Castle Grove Club Plans Feb meetings and gatherings
Castle Grove notes show Idle Not club hostesses Feb 17 at the Heiken home with a Valentine roll call and lamp shade making lesson. Worthwhile Homemakers at Peniel church Feb 16 with copper tooling lesson and a Sunday get together. Numerous community gatherings and visits are listed among Castle Grove families and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Idle Not Club
Heiken Home
Louis Heiken
No. 2
Circle
Valentine
Edith Schnier
Steve McDonald
William Delay
Peniel Church
George A. Rickels
Farm Bureau
Armar
Harold Deischer
Homemakers Club
Deischer
Onslow Farm Bureau Hosts Meeting at Paulsen Home
Community reports from Onslow include Farm Bureau gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Paulsen with speakers Miss Helen Tucker and Joe Legg. A food sale planned for February 26. several local residents listed as hosts, guests, and participants. Henry Tjaden, 93, moved to Mercy hospital from Kleineck nursing home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Byerly
Gilman ‘Lozier
Russell Hall
Cedar Rapids
Elva Hall
Dillon
Jennie Jordan
Women’s Christian Service Guild
Ed Hodeval
Fannie Hicks
Carol Hanwardson
Harry Paulsen
St. Luke’s Hospital
Tillie Moenk
Anna Holtz
Fannie ‘Hicks
Dora Martens
Edna” Jansén
Mary Juilis
California
Judy Paulsen
Lynn Balster
Scotch Grove
Lewis Moenk
Gene Denniston
Henry Moenk
W. C. Barnts
L. E. Kehrli
Coggon
Roberts Barnts
Henry Tjaden
Kleineck
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Prairieburg News Briefs and 4-H Notes
Prairieburg reports Donnie Woodward injured in a fall and now at Mercy hospital in Anamosa. Local business updates include Cyril Stevenson leasing his garage and service station to Frank Smith, effective Feb 14 with a grand opening later. A busy social thread notes anniversaries, visits, and dinners among local families, plus 4 H club activities planning Red Cross support, pledges, talks, and a joint anniversary party with Prairie Hill Be Natural.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairieburg
Donnie Woodward
Mercy ‘Hospital
Anamosa
Cyril Stevenson
Frank Smith
Leo Lawrences
Leo Peterson
Dorothy
David
Bob Woodward
LeRoy Soukup
Susan
Bob Woodwards
John Walmutt
Lewis Devlin
Maryann
Patsy Cashman
Cedar Dar Rapids
Vernon Woodward
Tommie
Leo Lala
Mardella
Donnie Ray
Center Point
M. D. Woodward
Vernon ‘Himes
Amil Holub
Don
Joan
Prairie ‘Pals 4-H
Red Cross
Nancy McVay
Wacker
Lewis Weber
John Wacker
Floyda Merritt
Prairie Hill
Julianne Holub
Judy Wolfe
Maryanne Stephenson
Betty Weber
Gloria Dolan
Nelson Family Visiting Monticello For Week
Mr and Mrs James G Nelson and daughters Janet and Kay of Mason City arrived Friday to spend the week visiting the James Nelsons in Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Nelson
Janet
Kay
Mason City
James Nelsons
Monticello
Local notes reflect farm sale cafe change and community events
Ten years ago Mrs Bessie Mohr and her sons bought the Oliver Kiburz farm near Jordan. E B Nulls take over City Cafe management with their daughters Phyllis Vera and Betty and most former staff assisting. Fred J Kay wins 25 bond contest in state wide sixth war loan drive from 350 drug stores. Gerd Tholen dies at niece Mrs George Stutt’s home. Merle Buckner hires three men for Buckner Dairy and Bottling Works. Clarence Seedorf and Donald Buckner start dairy work. Bud Lehman aided by Elmer McMichael to handle milk delivery. Kermit Kuhns leaves for army service. Harry Toms finds a 1000 dollar check and 15 dollars cash. W B Clark owned property, Toms boy slightly ahead by 50 cents. Local fire department responds to Roy Jacque home for dresser top burn from a defective cord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Buckner
Buckner Dairy and Bottling Works
Clarence Seedorf
Donald Buckner
Bud Lehman
Elmer McMichael
Kermit Kuhns
Wyoming Journal Business Signatories Plan 7 P.M. Closings
Fifty years ago the Wyoming Journal reports local businessmen signed an agreement to close stores at 7 p.m. Onslow invites the community to visit. stores would stay open until 11 p.m. Mrs. Elizabeth Tice sold property at First and Walnut to G. W. Eastwood, now occupied by Robert Russell and family who expect possession April first. The Express bound ten volumes of its files by Monticello Manufacturing. Mr. Bergman’s work praised for price. Miss Etta Balster and William Schoon wed at St. John’s Church by Rev. William L. Schuetz. Mr. and Mrs. Meade Sanford of Center Junction welcome a new boy born Feb 8. St Valentine’s Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Marsh
W. D. McLaughlin
Monticello
Howard Brentner
Dubuque
Mark Beckman
Marcia
Paul
Myrna
Adrian Milbert
Dyersville
Cletus Goodken
Bill McEvoy
Jean and
Karen Holub
Prairieburg
Sharon Miller
George Seehusen
Anna Seehusen
Center Junction
Anna Stead
Wilbur Cartano
Reuel McColm
Cedar Rapids
Ed Siebels
Merle Pillard
E. J. Schnier
Helen
Carl Manternach
Christ the King Chapel
William Zmolich
Ames
Castle Grove
Clifford Herr
Cathie
Bert King
Ray Kromminga
Tommy Stimpson
Anamosa
John Wacker
John ‘H. Wacker
The
Wyoming Journal
Onslow
Elizabeth Tice
First and
Walnut Streets
G. W. Eastwood
Robert Russell
Express
Monticello Manufacturing Company
Bergman
Etta Balster
William Schoon
St. John's Church
William L. Schuetz
Statler Leaves Monticello for Muscatine Clinic
Dr. J. L. Statler relinquishes his Monticello medical practice and accepts a position at a Muscatine clinic. Also noted: local residents travel to Rock Island for tractor information and several community events and incidents. A serious rifle accident near Monticello involving Alva Hahn is reported with a life threatening injury narrowly avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Statler
Monticello
Muscatine
Hicks Family News: Birth and Death Notice in Onslow
Mrs Art Hicks of Onslow welcomes a firstborn daughter born early on the 13th. Mrs Marie Hicks widow of Nelson Hicks dies at home on the 15th, passing less than six hours before informing her brother in law F M Hicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Hicks
Onslow
Valentine
Gladden
Marie Hicks
Nelson Hicks
F. M. Hicks
Hopkinton Visit Features Mrs Smith Mrs Hiller
Mrs Maude Joseph Smith and Mrs Marshal Neil of Hopkinton visited Monday afternoon in the home of Mrs Elsie Hiller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Joseph Smith
Marshal Neil of
Hopkinton
Elsie Hiller
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Raymond Kromminga
Lorna Plueger
Paul Stadtmueller
Clarence Stadtmueller
F. H. Kromminga
George Plueger
Bob Rickels
Bobby
Richard Tjaden
Elwil Null
Tobe Caspers
Vernon ‘Barrack
Ed Schemmel
Linius
Richard Kromminga
Ambrose Schlarman
Harvey Hinrichs
Mary Rickels
Ella
Marvin Oltman
Herman Hoefker
Daniel
Naomi Stadtmueller
John Stadtmueller
Vernon Barrack
Max Specht
Donieil
Fred Heiken
Fred Kromminga
Emil Hamer
Henry Stadtmueller
John Eichhorn
Patty
Peter
Wyoming
Delmar King
Boyd
Karen
Allan
George Rickels
John Hasler
L. R. Bader
George Taggi
John Jaggi
Grace
Walter Reese
Howies Entertain
Kenneth Howie
G. A. Siebels
Richard Andreesen
Arnie
Bernell Schwertz
Martelle
Henry Andreesen
Olin
Bill Siebels
Howie
Henry Siebels
Earlville
Fay ‘Haeussler
Lewis Vernon
Charles
Morley
Paul Black
Freda
Gloria Kromminga
Clarence Eberhart
Melvin
Russell
Shirley
W. R. Cartano
Larry
Earl Griffith
Monticello Public School
Farm Bureau Met
Paulsen
ROYAL
Remington
SMITH
Corona
Hermes
Olympia Underwood
Adolph Stampe
Jean Lois
James A. Davis
R. S. Davis
Des Moines
Miss Stampe
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Mr. Davis
Navy
San Diego
Cascade St. Martin's
Sacred Heart
St. Martin’s
Oxford Junction
Onsiow
Baldwin
Manchester
Edgewood
Delhi
Buck Creek Si
Greeley
Rosendahls
Joe Dolan
Richard Rosendahl
Albert L. Holub
Robert M. Holub
Ralph Ash
Sal Powers
Skippy
Marion Himes
Stewart Lee
Vernon Himes
Gene Himes
Terry
Keith Boyse
Connie
Kathy Boyse
Farmers’ Mutual
Monticello Impl
Alfred Egger
Ed Cox
Bessie Mohr
Oliver Kiburz
Jordan
E. B. Null
City Cafe
Phyllis
Vera
Betty
Fred J. Kay
Gerd Tholen
George D. Stutt
Harry Toms
S. A. Kaplan
W. B. Clark
Roy Jacque
Mr. and
Ghostleys
Minorca
Capitol Srain
White Rocks
White Rocks Cross
Monty
Ernest Wahl
John Smith
Willie Behrends
Gerhard Freese
R. H. Balster
C. D. Shaffer
Elmer Aebi
Rock Island
Fred Matthiessen
William Podhaski
Loras Kehoe
Charles Luett
Robert Charles
John McDonald Hospital
Merle Cass
Fort Dodge
Iowa Truck Owners Association
Mr. Cass
Alva Hahn
Herman Hahn
T Bud Rittman
Harvestor
TYLER
Minneapolis-Moline Harvester
Minneapolis-Moline
Hervester
Arend Balster’s Stores
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