Local News Of Davenport Visitors And Social Rounds
Davenport resident B F Brown was a visitor in town last Thursday. Gene Byers offers piano tuning and his shop on 322. Numerous locals and visitors from Cedar Rapids Manchester Anamosa Hopkinton Davenport Sabula and Monticello drop by friends and family across the week end. Various trips include Cedar Rapids Chicago Minneapolis and Columbus Ohio with many attending events and gatherings at homes churches and colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Brown
Davenport
Jack Buchanan
Cedar Rapids
Kate Hauss
Monticello News Roundup of Local, University Visits
Vancouver visitor Elmer C. Lee arrives to visit his mother Mrs. Hiram Lee. University of Iowa students Rolland Steinmetz Norman Kopp and J Max Cartwright spend weekend at home with Iowa City friends Sam Schuetz and Roy Ricklefs. Several Monticello residents noted husband trips and family gatherings with regional ties across Iowa and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer C. Lee
Vancouver
B. C
Hiram Lee
Rolland Steinmetz
Norman Kopp
J. Max Cartwright
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Sam Schuetz
Roy Ricklefs
Harry Stuhler
Trudeau
New York
Bill
M. F. Hogan
The
State University At
James Redmond
Maxine Redmond
Robert Locher
Gladys
Shelley
Roy Ricklifs
Robert Hogan
Ray Ferring
Gerald Schoon
Stuart Hoag
Richard Hoag
Ruth Jacobs
More Schools Enter The Express Bird Contest
Three new schools join the Express bird contest Scotch Grove No 9 Castle Grove No 1 Wayne No 5 taught by May Hogan Emil Pruit Details urge coloring clipping pictures by students and naming age and grade Teachers pick weekly best entry and assemble a booklet for the office of The Express Winners receive library books for rural schools The Express lists Hazel Green Pine Grove Lovell No 2 and Wayne No 6 as participants noting additional teachers and schools involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Castle Grove
May Hogan
Wayne
Emil Pruit
Express
the Express
Ofice of the Express
Hazel Green
Jackson Township
Leone Preston
Pine Grove
Madison Township
Catherine Thompson
Lovell
Marie Widmer
Mary Bohlken
Hopkinton Couple Celebrates 40th Anniversary Surprise
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Cramer of Hopkinton marked their 40th wedding anniversary with a Sunday surprise at home. Dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. Wil Hiller, the Lorenz Balster pair, Fred Cramer and family, GC A. Cramer, G. L. Cramer and relatives from Delhi, and several other local friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GC. W. Lutz
Florence Anderburg
Friends
Cedar Rapids
Pernice
Phyllis de Shaw
Hopkinton
Earl DeShaw
Phillip DeShaw
Lorenz F. Balster
Harold A. Deischer
F. C. Cramer
Will Hiller
Monticello
Eda van Buren
Bethany
Oklahoma
A. K. Cramer
Wil Hiller
Lorenz Balster
Fred Cramer
Oklahomna
A. Cramer
G. L. Cramer
Jimmie
Society And Club News Recap Of Local Meetings And Events
Chapter FP P E O met at Mrs A M Maurice with vice president presiding. Thursday bridge at Mrs Leonard Iverson 1 30 lunch. The 94 club held book review at Mrs Samuel Gutensohn home. Auction bridge at various homes with prizes awarded. K C hall hosted shower and dance for Mr and Mrs George Eby. Eastern Star and Ladies Social Circle held meetings with programs and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Gutensohn
George Guyan
Mary
Scotland and the Isles
Janet Hazard
Gutensohn
Mgr
Andrew Ambuehl Jr
K. C. Hall
George Eby
Schreiner
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Iva Rodman
Byron Abel
Clarence Matthiessen
A. M. Maurice
Arthur Madsen
Earl de- Shaw
George Buol
D. P. Young
Pinochie Club Hosts Luncheon After Games
Mrs Yossi hosted the Pinochie club at her country home last Thursday afternoon with three tables of progressive pinochie. Mrs Heln won the high score prize and Mr Ellers took the traveling prize. Guests included Mrs Schweltzer Jr Mrs Hein and Mrs Schwelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Iverson
Milton Thoen
J. W. Schweitzer
Ernest Shelley
Frank Podhaski
Madge Shaffer
Henry Ohe
Lou Spooner
Ethel Nichols
Will Balsiger
Nichols
Agnes Gearhart
Clarence Matthiessen
Louis D. Barrack
Fred Endsley
Ralph Bone
Charles Lucctt
Hans Kettlitz
John Yossi
George Heln
Grant Ellers
John Schweltzer Jr
George Hein
Carl Schwelter
Community Groups Share Charity and Installations Events
The Women's Missionary society met at Mrs. Will Adams home for a regular meeting with devotion led by Mrs. Ralph Bone and a program on National Missions. Officers for 1936 were elected: President Mrs. Otto Burrichter, Vice President Mrs. E. J. Farley, Secretary Mrs. Donald Sutherland, Treasurer Mrs. Asa Lambert. Tea followed. Happenings include a dinner party for Mrs. Siebelt Harms and Mr. Tedrow’s anniversary guests. a Friday club gathering chaired by Mrs. H. S. Richardson. and joint Odd Fellows and Rebekahs installations in Wyoming with multiple officers named and a pot luck supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Will Adams
Ralph Bone
Asa Lambert
Otto Burrichter
E. J. Farley
Donald Sutherland
Bone
Lambert
H. B. Tedrow
Martha
Will Moore
Sophia
Lucile
Robert Holub
Prairieburg
L. W. Lovell
H. S. Richardson
John Fraser
Colin G. Thomas
Odd Fellows and
Rebekah Lodges
Odd Fellows Hall
Jones County Council of Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Onslow
Anamosa
Center Junction
Wyoming
Odd Fellows
Merton Miller
J. Young
Marshall
Ben Warren
Lutiee Poole
Noble Grand
Jack Graves
Fred Zimmerman
W. H. Skelley
Bert Hubbard
Tobe Hanken
Ed Rice
Siebert Harms
John Shover
Clarence Hein
Linda Kiburz
Martha Rice
Sylvia Olden
Jennie Skelley
Bertha Sutherland
Guardian
Cara Brockhaus
Harms
Magele Rice
School Notes Highlight Student Reports and Awards
Freshman English sees students report on multiple books with Miriam Lovell and Vernon Meier leading. Girls in manual training recane stools and redecorate, while gym classes pursue athletic badge tests. Ribbons and minor “M” club honors are awarded across grades, with assembly noting attendance and the operetta Sunbonnet Girl underway. Local arrests and indictments are listed, including Irene and Richard Van Dusen, with other theft and assault cases detailed and bail set where stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miriam Lovell
Vernon Meier
Jo Royden
Helen Havitchek
Marion McVay
Hilda Balster
Alice Rabenberg
Mary MccLaughlin
Kathleen Carlson
Jean Royden
Margaret Delscher
Jo Rickless
Eleanor Stewart
Shirley Hobert
Janet Howie
Lucille Huibregtse
Arline Balster
Bob Liddy
Dicky Landis
M” Club
Wilma Harford
Dorothy Sawyer
Kay Ferring
Lois Kuhns
Shirley Hoag
Mary McLaughlin
Betty Thomas
Jo McNeill
Kathleen Carlsen
Margaret Smith
Charlene Rolls
Irvin Lupben
John Nagel
Dean Morey
Charles Field
Donald Schoon
Maynard Kuhns
James Farley
Fred Bone
Miranda Meadows
Elsa Ruth Gutknecht
Luella Templeton
Hiram Meadows
Mrs. Meadows
Doris Cotton
Evalinn Scroggs
Reuben McSnavin
Ivan Reynolds
Earn McSnavin
Warren Stirter
Barbara Coleman
Margaret Hayes
Jerry Jackson
Royal Rodman
Scrozes
Wilma Kuhns
Abliah Scroezs
Clarence Hearn
Sadie _Simpkins
Hopkinton Creamery Elects 1936 Officers
The Hopkinton cooperative creamery held its annual meeting last Saturday in Hopkinton. Manager H. M. Reeve presented a year’s business report. Retiring directors were Russell Guthrie B A Smith and Hugh McGlinde. New directors Archie Wheeless Russell Guthrie and Roy Dighton. Officers elected were Warren Winch president Russell Guthrie vice president and H M Reeve secretary manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Land values swing nets Mora farmer a big profit
Oscar Van Dorn of Mora saw land values swing dramatically in Appanoose county. He sold his Moravia area farm in 1918 for 6000 dollars and has repurchased it for 1350 dollars, yielding a profit of 4650 dollars on the revaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar van Dorn
Moravia
Appanoose County
Classroom News From Miss Gray and Grade Three
Mrs Endsley and her sister visited Miss Gray s second grade on Monday. The class finished time booklets and practiced cutting letters. Miss Miller s third grade makes vegetable puppets tied to geography and health studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Iverson
Shields
Armin Jacobs
James Matthiessen
Miss Ashton
Cleaning Up Thievery In Cedar County
Cedar County grand jury at Tipton ends after a twelve day session. Seven people face charges for petty thefts troubling Cedar County farmers. Louis Wehde of Tipton indicted for receiving stolen pigs and a threshing machine belt tied to a local ring. Henry Peden of Rochester indicted for stealing five hogs from Clarence Maher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
B. M. Crees
Atalissa
Wehde
Henry Peden
Rochester
Clarence Maher
Fall Leaves Avoca Woman With Broken Hip at Home
Mrs Katherine Sick 82 of Avoca sipped and fell while preparing for bed, breaking her hip and lying four days without food or water before discovery. She remains in critical condition. In Marion county Pella hosts a spring tulip festival featuring a permanent miniature Dutch village built by George Herron and local students with yearly additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Sick
Avoca
Pottawattamie County
Pella
Marion County
George Herron
Chicago pastor to speak at Sunday Evening Club
Jack Kay of Chicago visited his parents, Mr and Mrs Fred Kay. The Rev Joseph Fort Newton formerly of Cedar Rapids Peoples Church and now at St James Church Philadelphia will address the Chicago Sunday Evening club next Sunday at 8 30 p m The service will be broadcast by WGN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Kay
Chicago
Mrs
Fred Kay
Joseph Fort Newton
the Peoples Church
Cedar Rapids
St. James Church
Philadelphia
Chicago Sunday Evening Club
WGN
Mrs Guyan Plans Trip to East St Louis with Son
Mrs. George Guyan will leave this week for East St Louis to visit her son George, assistant station director of a radio station there. Mr Vernon Good and family plus Cedar Rapids guests visited Mr and Mrs G L Cropp last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
George Guyan
East St. Louis
Til
George
Vernon Good
Richard
J. W. Biel
Hattie Good
G. L. Cropp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gene Byers
the Schneider Jr
Harold Neilly
Delia Neilly
Ralph Strasburg
Marion
Harold Pillard
James Adams
Bess Dickey
George Keith
Manchester
L. F. Wilson
George Washington
Congregational
Sidney Low
Georgia Linter
Minneapolis, Minn
Henry Monk
Fritz Ahrenholtz
Lois Ehlers
Frieda Tjaden
Henry Tjaden
Dicky Lee
Louis Pillard
Chick
Leonard
Sabula
H. L. Adix
Columbus
Ohio
Lutheran Home Mission Council of America
Ed Zumbach
Coggan
Will Dennison
Kathryn
A. P. Lambert
Ralph Lambert
Glenn
Merle Cass
Esther
Paul Harms
Eileen Neilly
Mount Mercy Junior College
Della Neilly
Lucille Scheele
Scoville Business School
Clinton
William Scheele
Henry Che
Bernard
Coe College
Kathryn Locher
Mullasey Junior College
Bertha Locher
Mildred Rathbun
Cedar Rapids Business College
Elmer Rathbun
Mary Elaine Burrichter
Leona Fothergill
Fred Herker
Florence
Dubuane
Leo Hughes
Sumner
Mary Demmer
Mrs. DeLos Daken
Zearing
Mike Chisman
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Mr. Chisman
Indianola
Olin
W. B. Allen
Homer Hanna
Marion McFadden
Greeley
Bob Hartenberger
Mount Vernon
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Raunds
Hartenberger
Monticello Country Club
J. A. Thompson
John McDonald Hospital
James Richard
Mr. Thompson
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
J. W. Doxsee
Mary Doxsee
New Orleans
Hotel Sandford
San Diego
Calif
Ernest Speedy
Allison
Speedy
Mary Hanuwalt
Robert
Don Harter
J. Suter
Donald Hotchkiss
Dubuque
Merle Bond
Webster
Ottumwa
Missouri
John Lahey
Maurice
B. C. Roberts
Leonard Iverson Mostess
Thursday Bridge Club
U-Namit
Mrs. Henry Ohe
Knitting Club
Harry Matthiessen
Ruth Matthiessen
Ireland of
Alpha Delphians
Langer
Rudy Langer
Alpha Delphian Chapter
Ray Echternacht
George Timmins
Endsley
M. FE. Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ernest Landis
Ed Huibregtse
Esther Cass
Frances Bone
Lavonne Landis
Lillian Harms
Will Shelley
Luther ,Howland
Power
Yossi
Mrs. Tedrow
Louise York
Barbara Walker
O. E. York
Frank Walker
York
Barbara
Delphia Balster
Leonard Strasburg
Dicky Sutherland
David Walker
Robert Thoeni
Stuart Sutherland
Jane Stuhler
Marjorie Thomas
Susan Stuhler
Beverly Helms
Dorothy Marsh
Donna Hackbarth
Barbara Deischer
Dotty Schneider
Mary Lou Adams
Tommy Grimes
Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodge
Peden
Irene VanDusen
van Dusens
Richard van Dusen
Irene van Dusen
Carl W. Gustavison
Richmond
Gustavison
Elvin McQuillen
Wilton Junction
Bert Kephart
George Vetter
McQuillen
Vetter
Alvis Cum
Stotler
Hill and Wescott
West Branch
Earl Pisher
Mechanicsville
Inter
Hopkinton Creamery
Omar
Floyd
Loaves
A&c
Monarch
Sturreon
Grocery Department
Iowa
Grace
Yota Milroy
Cedar County
Princess
Hell’s Angels
Jean Harlow
Ken Maynard
James Dunnclaire
Jean Arthur
Herbert Marchal
EL Brendel
Popeye
Vigon
Vitaliky
SUN
Mon
Ana Lanny
Oh CS
Chas. Chase Comedy
Bank
WM. Powell
Baty
Nash’s
Chase
Aorn's
Wan
T.N.T
Dr. Scholl
Wm. M. Scholl
Dr. Scholl’s
Stuhlers
Shoe Department
Dan Matthews
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