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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1946
Page
6
Center Junction teams posted two wins last week with the junior high boys beating Baldwin 30 to 11 and the girls defeating Baldwin 31 to 23. Highlights included K Lyon scoring 13 for Center Junction and Daemong 13 for Baldwin in the girls game.
Hopkinton Mrs. U. S. G. Keith 80 died at home Sunday night after weeks of illness. Born July 18 1866 in Cascade she moved to Hopkinton as a child. She married U. S. G. Keith March 8 1893 and is survived by three children plus siblings and grandchildren.
The article records the wedding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glyn Hugh in Union township on Thursday evening November 21. Rev. D W Butler officiated at 8 p m with Eileen Peters as bridesmaid and Merlin Hugh as best man. A reception followed. It also lists moves and visits in Hopkinton and surrounding towns, church activities, a 46th wedding anniversary party, and plans for future gatherings.
The Presbyterian church hosted a well attended Harvest Festival with Dr. Schnucker from the University of Dubuque as speaker and the student pastor Koschmann assisting. The local choir performed two numbers as the service joined with Center Junction Presbyterian guests. Produce will be given to the needy. A Scotch Grove No 4 school attendance decision remains unsettled after a fire. A school board meeting is planned for Monday to seek a solution.
Real estate transfers show H K Lee and Agness M wife as grantors to Clarence W and Hazel H Orr as joint tenants for 700 dollars and described parcels in North 48 feet Lot 5 including a street corner boundary. Also L A Laetare unmarried to John A Laetare by deed for one dollar with a described starting point at a town corner in Sokol addition Onslow.
Legal notices describe transfers in irregular Monticello city plat. Guy Bonwell to Richard and Joanne Griffith involves a deed with love. Richard Griffith and Joanne to Claude Appleby repeats a similar description. Florence Cook widow Mildred Cook McDonald and Otho husband Allan Cook Elinor listed in related deed.
The text outlines a deed describing land starting 39 rods 3 feet east of a northwest corner and proceeding south east and back to the starting point to total one half acre. It names Joseph E. and Georgia J. Carpenter as grantors and mentions seven hundred dollars as consideration. If it's worth selling, it's worth advertising.
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