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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1948
Page
4
Corsages were presented to several Mothers Day honorees including Mrs. Russell West and Mrs. E. M. Stauffer at the American Legion Auxiliary gathering in Turner Hall. Other notes cover dozen local club activities, adoptions for a war orphan drive, Swiss program, and various social events across Monroe and surrounding towns.
Mary Kathryn Stabenow played a piano solo and the club quartet sang several selections. The quartet is composed of Mmes. Fred Anderson, Glen Bolender, Elwood Shower and Clifford Black with Mrs. Ramona H. Hunt, accompanist. Mrs. Clarence Brunkow will give the welcome at the Mother-Daughters banquet May 10 at 7 p m in the high school gym. Others participating include Mrs. C. J. Tingley, prayer, group singing led by Mrs. Irvin Matzke, Mary Lee Brunkow, recitation, Miss Helen Newman, solo, Miss Irene Menehan, toast to mothers, Mrs. Ralph Frey, toast to daughters, Luan Miller, accordion solo, Mrs. Duane Helland, reading, Janet and Joyce Arnsmeier, duet, Mrs. Peter Retzlaff, devotions, music by girl scouts directed by Mrs. Louis Lehnherr and accompanist Mrs. Herbert Andereck. Corsages will be presented to the oldest mother and youngest daughter. Orangeville Women’s club to view foods demonstration by Illinois Northern Utilities Co. at year-end meeting in Memorial hall. Mrs. Beulah Black and Mrs. Dorcas Kuhlmeyer will entertain with marimba music.
Mrs. Kenneth Norder hosted a Thursday evening bridge club at her home. Honors went to Mines, William Reese, Walter Stauffacher, and Jack Becher. Refreshments were served.
Blanchardville Times Special reports David Allen Benson son of Mr and Mrs Sever Benson celebrated his second birthday with a party at his home Friday afternoon. Cousins and friends included Jeanine Athas Patricia Athas Marilyn Phillips and Linda Phillips from Salt Lake City Utah.
In Spring Grove Mr and Mrs Oscar Pinnow hosted a Sunday gathering honoring the late birthday of their youngest daughter Betty Attendees included Manley Douglas Alvin Anderson and daughter Mary Robert Thorpe Raymond Pinnow and daughter Sherry Henry Kilmer and son Donald and Betty Pinnow Also Mr and Mrs Ray Rudy hosted a dinner Sunday in honor of Mrs Elwood Showers birthday with guests Elwood Showers and daughter Darlene Joseph Fuchs and Frank Showers
Mrs. W. F. McGuigan hosts Blanchardville guests as Charles Smith and family from Monroe attend. Richard Brewer returns from Los Angeles with aunt Mrs. Bert Marshall after visiting grandmother Mrs. William Mullen. A parade of weekend visitors includes John Godfrey and Donald Cutler families from Dodgeville, Artie Cutler of Ridgeway, and Jimmie Phillipson of Beloit.
A roundup of Madison and nearby families visiting relatives across Wisconsin and Utah includes Mr and Mrs M J Einerson and extended kin in St Louis and Madison, with trips by Mr and Mrs L P Athas and daughters from Salt Lake City to Henry Benson, and Mister and Mrs Sherman Larson and son Curtis taking a month in Piden a Calif. John L Munson near Rockford ill with heart attack prompts Mrs Owen Kelly to travel. Additional notes mention Harold Saether hosts and a Lafayette meeting in Darlington.
County women met at the courthouse to discuss plans for a county centennial to be held at the territorial capital in Belmont on July 14. Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs Ed Reger and Barbara and Diane of Plymouth at the O T Olson home. Various family gatherings followed with visits across Darlington Monroe Janesville Holmandale Wyandotte and Milwaukee.
Brodhead Boy Scouts will sponsor a showing of the movie The Swan at the local theater Thursday evening. Proceeds will fund development of their Decatur campsite. Also noted are two brief facts: double base gunpowder mixes nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin, and saccharin was first prepared in 1879.
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