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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1938

Page

8

Birthdays and community notices in Wyoming region

Several local residents commemorated birthdays including Mrs. Sarah Chaloupka age 76 and neighbors honored Ernest Demoss Chris Anderson and Freddie Luckstead with gatherings. A marriage announcement reports Lloyd Ireland and Marie Thomsen wed Dec 28 1937 in Omaha with Danbury ties. Events include club elections flood control work University of Iowa honor and local social gatherings across towns in Iowa.

Wyoming Sarah Chaloupka Baldwin Monmouth Anna Gates Cherokee Chaloupka Ernest Demoss Chris Anderson Freddie Luckstead Luther League Lloyd Ireland Roy Ireland Martelle John Thomsen Marie Thomsen Danbury Omaha Neb Fred Jennie Thomsen Ireland Wyoming High School Anamosa Dorothy Endsley Hawthorne Club Charles Marshall Howard Day L. B. Madsen Dora Thomson Paul Cooper Ralph Orth Dora Thomsen Darlene Day Charles Marshall Jr Frank Edwards W. E. Edwards Louisiana University of Iowa Gilmore Harris Tulane University New Orleans Frank W. W. Bronson Progressive Woman's Club China C. BE. Wherry William Peck Robert Barber Erna Levsen Citizens State Bank State University of Town Lolita White West Union Everett Vrooman Lyle Jenkins T. J. van Dyke John Petersen Matthias Broderson Will Reese Stanwood Silent Workers M. E. Aid Society Elias Anderson The Mary's Jeanne Roush Roush Presbyterian Hospital Chicago Noble Grand Circle Midland Homemakers Club Andrew Schwab Here Jean Butzolf le Vasseur Jean Onslow Glen McLaughlin American Legional Memorial Hall National Defense Lester French George Luckstead A. G. Rohwedder Wyoming Shipping Association Howard Jameson

Community notices and shipments mark Onslow week

Onslow hosts a busy week with new members added to groups, social events, and a stock shipment from Onslow to Chicago. The June-like calendar features bridge and pinochle games, home visits, church society meetings, and a stock shipping association annual meeting set for February 5.

Larkin club hosts farewell for Ladehoffs in Onslow

The Larkin club held a farewell party for Mr and Mrs Fred Ladehoff in the community hall Tuesday evening. A 6:30 dinner preceded a 500 game at seven tables with prizes to Mrs E K Peters M P Paulsen Mrs F Ladehoff and John Jansen. An electric lamp was given to the guests of honor. Dr and Mrs C R Smith hosted three tables of bridge with prizes to Mrs George Paulsen R E Chaplin Ralph Orr Mrs John Paulsen. Presbyterian Missionary Society met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Howard Lease.

Frank Johnson Leona Johnson Ella Larkey Lillie Smola Fred Ladehoff E. Horton George Overholt Clinton Onslow Chicago N C. Holst M. Holst Paul Paulsen Pete Paulsen Lloyd Preston Onslow Shipping Association M. P. Paulsen Salo Fred Scott Monticello Tom Lathrop Leonard Hayes R. J. Kleineck Ralph Orr Claire Westphal R. E. Chaplin Melvin Ingwersen W. K. Kennedy Chocolate Co Lois Bullock Cleveland Ohio Lucy Chamberlain Mrs. Chamberlain California Nielsen Mrs. Nielsen L. B. McKinstry Henry Moenk Alva Edwards Dubuque Esther Levien Scotch Grove E. K. Peters George Paulsen Astruman Club Iowa White Holland Turkey Farm Larkin Club F. Ladehoff John Jansen C. R. Smith John Paulsen Presbyterian Missionary Society Howard Lease

Center Junction Creamery Meeting Awards and Lunch

At the creamery meeting last Saturday premiums went to Gert Antons for 98 pounds of flour, Ernest Goldsmith 49 pounds flour and two butter, John Hanna 10 pounds wheat cereal and two butter, Otto Mohr five pounds wheat cereal and one butter. The Presbyterian Ladies Working Band served lunches to 104 at 12 30 p.m. Cathe Preas and two other ladies mentioned.

Gert Antons Ernest Goldsmith John Hanna Otto Mohr Presbyterian Ladies’ Working Band Catheé Preas Harry Chase

Cascade Mourns Mrs Donovan and Neighboring Figures

Obituaries and social notes recount the death of Mrs Timothy Donovan of Garry Owen after a long illness, detailing birth in Garry Owen July 29 1858 and family survivors in Cascade Dubuque Zwingle and Garry Owen. Funeral at St Patrick's. Also reports on William Talbert of Richland township death from pneumonia after surgery at Mercy hospital Anamosa with burial at Cascade.

Timothy Donovan Jackson County Garry Owen Mary McLaughlin James McLaughlin St. Patrick’s School Donovan Cascade J. M. Wolfe William Talbert Richland Township Mercy Hospital Anamosa George Talbert P. J. Dahlem Charles Dahlem Cedar Rapids J. W. Freeman Long Beach Calif F. E. Dodd C. E. Richardson John Patterson East Cascade

Local Notices and Social Updates from Castle Grove Area

W F Hintz traveled to Chicago last week with a cattle shipment. Lutheran church ladies meet at Mrs Harvey Heiken’s Friday. Clarence Hosford joined a birthday party for Harold Yeoman in Monticello last Thursday. Mrs C R Howie has a cold and is unwell. L E Black drives a new 1937 Plymouth. Saturday’s sleet made roads slick and hazardous. Mrs W D McLaughlin and Mrs C A McLaughlin attended a Christ mas seat sale meeting in Anamosa Saturday. The year’s business closed and officers elected. Mrs C A McLaughlin named county chairman. Kathleen Eiler visited in Anamosa. W D McLaughlin and H A ...

A. Alyea Bert Moats Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society O. O. Watson H. Farnham Frank Himebaugh Marie Moats R. E. Beall Stuart Cleete Stelzer Pearl Levnen Bernell Schwirtz Anamosa Beall Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church S. W. Clark Catherine Thompson Merlin Dreibelbis Jean McNeilly Cornell Mount Vernon Lucile Livingstone Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Imogene Chase Evelyn Courtney Lenox College Hopkinton Ted Schnittjer Center Junction Baltimore W. Harvey Young Catherine J. C. Connelley Galesburg E.R. Yong Carroll McNeiny J. L. Serbousek Lucy Dodge Scotch Grove Naylor Harriet Krieser Wyoming Ricka Rohwedder Olin Fuiay Leroy Dirks Kermit Monticello Harm Dirks S. G. Thompson John Thompson Carl Underwood Shippers’ Association W. F. Hintz Chicago Ladies’ Aid Society The Lutheran Church Harvey Heiken Clarence Hosford Harold Yeoman C. R. Howie L. E. Black W. D. McLaughlin A, McLaughlin C. A. McLaughlin Kathleen Eiler Harvey Heliken H. A

Deischer Attend Jones County Farm Bureau Meeting

Anamosa hosts a Saturday gathering of Jones county farm bureau officers. James McLaughlin begins duties as Black Hawk county club agent on February 1, moving from Hampton to Waterloo. Idle Not club members visit Mrs. Ulrich Schilt for a farewell party prior to her move north of Monticello. A noon luncheon precedes an afternoon session on slip covers led by farm bureau leaders.

Deischer Anamosa Jones County Farm Bureau James McLaughlin Black Hawk County Hampton Waterloo Ulrich Schilt Monticello Farm Bureau

Unusual Oyster Gift Sent to Lake City Couple

One of the year's oddest holiday gifts went to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Radley of Lake City Calhoun County. A friend in Long Island mailed a gallon of oysters from the oyster beds there some of which measured up to three inches in diameter.

W. C. Radley Lake City Calhoun County Radleys Long Island

Stolen Mail Sack Recovered Near Otranto

Two men Harry Dockstader of Otranto and Ed Gould of St Ansgar found an empty mail sack sticking from a snowbank by an abandoned school near Otranto in Mitchell county. The sack had been stolen from a railroad station at Lyle Minnesota three weeks earlier. Thieves entered the depot, rifled letters and stole money from some envelopes.

Otranto Mitchell County Harry Dockstader Ed Gould St. Ansgar Lyle Minn

Folkers 70th Birthday Party Attended by Neighbors Families

Lawrence Folkers celebrated his 70th birthday Saturday with a gathering of relatives and neighbors. Attendees included the Englehart, Dirks, Otten, Husman, Andrews, Bra mer, Grant, Boland, Siebels, and Houstman families plus others. The event featured card games, visiting, a purse of money given at midnight, and lunch.

Lawrence Folkers Ben Englehart D. John Dirks Otto Otten Fred Husman George Andrews Jack Husman Louie Bramer John Grant Cletus Boland Mary Thuman Willis Will Siebels Tienry-Siebels George Siebels Nelda Houstman Celena Brockens Dwight Gerdes Rhinehart Siebels Elmer Fred Dirks Raymond Hults Folkers Myles Deeny Cedar Rapids

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