Monticello Welfare League Organizes for 1937 38 Season
Monticello Welfare League held an organizational meeting last Monday with Supt. A. B. Grimes elected president and Mrs. Lyle McMullen secretary. A. J. H. McNeill was named treasurer and a board includes Mrs. F. E. Stimson Miss Minnie Rickless Louise Field Ray Echternacht Albert J. Stuhler Mayor Fred D. McLaughlin Tom Hamilton and others. Plans call for toy repair by Boy Scouts and book and doll work by church Ladies’ Aid. The league will not provide hot lunches this year. the Red Cross will handle that project later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Grimes
Lyle McMullen
A. J. H. McNeill
Welfare League
F. E. Stimson
Minnie Rickless
Louise Field
Ray Echternacht
Albert J. Stuhler
Hospital Board
Chamber of Commerce
Fred D. McLaughlin
City Council
Tom Hamilton
Rotary Club
Cross
Hans Kettlitz
P. EF. O
Ladies' Aid Societies
Monticello
Sncepe
American Red Cross
McMullen
DeMolay Holds Officer Elections At George Washington Chapter
The George Washington chapter Order of DeMolay elected officers led by Master Councilor Sidney Schweitzer and Senior Councilor Charles Field. Vic tor Richardson was named Junior Councilor and Dean Morey as scribe, succeeding Hiller Farley York and Hearn. A public installatio ceremony will be scheduled later and a membership drive was announced for all boys over 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Order of DeMolay
Sidney Schweitzer
Charles Field
Victor Richardson
Dean Morey
John Hiller
James Farley
Gordon York
Clarence Hearn
Gladys M Skelley Named Editorial Assistant
Monticello friends learn Gladys M Skelley has been named editorial assistant of the Iowa Publisher. The bulletin from the Iowa Press Association edited by the University of Iowa School of Journalism notes her senior status and practical role. She previously worked as an Express assistant during summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Gladys M. Skelley
Iowa
Iowa Press Association
School of Journalism
The
State University At
Iowa City
Shelley
the Express
Corn Sealers Named for Jones County 1937 38
Harlan Russell of Anamosa Thomas George of Monticello Herman Morrison of Cascade and Ed Sarma of Oxford Junction are the 1937 38 corn sealers in Jones county. The new corn loan program is being explained this week in Jones county township meetings held with the agricultural conservation meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Russell
Anamosa
Thomas George
Monticello
Herman Morrison
Cascade
Ed Sarma
Oxford Junction
Jones County
Monticello Creamery Pays 42c for Butterfat
Checks were issued to patrons of the Farmers' Mutual Creamery company in Monticello. Butterfat brought 42 cents per pound for deliveries in the last half of October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Monticello
Hayes and Kula Tie in Monticello Wedding
Miss Margaret E Hayes daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Hayes wed Ernest Kula of Prairieburg in Sacred Heart Church Monticello Rev Fr A L Lorenz presided with Fr Stephen J Kucera in attendance The couple left for Chicago for a wedding trip and will reside on North Cedar Street The bride a 1936 Monticello HS graduate later trained at Paris Beauty Academy Cedar Rapids and worked in Paris shops The groom a 1933 Coggan HS graduate runs a Gamble store agency in Monticello
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret E. Hayes
Myr
J. J. Hayes
Sacred Heart Church
Monticello
Ernest Kula
Albert Kula
Prairieburg
A. L. Lorenz
Stephen J. Kucera
Stanley Kula
Frank O’rourke
Kathleen Hayes
Ann Marie Orcutt
Joan Hayes
Mary Burrichter
Goudy
Hayes
Kula
Chicago
North
Cedar Street
Paris Béauty” Academy
Cedar Rapids
Paris
Coggon High School
Re Gamble
Evening Classes At Public Schools Popular In Town
Public school building hosts weekly evening classes each Wednesday with five offerings. Supt A B Grimes, Principal Boyd Shannon, Kenneth Fuller, Clara Palmer, and Belle Markovitz lead subjects. No charge, no textbooks, second of ten meetings held last night. Next week moves to Tuesday due to Thanksgiving. science class led by Shannon is cancelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Grimes
Boyd Shannon
Kenneth Fuller
Clara Palmer
Belle Markovitz
Twelve Cars of Fat Cattle Shipped from Monticello
The C. M. St. P. & P. Railroad moved twelve cars of fat cattle from Monticello to Chicago stock yards and elsewhere last week. Five cars were sent from Sand Spring the same week as feeders dispose of surplus cattle. Top market price reached 18 dollars 50 cents per cwt for extra fine cattle. Mrs. Harold Mann and her two sons James and Harold moved to Monticello from Dubuque to live with Mrs. Mann's mother Mrs. Ford Stadtmueller. James entered the sixth grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. St. P. & P. Railroad
Monticello
Chicago
Sand Spring
Harold Mann
James
Harold
Dubuque
P.T.A meeting at school house tonight
The regular monthly P T A meeting will be held in the public school building this evening November 18 at 7 30. The program features Objectives for the First Grade by Miss Ina Cruise and Your Child and the Library by Mrs J E Heiserman. Refreshments will be served after the meeting by a committee for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
Ina Cruise
J. E. Heiserman
New Operator At The Milwaukee Depot
William Chessler of DeWitt is the new operator at the Milwaukee depot. He arrived November 3 and takes the place of William Hodgson who was promoted to ticket agent at Anamosa. Chessler plans to move his family to Monticello once a house is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Chessler
DeWitt
Milwaukee Depot
William Hodgson
Anamosa
Chessler
Monticello
Thanksgiving Service Set At First Congregational Church
The annual community Thanksgiving service will be held next Thursday morning November 24 at 10 oclock. It is a town wide union service with the Monticello girls glee club directed by Miss Hulda Peet performing several anthems. Reverend George Woodall of the Monticello Methodist church will deliver the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Monticello
Hulda Peet
George Woodall
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Wedding Yesterday in Sand Spring Church
Miss Winifred Prull and Al Heims wed yesterday morning at Immaculate Conception church Sand Spring with Rev Fr Landolt officiating Attendants were Marie Helms and Richard Prull A breakfast reception followed at the Prull home Peach and white decor highlighted the event They plan to reside on a Hopkinton area farm after a wedding trip to LeMars and western Iowa venues
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Prull
Henry Prull, Jr
Monticello
al Heims
Joseph Heims
Worthington
Immaculate Conception Church
Sand Spring
Landolt
Marie Helms
Richard Prull
Miss Helms
Eveline McDermott
Waterloo
Henry Prult
Helms
LeMars
Iowa
Hopkinton
Knights of Columbus
Zimmerman
B P W Monthly Meeting At Local School
The Business and Professional Women's club educational committee led the regular monthly gathering last evening. Members Martha Meyer Ruth Walter and Freda Zimmerman coordinated the dinner at the Presbyterian church attended a violin concert at the public schools by Archibald Souden and finished with an evening class on international relations followed by a short business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Martha Meyer
Ruth Walter
Freda Zimmerman
Presbyterian Church
Archibald Sowden
Iowa Farm Outlook Sees Slight Income Drop in 1938
The Iowa Farm Outlook for 1938 from Iowa State College warns farm families may have lower cash income next year due to weakening industrial demand and price drops. It notes lower net cash income, higher costs, and a shift toward evenly distributed farm income amidst large 1937 crops and cheap feed relative to livestock and dairy products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Farm Outlook
Iowa State College
State College
National Agricultural Outlook
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United Kingdom
Older Boys and Girls Conference in Monticello on Tuesday
The Jones County Council of Religious Education sponsors an Older Boys and Girls Conference for ages 14 to 24 at First Congregational church Monticello on November 23. Registration begins at 9:00 with a 50 cent fee covering a banquet. Distinguished speakers include Dr Glenn Rowley Dr Dale Welch Prof Samuel Garvin G Herbrecht and J E Heiserman. A banquet follows at Monticello Presbyterian church with attendees from at least twenty churches expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Ent
Davenport
The
Methodist Church
Dale Welch
Dubuque University
Samuel Garvin
Dubuque
G. Herbrecht
Des Moines
Town State Council of Religious Education
J. E. Heiserman
Etary
Monticello
Monticello Presbyterian Church
Southeast section leads 1937 Red Cross canvass with $120.41
Monticello’s 1937 Red Cross roll call reports the southeast section first to finish its canvass. Chairwoman Mrs. John H. Fraser and volunteers including Mrs. Louise Field and others raised $120.41, a notable total. Residents of this town section are thanked for their generosity and effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Monticello
Monticello City
John H. Fraser
Louise Field
Pat Jarrett
Maurice Cook
Hernan Hoffman
Donald Morey
Edna Behrends
Milton Langer
Theodosia Pulver
M. F. Hogan
Selected Local News Items Highlight Deaths and Education
John Shadele 59 of near Linn county line found dead from heart attack. Cornell College Mount Vernon to cap enrollment at 600 from 612. Clifford E. Ryan 73 farmer and former bank president dies of heart ailment near Edgewood. Marriages announced Miss Blanche Nowachek Oxford Junction to Gerald Ales Lost Nation. Eleanor Close and Stanley Leslie wed in Davenport. Burt Thompson of Forest City to address Linn Cedar Jones counties bar groups at Cedar Rapids. Judge candidates from 18th district to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shadele
Linn
College Board of Trustees
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Clifford E. Ryan
Edgewood
Blanche Nowa~chek
Oxford Junction
Gerald Ales
Lost Nation
Eleanor Close
Stanley Leslie
Davenport
Leslie
Fred Close
Wyoming
Tir
Burt Thompson
Forest City
Iowa State Bar Association
Jones, Cedar
Linn Counties
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Integrated
18Th Judicial District
John McDonald Hospital Week Admissions and Births
The John McDonald Hospital admitted Mrs. Emma Hubbard Charles Scherrer Donna Hackbarth J W Hoult and James Livingstone this week. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs Vincent Simmons. Discharges include Mrs William Rickels and baby Mrs Vincent McClean and baby Mrs William Zimmer man Mrs Harold Wilcox and baby and Mrs Martin Holub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Emma Hubbard
Charles Scherrer
Donna Hackbarth
J. W. Hoult
James Livingstone
Vincent Simmons
William Rickels
Vincent McClean
William Zimmerman
Harold Wilcox
Martin Holub
Monticello 1937 Football Ends Season With Armistice Day Defeat
Monticello high school closes a topsy turvy season after an Armistice Day loss to Anamosa, finishing with several bright spots. The squad, built with few lettermen, started with a 12–0 win over Maquoketa and an 18–0 victory at Manchester, before a hard fought 14–7 defeat by Tipton and a 38–0 homecoming win over Mount Vernon. Seniors listed include Field, Yeoman, Richardson, Tedrow, Graves, Steiner, Bone, Fairbanks, and Kuhns, with Coach Roy Moore praised for turning green players into a winning team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High
Hosford
Stott
M. Kuhns
Behrends Fraser
Bone
Rittmer
Nagel
Wright
Chapman
Roy B. Moore
Jamison
Rodman
Bender
Richardson
Fairbanks
Tedrow
Steiner
Yeoman
Prult
L. Kuhns
Liddy
Schoon
Field
Ritchie
Graves
Naylor
Gerdes
Monticello High School
Anamosa
Charles Field
Maynard Kuhns
Vic Richardson
John Nagel
Monti
Maquoketa
Manchester
Monticello
Marion
Tipton
University High
Iowa City
West Branch
Bob Stutt
Harold Yeoman
Dean Tedrow
Mount Vernon
Victor Richardson
Galen Graves
Vernon Steiner
Wyland Bone
Willis Fairbanks
Roy Moore
Fran Merten
Moore
Red Cross Roll Call Closes November 25
The annual Red Cross roll call runs through this week and next and ends Thanksgiving day November 25. Monticello and north half Jones county surpassed quotas last year and are urged to donate again. The message highlights national aid, public health visits, home hygiene courses, first aid training, and junior Red Cross efforts across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Monticello
Jones County
United States
American Red Cross
The
Vocational Part Time School Is Organized
A part time evening school for farm boys ages 16 to 25 not in day school is organized with the vocational agriculture department. An advisory council supports studying hybrid seed corn improved varieties and strains. Twenty one hour study periods weekly plus gym recreation. No charge. First meeting Monday Nov 22 at 8 in the vocational agriculture shop. Bring gym shoes. Eats served courtesy of a sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vocational Agriculture Department
Archibald Sowden Gave Violin Recital Last Night
Archibald Sowden of West Union, a blind violinist, performed a violin recital at the public school building last evening before the weekly classes. The Music Masters club in Monticello heard Prof. Lloyd Oakland of Cornell Mount Vernon praise Sowden’s concert as unusually moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald Sowden
West Union
Sowden
Monticello
Lloyd Oakland
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Oakland
Lowden
Loretta Specht Chosen For National 4-H Chorus
Loretta Specht a home economics student at Iowa State College Ames is selected to sing at the 4-H national convention in Chicago alongside the International Livestock Show. Iowa will send twenty 4-H girls to sing in this chorus. Loretta is daughter of County Auditor and Mrs. George F Specht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Specht
Iowa State College At
Ames
Chicago
Iowa
Loretta
George F. Specht
Men's Topic Club to Meet Monday Evening
The Men's Topic club will meet Monday evening at the Monticello State Bank. Ray George will discuss Wall Street. Harry Stuhler was welcomed as a new member at the last gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello State Bank
Ray George
Wall Street
Harry Stuhler
Monticello Navy Sailors Return From 12 Day Furlough
Four Monticello men Eugene Balsiger Lloyd Taylor Raymond Stott and Alfred Kuriger all in the U S Navy are home on a 12 day furlough from the Naval Training Station at Great Lakes Illinois. They will return to camp then transfer to the fleet likely on the Pacific coast. They express satisfaction with Navy life noting plenty of work and the rifles kicking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Balsiger
Lloyd Taylor
Raymond Stott
Alfred Kuriger
U. S. Navy
U.S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Pacific Coast
Chris” Balsiger
Kay
Two Monticello Boys Depart for California
Paul Winans and Mike Clement depart Monticello for California this week. Paul will attend a Diesel engineering school in Los Angeles while Mike seeks work there. A farewell party at D. C. Winans home Sunday night drew 86 attendees from Monticello and neighboring towns Viola Onslow and Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Winans
Mike Clement
California
Paul
Los Angeles
Mike
D. C. Winans
Viola
Onslow
Manchester
Two Marriage Licenses Issued During Past Week
Two marriage licenses were issued last week from the office of County Clerk Lee Byerly. John Schwartz aged 23 of East St. Louis to marry Elsie Martin aged 23 of East St. Louis. Ernest L. Kula aged 23 of Monticello to marry Margaret Hayes aged 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Byerly
John Schwartz
East St. Louis
Ill
Elsie Martin
Ernest L. Kula
Monticello
Margaret Hayes
Red Cross Names Instructor for First Aid Course Plan
Dr Earl DeShaw has been appointed a national instructor for first aid by the American Red Cross. He plans a course in Monticello with more details to follow soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl DeShaw
American Red Cross
Monticello
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Monticello Welfare League
Boy Scout
J. B. Zimmerman
Boy Scouts
DeMolay
Monticello Creamery
P.T.A
Milwaukee
Sand Spring Church
B.P.W
E. Heiserman
Dale Welcie
Frederick O. Ellison
Jones County District Court
FP. O. Ellison
W. A. Beery
Conrad Poppe
Justice of the Peace Court
Glastonbury, Inc
A Corporation
A. M. Denkhoff
Amber Savings Bank
E. E. Willins
John P. Willins
George Dorsey
al Hamilton
Jennie Hamilton
Adolph Sather
J. P. Norris
George Behrends
Meta Behrends
Lorraine Lubben
Will M. Lubben
Paul H. Paulsen
Myron Mead
Esther Lubben
Frank Luett
Albert Buck
A. W. Hanold
Florence Cook
Genevieve Crain Thompson
Herman Hotz
Decorah State Bank of
New Equity
Chang
Engel Lake
A. J. Lake
Roland Manuel
Theodore A. Manuel
Violet Hepp
Tunis Hepp
Gladys Werdeman
Harold Duane Werdeman
W. D. Merritt
E. Roy Easterly
Marie Swecker
Lawrence Swecker
W. BE
Tuetken
George B. Hein
Fritz W
Navy
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