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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1930
Page
3
The village prepares for the coming term with 46 teachers and six percent of residents pursuing teaching. Local assignments include Frane W. Wilson as principal and F. W. Lauchiin as superintendent. Students from Hopkinton and surrounding towns will attend various schools and colleges in Iowa and beyond.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Miller were held in Center Junction with Rev. Alven presiding and burial in Wyoming Cemetery. Mary Elizabeth Miller lived with her daughter Mrs. Dreibelbis and was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania on December 6 1857 and died August 28 1930. She married Rudolphus Miller November 5 1884 and had five children including Mrs. Carrie Dreibelbis Ben H. Miller Rev. of Waterloo Mrs. Grace Walters and Nellie Miller who died in 1901. Surviving also are several grandchildren and other relatives. The community honored the Thompsons at a farewell reception and school opened with 41 students enrolled. Activities at the Presbyterian church and local clubs continued as residents prepared for moves and new assignments.
May Catherine French and Wayne Molsberry wed July 7 at the Owatonna Minnesota Methodist parsonage with Rev. Ezra Clemans officiating. The couple, joined by Caroline Clemans and Gordon Cooper, will reside on Mr. Molsberry’s Plymouth farm after a short stay with relatives. May Catherine, active in local society and a 1928 Onslow High School graduate, attended Iowa State College with Phi Omega Pi. Wayne also studied at Iowa State and belonged to Theta Nu Epsilon.
Miss Lorna Livingstone visited her Iowa City home over Labor Day weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs J W Livingstone. Merle Pangburn of Cedar Rapids spent the weekend with his parents. Harold Alexander and Fern Saxton of Chicago called on their grandparents in the area. O O Watson and wife visited Cedar Rapids friends Sunday afternoon. George McDonald and daughters Anne and Ellen traveled to Rock Island to visit relatives. Mrs H B Stingley and daughter Maurine were Davenport visitors Wednesday.
A visit to Mrs Easter and Stella Easter is planned along with trips by Dr and Mrs R Smith to Merrill Wisconsin and Rochester Minnesota. Mr and Mrs McKean of Clinton guest of Mrs Kate Maple. Newlyweds serenaded by a crowd last Tuesday. McCauleys hosted a buggy ride then a Rimout restaurant outing and a late return to Mossberry. A Mossberry shower hosted by Misses Elsie and Laura Holst. guests received gifts and a dainty supper. Elsie and Laura Holst hosted a post shower supper for friends. a show in Anamosa followed. School opened with good attendance. staff includes Superintendent McCauley, Principal Tona Wolfe, Mrs McCauley, Voyle Potter, Baldwin, Mabel Streeper, Mildred Streeper, Estelle McCune.
Scattered items list rural schools progress with teachers Mary Kenny Gertrude Rickels Minnie Husman Nellie Straess lin Hazel Craig and others amid community notes. Social visits, beach outings, hospital news, and school openings populate a page of local life with August through September happenings.
Richland Center residents Mr and Mrs Leonard Hein visited Miss Edna Balasiger in Cedar Rapids. Peoria men erected a silo on the H L Wismeier farm. Students Wanda Ely Lenora Hein Inez Kiburz Lucile Yossi Luella Balsiger Eunice Buol and Roland Buol enrolled in Monticello public school as the term opens. Teachers Mrs Glenn Brookins and Lucile Rickels begin the new session. The Schweiters hosted relatives in Dickeyville and Dubuque. August Peterson and family spent time in Boscobel Wisconsin. The Freltags and Mrs Freltag's mother Matilda were noted in local reports.
Dietz of Burlington spent last Sunday and Monday with Miss Margaret Wismeier. Miss Lena Hoffman left for Dubuque last Tuesday. She has enrolled as a student for nurses training at Finley hospital. Mr. and family spent last Sunday with relatives at Hazel Green. Miss Clara Burrichter will teach at Smithtown for the coming year. School opened September 1. Rev. and Mrs. Roland Kuentzel and family of Reeseville spent several days last week with Mr. and Mrs. Will Burrichter. Mr. and Mrs. Will Balsiger returned from a week with relatives in western Iowa and South Dakota.
A humorous local vignette recounts a tourist asking a boy about Aberdeen, the boy demanding six pence, and a witty quip about the paper changing its name after locals took it literally and pressed their trousers.
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