Local exchanges of visits mark week in Monticello area
Local residents and relatives in Monticello and surrounding towns were noted visiting friends and family across Iowa. Names include J. J. Locher in Des Moines, Alice Cooper in Anamosa, Isabelle Liddy in Anamosa, and many trips to Cedar Rapids, Delhi, Manchester, and Toledo. A Christmas dinner advisory from Ann's Cafe and Christmas travel plans were also listed.
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Ruth Malinda Byers
Chicago
Monticello
Christmas Programs And School Activities Across Monticello
High school notes describe Monday and Tuesday class debates on prison reform led by Bernard Che in Miss Burnstedt's speech class. Eng and American lit classes plan Christmas programs with plays and carols, plus a luncheon and readings by Mary McLaughlin and others. The Literary Society hosted a Christmas program with Shirley Hoag’s initiation, while grades from kindergarten to sixth sent letters, prepared decorations, and staged puppet shows. Alumni and local families attended church events, Messiah in Mount Vernon, and students returned home for holidays after hospital and travel news.
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Shirley Hoag
Mary Jane Stewart
Frances Steck
Fern Bender
Santa
Literary Society
Miss Gray
Iowa Soldiers
Davenport
Richard Starks
Francis Barlow
Robert Moncrief
Buddy Burris
Norman Duckett
Dolores Bohiken
Miss Wallis
Needlework Club Meets at Mrs Hodson's Home
The Needlework club gathered Friday at Mrs Carl Hodson's home for a quilting session, social hour, and refreshments hosted by Mrs Charles Luett. Guests included Mrs Frank Podlaski, Mr and Mrs Earl Lehman, who recently married, as friends showered them with greetings and gifts at a Tuesday gathering.
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Carl Hodson
Charles Luett
Frank Podlaski
Earl Lehman
Christmas Party for FP PEO Children at Mrs Rickles Home
Twenty five members of Chapter FP P. E. O. hosted a Christmas party at Mrs. Emil Rickles home last Tuesday afternoon. Santa Claus distributed toys from a decorated tree and told Christmas stories. Holiday refreshments were served by the hostess aided by Mrs. Stewart Stuhler and Mrs. E. J. Noble.
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Chapter FP
Emil Rickles
Santa Claus
Stewart Stuhler
E. J. Noble
Pleasant Masons and church socials annotated in brief
A Friday Masonic temple gathering hosted 180 members and families of Masons Eastern Stars and DeMolays with a picnic supper dancing and bridge. Mrs Harry Rodman won high score at bridge and Mr and Mrs Neill Hayden won endur ance dance prizes.
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Masonic Temple
Bridge
Harry Rodman
Neill Hayden
Christmas Party Brings Neighborhood Club Members Together
Mrs. Hans Ruof hosted the Neighborhood club Christmas gathering at her home on Tuesday evening. Members played bridge with Mrs. M. J. Hogan listing the high score and Mrs. Lorenz Allamand earning the traveling prize. The event featured a gift exchange and a plate luncheon, with Miss Lena Marugg and Mrs. Allamand as guests.
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Hans Ruof
M. J. Hogan
Lorenz Allamand
Lena Marugg
Allamand
Bridge Club Luncheon Featured Holiday Decor Aboard
Mrs Riess Stubler hosted a Friday luncheon at her home for the bridge club starting at one o clock. Progressive contract bridge occupied three tables with Mrs Stewart Stuhler achieving the high score. Guests included Mrs Emil Ricklefs Mrs George Timmins Mrs Albert Stuhler and Raymond Smith of Cedar Rapids.
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Riess Stubler
Stewart Stuhler
Christmas Party Highlights At Grimes Home
Supt and Mrs A B Grimes hosted a public school faculty Christmas gathering at their home with a decorated tree and gift exchange. Prizes went to Mrs Boyd Shannon and Mrs Francis Merten and Miss Adelaide Gray for games and dominoes. Royal Neighbor lodge also held its annual Christmas party at Odd Fellows hall with eighty members and families attending a pot luck supper and gift exchange led by Mrs Martha Laude.
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A. B. Grimes
Grimes
Boyd Shannon
Francis Merten
Adelaide Gray
Royal Neighbors
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Martha Laude
Hard Times Party Brings Neighbors Cheer in Patchwork Attire
Mrs Ray Adams hosted a group of forty five neighbors and friends for a hard times party. Guests arrived in ragged costumes with readings singing old songs and Christmas carols. Stunts games and a low mood luncheon followed with prizes for costumes and stunts.
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Ray Adams
Will Matthiessen
Will Balsiger
Adams
Royal Neighbors Elect Officers For 1934
Royal Neighbors camp 553 met in the Odd Fellows hall and elected officers for 1934. Named are Oracle Mrs Anna Skelley vice Oracle Mrs Mary Eagen past Oracle Mrs Lillie Graves chancellor Mrs Mary Byerly recorder Mrs Emma Stambaugh receiver Mrs Anna Widmer marshal Mrs Hazel Harford inner sentinel Mrs Kate Lambert outer sentinel Mrs Pauline Hoffman manager for three years Mrs Mildred Kiburz captain of the degree staff Mrs Myrtle Podharski musician Mrs Ethel Studer juvenile director Mrs Martha Laude.
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Royal Neighbors
Odd Fellows Hall
Oracle
Anna Skelley
Mary Eagen
Lillie Graves
Mary Byerly
Emma Stambaugh
Anna Widmer
Hazel Harford
Inner Sentinel
Kate Lambert
Outer Sentinel
Hee Haw News Christmas Message and Local Notes
Monticello Iowa December 21 1933 readers laugh at a Nebraska tax tale while winter work and coal ads mix with home improvements and a year end reflection on greed and the Golden Rule. Merry Christmas.
Mrs H P Stoffel Celebrates 83rd Birthday Milestone
Mrs H P Stoffel former resident of Monticello marked her eighty third birth anniversary December 12 at her son H Stoffel's home in Mechanicsville. Born in Ohio December 12 1850 she moved to Iowa aged four and spent 65 years in Mechanicsville.
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H. P. Stoffel
Monticello
H. Stoffel
Mechanicsville
LaPlatt Jennings
Soldiers’ Memorial
Stoffel
Mechanicsville Trust and Savings Bank
Funeral of G H Cassens at St John s Lutheran
Funeral services for the late Ger hard Henry Cassens were held today at 1 o clock at the home of his daughter Mrs Theodore Behrends and at 1 30 at St John s Lutheran church in a Iowaville area service attended by family and friends.
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G. H. Cassens
St. John’s Church
Gerhard Henry Cassens
Theodore Behrends
St. John's Lutheran
Longtime German-born resident Cassens dies in Minnesota home
Mr. Cassens died at the home of his daughter Mrs. D Lurkens in Kenyon Minnesota last Monday December 18 after moving from Jones county in 1921. Born August 26 1861 in Germany he married Mary Buscher in 1883 and raised eight children including Mrs. D Lurkens Mrs Gerhard Behrends Mrs William Company Mrs Donald Kitcherson Henry and Emma Cassens all of Minnesota and Mrs Theodore Behrends of Scotch Grove and Mrs Peter Petersen of Center Junction. He leaves 22 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
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Gerhard Behrends
William Company
Donald Kitcherson
Henry
Emma Cassens
Minnesota
Theodore Behrends
Scotch Grove
Peter Petersen
Center Junction
French Academy Defines Frontline Soldiers as Pollu Title
The French academy states that only soldiers who served in frontline trenches during the war may bear the name pollu. The ruling emphasizes distinct honor for those who endured frontline combat.
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Pollu
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