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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1938

Page

8

Wyoming Community News Highlights of Local Obituaries and Events

Obituaries include Virginia Baguss and Simeon Haun details with birth and death notes. Community clubs from Social card to Hawthorne host sessions, Kensington gatherings, lectures, and club raffles. Local farm sales, school programs, and residents moving or visiting are noted from Wyoming and surrounding areas.

Center Junction Social and Civic Notes Gathered

Center Junction reports a busy week with the Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Society electing Grace Thompson as president and naming officers and chairmen. A farewell party for Ed and Mrs. Duncan and a Live and Learn club meeting are noted, along with a Farmers Mutual Telephone association meeting and community losses.

Women’s Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church 8. W. Clark Grace Thompson Marietta Stanton Nelle Moses Gladys McNeilly Charlotte Clark Rachel Smith Ethel Stingley Irma Sanford Fred Carson R. J. Moncrief Helen McCord H. E. Stingley Lyle Thompson George Dirks Center Junction

Onslow Community Activities and Local Incidents

Marriage festivities included a supper and banko game with a gift to the guests of honor. George Snyder returned from Nebraska where he worked for National Hybrid Seed Corn. Several club meetings, illnesses, a hip fracture, and funerals are noted alongside shipping data for 1937 and a Presbyterian Missionary Society praise service.

Banco George Snyder Nebraska National Hybrid Seed Corn Company Teachers’ Club Onslow High School Supt Arthur Pottle Monopoly Koon Mankato Minn Ethel Streets Onslow Maquoketa Jennie Hamilton Elmer Walter Streeper Russell Merle Orr George Mann James Ham Onslow Shipping Association Chicago Presbyterian Missionary Society

Local Homemakers Club Hosts Meeting and Farewell Party

Mrs. Wilfred Wherry hosted the Happy Homemakers club with twelve members present. Leaders demonstrated slip covers for chairs and a noon picnic followed. Next meeting set with Mrs. Max Hamilton on February 24 to discuss hanging pictures. Home Neighbors and Ladies Guild hosted events. League of Women Voters visit noted. Wyoming township Homemakers held a farewell party for the John Strong family.

Henry Nissen Peter Jansen Peter Fredericksen C. H. Westphil William Peck Robert Barber Claude Sears Lester French Lee Sherrill Everett Vrooman W. N. Morse Dora_Thomson Raymond Denniston East Ridge Club Lincoln Peter Eichhorn Washington Arthur Manwiller Lyle Tompkins Joe Kouba Everready Club Ray Griswold Robert Livingstone James Mallicoat Chris Anderson Wyoming Industrial Society of the Presbyterian Church Meinhardt Thomsen Wilfred Wherry Happy Homemakers Club Lucille Heeren Ruth Snyder Max Hamilton Leo Allen Home Neighbors Club John Mayberry Fred Bramer George Sears Marvin Hanwardson Elizabeth Orr Ladies’ Guild Harriet Lamey C. R. Smith League of Women Voters John Locher Monticello Wyoming Township Homemakers’ Club John Strong

Sand Springs Community Notes and Visits Reflect Local Life

Mrs. B W Cox of Center Junction visits son Edward Cox and family. Ladies from Sand Springs attend Presbyterian church aid at Mrs. William Thompson’s Monticello home. Earl Fagan visits teacher Neva Wilson in Scotch Grove. Several local residents visit Cedar Rapids and Des Moines for various tasks. A Homemakers clothing lesson hosted by Mrs C K Greer with 18 attendees. A Farm Bureau homemakers meeting set for Feb 17 at Mrs Dean Morton’s. Nick Wilgenbusch welcomes a daughter. Numerous visits to Monticello, McDonald Hospital, and local homes accompany a weekend of social activity.

Andrew Jansen Wyoming Onslow John Jansen Maryus Rockwell City Martha Bramer Nashville Will Amber Ferdinand Baguss Paul Cooper George Jackson Anamosa Charles Fiedler Cooper Martin Johnson Africa Opera House Coe College Shaffer and Allen Wyoming Livestock Express Henry Brunscheen Waggy Thomson Hawthorne Club William Wilker Lee Sherrill Wilker Howard Day Helen Downing Iowa Medical Association Robert Alden John Thomson Alert Mott Charles Rogers Irene Brownell Eastern Star Ralph Orth Denver Simeon Haun Ida Haun Kettlesen Mount Vernon Wyoming Cemetery Legion Oxford Junction H. W. Carlton Cedar Rapids T. Z. Cook Post G.A Crawford Maddox Washington, D. C John C. Kettlesen Jr Dallas Texas Bradley Carlton Kate Gerdes Monticello W. B. Curry John Livingstone Jefferson Dwight Mathes Mathes Lorna Livingstone Livingstone Lucille Robert John Gray Jr J. L. Serbousek Peter Prahm State Conservation Commission Catherine Thompson Jean McNeilly Cornell G.thompson J. R. McNeilly Dale Dodge Cedar Falls John Sindingler Frank Himebaugh Helen Frank Livingstone Belle Dodson Center Junction Mrs. Hamilton Ellen McDonald Iowa City Geo. McDonald Scotch Grove Alva Weers Ed Helgens H. J. Dirks Frank Husman Mercy Hospital N. C. Hoist Ricka Rohwedder Otto Rohwedder Hollyce Stingley Olin H. E. Stingley Thelma Husman Leroy Frank Alexander Galen William Alexander G. Thomspon John Thompson Philip Batley Fred Preas Friay F. L. Himebaugh Arthur Wilcox Chicago Alvena Paulsen California Margaret Lesier William Fletcher Cecil Koon H. W. Koon Jeanette Hunter Jane Lamb Hospital Clinton Hunter Benny Butts Rockford Clarence Orr Jennie Hamilton Independents Iowa Steel Company Sacred Heart Hannah Smith Canton Hannah Carpenter Howard Green Ethel Streets Maquoketa Clarence Kline Morley Ed Paulsen L. M. Smith el Paso the Smith B. W. Cox Edward Cox W. H. Behrends Dean Morton Presbyterian Church William Thompson Earl Fagan Neva Wilson Jerome Baum J. L. Batchelder Henry Eileen Stanley Bright Ray Chaplin Lou King Des Moines Herbert Cox E. H. Cox Sand Springs C. K. Greer Elizabeth Peterson Ames Fred Egger McDonald Hospital Farm Bureau Nick Wilgenbusch Dave Wilson Charles Stevenson John Albany Vernon Payne Mark McDonald Herold Dunn

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