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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1931

Page

2

Monticello Local Items Highlight Citizens and Events

Monticello residents feature in a wide round of notes from social visits to business trips. Posts mention jeweler ads, a canners course in Ames, theatre and Legion events, family visits in Davenport and Chicago, and local club meetings with community updates.

Jones County Fair discussed at Commercial Club meeting

The Commercial Club met last Thursday at the American Legion hall with over eighty men present and a dinner by the Ladies Auxiliary. H. I. Rodman highlighted the Jones County Fair achievements, noting a 10 500 paid admissions total and a $1 700 surplus across seven fairs. Max Wortman proposed pavilion and spectator-seat improvements plus longer judging, while F. G. Matthiessen urged better rail service between Monticello and Davenport.

Commercial Club American Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Jed Harry Maire Jones County H. I. Rodman Max Wortman Monticello Davenport Chamber of Commerce of A. J. H. McNeill

Local High Team Wins Easy Victory 42 to 16

The home team defeated Syring fe o with a 42 to 16 score in the local gym. Captain Eby owas led scoring, while Stevens ec Nege visited to interview several senior girls. Also notes on club activities, class party plans, and recent events.

Syringfe O Eby Owas Stevens Ec Nege Katherine Gerdes Join's Lillian Slauson Betty Kay Pauline Cooper Fidates Emil Pruit Kenneth Burris Emma Con- Smith Bertha Mae James McLaugh Cai Miss Pillmore Mr Grimes Edgewood

Society and Club Dews and Teas Around Town

Needlework Guild met at Mrs. W. E. Smith’s home for fancywork and quilting. Neighborhood bridge club hosted by Mrs. R. W. Beers with high score by Mrs. Leslie Reade. Fortnightly three tables hosted by Mrs. Siegfried Guyan with guest Mrs. O. E. York and high score. Delta Dek bridge at Mrs. Will Corbin’s with high score by Mrs. Corbin. John Prull celebrated 63rd birthday with 40 relatives and picnic dinner. Vanishing tea hosted by Mrs. C. I. Iverson with needlework. 1894 club met for program on Russian music. Store employees honored at six-thirty dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Beery. Monday bridge at Mrs. Rex Rickless with high scores. George Stutt and Emma Gross wed at Lutheran church in Anamosa. Families hosted dinners for Delmar King and bride and groom.

R. W. Beers Leslie Reade Siegfried Guyan O. E. York Will Corbin Delta Dek Rex Rickless Monday Bridge Club B. C. Roberts W. W. Luckford Milton Thoeni Leonard Iverson Thomas Redmond August Rickless George Stutt J. H. J. Stutt Emma Gross Henry Gross Anamosa Stutt Cresco

Social clubs host Birthday and bridge gatherings at Maples Inn

Members and guests enjoyed luncheon at Maples Inn with blue red decor for George Washington's birthday. Bridge games followed at hosts' homes with high scores recorded by Mrs. Hogan and Mrs. Thoeni. A separate party celebrated Miss Bertha Burlingham's fifteenth birthday with a large guest list and a midnight snack. Additional events included an Eastern Star school of instruction with dinner for visitors and local members.

Ernest E. Skelley Maples Inn M. F. Hogan Anna Thoeni George Washington Thoen John Breen Theodore Denkhoff Mildred Iverson Martha Meyer Kill Kare Klub Miss Iverson Mary Doxsee Raymond Smith Boyd Shannon Dana Mattocks Lucia Schoon James McAleer Lisbon Gardner Fay Clyde Hoover Lee Kynett Samuel Dunn Homer Sandrock Lee Cully Ralph Yocum Monticello Fannie Locher Schreiner Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Temple Edith Dixon Clinton Thirteenth District Etta Carpenter Brand Iowa LaVern Rockstad

Masonic Ladies Honor Presentations At Wyoming Chapter

Lydia Humpal of Mount Moriah Anamosa and Bertha Edwards with other officers were recognized as Aelft was presented to Mrs Dixon by Associate Patron Cornelius Steck for Schreiner chapter. Light refreshments followed a social hour in the reception rooms.

Lydia Humpal Mount Moriah Anamosa Bertha Edwards W. H. Alden Alta Ahrendsen Wyoming Aelft Dixon Cornelius Steck Schreiner

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