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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1931

Page

3

Wyoming Woman Dies At Age 86 In 1932

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Walter James nee Mary Sherman 86 oldest woman in Wyoming after a weeklong illness Burial was at Wyoming cemetery Rev G H Goodrick officiated The couple would have marked their 68th wedding anniversary Feb 24 1932 James is 92 and in good health Various relatives and descendants are listed across several towns and states.

Walter James Mary Sherman Wyoming Methodist Episcopal Church G. H. Goodrick James Amminosa Madison Township Ida Osterle Prosper, Wash Philip G. James Wayne, Neb Lottie Porter Anamosa George Dan James Olin Sara Kegley Cedar Rapids Olive Roose Los Angeles Ida Olive Ida Pealer Ben Paul Post Re Nef Corps Eva Brainard Clara Stephenson Minnie Tasker Myrtle Millsap Nellie Atherton Minnie Bender Bertha Eve Kate Anderson Mary Brown Maude Stoffel Pearl Rogers Sarah First Lauien Adams Lillian Roberts Elsie Bramer Delecates Dus Department Sioux City Lavina Adams Clinton Marshalltown Wilker Bay View Club Minnie Wilker Cora Beckwith Jennie Day Elizabeth Wherry Mary Ann Wilker Suda Levsen Meta Wolfe Amalia Eichhorn Diana Fret Club Henrietta Boquist Royal Neighbors of America Inez Countryman Elizabeth Alden Laura Curry Elsie Bramer Viola Demoss Hazel Mallicoat Inner Sentinel Outer Sentinel Lavrca Adams Esther Sampson Frances Griswold Nelson C Tompkins Tucson Ariz Presbyterian Parsonage Rock Island Lubkeman Clarence Rockford Tompkins Alex Adams Keystone Lodge No. 206 A. F Howard Gee A. W. Peck Lou McMillan C. N. McMillan Oakdale Sanitarium Paulline McMillan Anti- Saloon League Des Moines Simpson College Western Electric Company Kearney N. J C. H. Rogers Somerset Lavina Pealer Edwin Wilcox Monticello Albert Tompkins

Center Junction Christmas Club Events and Community Notices

Center Junction clubs held Christmas programs with readings on Christ mas history and Dickens Carol. Several social gatherings included fellowship at the Presbyterian Ladies Band and M E Ladies Aid with reports, refreshments, and guest visits. Community members planned carols, dinners, theater outings, and a watch night service at the M E church.

Church Meeting and Social Event Notes

An event at the church featured a program and sermon in the auditorium with inviting remarks. The M E Ladies Aid will be entertained by Mrs. Howard Leech on Friday. Several local residents visited or called in the area, including Mr. and Mrs. M C Crispin and Mr. G A Turner of Anamosa, with Mrs. Humphreys of Sac City joining. A dairy feeding school was held at Carson's hall sponsored by the cow testing association with Earl Schultz of Ames as speaker and County Agent Wortman in charge. The Farmers Co operative Creamery of Center Junction provided lunch.

M. E. Ladies’ Aid Society Howard Leech M. C. Crispin G. A. Turner Anamosa Humphreys Sac City W. S. Clark F. W. Jones Charles Luctt Monticello J. F. Livingstone Cow Testing Association Carson's Hall Earl Schultz Ames Wortman Farmers Co-operative Creamery Company Center Junction

Christmas pageant and school notices brighten Hopkinton

Large Sunday attendance at the M. E. church for a Christmas pageant The Light of the Ages directed by Miss Minnie Zeuch A busy week with high school and church programs seniors and teachers home for holidays list includes Frances Laughlin Robert Gearhart and many others A public sale and various visits and events fill the community calendar across Hopkinton and surrounding towns

M. E Minnie Zeuch Buck Creek Hopkinton Frances Laughlin Robert Gearhart State University Town City Thomas Edgar Fayette William Edgar Fredericksburg Viola Green Erma Bradle Greeley Irene Zeuch Sibley Lorena Martin Alta Vista Eleanor MacDonald Blockton Raymond Wallace Oneida J.C. McVay A. Irish Carl C. Bernhard Indiana Harlon J. Williamson Manchester William Meyers Donald A. P. Himebaugh Lois Philip Center Junction Legion Hall Presbyterian Presbyterian Church W. A. Edgar Orville Dison Laverne Raymond Marolf Robert Fairbanks Mary Cline Cecelia Ellington Howard Kirkwood Faye Loop Hope Jamison Clays Athennians Wayne Thurm Mary Elizabeth Gearhart Raymond Solin Harry Brown Rachel Stanger Donald Squier Clair Wilson Mary Martha de Rest Waltur Kirkwood Gertrude Reeve Laverne Gearhart

Christmas Program At Amber School And Presbyterian Church

Amber School under Miss Wilma Craig and Florence Ireland presents a Monday afternoon program with plays songs and recitations by primary and upper grades including Aunt Dol efuls Ailments The Christmas Air Santa's Little Son and There s Going to Be a Merry Time The Presbyterian church hosts a follow up program on Wednesday Dec 23 at 8 o clock with Jingle Bells scripture reading prayer duets exercises recitations readings songs pantomime and a dramatic presentation Following the Star by the school plus multiple student performers and readings.

Amber School Wilma Craig Florence Ireland Lewis Eggers Dolly Bethlehem Presbyterian Church Nelda Welch Rev. F. Provan Marjorie Provan Leafy Grant Howard Andrews David Gray Lauvonne Welch James Gray Shirley Siebels Mary Louise Yount Santa Claus Virginia Yount

Onslow News Group Hosts Christmas Party And Notes

Mrs. Kennedy’s Sunday school class invited the boys of Mrs. Koon’s class to a Wednesday night party at the Kennedy home where about thirty attended. The Astrurian club held its annual Christmas party with Mrs. Howard Willison last Friday. Santa distributed gifts at the Sunshine Mission fund drive. School closed for two weeks. Several residents prepared for holidays, with visits, travels, and a Christmas program planned at the church. The town pump remains unrepaired and residents fetch water from wells.

Kenneth ‘Kennedy Henry Koon Kennedy Astrurian Club Howard Willison Ruth Fay- Tram Irene Macauley Ethel Koon Leona Kennedy Glatha Willison Bernadine Smith Lamey Santa Claus Sunshine Mission Cedar Rapids Estelle McCune Iowa City Trene Kruger Voyle Potter Baldwin Macauley Lanark Mildred Mabel Streeper Thomas Henderson Dillon Hall Newell Vassar Marshalltown Vera Paul Athens S. G. Hutton Dillon Stickley Clinton Ella Orr Ruth Redding Cal Garnett S5on Clayton Vera Ted Hamilton Frank Conley Conley Albert Tompkins Brookings Harriet Shaffer Wyoming Tompkins Altura Chicago McKinstry Jansen Maquoketa

Scotch Grove Christmas greetings from former residents

The Scotch Grove community sends season's greetings to those now living elsewhere. Despite low mood and reduced gift giving, the message emphasizes bonds of friendship and gratitude for home, association, health, and everyday blessings.

Scotch Grove

Christmas Activities Highlight 8 G 4 H Club and Local Gatherings

The county nurse plans health tests for the 8 G 4 H club at the Loomis home. Local families, including the Ahrnken and Ladehoff households, prepare to spend Christmas in Clinton. A Monticello grade program and a high school operetta drew many, while the Women’s Community club met at Loomis home for carols, gift exchanges, poetry, and a talk on Christmas around the world. Families across the community anticipate gatherings, gifts, and travel for the holiday season.

Castle Grove Christmas Program At Chapel Recital Highlights

A Sunday program at Castle Grove Chapel featured children singing It Came Upon a Midnight Clear and Away in a Manger, plus prayers, readings, recitations, and musical solos by local youths. Ruth Van Buren returns home from Cornell for holiday, while others like C C Bacon Buck Creek and Mrs Leslie Orcutt seek care and visits in Monticello and Anamosa.

J. A. Deischer Pauline Carol Burr Phoebe Hiller Mary Elizabeth McLaughlin Ruth Hintz Jimmie Agrees Kenneth Howie Paul van Buren Helen McLaughlin Elsie Benedict Eldon Burr Clarence Hosford Janet Howie Donald Fairbanks Lyle Hosford Robert Howie Mount Vernon G. J. van Buren C. C. Bacon Buck Creek Leslie Orcutt McDonald Hospital Monticello S. M. Hosford Anamosa

Tailoring Lesson At Richland Center Meeting

Mrs Will Balsiger led a follow up meeting with Mrs Elizabeth McQuillen and ten other ladies on "Successful Tailoring." Attendance and participation highlighted a practical lesson.

Local holiday gatherings mark family milestones

Neighbors and friends honored Mrs. Lester Schofield on her birth anniversary at her home last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Will Balsiger attended the 26th wedding anniversary dinner for Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Egger at their home last Sunday. John Schweitzer Sidney and Janaan visited Cedar Rapids last Saturday. Margaret Wismeier hosted the 4 H club girls for a Christmas party at Richland Center church with a brief program gifts and refreshments. Lost Nation visitors Fred Mohr Mrs. Paul Steiner Mrs. Frank Ruggeberg and Mrs. Andrew Paulsen joined Will Burrichter at his home last Friday. A dry cow needs minerals and well cured legume hay with wheat bran cottonseed meal or Hen seed meal provides them.

J. M. Moses Lucille Albaugh F. D. Sutherland T. E. Stanton H. E. Stingley Hazel Burge Presbyterian Ladies Working Band L. A. Dreibelbis Charles Dawes William Chamberlain Cleveland Ohio M. E. Ladies Aid A. Tomlinson W. A. Stingley Selma Prahm Wyoming Camp Fire Miss Prahm Don Hansen Pauline Prahm Paul Smith Cedar Ra Mr. Ferguson James Iowa W.S. Pangburn Henak Jones County Cedar Falls EH Stingley W .E. Spohn Olive Springer Fred Cramer Castle Grove M. J. McNeilly J. F. Livingstone Cora Garth Dubuque Lorna Livinestone Towa City J. W. Livingstone H. J. Dirks George W. C. Hanken Walter Norris University Hospital Jimmie F. FE. Livingstone Cedar Rapids C. A. Burmeister Pauline B. D. Heiken Heiken Brothers N. C. Holst Ernest Rohwedder Ernest Sieveka Central College Pella Ed Sieveka Robert Livingstone Monticello Peter Prahm Selma Pauline Holm Maquoketa N. C. Holm M. E Santa Wilma Doris Yount Galen Robertson Lavonne Welch Leafy Grant Willis Zimmerman Jackson Township Happy Hour Club Carl Hay W. E. Hay Henry Wehling Freda Andersen Estherville Glen Woods Chicago Philip Batley Dorothy Dewaine Tischauser Vincent Tischauser Mary Thuman Anamosa Eugene Bailey Ethel Gene Bailey J. Wilson Maquoke Ed Englehart Tom Weiss Ben Englebart George Bodiker Otto Danneman Main Street Lester Schofield Will Balsiger Adolph Egger John Schweitzer Sidney Janaan Margaret Wismeier 4-H Club Richland Center Fred Mohr Paul Steiner Frank Ruggeberg Andrew Paulsen Lost Nation Will Burrichter

Local visits span Scotch Grove and Cedar Rapids

Langworthy Mr and Mrs Eb Prult and daughter Wilma visited in the John Reuter home at Scotch Grove on Sunday. Henry Heyen, Iowa City student, returned home for home days with his parents. Mrs Clara Taylor of Scotch Grove visited the Clifford Ardu ser home last Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Ed Prull and Mrs Will Siebels of Monticello were in Cedar Rapids last Tuesday.

Eb Prult Wilma John Reuter Scotch Grove Henry Heyen Iowa City John Heyen Clara Taylor Clifford Arduser Ed Prull Will Siebels Monticello Cedar Rapids

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Lee Sherrill Waterloo Sherrill Mid- Continent Hans Thompson Oxford High Oxford Junction Wyoming Girls Helen Levien Helen Levsen Erma Lincoln Betty Jane Levsen Dorothy Rohwedder Lora. Houston Chuir Laurence Mary Recd Epworth League John Jansen Bru Jansen Raymond Carter W. S. Roush Roush Mrs. Carter Amber Miss Houston Geneva Verna Loomis John Ahrnken John Otten Lake Placid Montreal D. O. Sinclair Henrichs W. B. Henrichs June Nellie V. Morey Slough John Stahlberg Elizabeth McQuillen John Yossi Lucile Dolores George Hein, Jr Frank Schmitt Maynard Cecelia Bobleter Oliver Kiburz Leonard Buol College Inn Grand Ballroom BAL Tabarin Randolph - Clark Lake-La Sallests U.S Bureau OF Labor Statistics Living Birtar Isnar Bureau of Labor of the United States Jowarsctric Earl H. Deshaw, M.D Stuhler Meatielie Ilewa DR. Burris D. C McNeill’s Elwyn Patterson Monticello State Bank Phene Monticelie, Lews
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