Memorial Day Services Planned in Monticello
Monticello holds Memorial Day ceremonies Monday May 30 with 9 a.m. mass at Sacred Heart cemetery presided by Rev Father A L Lorenz and a 10 a.m. program at Oakwood cemetery led by Rev Roy V Porter. Volunteers are urged to decorate graves and follow cemetery parking rules to prevent confusion.
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Monticello
Memorial Building Park
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Father A. L. Lorenz
Father Lorenz
Beckman
Dubuque
Soldiers’ Monument
Oakwood Cemetery
America
Roy V. Porter
General Logan
Ray Echternacht
Boys of the
Old Brigade
Grossheim
V. F.W
Memorial Building Dance Hall
First Street
Ingera
Two Jones County Girls Announce Marriages
Last Friday, at the close of school, Philip Peak of Estherville and Miss Alice Petersen of Lovell township Jones county were married since last fall. Mrs Peak is a Monticello and Iowa State Teachers College graduate who taught at Edgewood. Also Miss Margaret Norris of Center Junction, a Mechanicsville third grade teacher, married to Guy McDonald of Center Junction several months ago.
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Philip Peak
Estherville
Mechanicsville
Alice Petersen
Paul Petersen
Lovell Township
Jones County
Peak
Monticello
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Edgewood
Margaret Norris
Center Junction
Guy McDonald
Charles Schultz Former Resident Dies at 74 in Ponca City
Charles A. Schultz 74 died May 16 at his Ponca City home after living there ten years. Born August 29 1857 in Fairmount Pennsylvania he was a carpenter and former Monticello resident. He is survived by his widow Josephine A. Kaylor a daughter Mrs. Charles Hess and four grandchildren. Burial in Sedan Kansas.
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Charles A. Schultz
Ponca City
Oklahoma
Monticello
Josephine A. Kaylor
Charles Stott
Schultz
Fairmount
Charles Hess
Sedan
Kansas
Nab Monticello Boy For Drunken Driving
George Monck 23 of Monticello was arrested Sunday night at 11 by state automobile inspector John Pazour and Linn county officers on a highway near Marion. He is charged in Cedar Rapids district court with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after driving in an uncertain course near the junction of routes 13 and 161, two miles east of Marion.
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Cedar Rapids
George Monck
Monticello
John Pazour
Linn County
Marion
Monck
Number 13
Manchester Bank Closed After Waiver Plan Failure
The Delaware County State Bank in Manchester failed to open last Monday morning. It was the oldest bank in Delaware County, organized in 1867, and had entered a waiver plan last February with 97 percent of depositors signing waivers.
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Delaware County State Bank
Delaware County
Manchester
Aind
Monticello Airport Expands with Five Planes
The Monticello airport now operates under Ralph Mc Caffree with Otis Briggs assisting. Five planes are stationed including Will Hanken’s Monocoupe and Rex Campbell’s monoplane. Campbell has not flown yet. McCaffree and Briggs conducted night flights last week with several passengers aboard.
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Monticello
Ralph McCaffree
Midwest
Waterloo
Otis Briggs
Will Hanken
Langworthy
Rex Campbell
Kenneth Benesh
Lovell Township
Travelatre
Will First
OX Waco
Jim Holscher
Earlville
Waco
First
Benesh
Hanken
Holscher
Campbell
Messrs
McCaffree
Briggs
Civil War veteran James Ireland marks ninety fifth birthday
The last Civil War veteran living in Central City, James Ireland, celebrated his ninety fifth birthday last Monday. He has lived with his grandson Dale Rowley since his wife died years ago in Cedar Rapids then the report moves to local news on other incidents including deaths and weddings. Verre Marshall of the Cedar Rapids Gazette married Clementine Robichaux of New Orleans in Biloxi. they will be at home in Cedar Rapids Exione County. George E. Clark and E. H. Reed were stopped in Maquoketa with ninety gallons of alcohol and a Chevrolet sedan May 19. they could not post $1500 bail. Rev. Rufus B. Parsons, 93, oldest Methodist minister in the Upper Iowa conference, died at Mount Vernon after retirement since 1907. he and his wife celebrated their fifty fifth anniversary last December. Lightning killed farmer John Reck, 29, eight miles southwest of Manchester, while closing hog house doors. he is survived by wife and parents. Herman Schonborn, 24, of West Branch, died when his head struck a bridge beam near Iowa City while a car passed another.
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Central City
James Ireland
Dale Rowley
W. J. Jordan
Cedar Rapids
Union Depot
Verre Marshall
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Clementine Robichaux
New Orleans
Biloxi
Washington, D. C
New York
George E. Clark
E. H. Reed
Sau
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Rufus B. Parsons
Upper Iowa
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
John Reck
Manchester
Beck
Herman Schonborn
West Branch
Iowa City
Unusual Accident At Buick Garage Yesterday
A 500 gallon gas tank and pump at the Buick garage were forced from the ground yesterday afternoon by heavy rainfall. The tank, emptied, had been buried in ground prepared for cementing and water erosion pushed it up along with the attached pump.
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Buick
Burns Send Ryan Man to Local Hospital
Ralph Keegan aged 45 was rushed to McDonald hospital at Monticello after a brooder stove exploded while he fumigated a brooder house on Thomas Kula’s farm fourteen miles southeast of Ryan. He suffered severe burns to his legs and arms and the brooder house was destroyed.
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Ralph Keegan
McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Thomas Kula
Ryan
Keegan
Thelma Beatty Killed by Train in Massachusetts
Thelma Beatty a Cascade notable and former Cedar Rapids resident who graduated from Coe College was killed in Dorchester Massachusetts on Sunday. She fell in front of a train while en route from New York City to Quin. Ww. Beatty. She had left Cedar Rapids years ago and wrote for an eastern publication.
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Thelma Beatty
Cascade
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Dorchester
Mass
New York City
Quin
Ww. Beatty
Sacred Heart School Ends Term With Speed Tests
Sacred Heart School pupils completed speed tests on Underwood and Woodstock machines. Ten top scorers show solid word counts and few errors with numerous awards. many students earned shorthand certificates and the 16th Century Bookkeeping certificate.
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Sacred Heart
Underwood
Woodstock
Woodstock Company
Donald Kurt
Raymond Ferring
Robert Hogan
Betty Denkhoff
Mary E. Fothergill
Doris Fagan
Clara Flack
Helen L. Stahler
Maxine Redmond
Gerald Locher
Jean Hogan
Isabelle Bader
Herman Burkert
Marcella Brady
Mary Minnis
Agnes Cashen
Donald Nordmann
Marcus Lahey
Bud Denkhoff
Bill Ferring
Charles Renk
Irene Billick
Carl Renk
Mary E. Fotheregill
Vincent Kane
Harry Liddy
Dorothy O'Rourke
Jeanne Kurt
Dorothy Kurt
Genevieve O'Rourke
Catherine Fothergill
Mary
Fothergill
Palmer Method High
Naomi Maloney
Blanche Kane
Kathleen Hogan
Fred Endsley Perfect on Ford Service Course in Des Moines
Fred Endsley foreman at Madsen Motor passed Ford service tests with a perfect 100 percent grade at the Des Moines assembly plant. Ford will start volume production May 31 with 220 cars daily capacity. The five story, 275 square foot space factory covers three and a half acres and uses 700 workers with a $6 minimum wage, paying $40,000 yearly in taxes.
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Fred Endsley
Madsen Motor Company
Ford
Ford Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Express Store News and Local Bargains
Lou Gogerty and his orchestra will play at the Cascade Legion pavilion on Wednesday June 1. Twelve merchants advertise money saving tales and items across cars, oils, cheese, tools, and groceries. Cow Day drew crowds, many future events planned.
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Lou Gogerty
Cascade Legion Pavilion
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Company
Superior Permanent Wave
The
Express
the Express
St. Anthony & Dakota Lumber Company
Legg Department
Farmer
J. G. Schoon
Sport Oxfords
Stuhlera’ Rhoe
Norge
Ivernon Porchase Murry
Uyurry Meat Gampbal
Bruhilers
Frances Cushman Tells Of Some Eastern Experiences
Frances Cushman recounts a Jordan journey from Beirut through Sidon Banyas and Tabgha to Jerash and Amman, describing rain-starved farming, biblical sites, Easter in Jerash, and Petra. She notes excavations, mosaics, ancient theaters, and Bedouin encounters while sharing vivid impressions of landscapes and heritage.
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Frances Cushman
Amman
Jordan
Jerusalem
Rabbah
Petra
Selah
Edom
Dead, Sea
Five Boys Die In Dubuque Area Car Crash
Five boys Leo Schiel Arnold Kaufman Edward Hahn Anthony Schubert and John Welu were killed when their car left highway 55 fifteen miles northwest of Dubuque. Two others Ray Miller and Carl Lorenz were injured with Lorenz stating Hahn drove at high speed before the crash.
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Leo Schiel
Arnold Kaufman
Edward Hahn
Anthony Schubert
John Welu
Dubuque
Ray Miller
Carl Lorenz
Lorenz
Hahn
Wayne No 3 Rural School Closes With Picnic
Wayne township rural school number 3 closed its year with a Saturday picnic attended by seventy nine pupils and visitors. Miss Helen Lieneman was reelected to teach another year after two years in the post. Celena Brockens and Marie Zimmermann attended nine months without absence or tardiness. Four students Berniece Poppe Lorence Dierks Leo Dierks Marvin Dirks were never absent or tardy for eight months. Seventeen pupils enrolled in the school.
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Wayne Township
Helen Lieneman
Miss Lieneman
Celena Brockens
Marie Zimmerman
Vis
Berniece Poppe
Lorence Dierks
Leo Dierks
Marvin Dirks
Rural Eighth Graders Graduate Here June 10
Jones county rural eighth grade graduation will be in Monticello at the public school auditorium on Friday morning June 10. Miss Jessie M. Parker state inspector of rural schools will be main speaker. Rural choir members are asked to be present at 10 o clock and the ceremony at 10 30. A program will appear next week in The Express.
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Jones County
Monticello
Jessie M. Parker
Nellie V. Morey
Express
Federated Clubs Hold Jones County Meeting
The annual Federated Clubs convention for Jones county met at Hale last Thursday. Representatives of the 84 club included Mesdames E. J. Noble C. A. Doxsee and Miss Mary Doxsee. Addresses were given by Miss Harriet Cunningham Anamosa Mrs R H Voland Iowa City and Mrs R D Cooley Wyoming.
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Federated Clubs
Jones County
Hale
Mesdames E. J. Noble
C. A. Doxsee
Mary Doxsee
Elva Broderson
Hale Club
Coxsee
Harriet Cunningham
Anamosa
R. H. Voland
Iowa City
R. D. Cooley
Express Ad Brings Fine Results For Soy Beans
The Farmers' Grain company of Scotch Grove and Center Junction reports strong soybean sales after advertising in The Express. Owner R A Naylor previously sold no more than 25 bushels in a season but has now moved over 1200 bushels. Seed arrives in 200 bushel lots at the warehouse.
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Farmers’ Grain Company
Scotch Grove
Center Junction
Express
R. A. Naylor
Monticello Girls To Broadcast Piano Concert Saturday
Misses Betty Denkhoff Helen L Stahler and Mary Elizabeth Fothergill will perform in a piano concert broadcast over WOC WHO next Saturday afternoon May 28 at 2 30 p m. They are students at the Sacred Heart School music conservatory.
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Betty Denkhoff
Helen L. Stahler
Mary Elizabeth Fothergill
Woc-Who
Music Conservatory of the Sacred Heart School
Tony Wroblewski Sent To Boone This Week
Tony Wroblewski of Iowa Electric company was sent to Boone early this week for three days to study an ice plant run by Rocko Brothers. He aims to gain pointers to improve his local company's ice plant.
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Tony Wroblewski
Iowa Electric Company
Boone
Rocko Brothers
Closing Events Of The Monticello High School
Monticello High School wraps up the year with seniors smiling as exams end. The Honorary Society held a picnic at Ellis Park and a Paramount show. Senior picnic to McGregor included a boat ride amid year end festivities. Jo Royden earned a dictionary for a 95 average amid class day honors.
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Honorary Society
Ellis Park
Cedar Rapids
Paramount Theater
Thomas Cabin
Woods
Supt. Grimes
Ray Smith
Loren Cramer
Stout
Reid Bartlett
Elmer Reby
Pauline Cooper
Eta Sigma Phi
Coe
Monti
Pauline
M” Club
McGregor
Merle Hutton
Mississippi
Raggedy Ann
Ruth Webster
Jo Royden
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Riess Stuhler
Presbyterian Church To Observe 50th Anniversary
The First Presbyterian church of Monticello marks its fiftieth founding anniversary on Sunday June 5 Invitations have been sent and several ministers including Rev Hinkhouse D D of Independence Rev A R Bickenback of Oregon Ill Rev J W Innes of Milwaukee Wis and Rev Leonard Duckett of Ecorse Mich will attend An extended write up will appear next week in the Express.
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First Presbyterian Church of
Monticello
Hinkhouse
D. D
Independence
A. R. Bickenback
Oregon
Ill
J. W. Innes
Milwaukee
Wis
Leonard Duckett
Ecorse
Mich
Church To Celebrate Its 60th Anniversary
Preparations for Wayne Zion Lutheran church sixtieth anniversary are underway. The event occurs Sunday June 5 and the congregation was founded on June 2. All are invited especially former members. More details next week in The Express.
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Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
the Express
Memorial Day Service At M. E. Church May 29
Several Protestant churches in Monticello unite for Memorial day services honoring Civil War and other veterans. The service occurs Sunday evening May 29 at 8 o clock with all veterans invited. It marks the opening of union services for the same group of churches.
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Monticello
Seattle Bishop J Ralph Magee, Monticello Connection
Monticello residents note Bishop J Ralph Magee of Seattle is a grandson of the late Capt D F Magee. Magee, born June 3 1880 in Maquoketa, was consecrated last Sunday and named bishop for the St Paul area after thirty years in ministry in Iowa Massachusetts and Washington.
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Monticello
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. Ralph Magee
Seattle
Wash
D. F. Magee
Capt. Magee
Magee
J. C. Magee
Upper Iowa
Bishop Magee
Maquoketa
St. Paul
Iown
Massachusetts
Washington
Mon ticello High class of ’32 presents Tillie Mennonite Maid play
The Mon ticello high school class of 1932 staged Tillie The Mennonite Maid last Friday with Lorene Zimmerman as Tillie. Other cast members included Mabel McVay Dorothy Eden Frieda Balster Elmer Aebi Leonard Schoon Sylvian Cooper Henry Balster Raymond Coyle and Richard Calkins. Edna Schoon sang two numbers and the high school orchestra performed. Georgia Miller coached the production praised for its quality. The annual baccalaureate at the Congregational church featured Rev Gutensohn sermon What is it to live Rev Armin Tendick Rev Roy V Porter and Rev Wm Grossheim officiants Ruth Webster soprano solo and choir anthem.
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Monticello High School
Tillie
Lorene Zimmerman
William Kettlitz
Mabel McVay
Dorothy Eden
Frieda Balster
Elmer Aebi
Leonard Schoon
Sylvian
Cooper
Mochly
Henry Balster
Raymond Coyle
Richard Calkins
Edna Schoon
Georgia Miller
Congregational Church
Gutensohn
Armin H. Tendick
Reformed Church
Roy V. Porter
Methodist Church
Wm. J. Grossheim
Presbyterian Church
Ruth Webster
Angello Pappas Installs New Soda Fountain
Angello Pappas, owner of the Monticello Sweet Shop, installed a new iceless soda fountain to upgrade service for patrons. Last evening he hosted a reception for Monticello public school teachers with refreshments and dancing.
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Angello Pappas
Monticello
Annual Luther League Convention At Clear Lake
Members of St. Matthew's Luther League plan to attend the annual convention at Clear Lake on June 4 5 6 The local league led by president Miss Lucia Schoon has twenty eight members The convention will be held at the Methodist camp with faculty led work and athletic sports planned.
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St. Matthew's
Luther League
Clear Lake
Absent Ballots Ready for June Primaries at Auditor Office
Absent voter ballots for the June primaries are available at the County Auditor LaVern Rockstad’s office. Voters out of county or ill on election day may vote in person at the auditor or by mail. The text also notes wide price differences for farm products across states.
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LaVern Rockstad
United States
Texas
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Maine
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Iowa
Double Header Ball Game Here Next Sunday
Cascade Reds win 10 9 in extra innings over Monticello after trailing 6 1. Guttenberg tops Manchester 8 4 while Cascade defeats Dyersville 4 2 in the other Sunday results. Monticello to host Cascade and Manchester in two games at the city park starting 1 30 p m.
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Cascade
Monticello
Dyersville
Guttenburg
Manchester
Guttenberg
Monti
the Express
Two Appendicitis Surgeries at McDonald Hospital
Last week surgeons performed two appendicitis operations at the McDonald hospital. One operation was for Lem Berlin, son of Walker Berlin, and the other for Roy Schaner, whose mother is the housekeeper on the Scott farm.
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McDonald Hospital
Lem Berlin
Walker Berlin
Roy Schaner
Scott Farm
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Catholic Cemetery
Oakwood
Charles Schultz
Monticello Airport
Sacred Heart School
Transjordania
Beirut
Eleanor
Sidon
Belle Fort
Banyas
Caesarer Phillips
Sea of Galilee
Merom
Tabgha
Father Tapper
Orokahae
Jerash
Ammon
Wayne No. 3
Express Ad
Monticello Girls
Hazel Ann Houston
M. E. Church
Bishop J. Ralph Magee
Cascade Reds
Thenhaus
Hayes
Lee Bartlett
George Clark
Clark
Egger
Byerly
Eggers
Lee
Farber
Fenelon
Wilson
Reds
Abel
Featherstone
Bowman
Yossi
Lbrary
Bartlett
Monticello Park
Cub
Clarence Rhatigan
Oliver Smith
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