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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1933
Page
6
Local notes report Miss Bertha Locher visiting last Saturday and several Monticello visitors including Eldon Rohn and Roy Sweezy of Cedar Rapids. Coal ads promote the East Side Yard and Kyres jeweler buys gold while various residents travel to Iowa City Cedar Rapids and Dubuque for visits and events.
Last Friday the assembly featured a Lincoln program led by Mr. Royden with songs, readings of O Captain My Captain, and a Gettysburg Address, followed by a saxophone solo and a dog impersonator. Earlier talks covered Lincoln’s persona and the psychology of drunkenness by Dr. King from Cornell, with debates on US economic strength and presidential term length.
Mrs. Steck hosted a benefit bridge at her home last Friday with three tables and a winning couple prize to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jolly. The Delta Delt club, FP P.E.O., Ladies Society of the Sacred Heart, and other groups held meetings or parties with high scores and traveling prizes. Miss Helen Heiken and Mrs. Ann Ehrisman hosted events. a VFW auxiliary card party and a farewell gathering for Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith closed with socializing and refreshments.
Schreiner chapter No. 226 Eastern Star will hold its annual school of instruction on Tuesday February 28 at 1:30 PM in Castle Grove township and Olin instructor Mrs Elda Rohwedder. A 6:30 PM dinner follows with a 35 cent plate and initiatory work to be exemplified. Notify worthy matron Mrs C Steck or secretary Miss Caroline Schoenhut by February 25. Brenners expect to move March 1 to Pat Troy farm.
Mrs. Riess Stuhler hosted an afternoon gathering for a Sunday school class at Mrs. George Rettig’s home to include Janet Schemmel who is recovering from a broken leg. Children told stories pasted pictures in a scrapbook and shared ice cream and Washington hats. Attendees listed include Helen Gutensohn, Betty Guyan, Audrey Podhaski, Jane Stuhler, Marilee Matthiessen, and Janet Schemmel.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burrichter and relatives hosted Monticello area relatives last Thursday. Anita residents R. D. Vernon and Edgar D. Vernon welcomed family guests, with Vernon noting his role at The Monticello Express. Des Moines and Valley Junction visitors stayed with A. M. Maurice and others. Mary Elizabeth Stuhler, Cedar Falls student, and Pauline Hughes enjoyed a weekend with Albert and Mrs. Stuhler. Wilcox family from Mount Vernon attended a Sunday band concert. Ernestine Talmadge of Hopkinton celebrated her seventeenth with twenty friends and a candlelit midnight lunch. Harm Folkers family visited Fancy Prairie after a week with Scotch Grove relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Schmidt of Winthrop visited Mrs. Lizzie Sharp last Friday. Mrs. Schmidt, formerly Susan Bender, plans to move with her husband to a farm near Masonville next month.
Mrs Al Kane of Sioux City aided her aunt Miss Mary Altman, who has been ill at home for some time. Kane is remembered as Helen Altman before marriage. The item notes local social visits and a display for Ful-Vue bifocal glasses by optometrist Karl M Keyes. Rev Albert E Coe of the Anti-Saloon League visited Monticello friends, now based in Des Moines.
Former pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church of Monticello is referenced in records noting his prior service and community role within the town.
Gene Byers seeks engagements for a fine dance orchestra. Contact by phone at 126 to arrange bookings and availability.
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