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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1935
Page
4
Mr. and Mrs. Halstead Carpenter hosted a picnic supper party with progressive contract bridge and high score prizes won by F. Stewart Stahler. Chapter FP PEO met at Mrs. Carpenter’s with essays and Chesterton poems.
Mrs. Clarence Matthiessen hosted the Delta Dek bridge club with a post noon session of progressive auction bridge. Mrs. Merle Cass won high score and Mrs. Asa Lambert received the traveling prize. A plate luncheon closed the afternoon and guests included Mrs. Cass and Mrs. Agnes Gearhart. Arnold Egger and Mrs. Mary Barrett celebrated a house warming for the Henry Heisey home with neighbors visiting, games, ice cream and cake served by Laura Wenger and Mrs. Harold Egger. The Women's Working Band of the Congregational church met at Mrs. Colin G. Thomas's home, mending toys and dolls for Christmas baskets, with refreshments served by several hosts. Elsa Ruth Gutknecht marked her sixteenth birthday with a surprise gathering of Bible class friends from St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran church, featuring cards, games, and birthday treats. Schreiner chapter Order of Eastern Star held a regular meeting in the Masonic temple with officers elected for 1936 and a closing social.
Jannis Grimes eighth birthday was celebrated at her home with games cake and ice cream. Guests included Helen Gutensohn Janet Schemmel Betty Jo Guyan Marilee Matthiessen Barbara Deischer Audrey Ann Podhaski Elaine Havitchek Kathleen Yone Shirley Shelley Ann Marie Skelley and hostesses Mrs E J Farley chair man and helpers. Raymond L Clark tenth birthday was also observed with games a spelling contest and refreshments. Attendees included Robbie Eugene Lois Mae Clark Paul Connolly John Wolf Jimmie Schneider John George Hines Arthur O Rourke Paul Renk Richard Netcott Edna Jimmie Joe and Maxine Bader.
A long list of Monticello families hosted Thanksgiving dinners with numerous out of town guests. Hosts included Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cartano in Hopkinton area and Mrs. Cartano’s relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kay Sr, and the Stuhler, Kay, Burrichter, Rodman, Burrichter, Gundlach, and Bohlken households. Guests came from Cedar Rapids, Hopkinton, Olin, Otterbein Indiana, Iowa City, Decorah, Lost Nation, and Casper Wyoming, reflecting a wide regional turnout.
Bill Matthiessen and Virginia Matthiessen with Raymond Helgens hosted a Thanksgiving gathering at their home. Out of town guests included Mary Jane Matthiessen, Cedar Falls student, C. H. Macomber, Ruth Aitchison and daughter Mary Frances of Cascade, and Margaret Stadtmueller. Clarksville visitors Harold Mann and two sons joined Stadtmueller's daughter Mary, a Spirit Lake teacher, plus Laverne Blaine of Dysart. The Thomas Hamilton home hosted a joint meal with Boyd Shannon, Thomas Hamilton families, and Arthur Madsen family. J W Hoult hosted eleven, with John Hoult and three daughters plus George Hoult.
The community calendars list Methodist and St Josephs Catholic in Prairieburg St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Center Junction M E Hopkinton St Johns Lutheran Wayne Zion Lutheran St Matthew s Congregational St Peter and Paul Lutheran Castle Grove Presbyterian Reformed churches and meetings for December Advent programs Christmas rehearsal and notices for choir youth groups and ladies aids across multiple locales with service times Sunday schools and special observances including Bible Sunday and various holiday events.
Major Bowes touring amateur winners at the Iowa Theater Cedar Rapids run for three days starting Tuesday December 10. Gong ringer Bob Oakley and host present twenty two finalists chosen from twelve national radio programs by listener votes in an unusual stage showcase.
The report notes ten people injured during foggy conditions in and around Cedar Rapids last week Wednesday. It also mentions a separate marriage in Anamosa, a drug arrest near Tipton, a birthday celebration at Edgewood, and family gatherings totaling about 60 relatives.
Monticello Iowa letters from 1935 express simple holiday desires. A six year old girl Mary Lou Adams asks for a Shirley Temple doll a bank nuts and candy and to help poor children. Billy McDowell asks for a truck dirt digger sled and doll for Rosemary and a doll buggy. Steven McDonell asks for a sled a truck and dirt digger and gifts for his brother and sister.
Twenty two 4 H girls gathered at Ruth Lange’s home for the November meeting. Wilma Kuhns led the business session. New home efficiency project for 1936 was explained. Officers elected: Eloise Kuhns president, Wilma Kuhns vice president, Marcella Otten secretary, Ruth Clark newspaper reporter, Lois Naylor historian, Eunice Kuhns sergeant at arms. A Swedish folk dance was learned and refreshments served. Rebecca Mitchell of Lenox junior college attended as a guest.
Public librarian Miss Catherine Redmond suggests winter readings. The list includes fiction by M A Edna and M L Becker, W L James, R C Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, Widdemer, Stuart Chase, Clarence Day, A N Hall and others. Items cover family life, western tales, romance, aviation, small town life, satire, business theory, humor, and home handicraft for boys.
A catalog listing four episodes of Sing Sing prison life by L E, a complete life story of Will Rogers by P J OBrien, Beatrice Pierce on etiquette for girls, Pendry and Hartshorne on youth organizations, and Mari Sandoz Old Jules chronicling Swiss immigrant expansion.
Iowa State College offers a winter herdsmens course for farm boys over seventeen after fall work ends. Beginning January 2 and ending March 20, it covers livestock judging marketing breeding feeding care and management plus farm sanitation buildings equipment milk testing soil and crop production and agricultural journalism. The program aims to prepare men for livestock business with six month duration and a linked Herdsmen's Club active on campus with weekly meetings and an annual livestock show. Registration details are available from the Animal Husbandry Department Ames Iowa.
Farm listing offers 216 acres with excellent soil and solid improvements. Interested parties should write or contact Mrs. Elizabeth Gavin of Hopkinton for details and inquiries. The notice mentions the 24-2-pd date as part of the listing reference.
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