Lisbon
Monticello Business And Professional Women's Club May Meeting
The Monticello chapter held its May meeting on Wednesday evening to close the fiscal year. Sophia Lambert Emma Helken and Ann Skelding led the committee. Retiring president Re cene Ashton presided at a candle light service and officers for the coming year were installed with Miss Ashton given a gift. Isabel Meyer named incoming president.
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Monticello
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Sophia Lambert
Emma Helken
Ann Skelding
Recene Ashton
Miss Ashton
Isabel Meyer
Ruth Malinda Byers Weds Fredrick M. Ritchie in Chicago
Ruth Malinda Byers and Frederick Mansfield Ritchie were married May 11 at 900 North Michigan Avenue Chicago. The ceremony by Dr. Martin L. Long drew a small group of intimate friends with out of town guests from Duluth Mon ticello Des Moines and Columbus. The couple will reside at 6210 Kimbark Avenue Chicago.
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Ruth Malinda Byers
Frederick Mansfield Ritchie
Donald M. Merrill
North
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Martin L. Long
Arthur FP. Ritchie
Duluth
Minnesota
Edward Templeton
Monticello
Caroline Claybourn
Des Moines
E. B. Stapleford
Columbus
Ohio
Ritchie
St. Katharine’s School For Girls
Kimbark Avenue
Always Has Been And Is Now A Real Model
The Monticello writer praises the old Tom Cassidy homestead on Sycamore Street as a lasting example of neatness and cleanliness. The yard, stretching over more than fifty years, is highlighted for its well kept lawns and shrubs contributing to the home's attractive appearance.
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Monticello
Tom Cassidy
Sycamore Street
Washington Township Plans Sale of School Bonds
The Washington township school board will meet on June 6 at 2 o clock to sell 800 dollars in school building bonds and to set the contract for erecting a schoolhouse in sub district No 5 to replace a building destroyed by fire last year.
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Washington Township
Items Of Occurrences Thirty Years Ago In May 1905 Monticello
The Monticello Express notes events from May 1905 such as school cantata proceeds of 78 dollars for classroom pictures, marriages at homes in Wayne township and Monticello, notable residents and visitors, lumber yard sales to outside firms, a train of family reminiscences, and local figures like Henry Wallace and Dr Edna Thomas tied to regional life.
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Monticello Express
Albert Stahler
Rex Ricklefs
Monticello
James McKeever
Washington Township
Henry Wallace
Cath Thumann
Mary Hagen
Wayne Township
Rev. C. Mardoff
Sakes
Central Lumber Company
Dubuque
First Street
Falipse Lumber Company
Minneapolis
Edna Thomas
M. Meciuszh
Chicago
Joan G. Thomas
M. A. Breed
Congregational Church
Thomas I. Carson
Minchie Starks
W. BE. van Buren
Methodist Episcopal Church
John Delay
Castle Grove
Town
Tod
Monticcito
Russell Stuhler
Chi‘eago
Russ
Ernest Wright
Center Junction
Jennie B. Glenn
Scotch Grove
Methodist Episcopal Parsonage
van Buren
Austin Whittemore
Bowen
Fortune Finders 4-H Club Meets Sunday May Event
The Fortune Finders 4-H club gathered at Ruth and Janet Trowle's home on Saturday May 1. Pauline Cramer demonstrated proper pressing methods as Janet Howie and Lucille Dediker were welcomed as new members. The afternoon featured singing in preparation for the county music memory contest with refreshments served at the end.
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Fortune Finders 4-H Club
Ruth
Janet Trowle
Pauline Cramer
Janet Howie
Lucille Dediker
New Law Controls Beer Taverns Goes Into Effect
A new state act allows towns to regulate beer sales with 1 pm to 6 pm hours, annual permit fees, and local ordinance powers. The law clarifies local authority over licenses and fees and bans minor employment where beer sales exceed 60 percent of business.
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Towa
Soft Ball Play Opens Monday May 20 Schedule
The kittenball season starts Monday May 20 at 6 30 p m with a three game practice series to preview teams in ACLON. May 20 DeMolay vs Stahlers May 22 Midgets vs Shomonts May 24 Firemen vs Oilers May 27 league opener Oilers vs DeMolay and Shomont tribe vs Firemen next night May 30 Mid gets vs Stahlers last year's pennant winners in the open.
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Varios
ACLON
DeMolay
Stahlers
Midgets
Shomonts
Firemen
Oilers
Charlie Reynolds
Shomont Tribe
Camp Hitaga Opens on Wapsipinicon River June 17
Camp Hitaga on the Wapsipinicon river between Troy Mills and Parts opens June 17 with sessions starting for younger girls and July for older girls. Camp director Miss Altuna A Burr at Camp Fire office Cedar Rapids provides details. Monticello alumni Frances Gone and others attended last summer.
Six Candidates Take Work In DeMolay
The George Washington chapter of DeMolay held a meeting on Thursday May 9 and initiated six boys Verdic Richardson Fred Bone Wyland Bone Gordon York Rex Hodson and George Bridges They are now full fledged members ready to support the chapter's new program The degree team consisted entirely of majority members and Greater NeMolay committee members.
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George Washington
DeMolay
Verdic Richardson
Fred Bone
Wyland Bone
Gordon York
Rex Hodson
George Bridges
Greater NeMolay Committee
Gladiola Hobby Brings Beauty and Joy to Gardeners
Gladiola fans pursue a refined hobby deepening garden beauty. The article praises the modern gladiola for diverse colors and large blooms, noting the serious cultivator’s careful selection, soil prep, and care. It compares bulbs, eyes, and propagation to maximize flowering and bulb size for future seasons.
Court Opens May Term With No Juries In Small District Court
The May term of the district court began with Judge F O Ellison presiding and no petit or grand juries scheduled. The docket is light and includes multiple defaults and continuances among listings such as Bates vs Oxford Junction Savings Bank and others, with several pleas due in ten to fifteen days.
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District Court
F. O. Ellison
Ellison
Law and Equity
D. W. Bates
Oxford Junction Savings Bank
Hall and
Mizour
David BE. Carlson
W. H. Goldsmith
Chicago Joint Land Bank
Gabriel IE. Ward
Mary Peperick
Frank J. Fisher
Equitable Life Insurance Society of the United States
Mary Lamey
W. McNaimurna
Carl Johnson
John G. Sehneider
Verena Gundlach
Monticello State Bank
Carl A. Schatz
Equitable Life Insuranecee Company of Iowa
Thomas J. George
Marie M. George
Mary Buresh
J. A. Straka, Sr
Edward Day
Delbert van Amburg
J. J. Dolan
J. A. Lawrence
Frank Eller
Maynard Belknap
Lauser Motor Company
W. B. Fagan
St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Company
H. J. Morrison
Lillian Rathbun
Paul T. Schuetz
John J. Fogarty
Bridget Fogarty
Raymond F. Luckstedt
Stanley LeRoy Eichhorn
Maxine Turner Eichhorn
E. R. Young
Center Junction Savings Bank
Power Car In Joust With Stray Hopkinton Horse
Tony Power a Madsen Motor salesman sustained minor car damage after a stray horse belonging to Lindley Allen wandered onto highway 113 near Hopkinton. Power tried to avoid the horse as it reared and struck the car, injuring the animal and bending the top frame. The horse later died from its injuries.
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Tony Power
Madsen Motor Company
Hopkinton
Mr. Power
Lindley Allen
School Musicians Invade Olin For County Festival
Student musicians from county schools invaded Olin Tuesday to take part in a musical festival. Eighty performers from the Monticeno serials presented a ten minute program in the afternoon and joined in the evening massed musical productions.
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Olin
Monticeno
Bankers discuss subjects at Cedar Rapids round table
L. H. Lowery vice-president of Citizens Bank of Anamosa and Geo. H. Pausen cashier of Onslow Savings Bank led a round table discussion of banking topics during a bankers group meeting in Cedar Rapids last week.
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L. H. Lowery
Citizens Bank of Anamosa
Geo. H. Pausen
Onslow Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids
Sociology Class Attends Clinic at Independence
About fifty Monticello residents, including over forty high school sociology students, visited a clinic at the state hospital for the insane in Independence yesterday.
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Independence
Monticello
State Hospital For Insane
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