Wedding Fetes Mary Grace Kehoe and James Murray in Castle Grove
The Immaculate Conception Church in Castle Grove hosts the September Tuesday wedding of Mary Grace Kehoe and James B. Murray. Rev. J. J. Hennessey leads the double ring ceremony with a Mendelssohn march as Castle Grove choir performs. The couple will reside in Marion Iowa after a honeymoon tour to the Black Hills Yellowstone and St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immaculate Conception
Castle Grove Township
Mary Grace Kehoe
William T. Kehoe
James B. Murray
C. J. Murray
J. J. Hennessey
Clare Drummy
Waukon
Fr. O'Donnell
Marion
Mendelssohn
Lucile Crowley
Castle Grove
Leonard
Catherine
Doris
Roberta
Mary Kehoe
Leona Donovan
Mary Florence Ament
Helen Virginia Lahey
LaVerne Crowley
Robert Ament
Louis C. Murray
Clarence Kehoe
Lester Ament
Hopkinton
Mount Mercy Academy
Cedar Rapids
Jones and Linn
Legion
Columbia College
Murray
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
Thieves Steal Fruit From Monticello Home
Last Saturday thieves entered the cellar of Mr and Mrs Frank Wright and stole fifty jars of canned fruit and five bushels of potatoes. Mrs Wright, employed locally, has no clue to the thieves and the family fears hardship this winter. Citizens are urged to lock homes and consider donating fruit to aid the Wrights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wright
Wright
District Governor of Rotary Visits Local Club
District Governor Roy Louden of Fairfield visited the Monticello Rotary Club at Maples Inn last week Wednesday for the annual governor’s visit. He spoke on Rotary’s work at home and abroad, noting the organization operates in fifty one countries to promote international peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa City
Montii
Monticello Football Loses Captain to Thumb Injury
Captain Clarence Egger of Monticello high school suffers a compound thumb fracture in practice. He will miss September and October games, with possible returns for Marion Anamosa Manchester, leaving only four lettermen Cramer Phelps Che Yeoman to lead a green lineup. Coach Ray Smith hopes to field a functioning team by October 2 against Olin as Wyoming cancels its game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Egger
Monticello
Marion
Anamosa
Manchester
Monti High
Loren Cramer
Robert Phelps
Bernard Che
Willard Yeoman
Ray Smith
Olin
Wyoming
Theodore WClark Died Friday Age 81 At Monticello Home
Theodore W Clark died Friday at the home of his sisters Miss Mary Clark and Miss Carrie Clark in Monticello after years of ill health. He was born May 28 1864 in Louisa Illinois and worked with the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway in Clinton before retirement about twelve years ago. He is survived by brother F E Clark and sisters. several nieces and nephews. burial was in Anamosa. The funeral was held Sunday at 2 30 p m conducted by Rev Roy V Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore W. Clark
Mary
Carrie Clark
Mr. Clark
Misses Clark
Roy V. Porter
Anamosa
Louisa
Edward F
Eliza A. Clark
Clark
Clinton
Co. B. & Q. Railway Company
BE Clark
Kenilworth Court
F. E. Clark
Monticello
Messerli Anniversary Party Honors Couple With Gifts
Mr. and Mrs. John Messerli hosted a Sunday celebration for their tenth wedding anniversary. Seventy five guests shared a noon dinner and baskets, plus games of horseshoes and baseball. The couple received a purse of silver and gifts as friends and relatives from Monticello Hopkinton Ryan and Mechanicsville attended. Afternoon visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Vernon and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Messerli
Messerli
Fred Messerli
Fred Messerli, Jr
Joe Messerli
Peter Meyer
Hans
James Hasler
Frank Oshreder
Monticello
Adron Loomis
Ed Orr
Clifford Reed
Walter Haigh
Amos Richardson
Lenny Willard
Oscar Willard
Jake Meyer
J T Staff Takes Charge of Somonauk Hotel
John T Staff, former Lovell House proprietor, now runs the Somonauk hotel on Highway 18 Il with a modern facility and connected dining room. He offers a Sunday chicken dinner and notes ten buses stop daily, while enjoying good health and renewed hotel work in a town with heavy travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Staff
Lovell House
Somonauk
Highway 18
Somonauk, Til
Ilinois
John
Penmanship Exhibit Wins At State Fair
Miss Josephine Foley penmanship teacher in Anamosa public schools entered exhibits from second, fourth, fifth and seventh grades at the state fair and won first place. Anamosa schools show enrollment of 456 in the grades and 219 in the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Foley
Anamosa
Blind Monticello Weaver Supports Himself With Rugs
Grant Adamson of Monticello, blind for eight years, learned rug and basket weaving at a Vinton school for the blind. He returns to Monticello and weaves rugs for customers from Cedar Rapids to Jones county, earning about 75 cents per rug and producing two per day in a single room workshop. He and his wife also offer ready made rag rugs, while visiting inquiries are welcome.
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Monticello
Grant Adamson
Reformed Church
Adamson
Vinton
School For the
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Wyoming
Cascade
Jones County
School For the Blind
J. P. Jordan
Pierce
W. F. Rohn
William P. Morrissey
Coggan
Bob Finley
Davenport
Butterfield
Temple Hill
Maquoketa
Baldwin
Lost Nation
Oxford Junction
Electric Light Company
Marshalltown
Iowa City
Fred Goldin
Marion
Edward Ferrer
Chicago
Wilbur
Clarence Brown
Clayton and Mason
Knights of Columbus to Install New Officers Monday
Monticello council of the Knights of Columbus will install new officers at 7 p.m. next Monday September 21 in the K of C hall. District Deputy Dr William Redmond of Cedar Rapids leads the ceremony with a list of officers including Grand Knight Dr M F Hogan and others in key posts.
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Monticello
the Knights of Columbus
K. of C. Hall
William Redmond
Cedar Rapids
M. F. Hogan
John Breen
Joseph Barron
Clarence Brashaw
Theo. F
Miss Houston Reports Pupils On Honor Roll
Honor roll lists from Monti cello schools include Sacred Heart student Josephine Winans and public school rolls across grades. Sixth grade names Stemm La vonne Landis Naida Jean Bradley. fifth and sixth grade Rabe Kathleen Paulson Loyal Rittmer. fifth grade Henderson James Keith. fourth grade Ashton Olive Nagel Phyllis Anderson. second grade Meyer Estella Smith Betty Lou Podhaski Donald Rutherland LaVerne Nagel Betty Lou Patterson Eloise Timmins. first grade Wood Albert peceeiil John Stuhler Raymond Nagel.
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Monticello
Sacred Heart
Josephine Winans
Stemm
Lavonne Landis
Naida Jean Bradley
Rabe
Kathleen Paulson
Loyal Rittmer
Miss Henderson
James Keith
Ashton
Olive Nagel
Phyllis Anderson
Meyer-—Estella Smith
Betty
Plane and Flights Worldwide Past Week Update
The report covers missing Tokio to Seattle flyers found alive on a Kamchatka island, planes missing near Halifax and off Cape Race, and wreckage near the Shetland Islands. It notes a Belize hurricane death toll around 1,200 and a San Francisco Bay fog crash with four fatalities.
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Cecil Allen
Don Moyle
Tokio
Seattle
Barren Island
Kamchatka Peninsula
Siberia
Atlantic
Portugal
New York
Halifax
Shetland Islands
Parker Qoramer
Oliver Pacquette
Detroit
Copenhagen
Trail Blazers
Belize
British Honduras
Panama
San Francisco Bay
Ning
Cape Race
London
New England
Esa
Junkers
Coast Guard
Naval
Infant Thomas Orcutt Dies After Illness at Home
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn H. Orcutt mourn the death of their infant son Thomas Elmer who died at home Monday at 10 30 after a six week illness. A oat hull caused the trouble and surgery at University hospital Iowa City followed by pneumonia and complications. Born near Monticello June 10 1930 he is survived by parents and siblings Anna Marie Georgia Mae Joyce Hope Ruth Junior and Donald. Funeral services were at the Orcutt home yesterday at 2 30 with Frank Walker singing and Rev W A Montgomery delivering comfort. Burial was in Oakwood cemetery.
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Glenn H. Orcutt
Thomas Elmer
University Hospital
Iowa City
Thomas
Monticello
Anna Marie
Georgia Mae
Joyce
Hope
Ruth
Junior
Donald
F. J. Sokol
J. F. Petcina
Hiram Arnold
C.B. Paul
T. B. Kent
William Sutherland
the Express
A. M. Maurice
Drake University
John Alexander Richmond
Yrand
W. J. Richmond
Grover Farm
Henry Hanken
Hanken
Hanover
Germany
United States
Mary Rieken
Lena Hanken
Herman Hanken
Jones County
John Hanken
Max Stadtmueller
Nanne Hanken
Meta Henrichs
Johanna Rickels
Pomeroy
Leonard Wismeier
George W. Curtis
Antwerp
Ohio
Elmer Hoag
Harriet Grace
Fats
Tom King
S. S. Farwell
W. M. Lemen
Romain Sheer
Castle Grove Township
Mr. Heiken
Mr. Laude
George Siemering
Maquoketa River
Iron Bridge
Farmers' Creamery Sets Butterfat Prices for August
At the monthly directors meeting of Farmers' Mutual Creamery Mon ticello the board voted to pay 33 cents per pound for first grade butterfat and 30 cents for second grade. Checks will be issued by the treasurer on the 1st and 15th of each month. In August the creamery received 76,688 pounds of first grade and 6,846 pounds of second grade butterfat.
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Farmers’ Mutual Creamery Company of
Monticello
Hoag Serves as Toastmaster at Maquoketa Valley Banquet
The Maquoketa Valley Baseball association held its annual banquet at Guttenberg with members of the team and directors present from Monticello. L. E. Hoag acted as toast master while Cascade received the pennant after a game against an all star team from seven towns. The evening ended with a pavilion dance.
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Maquoketa Valley Baseball Association
Guttenberg
Monticello
J. J. Locher
L. E. Hoag
Lakeside Pavilion
Cascade
Hoag
Monticello Youths Pledged at Coe College
Two Monticello youths received college sorority and fraternity pledges at Coe College in Cedar Rapids last week. Vivian Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs William E Smith joined Beta Phi Alpha sorority while James Bender Jr son of Mr and Mrs James Bender pledged Tau Kappa Epsilon.
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Monticello
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Vivian Smith
William E. Smith
Beta Phi Alpha Sorority
James Bender, Jr
James Bender
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Boy on Crutches After Pony Fall Fractures Foot
Richard Schoon, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Haye Schoon of Wayne township, uses crutches after falling from a pony last week. He fractured one ankle and his great toe.
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Richard Schoon
Haye Schoon
Wayne Township
Items Of Occurrences Thirty Years Ago
The column notes deaths and life events over the past month including Mrs. Henry McCullough dying of typhoid, Henry Hanken's stroke, the Richmond child’s death, the Curtis anniversary, and McKinley remembrance. It records base ball games, school staff lists, and local civic notes from Monticello and Jones County with names, ages, and places.
Accidental Revolver Shot Injures Jones County Youth
In Wyoming yesterday a 46 revolver discharged during a trade negotiation. George McCalmant, 19, was struck in the right groin as the bullet traveled through his leg. He was taken to John Mc Donald Memorial hospital for treatment with no major vessels hit.
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Wyoming
George McCalmant
Wm. McCalmant
John McDonald Memorial Hospital
Basil Cubbage
Cubbage
Young McCalmant
Neighborhood News Highlights Cedar Falls Enrollment and Local Happenings
The Cedar Falls Town State Teachers' college reports 1 975 students enrolled after day two, about 100 fewer than 1930. Maquoketa Lutheran Church buys a lot for a future church at 2000 dollars. Rev. Ewald Senat leads the congregation. R F Billings to remodel Princess theater in Hopkinton adding a talkie. Mrs Louise Stevn, aged 93, celebrated her birthday in Earlville after 33 years residence. she immigrated from Germany in 1872. Jackson County Fair faces a 5 000 debt with 1 000 raised and 4 000 more hoped for. Gifford C Rice, Linn county official and former supervisor, dies after a lingering illness near Walker. Andy Robison of Dyersville completes 87 days atop a flagpole, aims for a five round boxing match afterward.
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State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Lutheran Church Congregation
Maquoketa
Ewald Senat
R. F. Billings
Hopkinton
Princess Theater
Louise Stevn
Earlville
Germany
United States
Delaware County
Stevn
Jackson County Fair Association
Gifford C. Rice
Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Walker
Mr. Bice
Spring Grove Township
Isaac
Mary Catherine Rice
Linn
Cedar County
Mary Gilchrist
Andy Robison
Dyersville
Bill Penfield
Shenandoah
Robison
Grant Highway Park
Penfield
Gravel Contracts Let For Hopkinton Road
Delaware county supervisors let gravel contracts on a road joining No 113 near the McGlade farm and connecting with the primary road below Sand Spring. The project is funded by voluntary farmer and local business contributions to improve an all weather route. frost loosened ground previously hampered spring travel.
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Delaware County
No. 113
McGlade
Sand Spring
Hopkinton
Monticello
Subscriptions To Express Now Being Collected
Mrs. Margaret E. Pond is authorized by the publishers to collect subscriptions to The Express and to take new ones. This is her third time performing the service. She has long resided in Monticello and is well known locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret E. Pond
The
Express
Pond
Monticello
Auto Drivers To Be Licensed In Year 1932
Iowa plans a statewide driver license system by January 1 1932. Sheriff chiefs of police may issue licenses after tests with free license for car owners and fees for others. The law sets age rules exemptions penalties suspensions and a 30 day tourist grace period.
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Towa
W. A. Stevens
State Motor Vehicle Department
L. H. Doran
Boone
Stevens
United States Army
Navy
Marine Corps
State Department
Iowa
Herman Shaffer Of Wayne Buys A Farm
The W. A. Hale 200 acre Grand View stock farm four miles north of Anamosa sold to Herman Shaffer of Wayne township for 135 dollars per acre. Also Kiburz farm of 300 acres near Monticello sold to John E. Bateman. John S. McLees estate farm of 200 acres in Castle Grove township sold to Arthur Hugh for 60 dollars per acre.
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W. A. Hale
Anamosa
Grand View
Herman Shaffer
Wayne Township
Iowa
Kiburz
Joe Kiburz
John E. Batemian
Monticello
John S. McLees
Castle Grove Township
Arthur Hugh
Delaware County
Dr Earl DeShaw Opens New Medical Practice
Dr Earl DeShaw of Hopkinton opens general medical and surgical practice in new offices above George Stuhler's Sons Co shoe store. Entrance via stairway between Stuhler clothing and McNeill hardware.
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Earl DeShaw
Hopkinton
George Stuhler
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Rotary
Theo. W. Clark
Mrs. Messerli
J. T
Somonauk, II
Mr. Adamson
Miss Houston
Pacific Ocean
Kathryn Schlapp
University of Iowa
Gamma Phi Beta Sorority
Miss Schlapp
Merrill Woody
Des Moines
Allen Gable
Laurel
Loren Gable
J. A. Pratt
Earl W. Coppersmith
Sioux City
John McConnell, Jr
Robert Johnson
Centerville
Floyd Kenneth Showers
Leon
West Des Moines
C. B. Steward
Omaha
Nebraska Farm Federation
Gos
Tuenel
Steward
Nebraska
Farmers West Central Marketing Corporation
Honduras
Turner
W. H. Brock
Newton
Ralph Smith
Iowa Grange
J. R. Rhodes
Charles Hearst
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Milo Reno
Farmers Union
W. H. Thompson
Fort Dodge
Farmers-Grain Dealers Association
Mark G. Thornburg
G. N. Haughen
Northwood
4Keeseeres
Gahndi
India
Gandhi
Glenn Orcutt
Farmers’ Creamery
Coe
Henry McCullough
Lake Okoboji
Onslow
Peter Smith
Scotland
First Street
North Side
South
Gertrude Lang
Bertha Gilroy
Clara Dunn
Ruth Darling
Margaret Young
Clara Ricklefs
Nettie French
Harriet Proctor
Robert J. Taupert
Mexico City
George F. Wilkens
Pea Ridge
Lookout Mountain
Vicksburg
Grant Stambaugh
E. E. Stambaugh
E. R. Webb
Oakdale
Lakehurst
William and
Pat Lambaugh
Luther Howland
Gladys, Carl
Eunice
Laura Rieken
Hopkinton Road
Wayne
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