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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1929
Page
5
The September term in Anamosa will convene next Monday September 23 with Judge Atherton B. Clark. The grand jury starts then while the petit jury is set for September 30. ten jury cases are noticed for trial and many new cases have been filed including guardianships notes, garnishments, deferrals, and multiple foreclosures and dismissals.
Monticello high school opens the season Friday afternoon September 27 at 3 30 in the city park against Lisbon. Coach Jack Finlay expects a hard fought, close game with a snappy Monticello squad. Season tickets for five games cost adults 1 50 and children 1 00 with savings.
Neighborhoods That Interest Mr and Mrs Glenn Echmeyer of Center Point were injured when their car crashed into a tree in Cedar Rapids. Mrs Echmeyer broke an arm and both suffered head and body bruises. Mrs Ida Lathrop died at her Olin home after a month of illness. Funeral held at Oxford Junction. Louis Wisehart, 24, electrocuted near Iowa City while polishing transformer equipment. Fred Eye fatally injured in an auto crash between Wellman and DeWitt while returning from a dance. Mrs A N Dennison of Anamosa died at Mercy hospital after paralysis. Funeral conducted at Loder funeral home.
A Dubuque item notes motorists ignore a forty mile limit after the road shoulders were built on the Zwingle Dubuque route. Workers face danger and a deputy sheriff will guard the site with arrests promised for future violators.
In Monticello petitions circulate for free mail delivery but interest remains tepid. Businessmen prefer existing timing and the central post office suits most residents, with only fringe outlying districts needing rural routes. The apparent aim seems to create a carrier job.
Hopkinton Leader reports Receiver Sanding says Farmers State bank will pay a second dividend of 20 percent to depositors and claimants with a notice coming on payment date and where to call for checks. He also anticipates Hopkinton State bank dividends before year end depending on settlements.
At the republican convention the ticket included F J Sokol J F Petcina Hiram Arnold Clifford Paul and others. Obituaries note deaths of John Dolphin Bertha May Yousse Daisy Rundle and Mrs Catherine Stuhler. Households record marriages births sales and farm transactions with dates and places across Monticello and surrounding townships.
Supt Arch B Grimes reports that nearly all students have enrolled. 208 in the high school and 311 in the grades under 28 instructors. The schools run smoothly with many activities planned including an operetta directed by Rose Wilcox, supervisor of music.
Rev Robert Davies pastor of the local Methodist Episcopal church travels to Dubuque for the annual Upper town conference session. He was invited to return after a successful year during which the church advanced. Sunday school will meet next Sunday with no preaching until the following Sunday.
The journal describes a long motor and steamship itinerary through Glasgow and Aberdeen to Oban and Oban’s environs, visiting cathedrals, Glasgow University, museums, Iona, Staffa, Mull, and Culden battle sites. Stops include Edinburgh, Melrose, Abbotsford, Durham, York, Cambridge, Stratford, Oxford, Windsor, and London. The voyage notes weather, sights, and local antics with emphasis on castles, bridges, and historic graves.
At the regular meeting of the Arthur P. O Rourke post of the American Legion in Monticello, officers for the ensuing year were elected. Post commander is Herman Schneider, vice-post commander William Null, adjutant John Ross, historian chaplain Herman Hoffman, post finance officer Hartley Wilkinson, master of arms Harry Maire.
Chief Evergreen Tree entertained Monti cello public schools in the auditorium last Friday afternoon. The internationally known performer imitated birds and animals, presented tribal dances and songs, and accompanied himself on a drum. The event followed by a reception for new students and staff, with several class presidents giving welcomes.
Alumni football squad overwhelmed the local high school team delivering a 13 to 0 victory after late second quarter scores. Key players included Brokaw Skelley and Zubler for the alumni while the high school defense showed promise with limited first game experience and a six play workload. Referee Minard Stout observed the muddled early season clash as Mrs. Ray Hoag prepared for a New York Boston trip for Hoag Duster business.
Mrs. Peter Kurt of Monticello Red Cross reports a shipment to Washington for soldiers in Roumania including ten Christmas bags with cigarette cases soap paste and brushes plus utensils. Also sent were clothing for eight year old boys five shirts and five underwear sets to Bulgaria for orphaned children.
A second arson case in Manchester Delaware county opened in court with Frank Martens confessing to setting fire to the Bort farm home near Langworthy. He received a five year sentence with parole and the Castle Grove Mutual Fire Insurance Co seeks $700 from Martens in a related district court action.
The frost of the night of September 13 is reported as killing over much of the state. In this locale it was light and barely perceptible. Tender vegetation showed minor damage only in dew spots. A subsequent frost affected tender vegetation in dew areas. Montivello recorded a low temperature.
Reverend Tendick of Ursinus Classis attends the General Synod mission and stewardship conference in Harrisburg Pennsylvania to be held at the Salem Reformed Church. He travels by train and plans to return by Saturday morning.
Fire Marshal G G Shanafelt inspected buildings in Monticello on September 4 and ordered Leroy Clark to remove the old livery barn by October 14 due to fire hazard. Lande and Lane properties also required cleanup by October 14 or face $10 daily penalties. grain dust and cellar conditions prompted immediate orders for removal and boarding up openings.
Lawrence Rickels, proprietor of the Peacock Shop, wed Thelma Walker on August 30 at Tipton. The ceremony was officiated by eye Wo Bo Van Buren, ex pastor of the Meth odist Episcopal church at Manticeela. Bud underwent a major brain-adjacent bone scraping operation in Cedar Rapids last week. doctors gave him fifty fifty odds, but the surgery succeeded and he expects to return to Monticello soon.
Ed Brazelton's auto burned in a pasture incident while he chased cattle at night. The vehicle tipped into a ditch and exploded after a tank ruptured, scattering debris and ashes. the car was insured for its area value.
The project covers five and seven tenths miles of primary road No 113 from Delaware through Delhi and Hopkinton to the Jones county line. The work completes the Delaware county portion of the highway extending to the county line.
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