Social Bridge Club Notes From Local Society Pages
The column lists hostess events for several bridge clubs with dates and venues, including Mrs Colin G Thomas hosting a Friday luncheon and many others hosting contract bridge tables, high scores, prizes, and guest attendees across clubs like Clover Leaf Delta Delt Hi-Low Fortnightly and U-Namit. It also covers a 35th wedding anniversary party at the Hanken home and Young People activities at Sacred Heart church with games and a short program.
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Colin G. Thomas
Roy Morey
Clover Leaf Club
Donald Morey
Byron Abel
Delta Delt Bridge Club
Asa Lambert
Ralph Strasburg
Lee Byerly
Will Tuetken
James Howie
Ross Baty
Social rounds fill week with parties and weddings
A busy week features an auto supper party hosted by teachers at a public school home with ten places, a treasure hunt and games. A bridge party honors the faculty with Miss Clara Palmer high score and Roy Moore traveling prize. Various local groups meet for meetings and a Major Bowes amateur program draws the youth. Agnes Redmond and Thomas Thill wed at Temple Hill St Peter’s Church, followed by a wedding dinner and a shower. A surprise birthday party for Winnon Harford ends with games and prizes. attendees include many area residents and out of town guests.
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Catherine Redmond
Belle Markovitz
Beth Merrill
Dorothy Stemm
Ina Cruise
Fred Kay
Theodosia Pulver
Clara Palmer
Roy Moore
Moore
Bowes
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Group
Methodist Episcopal Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Winnon Harford
Evelyn
Eldora Semmert
Winnon
Banco
Virginia Hearn
Mable Harper
Edna Howell
Wanda Ely
Ruth Cunningham
Lucile Yount
Hilda Geiken
Iva Schneider
Matilda Arduser
Mary Louise Yount
Mildred Arduser
Neva Wilson
Hopkinton
Miss Gertrude Cropp and Ben Prull wed in Freeport
Miss Gertrude Cropp daughter of Bruce Cropp and Ben Prull son of Mr and Mrs Henry G Prull were married in Freeport Illinois on October 12 1936. The double ring ceremony was performed by Reverend D L McNary at the Presbyterian church with Miss Hattie Prull as bridesmaid and Roy Berlin as best man. The bride wore a blue crepe dress and the bridesmaid rust crepe. Mrs Prull graduated from Monticello high school and worked at the local telephone office. Mr Prull attended rural schools and farms. They plan to live on the Mrs Lawrence farm north of town after March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Cropp
Bruce Cropp
Ben Prull
Henry G. Prull
Freeport, Ill
D. L. McNary
Presbyterian Parsonage
Hattie Prull
Roy Berlin
Afternoon sale and entertainment at local gathering
Afternoon games and a food sale raised money as aprons and other items were sold. Tea was served at 4:30 and a brief program followed including singing by Antonette Coxsee and Gretchen Rolf with Mrs. Grimes at the piano and charades by three groups. Hostesses included Mrs. Stimson and others. thirty-five members and guests attended, with out of town guests Mrs. Herman Rolf and daughter Gretchen from Clermont.
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Ernoon
Antonette Coxsee
Gretchen Rolf
Valentine
Grimes
Coxsee
Frank Stimson
Nonpartisan judiciary plans and wage boosts discussed in Iowa legislature
The Iowa legislature considers nonpartisan judiciary election plans, ballot labeling changes, and elimination of 35 percent primary nomination. Bills propose statewide nonpartisan designation, combined judicial conventions, and repeal of party conventions for judges. Senator Lant Doran backs restoring teacher pay to $65 monthly amid wage concerns. Rep Lloyd Woods targets city regulation of telephone utilities.
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E. P. Donahue
Chickasaw County
Gus Alesch
Plymouth County
Henry L. Davis
Madison County
C. G. Goode
Boone County
J. P. Gallagher
Iowa County
Lant H. Doran
Lloyd Woods
Clarke County
Iowa Legislature Debates Labor Welfare and Bank Fees
Lawmakers led by Beckler Knudsen and Moore consider added duties for a state labor commission to inspect steam boilers and vessels. Another bill requires semimonthly pay and posted payment dates. Bills bar banks from cashing checks with penalties. Pharmacy committee seeks narcotics regulation alignment with federal law and stricter labeling with antidote requirement.
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Beckler
Black Hawk County
Knudsen
Marshall County
Moore Woodbury
A State Labor Commission
Iowa
Gillette
Kephart
Clay County
Senate Pharmacy Committee
Gillespie
Polk
Senate clears decks for homestead exemption bill
The senate has cleared the decks for action on the homestead exemption bill scheduled for Thursday unless plans change. Amendments are proposed and the bill is expected to draw deep, data driven debate with many statistics and supporting materials, even aspirin as a joke from one senator.
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Senate
Special Service Sunday At Presbyterian Church
A special service is planned at the Presbyterian church next Sunday night February 14 at 7 30 featuring a University of Dubuque male quartet and Rev Samuel J George. The quartet from Dubuque includes Fred Buol Lorin Scholz John Lang and Carl Sinning and has performed widely in churches civic groups and on midwestern radio. Rev George will also speak on modern religious questions and youth issues. Open to all community members. John Locher Jr of Cedar Rapids visited his parents here over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
University of Dubuque
Samuel George
Middle West
Fred Buol
Dubuque
Lorin Scholz
Guttenberg
John Lang
Manchester
Carl Sinning
Kamrar
Quartette
Samuel J. George
George
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mes. Thomas
Leonard Iverson
Abel
Hi-Low Bridge Club
Mrs. Iverson
B. C. Roberts
O. EB. York
Newton
Norman Newton
Florence Bright
Ralph Lambert
Charles Ritchie
Metzenberg
Harrison Lubben
J. Metzenberg
Jake Metzenberg
W. F., Yeoman
Ed Podhaski
Grant Eilers
Ralph Bone
Ray Echternacht
Louis Hoag
Albert Stuhler
U-Namit Bridge Club
Helen Heiken
U-Namit
Maude Arduser
Hazel Eby
Izora Bancroft
Irene Heiken
Mrs
Fred Manken
Fred Hanken
Chicago
St. John’s Ladies’ Aid Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. John's Lutheran Church
Margaret Stadtmueller
Paul T. Gutknecht
Young People’s Club of
Sacred Heart Parish
Young People's Club
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart School
Catherine McDonough
Harold Dunn
Karl Renk, Jr
Betty Thomas
Frances Bone
Mary Elaine Burrichter
Jo McNeill
Tim George
Mary Elaine Burricht
Winifred Neilly
Mary Kane
Elden Broshaw
George Nordman
Matt Muller
Congregational Missionary Society
Coughlan
Women's Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Harriet Coughlan
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Africa
Janet Hazard
Agnes Gearhart
Miss Hazard
Siegfried Guyan
Mrs. McMullen
League of Women Voters
Lyle McMullen
John Matthiessen
D. M. Strawman
Donald Sutherland
Thomas Redmond
Cecil Smith
Onslow
Edgar Beach
Strawman
Harriet Cunningham
Anamosa
M. E. Church
Thomas Thill
Agnes Redmond
Ben Redmond
Monticello
Scotch Grove
St. Peter’s Church
Temple Hill
Eugene Lorenz
Earl
Elizabeth Redmond
M. E. Social Circle
The
Charles A. Doxgee
Smith
Henry W. Burma
Butler
John Locher Jr
Cedar Rapids
J. J. Locher
America
Iverson
Cer Ae i , Renn
Lee Tracy
Gloria Stuart
Jane Turner
Bob Allen
Ranger Courage
Diddie Cantor Fleur
Crnivenad
Prov
Deanna Durbin
Keeley
Chester Morris
M. Graham
Ann Dvorak
Preston Foster
Joan Beal
Casper
Dan Hlogan
Coggan
Town
Dennis Hogan
W. H. Nule
Rufus Sisler
Farmers Implement Co
John Deere Store
M. & S. Motor CO
Madsen Motor CO
X. Ray Childress
Childress-Hoag
FORD
Ford Tudor
Chevrolet
STAR
BUICK
M & S Motor Co
Edwin Lightfoot
A. T. Madsen
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