Weekend visits highlight Monticello families and friends
A round of weekend visits and gatherings across Monticello and nearby towns includes Grace White staying with her mother Mrs. L T White in town, Margaret Wismeier visiting Advance, Mo, and the Richmonds vacationing in Florida. Several students from Cedar Rapids Ames and Cedar Falls join relatives in various homes, with baptisms and a furlough noted for Pvt Donald Martin in Ames and Camp Chaffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace White
R.N
Town City
Donald Martin
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Buck Creek Ralph Wilsons at Guernsey Meeting in Cedar Rapids
Mr and Mrs Ralph Wilson attended the district Guernsey meeting at the Roosevelt hotel Cedar Rapids Tuesday. Numerous local families including the McDonells hosted gatherings and celebrated birthdays and anniversaries across the weekend. Mary Margaret McDonald of Worthington underwent an appendectomy at McDonald hospital. Lyle Underwood was hospitalized with a severe cold. many residents attended band festivals and 4 H events in Earlville Manchester and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Creek
Ralph Wilson
Guernsey
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Steve McDonell
Card Club
Stephen McDonell
McDonell’s
Mary Margaret McDonald
Worthington
McDonald
Gordon_Renth
Tommy
Ray Haynes
Ben Keith
Fritz Kromminga
Richard Kromminga
Anamosa
Orville Underwood
Ralph Thompson
Mr. Underwood
Thompson
Fred Ratcliff
Wallace Keeney
St. John
Wash
Dubuque
Everett Bertz
Beitz
Central City
Ratcliff
Keeney
Earlville
John King
Harley Bulgren
Freeman Smith
Howard Kirkwood
Lyle Offerman
Ed Offerman
Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Edward Dettbarn
Carl Dettbarn
Art Eilers
Wanda
Virgil Offerman
John Pieray
Louis Lange
Albert Hutton
Mary Winch
Lyle Winch
Marion
Henry Winch
J. F. Delay
Lawler
William Delay
John Hennessey
Howard Haigh
Sam Bacon
John Wilson
Glen Thompson
Bernard Thompson
Monticello Hospital
Frank Jasper
Larry
John Turnis
Duane Leatner
Robert Nelson
Francis Bowers
Strawberry Point
Fred Nelson
Floyd Nelson
D. A. Worthman
Iowa City
LaVern Wilson
Waukon
Tom Wilson
Floyd Wilson
Don Molesbury
Vic Wilson
Dick Richardson
Mary Ethel
Dickie
Elmer Dettbarn
R Y P Members To Attend District Meeting Feb 3
ANAMOSA The Jones county Rural Young People group plans a district leadership training in Mount Vernon on February 3. The evening centers on leadership themes with talks by Stanley Davidson and Neil Radauhaugh and small group discussions on club issues. A recreation party ends the program with members from Jones and nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Jones County
Mount Vernon
Stanley Davidson
Neil Raudahaugh
R.y-P
Jones
Young People's Club
R.Y.P
Winter Time To Poison Rats On Farms
Extension entomologist Harold Gunderson advises a winter rat control plan. On farms with many rats, use at least one bait station per building and a broad initial hit, then maintain stations for two weeks. Start with warfarin bait and enhance with sugar or cod liver oil if bait disappears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Gunderson
Town State College
Towa
Gunderson
Marolfs Host Couples Card Club Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Marolf hosted a couples card club at 6 30 p m Sunday with a dinner and two pinochle tables. High scores went to Mrs Podhaski and Mr Goodyear while Mrs Stoneking claimed the low score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Marolf
High
Carroll ‘Podhaski
Larry Goodyear
Clarence Stoneking
Infant Michael Stoneking Baptized at Sacred Heart
Michael Paul Stoneking infant son of Mr and Mrs Larry Stoneking was baptized at Sacred Heart church Sunday afternoon January 31 by Rev William Wilkie. Sponsors were Mr and Mrs Justin Supple. The Stoneking and Supple families were dinner guests at Joseph Supple home afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Paul
Larry Stoneking
Sacred Heart Church
William Wilkie
Justin Supple
Michael
Joseph Supple
Birthday celebration for Mrs W J Zimmerman
Sunday guests at the W J Zimmerman home joined Mrs Zimmerman in celebrating her birthday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Herman Folkerts Mr and Mrs George Rickels Mr and Mrs William Henrichs Mr and Mrs John Otten Mr and Mrs Ed Helgens Mr and Mrs Carl Schoon Mr and Mrs Bill Jansen and Mr and Mrs Herman Helgens Pinochle winnings listed for high and low in both ladies and men categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Olmstead
Joann McPherson
Waterloo
Richard Laningham
Marvin Bacon
Herbert Gearhart
Clarence Bacon
Bette Lee
Herman Dolley
Lloyd Wilson
Kyle
B. A. Smith
Muscating
Dean Smith
New Boston
Ill
Henry Aldrich
Dean Smiths
Maurice Thompsons
Freeman Smith
Tom Bees
Gene Huggins
Wayne
John Lubben
Fairview Ridge Club
W. J
Carl Schoon
Herman Helgens
William ‘Henrichs
John Otten
Herman Folkers
Couples Entertained At Pinochle Party
Mr and Mrs Merlin Rupp hosted a couples card club on Sunday January 30 Pinochle played at three tables with high for ladies and men Mrs Clarence Rollinger and George Hoff man traveling Mrs George Hoff man low for ladies and men Mrs Dale McDonald and Dale McDonald Refreshments were served by the hosts after cards
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin Rupp
Clarence Rollinger
George Hoffman
Dale McDonald
Schneiters Return From California Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schneiter returned home Saturday from six weeks in California. They stayed with daughters and families in Ontario and Los Angeles and met the Burns and Bud families. En route home they shared breakfast with Mrs. Schneiter’s brother and family in Desert Hot Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Schneiter
California
Ronald K. Burns
Jeffery Lyn
Ontario
Calif
Jerry Zonis
Glenn
Los Angeles
Schneiters
Burns
Ronald Burns
Cap
Ed Bud
Desert Hot Springs
Mrs. Schneiter
Alfred Baumanns
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monticello
Margaret Wismeier
Carl Richmond
Mrs. Richmond
Florida
Miss Wismeier
Richmond
Honorine Husman
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Robert Reuter
Ames
Tobe Caspers
Glenn and
David Lanpheart
Onslow
Robert Simmons
Earl Pierce
Robert Green
Janice Pickett
Lloyd Pickett
Mrs. Loras Kremer and
Douglas
Arnold Jacobs
Joe Ruley
Ed Husmann
Monroe Taranto of
David Martin
Frank Martin
Mrs. Stoneking
Dale Flansburg
Tiffin
Karen Diane Schneiter
John Soukup
Henry von Sprecken
Paul Schneiter
Shirley Simmons
Earl Pierces
Mrs
Julius Behnke
Monmouth
Lyle Orcutt
Diana
Debra
Elmer Orcutt
Mrs. Wilmer Robinson
Paul Martinsen
Martinsen
George Balster
Coggan
Anna Petersen
Weert Bennen
Coggon
Mrs. Balster
Nick Nosbish
Linda
Marion Merrick
Charlotte
Roy Miller
Carol
James Robinson
Peoria
Donna Lubben
Vernon Meier
Fred Merritt
Frank Merritt
Springville
Henry Merfeld
Alvin Miller
Dean Morey
Mr. Vernon
L. D. Morey
W. H. Kettlitz
Bruce
Independence
Rena Kettlitz
J. H. Rickels
Ross DePue
David and
Mark
Decorah
Henry von Spresken
Marie's Sweet Shop
Hal
June
Martin
Steel Products
Haymakers
Farmers Feed & Supply
Monticello, Iowa
REM Electrical Service
East
Sr Sirees
John Deere Day
Buck
Ralph Wilsons
Graden Blount
Virginia
Wilbur Wilson
Bette Lee Bacon
Maynard Wilson
Bernard Blount
Bill Dahms
Blayne
Paul Maring
Ghostleys
Minorca
Capitol Srain
White Rocks
White Rocks Cross
Monty Produce and Hatchery
Marolfs Entertain Supper Club
Michael Stoneking
W. J. Zimmerman
Carl Schneiters
Kathleen Gudenhauf
Walter Lux
Sam H. Schuetz
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