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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1928
Page
2
Leroy Clark Sr visited Evansville Wisconsin last week while others like Ray Leclaire from Hopkinton and Ralph Crim from Delhi traveled for weekends and visits. Cedar Rapids and Montana area residents frequent Monticello with shopping, barbering, and social visits noted alongside ads for McNeill's Hardware and Kip spray products.
Local notes list George L. Lovell and son visiting Battle Creek Michigan. numerous guests visited Monticello Cedar Rapids and Mason City homes last weekend. The St Elizabeth society plans a bake sale May 19 at Hayes furniture store starting 9:30 AM.
The 4H girls of Castle Grove township are asked to meet at 2 PM next Saturday May 19 at President Velma Ohe’s home. Each girl should bring a cigar box sized from which to craft work boxes.
Last Tuesday morning Monticello faced a third of an inch of rain. The shower began late evening and lingered until about 7 o clock. Temperatures ranged from 77 down to 63 degrees.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hicks with Mrs. Ernest Skelley and Mrs. Laura Koop were Cedar Rapids visitors last Friday. Mrs. Skelley and Mrs. Koop extended their trip to Iowa City to spend the weekend with their sons Leyland Skelley and Ted Koop and enjoyed a Mother's Day at the university.
Orrin B. Crane received word of the death of his oldest brother William E. Crane who died May 6 at Fallbrook California after stomach cancer. He was born March 28 1863 in Monticello and moved with his family to South Dakota then Fallbrook. Survived by wife Florence and seven children six in California. mother Mrs. Charles F. Crane Sr.. siblings Mrs. C J Rowley Mrs. Ida Tucker Charles F Crane and Orrin B Crane. Funeral services were held May 8 at Fallbrook with burial there.
Sacred Heart held its annual junior senior banquet on Tuesday with full attendance. Highlights included toasts by Donald Donahoe and Harold Dunn, readings, a class history and prophecy, a piano solo, and the class will and poem readings. A junior sponsored prom followed in the auditorium with broad student participation. Ascension Day held by faculty marked the day.
The Monticello Public Schools Alumni Association elected officers for 1928 29 led by President Harriet Rohn and Vice President Elfriedo Cattano. Other posts include secretary Patricia Meyer treasurer Hartley Wilkinson and several committee chairs. The annual banquet will be June 1 at the Masonic Temple. members unable to attend are urged to write letters of encouragement to the class of 1928.
Mrs. Belle Wetmore widow of S W Wetmore of Anamosa died at a Cedar Rapids hospital at 5 p m Sunday after a short illness She was born in Muscatine in November 1856 and had lived in Anamosa fifteen years Surviving are two brothers John Dennis Audubon Albert Dennis Hutchinson Kan and a sister Mrs C W Damon Mason City Funeral services were held in the Turner chapel at 4 p m Monday The body was taken to Joliet Ill for burial
A former public school teacher touts a course as the best move. Bayless Business College at 259 Eighth St in Dubuque Iowa invites readers to request the free catalog with spring and summer class information.
Monticello society notes cover Chapter FP P E O meeting at Mrs Charles A Coxsee home with a paper on Our Next President. 94 Club plans a Maples Inn luncheon and program with elections. Bridge club honored hostesses with dinner at Maples Inn and high score for Mrs E E Skelly. Family birthday gathering at city park for Mrs Locher on Mother's Day. Philomathian Literary Society held annual banquet at Maples Inn with toasts and elections. The Philomonte editor George Richard Gigan and assistant Ruth Van Buren.
Mrs. Otto Burrichter and guests hosted a shower at the Burrichter home for Miss Marjorie Williams. Twenty four Monticello public school teachers attended and contributed to a jointly written book titled One Year of Honeymooning illustrated with clipped magazine pictures.
Miss Lisle Arduser granddaughter of Mr and Mrs J W Gilroy of Monticello and daughter of Leonard Arduser received a $100 University of Minnesota scholarship from the Faculty Woman's club. She is finishing her junior year after Monticello High School class of 1924 and has held multiple honors including Eta Sigma Upsilon Torch and Distaff and Minnesota Masquers.
Clarksville reports an arrest of Mr and Mrs A D Hickle and their daughter Dora 20 for leading a shoplifting and chicken theft ring in surrounding counties. Officers seized three dresses from the pair and later thirty five silk dresses and accessories valued at about 1500 dollars from their home. The husband was found in the car and admitted selling fifteen chickens stolen from neighbors. County attorney filed shoplifting charges against the women and held the trio for questioning with further charges pending.
Misa Alice Reed a Cornell College student from Mount Vernon spent last weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs BE Ey Reed.
Next Monday evening the Scout meeting will be a camp fire event at Shover's bluffs east of town, starting from the old gym at 7 00 p.m. The group notes a rainout affecting a Court of Honor in Anamosa and reports updates on merit badge certificates and training awards for Moore Coe and Coe 8S M. The overnight Monticello hike to Pine Hollow covered a rocky brook bed and timber path to a camp site with shelters built by flash light. Early the next morning they faced a frost and a timber fire effort blocked by a farmer who refused parking. The troop, now Troop 49 Monticello, joins the Cedar Rapids area.
Two amateur robbers, Jerry Nepovin and Joe Hadera, 22 and 20, admitted they were prepared to kill in the Palo bank raid near Cedar Rapids. Wilfred Perron implicated in the Swisher job was sent for trial. A third accomplice, Ed Nemmick, 18, received 25 years in the state reformatory. The arrest was made by Night Marshal Miller and Sheriff Whelan with a $1,000 reward expected to be split.
Frank L. Story offers farm sale expertise and handles real estate merchandise and pedigreed stock. For dates contact by mail or phone from Olin Iowa phone 166.
The Wapsie Valley Fair association of Central City announces an automobile race program for Sunday May 20 with a possible postponement to May 27 if weather fails. Harry P. Yonkers promotes the event with top racing stars and motorcycles plus a band to entertain attendees.
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