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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1933
Page
6
Francis Locher visited Farley last Sunday while many locals saw shoppers at Stuhlers offering chiffon hose and 75 cent deals. Community notices list visitors from Cascade Anamosa Dubuque Cedar Rapids and Milwaukee with church events and suppers at KC Hall.
Mrs John Matthiessen and Mrs Ralph Bone attended a D A R meeting at the home of Mrs J Hartman in Anamosa last Saturday Other items note visitors guests and travels of local families and business ads for 1939 Ford trucks and optical services Details include names such as Rev GC Marder Anna and Rickles Menken and reports of hospital stays and an upcoming Red Cross distribution in Dubuque
The annual meeting of the Jones County Fair association will be held January 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Eclipse Lumber Company office. Stockholders will hear important figures from the fair’s past. all stockholders urged to attend. L. E. Hoag, president, 20-2.
Notice to bidders from Jones county board of supervisors calls for sealed bids on gasoline oil and grease for 1933 to be submitted by 10 00 am January 26 1933. Firms must quote prices per 2200 gallons of motor fuel or 31200 pounds of grease and transmit bids accordingly.
Miss Ruth Hayes hosted her card club with Evelyn Eby achieving the high score. Mrs. Donald Sutherland welcomed the reating and sewing club with a Christmas Eve in Boston talk followed by sewing and refreshments. Mrs. Harry Stuhler hosted a Monday bridge gathering with Riess Stuhler as guest and high scores noted. The League of Women Voters met at Mrs. Thomas Hamilton’s home for talks on Education and Finance and State Government reorganization.
Mrs Ray Echternacht hosted the Delta Dek bridge club at her home last week Wednesday evening. High score winner was Mrs Carl Hodson and Mrs Ed Huibregtse received the traveling prize. Refreshments followed. Guest for the evening was Mrs Agnes Gearhart.
Mrs. Thomas Redmond hosted a one o clock luncheon for the Thursday bridge club with three tables of play after. Mrs. M P Hogan won high score. Guests included Mrs Stewart Stahler and Mrs Henry Carpenter. The 94 club met at Mrs Albert McNeills home for a Friday afternoon program featuring papers on Alaskan scenery and the Klondike gold rush, plus sketches on Name and Famous Women of the Revolution.
Friday club met at Mrs Halstead Carpenter for a program including Home Sweet Florida a paper by Mrs Frederick Stuhler presented by Mrs Stewart Stuhler. Fortnightly club guests enjoyed bridge with Mrs Thomas Hamilton high score and refreshments served. A miscel laneous shower honored Loretta Tut tle with 150 guests. Hi Low bridge club featured old fashioned dress and three tables of bridge with high scores. Leonard Iverson silver wedding anniversary dinner preceded by bridge. Center Junction hosted a Bridge Club gathering with several named attendees and scores.
Miss Loretta E. Redmond and Charles E. Tuttle were married at Sacred Heart church with Father A. L. Lorenz officiating. The ceremony featured Miss Vernimont as bridesmaid and John Redmond as best, a wedding march by Sister Mary Audrey, and a reception at the bride’s parents home. The bride, a Sacred Heart graduate of 1930, wore Swiss eyelet organdie with a silk net veil. Afterward, a wedding dinner for relatives followed at the parents’ house and a dance in the K. C. hall.
The Schreiner chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held its monthly meeting at the Masonic temple and installed the 1933 officers. Mrs. Anne Echternacht presided as worthy matron with Miss Caroline Schoenhut as installing officer and Mrs. Mabel Corbin as installing marshal.
Edith Uffelman and fellow members attend a formal installation as the chapter presents a corsage to the new worthy matron and a red rose to the worthy patron. Frances Steck reads a tribute poem while officers and guests participate. Sixty five members attend and refreshments follow hosted by committee chairs.
St John s Ev Lutheran Paul Gutknecht pastor English service at 10 30 Trinity 2 00 Wayne Zion Jan 15 English 10 30 sun school 9 30 Saturday confirmation 9 00 3 00 St Joseph s Catholic Prairieburg Masses 7 30 9 30 confessions Saturday afternoon 7 weekday Mass 7 Congregational Samuel Gut ensohn Sunday school 10 00 11 00 morning worship Young People 5 00 Methodist Episcopal Roy V Porter 11 00 service 10 00 church school Epworth League 7 00 everyone welcome to worship
Parish listings show St. Matthew's Lutherans baptism and annual Ladies' Aid meeting January 19 hosted by Mrs. Ralph Otten. Sacred Heart Catholic Church schedules Masses Sunday and Holy Day devotions with confessions. Castle Grove Lutheran notes January 15 services and Luther League gathering with new president Marion Baister. Reformed Armin Tendick outlines Sunday order and sermon. Women’s Missionary Society and Ladies' Aid announce next bake sale at Iverson's store.
Presbyterian Wm. J. Grossheim, pastor, provides Sunday school at 10 am and morning worship at 11 am continuing the series Preachers of the Old Testament with The Preacher Who Buried His Clothes. Evening service at 7 30 pm will discuss Gods Remedy from 2 Chronicles 7 14. A Friday supper for women is planned from five oclock until finished.
The notice announces a public meal costing 25 cents with a regular army cook ensuring tight service. It invites the public to attend and hints at an appetizing menu as part of the event. The speaker jokes about limiting others from helping with potatoes and dishes.
Richland Center and nearby towns report visits and gatherings last week. Prarieburg residents Will Husman family joined John and Margaret Yossi host, while Miss Margaret Wismeier spent time in Cedar Rapids.
Miss Irene Holub hosted a dinner at her country home Sunday for Vern McDonnell Alice McDermott Leona Donovan Alice Vick Mary Lauser and Lavona Holub. The group then drove to Anamosa for a theater party before returning to the John McDonnell home to play bridge the rest of the night.
Elmer Brewer, 38, was sentenced to death by Judge A B Lovejoy in Water loo after a jury convicted him of the murder of Deputy Sheriff F W Dillworth. The date of execution was set for January 26, 1934, the date Brewer would pay with his life for slaying the peace officer who sought to arrest him on December 16.
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