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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1961
Page
7
Onslow gatherings feature Kary Kotton Klub and Happy Homemakers parties with potlucks and gift exchanges. Local families plan Christmas events at homes, including a birthday dinner, church program, and visitors from Azusa, California and Owatonna Minnesota.
In Castle Grove on Sunday evening the birthday club surprised George Rickels at the Rickels home. Attendees included Alfred and Ruth Egger, J. H. Smith, Wesley Borden, Joe Messerli, Olena Steiner, Clara Egger Carole Ann, infant daughter of Carl and Barbara Muller, with Karolyn Thomas and William Muller as godparents at Sacred Heart church in Monticelo. Carole Ann born December 3 weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces. Grandparents Newton Thomas, Walt Muller, L. A. Bader. The Bader anniversary was noted with a weekend celebration and numerous guests listed from Cedar Rapids, Prairieburg, and surrounding areas.
The Behrends family farm No. 82 near Monticello, 180 acres with 60 acres corn 25 oats and rest hay pasture, was identified by three locals as the B H and J H Behrends farm. The farm has been in the family since 1905 with a Holstein dairy herd of 20 cows and about 200 hogs annually. The piece notes a 25th wedding anniversary celebration and lists attendees from area towns, plus a long recounting of related family events and social gatherings.
Names were drawn for next year's secret sisters. Gift exchanges for men and children were held. A Christmas cookie and candy exchange concluded the meeting. Mr and Mrs John Wacker visited their son John at Manchester Memorial Hospital where he recovers from a hand injury. Shop in Monticello.
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