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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1960

Page

3

Oxford Junction Community Notes Highlight Easter Activities

Oxford Junction updates cover a April 21 Ladies Club meeting at Mrs George Shimerda with keepsake roll call, local visits from Louis Kula and family, Easter guests from Chicago, Iowa U students returning home, and a Rath Packing tour planned for Apr 22. A teen hop with Stan Barton and Dennis Way at the elementary school is slated Apr 23, plus 250 children at the Easter egg hunt in Wapsi Park. Gil Hearn speaks at Goodyear in Des Moines, and Tom Rhatigan is elected Beta Sigma Nu vice president at Coe College.

Oxford Junction George Shimerda Louis Kula Anna Lasack Louisana Yale Kula New Orleans Lee James Redding Calif Roxie Lasack Fred Lasack Ben Benson Chicago Oxford Noel Koranda Otto Koranda Parsons College Fairfield University of Iowa Iowa City Janie Soppe Wilbur Soppe Arlette Oster George Oster Mary Hronik Allen Hronik Judy Ingwersen Harry Ingwersen Louis Buresh John Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Stan Barton Dennis Way KMAQ James Kotlinek John Buresh Joe Kulhavy Wapsi Legion Park Michael House Paul House Xera Zaruba Mike Zaruba Ruth Ann Clapp Paul Clapp Garden Club Oxford Happy Hustlers the Park Tom Rhatigan Irvin I. Rhatigan Sigma Nu Coe College Cedar Rapids

Health hints column misprint bed two weeks

A comic exchange centers on a wife saving money on doctor bills by following the health hints column. She quits after a typographical error leaves her in bed for two weeks, as Mr. Foote explains to Mr. Bones.

Area Church Notes Remind Members of Spring Events

Listings from Express Area churches include Rev Dale L Wolfgram at Evangelical & Reformed with meetings April 28 to May 2 and events for Sunday school confirmation. Other congregations in the area announce church services, officer trainings, youth programs, and fellowships through May 6.

Evangelical & Reformed United Church of Christ Dale L. Wolfgram George Buol Hubbard Iowa First Congregational A. Morris Lotte Pilgrim Fellowship Board of Deacons ST. Matthew Lutheran Arnold E. Schlueter West Liberty Bellevue Ladies Aid Peter’and Paul Lutheran Richard E. Zellner Luther League Federation Our Redeemer Lutheran St. John’s Lutheran Church Helle Wayne Zion Lutheran Otto Zwanziger Brotherhood Harlan Helgens Iowa State Herman Helgens Ervin Poppe Fred E. Poppe Wartburg College Luther League Women’s Missionary Society Ephraim Isaac Wartburg Theological Seminary Dubuque Ethiopa Africa

Center Junction Presbyterian U P W Meeting Hosts Easter Program

Center Junction P U P W met at the church on Apr 14 with Mrs. Truman Stanton presiding. The program on The Suffering Servant was led by Mrs. Robert Von Spreecken and Mrs. Gladys McNeily. Sunrise Service at 5 30 Easter morning drew about 30 attendees.

Center Junction

City People and Social News From Clinton Visit

Mr and Mrs Gerald Green and Howard Green traveled to Clinton to visit Mrs Alice Overholt who arrived from Wilmington Delaware for an extended stay with Harold Overholt. Mrs Fannie Hicks hosted a dessert bridge with winners Mrs Velma Nielsen Mrs Louise Gutzeit and Mrs Frieda Jansen.

Onslow Gerald Green Howard Green Clinton Alice Overholt Wilmington Delaware Harold Overholt Fannie Hicks Velma Nielsen Louise Gutzeit Frieda Jansen

Easter Dinner Guests Across Several Towns

Easter greetings spread through South Fork Hopkinton and Monticello as families hosted relatives from Iowa City Cedar Rapids Manchester Waverly Cascade and Dyersville. The lengthy list includes the Heims Gearhart Kelchen Melchert Feltes Rogers and Smith families along with numerous visitors and weekend calls.

Easter Family Visits Span Iowa and Cedar Rapids

Mrs. Kate Switzer left Easter Sunday for an overnight stay with her sister in Iowa City and planned to spend a week or two in Atlantic with her son and daughter in law, Bert and wife. Mrs. Margaret Starry spent Easter at the Howard Edwards home near Amber. The Hotz and Weede families hosted Easter meals in Springville Cedar Rapids Anamosa and Lisbon. Mr. and Mrs. A D Clay attended the 40th wedding anniversary party of Mr. and Mrs. William Schoff of Lisbon. the Clays were wedding attendants.

Kate Switzer C. Riggs Iowa City Atlantic Bert Laufer Margaret Starry Howard Edwards Amber Robert Hotz Rodney Roger Russell Springville Lowell Weede Cedar Rapids Herman Hotz Anamosa Karl Feudner Roland Fall A. D. Clay William Schoff Lisbon Clays Schoffs

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