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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1929
Page
2
The Monticello Express- local snippet reviews routine happenings. Names such as Stuhler's Grocery Emil Burrichter Hicks Gerdes and Oswald appear among visits, football updates Monticello Mount Vernon game notes, Red Cross drive reminders, and manysocial calls.
Church programs listed for St. Matthew's Ev Lutheran and other local congregations for Sunday Nov 3. Details include Sunday school times morning worship sermon topics and evening services with notes on youth groups and special events.
The annual Monti Cello district Sunday school meeting gathers at the local Methodist church next Sunday at 2 pm. Mrs. William D. McLaughlin of Castle Grove township presides and outlines a program with music by the Presbyterian Sunday School Orchestra, devotional service, committee appointments, and talks by Miss Marion Muzzy Clara Kleinfelter Leo Hay and Rev G W McNary.
On Wednesday nights patrols perform stunts attracting recruits as Gerald Schoon enters to join the Rattlesnake unit. Individual standings show James Ricklefs leading with 81 points ahead of Benjamin Roberts at 33 while patrol scores put Rattlesnakes 104, Eagles 55, Beavers 42, and Ravens 25 as enthusiasm runs high.
Steve Peterson, a prominent hog raiser in Monticello, sold a Duver Jersey gilt named Golden Sensation the First weighing 960 pounds to GL. Petersen of De Witt. The animal, three years old and a half brother to Rural Champion Letter, drew considerable interest as it was hauled through Monticello last Monday.
Mrs. Margaret Pfeil hosted a Sunday family dinner for Miss Natalie Hiller of Seattle with twelve at table and candytuft centerpieces. A later event featured Mrs. Frank Clinite as guest of Minneapolis, with orange and black Halloween decor. The Fortnightly club and various bridge dinners filled the week with high scores, guests, and social gatherings across Lovell township and Monticello.
Members of the Thursday Bridge Club hosted a luncheon with a Halloween color scheme and caledulas centerpieces. Mrs Milton Thoent held high score as four guests joined the hostess for a Bridg e afternoon. Dale camp 553 of the Royal Neighbors of America held a Halloween party in the K P hall with over fifty attendees and prizes for a guessing game won by Mrs Bertha Rohr.
The week of November 17 to 23 marks Good Book week with plans to engage both adults and children. A parents shelf is highlighted at the library and new loaned titles from Des Moines will rotate in. Notable titles include Psychology of Childhood, Seven Ages of Childhood, Problems of Child Welfare, The Listening Post, Elizabeth and Essex, and Agatha Christie Partner in Crime among others.
The final asphalt section on 161 between Marion and Springville finished last Monday and will open for traffic after curing in about two weeks. The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes crews pushed to beat winter and the project marks Linn County’s first tolled belt road improvement under the beta bond program.
Burton Holmes will present an illustrated travel lecture at Cornell College Mount Vernon as part of the annual series. Five numbers comprise the season with season tickets at 2.60 dollars and no reserved seating. The first program features Paris with colored views and motion pictures.
The passage highlights renowned travel lecturer Burton Holmes and others like John L Stoddard and Dwight L Elendorf drawing large crowds in major U.S. cities. It notes Holmes authored a fifteen volume work titled The Burton Holmes Travelogues and mentions a biblical flood reference linked to a silt deposit under Ur.
The piece notes residents claim to be financially strained while willing to pay large sums for football tickets and related costs like gasoline and fodder to attend events. It questions the value of charity or discounts when demand for entertainment remains high and urges use of Want Ads for quick results.
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