Monticello Public Schools Begin 1933 34 Year
Monticello public schools open with full schedule. Enrollment slightly down from last year due to fewer kindergartners and post graduates. Tuition pupils total 91 in high school and 14 in grades. New teacher Adelaide Gray joins first and second grades. Harry Berg promoted to senior high. Minard Stout remains senior high principal and Emma Grote junior high principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Board of Education
Adelaide Gray
Elkader
Springville
Elkader High School
Iowa State Teachers' College
Cedar Falls
Gray
State Teachers' College
Harry Berg
Minard Stout
Emma Grote
Power Family Couples Celebrate Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Tona Power join relatives in Manchester for the fiftieth wedding anniversary of John N Power and his wife. Granddaughter Lucile Power played Lohengrin’s wedding march. Rev William M Evans of Cedar Rapids re enacted the original service. The couple live on a farm near Manchester and a large gathering attended the celebration. The cake weighed twenty percent pounds and songs and recitations followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tona Power
Manchester
Mr. Power
John N. Power
Lucile Power
William M. Evans
Cedar Rapids
Farm Loan Association Has Made No Loans Yet
The Farm Loan Association of Jones county has not issued any loans. secretary P. J. Tyler says the machinery began in June and nearly 100 applications have been presented and approved by ap praisers. State officials aim to process loans quickly to aid farmers. Raymond A. Hare of Manchester will serve as American vice consul and third secretary in Teheran, after serving as vice consul in Beirut. He is 32, Grinnell College graduate, previously taught at Roberts College in Constantinople and held roles in the American consulate general there before moving to Paris as language officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Loan Association of
Jones County
P. J. Tyler
Raymond A. Hare
Manchester
State Department
Washington
Teheran
Persia
United States Legation
Hare
Beirut
Syria
Grinnell College
Constantinople
Roberts College
Paris
Jones County Approved for 10000 Dollar Extra Levy
Jones county gains state approval to raise 10000 beyond Beatty Bennett caps. Board sought 25000 emergency levy but was limited to 15000. extra funds to support general county and poor funds drained by unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
C. P. Murtagh
Jones County Board of Supervisors
County Poor Fund
Pele Head
Many Students Attend College in Monticello Area
A roster lists Monticello area youths entering colleges and schools across Iowa and beyond. Names span University of Iowa Iowa State College Cedar Rapids and Chicago institutions with plans to study at Notre Dame Stanford and more, detailing many students and a few hospitals tied to their education.
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Monticello and
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa City
James Redmond
Bill Stickford
Robert Locher
George R. Guyan
Ruth Jacobs
Ben Roberts
Simon Locher
Iowa State College
Ames
Eugene Rodman
Russell Hughes
Iowa State Teachers
Cedar
Vivian Bancroft
Cedar Rapids
Howard Mctaughlin
William Kettlitz
Elizabethy
Stanford University
Pato Alto
Calif
James Rickless
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Ohio
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Pauline Cooper
Notre Dame University
South Bend
Indiana
John Locher
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Jack Kay
Purdue University
Lafayette
Milton Langer
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Richard Calkins
Armour Institute of Technology
Chicago
Carlton Landis
University of Kentucky
Lexington
June Bollinger
Frances Shimer
School For Girls
Mount Carroll
Ill
Margaret, McNeill
St. Mary's of the Woods
Terra Haute
Ind
Helen Louise Stuhler
St. Catherine's
St. Paul
Minn
Maxine Redmond
Mount Mercy Academy
Leona Fitzsimons
Mount Mercy Junior College
Jean Hogan
Lenox Junior College
Notable September 1913 Events From Monticello Ex press
A retrospective from The Monticello Express recalls September 1913 happenings. Records note marriages including Miss Lillian Eilers to Charles Vifian and Nellie Lawrence to James J. Ashcroft, while deaths include Michael McLaughlin and Hiram Arnold. land sales and local transfers are listed alongside a sheriff’s passing.
Quick Justice Enacted At Dubuque Last Week
Robbery suspects William King and Earl Treanor, both in their twenties, were arrested after a nighttime hold up on East Fourteenth and East Eleventh streets. They pled guilty in district court and received ten year sentences for robbery.
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Dubuque
William King
East Fourteenth Street
Earl Treanor
East Eleventh Street
William Wiegand
Kaufmann Avenue
Treanor
King
Pelige Gee Giellis
George Broltz
Monticello Club Confers Golf Championship Qualifiers
Monticello Country Club held qualifying rounds for its championship flight amid high winds and brown fairways. Medalist Gene Byer led with steady play as Bill Laude posted 88 to miss first flight by one stroke. Ben Roberts and others advanced to various flight brackets for the match play rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Country Club
Byers
Thoeni
Shimanek
Hauss
Bone
J. Redmond
Buck
Lovell
Laude
F. Ricklefs
RR. Stabler
Heiserman
DeShaw
Roberts
Shaffer
RR. Hogan
Hudson
R. Ricklefs
Grimes
Shelley
Spooner
Denn's
R.hoag
R. Locher
Gene Byer
Bill Laude
Ben Roberts
Pete Stahler
Bud Hauss
Large NRA Meeting Targeting Monticello Legion Hall
A 7 30 p m NRA meeting at the American Legion hall in Monticello will feature Richard F Carn from the U S Chamber of Commerce and Manson of the Snef Commerce among others to discuss the National Recovery Act and its impact on local business. The Franklin Equipment Company boosted wages by 10 percent starting September 1 in line with NRA principles. Friday and Saturday drive by Business and Professional Women's Club members will urge residents to sign the NRA consumer card and welcome visitors with the Blue Eagle pledge materials from the New York Sun reprint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Equipment Company
NRA
Monticello
American Legion Hall
Richard F. Carn
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington, D. C
Manson
Snef Commerce of Cedarery
H. M. Carpenter, Jr
The
Laboracce
Business & Professional Woman's Club
Isabel Meyer
NRAAS
Monticello Residents Attend Century of Progress Expo
A list of Monticello people who traveled to Chicago to attend the Century of Progress exposition over the weekend includes Bertha Locher Minnie Ricklefs Evelyn Ebv Frances Fagan and many others. Couples and families such as Mr and Mrs Clarence Matthiessen Mr and Mrs Clarence Shaffer Ear! Van Voltenburg Owen Sutherland Lee Alcorn and more joined extended visits with relatives in Berwyn Lexington and Chicago.
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Chicago
Bertha Locher
Minnie Ricklefs
Evelyn Ebv
Frances Fagan
Clarence Matthiessen
Clarence Shaffer
Ear! van Voltenburg
Owen Sutherland
Lee Alcorn
Steve Peterson
Chris Tschantz
Charles Wernintont
Augusta Bliss
Berwyn
Otto Schodde
George Guyan
George Richard
Public Health Nurse to Visit Monticello on Tuesdays
Miss Lora Houston public health nurse will visit Monticello every Tuesday calling on doctors and groceries. Residents seeking her services should notify local providers or call her Anamosa office.
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Lora Houston
Anamosa
Monticello
Wilbur Dee Sweesy former resident dies in Mason City
Wilbur Dee Sweesy died at St Marys Hospital Mason City Iowa on August 18 Born October 7 1869 in Webster County Iowa He lived in Lyon and Jones counties before moving to Scotch Grove Monticello High School Lenox College and joined the Hopkinton Presbyterian Church He married Lenora Stout and had four children Don and Dee twins Leo Matthias and Stella He worked in Hopkinton Manning and Decker Packing Mason City Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Mason City Survivors include son Leo Matthias daughter Stella granddaughter Jacqueline Smith brother George C Sweesy and sister Charlotte E Johnson.
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Mason City
Wilbur Dee Sweesy
St. Mary's Hospital
Mr. Sweesy
Webster County
Iowa
Matthias
Sarah Sutherland Sweesy
Lyon County
Scotch Grove
Jones County
Lyon
Monticello High School
Lenox College
Presbyterian Church
Hopkinton
Lenora Stout
Rossville
Don
Dee
Leo Matthias
Stella
Burdette Smith
Sweesy
D. W. Sutherland
Manning
Decker Packing Company
Jacqueline Smith
George C. Sweesy
Walla Walla
Wash
Charlotte E
W. 8. Johnson
Jones County Feeder Tops Chicago Market
Minehart Thompson, a Jones County feeder near Anamosa, sold a carload of 1383 pound steers on the Chicago market last Thursday at 87 dollars per hundredweight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minehart
Thompson
Jones County
Anamosa
Chicago
Supplemental Hog Market Rules Issued by Agriculture Department
County agents relay new U S Department of Agriculture hog market regulations effective immediately. Rules limit purchases by the secretary of agriculture to authorized permits, with written or telegraphic authorization required, and cap permits at 200 head per owner. Pregnant sows exempt. sow weight minimum lowers to 240 pounds. no bonus adjustments of four dollars per head.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Corbet Golden Wedding Celebrated at Monticello Home
Mr and Mrs Corbet marked their fiftieth anniversary at their Monticello residence on September 4 with children and families present. They were wed September 4 1883 in Scotch Grove and raised a family in nearby farms before settling in Monticello.
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Mons Corbet
Monticello
Mrs. Corbet
Scotch Grove
Son Harland
Cedar Rapids
Frank Jarrett
Harry Doyle
Eve
Royal Corbet
Artists Paint Local Scenes at Iowa State Fair
Paintings by Elsie Cowan of Marian and Arnold Pyre of Cedar Rapids won prizes at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Cowan took two firsts with Elderly Woman by the Window and Wash Day and a fourth in another class, the former a portrait of Mrs. Mary Hudson by her window. Pyre’s water color of North Cedar Street buildings, from Matthiessen Auto to Beery's Store, won first in its class and an extra $25 sweepstakes prize.
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Elsie Cowan
Marian
John Corbin
Arnold Pyre
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Labor Day Picnic Draws 2000 at City Park
About 2000 attendees enjoyed a Farmers Mutual Creamery Labor Day picnic at the city park. A noon dinner, free coffee, and a baseball game preceded a cyclonic windstorm that ended events by 4:30 PM. Winners included Balsinger and Hoffman's Bears in a 20 to 16 baseball score.
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Farmers’ Mutual Creamery
Creamery
Balsinger
Hoffman
Bears
Gerdes
Heiken
Cubs
Lee Crim
Rudy Winkler
John Nagel
Leon Liddy
Caroline Kiburz
Mary Hanssen
Alfred Wenger
Bill Ferring
Mia
Chris Decker
Roy Like
Olin Howie Jr
John Lyon
Elwin Behrends
Irvin Plueger
Local History Told Through Monticello Octogenarians Lives
The sixth group in a Monticello biographical series features octogenarians Julia Camp Drinkwater and John Helsey. Julia Camp Drinkwater, born 1851 in Knox County Ohio, moved to Wisconsin then Linn County before settling in Monticello and marrying Dr. William Drinkwater in 1904. John Helsey, born 1849 in Lebanon County Pennsylvania, turned eighty-four and moved to Dubuque after a life in Illinois farms and Monticello, with siblings Amanda, Alice, Anna, and others. Continued on page 2.
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Julia Camp Drinkwater
Ohio
William Drinkwater
North Chestnut Street
Julia J. Camp
Knox County
Miles
Charlotte Williams Camp
Julia
Janesville
Wis
Linn County
Monello
John H. Helsey
Monticello
Dubuque
David Heisey
Lebanon County
Pennsylvania
Henry Helsey
Susanna Bucher Helsey
Henry
Amanda
Alice
Anna
John
Napersville
Castle Grove
Fair Premiums Won By Many 33 Exhibitors
The Jones County fair closed Friday August 25 and paid premiums to 33 exhibitors. Carl Reuter and others won multiple awards across corn, hay, potatoes, fruit, oats, pumpkins, and embroidery. Premiums are payable at Monticello State Bank with gate receipts covering all expenses.
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Jones County
Monticello State Bank
Carl Reuter
Moore
R. H. Monk
Irving Hintz
J. H. Specht
Celena Stahlberg
George H. Monk
Lou Schiemme
Louis Heeren
Rudolph Monk
Elsie Reuter
A. G. Bohlken
Nurse confirms diphtheria cure in famous painting
Miss Retta Clark of Toledo, a great grand niece of Sir James Clark, says the child in Fildes’ The Doctor recovered from diphtheria. The painting, life size and three dimensional, is shown at Chicago fair Hall of Science. Clyde Marshall of Monticello leads the sponsoring company.
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Fildes
Retta Clark
Toledo
Ohio
James Clark
Queen Victoria
Miss Clark
Sir James
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Clyde Marshall
Minna Hansen Plans Ph D Study After Teaching Career
Miss Minna Hanson accompanied by Mrs. Bernard Cas of Wyoming visited Edwin Wilcox's home this week. She will soon go to Iowa City to pursue work toward a Ph D degree. Last year she studied teaching methods in Germany with five Columbia University teachers and has taught in Alaska and Cedar Falls as an extension teacher for two years.
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Minna Hanson
Bernard Cas
Wyoming
Edwin Wilcox
Miss Hanson
Iowa City
Columbia University
New York City
Germany
Alaska
Cedar Falls
State highway to bid paving Fishery Road and No 113 link
A phone tip says the state highway commission will hold a September 12 meeting with bids to pave the road from No 20 east of town to the fish hatchery. The commission will consider paving No 113 from Delhi to Hopkinton, though no decision yet. Residents Mr and Mrs George Bort welcome the Fishery Road, as do Deson and Auns Bort.
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Manchester Presse
F. W. Williams
State Highway Commission
No. 20
Delhi
Hopkinton
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. B. Grimes
Farm Loan Association
St. John’s Military Academy
Delafield
Richard Hoag
Shattuck Military Academy
Faribault
Colin Thomas
the Express
Monticello Express
Lillian Eilers
Barney Ellers
Charles Vifian
Caroline Vifian
Presbyterian Parsonage
Michael McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Whitehall
New York
James
Mary McLaughlin
Great Lakes
Daniel Varvel
William Clark
Hugh Bowen
Bowen's Prairie
Towa Cera
W. A. Minick
Nellie Lawrence
O. J. Lawrence
Minneapolis
James J. Ashcroft
Belle Fourche
Cecil B. Curtis
C. Curtis
Olive Arnold
Hiram Arnold
Finnie Locher
James McAleer
Church of the Sacred Heart
John McCormick
Henry Ahraken
Scotch Grove Township
Robert Quirk
Waterloo
Chicago & Great Northern Railway
Mr. Quirk
John W. Livingstone
Center Junction
Robert Williamson
Moncrief Brothers
J. F. Livingstone
Mr. Livingstone
Ann Harding
William Powell
Paramount Theater
Ady
R. Stuhler
Helserman
EB. Ricklefs
Thoens
Bye
Legion Hall
New York Sun
Europe
Sam
America
Little Nira
France
Nellie
Congress
W. D. Sweesy
A. W. McDonald
Ann Marie Orcutt
Hans Hallauer
Davenport
Bassinger
Mosman Bears
John Reents
Dixon
F. L. Arhelger
Texas
Homer
Arhelger
Express
Julia Camp
Tohn HW
Wessey
Minna Hansen
George Bort
Preson Oot Deson. Til
Auns Bort
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