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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1951
Page
22
Local families share travel updates and mail changes from Pvt. Charles Turner in Tokyo and Carl Leeskamp at Patuxent River. Picnic honors in St. Louis and Cedar Rapids connections are listed alongside baptisms and visits to Des Moines, Iowa City, and Monticello. Camp Fire Girls at Camp Huaga and relatives visiting in Davenport and Bettendorf are noted.
The Loyal Rebekah Lodge of Monticello held a meeting August 1 with Noble Grand Gwen Kuntz presiding. They planned a family picnic at City Park on Sunday August 12 at noon, with lodge providing meat and coffee and families bringing services and a covered dish. An invitation was extended to Odd Fellows and their families. A light lunch closed the session.
The Business and Professional Women’s Club held its August picnic on Thursday at 6 30 p m on the V F W hall lawn. Committee members Florence Helms Kathryn Fisher and Ruth Drexler aided. Emma Heiken led a brief meeting and plans were set for National Business Women’s Week September 23 to 29. The group voted to enroll in a Red Cross first aid training course to be coordinated by Alvena Paulsen civil defense chairwoman.
Mrs. Ella Wills of Quasqueton announces the engagement and approaching marriage of Lois Turner now of Waterloo formerly of Monticello to Robert C. Rosenthal of Decorah. The wedding is set for October 14 at the Decorah Lutheran church. Mr and Mrs Lee Ireland visited with Kenneth Litts in Mount Vernon.
Mrs. Karl Behrends of Monti cello was honored at a wedding shower held Wednesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wilcox. A mock wedding with nine of thirty guests featured a bride, groom and parson. Luncheon followed with yellow gladioli centerpiece.
Elfriede Behrens married Richard Moenk in a Castle Grove Lutheran Church ceremony attended by family from Wyoming and surrounding towns. The rite featured gladioli and candelabra, with music by Peggy Albers and Donna Aitchison, and a reception for 150 in the church basement. The couple planned a week-long honeymoon to Wisconsin Dells and Chicago before settling in Monticello.
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