Will S Beels Dies at Hopkinton Editor of The Hopkinton Leader
Will S Beels 20 editor and publisher of The Hopkinton Leader died Monday at his home after a long illness. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Hopkinton. Beels, born March 16 1863 at Sheboygan Falls Wis, had served as Hopkinton mayor for four terms and led the Leader since 1900. He married Flora A Howard in 1898. they had no children. He edited papers in Emmetsburg, Manchester and Delaware County before settling in Hopkinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will S. Beels
Hopkinton
Presbyterian Church
David de Beast
Beels
Dick Goss
Manchester
Mr. Beels
Sheboygan Falls
W's
Great Lakes
Independence
Oelwein Register
Emmetsburg
Emmetsburg Tribune
Manchester Democrat
Delaware County News
Hopkinton Leader
Masonic Lodge
Peers
Flora A. Howard
Olive Hubbard Wins Columbia Scholarship
Miss Olive Gertrude Hubbard of Waterloo recently earned a 500 resident graduate scholarship to Columbia University New York after graduating from the Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls at age 19 with a BA. She plans to depart September 22. While at the State Teachers College she joined V O V sorority Sigma Phi Kappa Delta Pi Lambda Delta Lambda Kappa Mu Epsilon and the mathematics club among other activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Gertrude Hubbard
Waterloo
A. G. Rodman
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Miss Hubbard
Columbia University
New York
State Teachers’ College
V. O. V. Sorority
Sigma Phi
Kappa Delta Pi
Lambda Delta Lambda
Kappa Mu Epsilon
Lovell's Laboring Lassies Hold Sept Meeting at Hein Home
Lovell's Laboring Lassies conducted their monthly meeting at Lorraine Hein's home on a Saturday. The club adopted a new honor system awarding members after 150 points for attendance, crafts, and holding positions. Luella Balsiger demonstrated bouquet arrangements and led a singing session before refreshments.
Jones County Receives 1700 for Road Projects
Jones County's September allotment of Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds totals 1700, down 300 from the prior two months. Funds will finance county road work including surfacing, with a large crew operating a quarry near Cascade Dubuque County to obtain crushed stone for four miles of road south to Skahill's corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Cascade
Skahill's Corner
Oxford Junction Plans Second Fall Festival
Oxford Junction announces a fall festival scheduled for Saturday September 16. The event features a ball game between Oxford Junction and the Tama Indians, along with vaudeville acts and a band concert in the town festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Farmers' Creamery Tug of War and Ball Games Set
The Farmers' Mutual Creamery patrons plan a Sunday program at the city park featuring a kittenball game between two fast Monticello teams, followed by a brisk baseball match. The event ends with a tug-of-war while ages of players are restricted from 30 to 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company
Roy Morey
Monticello
Monticello Plans Nine Month School Year For public schools
The Monticello public schools begin nine months of study with a full teaching staff listed. A B Grimes leads as superintendent with degrees from Coe college University of Chicago University of Iowa. The list covers principals grade teachers and subject specialists across multiple towns including Readlyn Readlyn Readlyn and West Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
A. B. Grimes
Coe Colege
University of Chicago
University of Iowa
Minard Brout
State Teachers’ College
Margaret Kaste
Boyd Shannon
Ann Miller
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Martha Meyer
Readlyn
Merten
Deen Oe
Oys
Opal Porter
Truro
Louise Cooper
Warrensburg
Missouri State Teachers’ College
A. F. Walker
University of Illinois
Elizabeth Wallis
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Harry Berg
Cedar Falls
Earl Holtz
Dysart
Drake University
Emma Grote
van Horne
Ruth Burnstedt
Webster City
Iowa
Amney Wood
Sigourney
Ardis Rabe
West Liberty
Dorothy Stemm
Menlo
Recene Ashton
Shenandoah
State ‘Teachers’ College
Mildred Iverson
Britt
June Meyer
Breda
Bernice Stout
Adelaide Gray
Elkader
Additional Students To Go To College
The Express reports new college bound students from Monticello. Lenox junior college Hopkinton lists Thomas George Keith Dickey Jusell Suter Benjamin Roberts Phillip Maurice Ione Benesh Inez Kiburz and Winnon Harford among sixteen Monticello youths attending Lenox. Cornell College Mount Vernon lists Margaret Macaulay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Margaret Macaulay
Lenox Junior College
Hopkinton
Thomas George
Keith Dickey
Jussell Suter
Benjamin Roberts
Phillip Maurice
Ione Benesh
Inez Kiburz
Winnon Harford
Monticello
Lenox
New Officers Elected For Junior Senior High
Friday assembly at 3 p m announced officers for the coming year with Loretta Specht as senior president and Bill Ferring as junior president. The science classes thank Mrs Reed for a generous gift of nature and science books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Che
Mr. Holtz
Miss Wallis
Loretta Specht
L. J. Randall
Laura Sinclair
Hilda Balster
Verna Loomis
Gerald Schoon
Ruth Bender
Irene Johnson
Bill Ferring
George Fraser
Frances Steck
Ada Eager
Orvin Yeoman
Ivan Reynolds
Marion McVay
Glenn Lambert
Jim Hicks
Bernice Havitchek
Donald Robertson
Les He Balster
Miriam Lovell
John Nagle
Eleanor Stewart
Margaret Phelps
Henrietta Bohlken
Paul van Buren
Scotch Grove
Holtz
Clarence Hearn
Miss Porter
Gladys Howland
Helen Holst
Miss Meyer
Monticello High School
Reed
Prairieburg Church Plans Homecoming and Dining Hall Open
St. Joseph's Church in Prairieburg prepares a homecoming next Sunday with a New Deal kolach and chicken dinner at 11 30. A 2 o'clock ball game between married and unmarried men, other entertainments, and the public opening of the redecorated church dining hall will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's Church
Prairieburg
Ruth VanBuren Joins Bangor Daily News in Bangor Maine
Ruth G. VanBuren, formerly of The Monticello Express, accepts a post at the Bangor Daily News in Bangor Maine. She will begin next Monday and likely cover social and school news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth G. VanBuren
Bangor
The
Monticello Express
Bangor Daily News
Bangor Me
Golf Championship Series Holds Limelight at Local Course
Monticello Country Club hosts continuing championship play with Byers, Redmond, Bone, Ricklefs, Laude and others advancing in both flights. Semi finals set as Bone faces Redmond winner and Ricklefs meets Laude or Thoeni bracket victor. finals postponed due to date conflict with Tipton clubs invite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byers
R. Stuhler
Redmond
Helserman
Buck
Bone
E. Ricklefs
Shimanek
Hauss
Thoeni
Laude
Lovell
Roberts
Hudson
Shaffer
Grimes
E. Skelley
Dennis
A. Ricklefs
DeShaw
Shelley
Tipton
Monticello
Weat Liberty
Carpenter fifty year wedding anniversary celebrated
Mrs. and Mrs. Henry M. Carpenter marked fifty years of marriage with a large reception at their Walnut Street home on Monday September 11 attended by 300 guests from Monticello and beyond. The couple, married September 11 1883, were joined by family, friends, and out of town visitors including Elva Briggs and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Carpenter
Walnut Street
Carpenter
Frederick P. Stahler
John Perrine
George Wilkens
Charles Northrop
John Fraser
F. Stewart Stuhler
C. G. Thomas
R. G. Stuhler
Florence Noble
Monticello
Elva Briggs
Walter
Mary Briggs
Minneapolis
Co. D. Baldwin
Howard Baldwin
Helen Baldwin
Cascade
A. G. Bauder
Cedar Rapids
Lee Densmore
Edgewood
William Dennison
J. J. Dolphin
Ryan
Luna Templeton
Harriet Coughlan
Henry George
J. W. Coxsee
Elmer Hicks
Jennie Shipman
W. A. Hogan
George Lovell
Will Dunshee
Bea Bliss
George Wilens
Major
Farwell
David M. Jenkins
James Kean of Cascade Suffers Fractured Skull
James Kean an 11 year old pupil at St. Martins school Cascade sustained a fractured skull when a wild pitch hit him on the right head. He was unconscious sank to Mercy hospital Anamosa where an emergency operation was performed. He will be in hospital for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kean
E. J. Kean
St. Martin's School
Calvin Billman
Loras Keegan
Billman
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
James
Kean
Little Jimmie
Allan
Guttenberg Wins Playoff To Clinch MV pennant
Guttenberg Giants defeated Dyersville Dutchmen 4 to 1 in a Sunday playoff at Dyersville before about 1500 fans. Guttenberg jumped to an early lead and held on for the decisive victory to annex its second consecutive Maquoxeta Valley pennant. Drees Saengling and Finch along with Wolf drove in runs. Wolf hit a homer. Rubly earned the win with eight strikeouts. Rubly and Finch issued walks. Umpires: Savel and Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeville Giants
Guttenberg
Dyersville
Drees
Saengling
Finch
Wolf
Hess
Koelker
Rubly
Savel
Johnson
Jule Webster Advances as Nurse to Richard Arlen Kin
Miss Jule Webster, a John McDonald hospital graduate nurse, works in Los Angeles and cared for the three month old son of Richard Arlen. The Arlens and Webster stayed aboard a yacht near Catalina Islands during August while filming. They plan to reside at Pilot Springs in September for another film, accompanied by Bing Crosby and his wife. The Arlens expect to travel to Europe in November with Webster nursing Richard Jr during their absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jule Webster
John McDonald Hospital
Los Angeles
Calif
Richard Arlen
Arlen
Catalina Islands
Annual Mission Festival At Reformed Church
Rev Albert C Fischer of Wheatland is guest speaker for the annual mission festival at the Reformed Church next Sunday. Sunday school starts at 9 30 with a 10 30 morning service in German and English. Holy Communion, special music by choirs and quartets. morning music includes Faulkes Festival Prelude, Send Out Thy Light, Tis Harvest Time, Dawn, and postlude. Evening service features a prelude instrumental, two male quartet numbers, Kingdoms and Thrones, and more by the senior choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Fischer
Wheatland
Reformed Church
Fischer
William Faulkes
Christian Arise
Gird
W. T. Giffe
Carrie B. Adams
Farmer Canning Co To Finish Annual Sweet Corn Pack
The Farmer Canning company completes the annual sweet corn packing with the final run expected tomorrow per local manager Carl C Hodson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl C. Hodson
Notable Monticello Happenings From September 1908
Twenty five years ago The Monticello Express recapped September events. Highlights include teaching appointments, church milestones, a German service revival, a newborn, visits from former residents, a European trip return of Father McCormick, deaths of Aaron Cummings and Harm Harrs, Midshipman Thomas’s furlough and reassignment, Porter resuming theological studies, and growth of the Castle Grove Farmers Mutual Insurance association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Miss Bird Carter
Monticello
Redlands
Calif
Fred Wilhelm
United States Army
Jefferson Barracks
E. B. Gruenstein
Reformed Church of
Gruenstein
George Rettig
Rettig
Old Congregational Church
Frank Wernimont
Herman Monroe
Riverside
John McCormick
Sacred Heart Church
Ida Tschantz
Fritz Tschantz
John £. Foster
Mary I. Jarman
F. B. Bolton
Adelaide Rittenmeyer
Laura Miller
Charlotte Adams
Rachel Magee
Maude Crum
Clara Barr
Anna Balcar
Florence Hefner
Nellie K. Lane
Mary Locher
Alicia Whiting
Nellie Wales
Harriet Smith
Aaron S. Cummings
Harm Harrs
R. G. Thomas
Monticel S
Paducah
West Indies
Roy V. Porter
Methodist Church
Drew Theological Seminary
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association of
Castle Grove
Miss Jarman Program Invites Public And Alumni
The express invites all old pupils and friends of the late Mary I Jarman to a memorial program in her honor at the public school building next Tuesday evening September 19 at 8 o clock Admission is free Alumni and their families are asked to sit in the center section All former school staff are urged to attend The Express lists the program in a panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary I. Jarman
Miss Jarman
the Express
Louis Gardner Joins Oxford Mirror Staff
Louis Gardner of Chicago, formerly Anamosa, will begin work with the Oxford Junction Mirror starting Monday September 4. He is known as former publisher of the Anamosa Eureka and will move with his wife to establish a home here with Mrs Gardner assisting in news writing and office work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Junction
Louis Gardner
Chicago
Anamosa
Jones County
The
Mirror
Special Program to Honor Miss Mary Jarman Memory
A memorial program honors Miss Mary I Jarman former Monti cello public school principal who left a $1000 legacy for the school Her legacy funded a new clock system now installed at the school A program Sept 19 at 8 pm in the auditorium includes band selection invocation by Rev Grossheim memories of Miss Jarman by Emma Grote Miss Jarman Teacher Millington Carpenter vocal Earl Holtz, clock presentation J W Coxsee and clock acceptance F E Stimson ending with the Loyalty song
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary I. Jarman
Monticello Public Schools
Board of Education
Miss Jarman
Grossheim
Carl F Schatz Died Suddenly in Iowa Farm Community
Carl Frederick Schatz died suddenly at his home near Ledyard in Kossuth county last Saturday evening September 9 after eight days of illness from bronchial pneumonia which developed into pleural pneumonia. He was born June 3 1894 in Lovell township Jones county and married Laura Eller in 1915 and Catherine Gettman in 1927. He is survived by his widow his father and siblings with services conducted by Rev WH L Adix at St Matthew's Church Monticello and burial in Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Carpenter
Mary Farwell
Farwell
Iowa State College
Ames
Henry M. Carpenter
Old Lyme
Conn
Capt. M. L. Carpenter
Harriet
Marvin) Carpenter
New York
Connecticut
Iowa
Castle Grove Township
Jones County
George Miller
Millington F. Carpenter
State University of Iowa
Halstead M. Carpenter
Monticello State Bank
S. 3. Farwell
M. L. Carpenter
George W. Lovell
Monticello National Bank
Jones County Trust and Savings Bank
Lowell State Bank
Carl Frederick Schatz
Ledyard
Mr. Schatz
Carl A
Anna Marie Schatz
Lovell Township
Montcello
Schatz
Laura Eller
Catherine Gettman
Swea City
Kossuth
Carl A. Schatz
E. A. Schatz
Adolph Egger
Willie Behrends
Harry Maire
Harm Schatz
Coggon
A. J. Holmes
Cedar Falls
C. A. Schatz
WH. L. Adix
St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Oakwood Cemetery
Dubuque Man May Succeed Kenyon
A Dubuque man, A O Connor, former United States district attorney, is named by the Pioneer Press as a possible successor to the late Judge William S Kenyon. Minnesota Democratic circles report Connor as a strong possibility, noting eight years as district attorney and a Chicago convention role. Mr and Mrs Harry Bricker and son Herman of Coggan visited the Newton Parrott home last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rank A. O'Connor
Dubuque
United States
Willam S. Kenyon
Pioneer Press
Minnesota
O'Connor
Woodrow Wilson
Chicago
Roosevelt
Harry Bricker
Herman
Coggan
Newton Parrott
New Books At Monticello Library Attract Patrons
Monticello library patrons gain access to a range of new titles across subjects. Key works include A Century of Progress by Beard, Brown America by Embree, Our Movie Made Children by Forman, 100 000 000 Guinea Pigs by Kallet, Invincible Louisa by Meigs, Moral Man and Immoral Society by Niebuhr, About Our Selves by Overstreet, Rethinking Missions, and Por Sinners Only by Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beard
C. A
Embree
E. R
America
Forman
H. J
Motion Picture Research Council
Kallet
Arthur
Consumers’ Research, Inc
Meigs
Cornelia
Louisa
Russell
A. J
Oxford Group
NRA Meeting in Monticello Highlights NRA program
Charles D. Manson spoke to about 200 business and professional people at the American Legion hall in Monticello last Thursday evening. The talk covered the national recovery program and the 40 hour work week with a $12 minimum wage, noting many modified agreements exist to carry on trade. The session was part of a consumer campaign led by the Monticello Business and Professional Woman's club, with Richard F. Carn of the U S Chamber of Commerce in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Manson
Cedar Rapids
Richard FP. Carn
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Washington, D.C
Carn
Manson
Monticello
Roosevelt
United States
Second District
NRA
Cain
Welcome New Pastor at Monticello Methodist Church Dinner
Rev. W. J. Macaulay and family were welcomed by church members at a parish dinner last Thursday. The Monticello Public Schools faculty attended, C. A. Coxsee delivered the welcome, and Rev. Macaulay replied and welcomed teachers. A program featured solos by Elizabeth Wallis, Madonna Cotton, Paul Van Buren, and Earl Holtz with Laura Sinclair at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Macaulay
Methodist Church
Monticello
Elizabeth Wallis
Laura Sinclair
Madonna Cotton
Paul van Buren
Earl Holtz
Gutensohn to Speak at Cedar Rapids Congregational Meeting
The Davenport association of Congregational churches meets at First Congregational Cedar Rapids next Tuesday and Wednesday. Rev S G Gutensohn of Monticello will address the topic Has the Church a Message for Today with a sermon by Rev Walter H Upton of Davenport. A local delegation attends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Association of the Congregational Churches
First Congregational Church
Cedar Rapids
Soelar
L. A. Owen
Iowa City
Farmer
Earl Elijah
Clarence
Walter H. Upton
Davenport
S. G. Gutensohn
Monticello
Printing Press Repaired At The Express Office
The Express is printed in its own pressroom this week after repairs. C. B. Hungerford, press department manager at Rabus & Toeller, Cedar Rapids, repaired the broken gears. Hungerford, a long-time Anamosa native, is an expert workman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
C. B. Hungerford
Rabus & Toeller
Cedar Rapids
Hungerford
Jones County
Anamosa
The
Employment Offered To Jones County Men
Primary number 38 extending south of Center Junction will be graded this fall. The state highway commission requires that only Jones county labor be used. County Engineer G. Henningsen chairs the Jones county employment relief committee. Interested men should apply to him in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Junction
State Highway Commission
Jones County
G. Henningsen
Anamosa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leader
Olive Hubbard
Columbia
Clemma Wenger
Prairieburg Church
Hogan
Spooner
Hodson
R. Hoag
R. Hogan
Skelley
A. Rickless
R. Locher
H. M. Carpenter
Jenkins
T. J. Lane
Oxford Mirror
Miss Mary
Jarman
Carl F. Schatz
Man
Kenyon
Monticello Public Library
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!