Edith Rhatigan and Vance Stead Installed Heads of Schreiner OES
Edith Rhatigan was named Worthy Matron of Schreiner Chapter Order of the Eastern Star in a candlelight ceremony Monday January 4 at the Masonic Temple. Vance Stead became Worthy Patron as officers and committees were announced. a 6:30 dinner followed for 35 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Rhatigan
Vance Stead
Schreiner Chapter Order of Eastern Star
Long
Schreiner Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Gertrude Mullen
Muriel Baumgartner
Doris Long
Lydia Guyan
Peggy
Olive Reynolds
Harald Yeoman
Caroline Schoenhut
Jane Long
Mildred Arduser
Anna Egger
Fern Coward
Marshal
Mari Johnson
Helen Stanger
Adah
Yola Stead
Ruth
Marilyn Jones
Esther
Bette Bender
Martha
Marcella Morf
Electa
Eleanor Yeoman
Warder
Leigh Clark
Sentinel
Mkom Oe
Schreiner
Shower Fete For The Gehrets At Home
Mr and Mrs Ray Gehret were honored at a misc shower hosted at their home with about 40 neighbors and friends attending. Guests arrived with refreshments and games were played in the afternoon as gifts for the happy couple were plentiful. Goodyears Entertain For Sunday Couples Club
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Gehret
Clarks Fete 23rd Anniversary With Family Pot Luck
Mr and Mrs Lyle Clark marked their twenty third wedding anniversary with a Sunday Jan 3 gathering. Daughters Lucille Jean and Joyce attended along with many Clark relatives and in law relatives. Out of town guests included Karl Clark of Delhi Otto Riedel and children from Dubuque and Dave Canfield with Gary Simmons from Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Clark
Lucille
Jean
Joyce
Allan Fairbanks
Leigh Clark
Lloyd Clark
Marion Clark
Donald Clark
Keith
Carol
Connie
Karl Clark
Delhi
Otto Riedel
Lois
Kenneth
Janice
Maxine
Dubuque
Dave Canfield
Gary Simons
Cedar Rapids
Clark Thompson
Ed Ommen
Arlene
Clariné
Sumner
Raymond Oltmann
Irma
Anamosa
Coretta Gitch
Fredericksburg
Walter Reiter
Carl
Janet
Cascade
John Oltmann
Eleanor
Eugene
Marvin Oltmann
Ruth Wroblewski
Steven and
Starr Jean
Alfred Ommen
Ernest Chapman
Alfred Appleby
Dale Chapman
Edward Griffith
Mrs Ann Simmons Celebrates 70th Birthday at Home
Mrs. Ann Simmons was honored on her 70th birthday with a dinner at her Monticello home hosted by her children. Attendees included Ralph and Vincent Simmons and families from Monticello Cedar Rapids Worthington Cascade and others. Cards provided entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Simmons
Ralph Simmons
Kay
Vincent Simmons
Patricia
Janice
Joan Ann
Barbara Ean
Ann Marie
Joe Simmons
Joseph
Leo
Monticello
Joe Moran
David
Pat
Cedar Rapids
Hilard Knapp
Mary Ann
Margaret Mary
Robertoseph
Nancy
After Christmas Party Held By Mr and Mrs Poppe
Mr and Mrs Raymond Poppe hosted an after Christmas party Sunday night with four card tables. They awarded high for ladies to Margaret Lurkens and low to Etta Folkers. High for men went to Carl Harms with Ray Kromminga as low and Fred H Poppe as traveling. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Poppe
Margaret Lurkens
Low
Etta Folkers
Carl Harms
Ray Kromminga
Fred H. Poppe
Merlin Rupps Host Sunday Night Card Club
Sunday Jan 3 card party at the Merlin Rupps featured pinochle at three tables with prizes for high and low scores among Mrs. Harold Schneiter George Hoffman Mrs Clarence Rollinger and Ray Tuetken plus a door prize to Mrs George Hoffman. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin Rupp’s
Harold Schneiter
George Hoffman
Clarence Rollinger
Ray Tuetken
Multiple Area Churches Hold Services and Events
Local congregations list Sunday school times and worship services for Penial Presbyterian, SS Peter and Paul Lutheran, Sacred Heart Catholic, St Matthew's Lutheran, Scotch Grove Presbyterian, First Presbyterian, Wayne Zion Lutheran, St Luke's Methodist, and Congregational Church. January meetings, confirmations, potlucks, and annual congregational gatherings are announced along with guest and visiting members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penial Presbyterian Church
Reba Smith
The
Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
Paul Kenyon
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Eugene P. Lorenz
Thomas Rhomberg
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Charles Hendricks
Alaska
First Presbyterian Church
W. Russell Hunter
United Youth Fellowship
Congregational Church
Wayne Zion Ey. Lutheran Church
F. H. Kehren
Luther League
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
R. V. Gildner
Interchurch Fellowship
W.S.C.S
Charles Ellett
Mathis Family Visits Shaffer on Leave Home
Mr and Mrs John Mathis and their son from Coggan visited Pvt Harold Shaffer in the C D Shaffer home on Sunday while he was on leave from military duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mathis
of Coggan
C. D
Visitors call at Mrs Grace Benedict home
Recent callers were Mr and Mrs William Mehaffey and Tommy of Cedar Rapids and Miss Marion Fish of Washington D C reflecting a social visit reported in local society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Grace Benedict
William Mehaffey
Tommy
Cedar Rapids
Marion Fish
Washington, D. C
Legion Auxiliary To Host County Conference On Jan Twenty First
The American Legion and Auxiliary held a pot luck at the legion rooms with President Mrs J H Lambert presiding. Plans were made for the county Social conference to be held in Monticello on Thursday January 21 gathering members from five districts. R C Lambert showed the film This Is Our Town after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion
J. H. Lambert
Monticello
Fred Aldrich
Mike Brady
Local families share belated Christmas dinner and visits
A belated Christmas dinner for 45 relatives gathered at Mrs. Jake Merfeld's home with guests from Monticello Dubuque Marion Coggan and Manchester. Mrs Irving Hintz hosted a January 4 sewing club at her country home with 10 members and 3 guests. Pfc John T Coyle arrived Dec 20 on 30 day furlough from Camp Raptor Austria to visit family in Bernard and Maquoketa area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hein
Pvt
Dale Hein
Camp Chaffee
Ark
John Hein
Mark Lahey
Melvin Hein
Lois
Bob Peyton
William Hoffman
Marjorie
H. L. Wismeier
Max
Margaret Wismeier
Frank Etten
Maquoketa
Lester McLure
Tingley
Ursula Hein
Jake Merfeld
Alvin Miller
Albert Merfeld
Linda
Lester Merfeld
Monticello
Nick Merfeld
Ray Merfeld
Dubuque
Henry Merfeld
Marion
John Janssen
Coggan
Earl Brown
Manchester
Irving Hintz
Rena Kettlitz
Grundy Center
John Rickels
W. Russell Hunter
John T. Coyle
Raptar
Austria
Lynn
George T. Coyle
Bernard
New Year Dinner Guests At Multiple Iowa Homes
New Year’s day visits noted at several households in Iowa. Wallace Cruise hosted families including the Jacobs and Behrends clans along with Arlene in Olin. Dierks and Purcell households hosted guests from Toledo Cedar Rapids and Anamosa. Jean Clark traveled to Des Moines for a merit system typing exam and shorthand test, advancing to stenographer one at the Social Welfare Office in Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jacobs
Sophie Jacobs
Etwil Behrends
Arlene
Arend Poppe
Olin
Jean Clark
Des Moines
Jean
Ana‘mosa
Wood family returns home from visit with Bader family
Mr and Mrs Justin L Wood and Marilyn returned to their Dubuque residence after spending the past week with the J L Baders in a family visit confirming travel routines and local ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Balster
D. C
Justin L. Wood
Marilyn
Dubuque
J. L. Bader’s
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Goodyears
Larry Goodyear
Clarence Stoneking
Carroll Podheski
Ray Maroll
Harlan Thompson
Warrington, Mo
George Richardson
Rupps
Nancy Deischer
Wheaton
Oleda Thomas
Wakenda
Vitula Hood
Kansas City
University of Missouri
Columbia
Donald Morey
Revhl Marshall
Glenn
Nina Mortensen
Clair Marshall
L. D. Morey
Harold L. Shaffer
Iabbath
Ted Egan
Toledo
Ohio
Elizabeth Egan
Emmaline Zak
Henry Chaloupka
Arnold Jacobs
Henry Weers
Stanley Waggoner
George Hagen
Scotch Grove
Henry Kammerman
Morley
Edward Husman
Belle Plaine
George Crombaughs
James Balsiger
George Crombaugh
Kathy
Earl Walsh of
Vail
Mrs
Joann Carlin
Mrs. John Breen
Will McLaughlin
G. N. Bedell
David and
Mark
Iowa City
N. B. Hubbard
Chicago
Bill Corbin
Paul Locher
J. J. Locher
Rose Hines
George
John
Nancy Tibbits of
Hopkinton
L. H. Lang
Joe Moorman
Greeley
Henry Recker
Great Plains Supply CO
Monticello, Iowa
Swanson
Stokely
Atco
Natco
Bartlett
National
Satu Cae
Black Knight
Lillsdale
Florida
Cans
U. S
Belec
Valentine
East
St. Monticello, Lowa
Ede
Stokely’s
Pillsbury
Sack
Robert Parrott
Lavern McVay
Linda and
Clarence
E. B. Null
LaVern Schoon
Richard Ruckent
Jim Ralston
Frank Babbit
Muscatine
Ed Gerrets
Ross Baty
Beecher, Ill
Lafayette
Ind
Adolph Dierks
Leo Dierks
Toledo, Ohio
Lawrence Dierks
Harry Dierks
Warden
Raymond Purcell
Mrs. Dalco Yount
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