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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1934
Page
8
Community briefs show residents traveling to Milwaukee Denver St Louis and Chicago for visits school duties and religious services. Several meetings and social events are noted along with illnesses anniversaries and a car accident on highway 161.
Mrs Henry Giesler of Cascade Jones county died Saturday night at 11 45 following a paralytic stroke two years earlier as she lived at the family farm near Manchester before moving to Cascade She was born Josephine Catherine Chamberlain in Switzerland April 20 1857 married Xavier Giesler about 52 years ago and came to America with three children Surviving are two sons Frank and Henry three daughters Mrs Fred Spielman Cedar Rapids Mrs John Smith Cascade and Miss Mary Giesler Cascade twelve grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral Mass was read at St Mary's church Tuesday at 9 30 by Msgr J B Albers Burial was in St Mary's Cemetery Prayers at graveside by Rev H Ginter Also noted were ten birthday party for Leona and Leo Knackel and Carlotta Dahlem recovering after surgery at Mercy Hospital Dubuque plus Mr and Mrs Carl Neirs visiting Worthington.
Local groups plan a 25 cent church supper in Onslow. D A R and Republican Women hold meetings with reports on candidates and public service. Carrie Mackrill passes away after a brief illness. School news covers Elson primer finish, Halloween activities, and honor roll. County chorus practices announced with dates. death of Fred Sutherland noted in Wheatland area. Hog cholera outbreak reported on Jim Lacey farm south of Prairieburg.
The 36th International Live Stock Exposition opens in a new Chicago Stock Yards building December 1 to 8 with 252 210 square feet of exhibit space and an expanded amphitheatre. Top herds from the United States and Canada will contest continental championships amid 13th annual 4 H Club Congress and grain and hay show entries with $5 000 in premiums. Railroads offer reduced round trip fares for the first week of December.
The Scotch Grove Farm Bureau sets a Tuesday evening program on November 13 with music a travel talk by Rev A Alyea a reading by Miss Gregory a county agent talk a Mary Anne Otten song and a one act play Dont Laugh. Cast includes W Eby Oral Schlemme Ruth Craig Ted Oltman Vera Moats and refreshments follow.
Prairieburg notices cover a hand injury from a buzz saw, family illness in Newton Kansas, and Cedar Rapids relocations. They note jury duty for Albert Holub, visitors to the Bebee and Bentons households, Hallowe en quietness, and several travels to Lisbon Vinton Central City and Monticello.
Castle Grove residents attend vesper service in Cedar Rapids while Mrs. Will Hiller attends a D A R meeting in Anamosa. M Hosford joins farm bureau and republican meetings in Anamosa. The oyster supper at E F Burrs is canceled due to Robert Howle death. Norman Bringard and Ruth Howie travel from Detroit and visit in Anamosa after Mrs Howie’s death. Fred Heiken attends Jones county farm bureau program committee meeting in Anamosa. No chapel services Sunday. Kenneth Howie injures an eye but retains sight. James Hogan Jr resumes studies at Monticello parochial school after a horse kick. Bert Rivenberg and Misses Lulu and Lucy Laude come from Greenfield for Robert Howie funeral. I A Heiken and son Harvey were present.
A large group gathered at Edward and Mrs Steverin’s home Friday to celebrate Ernest and Carl Steverin turning twenty-one. Henry Holmes won the seven table Five Hundred head prize while Lee Ireland placed low. Refreshments followed.
Robert Howle eldest son of Mr and Mrs James Howie died Thursday evening when his clothing became caught in a mechanical coin picker. His wife miss Alice Deischer survives with four children Ruth Kenneth Janet and Donald. He also leaves his parents two brothers Olin and Lynn and two sisters Mrs M J Cass and Mrs Norman Bringard. Funeral at Monticello Presbyterian church attended by many. remains interred at Oakwood cemetery.
The report notes Wilmer Schoon celebrated his birth anniversary at the home of Mr and Mrs Carl Schoon on Sunday evening An infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Louie Eileen died last Thursday morning at the home of Mr and Mrs Charlie Gray A funeral was held Saturday in Amber Alva Gerdes hosted a small gathering Sunday evening for Mrs Gerdes birth anniversary
Eureka Myrtle Lulu Newman born July 20 1883 in Greenfield township Jones county died Oct 27 1934 after a brief illness at her farm home. George Schweitzer leaves M and S Motor Ford garage to lead Barclay Motor in Maquoketa. Earl Ott of Wyoming takes command of M and S in Anamosa and will winter there. Anamosa high school wins Eastern Town Conference third straight, defeating Tipton 32 to 0. Munger couple from New York visit old friends. Shub with Federal Estate Trax Department in New York notes Wall Street past prominence.
A discussion notes a three hundred thousand dollar estate drawing notice while a defector from the east contemplates life in the middle west. The piece recalls a family history with the Anamosa Journal and Dubuque Telegraph Herald. It mentions a wedding ballad shift and cites an unlit important highway near New York amid a 31 percent rise in accidents over six months by a motorist association.
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