McLaughlin Menefee wedding by candle light at Ottumwa
Miss Maxine Menefee and Howard A. McLaughlin wed Monday afternoon at the Ottumwa home of the bride’s parents. The Rev. Howard A. Irvine officiated as Mrs. Paul W. Hinte led a Lohengrin bridal chorus. Guests included family from Monticello, Chicago, Cincinnati and Cedar Rapids. The couple plans to live at 917 North Court street Ottumwa after a reception and wedding trip.
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Beatrice Lyons
James McLaughlin
Hampton
White House
North Court Street
Ottumwa
State University of Iowa
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
McLaughlin
Coe College
Chi Beta Phi Fraternity
Proctor and Gamble Company
Florence Noble
Cincinaati
Ohio
E. J. Noble
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Cincinnati University
Iowa
Howard McLaughlin
Maxine Menefee
Monticello
Christmas Socials Highlight Local Club Gatherings
Mrs Halstead Carpenter hosted Monday bridge guests at one o'clock with high score claimed by Mrs George Timmins. Betty Thomas and Jo McNeill led Campfire Girls evening social with gifts to the Welfare League. Thursday pinochle featured prizes for high score and traveling prize. Contract bridge at Goudy’s cafe crowned with top prizes for Mrs Brainard and Mrs Chil dress. Stanley Maire celebrated his sixth birthday with theater and a party, ending with a birthday luncheon at home.
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Castle Grove
Halstead Carpenter
George Timmins
John Fraser
J. E. Heiserman
Louis Hoag
Timmins
Betty Thomas
Jo McNeill
Thomas
Welfare League
Contract Bridge Club
Goudy
Stanley Maire
Maurice Maire
Stanley
Princess Theater
Guest of Honor
Maire
Asa Lambert
W. W. Stickford
Leonard Iverson
Clarence Matthiessen
Gertrude Origies
Gertrude
Betty Adams
Rebecca Grimes
Ruth Ann Hoag
Ann Marie Husman
Mary Lou Luett
Helen McLaughlin
Bette Patterson
Audrey Ritter
Jeraldine Schneider
Venita Shover
Eloice Timmins
Vernona Vernon
Doloris Yossi
Wilma Doris Yount
Elfrieda
Albert Fass
Gladys
Betty
Christmas luncheon and party at Mrs Maire’s home
Mrs. Jack Maire hosted a dessert luncheon and Christmas party on Friday at 1 pm. Guests sat at a single festively decorated table. After luncheon, progressive pinochle was played at three tables with Mrs. Henry Che winning high score and Mrs. Harry Hoag taking the traveling prize. Mrs. J Nichols attended as guest. Gifts were exchanged from a decorated Christmas tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Nichols
500
William Thompson
Henry Che
Lloyd Clarke
Jack Maire
Harry Hoag
J. Nichols
Neighborhood Bridge Club Hosts Christmas Party
Mrs. Asa Lambert and Mrs. Matt Muller hosted Fort nightly and Neighborhood bridge clubs with festive tables and gift exchanges. High scores went to Mrs. George Timmins and Mrs. Leslie Reade, while a Santa Claus surprise delighted guests after a luncheon and auction bridge.
Royal Neighbors Elect 1938 Officers At Friday Meeting
The Royal Neighbors held their monthly hall meeting last Friday with Mrs. W. F. Yeoman presiding. Officers elected for 1938 include Oracle Mrs. Edna Yeoman and Vice Oracle Mrs. Flora Conley, with several other posts filled by local members. The Graces appointed for virtues were Faith Mrs. Irene Howland Modesty Mrs. Fannie Milroy Unselfishness Mrs. Pearl Clause Endurance Mrs. Dens Clark Courage Mrs. Blanche Lambert. Installing officer Mrs. Anna.
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Oracle
W. F. Yeoman
Edna Yeoman
Flora Conley
Mary Egan
Adelia Hearn
Emma Stambaugh
Anna Widmer
Hazel Harford
Eveline Lambert
Inner Sentinel
Kate Lambert
Outer Sentinel
Catherine Hartman
Ethel Farley
Florence Bright
Agnes Conley
Fannie Bennett
Faith
Irene Howland
Fannie Milroy
Pearl Clause
Endurance
Dens Clark
Courage
Blanche Lambert
Anna
Officers to Be Installed Tuesday January 11
Shelley ceremonial marshal Mrs Fannie Bennett announces the officers will be installed on Tuesday January 11 with ceremonial duties led by the marshal and her aides.
Christmas Church Schedules Across Town
Several congregations list services for Christmas week with times for worship, sermons, and special programs. Prairieburg St. Joseph’s Catholic, Hopkinton St. John’s Lutheran, St. Matthew’s and St. John’s Evangelical Lutherans, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Wayne Zion churches publish Christmas Eve and Christmas Day schedules, German and English services, and holiday activities led by pastors such as Rev. Stephen J. Kucera and J. A. Pannhuk.
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Prairieburg
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Stephen J. Kucera
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Promoted as Liver Kidney Bowels Remedy
An advertisement claims headaches coated tongue sour stomach and other body signals indicate poisons in the liver kidneys and bowels. It touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a wonderful remedy used by thousands and promotes Palmer's Drug Store for purchase.
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Hollister
Palmer's Drug Store
Palmer family travels to Pittsburgh for holidays
Mrs. Lena Palmer and her daughter Clara left Monday by car for Pittsburgh to visit Lena's daughter and husband Mr. and Mrs. R C Williams. They will meet Marian Palmer a student at Iowa State College Ames who will accompany them. They stopped overnight Monday in Davenport to visit relatives and left there Tuesday morning.
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Lena Palmer
Clara
Pittsburgh
R.C. Williams
Marian Palmer
Iowa State College
Ames
Davenport
Castle Grove Lutheran Church Christmas Services and Meeting
The Castle Grove Lutheran Church announces Christmas day German service at 10 30 am English service the Sunday after at 10 45 am Sunday school at 9 45 am German language services are also offered Saturdays English services at 7 30 pm and Sundays at 10 30 am German on Jan 2 and Jan 9 English services. An annual congregational meeting is set for Monday Jan 10 at 1 00 pm. The Luther League plans caroling at 7 00 pm followed by pot lot supper and a brief meeting. Confirmation classes shift to Monday and Tuesday.
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Hopkinton
St. John’s Lutheran Church
J. A. Pannhuk
Luther League
John’s
American Lutheran Church
Presbyterian Church
Wm. J. Grossheim
Christian Endeavor
Merle Hutton
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Church Council
St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
St. John’s
Trinity
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
J. P. Willins
Kingdom of God
Lutheran Brotherhood
Castle Grove
Resignation of Iowa highway engineer to join Hall Manufacturing
Phil Shibe of Cedar Rapids resigns as resident engineer for the Iowa State highway commission effective January 1 to join Hall Manufacturing, previously based in Monticello. Shive has directed highway work since 1933 across Jones, Cedar, Linn, Johnson, Iowa and Benton counties. Harold Goodrich dies from injuries after a highway 51 crash outside Dubuque. The Tama county court rules in favor of Cornell College in a real estate deed dispute involving land once owned by Anna B. Johnston and alleged fraud by Luella Warner assisted by a Toledo law office drawing deeds in Tama county.
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Phil Shibe
Iowa State Highway Commission of
Cedar Rapids
Hall Manufacturing Company
Hall Company
Monticello
Shive
Jones
Cedar
Linn
Johnson
Iowa
Benton
Harold Goodrich
Dubuque
Mercy Hospital
Highway 51
Goodrich
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Tama County
Anna B. Johnston
Toledo
Miss Johnson
Luella Warner
Miss Warner
Auction Sale For W. J. McCurdy Estate Near Hopkinton
Announcement in The Express advertises a closing out auction of the William J. McCurdy estate. The sale includes three work horses machinery tools and household goods on the premises four miles east of Hopkinton and two and a half miles north of Sand Spring. Ray Appleberry acts as auctioneer and will cry the sale at one o clock Tuesday December 28.
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the Express
William J. McCurdy
Hopkinton
Sand Spring
Ray Appleberry
ISU Tests Warn on Icy Roads Chains Needed Fast
Engineers at Iowa State college report that on icy highways or pavement driving above 15 mph is unsafe without chains and above 3 mph with chains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Twenty Five Years Ago Items Of Occurrences
December 1912 notes from The Monticello Express record local changes births marriages deaths and events in Monticello and Jones County. Fred Royden moves to Scotch Grove. Slauson marries in Omaha. new births include K son and a first-born daughter. Dr. Hunter plans to move. brief obituaries and residents returning from South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Express
Fred Royden
Scotch Grove
Linville
Raymond K. Slauson
Christy M. Starks
Omaha
Methodist Episcopal Church
Slauson
State University
South America
W. W. Hunter
Louis G. Stuhler
Hunter
Anamosa
J. G. Schoon
Alton Black
Edith Russell Button
Monticello
John Bates
Jones County
Clara Noyes
Vinton
Matt Noyes
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