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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1942

Page

7

USO Entertains Ball Players Here Friday

USO plans a Friday event at Poplar Heights for Seahawks and Warriors with Monticello hostesses, dinner, and dancing. Fair Board sponsorship led by Mrs. R G Stuhler, plus local ladies and Monticello aides, with Poplar Heights rented for the party. An orchestra will provide music and meals.

Seahawks Town City Warriors Camp Grant Poplar Heights USO Monticello Fair Boards United Service Organizations R. G. Stuhler Maxine Redmond Jayne Shover Larry Robertson

Betta Kemp Weds Dr. Robert Paul in California Chapel

Betty Kemp of Iowa City wed Dr. Robert Paul son of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Paul Anamosa. The ceremony occurred Aug 16 at the Presbyterian Chapel in Santa Barbara California. Mrs Paul is a West Branch High School graduate and former University of Iowa X ray technician. Dr Paul graduated Anamosa High School Cornell College Mount Vernon and University of Iowa College of Medicine and affiliated with A K K honorary medical fraternity.

Ed Kemp Iowa City Betty Robert Paul J. D. Paul Anamosa Presbyterian Santa Barbara Calif Paul West Branch University of Iowa Dr. Paul Cornell College Mount Vernon College of Medicine A.K.K. Honorary Medical Fraternity

Picnic honors visiting guests in Monticello park

Mrs. H F Mann and Mr James Stadtmueller from Washington D C were honored guests at a Monticello city park picnic Sunday with over fifty relatives attending. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Paul Pillard and family Coggan Mr and Mrs Marion Mann and family Ryan and Mr and Mrs H W Boll and family Princeton.

Milton Silver Chicago Mrs. Silver Emil Riedel Riedels Delbert Thom Cedar Rapids Otto Riedel Dubuque H.F. Mann Gon. James Mary Stadtmueller Washington, D. C Monticello City Park Paul Pillard Coggan Marion Mann Ryan H. W. Boll Princeton

Mrs Elizabeth Dempsey Weds In Hopkinton Sacred Heart

Mrs Elizabeth Dempsey and Barney Jergens were married Monday evening at 9 o'clock in Sacred Heart church Hopkinton with Rev A L Lorenz officiating. The couple left for a week's wedding trip and will reside in Hopkinton.

Elizabeth Dempsey Monticello Barney Jergens Hopkinton Sacred Heart Church A. L. Lorenz

Irma Tendick Honored at 16th Birthday Party

The Rev and Mrs A H Tendick hosted a party at the Parsonage last Wednesday for Irma Tendick's sixteenth birthday. Guests played games on the lighted lawn, then dined in a pastel decorated room with a birthday cake and pink tapers. The honored guest received many gifts as group singing closed the evening.

A. H. Tendick Irma Tendick

Ruth Reuter Honored At Handkerchief Shower

Women employees of the Monticello State bank hosted a steak fry and handkerchief shower for Ruth Reuter at Anamosa state park. Attendees included Caroline Heiken Ruth Matthiessen Irma Adix Agnes Cashen Betty Adams and Ruth Reuter. Miss Reuter will leave for Epworth to take a teaching position, with Betty Adams succeeding her. Capitol in Washington has 430 rooms.

Monticello State Bank Ruth Reuter Anamosa State Park Caroline Heiken Ruth Matthiessen Irma Adix Agnes Cashen Betty Adams Miss Reuter Bank Lenox College Epworth

Walter Hall in Alaska Serving Since July 14

Private Walter C. Hall, now in Alaska since July 14, reports good food and mountain spring water while working in the bakery for the U.S. Army Q.M. Det. A at Seattle address after prior duty at Fort Lewis. He values letters from relatives and Home Town news from The Express.

Walter C. Hall Alaska Walter Hall Hall Fort Lewis Washington the Express P.F.C A.S.N U.S. Army Q.M Det. A P.O Seattle Wash

Church schedules and notices in Prairieburg area

Church listings and service times for Saint St. Joseph's Sacred Heart First Congregational Presbyterian Methodist St. Matthew's St. John's Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Wayne Zion and other local churches. Details include masses, confessions, Sunday school, worship times, vacation notices, and ladies aids. Providers include Rev. Stephen J. Kucera and pastors H L Adix Armin Tendick F H Kehren G J Zellinger.

St. Joseph's Church Prairieburg Stephen J. Kucera St. Matthew's Lutheran Church H. L. Adix St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church Paul T. Gutknecht Trinity St. John’s and Trinity Ladies Aid H. J. Dirks Scotch Grove The Evangelical and Reformed Church Armin H. Tendick Ladies Aid Wayne Zion Ev F. H. Kehren

Richland Soldier Is Called Home

Richland Center details a home visit by Harold Marugg of Camp Shelby Miss called home for his mother Lottie Marugg illness. The piece also covers a family trip to Dubuque and Moline for visits and threshing repairs with yields noted at 50 to 55 bushels per acre and Hein’s 18 032 bushels.

Hein Ulrich Schilt Rose

Local Social Visits Across Towns and Friends Events

Mary and John Hall and other couples hosted dinners and showers with relatives and neighbors. Visitors came from Cedar Rapids Hopkinton Cascade Dubuque and Wisconsin Dells while several small gatherings and a threshers picnic were held on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Mary John Gene Hall Gilbert Steiner Carl Schneiter George Allen, Jr Hopkinton George Bohlken Chuck” Bohlken R. Doden Cedar Rapids Joyce Wismeier Margaret Wismeier Cascade Patterson John Yossi Delorese Lucille Yossi Dells Wisconsin Harold Sippel Dubuque Dick Lewis

4 H Judging results continued from page 1

Anamosa entries led livestock judging with multiple top finishes. Winners include Wesley Siebels Anamosa 3rd and 4th in market litters, Anton Vanicek Jr Oxford Junction 1st in market litters, and Lloyd Siefken Cascade 1st in Poland China litter. Other top placers span Anamosa Olin Monticello Scotch Grove Hale Martell o and surrounding towns in purebred gilts boars and standard categories.

By Siebels Anamosa Wesley Siebels Hampshire Anton Vanicek, Jr Oxford Junction Boyd Chatterton Onslow Berkshire Don Clark Olin Lorance D. Mackey Chester White Robert Andreesen Don Hamer Poland China Lloyd Siefken Cascade Louis Freese Lavern Englehart Amber Ben Zaruba Hale Charles Clark Duroc Jersey David Walker Monticello LaVern Soper Wayne Frantz Martello Glen Soper LaVern Hampshire Purebred Arthur Husman Scotch Grove LaVera Engelbart Don Zaruba Lloyd Siefken LaVern Engelbart Glen August Monk, Jr Charles T. Furst

Pork judging results list directed by Anamosa fair in 4th quarter

The report lists top placings in breeds such as Hampshire Berkshire Chester White Poland China Duroc Jersey and Hereford with Pen of Three champions Merle Jansen Anamosa and Don Ketelsen Center Junction. Notable notes include Carl E Rohr son of Mrs Bertha Rohr Sutherland serving 15 years aboard the U S S New York and birth of a son to Gerald and Mrs. Locher of Buffalo New York, Locher's Monticello lineage cited.

Chester White Donald Ketelsen Center Junction Dale H. Strother Martelle Louis G. Strother Richard E. Strother Norman French Onslow Poland China Merle Jansen Anamosa Charles Martin Mount Vernon Raymond Freese Wayne Martin Robert Shedek Olin Clifford Jansen Delbert L. Steffens Oxford Junction Vernon Steffens Duroc Jersey Richard Mardorf Monticello Billy Hintz Wesley Siebeld Wesley Siebels Hampshire Anton Vanicek, Jr Herbert Derga Marvin Englehart Amber Glen Adams Boyd Chatterton Thomas Keating Berkshire Don Clark Lawrence D. Mackey Hereford Marvin Calvert Don Ketelsen Chester Whites Carl E. Rohr Bertha Rohr Sutherland U.S.S. New York

Booth Promotes County Christian Education at Fair

The Jones County Council of Christian Education sponsors a fair booth in Floral Hall showcasing Sunday school exhibits. Monticello volunteers arrange displays, Bible varieties, and church literature with general arrangements by Condit and Dalrymple. Visitors are invited and a hostess will answer questions.

Jones County R. C. Scott Wyoming Gladys McNeally Center Junction Chester Condit Monticello Homer Dalrymple Anamosa

Old gold dollar found in Garber yard sparks history tale

Clem Moser uncovered a 91 year old gold dollar minted in 1851 while digging for fishworms in Garber Iowa. The piece is thin and about half an inch across. The story also mentions Wartburg College’s diamond jubilee and a Grinnell contractor accident that toppled a house and submerged a piano in Coal Creek.

Garber Clem Moser Wartburg College Galena Ill Waverly Grinnell Dave Graham Coal Creek

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R. V. Mullen Lyman Perkins Ross Baty Baty Irvin Rhatigan Cecil Goettsch Doretta Kray Philip Assel John Kray Hamilton C. V. Assel Kahoka Robert Browne J. S. Kupka Burlington Coast Guard Braniff Airways Oklahoma City Okla Boyd Shannon Country Club F. E. Stimson J. F. Hollar Carl Sonday John Shover Goudy's Milton Langer Clayton, Mo Ann Malnar Muskegon, Mich Riess Stuhler George Timmins Stuhler Betty Kemp Express Office Marybelle Mason Society Capitol Monticello, Jowa le Ist Joy Peterson Ist John Peterson Arthur Husmann Minnie Husmann Monticello High School Sacred Heart Catholic Church North Sycamore Street First Congregational Church Homer FE. Dalrymple Presbyterian Church Wm. J. Grossheim Christian Endeavor Methodist Church Glenn W. McMichael Richland Soldier Zimmerman Gerald Locher Buffalo, N. Y City Locher Frank Locher Booth At Fair For Christian Education Iowa National Francie Holland Horseradis Mustar Velveeta Dorn Tag Foods Phiced’ Peek Tles Ceagul Evga Gas
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