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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1937

Page

12

Wyoming affair hosts Legion auxiliary conference

Mrs. Lula Robertson of Anamosa was reelected chairman of the Jones county American Legion Auxiliary at the Wyoming meeting with fifty delegates present. Mrs. Margery Sherrill was named vice chair, Mrs. Grace Stuhr elected secretary and treasurer. The 1938 conference invitation from Olin unit was accepted. A luncheon preceded the registration as local officers presided and prayers and songs accompanied welcomes by Alden and McCalmant. The program included remarks on Poppy Day and leadership, with a fire incident causing minor damage to a Wyoming building and several community notices including school graduations and club events.

Lula Robertson Anamosa Jones County American Legion Auxiliary M. F Wyoming Margery Sherrill Grace Stuhr Oxford Junction Alice Alden Robertson Lordie Rohreerder Wyomine August Thomson H. W. Farnham Wyoming M. E. Church William McCalmant Reva White Olin Helen Levsen Luella Pankow Vera Westphal Grace Stuur Ethel Brainard Briggs Lisbon C. C. Heysinger Clinton The Legion Auxiliary Heysinger Leona Ladehoff F. L. Harrington Telephone Exchange Emil Reimer Sam T. Robbins Oakville Reimers Alberta Lorraine Reimer Klaud Dick Howard Gee Monmouth Order of the Eastern Star Mount Vernon Grand Lodge Eleanor Sawyer Clarence Farm Bureau Dirks W. E. Carson Dale Ladehoff Dale W. B. Clark W. R. Henrichs Lee Streets Smith Rural Electric Association Saosse Te Charge Morey Anamesa Robert Fagan James Fagan Mary Shifflett Carline Stahlberg Kenneth Aldrich Laura Lehman Velda Rickels Mary Bohliken Joyce Otten Lucile Bartels Velma Tobiason Helen Tjaden Beryl Elwood Vera Moats Lorraine Peters Jannette Gill Mary Ann Cress Helen Aneist Ladehoff William M. Danger Alice Cutler First Presbyterian Church Fort Collins Colorado Ella Eby

Scotch Grove Presbyterian church history and community notes

The Scotch Grove community traces its first Presbyterian church to 1841 in Edinburg later renamed Scotch Grove. It details early ministers, land gifts for church and cemetery, debt forgiveness, and the building funded around 1851. The article also covers local events including a spelling contest at the farm bureau, Sunday guest visits, aid society activities, and neighborhood notices.

Scotch Grove South of Ireland Michael Hummer First Presbyterian Church Edinburg Cowles West Point F. A. Pratt Ebenezer Sutherland Ebnezer Sutherland James Galitin Donald Livingstone

Local visitors and travel notes from Cedar Rapids area

Himebaugh Wheeless and Bratsman hosted guests with Dr and Mrs G G Brown and family visiting Cedar Rapids and Town City. Mrs W W Meyers and son Donald spent the weekend in Cedar Rapids with Mr Meyers who works in Ford Tokens drug store. J M Bacon is seriously ill in Monticello hospital. Frank Irish Jr departed this week for Los Angeles to take up new employment.

Hawthorne Club Elmer Buckingham Luella Pankow R. A. Peters Iowa Charles Marshall Susan Ertz Wyoming League of Women Voters E. F. Rohwedder Don Wherry Rohwedder America E. L. Steele Paul Levsen John Holub Otto Rohwedder R. D E. L. Millsap Orla Dawes E. S. Pealer Fred Conmey C. B. Shatter Ladies’ Aid Society M. E. Church W. P. Nicholas Wooring Presbyterian Church F. Leo Cedar Ragit Binkstown Aneta Garside Lee Peck Wyoming Western Teachers College Kalamazoo Mich Garside Irene Brownell R. N Chicago Mary Brownell Miss Brownell Tice Dowdney University Hospital Town City Dowdney L. M. Sherrill Arthur Boots Chris Bramer Boots McCalmant and Edwards A. D. Hunt Texas Duane Platner Business College Chillicothe Alex Adams Miles Adams Ter Carl Laxon Lenox Miss Allen Miss Laxon Des Moines Gilbert Skelding Robert Ferry Cuba City Wis Donald McDonald Chauncey Carson Scotch Grove A. P. Himebaugh Bridge Club Earl Griffith Charles Dunlap Ellen Bradle Francis Donahue Cedar Rapids F. L. Tesar Winifred Merriman Mabel Smith Mona Trafton Dubuque Lloyd Burdick Ernest Reid Independence H. M. Reeve Elkader Miss Gertrude D. H. Johnston Leonard Gibbs Thomas C. Tibbitts Hopkinton Dean E. V Himebaugh Wheeless Bratsman G. G. Brown Virginia W. W. Meyers Donald Meyers Ford Tokins J. M. Bacon Monticello Frank Irish Jr Los Angeles California

Marriage and wedding notices from Hopkinton area

Hopkinton communities note the marriages of Wilbur A. Kirkwood and Ethel Rose Malcolm in Albia with a double ring ceremony. Also updated are the Mary Pire and Lawrence Bacon wedding. base ball league entry. and spelling contest representative Mary Laxon of Earlville.

Hopkinton Wilbur A. Kirkwood E. A. Kirkwood Ethel Rose Malcolm Albis A.M. Malcolm Albia Mendelssohn R. EB. Lux Kirkwood Inver Moats Guttenberg Cornell College Mount Vernon Manilla Sloan Hopkinton High School Lenox Junior College R. E. Lux Pire-Bacon Mary Pire Mike Pire Earlville Lawrence Bacon Lew Bacon Manchester Cochell Ruth Huggins Gerald Pire Clarence Thompson Genevieve Ratcliff Ratcliff Maquoketa Valley Lloyd Burdick Joe Moulton Mary Laxon Carl Laxon Delaware County Des Moines Laxon Grace Allen

Richland Center Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Mrs Ursula Hein and Mrs Anne Balsiger visited in Richland Center with the Balsiger and Hein families. Guests included Miss Luella Balsiger, Mrs Anna Balsiger, and Mrs Sam Sem mert. Local moves feature Cedar Rapids trips and a Pinochie club gathering with high score and traveling prize awards.

Anne Balsiger Thillineer North Dakota Will Balsiger John Yossi Delores Lucile Fred W. Hein James Kathleen Tschants Ceaur Rapids Len Buel Dunpudgee J. Buel Wai Balsizer Anna Balsiger Sam. Semmert Evelyn Eldora Monticello Cedar Rapids Luella Balsiger Mor Franklin Lane Pennsylvania Sidney Schweitzer Mires John Yossi W. Yeoman George Maire Henry Helms

Telegraphing a Double Chocolate Soda for Easter Romance

A Town State college student in Ames uses a telegraph money order to send a double chocolate soda to a Davenport girl on Easter Sunday. Total cost $1.08 covers soda tax telegraph charge and money order. A mix of unrelated facts follows.

Town State College Ames Davenport

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