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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1942

Page

2

Congregational Church Rally Planned For Stuhlers Acres

A Jones county youth rally at Stuhlers Acres Monticelia Sunday evening at 5:60 pm features a picnic campfire singing worship and a brief business meeting. Attendees urged to bring sack lunches and a blown registration fee noted.

Congregational Church Stuhler Jones County Stuhlers Acres Monticelia Duncen Luce Progras Caipfire Song Haugh Cas Ute Tioglin Ehiuren Ing

Local residents visit family and travel for work

Mrs. Allen Hecker of Wyoming visits friends in Monticello. Des Moines couples Leyland and Bertha Skelley spend weekends with Bertha’s mother. Eclipse Lumber staff Harry Rodman and wife undertake a two week western state trip. Numerous relatives from Cedar Rapids Maquoketa Anamosa and Davenport host and visit kin. business trips include Lockheed in Los Angeles and military assignments at Great Lakes naval hospital. Several locals attend church events and community gatherings while others travel to Milwaukee for church assembly.

Harry Rodman Eclipse Lumber Company

Soil District Demonstrations Draw 48 Farmers

Soil commissioners held conservation demonstra tion meetings with 48 farmers in Jones county. Contour and winter cover practices were shown at multiple farms including James Casey in Washineton and William Martie in Wayne, led by Harold Nilsson and county agent FL Kearns.

Nevoh Pol Jones County Harold Nilsson Isle Scs FL Kearns

Castle Grove Farm Bureau Meeting May 14

The Castle Grove Farm Bureau extension group heard S.M. Hosford discuss his trip to a California insurance convention last year. The meeting was held Thursday, May 1, with an attendance of 46. Two films were shown by Club Agent Paul W. Norglum to the Barn Forest group and the Hoye 4-H club meeting the same evening. After adjournment lunch was served by the Refreshment Committee.

Castle Grove Farm Bureau Extension S.M. Hosford California Aul W. Norglum Barn Forest Group Clu

First Gold Found in California Legend Reexamined

Historical notes challenge the claim of 1790 gold discovery by 12 year old Conrad Reed in Cabarrus County North Carolina. The record suggests earlier European led mineral finds and shifts in gold rush timelines.

California United States Conrad Reed Cabburns County North Carolina

Jones County Hosts Canning Education Sessions

Miss Nora Workman from the extension service led a series of home canning and freezing meetings for Jones County women educational cooperators from May 12 to 15. Attendees from Monticello Seatch Grove Cascade and Anamosa Rotary areas planned neighbor outreach to spread canning calendars and leaflets.

Nora Workman Iowa State College Jones County Women Educational Cooperators Miss Workman

Local listing of names by town and school events

A long reader note lists multiple names with titles and towns such as Ana mona Center Junction Scotch Grove Monticello Wrormning Oxford Junction Olin Martelle Mechanicsville Hale Lisbon Clarence Oxford Junction and others connected to May 14 and May 15 school events at Wyoming Olin and Olin high school buildings.

Wyoming High School 2. C. Scott Frances Franks Will Bronson Henry Bramer Fred Bramer Otto Allen John Mayberry Fred Lazare Fred J. Nowachek Lester French Missetty Dawes Joe Holub M. Koch Geraldine Zormer Wrormning Frank G. Zamosti Anna Olin High School Archie V. Wood Grover Benischek Roy Moreland C. D. Brown F. C. Siver W. E. Jones Irvis Clark William Luker Harry Leysen John Fisher Joe Slater Oliver Furst Olin Dillon Story Wyoming Luther Inglis Hale E.C. Gotsch S. H. Ellison Shotwell Martelle Leo Thizames Harry Dee KR. A. Nelson Mechanicsville Herman Schmidt Lisbon John Carstensen Clarence Franz Phillips Oxford Junction

Monticello High School Alumni Banquet Friday

The Monticello high school alumni banquet is set for Friday evening May 22 at the community building Dinner starts 6 30 PM and costs 50 cents per plate Graduating class members are guests Tickets are sold at Maire Candy Shop Kay's Drug Store Rickless Dry Goods and by Virginia Clark Ben Long Lucile Yount and Dorothy Maire.

Monticello High School Maire Kay Rickless’ Dry Goods Swre Virginia Clark Ben Long Lucile Yount Dorothy Maire

Frank Berry Dies At His Omaha Home

Frank H. Berry died at his Omaha home after paralysis and related complications. He was nearly 66, husband of Minnie Heisey Berry, and father to twin sons Harley and Harold. He had lived in Omaha for over forty years and was mourned by his wife and rural school pupils from long ago.

Frank H. Berry Minnie Heisey Berry

Rally Planned for Hickenlooper in Anamosa Court House

A Hickenlooper for Governor Club will hold a county wide rally in Anamosa in the court house community room on Wednesday evening May 27 at 8. State speakers will outline day events and the gathering aims to mobilize voters for the June 1 primary. The emphasis favors Hickenlooper and Bourke UL. Hickenlooper, a WWI veteran and former two term lieutenant governor, seeks broad turnout across Jones County with district coverage to persuade both men and women to vote.

Hickenlooper Governor Club Court House Anamosa Bourke UL. Hickenlooper State of Love Linn County Jones County Isic

Wayne 4 H Girls Club Meets for Rally Day Prep

Wayne 4 H Girls Club met Tuesday May 12 at the Evelyn and Virginie Martin home with ten members answering roll by color. Eleanora Siebels reported color favorites. Edna was chosen delegate to the Ames convention June 14 to 12. Paul W Borglum outlined Rally Day plans and the 4 H Girls Service Review pageant.

Warner G Evelyn and Virginie Martin Bernice Grouwinkel Anamosa Home Eleanora Siebels Edna Ir Ames Vnd Paul W. Borglum

Tractor Clinic At Anamosa Draws Local Farmers

One hundred fifty Jones county farmers attended the tractor clinic at Gordon Implement Company in Anamosa on Wednesday evening May 13. The event was sponsored by the Jones county Farm Bureau.

Jones County Gordon Implement Company Anamosa Jones County Farm Bureau

Tractor Clinic Discusses Maintenance by Ethyl Corp

Ethyl Corporation representative W K E McCullough outlines proper maintenance for air cleaners carburetor and fuel ignition and cooling systems engine lubrication valve care clutch tires wheel weights and greasing. A full discussion on fuels for farm tractors was held, with a similar clinic planned for Monticello at a later date.

Ethyl Corporation W. KE. McCullough Monticello

Richland Graduates Celebrate Monticello High School Class

Richland Center reports Monticello high school’s class of graduates including Robert Buel Ruth Decker Wilma Hein Betty Rieniers and Delores Yossi. Local social notes show Miss Margaret Wismeier and Miss Mary Ellen Wismeier drove to Cedar Rapids last Saturday.

Richland Center Robert Buel Ruth Decker Wilma Hein Betty Rieniers Delores Yossi Monticello High School Margaret Wismeier Mary Ellen Wismeier Cedar Rapids Margaret Marthe Halear Independence Carl Plueger Herbert George Harms Reinhard Schwettzer Jackie Cedar Bairds

Dr Mott to Head Missouri U School of Journalism

Frank Luther Mott, 56, named dean of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He has led the Iowa Department of Journalism and succeeds the late Frank Lee Martin, who died July 18, 1942. Mott earned a BA from Chicago in 1907 and later earned a master's and PhD at Columbia.

Frank Luther Mott University of Missouri Dr. Mott Ae of Iowa Iste Frank Lee Martin University of Chicago Columbia University

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