Local residents listed among winter visits and hospital updates
The column notes Mrs Cart An dees and Mrs ren Eilers returning from wintering in Florida and other southern states. Henry Bursack is confined at St Luke's in Cedar Rapids with a double collarbone fracture improving under cortisone for arthritis. Reeve family returns to Hopkinton after months away, others visit relatives in Monticello Tulsa Ohio and Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fray
Lebers Chopman
Kasonre Willard
Prataes
Riples
Russell Tones
Doin Sadie
Helen Pueman
Jogeaun Smith
Thor
Lloase
Cart Andees
Mia
Ren Eilers
Florida
Henry Bursack
St Loke'’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Local notices from Monticello and surrounding towns
A report compiles hospital updates and social events across Monticello Delhi Hopkinton and nearby areas. Patients include Mrs Gladys Billings at Monticello hospital and Mir and Mie Pog Hespeton with relatives visiting. Socials feature bridge clubs church gatherings and wedding events with multiple host families listed.
Clarence Huston Family Dinner Near Sutton
All members of the Clarence Huston family attended a dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Hanna and sons Sunday. The wedding cake from their parents 40th anniversary was served then. Guests included multiple Huston relatives and friends, with several other local families noted for visits and social engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Sanderson
Kirk Griffin
Dell Bowling
Iron Hill
Kyle Alden
Ray Streets
Johnnie
Vern Usher
Edwin Reid
Mary Ellen
Artie Becker, Jr
Lost Nation
George Topping
Ronald Hanna
Maquoketa
Express Prompt Proclamation Shifts City Policy
City officials announce a sudden policy shift reported by The Express with emphasis on executive action and immediate effects. The item highlights local governance moves, quoting key figures and noting potential public impact.
Barbara Norris Injured In Fall From Horse
Barbara Norris suffered a broken collarbone and bruises after being thrown from a horse on Friday afternoon April 2. She was taken to Monticello for treatment and returned home that evening missing school briefly. Despite the accident she remains eager about horseback riding and miniature horses and the Scotch Grove Sunshine 4 H Girls club invites all members to the April 17 meeting at Lynn Balster’s home for candidacy selections and tryouts for the Country Girls Creed and Dreaming song contest. On April 10 they visited Anamosag for grooming pointers and folk dancing. Mr and Mrs August Schrader hosted a supper Saturday night for a group including H J Dirks M P Paulsen Emil Paulsen Sara and Mrs John E Paulsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Barbara Norris
Monticello
Scotch Grove Sunshine 4-H Girls Club
Lynn Balster
Anamosag
Helen Tucker
August Schrader
H. J. Dirks
M. P. Paulsen
Emil Paulsen
Sara
John E. Paulsen
Forecasting Well At Wyoming Area Predicts Warmer Weather
The forecasting well on Lyle Tompkins farm two miles east of Wyoming signals warmer conditions ahead. Air expelled from the hole precedes cold spells and suction indicates warming trends, a method Tompkins has trusted since 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Lyle Tompkins
Weather Bureau
Time Payments Take Record Share Of Income
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago notes consumers allocate 11 percent of after tax income to installment debt. Credit drives purchases of autos and household items with a large share of cars and furniture financed. A 1953 survey shows half of U.S. families carried installment debt last year, while credit usage was cooling after a 21 month rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Credit trends in auto and durable goods sales dip in 1950s
The article notes a decline in credit for auto purchases from near 50 percent of dealer sales in late 1952 to 42 percent in late 1953 quarter. Other durable goods credit share also fell. Causes include tighter credit access, selective lending, cautious consumers, job uncertainty, and reduced overtime affecting debt levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pallaa
Reserve Bank
Jones County Saddle Club Donates to Cerebral Palsy Fund
The Jones County Saddle Club met April 1 at the Bevans building in Cascade with 40 members present. They reported the benefit dance from March 16 in Stanwood and donated $10 to the Cerebral Palsy Telethon in Cedar Rapids. Dr Armstrong of Cascade showed films and Alva Behrends displayed Fort Madison Rodeo and Hopkinton Centennial images. Family visits marked the weekend with Mrs Behrends’ birthday and Norman Newton hosting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County Saddle Club
Bevans
Cascade
Stanwood
Cedar Rapids
Armstrong
Alva Behrends
Fort Madison
Hopkinton
Bernard
Local Roster and Notices From Cedar Rapids Area
Partial readable items list service members at Camp Gordon Fort Meade and Fort George G Meade with APO destinations. Social notes mention Kathy Kuriger visiting Cedar Rapids nursing school and local Sunday visits by multiple Cedar Rapids residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Kuriger
Mary Ann
New School of Nursing
Cedar Waris
4-H Members Enroll Projects By May 15
4 H members must submit project enrollment sheets to the Extension before May 15. Jerry Parsons, youth assistant, notes the deadline and process for returning forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H
Jerry Parsons
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Mroe
MB Reeve
Matt Melchert
Lila Dunlap
Washington, D. C
James Ledbetter
Gertrude Egan
Dubuque
Ray Supple
Boacehard Diomte
Ovensmon
Sis
Waliam Hererton
Mir
Waterloo
Therington
Fanuiv
Gladys Billings
Montiverlo
P. R. Wheeless
Elizabeth Campbell
Nelle Wheeless
Louis Lang
Verna Neil
Bridge Club
Vesta Boots
Maud Joseph Smith
Ayla Thorpe
Sunbeam
O.E.S
Reva Engel
Delhi
Myrtle Schug
Gilbert Ireland
Fayette
Lewis Ireland
Union Township
Don Kelley
Rose Hill
Lewis Heiberger
Moss Hill
Rowe
Hans Retelen
Mies Fala
Petersen
Priest Rey
John Jurgensen
Paul Jansen
Raymond Martensen
George McCalmant
Pet. Bahnsen
Ray Miche
William Brodersen
Cancer Fund
Walcott
Robert Alden
Willian Bronson
Howard Countryman
Teonard Ahrendsen
George Merle Katzmiller
Francis McAndrews
Ernest Reitz
William Hfurst
Clara Jenkins
Paul Ritenour
Adra Lane
Lions Club
Charles Marshall
Peter Sievers
Uni
William Bronson
2Nd District
American Legion Auxiliary
Fred Frita
SOO
Fred Nowachek
Carl Westphal
Elmer Tim
George Dusanck Sr
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Kenneth Harden
Addie Harden
Alexander
Floyd
Latimer
Raymond Keller
Jones County School Masters Club
Wyoming Public Schools
Ronald Pauken
Colleen Stivers
Irvin Rinehart
Ojin Eur
Paulsen
Olin
Mary Karen Paulsen
Carl Oescheer
Loray College
Paul Oeschgers
Vaneta Hughes
University of Dutrique
David Paulsen
Max Burns
Oak Drive
Presbyterian Ladies Aid
John Zirkelbach
Acme Electric Co
Kuriger Bros
Iowa
Ee Nrrl
Caldwell
Sutton
Wyoming Area
Fox Produce
Lowdon
Honegger Leghorns
Wilcox Leghorns
Ames Incross
Hatchery
Monticelio, Iowa
Pativ
Dodkars
Mrs
Carl Monk
Alva Behrends Home
Mrs. Behrends
Donald Newton
Town City
Norman Newton
Pecs
Sierascas
Wal Miis
Fig & Hea Co
Camp Gordont
Franklin Rokwal Greenwood
Elses Hy & Hy Co
PMGG
Camp Gordon
Creorota Woo
Raymond Nall
Usss21si7th
S9th Signal Support Co
APO 20
c/o PLM
San Francisco, Calif
Jon P. Schrader
Co. M
New York
N. Y
Donald D. Reid
Odor
Wkas
Fravancy Funeral Home
Ahisalence Service
DeKalb
Eto Y
James Whitmore
William H. Harms
Frank Baum
Gerald Baum
Dyersville
Phelps’ Hatchery
Central City
Nan
H.P. Clinton
Clinton Scgexe
Koos
el Thays
Teer Mall
Arend Balster
Lowa
Clinton
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