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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1937
Page
6
A reflective piece recalls graduation pomp and the awkward march with the right partner. Anecdotes recount a minister stalked by June bugs under a bright electric light, and a choir placing bugs on the floor while memories of youth linger.
Readers learn of social visits from Cedar Rapids to Monticello, church events including a bake sale, a 4 H club meeting with elected officers, a large funeral gathering for Menno Moenk, and ongoing farm activity with corn planting weather. Also noted are real estate transfers and legal land descriptions in Jones and Linn counties.
This compact model offers the comforts of a five room house with options for no basement. A utility room with laundry facilities and heater replaces the basement stairway and a bed closet lets the living room serve as a bedroom at night. The dinette adds practical convenience to this attractive small home.
Legal notices detail multiple real estate deeds. Transfers include lots in Amber, Turck’s add, and Walnut Fork add to Olin with nominal sums and conditions. Several parcels reference right of way lines and military road boundaries. Names include Lee Switzer Eva, J G Bodeker, Lydia Guyan, Siegfried Guyan, Nellie Kernan, Adolph, Eunice Appleby, Aubrey, Grace Etten, Charlie, Wm Grover, Josephine Grover, Edward Ehrismann and family, Henry Seehusen Jr., Mary Bickel, G F, James Hart, Hazel Hart, Martha Ankney, Earl Hart, and others.
Items of occurrences from May 1897 include births such as a Stirton daughter and a Husman child, a Britting child death, Henderson death after surgery, Overing birth, and community notes. The Monticello school board rescinded an eight month year plan following public opinion. A Gill street residence project progressed, Chloe Brazelton completed nursing training, a bicycle race at the city park featured Dawson and Peterson, and Inez Gilroy died at 18. Henry D. Smith, longtime Lovell township resident, died at 79.
Des Moines reports late month events including Monticello high school graduation on the 27th with 14 graduates. Obituaries include Mrs. Gerd Harms of Wayne township who died the 14th and Mrs. E J Noble leaving for Doon after her father N B Scott’s death. Orville D Crane, founder of The Monticello Express, died in Red River City NM on the 6th, with the paper’s press lineage tracing to the Nevada Democrat. Mrs. Margaret Ann Clark of Scotch Grove died the 21st.
Cornell College announces a June 7 commencement program featuring Bishop G Bromley Oxnam delivering the morning address. Dr Edward G Steiner of Grinnell College will preach the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday morning June 6. An alumni day concert and performances of La Serva Padrona and A Kiss in Xanadu will headline.
Clive Dixon a 17 year old high school graduate from Prescott Adams County plans to become a jockey. He has two offers including one from California. At four feet three inches and 70 pounds he suits the sport though his favorite high school game was basketball due to his love of horses.
A gay dessert favored as a tempting finish may be served hot or cold with cream. It uses Quaker Oats cocoa sugar and vanilla, cooked briefly then plated in slices for luncheon or dinner.
Mr and Mrs Paul Rovers of near Brandon in Buchanan county report their three year old son Virell survived three chute falls in the Rov ers barn but suffered a fractured skull on the fourth incident.
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