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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1956

Page

7

Social events and gatherings noted in local clubs

Mrs Yeoman hosted Past Chiefs of the Pythians with Mrs Milroy assisting. Bunco winners Hulda Robinson and Hester Sinclair. Friday afternoon pinochle at Mrs Sinclair’s. winners Sinclair high Gerdes traveling Schneider low. Gene Taylor hosted T N T club with high Goodyear traveling Behn low. A birthday dinner honored Mr Cox and others at Wyoming. Sunday evening supper at Herbert Kuntz home. sewing club met March 31. Maliy Horizon Club met April 2 with posture instructions. Monticello Neighbors: Mr and Mrs Paul Gassman of Cedar Rapids visited relatives.

W. EF. Yeoman The Pythians Fannie Milroy Eulah Blair Bunco Hulda Robinson Hester Sinclair L. Hutton Alvin Bleadorn Minnie Butler Anna Gerdes Pearl Schneider Herbert Cox Wyoming Cox Paul Lumpa David Dean Cox Cedar Rapids Joan Cox B. W. Cox Riceville Edward Cox Wilma Merle Linda Jeanne Cox Anamosa Diane Norman Lund Sharon David Cox Dean and Dick Cox Herbert Kuntz James Morrissey James “Morrissey Maliyi Horizon Club Tom Hamilton Arthur Shelley Lois Sutton Karen ‘Harrs Monticello Paul Gassman Gerhard ‘Freese

Ambuehl Birthday Party Honors Parents

Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Ambuehl were surprised Saturday evening by a birthday party honoring them. Their daughters and families hosted with guests from Peoria and nearby towns, including the Samels, DeWalts, Otten, Jacobs, Appleby, and Bronemann families. Refreshments followed a social evening.

Rudolph Ambuehl Glenn Samelson Paula Peoria Ill Norman DeWalt Cherry Linda Robert Otten Barbara Maquoketa Neman Moore Frank Elwood Hulda Behrends Albert Fass Armin Jacobs Arminda Robert Appleby Fred Schneiter Edward Larry Bronemann Cherryl

Pythians Install Guard and Treasurer at March Meeting

Pythian Sisters met at the K P hall on Monday March 26 with Most Excellent Chief Florence Bleadorn presiding Bonnie Meade installed Lanie Pickett as guard and Minnie Rickels as treasurer The Pythian school of instruction will be held Monday March 9 with a pot luck supper preceding the eve ning meeting Members will gather Saturday April 7 at 2 pm at the hall for annual spring cleaning A social hour followed with refreshments by Lena Faust and Carrie Hutton

Pythian K.P. Hall Florence Bleadorn Bonnie Meade Lanie Pickett Minnie Rickels Pythian School of Instruction

Royal Neighbors Conduct Meeting

The Royal Neighbors of America met at the E.P. hall Tuesday March 27 for their regular meeting. Irma Meyer oracle presided at the meeting. A social hour followed with Eva Zeena Lambert Thelma Kiburz and Catherine Lambert serving refreshments.

Royal Neighbors of America E.P. ‘Hall Irma Meyer Oracle Eva‘Zeena Lambert Thelma Kiburz Catherine Lambert

Mrs Bessie Jones Visits Cedar Rapids Home

Mrs Bessie Jones of Cedar Rapids visited Saturday in the home of Miss Carrie Clark. Mr and Mrs Fred Kay have returned after spending the past three months at Donna Texas.

Monticello Bessie Jones Cedar ‘Rap Carrie Clark Fred Kay Donna, Texas

Women’s Guild Work Day at Evangelical and Reformed Church

Women of the Evangelical and Reformed Church conduct a work day on Wednesday April 4 dividing into eight groups at host homes. Seven groups sew infants and children garments for Church World Service and one group quilts. Each group lists its hostesses and members, detailing sewing and quilting tasks across eight groups.

Women's Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed Church Church World Service Hans Taggi Martin Burrichter George Mardorf John Arduser Carl Schneiter Louise Luck Walter Hall Ralph Crim James Thompson Louise Baumann Caroline Glauser Cap Arduser George Buol Louise Field Arnold Gehrer Ulrich Schilt C. G. Schneiter Lucille White Gottlieb Zumbrunnen Carl Ricklefs George Schmidt L. R. Bader Jacob Dietiker H. E. Hall John Steiner Harold Steiner John Stiffler Galen Covington John Meyer Herman Ricklefs

Things To Sell. Express Want Ad Review

Classified item note lists generic “Things To Sell” and asks to try an express want ad. No specific people places or organizations provided. Overarching request appears promotional with minimal readable details.

Easter Weekend Visitors Mark Monticello Social

Monticello residents hosted and visited relatives during Easter weekend. Guests included families from Chicago Urbana Cedar Rapids and Anamosa while local homes hosted gatherings at Edwards Cox Pearl Schneider Bohlken and Hogan residences. Mentioned were multiple Moser Schneider Harms and Hines families along with university students from Iowa City and Dubuque.

Alice Jones Bruce Appleby Julie DeShaw Sara Vernon University of Iowa Rose Hines Iowa City John Hines George Hines

Margaret Dunn To Tour East

Ottumwa Heights college student Miss Margaret Dunn will join the Easter tour beginning March 29. The 12 day trip visits New York galleries and theaters, Coney Island and Chinatown, NBC broadcasts, and the New York Stock Exchange. The group then moves to Boston Cambridge Salem and Concord with sites from the Boston Massacre to Harvard and Longfellow home before Niagara Falls and Ontario. The final stop is Chicago.

Ottumwa Heights College Margaret Dufin Harold Dunn Monticello Boston New York Chicago Ottumwa Heights College and Academy United States Manhattan Coney Island Chinatown Greenwich Village Columbia” ‘University NBC New York Stock Exchange Seaboard Collegians Cambridge Salem Concord Bunker Hill Monument Harvard University Longfellow Lowell Hawthorne Emerson Ottumwa Heights Niagara Falls Ontario Canada Detroit Dearborn Mich

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