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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1947
Page
4
Mrs Donald L Collins hosts at her Brodhead home as Mr and Mrs E S Adams of Janesville visit H V Hartman. L A Breyvogle serves as host in a brief social notice from the era.
Monticello residents and nearby guests filled pages with visits and arrivals from Madison Milwaukee and Monroe. The note lists dozens of families including the Curtises Elmers Vogels and Zweifel relations visiting relatives and attending a funeral and social events in Wisconsin and nearby states. The record captures weekend calls, travels to Beloit New Glarus and Port land Ore and a bridge club meeting at the Nonagar club.
Local families and visitors from New Glarus, Monroe, Madison, Janesville, and Beloit are listed attending gatherings, picnics, church activities, and family events. Names include Gessler, Kubly, Bowes, Dahnke, Losey, Gessler, and Wirth among others, with several trips to Milwaukee and Lincoln Park noted.
Kenneth Clinton and Mr and Mrs Richard Weaver visited Miss Inez Weaver. The Adult and Junior choirs held a weiner roast at Mr and Mrs Ted Mrs Floyd Kretchmer and daughter and Mrs Ruth Latham from Woodstock Ill were Saturday guests of their aunt and sister. The Evangelical Youth Fellowship met at the home of Mr and Mrs Harry Smith. Elmer Asmus attended the Rock River Gideon camp at Lake Ripley. Miss Luan Miller returned from Witter's Lake Wisconsin where she stayed with Alfred Buhlman. Mr and Mrs Arthur Tingley spent Saturday in Milwaukee visiting friends.
A fragment notes the slang phrase third de degree meaning master mason gree and links it to the third masonic ceremony. The blunted text suggests a historical glossary reference in a masons context without full clarity or context.
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