Sacred Heart to Graduate Five Students May 29
Sacred Heart Mon ticello will graduate five academic students and one music student on Friday evening May 29. The class includes Eugene G. Chaloupka, Mary Catherine Fagan, James B. McDonough, Elizabeth Ann Pender, Loretta E. Redmond, and Helen Louise Stuhler. Class colors blue and old gold, motto Now we try a boundless sea. Senior banquet followed, with a boat centerpiece and ship theme.
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Sacred Heart School of
Eugene G. Chaloupka
Mary Catherine Fagan
James B. McDonough
Elizabeth Ann Pender
Loretta E. Redmond
Helen Louise Stuher
Robert Hogan
Raymond Ferring
Mary Elizabeth Fothergill
Harry Liddy
Lorenz
Isabelle
Marion H. Balster
Vivian M. Bancroft
Emma J. Bartels
Richard E. Behrends
Kenneth Burris
Faye Cass
Maye Cass
Harlan V. Cooper
Charles L. Eby
Esther M. Eden
Clarence E. Eillers
Elmer A. Folkerts
Bertha Mae Goldin
Fred W. Hanken
George H. Harrs
J L Twamley Dies Former Monticello Resident
James L Twamley a former Monticello resident died in Des Moines on May 7 Funeral services were held May 8 in Des Moines and burial followed in Alexandria South Dakota He was born July 25 1863 and lived near Monticello before moving to South Dakota in 1883 He married Carrie Burdick in 1889 and had five children three survive The survivors include Mrs Ruby Johnson McLaughlin SD Mrs Ira Humphreys Minneapolis and Mrs Elinor Hunt Chicago He also leaves two brothers two sisters and many relatives including Elmer J Noble and others in Castle Grove Des Moines later employed in seed corn testers business in Alexandria vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Twamley
Des Moines
Alexandria
South Dakota
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mr. Twamley
Monticello
Carrie Burdick
Ruby Johnson
McLaughlin, S. D
Ira Humphreys
Minneapolis
Elinor Hunt
Chicago
John
8. M. Twamley
Des Mead
R. H. Whitney
Oacoma
Twamley
Elmer J. Noble
Bertha
Bessie
Fred Harken
Castle Grove
C. E. Twamley
Rudy Tobiassen Rescued After River Near-Drowning
Rudolph Tobiassen of Monticello nearly drowned when a pole he sat on broke and he toppled into the Maquoketa River near the power house. Mrs Tobiassen and a small boy cried for help as Fred Lehman arrived with a rake and pulled him to shore and revived him as his strength failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Tobiassen
Monticello
Maquoketa
Mr. Tobiassen
Rudy
Mr. Lehman
Jones County Farm Women Set for Achievement Day
Mrs D Pirte Beyea of Cedar Rapids will speak at the Jones County 4 H Club Girls Achievement Day at the Monticello country club house on June 3. County project leader Mrs E C Gotsch chairs. committees include registration dining room and dinner chairs. attendance is hoped for.
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Jones County
D., Pirte-Beyea
Cedar Rapids
Town Department of Health
Monticello
Wm. Balsiger
W. B. Meeks
D. Wherry
C. Stephens
George Specht
Claude Peet
Ernest Sieveka
Monticello High House Students Place in State Scholarship Contest
Monticello high school proud of five Monti high pupils placing in the East Central district class B scholarship contest. Winners include students in economics physics and history with exams at University of Iowa June 1 and 2. A group photo and campus tour follow the tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Monti High
A. B. Grimes
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Eugene Rodman
Leonard Schoon
Harvey Helgens
Raymond Helgens
Boyd ‘Shannon
Ray Smith
J. Award
Helserman
Monticello High School
Capitol
East Central
Read Law In Office Of Doxsee Doxsee
J Edward Weiserman resigns as Monticello public school principal to read law at the firm Doxsee Doxsee after the current school year. Heiserman will join the office for study and practical work and plans to take the state bar exam in fall 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Weiserman
Monticello
Doxsee & Doxsee
Heiserman
Reading
Hawkeye
Liberal Arts
State University
College of Law
The
Mary Sheets Promoted To Second Grade Critic
Monticello residents learn Mary Sheets former Monticello Public Schools teacher has completed study in Knoxville and will return home to Hampton. Next year she becomes second grade critic in Dickinson North Dakota with students from North Dakota State Teachers College.
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Monticello
Mary Sheets
Monticello Public Schools
Hampton
Knoxville
Grade Operetta Pleases A Good Audience
The Monticello public schools presented the graded department operetta The Palace of Carelessness last Friday in the auditorium directed by Miss Maurine Hamblin and Miss Opal Porter. Two acts featured a junior orchestra, 220 participating children in colorful costumes, and praise for a strong accompanist Lucille George. The event coincided with the annual school exhibit showing manual training, home economics, Latin, and geometry displays, attracting many Monticello residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Frank Royden
Supt. Grimes
Walker
Vera Mattocks
Ann Miller
Miss Kaste
Mrs. Catherine Moran of Temple Hill Dies at 61
Mrs Catherine Moran of Temple Hill died May 15 1931 after four months illness. She was daughter of Peter and Ann Quigsey born in New York City and moved to Jones county as a child. Survived by five grandchildren and sister Mrs Mary Fowler of Cedar Rapids. Funeral at St Peters Temple Hill May 17 conducted by Rev John Hehir with pallbearers John Koppess Victor Manternach James McCormick T L Green Michael Supple and James Quigley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Moran
Temple Hill
Francis
Mary Fowler
Cedar Rapids
Moran
Catholic Church
Ladies’ Sodality
St. Peter’s Church
John Hehir
John Koppess
Victor Manternach
James McCormick
T. L. Green
Michael Supple
James Quigley
Community Vacation Bible School Opens June 8 in Monticello
Monticello churches sponsor the second annual Community Vacation Bible School at the public schools. It runs three weeks starting Monday June 8 with pupil registration Friday June 6. Open to all community children regardless of church. Further details to follow.
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Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Reformed and Congregational Churches
Monticello
the Express
Father Eardley of Anamosa Improves at Bedside
Word from the bedside of Rev. Father Eardley of Anamosa indicates his condition is as favorable as could be expected. All visitors have been excluded from his room, and it is hoped that with absolute quiet his condition will improve.
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Father Eardley
Anamosa
Monticello High School to Graduate 49 in Class of 1931
The Monticello high school will award diplomas to 49 graduates, the largest class yet, with Louise Thomas of Norfolk, Va., in absentia. The ceremonies include class day, baccalaureate, and the fifty-sixth commencement on May 28, with K. D. Miller as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Louise Thomas
Norfolk
Iowa
Seven Killed in Calamus Auto Wreck
A North Western Columbine express wrecked a pleasure trip in Calamus Clinton County injuring or killing seven people. The Berner siblings aged 13 to 20 and Walter Mumford, 17, were among the dead. The car darted around a freight train and was struck on a crossing protected by signals and a flagman who tried to stop them. The bodies lay along the right of way for blocks. Martha Berner had worked in Davenport and Mona and Mildred Berner had attended Sunday school. The Berner farm party had left on the ride just before the tragedy.
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North Western Columbine Express
Chicago
Colorado
Calamus
Clinton County
Clinton
Lincoln Highway
Martha, Berner
Toronto
Medona Berner
Bernadette Berner
Mona Berner
Arnold Berner
Mildred Beyers
Walter Mumford
Dewitt
Louis Rice
Mumford
Martha Berner
Davenport
Mona
Mildred
Berner Farm
Rotary District Conference Held in Burlington Iowa
The Eleventh district conference of the Rotary clubs of Iowa met in Burlington last Monday and Tuesday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Balster, and C. A. Cox. Hamilton attended the closing session. Tom Purcell of Hampton retires as district governor and Ray Lowden of Fairfield is nominated as incoming district governor at Vienna in June, pending Rotary International action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Clubs of
Iowa
Burlington
Tom Hamilton
Robert Balster
C. A. Cox
Alan Inglis Graduates From Gresham High
Monticello readers note Alan Inglis son of Ward Inglis of Gresham Oregon graduated from Gresham High School last Friday. He led the school annual Manhinott as editor in chief after serving on the football team and in dramatics. Arthur Inglis’s daughter Miriam Inglis, formerly of Wyoming, teaches in Gresham schools as dean of women and head of mathematics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Alan Inglis
Ward Inglis
Gresham
Oregon
Gresham High School
Inglis
the Manhinott
Jean Inglis
Bank Hold-Up at Ely Linn County Stuns Iowa Bank
The Ely Trust and Savings Bank in Ely Linn County eleven miles southeast of Cedar Rapids was held up at 3 15 pm Friday by two bandits who escaped with 2800 in cash. A third man drove the getaway auto. Norbert Janko the bookkeeper was bound but freed himself and called for help. The bandits posed as bond salesmen before pulling pistols and securing the cashier’s cash. The stolen car used in the escape was traced to Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely Trust and Savings Bank
Ely
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Norbert Janko
Janko
Joe Binko
Iowa City
James Waddick Finds Potatoes From 1930 Crop
James Waddick, while plowing his farm, uncovered potatoes not dug last fall. The potatoes are in excellent condition and superior to those stored in his cellar. The find suggests the winter of 1930 31 was very mild.
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James Waddick
Manchester Edges Monticello In Thin Track Meet
Manchester barely out-pointed Monticello 61 to 16 in a tight track and field meet last Saturday. Willard Yeoman dominated with 19 points, winning the 100 and 220 and placing in hurdles and javelin. Coach Smith led ten competitors as Manchester's prospects for next year look bright.
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Manchester
Monti
Willard Yeoman
Smith
Yeoman
Monticello
Specht
Null
Eby
Yeomnan
Langer
Curtis
Balster
Hurdies
Monticcello
Monticello Red Cross Improves School Dental Honor Roll
Public health nurse Miss Lora Houston reports 81 percent of Monticello public school children on the dental honor roll with 197 pupils newly enrolled. Red Cross care assisted 25 children needing dental attention, aided by cooperative local dentists keeping reasonable charges.
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Lora Houston
Monticello
Red Cross
Two New Teachers For The Public Schools In Monticello
The Monticello public schools announce two new teachers for next year. Bernice J. Stout will replace Lillian Anderson in first grade and Miss Stout is a State Teachers' college graduate who taught in Whitten during the past year. Her brother Minard Stout is named. Meanwhile, Stout moves to the senior high social science instructor post, and junior high gains Harry D. Berg of Cedar Falls who recently completed a four year program at Town State Teachers' college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Monticello Pubblic
Bernice J. Stout
Cedar Falls
Lillian Anderson
Anderson
Miss Stout
State Teachers’ College
Whitten
Minard Stout
Stout
Harry D. Berg
Fourth Grade Saves 55 During Past Year
Miss Dorothy Stemm, a Monticello public school fourth grade teacher, led a savings campaign among students to save nickels instead of buying candy. The class displayed a $55 fund at the annual exhibit, and their initiative earned them a 100 percent dental honor roll, the first in the Monticello schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Stemm
Monticello Public School
Monticello
Merle Deischer Promoted to Des Moines Floor Manager
Merle Deischer, former Monti cello boy, is named senior floor manager for a Kresge store opening soon in Des Moines. The firm installs a $50,000 stock in the new outlet and Deischer has worked for the company in Cedar Rapids for years. Mrs. Deischer, Helen Hoy before marriage, taught at Monticello High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Deischer
Monticello
Kresge
Des Moines
Deischer
Cedar Rapids
Helen Hoy
Monticello High School
Admiral Byrd Greets Cedar Rapids Boy Scouts
Admiral Richard Byrd spoke in Cedar Rapids and greeted fifteen Monticello Boy Scouts led by Scoutmaster Minard Stout. Byrd met each boy at the hotel after a scheduling snag, with one scout forgetting his name and another swallowing gum out of excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Richard Byrd
Cedar Rapids
Admiral Richard ©. Byrd
Monticello
Minard Stout
Mr. Stout
Byrd
Stout
Admiral Byrd
Ong
Jones County May Consider Bond Election for Road Bonds
The Jones county board of supervisors may call a special session for May 27 to discuss a $500,000 bond issue to fund hard surfacing of four primary roads. The plan would use gas and license tax revenue, with no direct taxes, and an election likely in early June following county notices on May 28 and June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Monticello City
Delaware County
Martelle
Fairview
Olin
Wyoming
Oxford Junction
Poppy Day Drives Memorial Support For Veterans
Memorial day observance notes more than 25 000 names on the scroll of fallen veterans. American Legion and Auxiliary face rising burdens, funded by red memorial poppies sold by Tysemah kn Camp Fire girls on May 23. Local committee chaired by Mrs P A Kurt. Town orders five hundred thousand poppies for state needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
National American Legion
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
Tysemahkn
Ttig
P. A. Kurt
Monthly Meeting Of Richland Rustic Rustlers
The 4 H club Rustic Rustlers of Richland township met at Helen Heath home for their monthly gathering. Members answered roll call with their favorite flower and Mary Ellen Wismeier sang a musical description of The Swan. Health score card and music memory selections were the main feature with Mrs. Lowell Black playing the latter. Refreshments were served by Heath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Township
Rustic Rustlers
Helen Heath
Mary Ellen Wismeier
Lowell Black
Heath
Findings Of The District Court For May Term
The May term of the district court at Anamosa opened with Judge John T. Momt presiding. Sessions covered probate matters including final reports, discharges of executors and guardians, and permissions for sales or renewals. numerous estates such as Brazelton Carlsen Field Cowan Hubbard Hein Magee Lovell Schoonover Sulzener Stover Benischek Schoon were listed with progressive reports approved and orders issued. Continued on page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Anamosa
John T. Momt
W. W. Brazelton
Lewis Winkler Et al
Lewis Winkler
Ward
Lena Carlsen
Charles Field
George Cowan
Harriet Sweet
John A. Hubbard
George M. Hein
George Senst
Barney Magee
Henry M. Carpenter
Grace Lovell Schoonover
Samuel Sulzener
Alfred Kaufman
Ella O. Stover
Iestate
Marie Benischek
Jacob Schoon
Jackson Co Supervisors Solve Killing Of Sheep
Jackson county officials recount a program to curb depredations by dogs and wolves by bells for flocks. Three dozen sheep bells were bought by the Jackson county board of supervisors and distributed to local owners. Since then none of the flocks reported further losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Skott
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
L. M. Guenther
Henry Sanger
Scott Pipple
John Small, Jr
Memorial Day Program Set With Des Moines Speaker
Milton W Strickler of Des Moines will speak at Memorial Day services Saturday at 10 AM in the public school auditorium followed by interment rituals at Oakwood cemetery after 11 AM A wreath making session for soldiers graves will be held Friday May 29 at 1 PM in the Memorial building gym with local ladies invited to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Bertha Mae Goldin
Armin Tendick
Russett. Hughes
Emil Prult
Thelma van Voltenburg
Milton W. Strickler
Des Moines
Oakwood Cemetery
Memorial Building
Raymond Cole Ill With Erysipelas In Town Hospital
Raymond Cole of Anamosa is seriously ill at University Hospital Town City with erysipelas after a wound from a scuffle last Saturday. He is employed at an Anamosa creamery, married with two children, and is the half-brother of Messrs. Lawrence and Howard Robertson of Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Cole
Messrs. Lawrence
Howard Robertson
Monticello
Mrs. Leach Led Town Women's Club Federation
The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Leach was held in Independence. She organized the first women’s club, the Ladies' Literary Society, in Independence, from which the present federation of women’s clubs grew. She led in literary, church and social activities for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary FE. Leach
Independence
Ladies’ Literary Society
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sacred Heart
J. L. Twamley
Rudy Tobiassen
Monti Hi
Office of
Masonic Temple
George Coxsee
Billy Marsh
George
Billy
William Kettlitz
Edna Siebels
Tim George
Mary Turner Salter
Miriam Fairbanks
Edna Schoon
Vivian Smith
Irene Heiken
Mr. Grimes
Henry L. Adix
St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Cyrus C. Mallard
Baal
W. H. Pierce
E. L. Ashford
K. D. Miller
Fort Dodge Public Schools
Monticello S
Gresham High
Monticello Red Cross
Richland Rustic Rustlers
John T. Moffit
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