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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1928

Page

3

Camp Fire girls chase treasure on a country outing

Center Junction reports Camp Fire Iyega and Ocseca groups on a Saturday trek with a blaze trail from the village to Mineral Creek. They picnic with a weiner roast, search for a hidden treasure, dig up beans and beef imu, and end with a wood gatherer ceremony and songs.

Harvest Home Parade Draws Community Focus

Hopkinton hosts harvest home parade with prizes for girls scouts and county youths. Winners include Kathryn Ripples, Janaan Chapel, Harvey Bacon and more. The Presbyterian ladies served a dinner raising 150 dollars. airplanes from Dubuque carried passengers. Community play Aunt Het features over 100 locals with a 15 p.m. start in Hopkinton.

South Fork Progressive Club Hopkinton Girl Scouts Flappers of Yesterday Krazy Kat Trenatz William and Paul Ferguson Kathryn Jean Jo Anne Ripple The Spirit of Janaan Chapel Una Bacon Rev Rideout Ryan Cedar Rapids Buck Creek Sand Springs Sam Brenneman C. F E. Haynes B. W. Cox Roy Marolf Rans Brady L. E. Moats John Brooks John Thompson Elsie Holdridge Neva Bacon Harvey Bacon Loren Bacon Minnie Lux Casteel and Billings Loop Cozart Sam Bronneman R. D. Firestine Presbyterian Dubuque

Wyoming youths attend colleges and teach in rural schools

The list shows Wyoming students at Iowa State University Drake University Hamline University and Iowa State Teachers College among others with several teaching in rural schools. Notable names include Vera Case Janet Reade Velma Jansen and Doris Brown plus many relatives visiting from Cedar Rapids Davenport and Muscatine with local farming activity and school notes.

Funeral for Siebert Harms Held at St Peter and Pauls

The funeral of Siebert Harms 1860 68 near Castle Grove was held Tuesday at St Peter and Pauls Lutheran Church with Rev Mathias of Anamosa officiating. Harms born in Germany and married Katrina Rickels in 1888 leaves seven children and many friends. He lived in Cass township and near Castle Grove and a large turnout despite bad roads noted his esteem. He rests in a nearby cemetery.

Siebert Harms Anamosa St. Peter and Paul's Lutheran Mathias Cass Township Germany Katrina Rickels Langworthy Margaret Barrack Strawberry Point Rena Specht Anna Lubben Olena Steiner Castle Grove Emma Cedar Rapids George Detroit Mich Edward McDaniels Monticello Will Lubben’s Herman Hahn W. F. Hintz Ernest Carpenter Willie Behrends Central City Maurice Cashman A. M. Black E. F. Burr Red Oak G. J. van Buren Chicago C. A. McLaughlin Maquoketa Richland M. J. McNeilly Center Junction Ida Hahn Manchester Relaises Forest Deischer Alva Anna Husmann Hahn Rudolph Hahn L. E. Black Minnesota Henry Fred Carl Margaret Caspers Thomas LeClerc Coggon Fred Harken Ddakotas Canada Rudolph Hatin William Margaret Tilianine Menman Minchester Herman Halin Mdaward Stadhueeller

Local Notes And Visits From Hopkinton Area

Sick resident recovering after a Sunday hospital trip to Anamosa. Grant Crawford and family plan to visit Washington DC where Mrs Meinzer resides. Grading work crews finished road tasks from Hopkinton to Delhi and near Aurora TH. Dorothy Reeve returned from Cleveland after a visit. Toward Zeuch spent weekend at home in Hopkinton. Vera Milrov and Phil left for Eldora after August stay with the Belknap family. Families traveled to Davenport and Cedar Rapids for various visits. Bernice Ferguson ill in hospital with intestinal flu.

Anamosa Grant Crawford O. E. Meinzer Roy Washington, D. C Cleveland Ohio Zeuch Welton Hopkinton Vera Milrov Phil Eldora J. G. Belknap N. Ll. Landers Buddy W. R. Reeve Kathryn Davenport Delbert Skinner Manchester Wis P. R. Wheeless Doran Beitz J. J. Wiltsie Fla Trish Cedar Rapids Trene Brock Barnville Mary FE. Allen Morning Sun Fleb. Allen Helen White Wickliffe A. J. Cramer Bernice Ferguson McDonald Hospital Monticello

Local Social News and Farm Shipments Highlight Community

The vice president and secretary roles are listed for club groups with names like Valda McGuire and Marjorie Brooks. Residents visit Davenport and Carpenter while 21 carloads of limestone are sold to area farmers. A giant 123 pound pumpkin is shown by Ernest DeMoss as he plans to mail it to Guerney Seed House for a prize. Ladies' Aid at the M. E. church meets Wednesday with officer elections.

Valda McGuire Marjorie Brooks Cora Hernon Pauline DeMoss Gladys Audrey DeMoss Anita Garside Pauline Brooks Roe McMillan Waterloo A. W. Peck George Dusanek, Jr Velma Anna Davenport Louis Buchholtz Carpenter Wyo Frank Norris Jens Lazare Fred Koch Don Wherry Roy Overly Ed Bates Dusanek Bros Ernest Goldsmith Meinhardt Thomsen Nelson Browdell George Norton Elias Anderson A. C. Lincoln John E. H. Jansen Oxford Junction Ernest DeMoss DeMoss Guerney Seed House Ladies’ Aid Society M. E. Church Hazel Mallicoat Henry Johnson Ethel Pealer A. D. Hunt Hanold

Monticello and Center Junction Students Named

Scotch Grove lists twenty Monticello high school students and four in Center Junction, detailing seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen across both locales. Also notes hires, visits, society events, weather, and local family arrivals.

Monmouth Area Social Ledger Notes Family Visits

Local residents hosted guests from Wisconsin and Iowa. Family gatherings included Mary Barnes hosting F K Barnes and relatives, plus several visits to Belle Johnston in Monmouth. An airplane visit, house moves, painting, and a surprise shower for Mrs Hutton marked a busy period.

Fire destroys Englebart residence. few goods saved

Last Thursday afternoon a fire gutted the Englebart home with Mrs Englebart away. Their three sleeping children were saved, while all household goods were lost. Cause uncertain though possibly faulty wiring. The house was insured but contents were not. The couple express gratitude for saved lives and community sympathy.

Prairieburg Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Prairieburg residents report visits and travel across states. Prairieburg Mr and Mrs Dave Church and daughter Pearl returned from California along with Mrs Effie Whitney visiting N L Floyd. Albert Truesdell worked painting in Wyoming last week at Roy Truesdell residence. Miss Mildred Woodyard helps Mrs Conklin at the central office. Miss Anne Collins attended teachers meeting in Cedar Rapids and stayed with her brother over the weekend. N Byerly of Anamosa visits his sister Mrs H D Conklin. Mrs Ida Davis visits son Glenn Davis. Mr and Mrs Will Kaliban of Toledo spent Sunday with John Kaliban north of town after church and visiting friends. Miss Alice Taylor went to Ana-

Oeseca Iyega Ivyega Mineral Creek Ocseca Orseca Ars Leng Pinesa Wynona Kleineck Petain ePailine Serbousek Wiehska Catherine Thompsons Ora May Andrews Betty Jean Townsend Maxine Moats Lavonne Welch Helen May Heiderman Dorothy Mead Laurel Naylor Alan Serbousek Elmer Andrews Lee Cotler Chicago Lloyd Robertson Jennie Belknap F. W. Bangs J. W. Livingstone Presbyterian Sunday School Prahm the River Hearst Duncan Washington, D. C George Washington University Ed Duncan H. E. Stingley W. A. Stingley Center Junction Charles Luett Grite Monticello Joan Gill Marion GC. E. Society Eyworth League Clarence Bethurum Lenox College Hopkinton Paul Springer Cedar Falls Howard Dawson Davenport Center Junction Theater Pryday Lucille Cedar Rapids Lorna Livingstone Town City Oakdale Harry Chase Peter Prahm Pauline C. C. Livingstone George French Onslow Presbyterian Church George O. Long Dubuque Presbytery Cascade Hubert Newlin Baby Harry James Art Ryland Dreibelbis Madison Wis L. A Het Jerry Bobby Gearhart George Herbert Cox Clark DeShaw Jean Laura Wheeless Virginia Kathryn Reeve Ethelyn Eleanor MacDonald Omaha Dick Goss Collins N. L. Landers Gaddis Lee Maralf Hettie Wakefield JD. Beitz Cletus Statler Donald MacDonald Frankie Trish Miss Biiney Dear Laughlin Howard Powers Dale Wheeless Lewis Herrington Ray Billings Maggie AJ R. Stanger Joral Dekrtia Humphreys Tove Sant Ger Trude Reeves Helen Dawns Josephine Lewis Florence McVay Janaan Chapel Marjorie Waltsie Mary Elizabeth Gearhart Gertrude Reeve Doroaths Pierce Emibasium Chira Bans Byron Donald Collins Henniker Noo Frank Wheeless Bonaparte Wyoming Iowa State University Iowa City Alice Brown Hubert Cooley Clarence Sears Raymond Harrington Arthur Rohwedder Drake University Des Moines Grizelda Morse Iowa State Teachers College Vera Case Vargie Case Janet Reade Iowa State College Ames Velma Jansen Walter Buchhaltz Hamline University Minneapolis Hillis Myers Presbyterian Hospital Nurses’ Training School Eloise Inglis Iceda Close Joseph Womachka Doris Brown Steamboat Rock Fredi Rohwedder Olin Ardis Swordes Edgewood Mary James Hampton Henrietta Franks Vergil Starry Baldwin Minna Hansen Ariel Swordes Buda Miriam Inglis Gresham Ore Winifred Wherry Mountain Tron Minn Elsie Bender Terre Haute Ind Edith Griswold San Bernadino Calif Marguerite Wilker Cornell University Ithaca N. Y Ruth Alden Denver Leota Wherry Jane Inglis Gladys Marshall Vera Westphal Alta Starry Frances Buchholtz Marian Grant Bessie Dusanek Helen Rohwedder Bernice Behnke Nellie Strasstin Grace Vrooman Ahab DeWitt Petersen Iowa Roy Bender A. J. Buerner Clinton J. S. Parr Mildred Siler Henry Siler Frank Starry Mr. Starry Reid Minnie Lewis Lyle Tompkins Hattw Myers Kalona John Wood Home Lumber Company Wreaming J. T. Swardes Boos Pealer John Hansen Co. W. Bramer Wyomini Wyoming+Onslow Clare Westphal Fred Westphal Madison Townships Harriet Peck Atlanta Tebo Matt Lorenzen Battle Creek Towa Cop. Lorenzen Harelo Lyle Verton Miller Jenniny Meo MD Millsap Laudhtor Herman Tintz Holstein Scotch Grove Nial Hogeboom Moline George Togeboom Christian Endeavor Society Wilma DeMoss Monticello High School Monticello School Laura Sinclair Greeta Brady Milly Rickels George Bohlken Josephine Poppe Lucile Rickels Mary Bohlken Gertrude Rickels Emma Hughes Russell Hughes Norma Rickels Fern May Leggett Raymond Helgens Henry Oltman Luella Oltman Henry Balster Sylvian Cooper Sara Oltman Evelyn Ladehoff Merle Hutton Hazel Craig Leroy Dirks Eloise Sutherland George Dirks Kathleen Hughes Miss Hughes Coe College F. D. Sutherland Eloise Sutherland A. B. Norris Hawick George Courtney Ethel Courtney Evelyn Miriam D. O. Sinclair Presbyterian Aid Society G. J. Hughes Walter Baumgardner Carl Himebaugh Marvin Carl R. A. Naylor F. W. Royden F. A. Royden Gertrude Anderson Thelma Gregory Women's Community Club Everett Stickley J. W. Callahan H. A. Loomis W. S. Eby Wilma Clark Roberta Clark Frances Steck W. B. Clark Manchester Phineas Himebaugh Lewis Wright Bernice No. 5 Mary Barnes Monmouth F. K. Barnes Shirley Jean Boscobel Belle Johnston Mary Orr Waterloo Harry Rutenbeck Lost Nation Jim White Jimmy Gayland George Overholt Spencer Brothers George Lyons Lydia Lyons Harriet Lamey Palisades Margaret Hall Irene Howard Hall Gray Gables G. Hutton Jeffries Cecil Fall Bowsers Clifford Howard Jay Clifford Graft Everett Wash Belle Johnson George Sears George Paulsen North Dakota Nebraska Norman Paul Connecticut Voyle Paul Astruran Club CG. Hutton Dave Church Pearl California Effie Whitney N. L. Floyd Albert Truesdell Roy Truesdell Mildred Woodyard Conklin Anne Collins N. Byerly Anamosa H. D. Conklin Ida Davis Glenn Davis Will Kaliban Toledo John Kaliban Alice Taylor Ana

Local Social Notes Mention Travels and Illness

Sunday visits highlight regional travel with the Truesdells and Whitneys in Central City and Minnesota. Illness and medical care appear as Mrs. Angie Black grows seriously ill and Mrs. Walmutt rests after a rib injury. A marriage between Madeline Woodward and Leo Lala is announced for the week.

Ing Walmutt L. Stone Madeline Woodward Leo Lala Center Point R. M. Clark Frances Cedar Rapids Rev Mrs. Smith Central City Randall

It All Depends Robert Quillen and His Vision

A brief sketch notes that Robert Quillen is seen as a man of vision by his supporters and a crank by his critics, reflecting divided opinion about his work and personality.

Robert Quillen

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