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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1953
Page
11
Monticello stores stay open evenings for the Christmas rush as Buick Chevy and Pontiac dealers showcase 1954 models. Local garages host big end week events while residents joke about neighborhood gossip and a lively coffee club scene.
Dr N R Waggoner of Olin was elected president at the annual officers election and Christmas party held in KP hall Mar tello. About 150 saddle enthusiasts attended including Monticello members. Ed Murray and Marilyn Larkey were re elected as vice president and secretary treasurer respectively. The event featured a vocal solo by Mary Ellen Reid and the Singing Farmers trio.
A roster lists servicemen from the area with full names and mailing addresses including ranks units and duty stations such as Pvt Paul H Bader US55313211 Betry 97 FA Bn Camp Carson Colorado and A1lr Donald S Bertling AF17366844 4 Radio Relay Sq APO 117 c o P M New York NY Others include Joseph H Bayne 324-2852 ENFN USS LST 772 c o Fleet Post Office San Francisco CA John Behrends AN N A S G Division Lakehurst NJ and Lyle E Behrends ATAN ATU 400 NAAS Kingsville TX with numerous other service members cited.
Thomas A. Joseph of Hopkinton son of Mr and Mrs Raymond P Joseph is promoted to corporal while serving with the Korean Base Section which supports rear area UN forces. He is a typist with the 21st Station Hospital entered the Army in July 1952 arrived overseas last March from Fort Leonard Wood MO and spent a seven day rest in Kobe Japan. Mr and Mrs William Voldingh of Cedar Rapids were Sunday evening callers in the Larry Goodyear home.
Sunday and Monday evening visits spanned several households. In Anamosa and Grinnell, families hosted relatives and friends including the Messersmiths and Kern families. A wedding in Marion linked Eugene Bray and Valera Hanson with ties to Mrs. Yount.
Roy Miller of Monticello International Harvester motor truck dealer joined a group of dealers on a behind the scenes tour of International Harvester motor truck facilities in Fort Wayne Ind The tour showcased engineering and production efficiency and included a showcase of basic chassis models for dealer transfers at tour end Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Arthur Boblken and Barbara of Cedar Rapids at the Fred Boblken and Verne McCurdy homes
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