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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1934
Page
2
Local residents and guests are listed in a montage of visits and events. Wednes day at Davenport and Thanksgiving gatherings across Dubuque Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Monticello mark a busy social week with relatives and friends.
Several Monticello and surrounding families hosted relatives and friends for Thanksgiving. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. J E Heiserman in Fayette with Heiserman and Rich families, plus numerous visits by Rollins, Bud, Walker, Kay, Denkhoff and others to kin in Monticello and nearby towns.
Tele gram notified John Bateman of his sister Miss Minerva Bateman death in Pasadena California. Miss Bateman formerly lived in Delaware Iowa. Several families from Iowa City Monticello and surrounding areas spent Thanksgiving with relatives. Miss Janet Hazard and Mrs Frederick Stuhler left for California spending winter there.
Mr and Mrs Francis Merten former Monticello school PE instructor hosted Mr and Mrs F M Merten, Mr and Mrs M M Merten and Marie Day of Davenport as Thanksgiving guests. Rev William J Grossheim entertained 32 junior Christian Endeavor members. games, social hour and supper at the manse with Mabel Harper in charge.
Mr and Mrs William Tuetken and their daughter Margaret Ann joined Mr and Mrs William Ketelsen and family for Thanksgiving at the home of their parents in Anamosa. Edgar Vernon and daughters Vernona and Vernita spent the weekend with relatives in Anita and Casey, where the family formerly lived. On the return trip snow storms slowed travel, taking eleven hours from Casey to Monticello due to bad roads.
Mrs. E. E. Reed and daughter Alfreda Reed of Knoxville and Miss Alice Reed of Mediapolis spent Thanksgiving with brother J. W. Doxsee in his home. A family dinner was shared with the C. A. Doxsee family.
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