Friday Bridge and Social Club Gatherings Featured
Numerous social groups held sessions Friday through Monday across Monticello. Various bridge clubs met for lunch, dessert, and progressive contracts. mixed with private dinners, coin evenings, and study club programs at homes of Mrs. Colin G. Thomas, Mrs. Siegfried Guyan, Mrs. Asa Lambert, and others. A Catholic Ladies Vestments program and neighborhood gatherings also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin G. Thomas
Friday
Asa Lambert
Delta Dek Bridge Club
Clarence Matthiessen
Catholic Ladies of the Sacred Heart Parish
Thomas Redmond
Gerald Vernimont
Pantry Shower and Evening Party in Monticello
A list of social events in Monticello and Cedar Rapids features a pantry shower for Miss Georgia Linter hosted by Supt. and Mrs. A. B. Grimes, with prizes awarded for bridge and gifts to stock a pantry shelf for Linter’s upcoming summer marriage. Mrs. Grimes and Miss Recene Ashton lead the hostess group alongside Clara Palmer and Belle Markovitz. Mrs. Lyle McMullen wins high score. Beth Merrill takes the rolling pin. Mr. and Mrs. Farmer entertain Cedar Rapids area factory managers and wives with a theater party and dinner. Kate Maurice and others present talks on economics and planning zugleich. Georgia Linter, Janet Grimes, and Miss Linter slated for future home plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. LeRoy Farmer
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Farmer
Iowa
Georgia Linter
Supt
A. B. Grimes
Grimes
Recene Ashton
Clara Palmer
Belle Markovitz
Lyle McMullen
Beth Merrill
Mother Hubbard
Miss Linter
Monticello
Unusual Lecture by M. E. Pastor At Center Junction
Rev. S V Williams at M E church Center Junction next Friday will present an illustrated lecture How to Go to England on 17 The talk recounts a 17 year old Jad’s journey by cattle train to Chicago cattleboat to Europe and back with lessons The program supports the Ladies Aid Society and aims to inspire stability and faith in tough times
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Center Junction
Tower of London
Isle of Jersey
Jersey
Williams
Ladies’ Aid Society
Giving The Gamblers A Formal Warning
Iowa attorney general warns city and county officials about gambling laws and the new search warrant chapter 617. The rules cover gambling devices including dice cards roulette and punch boards used for money. Seizure can occur for owners operating gambling houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Department of Justice
46Th General Assembly
Second Generation Hybrid Corn Warns of Poor Yields
Joe L. Robinson of Iowa State College cautions growers against using second generation hybrid corn seed. He says crops from first harvest seed typically yield 10 to 15 percent less per acre than the original hybrid, and advises buying certified seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe L. Robinson
Iowa State College
Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers’ Association
Leola Gerdes Marries Clarence Rice in Waverly Ceremony
Miss Leola Gerdes daughter of Mr and Mrs August Gerdes of Earlville wed Clarence Rice of Clear Lake in a Friday April 17 service at Waverly Reverend A J Kindred officiated Attendants were Miss Mildred Gerdes and Harold Rice The couple are known in Monticello
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leola Gerdes
August Gerdes
Earlville
Clarence Rice
Clear Lake
Waverly
A. J. Kindred
Earlville Methodist Church
Mildred Gerdes
Harold Rice
Monticello
M Club Banquet And School Activities Highlight Monticello
The M Club banquet was held Friday the 17th with many pupils and teachers attending. Freshman girls sew dresses and science classes tackle electricity while Mr Walker’s manual arts trip around the city showcases home beautification projects. G A A plans a Thursday hike with officers election and a picnic after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Club
Walker
Shannon
Carl Howland
Rudolph Monk
First grade class notes and top spelling scorers
New pupils Junior Stahr and Dwaine Clough join first grade while John Clark misses with illness. Fifteen birds studied, observation chart in progress. Spelling honors go to listed students in first and Miss Miller's rooms. Second grade visits greenhouse, first test on addition facts, perfect papers noted. Fourth grade honor roll named, fourth graders crafting a poem book and Italian mosaic inspired dioramas. Fifth and sixth grades report top papers and bank balances. Miss Berryhill’s class reports 23 students with perfect attendance in six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Stahr
Dwaine Clough
John Clark
Susan Stuhler
Barbara Walker
Jean Rynerson
Donald Bohlken
Jimmy Seehusen
George Rynerson
Robert Veitch
Miss Miller
Colleen Maire
Donna Tarbox
Irma Ann Schoon
Donald Hackbarth
Irma Jean Pickett
Earl
Jane Stuhler
Robert Thoeni
Janice Musgrove
Carroll Schneider
Lucile Kammerman
Leonard Strasburg
Armin Jacobs
James Matthiessen
Donald Siebels
Jean Bender
Lois Rhoda Barrack
Gail Huibregtse
Anna Rose Strasburg
Irma Tendick
Dorothy Rose Bartlett
Wayne Claus
Robert Clark
Rialto Bridge
St. Mark's Cathedral
Rollo Harford
Bobby Husman
Jack Stuhler
Thrift and Savings Bank
George Coxsee
Carl Behrends
Gene Walker
James Robertson
Miss Berryhill
Mrs. Martha McAleer of Anamosa Died After Childbirth
Mrs. Martha Malanathy McAleer 29 of Anamosa died Saturday at Mercy hospital shortly after the birth of her infant son. Born April 7, 1907 in Decorah she married Thomas Joseph McAleer April 7, 1931. Survived by her husband two daughters Joyce and Janice their infant son and her mother Mrs. Margaret Malanathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Malanathy McAleer
Anamosa
Mercy Hospital
McAleer
Decorah
Thomas Joseph McAleer
Joyce
Janice
Margaret Malanathy
State College Women Cite Causes of Divorce
Iowa State college women in home management class last week named the chief causes of divorce as a woman's financial independence and refusal to submit to her husband. They cited low husbands salaries he inability to start early marriages fewer children dislike for housework and increased education opening career opportunities outside the home as contributing factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Items Of Occurrences Forty Years Ago
A retrospective from April 1896 recounts Monticello events: Eliza Like’s marriage in Pocahontas county, J Q Dickensheets leaving for Indianapolis, early gardeners planting, ex mayor Herrick presented with a chair, death of George A Gill, W A Doran elected school superintendent at 1200 yearly, Monticello high school declamatory contest winners, Wilhelm Jacobs’ residence fire, mild winter with low precipitation, teachers listed, John Herrick’s death at 77, a birth in Hawkings family, Beattys’ golden wedding, California visit returns, a Hohlken girl born in Scotch Grove, lightning struck Cecil Thompson house, windstorm damages Grover barn, deaths of Mrs Sally Shaffer, and Byron Oberton finds screech owl eggs near Clarion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Express
Eliza Like
Andrew Like
Pocahontas County
J. Q. Dickensheets
Indianapolis
Ind
W. Herrick
George A. Gill
Castle Grove Township
Jones County
Vermont
Horace
California
Cape Horn
Australia
W. A. Doran
Monticello High School
Ralph Seeber
Lucy Doran
Fred Rettig
Rettig
Wilhelm Jacobs
Gill Street
Mary I. Jarman
Mary Marvin
K. Chrystal
J. Halsey
J.vanderpool
Carrie Paul
Margaret Greer
Jessie Fawcett
K. Wheelock
Nettie Sleeper
Edith Curtis
Billie Sloan
John Herrick
M. W. Herrick
C. K. Hawkings
Andrew Guler
Monticello
Cincinnati
Ohio
David Beatty
Cascade
Levi Troxler
Peter Hagen
Grover
Sally A. Shaffer
J. A. Deutrick
Life expectancy trends and rattlesnake industry noted
The article compares birth life expectancy in modern times to ancient Greece and calls for dedicated gerontology study, while also reporting on the rattlesnake season in Arizona. It explains infant survival gains, questions old age prospects, and details the use of rattlesnake skins and meat in commercial products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Greece
Pericles
Towa
Arizona
Zoological Gardens
Local Church Schedules and Leaders in Castle Grove Area
Castle Grove Lutheran Church Arnold Thalacker pastor Sunday School 10 English services 11 St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Paul Gutknecht pastor English services with holy communion 10 10:10 preparatory 10:30 regular St Johns mission of American Lutheran church Hopkinton St Johns Lutheran J A Pannhuk pastor Sunday school 9:30 Divine worship 10:30 Ladies Act first Thursday Luther League last Sunday St Johns mission status Methodist Episcopal Church WM Macaulay pastor Church school 10 Morning worship 11 Epworth League 6 45 Women’s Foreign Missionary society bank offering next Sunday with Mildred Pierce speaker Congregational Church Samuel G Gutensohn minister Church school 10 Morning worship 11 Sermon Happy Are the Poor in Spirit Working Band meets Wednesday 3 at Mrs C G Thomas Wayne Zion Lutheran J Willms pastor April 26 German services 10 15 am May 3 English confirmation 10 15 am Holy communion 9 45 confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society of
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Luther Hall
William Schoon
Henry Tuetken
Richard Tuetken
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Arnold Thalacker
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
Hopkinton
St. John’s Lutheran Church
J. A. Pannhuk
Luther League
St. John's
American Luthleran Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wm. J. Macaulay
Epworth League
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Mildred Pierce
Congregational Church
Samuel G. Gutensohn
C. G. Thomas
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
J Willms
Center Junction
M. EF
S. V. Willams
Vera Moats
Endeavor
H. S. Adix
Stunday School
Theo. Rieniers
Ald
St. Olaf's
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Our Church
Reformed Church
Armin
Tendick
Church notices and schedules across Prairieburg area
Community listings show services at Wayne Zion Lutheran Prairieburg St Josephs Revy Center Junction M EF St Matthew Lutheran and Reformed Church with pastors preaching on prosperity the sixth petition and moral guidance. Choirs, Sunday schools, Epworth League meetings, and youth events planned through May with special music in Dubuque and Cedar Rapids.
Night Scenes in the Scriptures Feasting Night
The Missionary Society will meet at the home of Mrs Wm Grossheint on Wed nesday evening April 9 at 733 Melock. The men will be the guests at this meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ning
The
Missionary Society
Wm. J. Grossheint
Farmer finds lost money and check after four years near Sicd ney
Floyd Moffitt a farmer in Fremont county near Sicd ney discovers three ten dollar bills a check for 3.80 in his implement shed. He had long suspected the money had been stolen and this marks the four year anniversary of the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Moffitt
Sicdney
Fremont County
Moffitt
Rabbits blamed for sapling losses at Charles City nursery
In Floyd County near Charles City owners report saplings killed by starving rabbits during the hard winter. At the estate experimental farm about 200 trees are believed to have been victims of the nibbling pests amid extreme weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
Floyd County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Siegfried Guyan
Chapter Fp
B. C. Roberts
L. W. Lovell
Clem Liddy
500 Club
Glenn Orcutt
Randall
Margaret Behrends
Joe Connen
Jimmie Callihan
Kenneth Hubbard
Chariton
Catholic Ladies’ Study Club
Mrs. Liddy
John Liddy
W. W. Stickford
John Fraser
Ed Burrichter
Mrs. Herman Egger
Herman Egger
A. W. Savage
Esther Henderson
Walter Raph
Ralph DuBois
Coggen
George Sutherland
Mesdames
Muller
Hogan
Matt Muller
M. J. Hogan
Neielmoorhood Bridge Club
St. Matthew's Church
Seraphine Schweitzer
Maude Arduser
Lena Marugg
Helen Heiken
Florence Anderburg
Milton Stott
Cry
R. N
Melrose Park
Til
Alpha Delphian Chapter
Ricklefs
A. J. Ricklefs
Schumann-Heink
John J. Locher
Kate Maurice
Ed Huibregtse
LeRoy Farmer
M. E. Pastor
Edward Yocom
Springville
Yocom
Alice Worrall
Pasadena
John and
Brooks
Purley
Springfield
South Carolina
Robert Schneider
Phoebe Willer
T. J. McAleer
Ed Nigg
Clarion
Wright County
Byron Oberton
Oberton
Karl M. Keyes
Optometrist
Wayne Zion Lutheran
Prairieburg
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Revy
Stephen J. Kucera
Presbyterian Church
Wm. J. Grossheim
Christian Endeavor
Joe Fisher
Concertina Orchestra
Earl Hunt
Hershey’s
LIBBY
Brown Beauty
Baty
Lowa
Rds Bey
Kay
Princess
Pap O'Brien
Frank McHugil
Ken Maynard
Shark Island
Wit Warner, Banter and
Guarta Stuart
Nash
Express Cooking School
Jan Shaw
Home Economist
Nash Coffee
Frank Richardson
Wafe Contro
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detrolet
Mich
General Motors
Baerel
TOR Econonical Transportation
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company
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