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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1932
Page
5
Cascade community recalls Washington bi centennial events with musical talks and a playlet. Obituaries include Rufus Macomber Louis Sadler James E Conlin and James B Skahill detailing family ties and local service. Funeral rites held at Devaney chapel St Martin's St Marys and cascade cemetery.
Eleanor Wylie, who had lived in Hopkinton, died Jan 10 1932 after months of illness. She was the daughter of Elizabeth Dunlap Wylie and a former Muskegon College graduate and teacher. Surviving are her mother and sister Alice Wylie. The piece also lists local social events, visits, and club activities surrounding the Hopkinton community.
Reports recall Laughlin’s education at Lenox College George Washington University honors and Chicago postgraduate study. Notes on Mr and Mrs N A Gearhart in Cedar Rapids for a pharmacists convention. Entries mention Robert Moore visiting relatives, Patton’s Hopkinton guests, Patton as Raymond Joseph’s brother, and Roy Dighton’s 25th wedding anniversary. Also A T Wheeless illness. a small sale at A H Reed home. Reed to Des Moines. Livingstones visiting to see Queen Esther. Marjorie Wiltsie visiting Randall Morgan. Zada Reeve visiting Monticello. Dyersville tournament Burdick Aces over Guttenberg Independents 45 35 led by Harper. Ladies Aid play netting 28 in proceeds.
Scotch Grove reports a Presbyterian Sunday school party planned for Friday. The column notes visitors, local moves, flu season impacts, and social events. It lists residents changing homes, accidents, theater plans, and upcoming meetings for the Presbyterian Aid Society and 4-H club with hosts and venues.
A group of about sixty neighbors hosted a farewell at the Yount home for The Delca Yount Roscoe Lincoln and Charles Michels families who are relocating to new farms. Gifts were presented by Rev G Provan of Anamosa. Lincoln moves his farm machinery to the Charles Stutt farm. Rhinehart Wessels will occupy the vacated Lincoln farm.
Onslow's Velma Nielsen visited family in Clemons and Jansen, Young, McGovern and Hanna families from Chicago spent time with relatives. Lyons and Streepers traveled to Des Moines and Marshalltown, visiting Bert Bottomstone at the Soldiers Home. Andersons from Wyoming spent Sunday with their daughter in town. Guild division held a July food sale at Koon's hardware, well attended. Astrurian club met with Carol Hanwardsen. roll call on Modern Dramatists. Lou Barnes spoke on Mary Roberts Rinehart. Ernest Horton visited Clinton over illness in Ruth Pike family. Pike improving. Ladies Missionary society to meet with Lydia Lyons. annual praise service of Women's Missionary society noted.
Langworthy Will Dunn and brother in law John Batchelder spent Friday with relatives. Clarence Heyen family visited in Viola. George Leggett and son from Clinton joined by several others called on Arduser home. Mary Peterson from Scotch Grove stayed with Herman Stutt. Emma Batchelder group visited J H Batchelder. Arduser family hosted Arlene Ann. Everett Batchelder and Wilma Prull listed as sick. Strawman visitors from Anamosa, Olin residents called at Prult home. Oltman home guests from near Olin. Rieken family moved to Monticello. Dirks occupies that place. Prult and Bunting kin visited Ed Bunting. Gerd Bunting vacation in Strawberry Point. Batchelder and Cox called at Arduser home. Carl Gerdes shipped a carload of stock. Henry Brome group attended Schoon funeral in Anamosa observing heavy snow banks en route.
Richland Center Mrs. Leonard Buol and others spent last Friday at the Martin Buol home near Viola. Du buque visitors to the G L Buol home. Hein and Ohe hosts Monday evening. Arduser and Yossi families attended an auction on the Alfred Yossi farm and Yossi family plans a move to a Manchester area farm. Will Balsiger hosts a Sunday gathering with Behrends family. Hopkinton resident C J Willard visiting relatives. Matthew Allen entertained guests honoring Bernice Allen on her birth anniversary.
The evening featured dancing and late hour refreshments. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Will Balsiger John Yossi Clem Liddy and others at Anamosa last week. A training school gathering followed at the Wilcox home last Friday. A farewell party for Mr. and Mrs. Fred Husman occurred at Zimm erman hall in Monticello last Friday. they plan to move to Monticello on March 1.
Sand Spring neighbors visit the Will Baum home on Wednesday evening. Manchester hosts Mr and Mrs Henry Kenny. Scotch Grove hosts Mr and Mrs John Wright on Tuesday. W M Moser home in Colesburg welcomes Mr and Mrs Edward Cox and Phyllis on Thursday afternoon. Monticello families Gerd Freese and family Etta Behrends and Edna Alma Behrends attend with Will Balsiger Luella and James Richland Center and Andy Smith also listed as visitors.
River Valley residents hosted callers at the W H Behrends home Sunday afternoon. Russell Chaplin of Onslow dined with Mr and Mrs R E Chaplin. Clifford Arduser and Arlene Ann of Langworthy visited Cap Arduser. Fred Egger spent the weekend in Minburn with Dean Morton. Jake Lang visited Jack Heeren of Dundee. Marvin Johnson stays with his sister Mrs John Wright of Scotch Grove.
The Mason City Globe-Gazette notes Franklin Roosevelt remains tolerant but shows straddling tendencies that draw charges of being wishy washy, hindering his best self under the White House spotlight.
An Atchison man who refuses to renounce the devil due to anxious politeness highlights a cautious persona in a small city. A New York directory project aims to compile a city listing and could require about 100000 working days to complete.
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