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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1937
Page
5
The Monticello chapter outlines this year’s Red Cross roll call from November 11 to Thanksgiving Day November 25. Committees are being organized under chapter direction.
Rep Cross Dr. Earl H. DeShaw heads the chapter and appoints committees for the 1937 Red Cross membership drive. Key township leaders include Scotch Grove Mrs. W. B. Clark and Mrs. R. 4. Naylor, Cass Mr. and Mrs. Chester Condit, Wayne Mrs. W. T. Folkerts, Washington Harriet Stanton, Castle Grove Mrs. A. Thalacker, Lovell Miss Lucille George, Richland Mrs. Matthew Allen, Monticello four parts led by Mrs. J. 5. Heiserman, Mrs. E. H. Huibregtse, Mrs. Milton Thoeni, and Mrs. John Fraser. Dinner Friday at Goudy’s cafe to plan final drive. Quota is 350. last year 465 members were signed. Any donation of $1.00 or more counts as membership. sums under $1.00 noted.
The Monticello Armistice Day program marks nineteen years since World War I ended at 11 am 1918. A band program and Rev George Woodall speech precede the 11 o’clock salute by Monticello Post No 1683 Veterans of Foreign Wars. An Auxiliary grave marker for Mrs Nancy Adamson will be placed at Oakwood cemetery with public invited.
County Clerk Lee Byerly reports five marriage licenses issued in the past week. Applicants include Louis Pearl Price 30 Central City to marry Reta Ankney 19 Anamosa Matt Nettgen 48 Onslow to marry Effie Garien 35 Onslow Spencer R Knapp Platteville to marry Dorothy Cavanaugh 19 Lancaster Charles Niles 24 Anamosa to marry Mary Shifflett 19 Anamosa Clark Olwer 25 to marry Lula Topping 22 Anamosa.
Robert Wilcox was arrested in Monticello for passing bad checks at several businesses. He was given until 3 PM Monday to make the checks good but failed to do so and disappeared.
Six more boys are in training at the CCC camp at Marion named Charles Ritchie Roy Graves Frank McCullough John Gerdes Norbert Kuriger and James Wright joining the previously published group.
The Iowa trapping season starts Wednesday November 10 with species including badger raccoon skunk opossum civil cat muskrat and mink. The conservation commission originally planned to ban muskrat and mink but legal advice on a legal technicality led to no ban. The season ends January 10.
Frary Shifflett and Charles Niles united in marriage Monday at St. Patrick's church Anamosa. Rev P J Behan officiated before a large congregation with music by Jane Niles and A J Ament. The couple plans to reside at 300 West Main Street after November 15.
Bob Hanscom presents The Tale of Two Cities in a one man show at Monticello High School Monday afternoon November 8 at 3 oclock. He portrays the ten leading characters and previews the play as Charles Dickens. Admission is 10 cents for all.
Fred J. Heeren died at McDonald hospital Monticello on Friday morning October 29 at 5 o clock aged 70. He was born May 9 1867 in Petersburg Ill and married Minnie Caroline Hoffman November 20 1890. Survived by four sons and five daughters including Harry Baltimore Fred Deer Grove John Onslow Elmer Dixon Carrie Higby Dixon Minnie Hinrichs Rock Falls Mary Sandhagen Dundee and Lillian at home. Also survived by brothers John and Henry Heeren and sister Anna Harms. Funeral 2:30 at home and 3 at Hopkinton Methodist church conducted by Rev Roy V Porter. Burial Hopkinton cemetery. Distants listed attenders from Springfield Rock Falls and other towns.
A large sew barn is being built on John Hasler’s farm four miles west of Monticello. The basement features hollow tile with California redwood car siding on the sides. The barn is expected to be completed soon.
Sprague M. Hosford of Castle Grove township has written weekly news for The Monticello Express since 1890, surpassing a 37 year female record. He gathers items by quick township tips, keeping Castle Grove news fully published.
St Matthew’s Lutheran Church will host an organ recital on Sunday November 7 at 7 30 pm. Mr Voelker a student from the Cedar Rapids WMT studio and trained at the school for the blind in Vinton performs a varied program including Handel Adagio from the Largo and Dvorak Go in Home. The church expects a full house as young parishioners sell tickets.
Admits include Ben Mettler William McCurdy and Wesley Hutton. Newborns to Raymond Turnis Vincent McClean and Harold Wilcox. Discharges include Laura Wenger Virginia Clark Carrie Page W R Zimmerman Selma Hartman and baby Hugh Dighton and baby Emily French and Richard Griffith.
Miss Tillie Blizek, a registered nurse from near Oxford Junction, was seriously injured in an October 23 car collision with a sand truck near Anamosa. She has been transferred from Mercy hospital Anamosa to Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids for treatment.
The death of John Mauler formerly living near Cascade occurred at John McDonald Memorial hospital in Monticello last Sunday after a two week illness. He was born in Luxemburg 68 years ago and came to America at age twenty. A former farm hand, he later owned a farm and was a member of St. Mary's church. Funeral services were held Tuesday at St. Mary's church with a requiem mass by Rev. Harold Ginter, burial followed in St. Mary's cemetery.
Jones County Agricultural Conservation association outlines the upcoming 1938 farm program. Meetings in early November will form township committees and introduce score cards to track soil type, topography, and productivity. New practices focus on soil building and adapted red clover and alfalfa seeds.
The Monticello high school junior class presented the comedy Green Stockings in the high school auditorium last night. The cast of eleven remained in character throughout, led by Doris Beard and Donald Maire, with a supporting group including Wanda Podhaski and Josephine Rickless. Stage managers were Byrdena Stutt and Ruth Zubler.
Mrs. J. H. Lambert received a check at the second district American Legion Auxiliary post meeting in Maquoketa on October 28 for achieving the 1938 quota by September 15. Attendance at the joint banquet reached 360, with Monticello attendees including Mrs. Lambert Mrs. Birt Clark and Mrs. Elmer Coon.
Nicholas K Clemens 66 dropped dead Friday while talking with R H Kelley at Kelleys West Dyersville home. Clemens worked at Jaeger Butter Tub factory until noon and was unmarried with three sisters. Ed Bisek of Oxford Junction received a ten year indeterminate sentence in Fort Madison penitentiary for forgery after he pled guilty in district court to cashing a ten dollar check forged in Maquoketa. Paul H Casswell of the Iowa City Press Citizen announced sale of his half interest in Cherokee Daily Times and Weekly Chief to Willis W Mercer and W E Bywater of Tipton who will take active management November 1 with Justin Barry.
The M E church will host a Day of Fellowship on Tuesday November 9 with a 3 p.m. program, supper social from 6 to 730 p.m., and an evening program. The aim is to acquaint Methodists with world wide activities through plays and sketches by local talent. Each family should bring a basket lunch and coffee will be provided. Friends may be invited.
Jones county 4 H member George Fraser of Monti will show a purebred shorthorn steer at the Chicago stockyards November 27 to December 4. The junior event features baby beef, lambs and pigs for youths ages 10 to 20 with entries from 16 Iowa counties and nine other states. Fraser's steer won Jones county fair grand championship and has high placements at Cedar Rapids and the Iowa State Fair.
The Right Rev. Msgr. Duane G. Hunt was consecrated bishop in a large ceremony becoming the first Catholic bishop named for Utah. Archbishop John J. Mitty led the consecration with Bishops Armstrong and Gorman assisting. Bishop Kearney preached the sermon.
Mrs. John Kray's house three miles west of Langworthy burned to the ground after an 11:30 p.m. alarm. Firemen with limited water fought flames until 2:30 a.m. Neighbors helped save much furniture. loss covered by German Mutual Insurance of Wayne township.
A district rally of Epworth League members from the Davenport district met at Prairie Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church north of Marion last Sunday afternoon and evening. Thirteen Monticello League members with Rev George Woodall attended, including Beatrice Long Katherine Woodall Yola Rodman Mark Rodman Kenneth Howie Janet Howie Shirley Hobert Virginia Clark Harold Scott William Fitzsimmons Dunice Nowland Stanford Stresah and Wilbur Coxsee. An exceptionally profitable afternoon and evening was reported with a 5:30 supper served to nearly 175 League members and sponsors.
A shower was held at the Henry Uhr home last Tuesday night for Mrs. Emma Kray whose home was destroyed by fire. A $40 purse was given, neighbors helped dig out a cellar for cementing, and 15 volunteers assisted daily over three days.
Mrs Alvah Miller of Monticello died unexpectedly in a Chicago depot on October 27 after a heart attack while waiting for a train home. Funeral services were held at the L A Iverson home with Rev George Woodall presiding. She was 58, born May 7 1879, daughter of the late Robert and Ida Young, maiden Edna Young. Survivors include her husband two sisters and a brother. She long served as organist in North Dakota and was active in the Methodist Episcopal church and Order of Eastern Star. Burial at Oakwood followed by Schreiner chapter O B S rites.
Arthur Knight 47, Canadian World War II veteran, freed from the Anamosa reformatory last Saturday at 11 a.m. Parole by E. R. Moore aims to reunite Knight with his common law wife and three children. Knight's past includes a 20 year sentence for breaking and entering. he escaped to Canada, served with distinction in the Canadian army, and later returned to complete his term. Deportation looms for his wife and two of the children. Senator Clyde Herring seeks a 90 day stay. Knight faces citizenship and naturalization questions. Parolee to live at Jones County Home with two children. other son employed locally. youngest child born in the U.S. remains.
Edward L. Molin, 25, becomes Delaware county's new agricultural agent, began work at Manchester on Monday, succeeding Kermith S. Huehn who served six years.
The John McDonald hospital trustees commend the installation of a new Westinghouse X ray machine. The device is shock proof and capable of all diagnostic and fluoroscopic work with sharper images and faster exposure. The room is redecorated and modern, permitting X rays in various positions. Miss Johnson the superintendent invites appointments to view the new equipment.
Night classes begin Wednesday November 10 at 7 30 pm in Monticello Public School with free adult enrollment. The first meeting covers International Relations on The Chinese Japanese Situation Science Refrigeration and Vocational Agriculture Crop Production and Soil Fertility. Ladies gym class at 8 30 pm and weekly sessions run ten weeks with topics including The Power of the Soviet War and League of Nations The Cause for Spain and related subjects.
Sacred Heart Church announces its annual bazaar on Thursday November 11 with a chicken supper from five to eight and an evening dance. The event mixes community dining and entertainment at the church premises.
Mrs Wm H Lambert turned 80 last Monday with a family dinner in Monticello Iowa. Born in Dayton Virginia she married Oct 5 1876 and has five sons with wives attending the celebration Alph Lambert of Janesville Wis joined relatives from across the state. The Lamberts moved to Morning Sun IA then Monticello where they have resided since.
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