Monticello Football Triumph Over Manchester 7 6
Monticello edges Manchester 7 to 6 in a hard fought game on Manchester’s field. Captain Yeoman leads Monti with strong blocking and ball carrying while Manchester gains two first downs to Monti’s eight. The narrative notes a fumble recovery and late Monti drive before the article continues on page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticelio High School
Manchester
Monticello
Monti
Yeoman
Reynolds
Milroy
Mullan
Schoon
Jones Co
Special Speaker Sunday At Monticello M E Church
The Methodist Episcopal church in Monticello combines Sunday school and morning services next Sunday with Dr. H. A. Bassett a former Mexico missionary speaking at 10 o clock. There is no 11 o'clock service and Epworth League hosts a Rally Day at 7 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Monticello
H. A. Bassett
Mexico
Epworth League
Bailey Auto Company Plans Change Locally
Garrett Eileen, long serving local foreman at Bailey Auto on Main, has resigned to run a garage for Wm. G. Bchoon. Mr. Bailey says a new manager will be sent to Monticello and the garage will continue with the same efficient service to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett Eileen
Bailey Auto Company
Main Street
Wm. G. Bchoon
Lois Cowan Named Principal in Cedar Rapids Schools
Miss Lois Cowan former Monticello girl has been advanced to the principalship of Hayes elementary in Cedar Rapids. She succeeds Miss Belle Campbell, now at Garfield school. Cowan, a five year Jackson school teacher, specializes in primary work and previously taught in Anamosa Waverly and Charles City. She studied at Drake University the University of Iowa and the State Teachers College at Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Cowan
Monticello
Hayes
Cedar Rapids
Belle Campbell
Hayes School
Garfield
Cowan
Jackson
Anamost
Waverly
Charles City
Drake University
University of Iowa
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Upper Iowa M E L E Appointments
The Upper Iowa conference of the Methodist Episcopal church announced ministerial appointments at its Cedar Rapids session. Rev. William J. Macaulay is returned to Monticello for the year. Several former Monticello pastors receive new charges across Ackley Cresco Dubuque West Union New Hampton and other Davenport district postings led by Superintendent Dr W Glenn Rowley and including names such as H D Green J B Eye stone R S Phillips W D Bostrom Harley W Farnham G R Lanner C W Batten and Paul V Clements. Continued on page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Iowa
Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Paul's Church
Cedar Rapids
William J. Macaulay
Monticello
Albert E. Coe
Ackley
W. H. Mitchell
Cresco
Davenport—Grace
C. W. Batten
St. John's
F. W. Court
Delmar
Samuel Knoer
DeWitt
Will Kirwin
Elwood
Paul V. Clements
Hopkinton
A. B. Soule
Former Resident Dies in Wymore Nebraska at 52
Theda Harms Oltmann, daughter of H. H. Harms formerly of Amber, died at her Wymore Nebraska home Friday after a long illness of sarcoma. She was 52 and survived by husband Fay Oltmann a son Alva and daughter Edna. Local funeral attendees from the area included Haye Schoon and wife, George Schoon, Fred Berlin and daughter Pauline, John Schoon of Monticello, and Mrs. George Seehusen of Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theda Harms Oltmann
H. H. Harms
Amber
Wymore
Neb
Fay Oltmann
Alva
Edna
Haye Schoon
George Schoon
Fred Berlin
Pauline
John Schoon
Monticello
George Seehusen
Anamosa
Ricklefs Grocery Joins Super-Service Stores
The Ricklefs Grocery store announces it has joined the Super-Service Stores group. Through cooperative buying Mr. Ricklefs can offer exceptional bargains. Turn to page 5 to see available purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricklefs
If You Missed The Picture Why Not Read The Book
Public librarian Miss Catherine Redmond recommends reading the books films were based on. A list includes Alice Adams, Call of the Wild, Life Begins at Forty, Vanity Fair, and more. She also urges readers to define a reading focus and limit scope for self improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Monte Theatre
Princess Theater
Catherine Redmond
Alice Adams Barrets
Wimpole Street
Call of the
John Keats
Arnold Bennett
Choral Society Rehearses Weekly in Monticello High Hall
The Choral Society directed by Professor Neal J. Logan of the University of Dubuque music department meets weekly at 7 30 p m in the Monticello high school music room to study Elijah. New members are enrolling each rehearsal but no entries after the 17th. Joining is free except for an 80 cent book option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal J. Logan
University of Dubuque
Elijah
Logan
Monticello
New Members Admitted To B P W Chapter
The Monticello chapter of the Business and Professional Women's club announces new members Izora Bancroft Mrs. Florence Clark Ina Cruise Hazel Eby Helen Heiken Nell Hoffman Alma Kaldal Belle Markovitz Lena Marugg Bethel Merrill Eloise Miller Margaret Wismeier and Amney Wood. A picnic supper was held at the schoolhouse on Wednesday evening September 25 with emphasis on joining the statewide health contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
The
Business and Professional Women's Club
Izora Bancroft
Florence Clark
Ina Cruise
Hazel Eby
Helen Heiken
Nell Hoffman
Alma Kaldal
Belle Markovitz
Lena Marugg
Bethel Merrill
Eloise Miller
Margaret Wismeier
Amney Wood
Monticello Lawyer Forms A Partnership
Elden W. Brashaw of Monticello forms a law partnership with B. W. Humphrey of Hopkinton, who also serves as mayor. Brashaw will devote three afternoons a week to work in Hopkinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elden W. Brashaw
Monticello
B. W. Humphrey
Hopkinton
Brashaw
Red Cross Broadcast to Air on Home and Highway Safety
A Red Cross broadcast will air tomorrow evening on the National Broadcasting System from 7:15 to 7:30 pm Central Standard Time. The program spotlights the new home and highway safety initiative recently introduced by the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
National Broadcasting System
Monticello Band Closes Season With Community Picnic Concert
The Monticello Municipal Band led by Gene Byers closed its season with a Sunday picnic and concert at the Richland Center church. A noon dinner, ice cream courtesy of the band, and a lawn concert followed, with Miss Helen Crane and Miss Mary E. Burrichter providing vocal solos and Otto Riedel and Keith Dickey performing violin duets. The roster features prominent local musicians including Rex Ricklefs as manager and a full list of trumpets, trombones, reeds, strings, and drums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Gene Byers
Richland Center Land
Richland Center Church
Direcene
Rex Ricklefa
Helen Crane
Mary E. Burrichter
Otto Riedel
Keith Dickey
Francis Shimanek
Bob Reed
Frank Preston
Willard Yeoman
Cliff Shepherd
Gerald Schoon
Orvan Yeoman
Rex Ricklefs
Roy Ricklefs
Emil
Two Farmers Called by Death in Castles Grove Area
The week ended with the deaths of John A. Deischer and Fred Reuter. Deischer, 74, of Castle Grove township, died of pneumonia at his Monticello home after living as a prominent farmer with six children and fifteen grandchildren. Reuter, 69, a German immigrant and longtime Monticello area farmer, died after a month illness, leaving six children and thirteen grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Deischer
Castle Grove Township
Fred Reuter
West First Street
Mr. Delscher
Daniel Deischer
Deischer
Daniel
Sarah Auman Deischer
John Auman Deischer
Tllinois
Monticello
John Delscher
Naperville
John Deischer
Nellie Noble
Delscher
Evangelical Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Prairieburg
Peniel Presbyterian Church
Casse Grove Township
Charles Kremers
Cedar Rapids
Howard McLaughlin
George Guyan
Guyan
Mr. Reuter
Germany
Repsholt
East Friesland
Lutheran Church
Carl Friedrich
Anna Eckhofft Reuter
Reuter
R. H. Monk
Lovell Township
William
W.E
E. B
Anamosa
Carl
Waterloo
Albertina
Des Maines
Chris Decker
William Reuter
California
St. John’s Lutheran Congregation
Wayne Township
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
Frank Hoag Dies in East Moline at 57
Funeral services for Frank Hoag were held in Monticello with burial at Riverside Cemetery. Hoag died in East Moline on Friday night at 12:30 and was a brother of Elmer Hoag of the Hoag Duster Co. Mrs Ralph Strasburg suffers severe burns from a boiling tomato jar accident. doctors call the burns fourth degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hoag
Ralph Strasburg
East Moline
Hayes & Byers
Riverside
Anamosa
Mr. Hoag
Hoag
Ill
Monticello
Samuel G. Gutensohn
First Congregational Church
Elmer Hoag
Hoag Duster Company
Feather Duster Company
Horace Edwards
Strasburg
Delaware County Receives First 1935 AAA Corn Hog Checks
Delaware County farmers received 82 241 on the first 1935 government corn hog payments under the AAA plan. Checks numbered 961 averaged about 6 86 dollars each. the smallest was 7 50 and the largest 1 071 for Ryan farms north of Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware County
AAA
Ryan Farms
Manchester
Margaret McNeill Elected Class President at Frances Shimer
Miss Margaret McNeill, senior at Frances Shimer school for girls in Mount Carroll Illinois, was elected president of her class and named as a staff member of the college paper. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs A J H McNeill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret McNeill
Frances Shimer School For Girls
Mount Carroll
Illnois
Miss McNeill
A. J. H. McNeill
Iowa Pheasant Season Set in 37 Counties
The Iowa conservation commission announced a pheasant season from November 20 to 26 in 37 counties with daily 3 pheasants per hunter and a 6 pheasants possession limit. Open between noon and 5 pm with only two hens allowed in possession. Nearby counties include Grundy Butler Bremer Fayette Floyd and Chickasaw. The second item notes Iowa State guard Ike Hayes at less than 160 pounds resembling Notre Dame’s Metzger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Conservation Commission
Jones
Grundy, Butler, Bremer, Fayette, Floyd
Chickasaw
Towa State College
Ike Hayes
Cyclone
Notre Dame
Metzger
Can't Blame Him Excited by Car Torn Down in Davenport
Richard Birkel of Moline watched his car being dismantled at a Davenport wrecking yard and urged workers to stop. An investigation revealed the yard had wrongly identified the vehicle and wrecked the wrong machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Birkel
Davenport
Scott County
Birkel
Moline
Occurrences in Monticello October 1915
The Monticello Express notes birthdays and marriages in October 1915 including births for Repstein and McLainghain families and weddings such as George to Fraser and Lilly White to Graves. A first fall frost occurred on October 8 and road work by V. L. Hanssen’s group improved the road east of Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Joseph Repstein
Wil McLaneghaiin
John Fluckiger
Anderson
Oakwood Cemetery
Verdon L. Welch
Clarissa Maynard
Waterloo
Monticello
Ethel George
John H. Fraser
Ames
G. H. George
George C. Gorman
Anamosa
Catherine Clohesey
Chicago
Lilly White
Zach Graves
Presbyterian Parsonage
George Hubbard
Mercy Hospital
Lillian Allen
Glenn Orcutt
Ann Marie
John J. Locher
Alice Sherrer
Edward Ro ‘Turner
Quasqueton
Havel Hoag
Cece College
Cedar Rapids
Emma Egger
Castle Grove Township
Reformed Church
Alfred Yossi
Alvina Schrader
Henry Schrader
John D. Hinrichs
Martin Burrichter
V. L. Hanssen
Rally Day at Reformed Church Promotes Inspirational Services
Next Sunday the Reformed Church holds Rally Day with a 9 45 a m service featuring opening hymn Psalm 10371 13 scripture prayer and recitations by Richard Mardort Paul Steuri Clifford Decker and Paul Schneiter followed by a 10 45 a m worship service and a program including hymns and a children’s exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Reformed Church
Richard Mardort
Paul Steuri
Clifford Decker
Paul Schneiter
Jesus
Fern
Mary Jane Stewart Elected to Bel Canto Glee Club
Miss Mary Jane Stewart daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Stewart has been chosen as first soprano in the Bel Canto glee club at Iowa State Teachers college from a large field of applicants. The clubs plan special concerts and participate in the Christmas oratorio opera and spring festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Stewart
Thomas Stewart
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Jones County Corn Hog Checks Totaling 20136.75
Leroy Dirks Jones county corn hog treasurer received 154 cornhog checks for group one contracts 1935 totaling 20136.75 dollars. Producers were notified their checks are on hand and additional checks are expected later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Dirks
Jones County Cornhog
District P.T.A. Speakers To Address District Conference
A nationally known speaker from the Parent and Teachers Congress of the United States will deliver a vital message to a large audience at both morning and afternoon sessions of the district conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent and Teachers Congress of
The
United States
Towa Colleges Scoreboard and Local Grants Highlight Nearby News
The weekend results show Mishiven 41 Grinnell 0, Towa 2s 6, Cornell 6, and Latresss 13 leading in a mix of college football. In Maquoketa, Ja. C. Norman Steines, 22, paroled after pleading guilty to stealing 24 chickens, facing up to five years. Hopkinton receives 30,600 for an electric plant and 21,600 for a school addition. The Des Moines beer permit board begins first case involving Anna May Peacock of Stone City after its incorporation dissolution. G L Mitchell 50-year lodge certificate in Maquoketa. William Hancock also honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Mishiven
Grinnell
Hradley
Cornell
Towa State
Latresss
Columbia
Coe
Upper Town
Dubuque
Beloit C. Monmouth
Burlington
Ja. C
Norman Steines
Maquoketa
Jackson
Joe Michaels
Hopkinton
Hopkinton Independent
Des Moines
Anna May Peacock
Stone City
G. L. Mitchell
Heilon Lodge, A. FL & A. M
Mr. Mitchell
William Hancock
Two Prisoners Escape From Reformatory Farm
Guards at the Anamosa reformatory and other police searched for two prisoners who walked away from the reformatory farm at 9 p.m. One was Kenneth Garrett a light complexioned man 5 feet 7 inches and 183 pounds. The other was R. V. Hart 5 feet 10 inches 168 pounds with dark brown hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa Reformatory
Kenneth Garrett
R. V. Hart
Joint Meeting Called for VFW Post and Auxiliary
The Monticello Post No. 1683 Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary schedule a joint meeting on Wednesday evening October 9. Nomination and election of officers for both groups will be held. A free lunch and entertainment are planned by the committee and members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Post No. 1683
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Blanche Kinley Weds Donald Hennessey in Coggon Ceremony
Blanche Kinley daughter of Thomas Kinley married Donald Hennessey of Monticello at St. John's Church Coggon with Rev J J Clune officiating. Bridesmaid Evangeline Hennessey and best man Leo Kinley attended. couple to reside on Hennessey farm after a brief trip to Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Kinley
Donald Hennessey
Coggon
St. John's Church
Thomas Kinley
Monticello
J. J. Clune
Hennessey
Coggan High School
School of Nursing
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Montice
Northeastern P T A Meet Set for Monticello October 9
The Northeastern district of the Town Congress of Parent-Teachers will meet in Monticello on Wednesday October 9 with sessions in the public school auditorium. Delegates from Cedar Jones Delaware Jackson Benton Dubuque Linn Buchanan Clayton counties attend. Miss Frances Hays of Washington DC will speak both morning and afternoon. Luncheon plans and registration details are outlined by local organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress of Parent-Teachers
Monticello
Charles City
Cedar
Jones
Delaware
Jackson
Benton
Dubuque
Linn
Buchanan
Clayton
Frances Hays
Washington, D. C
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Miss Hays
National Congress
F. A. Hatta
Town Congress
Goutse Field
Monticello P. T. A
Field
Monticello Association
F. A. Halffa
L. C. Schuknecht
Cedar Rapids
F. A. Haffa
Waterloo
W. OO. Johnstone
H. C. Keiber
Schedule of Dist Court Terms Is Submitted
The eighteenth judicial district covering Jones Cedar and Linn counties filed its 1936 and 1937 term schedule with the secretary of state. Judges F Ellison J T Mofflit C Ring A B Clark and changes place H C Ring will preside May and January terms in Cedar Rapids replacing Linn county terms. Moffit to handle September sessions Clark moves from January to November term chaired by Molit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighteenth Judicial District
Secretary of State
Des Moines
Jones
Cedar
Linn
F. ©. Ellison
John T. Mofflit
F. C. Ring
A. B. Clark
Jones County
Anamosa
H. C. Ellison
H. C. Ring
John Y. Moffit
F. O. Ellison
H. C. Rinse
Cedar Rapids
Moffit
Judge Clark
Molit
Mount Vernon Defeats Anamosa 19-0 in Friday Football
Anamosa high school fell to Mount Vernon 19 to 0 last Friday afternoon. Three Mount Vernon touchdowns came in the fourth period. Anamosa’s Lazio and Westphal starred, but a late interception return for a touchdown sealed the defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa High School
Mount Vernon
Anamosa
Lazio
Westphal
Hogan Named Assistant Sports Editor at Daily Iowan
Bob Hogan of Monticello and a sophomore in the school of journalism at Town City is selected as assistant sports editor on the Daily Iowan. This recognition highlights his writing ability. He is the son of Dr and Mrs Mark F Hogan of Monticelo. He covered the Bradley game last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hogan
Monticello
Town City
Daily Iowan
Bob
Mark F. Hogan
Monticelo
Bradley
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Monti Hi
District Court
Charles Sherman Jr
Dwight Kegley
Sherman
Kegley
Zeke Adams
Glenn McLaughlin
Warren Rees
Kegsey
Charles Cash Sr
M. E. Church
Upper Ia
Wm. J. Macaulay
Choral Society
Mr. Deischer
America
Anna M. Behrends
von Strohe
Iowa
Glee Club
P.T.A
Reformatory
V.F.W. Post-Auxiliary
State Association
Miss Frances Mays
Mt. Vernon
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