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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1955
Page
3
Scotch Grove group harvested the grain crop for Arthur Husmann last week with several trips. Husmann recently returned home from McDonald hospital. Farm Bureau events plan a food sale August 10 at the Scotch Grove Boy Scout cabin with program by Ken Paulsen and Tom Streets.
End of furlough at Chanute Air Force Base Illinois. Mrs. Harvey Helgens injured ankle. The Husman and Heiken families visited in Monticello and Scotch Grove. Lloyd and Mrs Christensen to teach in Marshalltown next year after Iowa State summer studies. Tom Streets and Ken Paulsen join camp at Scout cabin. Scotch Grove 4 H group attend judging at Wilsons. Joan Wright to be flight stewardess in New Jersey after St Luke’s Cedar Rapids graduation. Scotch Grove Farm Bureau to meet August 10 at Paulsen home.
A Wyoming township Farm Bureau gathering on Augustt at Tompkins picnic grounds drew about 20 families to a wiener roast. Polly Pigtails 4 H club and Wyoming Pioneers led the program with reports from Janet Zimmerman Polly Pigtails president and from Mary Vacek and Marjorie Jamison on their Massachusetts trip. Daryl Tracy spoke as Wyoming Pioneers candidate to the Boys Short course at Ames.
Mrs. Lee Sherrill and Janice Huggans recommend new titles for summer reading. Highlights include The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit for adults, Teen-Age Glamour for girls, Newberry Medal book for intermediates, The Wheel on the School for children, and Two for a Walk for younger readers, with the setting noted as Holland.
The Best Yette club met August 3 at Mrs. Arthur Ehlers home with Mrs. Ray Glanz assisting. The Madison Jolly Jones 4-H club presented the program. Songs were sung by the group. Judy Denison sang Dreaming. Delores French reported on trips to Ames and Massachusetts. Demonstrations were given by Ehlers, French, Eichhorn, and Davis. Lunch was served by hostesses.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Brunscheen left Tuesday night August 2 for a cattle buying and pleasure trip in Colorado. Mr and Mrs Ronald Davis and family hosted Karen Mais of New York as an overnight guest visiting her aunt Mrs Roland Mais. Ruth Alden of Denver is visiting Mr and Mrs Robert Alden and will stay until after the centennial.
John and Norman Dusanek visit Chicago and relatives in town. W S C S hosts at Methodist church on Aug 10 with several hostesses. 2/Lt Donald P Smith transfers from Lackland AFB to Bainbridge AFB. Dora Thomson in a 15 day Vanderbilt tour of Glacier Park and the Pacific Northwest. Mrs Acll Catlett hospitalized at St Luke's Cedar Rapids. Sandee Chandlee Donna Thompson and Sandra Howie in Monticello water show. A Wyoming Oxford Junction Youth Fellowship party on Aug 4. Mr and Mrs George E Dusanek and family plan a Denver visit in August staying with Howard Klinefelter.
Cast le Grove residents Mr and Mrs Fred Heiken John and Atis Lubhavs Mr and Mrs Max Specht and family John Thalacker Mr and Mrs Albert Johnson and family attended the Heiken family reunion at Monticello park Sunday. Several Monticello residents visited Olin Howie and family Sunday and Monday.
The Worthwhile Homemakers club will meet at Mrs. Henry Stadtmueller’s home on Wednesday afternoon August 10 with co host Mrs. Raymond Kromminga. Dessert luncheon at 1 30 opens the program presented by Prairie Hill Be Natural club.
Mr and Mrs Milton Silver of Glenview UL celebrated their silver wedding anniversary with a July 29 dinner at the Glenview country house. Attendants included Mr and Mrs Arthur McGovern and Mr and Mrs Joe Ringhofer among others, with a white gladiola centerpiece and a round silver platform display marked 25.
Billy of Chicago Mrs Emil Riedel and Mary Egger of Monticello Mr and Mrs Arthur Riedel and Barbara Guyan of Langworthy and Lee Ann Silver of Glenview noted among attendees in regional social listing.
Monticello neighbors and relatives from Cedar Rapids Fairfield Wyoming and Chicago spent time at the Harold Egger Albert Hackbarth and Howard Schraffenberger homes. Families including Lucas Hall Lacock and Oltman traveled for weekend and week long visits across Illinois.
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