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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1954

Page

6

Wyoming Legion Auxiliary Holds February Meeting and Activities

The Wyoming American Legion Auxiliary met in Memorial Hall after a potluck supper to discuss rule revisions and sponsor a March of Dimes porch light campaign. The unit, begun January 7, 1920, now has over 160 members and highlighted past aid to veterans, scholarships, and community projects.

Wyoming American Legion Auxiliary Memorial Hall American Legion William Broderson Robert Alden William Bronson Arthur Felker Louis Dusanek National Convention The Kansas City National Red Cross Red Edith Hogeboom

Rural Schools Lead Polio Drive and Community Notices

Scotch Grove township reports good polio fund results with District Three collecting 26.75 and District Two directed by Arthur Rickels turning in 13.95 to R. G. Miehe. February meetings include Oak Drive with hostess Mrs. Delbert Husmann and a Valentine exchange. Scotch Grove Farm Bureau set with cards. The Christmas Seal TB drive lagged behind last year, with many stamps unreturned. Sewing workshops resume in March. Scotch Grove Cornhuskers practice for the upcoming tournament. Nile Husmann hosts the February 8 meeting with a novel roll call.

Scotch Grove Scotch Grove Town Oak Drive Scotch Grove Township M. P. Paulsen Scotch Grove Cornhuskers Center Junction Tom Streets Willard Price Nile Husmann

Local notes and personal updates from Burlington area

A column covers the Burlington region with mentions of a Tall Tale pageant in Iowa, farm electricity talks by Steve Tolf and Keith Stadtmueller, and plans for an annual basketball tournament. It also tracks travels and visits of local residents including Ed Zirkelbach, Carl Oeschger, Lee Streets, Joan Wright, Jack Lange, Mrs. Arthur Husmann, and community events like a Monticello band concert and local move announcements involving the Ahlrichs and Eby families.

Burlington, Wis Iowa Steve Tolf Keith Stadtmueller Ed Zirkelbach Florida Carl Oeschger Loras College Dubuque Lee Streets California Joan Wright R.N Cedar Rapids John Wright Los Angeles Alpha Eby Jack Lange St. Luke’s Hospital Arthur Husmann Monticello Kenneth Ahlrichs William Ahlrichs Lois Eby Center Junction Scotch Grove Paul Paulsen

Lange Family Mourns Father's Illness Call Home

Aid society in her home. Maxine and Yvonne Lange of Chicago were called home last week by the illness of their father, J. M. Lange.

Maxine Yvonne Lange Chicago J. M. Lange

Les Kral To Speak Feb 9 To Youth Group

Les Kral of Cedar Rapids will address the February meeting of the Jones county Young Married Folks on the economic outlook for agriculture. He is a field man for the Cedar Valley Farm Business association and works with farm families in Jones and eastern Iowa counties through his organization and Iowa State College connections.

Les Kral Cedar Rapids Jones County Kral Cedar Valley Farm Business Association Jones Iowa Towa State College

Meeting on cultural economics Feb 9 in Anamosa Farm Bureau

The gathering will be held Tuesday evening February 9 at 8 p.m. in the Farm Bureau building Anamosa. A can supper with couples bringing one unlabeled can of ready to serve food is planned. Coffee will be provided. Mr and Mrs Jack Naylor Scotch Grove are refreshment committee chairs. Mr and Mrs James Wilde Anamosa are in charge of recreation.

Henry Knake Tom Eichhorn Myron French Merle Kitzmiller George Topping Jane Abbot Ray Davis Melvin Thomson Ronald Davis Madison Jolly Janes Janice Sievers Darlene Steffen Wyoming High School Kathleen James Janice Waggans Nancy Jamison Nancy Holub Carolyn Willman Monticello High School John H. Petersen John McDonald Hospital Monticello Alva Husman Veterans Hospital Iowa City Martha Barber Eilers Nursing Home Harvey Barber Martelle Raymond Conley Owen Conley Diane Lula Conley Jennie Belknap Arthur Remley B. F. Erb George Bye Anamosa Charles Sordes Rochester Minn Mayo Clinic Vincent Eilers Boots of Farm Bureau Jack Naylor Scotch Grove James Wilde

Court records show two minor charges in Bay Echter district

J P reports cases in the Justice of the Peace court. Carl H Dehner of Cascade is fined five dollars and costs for improper passing. Robert Menster of Cascade is fined ten dollars and costs for disturbing the peace by sheriff citation.

J. P Court of Justice of the Peace Bay Echternacht Carl H. Dehner Cascade Robert Menster

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