Hopkinton Church MusicFest and Commencement News
The Hopkinton Presbyterian service featured a Mother's Day music program by the evening choir and Mrs. Pearl M. Reeve, with poems by James Littlefield and multiple numbers. Buck Creek graduation events include Dr. W W Barlow's address to the class, with several local clergy involved. Numerous community notices cover visitors, anniversaries, school events, and upcoming exhibits and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Pearl M. Reeve
Lenox
College
James Littlefield
W. W. Barlow
Collagiate Presbyterian Church
Ames
Buck Creek
Barlow
Marshall Neil
Ladies’ Aid Society
B. W. Humphrey
Prane W. Wilson
F. B., Brutsman
Harvey Talmadge
A. W. McDonald
Dorothy Pierce
R. N
Iowa City
Hugh Pierce
Bob Smith
Iowan City
Hopkinton
Hopkinton High School
Milton Grant
First Congregational Church of
Marshalltown
A. B. Soule
Methodist Church
Clarke Hall
Hoogoblin House
Clifford Saunders
Robert Demaree
Clarence Smith
Duane Billings
Raymond Lux
Howard de- Shaw
Clarence Blanchard
Dorthea Bixby
Ernestine Talmadge
Ava Porter
LoRee Gillian
Willa Mae Loop
Minnie Miller
Dorothy Sackett
Ladies Aid Society
the Methodist Church
Elizabeth Campbell
Chicago
P. R. Wheeless
Jake Dunlap
Howard Reeder
F. E. Martin
Edmund
Truman Cummings
W. C. Cummings
Forrest Johnson
Coggan
Mary Marclf
Johnson
N. C. Talmadge
Manchester
C. A. Keller
Kensington Club
Zada Reeve Millikan
Brooklyn
C. Reeve
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association of
Delaware County
Lee Marclf
Clyde Lawrence
Dundee
William McCool
Masonville
Walter Schiess
Frank Powell
Axel Larson
Harvey Waeste
Earlville
Forrest Johnston
Coggon
WMT
Waterloo
Ralph Lubbock
Little Aon
Raymond Wallace
R. A. Wallace
Walter Kurth
Amana
Ellen Bradle
Debert Harper
Frances Laughlin
Bridge
David Johnston
Mary Kelley
Tom Kelley
Nest of Hopkinton
St. Xavier's Academy
O. A. T. Gregg
A. H. Larkin
Waveney Larkin
Charles Morton J
Mother Macree
Rachel Stanger
Janette Griffith
Birthday celebration for Mrs Otto Danneman
Mr and Mrs Otto Danneman were surprised by friends and neighbors on Monday evening May 7 as they gathered to honor Mrs Danneman on her birth anniversary. Lunch was served at midnight after baskets of food arrived and cards were played through the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Danneman
Mrs. Danneman
Community Notes Include Weddings Birthdays and Local Events
Out of town guests Reuben and Dolores Dress plus Clem Liddy and Burrell Fagen from Monticello attended the wedding. A post nuptial shower for Harvey and Mrs Helgens followed, cards and midnight lunch. Visitors welcomed at Zimmerman home for Mother’s Day. Black Oak school closed May 11 for picnic with Ernest Bleveka returning to teach next year. Rainbow club mother daughter banquet May 12 featured 4 Hand Mothers theme and performances. Cass beat Amber 8 6 in a Sunday ball game at Amber diamond. other visitors and measles keep Mary Jo Daly home from school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Dress
Dolores
Ruth
Clem Liddy
Burrell Fagen
Monticello
Fred Helgens
Harvey Helgens
Herman Englehart
Rhiny Wessels
Center Junction
Mary Jo Daly
Early Returns Boost Iowa Auto Insurance Rates
Castle Grove reports a substantial rise in motor vehicle insurance premiums as one of Iowa’s leading associations expands rates following the area’s early saloon reopening. Community news covers local visits, political candidacy notes, church events, a burial, Legion activity, and a May farm bureau meeting with talks on farm records and new record books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
A. A. Kromminga
Fred
Anamosa School
F. Burr
M. J. McNeilly
Center Junction
W. B. Meeks
J. C. McConaughy
Martello
Oscar Kinler
Hale
Castle Grove
Will Hiller
John van Buren
Buffalo Township
W. W. Hanken
Anamosa
Clarence Hosford
Frederick Faust
Monticello
Harry McCrea
Ryan
Marion
Evans
Lewis Vernon
Morley
A. M. Black
H. J. Mayberry
James F. Delay
Cascade
James F. Delay Sr
Lizzie Scott
Church of Immaculate Conception
A. V. Scott
Henry Caspers
Claude Mason
Legion
Coggon
A. F. M. Caspers and
Stulken Party Visits LaCrosse Relative
East Cass Township notes Henry Stulken and Mrs Stulken with Gerhard Brockhohn of Cedar Rapids visiting Mrs Stulken’s mother Mrs Connolly in LaCrosse Wisconsin for a brief stay. Brockhohn returned home with them Tuesday evening. Mrs Brockhohn and Mrs Stulken are sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Stulken
Gerhard Brockhohn
Cedar Rapids
LaCrosse
Wis
Stulken
Tim Connolly
Brockhohn
Connolly
Brock~hohn
Glenn Guilford
Meccy Hospital
Anamosa
Hickory Grove 4-H Club
School House
Frank Fairbanks
Ella Strong
Roy. Walters
Cass Center
Will First
Illen Mae
Norman Newton
Donald
Monticello
Ida Fairbanks
Henry Uhr
Lyle
Lla Kahn Reese
Hickory Grove
Local Visitors Fit In With Area Families
Marie and Vincent Stulken spent time with relatives in Cedar Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Poppe and Mrs. Albert Siebels visited the Henry Poppe home. Albert Siebels works at the Poppe farm. Otto Riedel and Patsy stayed with Lyle Clark in Monticello area. Earl Benedict visited his parents Gay and Mrs McConaughy near Morley, while Robert Bainbridge of Morley called on the Benedict home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie
Vincent Stulken
Ema
Cedar Rap 5
Fred Poppe
Langworthy
Albert Siebels
Monticello
Henry Poppe
Poppe Farm
Otto Riedel
Patsy
Lyle Clark
Earl Benedict
Gay McConaughy
Morley
Robert Bainbridge
Sunday Visitation Reports Across Cedar Rapids Area
The county’s social round includes visits by Sand Spring residents to Center Junction and Monticello, with extended gatherings at Behrends, Batchelder, and Lang homes. A fire on the Ray Chaplin farm destroyed a broader house and its stove, with kerosene heater cited as a factor. few chicks likely burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Cox and Son
Center Junction
Edward Cox
John Batchelder
Dave Wilson
Betty
Gordon
Lester Lang
Monticello
Ernest Brondel
Cedar Rapids
Albert Carlson
Jeanine
Colfax
W. H. Behrends
J. M. Alcorn
McDonald Hospital
Behrends
Mr. Alcorn
Ray Chaplin
Jack and
Paul
Clinton
Bohlken
Blanche Everett
Manchester
Alice Alcorn
Clara Arduser
Leeda Hein
Langworthy
Colesburg
William Moser
Fred Heeren
Audley Higby
Mary Esther
Betty Jane
Dixon, Ill
Join Henrichs
Margaret
Rock Falls
Ill
Arnold Sandhager
Dundee
Louwle Vhow
Esther Heeren
Gus Kahn
Oelwein
Elmer Heeren
Dorothy Lee Behrends
Walter First
Fred Reuter
Comprehensive Report Of The Public Library
The Monticello library reports on cataloging and up to date card entries for circulation, book repairs, and prep for the bindery. It notes the Monticello Express bound papers donated by editors and Bidwell fund support, plus a year of exhibits and programs including CWA repair work and school instruction. The piece lists meetings and groups using the library as a venue and invites community visits to enjoy its diverse holdings and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
The
Express
Bidwell
Jones County
CWA
Red Cross
Country Club
Stamp Club
Monticello
Real estate transfers in Jones County May 4 to 10
Kenneth E. Babcock administrator transfers to Fannie Franks administrator the estate of Eugene M. Babcock for lot 6 and west 55 feet of lot 5 in Wyoming with 1002 dollars. Multiple deeds follow in Jones County Iowa including transfers to Lewis L. McArthur, Citizens State Bank, Norwich Cemetery Association, and others, with parcels described by section town and range, some with one dollar or one hundred fifteen dollars fifty two cents consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Kenneth E. Babcock
Eugene M. Babcock
Fannie Franks
Wyoming
A. B. Canwell
Lewis L. McArthur
Raymond Conley
Citizens State Bank
Federal Land Bank
Thomas C. Hinrichsen
Charles W. Metcalf
Iva L. Brown
Mabel L. Kirkpatrick
Military Road
Henry Hundy
Jacob Soper
Timothy Soper
Norwich Cemetery Association
Samuel Brown
G. Peet
Grantor
Glenn A. Peet
A. L. Peet
George McQuillen
M. B. McQuillen
M. W. Houstman
W. E. Glenn
Minnie Brown
John N. Brown
Margaret Tygart
Catherine E. Brown
Iowa
Wm. J. Bailey
Ethel N. Bailey
Chas
E. House
H. N. Myers
W. J. Beckwith
S. H. Brainard
Looking Glass Passages Across Time and Legends
A poetic collage links Camelot Falstaff Hamlet Kubla Khan Marco Polo and Mr Pickwick with visions of Troy books and distant lands. The verse invites passage toward imagined realms through literary history and personal reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falstaff
Hamlet
Camelot
Kubla Khan
Xanadu
Marco Polo
Mr. Pickwick
Troy
Looking Glass
John A. Holmes
The
London Saturday Review
Spring Vandalism in the Country Flowers
A Minneapolis Journal notice claims in a few days children will be taken to the country to tear up wild flowers by the roots, signaling a spring vandalism warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Journal
Wealthy men kept out of jail says widow Quillen
A widow quotes Robert Quillen noting that rich men seem to be law abiding and rarely seen in jail, while a professor she studies appears to mark papers with kiss marks. The remark highlights perceived double standards in justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Quillen
Pentecost church services and notices across communities
Multiple churches announce Pentecost services with German and English readings, confesssions, and Holy Communion. St. Josephs Prairieburg holds Sunday Masses 7:30 and 9:30 with confessions. Sacred Heart schedules 6:15 and 9:00 Holy Day Masses and 2 pm devotions. Reformed plans a May 20 meeting on church union and bake sale May 19 with a kitchen shower starting May 29. Local pastors include J Willms, Stephen J Kucera, Samuel Gutenschn, Luz L Adix, A L Lorenz, W J Grossheim, Paul T Gutknecht, Wilt J Macaulay, Armin Tendick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
J. Willms
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Prairieburg
Stephen J. Kucera
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Luz
L. Adix
Ralph Zimmerman
Ladies' Aid
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Sycamore Street
A. L. Lorenz
St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
Henry Scheer
Engel Scheer
Rudolph Moenk
Louis Bohlken
Lucile Bohlken
Mildred Pede
Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
The
Evangelical Synod of North America
Household Hints From Leftovers and Pantry Staples
A collection of practical kitchen tips including keeping stale bread in a jar with citrus for flavoring cakes, using sour milk for scones, boiling fish with vinegar to whiten and firm meat, making prune whip by folding prunes into whipped cream, and turning sour milk into cottage cheese. Also notes on drying cottage cheese, and removing fruit stains with camphor before washing.
Automobile makers consume one third of national fuel use
United States automobile manufacturers used thirty three point eight percent of all the energy consumed in the country in 1932. The data highlight the sector's share in national energy demand amid evolving industry trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Green Wood and Soft Coal Fuel Farm and Town Fires
Iowa State College engineer Professor Henry Giese links farm and town roof fires to soft coal and green wood not burning fully. He advises chimney cleaning, spark arresters, tight shingles, and regular flue checks to prevent fires, noting many chimneys are in poor condition and regularly overlooked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Giese
Department of Agricultural Engineeering
Iowa State College
Giese
Gliese
CWA
Iowan
Legal Jokes And Case Snippets From The Docket
A humorous selection from legal pages notes relisted circuit cases Helen Beet versus Hazel Thirsk and George Thirsk et al and Rumor v Rumor with a court remark that direct evidence is limited. It mentions Lt Hon versus John and H Mims and a Supreme Court Justice Conwy quick point, plus a Konetzny case with judgment for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Beet
Hazel Thirsk
George Thirsk
Hon
John
H. Mims
Texas
Lillian
Mime
Supreme Court
Conwy
New York Law Journal
Konetzny
Unclear Will In Wisconsin Case Bath Coskey Will
The Wisconsin Supreme Court in re Will of Bath Coskey found an unusual will invalid for impossibility of construction. The document offered no discernible intent and appeared drafted by an attending doctor within hours of death. The estate passes as intestate property despite named relatives. A final line notes a spider has eight legs and six eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Bath Coskey
N. W
Edgar W. Huth
Margaret A. Eielson
Supreme Court
Paramount News at Cedar Rapids Premieres Change of Heart
The Paramount Theatre Cedar Rapids presents the world premiere of Change of Heart starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell reuniting after eighteen months. Ginger Rogers and James Dunn join the cast, with Walt Disney's technicolor The Big Bad Wolf also featured. The program runs through Saturday May 19. Beginning Sunday May 20 The House of Rothschild starring George Arliss comes for a five day engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount Theater
Cedar Rapids
Janet Gaynor
Charles Farrell
Ginger Rogers
James Dunn
Walt Disney
House of Rothchild
George Arliss
Paramount
Adv
Funeral services held for Ferdinand Grimm in Olin
Funeral services for Ferdinand August Christian Grimm aged 70 were conducted at the Lutheran church in Olin last Thursday with Rev. A Matthias of Anamosa officiating. Grimm born in Coal Valley Tl to Hans Christian and Caroline Grimm came to Jones county in 1877 and lived on a Wyoming area farm before moving near Olin in later years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand August Christian Grimm
Olin
A. Matthias of
Anamosa
Mr. Grimm
Coal Valley
Hans Christian
Caroline Grimm
Jones County
Wyoming
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation for First Farm Land Co
Notice announces a January 10 1994 stockholders meeting in Monticello Iowa where Article 6 was amended to require a board of eleven directors and to elect officers including president and secretary. The president and secretary were authorized to execute the amendment and related actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Farm Land Company
Monticello
Iowa
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East
Cass Township
Rip van Winkle
Moby Dick
Spain
Congregational Church
Samuel G. Gutenschn
Wm. J. Grossheim
Christian Endeavor
Bernice Havitchek
Leona Taylor
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wilt
J. Macaulay
George Tracy
Epworth League
Woman's Foreign Missionary Auxiliary
Rumor
Kansas
Otto Richter
Hazel Richter
Mary Heldenberg
Rath Gcoskey
Paramount News
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
Chas. M. Luett
Witte
Baker's
Stevens
Children’s Shoes
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