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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1937
Page
2
Local column lists visits and travels of residents including Mrs Sam Hoffman in Iowa City and families from Prairieburg Manchester Cedar Rapids and Elkader. Also notes shopping trips to Monticello Iverson furniture and a Kay's Drug Store ad. Includes social calls to relatives and friends with several weekend visits and small advertisements.
Monticello residents hosted friends and relatives from Dubuque Davenport Cedar Rapids and other nearby towns over the weekend. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Frank McDonough Miss Betty Denkhoff Dr and Mrs M F Hogan and many others with updates on health work and weddings. Community notices mention Philco radio ads and a local contest at Stahlers Shoe Dept along with a call for residents to meet club representatives and recovery news from Sunnycrest sanatorium.
Miss Olena Zimmerman a student nurse at St Luke s hospital Cedar Rapids spent last weekend visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Zimmerman Dr and Mrs Asa Lambert hosted guests at their home last Saturday and Sunday Mr and Mrs F E Carter and daughter Corless and Mrs Pearl Swanson of Milwaukee were former Monticello residents Ross Baty drove to Beecher Tennessee Sunday to visit his wife's parents Mr and Mrs John Wehrley returning home Monday with her assisting travels noted.
A fragment notes a meeting at the American Legion Hall featuring Shellane Cookery Shaw. The text mentions associations with Good Housekeeping and college publications and references afternoon sessions at 2 o’clock and a Saturday 7 30 evening event.
Describes weekend worship times and activities for Methodist Episcopal Church Wim Macaulay Center Junction M E Church St Josephs Catholic Nor thern Lutheran Onslow Presbyterian and related groups. Includes sermon topics shipwrecks model church stewardship and upcoming parish events and meetings.
Correction notice from The Express corrects an ad on page 3 for Ferndell juices. It swaps a 19 cent Ferndell pineapple and orange juice display for a 29 cent price on two cans of Ferndell grapefruit juice with orange.
The Monticello State Bank clerks hosted the Tom Holbert auction in Greeley last Monday. A record average was set as 72 Belgian mares and fillies sold for 62 035 dollars with an average of 1862. Buyers from 15 states competed, led by H A Dart of Detroit who paid 22425 dollars for 21 head. Top mare price was 1500 dollars by H A Dart and 1490 dollars paid by W J Gallagher for a stallion.
The annual congregational meeting is noted for Castle Grove Lutheran Church Arnold Thatacker presiding. English services Sunday 11. Luther League discusses What We Know About God from Science and Nature. St John’s Ev Lutheran Church Paul T Gutknecht pastor offers 9:45 Sunday school and 10:30 English service. Trinity 9 am. Wayne Zion J Willms pastor lists April 18 German service and April 25 communion also 9:45 confession. Congregational Church Samuel G Gutensohn minister with 10:00 church school and 11:00 worship, sermon The Need of Encouragement.
The Pilgrim Fellowship will attend the spring rally of the Davenport Association I P F at Maquoketa next Sunday afternoon. You are cordially invited to worship with us at any of our services.
St Matthew’s Lutheran Church led by Pastor L Adix offers Sunday school at 9 45 and Divine worship in English at 10 45 with a 7 30 p m council meeting. Mrs Herman Rickels hosts the Ladies Ald Wednesday afternoon. Reformed Church under Pastor Armin H Tendick lists Sunday school at 10 a m and Morning worship in English at 11 a m.
The Woman's Missionary Society will meet next Wednesday afternoon at Mrs George Ambuehl Sr home. The Young People meet at the church Wednesday evening. The pageant The Way of the Cross will be presented in the church this Sunday.
Hawarden Iowa residents mourn the loss of a towering pine in B T French yard after a strong wind unrooted it. The 50 plus foot tree stood as a local landmark with four pines planted in 1883. now only one remains. Proceeds from an upcoming event benefit church redecorating with 10 and 20 cent admission.
Mr and Mrs John Macaulay of LaGrand hosted relatives Rev and Mrs Wm J Macaulay and Miss Margaret Macaulay a Cornell College senior Mount Vernon as guests over Sunday in their home.
Miss Catherine Redmond attended the wedding of Mary McCormick and Raymond J. Lynch at Immaculate Conception church in Cedar Rapids at eight o clock Monday morning. A wedding breakfast for forty five guests followed at the Commonwealth tea room.
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