School Notes From The Public Schools
The A A A banquet honored senior girl members while eighth graders held a class picnic Monday night. American literature students had a picnic at the park Friday. Tuesday was Kid's Day for seniors with costumes and noise. The second hour class reads a play Weenies with named cast. Madame Castenelli is Dorothy Sawyer. Wilma Kuhns sings a song. Third hour focuses on Memorial Day. Pictured Rocks picnic moved to the gym due to rain. Kittenball tournament canceled by weather. A display of school awards will be at Stuhler's Shoe Store. Seventh science students prepare tree booklets. Mr. Walker's farm animals class shows progress of teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Poster
Orvin Yeoman
William Foster
Wilma Kuhns
Jack Rex Woodson
Marion
Marion McVay
Madame Castenelli
Dorothy Sawyer
Pictured Rocks
Stuhler
Walker
School Exhibit Showcases Dolls Festival and Plays
Students across grades prepare exhibits for an end of May show. Third graders stage a Doll Festival in Japan themed by May customs inviting boys and mothers, while other grades present plays, city slides, and a circus exhibit. Several pupils earned perfect scores on a 100 word spelling test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Rathbun
Miss Iverson
Japan
Firlt
Ruth Hoffman
Miss Stemm
Miss Rabe
Dorothy Bartlett
Irma Tendick
Bernard Kenner
Donald Siebels
James Matthiessen
Gall Hulbregtse
Church Services List for June Sunday Worship
Multiple Pratt County churches publish a June 2 schedule. St Josephs Prattieburg offers 7 and 9 am masses with Saturday confessions. Other churches include Congregational, Presbyterian, Center Junction M RE, Reformed Evangelical, St Matthew’s, St John’s, and Methodist Episcopal with varied services, Sunday schools, choirs, and youth activities.
Portrait Corner: Monticello Woman Noted Educator and Collector
The Monticello portrait features a well educated, widely traveled woman active in public organizations and community improvement. She spent years in Des Moines Ames and Wisconsin in professional work, twelve years in a county position, and many years as a local educator. She collects a valuable home library and enjoys gardening. Ray Echter nacht, city clerk, Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Des Moines
Ames
Wisconsin
Ray Echternacht
Opening Soft Ball Season Kicks Off With Mayor Toss
The softball season opened with Mayor Fred D. McLaughlin tossing the first ball. Joe S. Locher urged sportsmanship as DeMolay Red Shirts defeated Tarbox Franklin 17 4 while Shamont Cream Haulers beat the Firemen 12 2. Schedule shows North vs West, Midgets vs Stuhlers and more through June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bie
Fred D. McLaughlin
Joe S. Locher
Jesse Owens
NeMolays
Franklin
Shomont Milkmen
Firemen
Tarbox
Eddie Skinner
Shamont
Reynolds
Farmers’ League
Stahlers
North
Midgets
Stuhlers
Pranklins
Shomont
DeMolays
East
Franklins
Sand Spring Creamery Wins In State Contest
Sand Spring Creamery led state butter metrics with 25.20 cent price, 2.68 cent costs, and 28.96 cent butterfat paid, beating state averages. Longtime operator John L. Batchelder began managing in 1913. current staff includes Clarence Wilson. Other notes cover cemetery meeting, farm fire loss near Ryan, Iowa newspaper convention, and local school events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Spring Creamery
Sand Spring
Sand Springs
John L. Batchelder
Clifford Arduser
Langworthy
Herbert Cox
Center Junction
Clarence Wilson
WH EL Chaplin
CK Greer
Walter Jar. Secretory
Henry Beeker
Leo Ament
Ed H
Baccalaureate Service Count Noted at Lutheran Church
A report notes the count of attendees at the baccalaureate service held Sunday evening at the Lutheran church. The service drew a sizeable crowd among graduates, families, and local residents.
Louis Stary Remembered in Monticello History
Longtime Monticello resident Louis Stary, who built a cigar shop above the Owl lunch room and crafted his own cigars, is recalled for his 70 years in the United States and his role in Monticello’s early business life and cultural events set around the First Street district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Stary
Mary Sible
Bohemia
Oakwood
John
Rosa
Elizabeth
Frank
Prairieburg
Worthington
Cascade
Louis Stary
Monticello
United States
First Street
Mason sisters of Chariton gain nationwide quilt fame
Laura and Mary Mason of Chariton Iowa have built a thriving quilt business in six and a half years since moving there. Their fin shed quilt number 14 draws orders from Seattle California and even Taiwan. Their rapid output averages nearly quilts per year and keeps them very busy. Their success has spread widely despite the sisters noting the misuses of popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Mary Mason
Chariton
Lucas County
Hawai
Seattle
California
Taiwan
Diplomas Won by Sixty Graduates June 5 in Public Event
Sixty graduates will receive diplomas on June 5 with demonstrations in wrestling fencing relay racing long horse tumbling statue work and girls dancing. The exhibit and the evening program are free to the public and the baccalaureate for class of 1935 is Sunday June 2 at St Matthew's Lutheran Church with a sermon by Rev H L Adix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
H. OL. Adis
A. Braun
Waverly
John Pannhuk
Hopkinton
Adin
Ladies' Aid
Ralph Zimmerman
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
London
Ladies Aid Society
John Null
H. L. Adix
Irma Adix
J. Pannhuk
Lutheran Church
Paul Matthias
Dundee
Paul Bauer
Lamont
Mr. Schroeder
Leon Zummak
Wartburg Seminary
Dubuque
H. L. AdIix
H. L
Termites Fuel Legends In African Tribes And Conflicts
Termites, called white ants, are a staple in some African diets and giant ant hills become contested. Conflicts arise as groups claim rich foraging grounds and traditional practices highlight the insects as a valued resource.
FOR SALE ITEMS AND LOCAL SERVICES IN SCOTCH GROVE AREA
For sale items include early and late toma toes early and late cabbage and many garden staples plus peppers flowers and greens with prices 5 cents a dozen 3 dozen for 20 cents. Also fishing tackle shoe repair portable mill service and hatching eggs for sale at three cents above market price. Contacts Mrs A G Bohlken Renk Bros Shoe Shop Farmers Grain Co Otten Scotch Grove Iowa 45 tf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny
A. G. Bohlken
Monticello
Iowa
Otten
Scotch Grove
Local Lumber Ad Promotes Roofs and Fences in Monticello
Masonry and home improvement items fill a Monticello ad page from St. Anthony and Dakota Lumber Yard. The notice pitches asbestos shingles in Dutch lap style, American fence and barbed wire, cement, drain tile, and a new poultry house project by O’Rourke Bros. It touts color options, practical prices, and home upgrades for farm and town houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
St. Anthony
O'Rourke Bros
George Nordman
Helmer Upholstery Ad Seeks Worn Furniture in Monticello
Send worn furniture to Monticello Iowa for Helmer Upholstery with factory experts. Freight via C M and St Paul or Cass lines at low rates. Also listed are furnished rooms for rent and personal stationery offers. An education ad invites men 19 to 40 to train as Diesel engineers with travel paid to Los Angeles for selected applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Helmer
C. M & St. Paul Freight
Cass
Town
Los Angeles
National” Educational Adviser
3Rd Ave. E
Cedar Rapids
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margaret Hayes
Mary Eilen
Wismeier
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Prattieburg
Stephen J. Kucern
Congregational Church
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Presbyterian Church
William J. Grossheim
Moelock
Center Junction M RE
S. V. Williams
Aim
Vera Moats
Epworth League
Endeavor
Mtss
Mary Leech
Daniels
Reformed Evangelical Church
Armin Ho Tendick
Ladies’ Aid
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wii
J. Macaulay
Epworth
Shamonts
Prairie Tall Cemetery
Doescentian
Geo
Speeht
Maxine Boelish
Ryan
Coa Coxsee
Tnc
Towa
James McCutcheon
Mount Vernon Hawkeye Record
Coxsee
Lovell No. 5
Emil Prull
Edith Behrends
Prull
Wayne Township
Castle Grove
McNeill Hardware
Anamosa
Maquoketa
Starys
J. J. Locher
Ann
Bill Peterson
Mr. Stary
Bill Proctor
Proctor
Hibbard, Frost and Wood
Eclipse Lumber Company
Dexter Page
Frank Page
iTad
Mr. Story
South Cedar Street
Mr. Page
J. A. Chandler
Kinsella Hall
Kinsella Brothers
Quilt Makers
Win
Penn
NBC Network
WIR
WLW
WEMJ
Legion
Lucille George
Monti-High—High School
Monti
Herbert Adix
Sam Schuetz
Roy Ricklefs
Trevor Curtis
Helen Holst
Mary Jane Stewart
Lucille Scheale
Wm. J. Grossheim
Roberton
Gaul
George W. Bryant
Coe College
Jeanie
Foster
A. B. Grimes
F. E. Stimson
Pubiic
E. M. Byers
Alaska
Bill Donnelly and His Orchestra
Joe Fisher
Joe Mahoney
Howard Deischer
Newton Parrott
Farmers Implement Co
Fred Shover
Harm Dirks
Farrow
John Buol
L. J. Swift
D. O
S. M. Brainard & Son
Route 1
Amber Savings Bank
Adolph Schoon, Amber
Renk Bros. Shoe Shop
Farmers’ Grain Company
Hee Haw News
J. R. Barron
E. F. Eiben
M. J. Hogan
East Third Street
John Deere
Mike) Hubbard
Robb Ross
Castile
Harris Bluing
Grocery Department
R. J. McNeill
Main Street
Anderson
Ind
Eliza Meadow
South Maple
Vilow
E. J. Farley
Chambray
Farmers Grain Co
Hansen’s
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