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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1930
Page
5
Cedar Rapids defeats Montici 35 to 0 at Coe field on Saturday. Eby and Null shine for Cedar Rapids while Montici shows resilience with five new linemen and strong defense, but errors and injuries limit scoring opportunities.
A reception honored retiring Sacred Heart pastor Rev George A Hauck drew over 200 parishioners and school families. Speakers included J J Locher Rev Eardley Rev Albers and Dr Thomas M Redmond. A purse was presented and a cafeteria lunch followed before Hauck's move to Oelwein.
Monticello Parent Teachers association opened its year with a 6 30 p m gathering in the public school gym. A cafeteria supper preceded talks by Miss Kate Maurice and Hazel Behaus on Parent Education, introduced by A B Grimes. Membership is 50 cents a year.
George R Guyan of Monticello a Grinnell College freshman has been elected social chairman of the pennnas class for the first semester. Officers hail from Omaha and Des Moines to Sioux City showing the broad regional representation of Grinnell students. Mrs John Hubbard and Mr and Mrs Ernest Carpenter with the daughter returned from a two week visit with Hubbard’s children in Lusk Wy Beaver City Neb and Sioux City.
Plans for relocating portions of primary road 113 near Monticello are near completion. Contracts cover 4.5 miles of grading from Monticello to the Delaware county line to Mulgrew & Co. The project includes moving 80,000 yards of dirt and a proposed new 360 foot bridge. bids for the bridge are not yet let. The route would cross land owned by Ed Ellers near Sacred Heart cemetery, pass Eva Hicks property, Bruce Cropp land, and connect onto Davidson street now Cedar street.
Mrs. C R Carpenter of Cedar Rapids died after burns from a gas stove. Cascade opens paving with a ball game boxing match and dance Sept 30 directed by the Cascade Business club. Raymond Brown 9 drowned at Lakehurst near Maquoketa. body recovered after 45 minutes. State highway commission designates Cascade to Luxemburg as a primary road via Worthington Dyersville New Vienna. unlikely to be paved soon. Lloyd Morgan of Center Point fined 500 dollars for DUI. faces five months in jail. Clarence Ryberg of Clinton dies from accidental revolver wound while friends cleaned the weapon. A L Clark of Delhi recommended for county treasurer of Delaware county. Mrs E C Gotsch elected Jones county Farm Bureau chairman. 1931 program outlined. Owen Kennedy of Dubuque jailed near Delaware. alcohol found in auto. Mrs Eliza Rose of Manchester robbed of 23 dollars. armed bandit attempted choke. purse snatcher fled in nearby car.
Lightning struck the Oliver Kiburz farm barn last Thursday evening destroying the barn and its hay. The barn and contents were insured for 2000 dollars, with Kiburz estimating losses at 2500.
I C Musgrove and his family left yesterday for Atlantic Iowa where he has accepted a position with Atlantic Motors Company Inc now managed by X Ray Childress formerly of Monticello. He previously worked for Madsen Motor company.
A roundup of local life includes births deaths marriages and accidents from the Delaware County line and surrounding towns. Notable entries mention a Vernimont son birth, Gorman death in Davenport, Brown Gearhart Cascade wedding, and several injuries and property transfers.
Hopkinton residents will receive ice from Monticello through the season supplied by John Downs. Previously C. C. Morgan and after his death J. E. Morgan had supplied the ice, but their Morgan ice houses were torn down after the supply was exhausted.
Among several hundred Ions State college students pledged to fraternities in the past two weeks are William Stickford of Kappa Sigma and John Shover of Phi Kappa Psi. Both are sons of local residents Mr. and Mrs. Stickford and Mr. and Mrs. Shover.
The Upper Iowa Methodist Episcopal conference at Davenport reappointed Rev. Roy V. Porter to Monticello for the coming year. Several pastors were reassigned across four districts including Dubuque, Davenport, Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, with new district superintendents named and a long list of ministerial appointments announced by Bishop E. T. Leete.
The V. F. W. auxiliary will elect officers on Wednesday October 8 at 8 o clock. Department State President Mae Grube will present the trophy cap won for the largest percentage gain in membership during the past year. All members urged to attend.
Robert Appleby son of Mr and Mrs Charles Appleby enlisted in the United States army this week and has passed the required examinations for the coast artillery. He will sail soon for the Philippine Islands to begin his enlistment.
The auxiliaries of the American Legion and the V F W will sell forget me nots in Monticello on Saturday October 4. Proceeds aid disabled World War I veterans and families in need.
The Atwater Kent radio audition county contest will be held at Anamosa High School on Monday Oct 6 at 8 pm. Mary E Leech of Anamosa is county chairman and entrants ages 18 to 25 may sign up by Oct 3. Historic success in national auditions inspires local hopefuls including past winners Nevis and Arth who gained fame after later trials.
The highway commission awarded contracts on bids for 16 culverts on primary road No. 113 north of Monticello last Tuesday. Frank Russell & Son of Waukon won the culverts bid at $8,000. A separate contract for a new bridge over the Maquoketa River remains to be let.
This column defends public libraries arguing readers seek diverse nonfiction and biography as well as fiction. It notes adult education through libraries, courses, and county library expansion to serve farmers and job seekers, with quotes about reading’s lifelong value and a line from Jesse Lee Bennett.
Michael Lynch aged 35 of near Garryowen died at Finley hospital Dubuque from a skull fracture after a car overturn near Canton and Monmouth on Wednesday night He was returning from a pig buying trip and was found unconscious in the road by a farmer the next morning Funeral services were held at St Aloysius church He was married with no living children.
Messrs Otto Hubbard of Castle Grove township and Joe Plouer near the Linn county line bought McCormick Deering pull type corn pickers from R H Balster Farm Equipment. The one man outfit uses a tractor to pick and husk corn, elevates into a twenty five bushel tank and dumps into a wagon. A Hubbard farm demonstration drew many nearby farmers.
The infant son Paul Eugene Smith died last Friday at age one year eight months four days. Funeral services were Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian church with burial in Oakwood cemetery. Rev Leonard Duckett led both services. Survived by parents a sister Betty and a two week old infant brother Stuart Rolland.
The pupils will perform at the Methodist Episcopal church at 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening October 14. Participants include Pauline Oltman Maxine Redmond Vivian Smith Edna Schoon Bil Kettlitz and Emil Prull.
Balster Farm Equipment owner R H Balster of Monticello reports a three day display ad in The Monticello Express produced about $10,000 in farm machinery sold and delivered to farmers in Jones and neighboring counties. The ad’s success highlights the paper’s advertising pull. Balster previously led the district in I H C farm machinery sales last year and aims to retain that position in 1930.
Mrs. Caroline Vifian died last Monday evening at Lincoln Memorial hospital in Lincoln Nebraska after a brief illness She was 65 born in Neuchatel Switzerland May 26 1875 She married Edward Vifian about 46 years ago He died over twenty years ago Surviving children include Mrs Harry Foster Paul Viflan Mrs Wayne Campbell Charles Vifian and Mrs Rose Brekke Funeral held at the Presbyterian church in Monticello with burial at Oakwood Cemetery
A reception welcomed Rev. John J. Hennessey pastor of Immaculate Conception Castle Grove on his return from four months in Ireland. Parishioners and visiting clergy attended a program with Gaelic welcome songs readings and music. Father Drummy presented a purse and Rev. Hennessey thanked the crowd. Visiting priests included Rev. George A. Hauck Rev. Eardley and Rev. Ray Landott.
Short religious quiz items asking about source of vanity expression prophets before the captivity shortest reign in Judah and a miracle with Elisha corpse. It notes that answers appear on page 8 and cites building of the second temple beginning by permission and encouragement of a named authority.
The September term of the district court convened at Anamosa with Judge F O Ellison temporarily on the bench due to Judge Clark's illness. The grand jury cleared its calendar with many indictments, mostly against bootleggers. Several civil and probate matters were listed, including numerous estate and guardianship actions, with many trustees discharged and executors or administrators approved. Trials are set for next week starting October 7 with posts for several cases and appeals listed.
Schultz Brothers' Company store opens in the Schoon building Saturday October 11. William J. Luck will head the shop assisted by clerks Veronica Demmer and Lucille Dunigan. H Uffelman of Manchester helped install the goods.
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