Monticello class of forty six to graduate this June
The Monticello public schools will hold commencement in the school auditorium on Thursday June 1. The class of forty six is split into fourteen boys and thirty two girls. Six girls in normal training will sit for state exams to become rural teachers. Officers are President George Stott Vice President Myrie Shover and Secretary Treasurer Pauline Cooper. Class motto Life's garden is yours cultivate it class colors silver and orchid and flowers sweet peas. Diplomas will be awarded June 1 after final exams May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Public Schools
George Stott
Myrie Shover
Pauline Cooper
Mabel Cathryn Bartlett
Margaret Emmaline Behrends
Pauline Wilhelmina Berlin
June Lee Bollinger
Roland George Buel
Chaney LeRoy Burris
Pauline Venessa
Cooper
Berkeley Hasford Curtis
Keith Richard Dickey
Miriam Mae Fairbanks
Pauline Matilda Farley
Lorna Ann Gerdes
Winnon Harford
Helen Gertrude Harms
Emelyn
Elizabeth Hoffman
Hazel Eleanor Houston
Ruth Eugenia Howie
Ruth Margaret Jacobs
Elizabeth Harriet Kay
Inez Hilda Kiburz
Elda
Helen Martinsen
Phillip Melette Maurice
Anne Elizabeth McLaughlin
Margaret Dixon McNeill
Violet Rose Meyer
Fern LaRue Milroy
Edna Wilhelmina Peters
William Fredrich Henry Peters
James Seymoure Ricklefs
Benjamin Hugh Roberts
Winifred Elliott Rohr
Helen Eloise Rolls
LeRoy William Schoon
Eldora E. Semmert
Myric Vincent Shover
Mary Lou Stickford
George Robert Stott
Russell Gerry Suter
Alfred Logan Wenger
Willard Fredrick Yeoman
Dorothy Elizabeth Barlow
Ione ‘Opal Benesh
Marie Annabelle Helgens
Pauline Marie Oltman
Velma Maxine Schofield
Pauline E. Stickley
Board of Education
New Officers For George Washington DeMolay
Last Monday evening new officers for the ensuing six months were installed to serve George Washington chapter Order of DeMolay. The roster includes Master Counselor Irvine Rahitgan and a full slate of officers led by Senior Counselor George Stott, Treasurer James McLaughlin, Scribe Kenneth Hubbard, Marshal Bernard Che, Chaplain Keith Dickey, and Orator Robert Phelps with seven preceptors named from Phillip Maurice to Roy Crosby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Irvine Rhatigan
George Stott
James Bort
James McLaughlin
Kenneth Hubbard
Raymond Coyle
Berkeley Curtis
Tim George
Clark Matthiessen
Bernard Che
Keith Dickey
Raymond Kreeb
Paul Black
Robert Phelps
Myric Shover
Phillip Maurice
Robert Spooner
Stuart Curtis
Donald Clark
Bud Suter
Ben Roberts
Roy Crosby
B P W Club Dinner and Program Night Highlights
The Business and Professional Women's club held its regular Tuesday dinner at Ann's cafe then met at the Lorenz Allamand home. Madge Shaffer and Dorothy Stemm led a program with a vocal duet, a playlet, a talk on women’s challenges, a jury service paper, a round table on community service, and member spring poems in response to roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women's Club
Ann's Cafe
Lorenz Allamand
Madge Shaffer
Dorothy Stemm
Virginia Schneider
Isabel Meyer
Mary Eggers
Josephine Rickless
Lucille Yossi
Warren Durst
Charles Wright
Mildred Wilcox
Minnie Rickless
John Fraser
Evelyn Eby
Gladys Sheiley
Mary Coxsee
Four Scouts Earn Tenderfoot Badges At Memorial Meeting
Four boys Charles Field James Hicks Eugene Howell and Clarence Hearn were awarded tenderfoot badges at the regular Boy Scout meeting in the Memorial building. The examination was by Scoutmaster Gutensohn with talks by Thomas Hamilton and Royal Rodman. Demonstrations by Jock Praser Jack Thomas Jim Hicks and John Hay followed as Cedar Rapids district representatives outlined the camp plans. Refreshments were served by Scout mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Field
James Hicks
Eugene Howell
Clarence Hearn
Memorial Building
A. Coxies
Merle Hutton
Orville Yeoman
Gutensohn
Thomas Hamilton
Inch telescope to be built at St Newcastle England
A %-inch telescope is being constructed at St Newcastle England and is planned for mounting at the Greenwich Observatory. The project highlights cooperation between local institutions and the Royal Observatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Newcastle
England
Greenwich Observatory
Lightning narrowly saves Joe Crowley in field accident
Joe Crowley of Castle Grove township escaped fatal harm when lightning struck a field where he plowed with four horses. Two horses died, a third collapsed. Crowley crawled under a horse to shelter as rain began. The horse pawed and touched him, sparing serious injury. He was pulled free and revived at McDonald hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Crowley
Castle Grove Township
Joe
James Fleming
McDonald Hospital
Jones County District Court Opens May Term With Foreclosure Focus
The May term of the Jones County District Court opened last Monday with Judge F O Ellison presiding. Foreclosure cases dominate the docket as a hearing on the new foreclosure law’s constitutionality is set for next Tuesday at 9 am. Dockets list multiple foreclosures including Maria Rickels estate, Hancock Mutual Life vs Marek, and Deischer et al. Numerous accounts and promissory note cases follow with defaults and judgments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County District Court
F. O. Ellison
Maria C. Rickels
Herman Julis
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Rose Marek
Ida May Ramsey
L. F. Pealer
Pealer
G. H. Hanken
E. A. Andrew, Et al.; Foreclosure; Default of E. A. Andrew
Ella Andrew
Monticello State Bank
H. A
Thirty seven men chosen for reforestation work
The Jones county emergency committee named 37 men from sixty applicants to represent Jones county in forthcoming Iowa reforestation camps. The list includes Ed Fitzsimmons and others from Monticello Anamosa Olin Amber Martelle Oxford Junction Cascade Stone City and neighboring areas. Time to report has not yet been announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Iowa
Monticello
Ed Fitzsimmons
Arnold Oeschger
Raymond Fluckiger
Celsus Takes
Henry Schone
Eldon Haeussler
Kenneth Hubbard
Harold Hartman
Anamosa
William Bemrose
Leo Lloyd
Melvin Levien
Gordon Feekas
Marion Grimm
John van Amberg
Eugene Thompson
Harry Axline
Charles Connett
Albert Wink
Nathan Grassfield
Wyoming
Warren Countryman
Frank Milsap
Olin
Gerald Stingley
Ernest Matejka
Melvin Hotz
Roy Grindrod
Edward Ehlers
Gerald Lyons
Amber
Carl Michels
Christopher Scheer
Martelle
Charles Koppenhaver
Oxford Junction
Raymond Besinges
George Shimanek
Cascade
Oliver Benton
John Geary
Herbert Moran
Stone City
Perry Joslin
Merited
William Wessels
Thank Offering Reported At M E Church
The annual foreign missionary service at the Methodist Episcopal church was held last Sunday. Miss Emma Amburn spoke about Burma where she spent fourteen years as a missionary. A collection of 55 dollars was taken and sent to the national headquarters for foreign missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Emma Amburn
Burma
India
Dr T T Hoxsey Moves to Delmar with Wife
Dr T T Hoxsey and Mrs Hoxsey leave Monticello for Delmar Junction to establish a new home. He has practiced in Monticello since August 1931 and previously worked in Lost Nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. T. Hoxsey
Delmar
Monticello
Delmar Junction
Hoxsey
Lost Nation
Sacred Heart Music Recital Promises Youthful Talent
Pupils from the Sacred Heart school music department present a Friday evening recital in the Sacred Heart auditorium on May 19 at 8 o'clock. The program features orchestral pieces, piano solos, violin selections, and choral items performed by students including Mary Lucille Ricklefs, Catherine Fothergill, Edwina Hughes, and Lillian Locher, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart School
Sacred Heart
Sacred Heart Orchesta
Marguerite Fothergill
Weildig
Lucille Huitbregtse
Gurlitt
Arling Hughes
Rummel
Lois Schneider
Gillet
Jeanne Kurt
Kroeger
Naida Jeanne Bradley
Behr
The
Tiny Tots
Thomas
Lorraine Aitchison
Paeth
Bill Stuhler
Gail Huibregtse
Reinhold
Franklin Stamm
Beethoven
Mary Lucille Ricklefs
Charles Renk
Helen Louise Stuhler
Colombine
Delahaye
Edwina Hughes
Howell
Lyle Hosford
Spring
Catherine Fothergill
Oesten
Clarence Hosford
Flatterer
Qhaminade
Leone Fothergill
Valse
Chopin
Grieg
Helen Jolly
Eileen Neil
Wreaths To Be Made For Memorial Day
Monticello to host a public wreath making day for Memorial Day at the Soldiers' Memorial building starting at 2 PM. Organized by Mesdames Echternacht Morrissey and Waddick of the Americanization committee and Monticello VFW auxiliary, inviting all women to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Anne Echternacht
Velma Ohe Morrissey
Laura Waddick
Americanization Committee of
Ministerial Association Holds Regular Meeting in Jones County
The Jones County Ministerial Association met at the Congregational church with a luncheon by Working Band ladies. Florence Thornhill of Anamosa led devotions. Rev. John Brunn of Morley reviewed Seeing the Invisible by Dr. Silas Evans. Rev. S. G. Gutensohn was elected president for the coming year. A joint meeting with Linn County is set for June 12 at Ellis Park in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Ministerial Association
Congregational Church
Florence Thornhill
The
Baptist Church of
Linn County Ministerial Association
Ellis Park
Cedar Rap
Chevrolet Beats April Production Record This Year
Chevrolet Motor Company reported its April 1933 production surpassed April 1932 by 4 000 units with 59 953 cars and 55 433 trucks produced. Of the total, all but 5 000 units were shipped to U S dealers, according to President and General Manager W S Knudsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet Motor Company
W. S. Knudsen
Mr. Knudsen
United States
Strange Visitor Appears in Sanborn Store
Miss Clara Scott, a Sanborn O'Brien county clerk, found a tarantula among bananas in a store. The spider, seen by customers, was captured and placed in a fruit jar. It was later shown at the Sanborn School for pupil inspection. Cars and trucks in France at year end 1932 totaled 23 405 more than in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Scott
Sanborn
O'Brien County
Miss Scott
Sanborn School
France
Deaths Mark Week in Monticello and Surrounding Areas
George E. Hubbard died of a heart attack in Clarksville while visiting, leaving a mortuary business legacy in Monticello. His widow Frances Hogan Hubbard survives alongside a daughter and son. Separate notices honor Mary Fagan of Temple Hill and her family, with services at Sacred Heart and Temple Hill cemeteries.
Death of Mrs. Ellen Fagan After Stroke at Home
Friends mourn the death of Mrs. Ellen Fagan who died at her North Cedar Street home after a Monday stroke. She was found on the kitchen floor by her granddaughter Doris Fagan of Onslow who was visiting Monticello school. Mrs. Fagan regained consciousness briefly before receiving last rites from Rev. A. L. Lorenz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Fagan
North Cedar Street
Fagan
Doris Fagan
Onslow
Monticello
Doris
Clarence A. Thomas Dies at 81 in Mohall North Dakota
Clarence A Thomas a longtime Jones county resident died at his Mohall North Dakota home May 3 at age 81 He was born February 25 1852 in Washington Indiana He moved with his family to Jones county at age four later taught in Iowa rural schools He homesteaded near Mohall in 1901 Married Harriet Newell Fairbanks in 1878 They had seven children and he is survived by his wife two daughters two sons a sister thirty two grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Funeral services were held at Mohall on May 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Hubbard
Clarksville
Roy V.porter
Methodist Episcopal Church
W. J. Grossheim
Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. Hubbard
Worchester
Mass
Monticello
Castle Grove Township
Lillian Allan
Hubbard
Frances Hogan
Fred Eklund
Green Bay
Wis
Kenneth Hubbard
Colorado
Brownsdale
Minn
W. A. Storm
George Hubbard
Fagan
Jeremiah
Mary Milan
Ellen A. Milan
Clay Township
Patrick J. Fagan
Temple Hill
Father O'Farrell
Bernard Keating
Margaret
Onslow
Thomas E. McNapmara
Rose
Anamosa
Frances Fagan
Mary Hart
Davenport
Michael Milan
Keenesburg
Sacred Heart Church
Clarence A. Thomas
Jones County
Mohall
N. C
Washington
Ind
Iowa
Nebraska
Harriet Newell Fairbanks
T. A. Paris
Allen
Garrison
N. D
John Sweaney
Delhi
John
Dunseith
Alfred
Waterloo
Everett John
Bedford
Newell Thomas
Thomas
O. R. Ricker
Redlands
Calif
Club Professional Joins Monticello Country Club Staff
Don Young the club professional plans a busy season at Monticello Country Club with a free new member lesson a caddy training class and reduced rate instruction for both men and women. Officials aim for a record opening day with a giant social and golf program and outreach to out of town members to boost membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Redmond
Riess Stuhler
Milton Thoeni
Emil Rickless
Ralph Bone
Ben Roberts
Don Young
Mount Vernon
Informton
Jones County Pays $76,000 on Road Bonds
Anamosa Journal reports Jones County Treasurer T. F. McNamara issued warrants totaling 76000 to retire primary road bonds and interest. The county had issued 1200000 in bonds to improve the road system including paving highways 161 and 117 and building bridges at Olin etee and Monticello. Principal retirement rises each year with this year at 20000 while 56000 pays bond interest from state motor vehicle tax and gas tax funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
Olinetee
Monticello
Des Moines
Three Cent
Mon ticello Iowa Electric Manager Improves After Surgery
Harry Lang, manager of the Mon ticello division of Iowa Electric, underwent an appendectomy at Mercy hospital Anamosa last Thursday. He was in critical condition briefly, but this morning officials report he is recovering and on the road to recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lang
Monticello
Iowa Electric Company
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Quote by Alfred E. Smith on attire choices
A concise quotation notes that the speaker, Alfred E. Smith, shows indifference to wearing a brown shirt or a night shirt. The remark reflects a practical stance on clothing and personal presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred E. Smith
May 1913 Monticello Recap of Local Events
Items of Occurrences for May 1913 list H M Carpenter attending the American Bankers Association meeting at Briar Cliff Lodge New York. The Express advises against publishing bank cards while noting grief cards are sometimes published. Marg ret Hein and Henry Wismeier wed. John Dick McVay dies at 87. William Goes passes at 45 with widow Emmin Rieger. Supreme Court upholds lost corners case against Heery and co defendants. costs reach 1610 dollars. William A Ross weds Emma Martins. chiropractor L A Beaver visits Monticello. farmers lament heavy rains and cold. High school graduates listed and several marriage licenses issued in Monticello and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
H. M. Carpenter
American Bankers’ Association
Briar Cliff Lodge
New York
the Express
Express
Margaret Hein
John Hein
Richland Township
Henry Wismeier
B. T. Balear
John W. McVay
John “Dick” McVay
Charles A. Gavin
Hugh Dixon
Jones County
Mr. Heery
Heery
Supreme Court
District Court
William A. Ross
Edward Ross
Emma Martins
Earlville
L. A. Beaver
Florence Barnts
Marcella Brittine
Lois Cowan
Lillian d’Autremont
Blanche Deischer
Alice Hanawalt
Eda Hein
Frank Hicks
Rachel Hofacre
Howard Hosford
Fern Hubbard
Arcie Koop
Joseph Locher
Josephine Meyer
Laura Moore
Ward Peet
Ethel Taylor
Edna Wenger
William J. Knight
Ophelia Norton
Anamosa
W. W. Hunter
Blanche Hoyt
Monticello
O. E. Brainard
Mark Bateman
John Phelps
Bernice Hall
Catherine Renk Wins Poppy Poster Contest
Catherine Renk, 12, of Sacred Heart school, won the Buddy Poppy poster contest. Monticello and Sacred Heart students competed, with several receiving honorable mention. posters displayed the week before Memorial Day and the winner received the flag on May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Renk
Poppy
Monticello
Sacred Heart
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sacred Heart School
Anna Hanrahn
Davenport
Mary Hanssen
Wanda Podhaski
Warren Durst
Emil Schneider
Wilbur Coxsee
Frederick Faust
Miriam Lovell
Helen Minnis
Junior Fothergill
Lavon Lambert
Francis McKeever
Marguerite Fothergill
Lois Schneider
Dean Nordmann
Farmers In South Dakota Getting Plenty Of Rain
A letter from P C Hof acre Edgemont SD reports heavy rain in his community with sun returning after two weeks of wet weather. Ground remains soaked with water on fields indicating unusually wet conditions while higher prices lift farmer spirits in South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
P. C. Hofacre
Edgemont
Corn planting in Iowa latest in thirty years
Record from Charles G. Reed of the state weather and crop bureau shows Iowa corn planting is the latest in 30 years due to cool temperatures and excessive rain. Only about 15 percent planted by May 14, eight days later than normal, with western counties most advanced and much of the state still in early stages needing replanting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Charles G. Reed
State Weather and Crop Bureau
Nearby News Highlights Hopkinton Elder and Local Accidents
Perry Thorpe of Hopkinton celebrates his 86th birthday and has lived there 40 years after once owning a Monticello general store. In Cedar Rapids, Grafft and Helbing admit involvement in a 9 p.m. collision injuring Fred Null. Frank Shebetka of Solon is found dead in his car from self-inflicted poisoning northwest of Ely. Eastern Iowa Telephone sued for $10,000 over a fatal Manchester incident alleging negligence from a downed wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Thorpe
Hopkinton
Monticello
Lowell J. Grafft
Lloyd Helbing
Cedar Rapids
Fred Null
Null
Second Avenue
Frank Shebetka
Solon
Ely
R. A. Vorpahl
Shebetka
Frank Nemecek
Voronici
Mary Shebetka
Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa Telephone and Telegraph Company
Ava McAtee
Percy Leroy McAtee
Manchester
Carl Welton
Troy Mills
McAtee
Percy McAtee
Highway 13
Young Pianist Helen Stuhler to Perform Recital
Sacred Heart school music department presents Miss Helen Louise Stuhler in a piano recital at 8:00 p.m. in Sacred Heart auditorium on May 24. She is joined by accompanist Miss Lillian Locher and cellist Miss Leona Fothergill with Sacred Heart glee club. program includes works by Fleissner Hollmaender Donizetti Wagner Liszt Raff and Gutmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart School
Helen Louise Stuhler
Sacred Heart Auditorium
Stuhler
H. W. Stihler
Monticello
Lillian Locher
Leona Fothergill
Sacred Heart Glee Club
Fleissner
Miss Stuhler
Miss Locher
Hollmaender
Lucia de Lammermoor
Donizetti
Miss Fothergill
Veazie
Hark
Liszt
Raff
Gutmann
Scouts Take Hike To Anamosa Friday Night
The Monti cello Boy Scout troop led by Rev. Gutensohn enjoyed an overnight hike to the Scout cabin in Wapsipinicon park last Friday. They played games including hatchet throwing where Charles Field won, John Thomas placed second, and Glenn Lambert third. Jack Thomas found the treasure in a posthunt hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Gutensohn
Wapsipinicon Park
Charles Field
John Thomas
Glenn Lambert
Jack Thomas
Archie Legg Plans New Department Store at Vinton Iowa
Archie Legg, owner of department stores in Monticello Manchester and Independence, announces a new store will open in Vinton Iowa. He notes his energy and plans to expand to additional outlets in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Legg
Vinton
Monticello
Manchester
Independence
Iowa
Mr. Legg
New Developments in Pierce Murder Case
State officers reveal progress in the Pierce murder at his Washington township home last October. Charles E Pierce was found dead with gunshot wounds after a robber supposedly entered the house during a shopping trip with his wife and son. Suspected farmhand fled, while Charles Pierce Jr was taken into custody for questioning after the sheriff and neighbors pursued leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Pierce
Washington Township
Pierce
Charles, Jr
Heavy Rain and Bridge Washouts Hit Monticello Area
A cloud burst last Monday night dumped about three inches of rain on Monticello and nearby areas. Bridges east of town were washed out and a hole formed under a state highway bridge, prompting officials to halt heavy traffic. Severe hail damaged car tops and skylights, with gutters unable to cope and hail resembling snowdrifts visible Tuesday. Anamosa and neighboring towns reported little rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Anamosa
Scotch Grove
Center Junction
Wyoming
P T A Meeting At School Highlights Civic Play Areas
Cedar Rapids playground commissioner Mr. Hayes urged expanded play facilities for all ages including winter sports gardens and city gardens for the unemployed. Monticello already has a kittenball league and the group plans to improve the municipal tennis court and elect new officers with Mrs. Ralph Bone becoming secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes
Playground Commission of
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Ralph Bone
Moslems Hold Sacrifice Holiday in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids Linn county fifteen families comprise the Moslem church of Cedar Rapids. The service conducted by Rev. Hussien Haroub of Detroit marked a rare sacrifice holiday for the congregation, described as an Orient in Iowa scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Kipling
Hussien Haroub
Detroit
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B. P. W. Club
G. H. Monroe
John Morrissey
Gerd Gress
H. J. Johnson
Hiram Brady
Levy Cozort
Howard Leech
Harmon W. Shipley Estate
Co. O. Watson
J. F. Holub
Edith and
Sizmund Finnegan
W. E. Leggett
O. B. Crane
Susan Crane
M. E
Haydn
Idillio
Lack
Intermezzo
Bohm
Chevrolet
Do. A. Thomas
Eastern Iowa Golf Association
Charles Pierce
Charles Pierce, Jr
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