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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1956

Page

3

Castle Grove Homemakers Discuss Visit to Blind School

Castle Grove Worth while Homemaker's club met at the Lutheran church basement with hostesses Mrs. Max Specht and Mrs. Fred Heiken. Seventeen members attended and guests listed. They discussed Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School visiting hours in March and reported on painting wooden trays and safety program plans for Rural Women's day.

Castle Grove Lutheran Church Max Specht Fred Heiken Anna Monk Marvin Oltman Nancy Anna Heiken Albert Johnson Orlyn Peck Ruth Hunter Alva Stadtmueller Ambrose Schlarmann William Lubben Nancy Ann Paul Kenyon Carl Kintzle Tobe Caspers Fritz Kromminga Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School Winton Richard Shelley Robert Holub Shelley Lovell Cass Townships

Birthday honors for Freda Kromminga at Cedar Rapids home

A dinner party Saturday February 11 honored 14 year old Freda Kromminga at her parents home with guests including Fred Blohm Velma Paul Brokaw Deborah Barbara Mary Beth and several relatives from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.

Freda Kromminga Fred Kromminga Fred Blohm Velma Paul Brokaw Deborah Barbara Mary Beth James Wilt Alburnett J. D. Pope Marion Elmer Tiedeman Fred R. Stolba Cedar Rapids

Mueller Family Evening Visit to Zimmerman Home

Mueller and family were evening visitors February 7 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Zimmerman in a social call noted in local society.

Clarence Stadtmueller Rudy Zimmerman

Community social notes from Anamosa area events

The column lists numerous social visits and hospital, card party, sleigh riding, and dinner gatherings across Buck Creek Anamosa Coggon and Manchester. Names include the Krommingas Alferts Keiths Shelleys Marshes and Marek families with several trips to Willard hospital and Monticello hospital.

Seehusen Family Hosts Birthday Dinner in Center Junction

Sunday dinner guests included Mr. and Mrs. George Seehusen in honor of Mrs. Seehusen’s birthday at Mrs. Anna Seheusen’s home in Center Junction. Numerous calls and visits noted with relatives from Cascade Monticello Dubuque Albany Anamosa Ottumwa Fort Sill and Camp Chaffee. Pvt. Glen King returns from eight weeks Army training at Camp Chaffee and heads to Fort Sill for further training February 24.

Sion Zimmerman Barbara Janet Eberhart Paul Black Richard Shelley Don Serbousek Cedar. Rapids Betty Ann Ross Chicago, Ill Marvin Olimann Clark Thompson Buck Creek Tobe Caspers Duane Anna Monk Anamosa Myron Zumbach Coggon Richard Kromminga Roger Fritz Kromminga Gordon Keith Willard Hospital Manchester Keith Karen King Louie Alferts Ben Keith Tommy Kirk Keith Mark Beckman Monticello Hospital Harold Kintzle Marines Carl Kintzle Japan Kintzle Camp Pendleton Calif Faye Pillard John Wacker Garden Project Ambrose Schlarman Ray Prull Paul Hugh Ambrose Schlarmann Julie Clarence Eberhart Francis Miller Art White Shirley Dundee Joe Crowley Art Weber Cyril Elenz Vincent Donovan Raymond Kromminga George Seehusen Anna Seheusen Center Junction John Leisbold Cascade Matt Muller Clarence Stadtmueller Robert Rickels Albert Schrader Ray K Wilfred Schatz Irvin Lubben Austin Spahr Joe Ralph Kromminga Glen King Camp Chaffee Ark Delmar King Leo Lawrence Howard Hart Sal Powers Skip Py Merlin Hulman Atkins John Soukup Harald Woodward M. D. Woodward Lester Kula Connie Richard Rosendahl Ronnie Leo Peterson Nancy Dolan Roy Walmutt Don Joe Dolan Frank Schockemoehl

Prairieburg PWC Club Plans Quitting Work

Prairieburg PWC Club met February 8 at Mrs Roy Walmutt with ten members. They discussed bake and farm sales, revealed Secret Sister names, and planned to sew a quilt top at the Walmutt home on February 17. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs John Dolan on March 14.

Prairieburg P.W.C Roy Walmutt John Dolan

Prairieburg Fire Association elects new directors

The Prairieburg Community Fire association held its annual meeting on Tuesday February 7. Fred Whiting and John Nagel were reelected directors and Emil Holub was elected to replace retiring Carl Kintzle.

Prairieburg Community Fire Association Fred Whiting John Nagel Emil Holub Carl Kintzle

Forty Attend Farm Meeting in Prairieburg

About 40 farmers gathered at the Community building in Prairieburg on February 9 for a Farmers Union meeting. Kenneth Shuman of Topeka Kansas gave a talk on farm problems and coffee and doughnuts were served afterward.

Farmers Union Prairieburg Kenneth Shuman Topeka Kan

St Josephs Church Card Party Plans Set

Altar and Rosary society of St Josephs church met at St Josephs school on Thursday to arrange details for the card party slated for February 12.

Rosary Society of St. Joseph’s St. Joseph’s School

Bickford Family Visit Noted During Tuesday Evening

Mr and Mrs Raymond Bickford with Debra Brenda and Linda of Anamosa visited Tuesday evening with neighbors and friends, sharing updates and hospitality in a small community gathering.

Raymond Bickford Debra Brenda Linda Anamosa

Local Social Notes From Anamosa and Surrounding Areas

Community members visit hospitals and homes across Cedar Rapids Monticello Anamosa and surrounding towns. People attending illnesses weddings and family events are listed with names including the Boyse Dolan Woodward Lawrence Hart and Devlin families alongside church and hospital visits in late winter.

Leroy Bickford Clayton Bickford Kathy Boyse Alfred Gerdes John Dolan Bob Woodward Joan Sara Devlin Walter Maroneys Manchester Strawberry Point Pat Evans Franklin Homel Ricky Lawrence Lucian Lawrence John McDonald Hospital Monticello Babe Heinz Connie Anamosa Bernard Dolan John Michael

Visit patterns and estate notices from Jones County households

The clipping records visiting the Emil Holub and Vernon Himes homes on Saturday and Tuesday evenings. It also contains Iowa Jones County notices appointing administrators for the estates of Andy Steiner and Matilda J. Hanssen, detailing payment requests, claims filing, and court clerk procedures dated January 18, 1966.

State of Iowa Jones County Andy Steiner District Court Matilda J. Hanssen

Castle Grove Mutual Insurance Amends Purposes in 1956

Notice from Ww. L. Pearson clerk district court via Gertrude Folkerts deputy. Castle Grove Mutual Insurance Association in Monticello Iowa amends Article II to define its purposes to insure member property against fire or lightning and related risks, with endorsements required for broader coverage and policy terms approved by the board.

Ww. L. Pearson Gertrude Folkerts Castle Grove Mutual Insurance Association State of Iowa Monticello Code of Iowa Association

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