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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1936
Page
2
Monticello area reports include visitors and trips by Suter’s Food Market staff, bank holiday Armistice closure, and numerous relatives and locals traveling to Chicago Cedar Rapids Des Moines Dubuque and Des Moines. Also noted are community events sales and civic notices with births marriages and accidents.
The general science class plans a weather bureau for twenty four hour forecasts. The Normal Training club held its first meeting with junior initiations. A close student election occurred supervised by Mr Fuller's government class. Fourth grade prepares Red Cross posters for Armistice day and enjoys a Halloween program.
In last Tuesday's vote Monti Cello selected Ray Echternacht and Frank Shimanek as justices of the peace and W H Null and H B Tedrow as constables. Ballot tallies by ward show Echternacht and Shimanek winning in several districts while Null and Tedrow lead in other wards. The article ends with a miscellaneous aside about generations and trailer homes.
The Reformed church repeats the musicale and candle lighting service next Sunday at 8 PM after a well attended first showing. The program includes anthems Great and Glorious and Beautiful Savior, with Mr. McConnell and Mrs. Tendick directing, no admission charge, a silver offering requested.
Clara Lux Fischer died in Sioux Falls South Dakota last week. She was born in 1895 on the Lux farm south of Hopkinton. She married J A Fischer in 1918 at Minneapolis. Survived by husband two children Loraine 16 and John 14, mother Mrs Frank Lux of Los Angeles, and brothers Frank Hopkinton Leo Los Angeles along with several sisters.
Three Buck Creek students Nor man Barr Loraine Johnson and June Orr were wounded after Harry Gibbs fired at a car carrying them and four others in the Gibbs yard. Gibbs faced assault with intent to do great bodily injury and was released on a $30 bond.
Max Wells of Monticello A T Madsen of Maquoketa and Barlett of Anamosa depart tonight for Detroit Michigan to attend a two day Ford dealers meeting. The event showcases the 1937 Ford V8 with features highlighted in a display created with giant models by Walter Darwen Teague. After the preview the group visits Greenfield Village where Ford will receive a 300 year old Cape Cod windmill built in 1633 as a gift from the dealers.
The Jones county district court selects jurors for the November term. Anamosa list gathers 13 names with attendance at Ana mosa at 10 a.m. on November 30. Additional jurors from Monticello Center Junction Martelle Scotch Grove Olin Wyoming Oxford Junction Monmouth are named. The note ends with a quip about Parisians passing off modern paintings as old masters and suggests hanging them in Spain.
Mrs M Holst of Center Junction shopped town last Thursday. Miss Mary Stoddard Miss Grace Searles and Miss Bessie Mae Sloan Monticello teachers spent last weekend visiting in Waterloo. Mr and Mrs Clarence Eberhart visited last week with friends. Henry Che and Will Eden with Dale spent weekend in Chicago and Dundee visiting relatives.
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