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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1971
Page
4
Sunday arrivals and weekend visits as families gather across Cedar Rapids, Monticello, Hiawatha and Onslow. Courting wakes and funeral services mark recent community events while winter travel plans spread from Groveland Florida to Lakeland and Huntsville.
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company began collecting the announced rate raise on electric usage from November 24. The average residential customer sees a seven teen hundredths of a cent per kilowatt hour increase, about 17 cents per 100 kWh and roughly $10.39 annually, similar to 1965 costs.
Cheer shut ins Langworthy and John Hanson visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wilson. Wendee Sue Wilson stayed overnight. Bill Mardorf visited Clarence Doll in Onslow. Ruth Ann Nelson joined Mrs. Alfred Bowers for Sunday Supper in Arlington. John Kremer visited Leonard Kremer in Prairieburg. On Monday December 6 Mr. and Mrs. Don Saathoff of Hazelton also visited Mrs. Fred Zimmerman along with several named guests. Several families hosted or attended gatherings at Tom Wilson, Mike Saunders, and Archie Miles homes. Mac Billings visited Fred Nelson in Earlville.
Amber Miss Shirley Bollhoefer of Newton was honored at a Saturday bridal shower hosted by Mrs. John Siebels with co hosts Jeanne Cox and Mrs. Terry Haverly in Anamosa. Attendees included Mrs. Albert Bollhoefer and Mrs. Virgil Behrends among others. Bollhoefer will wed Robert Suckow of Milwaukee on January 1.
Mr and Mrs Richard Northrupt visited in the John Batchelder home Sunday. Leo Bohlken and family hosted guests from Monticello. Richard Sweeney family and Farley guests stayed with Louis Chapman. Redlands Calif parents welcomed son Anthony Joseph born Nov 30 with Merle Hansen of Sand Springs as maternal grandfather. Merle Hansen visited his hospitalized father in Prairie du Chien Wis after a weekend stroke. Sue Brunkan of Des Moines weekend with Jim Brunkans. George Heeren and Mark Manternach visited Juanita Heeren in St Louis with Stephen Lewis and Phillip Legate families.
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