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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1951
Page
9
Mrs Cox has returned after a stay as guest in the Donald Johnston home. She is presently spending time at the home of Mr and Mrs Ed Cox.
Edna Egger is honored at two pre nuptial events as she prepares to marry Wesley Borden. Mrs John H Fraser hosted a Saturday shower April 14 with twenty guests and a dessert luncheon. Mrs Alfred Egger hosted a Sunday gathering with sisters and neighbors including a mock wedding as entertainment.
Miss Donna Jeanne Cox of the University of Dubuque visited her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Cox over the weekend. Her guests were Miss Ruth Keener and Margaret Lyons, fellow university classmates.
The Parent Teacher Association will meet Thursday May 3 at the Masonic temple. Members are reminded of a date change from the prior schedule.
The Ladies Aid Society of St. Matthew's Lutheran church held two meetings at Lutheran Hall this month. Rev. H. L. Adix led a business and educational session with slides on Women of Rural India. The group approved buying three dozen Lutheran hymnals and hosted lunch after prayer. Mrs. Raymond Luckstedt joined. 24 members met for sewing with guests Mrs. Anna Kammerman and others assisting lunch.
Members of the Evangelical and Reformed Women’s Guild met at the church with 35 attendees. The lesson “Our Church on the Highway” was led by stewardship chairman Mrs. Jake Dietiker, with Rev. Baumann presenting the film “I Give Myself.” Delegates were chosen for the May 2 Spring Regional meeting. new member Mrs. Eugene Hall joined. Refreshments were served by Mrs. John Arduser, Mrs. Paul Arduser, and Mrs. George Schmidt.
The Monti cello Garden Club met at Mrs Cr J Matthiessen's home with Mrs John Matthiessen presiding. Talks on Flowering Shrubs and a door prize were noted as refreshments followed. District BPW plans a spring meeting in Maquoketa on April 29 with Kathryn Loop and Vera Norman among attendees from Monticello. IS Retail Jewelers meet discussed price stabilization with Iowa officials.
The Monticello Temple of Pythian Sisters met Monday evening with Most Excellent Chief Ione Scott presiding. Mrs Ray Hoag was reinstated to the Sisterhood. Florence Bleadorn and Bonnie Meade lead the upcoming Mother's Day program. Lunch followed by Thais Adams Helen Hoag assisted by Wilma McNeilly. A social hour closed the gathering.
After the 54th General Assembly adjourned sine die Gov. William S. Beardsley secured legislative approval for taxes, highway patrol funding, higher license fees, $8 million in final soldiers bonus claims, elder and dependent child aid, school district reorganization, and stricter business license cancellations for gambling. Civil defense, public employee retirement, and higher education oversight saw little action. A landmark moment came when television debuted in the Iowa General Assembly with General Douglas MacArthur’s address broadcast by WQIL-TV.
Albert J. Loveland of the OPS warns Iowa retailers across many sectors to file CPR 7 price charts by April 30 or face price freezes. Forms 3 and 5 deadlines apply for margins and grocers groups, with stations and restaurants also filing by late April.
Mrs George McDonald of Kansas City Mo visited last weekend at her sister Miss Pearl McLees home. Mrs Bessie Jones and her daughter Helen of Cedar Rapids visited Sunday with Miss Carrie Clark.
A roundup of local mishaps includes Dean Keller's fatal 35 foot fall at a water tower site in Arlington after a block and tackle slipped. Honesty Ridout loses and later recovers an $805 billfold. Bill Patterson crashes through a showroom window in Lake City while delivering milk. Mrs Schreiner sustains severe burns relighting an oven after gas fumes. E M Elmore finds Civil War era lead bullet in his Brighton garden. Sonda Smith sustains 80 stitches after a fall into a glass storm door.
Iowa Development Commission notes that about 15 724 of 71 973 workers in surveyed factories are women, 21 8 percent. Electrical machinery plants employ 46 9 percent women, apparel firms 86 5 percent, with women also in food processing 33 0 percent and tire production 28 percent.
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