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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1954

Page

8

South Fork Social Notes Read at Cascade Visits

Darlene and Kay Jurgens were Sunday afternoon visitors at the Clarence Smith home. Mr and Mrs Gilbert Becker and family were Tuesday evening visitors at the Frances Kramer home in Cascade.

Darlene Kay Jurgens Clarence Smith Mrs Gilbert Becker and Frances Kramer Cascade Richard Thompson Norfolk Bert DeShaw Richard Charles Thole Petersburg Cletus Feldman Gerald Walter Guttenberg Carl Gudenhauf Pete Kelchen Greeley George Turnis Wilfred Kramer Coggan George Frank Jasper Bernadette Emil Seibold Ryan Wayne Thompson Gilbert Becker Nick Takes Walker Emil Pattebaum Delhi Art Feldman Carlton Olmstead Walter Sherlock Worthington Frank Turnish Donald Gearhart Florian Becker Carl Trum South Fork Township Paul Krogman Earlville Ray Kirby Russell Guthrie Bill Ries Tom Wilgenbusch Nick Wilgenbusch Alice Farley Kay Brown Colesburg Ray McGraw Art Trum Beriah Kenny Krogman Myrtle Wilgenbusch South Fork Paul Coppes George Smith Monticello Gerald Becker William Welter Reynold Becker Harold Faber Fletcher Dunlap Marshelle E. A. Dunlap Bruce Dunlap Davenport

DeShaw Family Hosts and Weekend Guests at Worthington Home

Mr and Mrs Howard DeShaw and family hosted Sunday visitors at Phil DeShaw's Worthington home. Bill Kuda and two sons from Cedar Rapids dined with Merle DeShaw. Monica Murray from Clarke College Dubuque spent the weekend with her parents.

Howard DeShaw Phil DeShaw Worthington Bill Kuda Sons Cedar Rapids Merle DeShaw Monica Murray Clarke College Dubuque Louis Murray Maurice Kirkwood Bobby H. H. Kirkwood Howard J. Kirkwood Ryan Leo Ament Wilfred Mark Turnis Clarence Smith Ed Sands Delhi John Sands Ed Fass Alphonse Ries Alvin Kramer New Vienna Bill Lang Donald Clark Monticello John Feltes Wilfred Schuster Victor Kraus Louis ‘Murray Monica Charles Mary James O.S.F Mary Tolissa O.S.F Cascade Loras and Clarke Colleges Elizabeth Wiederholt East Dubuque Roma Lee Lang Virginia Dighton Jerry Smith Art Feldmann

Sunday Socials and Concerts Across Iowa Towns

Local residents hosted and attended numerous Sunday dinners card parties and visits across Ryan Dubuque Monticello Cascade and other towns. Notable mentions include Clarke college opera trips and Gypsy Baron performances with Loras and Clarke colleges.

South Fork Man Enters Jesuit Priesthood Path

Patrick J. Murray, son of Mr and Mrs Louis Murray of South Fork, took lifelong vows of poverty chastity and obedience in Florrisant Missouri on February 1. He is a Jesuit seminarian at St Louis University after completing St Pauls School Worthington and Loras College Dubuque. He has studied three years and will spend one more year then twelve more at the University of St Louis.

South Fork Patrick J. ‘Murray Louis Murray Florrisant Society of Jesus St. Paul's School Worthington St. Luke’s Church Hopkinton Loras College Dubuque Mary Nicholas O.S.F Mary James O.S.F Cascade Frank Helms Lawrence Kurt John Gadient George Gadient Bill Lang Joe Messerli Monticello Frank Heims Walter Gudenhauf Ryan Bert Steinman Louis Billmeyer Maurice Kirkwood Bobby Bob Lux Larry Connie Gladys Billmeyer Joe O’brien Independence Roy Marolf Howard DeShaw Hans Mohr John Feltes Bernadette Ruth Ehrisman Davenport

Sucker Fishing Misadventure and Community Notes

A nostalgia filled account describes a sunny river trip for sucker fishing turning comic as the author falls in while searching for a log to fish from. The tale blends local visits from Norfolk to Cascade and mentions many neighbors and extended family events amid riverbank antics and reflections on fishing life.

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