Clever Grade Operetta To Be Given At The School May 25
The Magic Piper operetta based on the Pied Piper of Hamelin will be staged May 25 at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. Grades 1-6 perform, with admission 15 and 25 cents. Cast includes Audrey Ritter, Dale Griffith, Shirley Shelley, and Richard Sutherland among many others. chorus features Hamelin residents and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamelin
Magic Piper
Audrey Ritter
Dale Griffith
Gretchen
Shirley Shelley
Katrina
Geraldine Schoon
Hans
Wayne Claus
Peter
Bud Hanken
Clown Rat
Bobby Gestle
Mutter Kateenheimer
Janis Grimes
Yacob
Leonard Strasburg
Frieda
Marilee Matthiessen
Fido
Carlota Morning
Hamlin
Don Howland
Buddy Griffith
Armin Jacobs
Harry Reade
Helen Gutensohn
Mary Jane Hearn
Alice Clark
Anne Marie Shelley
Phyllis Schneider
Carroll Schneider
Billy Corbin
Arthur Gesse
Robert Clark
Clark Shannon
Richard Sutherland
David Hamilton
Marjorie Thomas
Jean Schneider
Jimmy Seehusen
Jean Appleby
Berkeley Holmes
Women Sought to Help Make Wreaths for Veterans Graves
Monticello Auxiliary No. 1683 Veterans of Foreign Wars appeals for volunteers to fashion wreaths for local veteran graves. Dinner-supplied materials enable a 1:30 p.m. start on Saturday May 28 at the Memorial building. About 13 wreaths are prepared yearly. Interested clubs or groups may contact President Inez Lubben and committee members Anne Echternacht Dora Ohe Lily Adams Sophie Jacobs for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Inez Lubben
Anne Echternacht
Dora Ohe
Lily Adams
Sophie Jacobs
Cedar Rapids Man Jailed At Anamosa
Norman Foster a 21 year old Cedar Rapids man waived to Linn county grand jury and released on a 9500 bond after a Cedar Rapids hearing on a malicious injury to property charge. He was later jailed in Anamosa on a reckless driving charge after driving into a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Foster
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Grand Jury
Foster
Anamosa
Kathleen Hayes Graduates From Mercy Hospital
Miss Kathleen Hayes daughter of J. J. Hayes of Monticello completed training at Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids. She will work at the hospital until August and take the state RN exam in November earning the RN title. Hayes previously attended Sacred Heart school in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Hayes
J. J. Hayes
Monticello
P. E. O. State Officers Elected At Sioux City
Mrs. Maude Mirick Cooper of Boone was elected president of the P. E. O. state chapter at Sioux City on May 18. She is the daughter of Mrs. W. A. Mirick of Boone, ex-Monticello residents. Mrs. Moray Eby of Cedar Rapids rose from organizer to first vice president. The next convention will be in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Mirick Cooper
Boone
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Sioux City
Cooper
W. A. Mirick
Monticello
Moray Eby
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Day Observance in Monticello Through the Years
A tribute recalling Memorial Day's meaning for Monticello residents, with an article from Mrs. Honor L. Clark. It outlines John A. Logan as originator, the Grand Army of the Republic, and the era spanning seventy years of observance honoring fallen Union and other soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Express
Honor L. Clark
Navy
John A. Logan
Memor- Paul
Re A. Logan
Seven Seas
Death of Sarah A. Smith in May at McDonald Hospital
Sarah A. Smith died Saturday at John McDonald hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at Iverson mortuary and burial followed at Oakwood cemetery. Born November 24, 1853 in Cleveland, she moved west as a child and lived in Lisbon, DeWitt, Monticello, and Moline with several marriages and five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah A. Smith
John McDonald Hospital
Iverson
Oakwood Cemetery
George Woodall
Methodist Church
Lydia Christ
Sarah A. Christ
Lisbon
Iowa
DeWitt
James Brookings
Mabel Chandes
Moline
Ill
Energize The Lines Of Maquoketa Valley REA
Announcement reports the first twelve miles of Maquoketa Valley Rural Electric lines energized after a court injunction dispute with Iowa Electric Company. Judge W W Scott ruled the injunction last week in Davenport, allowing energy delivery to rural lines via Maquoketa city plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa Valley
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Iowa
W W. Scott
Davenport
First Airplane Mail Today Celebration Marks Historic Dispatch
In National Air Mail week a Dubuque post office sent the first air mail from town by plane at 10 29. The flight began in Dubuque and toured eight nearby towns with stops including Monticello Manchester Dyersville Elkader Waukon Prairie du Chien and Antietam before returning at 1 22. A later flight to Iowa City would relay mail onward.
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Monticello
National Air Mail
J. H. J. Stutt
Sen
Mark Hogan
Iowa City
Dubuque
United Air Lines
Onticello
Manchester
Dyersville
Elkader
Waukon
Prairie
Antteville
Hopkinton Woman Dies From Kerosene Explosion
Mrs. Charles Joslin of Hopkinton died at McDonald hospital from burns after a kerosene explosion at her home Tuesday afternoon. She suffered third degree burns while starting a fire in the kitchen stove and was later moved to the Monticello hospital before her death yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Joslin
Hopkinton
McDonald Hospital
Joslin
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Hospital Notes of Past Week Report Admits and Discharges
During the past week the following people were admitted to the hospital Melva Clark Scotch Grove Mrs Donald Seely Charles Henrichs Mrs Elmer Holmes Bernice Taylor all of Monticello Mrs Charles Joslin Hopkinton Mrs Joe Evans Delhi The following people were discharged after care and treatment in the hospital Mrs Gutensohn and baby Edward Hubbard Miss Lena Brockhohn Mrs Bernard Davis and baby Mrs Paul Dietiker and baby Mrs Gearhart and baby Elizabeth Ruley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melva Clark
Scotch Grove
Donald Seely
Charles Henrichs
Elmer Holmes
Bernice Taylor
Monticello
Charles Joslin
Hopkinton
Joe Evans
Delhi
Gutensohn
Baby
Edward Hubbard
Lena Brockhohn
Bernard Davis
Paul Dietiker
Gearhart
Elizabeth Ruley
Car Destroyed By Fire In Castle Grove Two
Dennis M. Hogan lost a 1937 Plymouth coupe to a blaze Saturday night while en route to Joe Bading farm. He and Mr. Bading tried to extinguish the fire with water and sacks but it engulfed the vehicle. It was insured for full value with McLaughlin Insurance Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis M. Hogan
Joe Bading
Bading
Mr. Bading
McLaughlin Insurance Agency
Rural Graduation Exercises Set for June 1
Graduation exercises for Rural will be held on Wednesday at 2 30 in the afternoon. The event will feature graduates from the rural school and guest speakers, with plans outlined for the ceremony and surrounding activities.
Monticello High School Preparing for Graduation Week
The Monticello public school senior class, numbering 56, headed by Vernon Steiner, moves into final graduation week with a full slate of events from alumni banquet to baccalaureate services. The class motto is We will find a way or make it with colors silver and pink and a rose as the class flower. The roll includes seven normal training certificate recipients and a May 26 diploma date. Baccalaureate services are set for May 22 at 8:00 pm in the Presbyterian church with a program led by Rev. H Gutensohn and the Girls Glee Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Vernon Steiner
Charles Field
Clarence Hosford
Margaret Olive
Deischer
Helen Glen Heath
Clara Josephine Rink
Clarissa Virginia Sheppard
Selma Kathryn Specht
Melvin Stanford Strosahl
Dennis ‘Tobiason
Vetara
Eileen Balster
Leslie Mile
Ton
Balster
Lois “Baum Dena
Rose Margaret Behrends
Elsie Rose Benedict
Frances Ellen Bone
Wyland Clay
Presbyterian Church
Teilman
Gutensohn
Gloria
Myrin
Holy Spirit
George. Woodall
A. H. Tendick
Adam and
Eva
Edith Ferring
Leslie Balster
Kathleen Carlson
John Fraser
Esmeree Nichols
Donald Poppe
Frances Bone
Geraldine Roberts
Vacancies on Both Party Tickets for County Primary
A full slate for republican and democratic tickets shows vacancies for county coroner and county attorney, county recorder, and two board of supervisors posts for 1940. Filing deadline passed. if unfilled by the county central committee, nominees from the opposite ticket win by default. The June 6 primary lists numerous candidates with names across state offices and party roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
County Central Committee
Two Marriage Licenses Issued The Past Week
Two marriage licenses were issued at the courthouse the past week. Applicants included Alfred Mallie of New Boston Illinois and Gertrude Porter of Anamosa. George F. Hamilton and Emma Lillian Vincent, both listed as legal, hail from Hampton.
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Court House
Alfred Mallie
Legal
New Boston
Ill
Gertrude Porter
Anamosa
George F. Hamilton
Emma Lillian Vincent
Hampton
Monti High Victorious At District Track Meet
Monti High entered five men in the district meet at Marion last Friday and earned 2 points with one place. Charles Wright finished fourth in the mile finals and John Nagel qualified sixth in discus finals but did not compete.
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Monti High
Marion
Charles Wright
John Nagel
Henry Cutler Dies in Missouri at About 70
Word reached Monticello of the death of Henry Cutler in Joplin Missouri last Saturday. He was about 70 years old and had lived in Monticello at the Adamson boarding house. His parents lived in Monticello in an early day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Henry Cutler
Joplin
Cutler
Adamson
Chinese Relief Drive Called By National Red Cross
Henry Husman head of the Monticello chapter reports President Roosevelt asked for Red Cross contributions to aid non combatant Chinese in the war zone. Monticello quota is 30 dollars with excess gifts forwarded to the national relief effort. Payments are accepted at the Monticello State Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Husman
Monticello
American Red Cross
Roosevelt
Red Cross
Scotch Grove Safety Council Meeting At Balster's Store
Scotch Grove holds its safety council meeting as part of a county wide series in Balster's Implement store. The drive for increasing membership continues with the Save 100 Lives campaign encouraging residents to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Balster
New Cars Licensed From Monticello
Three cars were licensed from Monticello in the past week. Donald Rickels registered a Ford V-8, H W Ireland registered a Ford V-8, and Ralph C Lambert registered a Buick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Donald Rickels
H.W. Ireland
Ralph C. Lambert
Buick
Beware Hitchhikers Beside the Road
A cautionary note warns readers to resist offering rides to hitchhikers. It asserts hitchhikers steal cars assault travelers and may commit murder, urging vigilance when feeling sympathetic and considering a lift. The column calls for prudent judgment over compassion in roadside help.
May term opens with little business in Jones County Court
The May term of Jones County District Court opens with few cases. Judge John T. Moffit notes defaults in the Cascade State Bank vs William Crawford matter, no jury panels called, and several juvenile and probate filings including reports in W A Mirick, Mary London, James A Howle, James F Livingston, Albert E Brown, Grace Lavell Schoonover, and William B Allen estates. Olin boys faced theft charges from Clover Farm. one suspect was linked to a money order for workwear.
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Jones County District Court
John T. Moffit
Cascade State Bank
William 5. Crawford
Ed Helserman
Olin
Clover Farm
Evenne Capron
Capton
Guy Macomber
Merle Schweitzer
Norton
W. A. Mirick
Mary London
James A. Howle
James F. Livingston
Albert E. Brown
Grace Lavell Schoonover
William B. Allen
Old Age Assistance Report For April
Jones county had 399 beneficiaries receiving 7278 dollars in April, averaging 1824 per pensioner. Statewide 47131 pensioners received 932754 dollars, about 19.79 per person. Funeral claims totaled 18451 dollars. During April 821 new individuals joined the rolls, 856 died, and 73 were cancelled.
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Jones County
Des Moines Banker Named President at Jackson State Savings Bank
Lynn Fuller, formerly of Des Moines, becomes president of Jackson State Savings Bank at Manquoketa. The bank reports deposits of 1.7 million dollars and cash on hand of 581 thousand dollars.
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Lynn Fuller
Des Moines
Jackson State Savings Bank
Manquoketa
National Holiday Declared Armistice Day Observance
President Roosevelt signed a bill in Washington last Saturday creating Armistice Day as a national legal holiday to honor veterans. The move marks November 11 as a patriotic national holiday of remembrance.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Sacred Heart School to Graduate Seven Students
Sacred Heart school of Monticello will graduate seven pupils this year. The class day party occurred May 18 at the Palisades, followed by a junior senior banquet May 25 at Goudy’s Case. Graduation exercises are set for June 1 at Sacred Heart church with diplomas presented by Rev. Solemn Benediction and a baccalaureate by Rev. E P Lorenz.
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Sacred Heart School of
Kathryn Renk
Mary Lucile Rickless
Lillian Minnis
Grace Wolfe
Dorothy Kurt
Elizabeth Kurt
Betty Wroblewski
Genevieve O'Rourke
Rev
A. L. Lorenz
Sacred Heart School
Sacred Heart Church
E. P. Lorenz
D. D
Rotary Delegates Attend 132nd District Convention at Waterloo
Delegates William Shaffer James Maur ice and others attended the 132nd district Rotary convention in Waterloo last week. The Monticello club heard a convention report from James Maurice and President Shaffer noting district growth from 65 to 81 clubs under District Governor Bill Brandon.
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William Shaffer
James Maurice
Rotary
Waterloo
Bill Brandon
Davenport
South America
Collision at Anamosa on Highway 151 injures two
A Sunday night crash at the Anamosa city limit on Highway 151 toward Monticello left two cars badly damaged. Leo Lloyd sustained a forehead cut from being thrown into a windshield. Melvin Ansrud and Miss Ethel Ansrud suffered facial cuts as their car headed into Anamosa.
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Anamosa
Monticello
Leo Lloyd
Mcuce L. Lint
Melvin Ansrud
Iowa City
Ansrud
Ethel Ansrud
Short News Items Over The State
Arnold Harrington a 16 year old of Maquoketa was picked up by a deputy sheriff in Moline Illinois after claiming to want to see the world He produced seven revolvers in pockets and luggage The same report notes Charles F Richmann 66 former Cedar county supervisor and steward of the county home killed himself with carbon monoxide gas found Tuesday morning in a car on his farm south of Lowden He feared a nervous breakdown
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Arnold Harrington
Maquoketa
Moline
Charles F. Richmann
Cedar County
Lowdon
New Offices Equipped for Drs Lambert and Keyes
The second floor offices of the Iowa Electric Company building are finished for Dr A B Lambert dentist and Dr Karl M Keyes optometrist. Six rooms and a wide hall feature tiled floors a tile wash room cream flat paint walnut woodwork sound proof walls insulation and an efficient lighting system. Both offices are newly equipped for dentistry and optometry.
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Iowa Electric Company
A. PB. Lambert
Karl M. Keyes
Construction Company Plans Monticello Station for Highway 113 Work
The Olsen Construction Company of Sioux City will establish a temporary Monticello site to pave Highway 113 toward Ward Hopkinton and the Delaware county line. Concrete may be used for the road bed with blacktop as an alternative. Sand and limestone crews will operate from the Monticello station, with the gang arriving in a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olsen Construction Company
Sioux City
Monticello
Hopkinton
Delaware County
New Parts Man At The Childress Hoag Co
C A Stevens formerly with Catchall Motor of Newton has joined the Childress Hoag company in Monticello as parts man. He began work last week and plans to move his wife and two children to Monticello after school closes next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Stevens
Catchall Motor Company
Newton
Childress-Hoag Company
Monticello
Mr. Stevens
Mary Bell
Bonnie Jean
PTA Meeting At Public School Tonight
The PTA meeting is held this evening at 7 30 at the public school. Officers will be elected and the program includes objectives for the sixth grade by Miss Marie Kurtz and a community recreation talk by Rev Arnold Thalacker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Marie Kurtz
Arnold Thalacker
Four Vacancies Open in Anamosa Schools
The Anamosa board re elected all teachers but four vacancies remain. Harold Sweet is sought as assistant athletic coach, J W McLees fills a third grade post, and one more vacancy exists at Stone City.
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Anamosa
Harold Sweet
J. W. McLees
Stone City
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Dwight Moncrief
Duane Yousse
Alma. Brokaw
LaVerne Hubbard
Mildred Warner
Lois Barrack
George Richardson
Lillian Howell
Donald ‘Siebels
Dorothy Rose’ Bartlett
Bobby ‘Thoeni
Jane Stuhler
Jimmy Patterson
Ri Skelley
Joan Schmidt
Audrey _ Podhaski
Irma Clidire Shannon
David “Walker
Chiades
Kreep
Bobby Chisman
Pat Frank
Ramona’ Sherman
Ruth Ton
Aveyne
Mercy Hospital
Castle Grove
Dent
Trade Carlsen
Esther Eugenia Cass
Try Herman Dierks
Leona Geneva Etten
Edith Marilyn Ferring
Charles Arthur Field
John Howden Fraser
Theodore Dietrich Freese
Galen Arthur Graves
Berniece Mae Havlichek
Clarence Ralph Hosford
Olin Reed Howle Junior
Thelma
Gertrude Howland
Leo Rudolph Kiburz
Maynard Harold Kuhns
Ida LaVonne Landis
Fern Cynthia Lightfoot
Ruth Eleanor Long
Josephine Anne McNeill
Raymond Anway Naylor
Maxine Elmeree Nichols
Donald Gerhart Poppe
Freda Alvina Prull
Helen Elizabeth Prull
Victor Walker Richardson
Leona Margaret Rieniers
Eva Jean Royden
Sidney John Schweitzer
Harold Andrew Steiner
Vernon Paul Steiner
Leona Floy Taylor
Harold Dean Tedrow
Mary Elizabeth Thomas
Ira Mennike Tillotson
Robert Lee Wahl
Margaret Mary Welter
Robert Orville Wishman
Harold Roscoe Yeoman
John Hein Zirkelbach
Harold Bosley
United States
L. J. Dickinson
Algona
Lloyd Thurston
Osceola
George A. Wilson
B. B. Hickenlooper
Har
Ry B. Thompson
Muscatine
Pierce Baker
Clinton
Raymond P. Conner
Denison
Earl G. Miller
C. B. Akers
Ottumwa
C. L. McClurkin
Wapello
Seth Stanley Silver
Cantril
Cor. van de Steeg
Orange City
W. G. C. Bagley
Mason City
Fred D. Everett
Albia
John E. Mulroney
Fort Dodge
James E. Scovel
Montezuma
Agriculture
C. A. Benson
Mark G. Thornburg
Emmetsburg
E. C. Wolff
Avoca
Public Instruction
Cornelia C. Hodges
Keosauqua
P. C. Lapham
Charles City
Chas, F. Martin
Monti
Missouri
National
Safety Council
Daffye
Soma
Hix
Jackson State
Elizabeth F. Kurt
Dorothy Mary Kurt
Lillian Elizabeth Minnis
Mary Genevieve O'Rourke
Mary Lucille Rickless
Grace Marion Wolfe
Elizabeth Margaret Wroblewski
Mary Lucile Ricklets
The
Oesten
Brandon
T. K. Wright
Iowa Falls
Sam Pfsutz
Mount Vernon-Lisbon
Rotary Club
Monticello Club
Monterey
Mexico City
Mexico
Drs. Lambert, Keyes
the Childress-Hoag Co
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