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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1934
Page
6
Community notes list weekend visits among residents and relatives in Cedar Falls Anamosa Manchester Dubuque and Cedar Rapids. Mentions include piano bargains and professional services with Dr E York and Dr R E Poreman. Washington’s Birthday card party andAuxiliary event announced for February 22 at VFW club rooms.
Dani Reichart of Oakdale visited with his parents Mr and Mrs Adam Reichart. Rose Hanson of Cedar Falls stayed with Mr and Mrs Minard and Mr and Mrs J J Hayes. Raymond Moore of Cedar Rapids was a business visitor. Dr and Mrs Joe Locher of Dubuque welcomed a daughter Carolyn Ann born Feb 14. Elmer C. Lee of Vancouver BC spent Sunday with his parents. The Tuetkens hosted Flockhart and Emily Smith from Anamosa. dinners marked anniversaries of Matthiessens and Butlers. English teachers Stadtmueller and Rogers attended a conference in Iowa City. Rogers's father Dr Henry Rogers is from Sioux City.
Monticello Post No. 1683 of the VFW hosted about 100 members for the February gathering. Plans were set for the second district meeting on April 15 in Monticello. Officers elected include Minnie Rickels as junior vice president and Anna Allamand and Florence Carmichael as trustees. A program by the Americanization committee featured The Mellerdrummer Pantomime and dialogues about George Washington. The group listened to the Hella America program from Washington and noted 30,000 recruits nationwide. thanks were given to Frank Locher for supplying a radio.
Jones County Fair association stockholders re elected the board of Monticello business men including H M Carpenter H W Stuhler H I Rodman M F Hogan J J Locher T J George Tom Shover H J Lang W H McDaniel and F G Matthiessen. Harry Rodman resigned as secretary after eight years Fred G Matthiessen was elected secretary L E Hong was reelected president H W B Stuhler vice president and H M Carpenter Jr treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs. George celebrated twenty fifth wedding anniversary in Pomeroy as Mr. and Mrs. G H Gerdes and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Eilers visited. They stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur George and Mr. and Mrs. L R Jacobs, who are related through marriage.
The 1894 club gathered at Mrs. Albert McNeill’s home for a regular session with a program on Lima and a reading titled To Bogota and Back by Air, led by Mrs. Coxsee and Mrs. Sieg fried Guyan. The Friday club met at Mrs. Stuhler’s home with book reviews on The Theatre Guild and sketches on the Civic Repertory Theatre and Eve Le Galifene, plus Shakespeare’s New Southampton discussed by Mrs. Coughlan.
Mrs Herman Cordes celebrated her fifty second birthday with friends and family Sunday evening February 18 at her home. The Fortnightly bridge club met at Mrs Harry Maire’s home last Thursday with Progressive contract at three tables and high score by Mrs George Timmins.
Mrs Earl DeShaw honored her husband with a Sunday bridge party at three tables where Elizabeth Wallis and Boyd Shannon shared high score. Others included out of town guest Mrs Ben Little. Refreshments followed.
Guests filled a home birthday celebration with a large cake bearing blue candles and gumdrop place cards. The party featured gifts and games for Duane with invited guests including Jackie Stahler and George C. Coxsee. Beverly Ann Helms hosted her fifth birthday with a pink and white cake and party favors for all attendees. Guests named include Anastacia McLees Eloie Wright Betty Adamson Deloris Che Lois Freese Max Carlson David Hamilton and Beverly Ann Helms.
More than two hundred neighbors and friends hosted Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fairbanks at their Castle Grove country home last Thursday noon. A bounteous tray dinner was served by the Ladies' Aid Society of Castle Grove Presbyterian church. A gift was given to the honored couple as they prepare to move March 1 to Mason City.
The Women's Missionary Society of the Congregational church gathered with 19 members and three guests at Miss Carrie Page's home last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Harriet Coughlan presided, devotionals were led by Mrs. George Wilkens, and readings from Christian Century on missionary work plus the study book chapter were shared by several members. Refreshments were served by the hostess and aides.
G Ray Schaffer advertising director for Marshall Field Co Chicago and his wife were bruised and shaken when their car skidded on a wet road and plunged over an embankment near Manchester Tennessee Sunday night They arrived in Chicago Wednesday on the Dixie Flyer An x ray showed possible internal injuries to Mrs Schaffer Mr Schaffer a former Monticello resident
Local churches list weekly Mass times confessions and German Lent services. St Joseph and Sacred Heart report weekday and Sunday masses with Holy Day schedules. St John and Trinity Lutheran announce English services and lent midweek. Methodist notes union Passion Play lecture by Prof McGaw and upcoming Ladies Aid meeting.
The Folkers and Etten sale near Monticello Hard Scrabble saw cows mostly springers top at 49 dollars. Two year old heifers averaged 30 dollars. whole herd around 40 dollars. Corn sold 46 cents a bushel and ensilage two dollars a ton. Chickens above 70 cents each. Aged horses fetched strong prices.
Bruce W. Suthers son of Dr and Mrs W A Suthers of Cedar Rapids joined the U S Navy in 1930 and now stationed at Manila has been appointed to petty officer in the disbursing and accounting department of the paymaster's office aboard the U S S Isabel.
Friends in Monticello learned of the death of Charles Craig at his Loveland home last week. An old Bowen's Prairie settler, he moved with his family to Colorado years ago and will be remembered by area residents.
The third Lenten service will be at the Methodist church on Wednesday February 28 at 7 30 p m Congregational Samuel Gutensohn minister church school at 10 worship at 11 with the sermon Finding Ourselves The union Lenten service will be at the Methodist Episcopal church You are invited to attend Mrs Herman Rolf Gretchen return home near Clermont after a two week visit with A B Grimes Mr and Mrs Grimes visited Maynard en route to Monticello
Relatives in Monticello of Mr and Mrs Ed Brown learned of the birth of a daughter in their home last week. The child is named Barbara and marks the couple’s second child, the first a boy. Mrs Brown, formerly Alice Bowie, is a niece of Dr A M Maurice and Miss Kate Maurice and a former Monticello high school teacher.
Clemma Wenger Garnet Ellers Warren Studer Helen Holst Kath leen Carlsen and Roberta Clark members of Monticello high school orchestra violin ensemble with Miss Elizabeth Wallis supervisor of music traveled to Mount Vernon last Saturday and played before Mrs. Cummins violin instructor at the Cornell conservatory.
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