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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1934
Page
8
Center Junction notes show creamery pricing for October, an estate auction set for December 5, and a wide array of church society officers, social plans, and local happenings. Reports include deaths, visits, schooling events, sports results, and neighborhood guests across Monticello and nearby towns.
Onslow The Ladies Guild of the church held a Wednesday session with good attendance. After business, a social hour and lunch were served by hostesses Mrs Ward Hicks Mrs W Fletcher and Mrs Duncan Wasson. Two new members were added.
Readily, Elson primer ready after Elson and Easy Steps. First graders show perfect spelling in week including Eleanor Kennedy LeRoy Peterson Lila Bramer Betty Mae Hinrichs Harold Dean Gross Paul Wilcox Rosemary Kleineck. Fourth grade tops third in attendance and honor rolls. Onslow teams open season at Olin. girls lose 29 11, boys win in overtime 13 12.
Hopkinton Mr and Mrs Clifford Dighton marked fifty years of marriage at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Cook north of town on Sunday November 11. About 75 relatives attended. A gold and white cake surrounded the couple and their seven children. Ten grandchildren and a great granddaughter joined in a mock wedding and songs. Gifts poured in for the couple and Mrs Gibbs and Mr and Mrs L A Gibbs were mentioned among attendees.
Local notes from Hopkinton and Prairieburg document social events, club meetings, visits, and hospital cases. Reports include the Clio club program, family travels, business changes at Wat Williamson drug store, and multiple residents in Mercy hospital Anamosa with illnesses and a fatal infection. Continuous community life among neighbors and relatives is sketched.
Prairieburg honor: Mr and Mrs Frank Kula host a Thursday dance at Henderson and Lauser hall with a large crowd of relatives and friends. A Sunday dinner for about twenty five relatives followed at their south Prairieburg home.
Local residents from Monticello and nearby towns are listed visiting relatives and hospitals. Names include Fred Egger and his wife, Dean Morton, Dick Morton, and many others from Des Moines Center Junction Oneida Clinton and Manchester areas. The note records a sequence of Sunday and Friday visits, illness improvement, and travel to Monticello hospital shows and school.
Spring Valley and families from Anamosa Monticello Elkader and Colesburg visited in multiple homes including the Bright Behrends Cox Schneiter and Arduser households. Edward Cox's grandmother Harriet Lorton has returned home from hospital care and Mildred Arduser resumes college at Lenox.
M. J. McNeilly dies at his home near Center Junction after a brief illness. Funeral held Friday afternoon with several Castle Grove residents attending. McNeilly served as an adjuster for Farmers' Mutual Insurance for nearly 25 years.
Mrs. John Yossi Mrs. Will Balsiger Mrs. George B Hoin and Mrs. George L Buol of Richland with Lovell guests attended a training school on Soups. A follow up meeting to present the lesson to communities will be held with Mrs. Reuben Dress on Nov. 23. About twenty ladies attended an all day session on Cheese Making in the Home at the home of Mrs. Will Balsiger last Thursday.
Former Anamosa superintendent Frank W. Jones is moved to Center Junction where he will operate farm property adjoining the town. J P Parsons of Des Moines elected judge of the supreme court on the Democratic ticket. Farmers Savings Bank Martelle pays second 10 percent dividend on trust certificates. Guy C Martin is cashier. Funeral for John Morrissey 77 of Jones county former Anamosa resident held at St Patrick’s Church Anamosa. burial Holy Cross cemetery. Morrissey born Oct 12 1857. survived by wife three sons Leo A Cedar Rapids Jay F Chicago Clifford Milwaukee and daughter Mrs William Ramm Milwaukee.
Jones county report covers November 9 to 15 with deeds transferring parcels from Bottomstone heirs to Anna Carstensen and Emma Soper to Lloyd Soper estate, plus Christoph Mardorf gift deed for city lots in Monticello and a sheriff's deed to First Trust Joint Stock Bank of Chicago.
Mrs. John Ginggell of Colton South Dakota and Mrs. Anna Balsiger hosted guests including Mrs. Galen Hein at Monticello and a Sunday family reunion honoring Mrs. Ginggell. Clara Arduser of Sand Springs is mourned by Mrs. Hein. The 5th year nutrition lesson was given by Miss Ruth Cessnn of Ames at Mrs. S M Hosford’s Castle Grove home.
Home loving readers get a collage of humor and tips from St. Anthony and Dakota Lumber Yard. The column jokes about a prank phone proposal, notes Fred Harken expanding cattle sheds, and suggests converting basements into modern heating centers and recreation spaces to boost value and joy for the family.
Legal land survey details describe parcels in sections 33 34 and 34 84 3 with measurements of 69 acres and 50.1 acres more or less. Names Mary M Kurt and Paul L Kurt convey to First Farm Land Company with a $1000 figure noted. Includes river bounds along Wapsipinicon and Wapsie rivers and multiple bearing distance chains.
Minneapolis Journal notes Governor Merriam as a steady, conservative leader who avoids risky radical moves. Though not brilliant or imaginative, his safety and sober judgment are praised as safeguards for the state.
Standardization of automobile parts in France begun in 1926 has driven price reductions, with some items falling 86 to 95 percent.
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