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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1956
Page
4
The T N T Pinochle club met Thursday night December 27 at the home of Mrs John Belin. Guest Mrs J A Gerlich. High prize awarded to Mrs George Nieters, low to Mrs Herbert Balsiger, traveling prize to Mrs Gerlich.
Local social notes list Rev. Robert Saunders hosting Annette Strang and John Seitz for a 6 o clock dinner in Temple Hill. Multiple families and area residents share Christmas day meals and visits across Dubuque Marion Bernard Bernard Keating Des Moines and Cedar Rapids with numerous Lyons Wagner and Finns family gatherings and hospital updates.
Sand Springs hosts a baptismal dinner for Kathryn Ann Feldman with sponsors Tom Wilgenbusch and Mrs. Bob Link. Several local families attend. A separate pre Christmas family dinner occurs at the George Seibold home with multiple Monticello and Prairieburg residents visiting. Additional visits include W H Behrends at William Balsiger’s Monticello home.
Cascade residents share holiday visits with friends and relatives across nearby towns. Miss Eva Bevin stays in the Stanley Martin home near Worthington. Cedar Rapids visitors stop by Sand Springs and Anamosa guests join Christmas gatherings in Farley and Belle Plaine connections recur. Noted illnesses include mumps keeping some from the Hopkinton pageant. recovery updates mention Mrs. Floyd Darrow with a leg cast.
The W.S.C8 will meet at the Buck Creek church on Wednesday January 2 for a pot-luck dinner. The notice lists numerous holiday visitors and local residents from Cedar Falls Chicago Dubuque Minneapolis Cedar Rapids LaPorte City Iowa City Ottumwa Glen dale Calif Onslow and Ames along with several local family gatherings and anniversaries noted in the Buck Creek community.
Holidays with Mrs Gladys Clifton and Mrs Bill Gearhart at the Gearhart home. Mr and Mrs Chris Strief and family were Christmas dinner guests of Mr and Mrs James Kane in Dubuque. Mrs Floyd Wilson was a luncheon guest of Mrs Walter Hartman in Onslow Thursday. Mrs Fred Zimmerman Jr and Mrs Floyd Wilson visited Mr Zimmerman in St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids Monday. Families gathered for Christmas with their parents including the Sills from Arlington Heights Ill. John Si and Alan visited with Mr and Mrs John Wilcox in Monticello. James Murray of Omaha joined Mr and Mrs Bill Murray and Beverly for Sunday. Sunday supper guests included the North Hunt of Monticello, Loras Kehoe, C J and Lester, Mrs Floyd Wilson and son Don Mossberry in Manchester. Maurice Thompson was Saturday dinner guest of Bert Thompson. Hart Aldrich and family of Earlville visited Freeman Smith Sr Thursday evening. Sunday at Edward Olmstead's home with Richard Laningham of Ryan Carleton Olmstead Julie Carol and Larry present. Miss Helen Ash of Muscatine was a dinner guest of Maynard Thompson at his parents’ home Saturday.
The Prairie Pals 4-H club met at the Hart home with Francis Holub presiding. Members reported on subjects for roll call and brought cookies and sandwiches for the Christmas party. Darlene Plover discussed acquiring a record player and several demonstrations covered art, decoration, and textile painting.
Delaware County Extension held its township meeting at Sand Springs hall on Monday evening December 10. 4-H boys took part with songs and pledge while three new members Bill DeShaw Howard Ries and Leon O Rourke were installed by assistant leader John Ries.
Pvt and Mrs Charles Luce visited relatives in Scotch Grove before returning to Zion Illinois and then east Pvt Luce, recently transferred to Kentucky from California, was recovering from a parachute jump injury Kenneth Oeschger, home on Marine furlough from California, celebrated with relatives and his brother Carl recently returned from Korea A party for the brothers was hosted by their grandparents at Cascade Pvt John R Wright returned to Indian Gap Pa after Christmas furlough Cecil McKinstry and Dr Charles Tyrrell were also noted in local services and visits
In New Jersey he will pursue further schooling. Christmas guests included Mrs. G. J. Hughes and Mrs. Kathleen Norris with family at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hanken near Monticello. Visitors in Maquoketa on Wednesday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Larry Otten and Suzanne Otten.
Jones County hosts a 4 H leaders training school on Thursday January 3 at the Farm Bureau building in Anamosa. Special speaker is Emelda Kunan former Jones County extension home economist now on the Iowa State College staff. The program runs 9 30 am to about 3 30 pm with discussions on 4 H programs demonstration help and ideas for club meetings.
Jones County Farm Bureau fieldman Harley Hawker announced 1,800 members enrolled so far in the current drive aiming for a total 1,650 members.
John Baty and Robert Matthies Sen. were admitted to the init iatory degree at the DeMolay initiation meeting held Wednesday night December 26 at the Masonic Temple.
William Shaffer announces a joint public installation of officers by the Molay Boys and the Masons at 7 80 p.m. January 9 in the Masonic Temple.
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