Corn Husking Contest Set For October 28
The second annual corn husking contest will be held Saturday October 28 sponsored by the Farm Bureau at the Harry Stingley farm near Center Junction. An 8 member general committee led by M. Hosford of Monticello and others from Anamosa Center Junction Scotch Grove Martelle and nearby towns prepared entries and arrangements. The event starts at 10 a.m. and runs for eighty minutes with entry blanks available through the Farm Bureau office or committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Harry Stingley
Center Junction
8. M. Hosford
Monticello
Glenn Sones
Ahamosa
Lee Streets
Scotch Grove
Jean Porter
Anamosa
Harry Newman
Martello
Farm Bureau Office
Msted
Loyal Byerly
Olin
Truman Stanton
Martelle
Ray Sanford
Henry Eichhorn
N. C. Holst
John Goodman
J. C. McConaughy
Frank Himebaugh
C. E. Fother
Pork To Be Distributed To Jones County's Poor
A county truck will travel to Davenport to obtain 2,500 pounds of salt pork allotted for Jones county to aid needy families. Distribution will occur in a few days with guidance to store and use promptly. Allocation favors destitute and infirm residents, with about 6 pounds per family, without reducing other relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Eureka
Davenport
Jones County
V. F. W. Post And Its Auxiliary Elect Officers
Grant Eilers named post commander and Joe Bader senior vice commander lead the VFW post. Harry Doyle is junior vice, Herman Hoffman officer of the day, Ray F. Clark judge advocate, Hartley Wilkinson chaplain. Auxiliary president Mrs. Anne Echternacht and Marjorie Skinner senior vice president head the auxiliary with Edith Helms junior vice, Florence Metzenberg treasurer, Laura Waddick conductress, Dora Ohe chaplain, Margaret Carmichael guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Ellers
Anne Echternacht
Grant Eilers
Joe Bader
Harry Doyle
Herman Hoffman
Ray F. Clark
Hartley Wilkinson
Auxiliary
Marjorie Skinner
Edith Helms
Florence Metzenberg
Laura Waddick
Dora Ohe
Margaret Carmichael
Relief Committee Attends State Relief Meeting in Des Moines
A. O. Sones and J. W. Conmey, with public health nurse Miss Lora Houston, attended a Des Moines state relief societies meeting called by Governor Herring. They reported Monticello will soon receive its salt pork allocation from the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messis
A. O. Sones
J. W. Conmey
Lora Houston
Des Moines
Relief Societies
Herring
Maquoketa Man Killed In Automobile Crash
Leonard Morehead an 18 year old Maquoketa youth died instantly last Thursday in a car collision at Crookston Minnesota He was the son of Mr and Mrs Ray Morehead of Maquoketa and had been employed on Morton Levi s farm in Crookston He was born February 23 1914 in Jackson County
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Morehead
Ray Morehead
Maquoketa
Crookston
Minn
Morton Levi
Jackson County
City Mayor Warns Drivers To Hold Speed In Monticello
Monticello residents are urged to obey city ordinances as Mayor F. D. McLaughlin warns speeds must not exceed 26 miles per hour. Complaints cite careless driving and failure to use lights at night near schools. New signals have been placed to improve safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
F. D. McLaughlin
Death of Jacob Reding Follows 33 000 Volt Work Accident
Jacob J. Reding, sub station foreman for the Iowa Electric Light and Power company, died after contact with a live 33 000 volt line at Belle Plaine. He was 42, buried at Cedar Rapids after services at St. Patrick’s Church. Survivors include wife Marie Meyer and son James, plus parents, siblings, and four sisters. He previously ran an electrical supply store in Monticello and served in World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob J. Reding
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Cedar Rapids
Reding
Monticello
Towa Electric Light & Power Company
Belle Plaine
Nee Marie Meyer
James
Nicholas Reding
George Reding
Dubuque
John Reding
Louise Olson
San Francisco
Calif
Frank Euland
White Lake
S. D
Peter Dondelinger
Newhall
William Burkert
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
United States Army
Veterans’ Hospital
Knoxville
Illinois varsity roster includes Laude coached veterans
Regulars on Illinois varsity this year include Beynon Cummings Froschauser and Snook all former Rockford junior high stars. These players competed on teams under coach Jim Laude a former Monticello boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Beynon Cummings
Froschauser
Snook
Rockford, Jr
Jim Laude
Monticello
Red Cross Meeting At Library On October 26
There will be a meeting of the chairman captains and all helpers at the public library at 2 30 oclock Thursday afternoon Oct 26. Necessary material and information may be obtained from officers of the Monticello Red Cross chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Red Cross Chapter
Monticello Triumphs 8 0 Over Tipton in Season Opener
Monticello under Coach Merten defeats Tipton 8 to 0 at Monticello city park last Thursday to earn their first win in three seasons. Seedorf scored in the second quarter, and a blocked Tipton punt in the fourth added two points for Monticello. Orvin Yeoman starred as a blocker and tackler. Seedorf led in ground gains as Yeoman, a sophomore, showed great potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello High School
Merten
Warriors
Tipton High School
Monticello
Seedorf
Jeft
Monti High
Iowa City
University High
Schoon
Capt. Che
Schlemme
Eden
Spooner
Eilers
Wenger
Smith
Yeoman
Matthiessen
Hanssen
Starks
van Buren
Forty Men Employed On Resurfacing Of Primary 113
Forty men are employed on resurfacing primary 113 from No 20 at Delaware to the Jones county line south of Sand Spring. Unskilled labor earns 40c per hour, machine men and drivers 60c. Twelve thousand tons sold to farmers for soil improving. Work to be completed by November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Jones County
Sand Spring
Jones County Ministerial Association Meets Here
The Jones County Ministerial Association held its monthly meeting at the local Presbyterian church last Monday. A noon lunch was served by the Missionary society. Rev. S. G. Gutensohn presided, with devotionals by Rev. Earl Hodgkin. Rev. D. M. Beggs reviewed Jesus of Judas and Rev. G. H. Goodrick led a discussion on religious education. Next meeting is February 20 at Center Junction M E church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Navy 20
Center Junction
M, E
Marengo High Triumphant Over Anamosa 6 to 0
Marengo High School defeated Anamosa 6 to 0 last Friday as Harold Reynolds scored the winning touchdown on a quarterback sneak from one yard out. Reynolds also returned a 40 yard punt for a game feature. The teams each hold two wins and two losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa High School
Marengo High School
Harold Reynolds
Marengo
Reynolds
Pol
Local Students Attend Leadership Conference at Cedar Falls
A Monticello group of four students Loretta Specht Gladys Howland Bernard Che Clarence Seedorf and sponsor Minard Stout attended the leadership conference at Cedar Falls hosted by the Iowa PTA and the State Teachers College high school. The event featured discussions on student government activities financing scholarships and school spirit with hosts Des Moines high schools principals Messrs Steeper and Sterret. The Monticello group found their high school’s methods advanced including minor M awards and attended a Friday banquet with Iowa State Teachers College deans. They also saw a football game between Iowa State Teachers and Western State Teachers College Kalamazoo Mich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Monticello
Loretta Specht
Gladys Howland
Bernard Che
Clarence Seedorf
Minard Stout
Parent-Teachers Association of Iowa
State Teachers' College High School
Iowa
Messrs. Steeper and
Sterret
Des Moines
Sadie Campbell
Leslie Reed
Iowa State Teachers' College
Iowa State Teachers
Western State Teachers’ College of
Henry M Carpenter Dead Leader in Monticello Banking
Henry M Carpenter died Friday evening October 13 at 7 45 after a two week illness ending with paralysis. He was born September 11 1857 in Old Lyme Connecticut and moved to Monticello in 1868. He served as cashier and later president of the Monticello State Bank and was active in civic and banking affairs locally and statewide. He leaves a widow Mary F Farwell and two sons Dr Millington F Carpenter and Halstead M Carpenter, plus a sister Harriet C Coughlan. Funeral services were held October 16 at the Carpenter home with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Henry M. Carpenter
Monticello
Carpenter
Walnut Street
H. M. Carpenter
Iowa
Mr. Carpenter
Old Lyme
Connecticut
Capt
M. L. Carpenter
Harriet
Marvin) Carpenter
New York
Castle Grove Township
Jones County
George Miller
George W. Lovell
Millington F. Carpenter
the State University
Iowa City
Halstead M. Carpenter
Iowa State Bankers Association
State Association
National Bankers Association
Samuel G. Gutensohn
C. G. Thomas
George Guyan
Oakwood
Charles M. Luett
Donald Sutherland
Claude Fothergill
Paul Schuetz
Monticello State Bank
L. E. Hoag
Albert J. Stuhler
Evelyn Zeadow Weds Edward Zumbrunnen in Monticello Church
Evelyn Zeadow became Mrs Edward Zumbrunnen in a 10 30 morning ceremony at the Re formed church in Monticello. Rev Armin H Tendick officiated before relatives and friends. The couple were attended by Lucile Tschantz and John Zeaden. A wedding dinner followed at the bride’s sister’s home and a dance was held that evening in the American Legion hall to honor the newlyweds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Zeadow
Edward Zumbrunnen
Monticello
Armin H. Tendick
Lucile Tschantz
John Zeaden
Ars
Miss Tschantz
Henry Bader
Delaware County
Zumbrunnen
American Legion
Commander Raymond G. Thomas Visits Monticello
Commander Raymond G. Thomas of the U S Navy visited Monticello last week with his mother Mrs J G Thomas and brother Dr C G Thomas. He was en route from Norfolk to assume command November 1 of the U S cruiser San Francisco then being built at Mare Island. The 10 000 ton cruiser is to be commissioned about February 1 1934 and Thomas is slated as executive officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond G. Thomas
U. S. Navy
Monticello
J. G. Thomas
C. G. Thomas
Norfolk Navy Yard
San Francisco
Mare Island Navy Yard
Thomas
Laude Wins Club Championship Playoff in Golf
The final playoff for the club championship this season was held last Sunday between W. H. Laude and Ralph Bone. Laude won the contest. The Country club party scheduled for last night was cancelled due to the lateness of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Laude
Ralph Bone
Laude
To Elect No President Until January Meeting
At the regular Monticello State bank directors meeting last Tuesday the vacancy caused by H. M. Carpenter’s death will not be filled until the January stockholders meeting. Vice President F. E. Stimson will assume president duties in the interim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello State Bank
H. M. Carpenter
F. E. Stimson
Lois Cowan Speaks at Northeastern Iowa Teachers Meeting
Miss Lois Cowan formerly of Monticello and now a teacher at Jackson School Cedar Rapids spoke at a round table discussion during the Northeastern Iowa Teachers meeting held in Cedar Rapids last week. Her subject was Correlation of Art and Content Subjects in the Primary Grades. The session included discussion and a demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Cowan
Monticello
Jackson School
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Red Cross Committees Appointed For Monticello Drive
Plans for the Red Cross roll call begin November 11 in Monticello with four sectional captains. Northeast led by Mrs Carl Hodson, Northwest by Miss Minnie Rettig, Southwest by Mrs Arthur Skelley, and Southeast by Mrs John B E Guler. Assisting chairmen and township organizers named among volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Monticello
Main Street
Carl Hodson
Minnie Rettig
Northwest
Arthur Skelley
Southwest
John BE. Guler
Southeast
Milton Stott
Louis Hoag
R. J. Langer
Fred McLaughlin
Ralph Bone
Paul Locher
J. E. Helserman
C. F. Shimanek
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Cass
Harry Fairbanks
Castle Grove
Will McLaughlin
Clay
Alya Larkey
Lovell
Willi Hintz
Richland
Margaret Wismeter
Scotch Grove
Laura Sinclair
Washington
Mary Hurtz
Wayne
J. E. Duncan
Items Of Occurrences Thirty Years Ago October 1903 Monticello
Readable notes from The Monticello Express recount births marriages deaths and local events in October 1903. Key items include Cal Spence’s daughter birth. marriages of Maggie Davidson and Samuel Mberhart Leonard Arduser and Bertha Gilroy Emma Egger. deaths of John McConnon and Margaret Woods. shop and bakery life with Robert Young. Lowe selling potatoes at 40 cents a bushel. and visits by Hon. William B Allison to the Opera House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Cal Spence
Charles A. Erricksen
O. C. Hunter
Maggie Davidson
Samuel Mberhart
Andrew Davidson
John McConnon
Monticello
Boston
Leonard Arduser
Bertha Gilroy
Martin Kehoe
Wallingford
Iowa
Emma Egger
Arnold Egger, Jr
George Sw
Diederich Monk
Minnie Heidemann
W. H. L. Schuetz
F. X. Miller
Upper Iowan University
Methodist Church
Tom King, Jr
College of Medicine
Iowa City
Janette Haines
George W. Fisher
Fisher
Jones County
Wisconsin
Ontario
Canada
Book Week Planned at Public Library
Plans for Book Week November 12 to 18 are under way at the library. Special exhibits, book contests, and story hours are planned. One day will be Hobby day with an open house inviting everyone to share their hobby. Quilts, stamps, antiques, rag rugs, and other items are expected on display.
Public Librarian Attends National Library Meeting in Chicago
Miss Florence Noble public librarian for Monticello left last Sunday to attend the American Library Association convention in Chicago this week. She travels with her mother Mrs E J Noble and Mrs H S Richardson and plans a visit to A Century of Progress before continuing to Cincinnati Ohio to see Mr and Mrs Harold Bedell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Noble
Monticello
American Library Association
Chicago
E. J. Noble
First Standard Teachers Training School Session Held
The Jones County Standard Teachers Training school opened at the public school last Monday evening and will meet each Monday at 7:30. The final three sessions will be at Anamosa. Enrollment urged for those who have not signed up. Four courses offered: The Pupil, The Principles of Teaching, Old and New Testament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Anamosa
Pleasant Ridge Tops Dental Honor Roll 100 Percent
Miss Ruth Hannahs of Monmouth teaches Pleasant Ridge school in Wyoming township and reports the rural Jones county school first to reach a 100 percent dental honor roll. The school also posts 100 percent perfect attendance for the first six weeks with nine pupils named Reynold Fishwild Bobby Fishwild Jean Deniston Bonnie Deniston Lois Huffman Jean Huffman Richard Eichhorn Donald Heasty Emma Broderson. The Express notes these achievements reflect strong scholarship in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Hannahs
Monmouth
Pleasant Ridge
Wyoming Township
Jones County
Nellie V. Morcy
Reynold
Bobby Fishwild
Jean
Bonnie Deniston
Lois
Jean Huffman
Nearby News Items Highlight Deaths Trials and Construction
J B Northcott, former Cedar Rapids Y M C A secretary, died at St Luke's Hospital of meningitis. Citizens Savings bank in Olin paid a 10 percent dividend since closing on December 22 1931. Minnie Melchert administrator sues Dr H E Hanson for 15000 damages over a fatal car crash near Coggan. Vincent Terzo of Brooklyn convicted of arson fraud in Linn County and given a ten year indeterminate sentence at Fort Madison. Roger Morton 20 of Tipton drowned at Cedar Valley quarries while college students picnicked. Iowa City firemen recovered the body. First concrete pour for Backbone state park dam near Manchester under state conservation supervision with 100 CCC workers. lake to cover 100 acres, Magaketa river section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Savings Bank
Olin
Linn County
Minnie Melchert
Eugene Melchert
H. E. Hanson
Melchert
Coggan
Vincent Terzo
Brooklyn
N. Y
Linn County District
Cedar Rapids
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Roger Morton
Tipton
Cedar Valley
Iowa City
Backbone State Park
Manchester
State Board of Conservation
C. C. C. Camp
Magquoketa River
Bar Association Honors Memory of E M Carr
Delaware county bar association read and adopted memorial resolutions revering E M Carr of Manchester a lawyer with sixty years active practice. Judge A B Love of Waterloo presided. Carr was admitted in 1871 and remained active until 1931. he helped move the county seat and records to Manchester from Delhi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. M. Carr
Manchester
Delaware County Bar Association
A. B. Love‘joy
Waterloo
Carr
Bar Association
Delaware County
Delhi
Ancient Mass Marriages Under Alexander the Great
In 324 33. C. mass weddings linked 10,000 Macedonian soldiers with Persian women by royal order, a landmark ceremony ordered by Alexander the Great.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Alexander the Great
Rural Library Service Suggested By Miss Noble
Miss Noble argues for rural library service in Iowa noting budget cuts and staff shortages. She cites township tax levies for library access and urges expanded free access for rural families and schools, highlighting Anamosa and Monticello as examples and calling for broader support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Noble
Iowa
Anamosa
Monticello
Local Man Found Dead At Fillmore Bridge
Paul Matthiessen aged 37 was found dead at 4 30 Saturday morning near the Fillmore bridge seventeen miles west of Dubuque on primary 0 S 161. He may have died before his car struck the guard rail or from gallbladder trouble.Three men from Cedar Rapids Marion and Dubuque county discovered the scene and notified authorities. Matthiessen had been in Dubuque on business and planned to meet a distributor job in Dubuque. He had stomach pains earlier in the evening and visited a doctor friend after leaving the Leiser home. The brakes were unused within 100 feet and the car did not appear to be traveling fast. Page 5-4 Continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Matthiessen
Fillmore Bridge
Dubuque
Messrs
M. R. Warren
IT. L. McEvers
Cedar Rapids
Robert Burns
Marion
Dubuque County
Matthiessen
Cedar Rapds
Fred Leiser
Leiser
Linn County
Treasury Calls Fourth Liberty Bond Redemption and Exchange Offer
The U S treasury department announces payment call for April 15 1934 on about 1 1 875 000 000 Fourth Liberty Loan 44% bonds including all J K or A prefix permanent coupons and all ending in 9 0 or 1 for temporary and registered bonds. Interest ceases April 15 1934. From October 16 1933 holders may exchange all or part of their called or uncalled bonds at par for new 10 12 year Treasury Bonds dated October 15 1933 bearing 4% interest to 1944 15 and then 3/4% after. New bonds mature October 15 1945 and may be called after October 15 1943 with notice. Exchange period is limited and may end anytime without notice. act promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Treasury Department
Treasury
Treasury Department
Local Boys At Caledonia Conservation Camp
Celsus Takes Kenneth Hubbard and Henry Schone are among the boys at the C Caledonia Camp Houston county Minnesota. They finished a 195 foot long erosion dam with 48 foot masonry section using 1500 cubic yards of dirt. The dam will hold 300000 cubic feet of water and drain 237 acres. The camp may move to Decorah in October and the boys plan to reenlist for six more months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Co. C
Caledonia
Houston County
Minn
Celsus Takes
Kenneth Hubbard
Henry Schone
Iowa
Decorah
New Auto License Plates Go On Sale January 2
Iowa officials announce 1934 automobile license plates will go on sale Jan 2 and delinquency starts Feb 1 for owners who do not obtain them. The one month extension comes from a law enacted by the last general assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lew Wallace
State Motor Vehicle Department
Usic
Lcenses
General Assembly
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Jacob Reding
Monti
Jones County Ministerial Association
Marengo High
Stout
Simons
The
Mary F. Farwell
8. L. Farwell
David M. Jenkins
Congregational Church
Monticellor
Democratic Party
Knights of Pythias Lodge of
Monticello Electric Company
Iowa Electric Company
N. E
the Express
National Library
J.B. Northcott
St. Luke's Hospital
E. M. Carr
Lrary Commission
Caledonia Conservation Camp
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