Local lodge installs officers in annual ceremony
Mrs Bonrtie Meade was installed as Most Excellent Chief at a Monday meeting. Clara Rhatigan served as installing officer with Lucille Kucera as Grand Manager and Addie Ireland as Grand Senior. Other officers named included Wilma McNeilly Hilda Podhaski Iane Scott Thais Adams Lulu Cass Ruth Huxtable and Esther Hearn. A corsage and past chiefs pin were presented. Upcoming event announced features a 10 piece Colored band in Monticello on February 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonrtie Meade
MEC
Tresa Rohr
Clara Rhatigan
Lucille Kucera
Addie Ireland
Meade
Wilma McNeilly
Hilda Podhaski
Iane Scott
Thais Adams
Lulu Cass
Ruth Huxtable
Esther Hearn
Mary Morning
Frances Pearson
Local church schedules and activities for Sunday series
Sacred Heart Parish offers Mass at 8 and 10 am and weekday Mass at 7 am with confessions on Saturdays 3 30 to 4 30 and First Fridays 3 to 4 pm Castle Grove Lutheran covers 11 am worship and 10 am Sunday school with Saturday confirmation instruction. St John’s Lutheran lists Sunday school 9 30 am and worship 10 30 am with Saturday 9 to 11 45 am confirmation and midweek Young People activity. St Matthew’s Lutheran notes 9 45 am Sunday school and 10 45 am worship plus Ladies Aid on Jan 19. First Congregational sets 9 30 am Sunday school and 10 30 am worship with sermon Christ Above All and membership training Saturdays 1 30 and 2 30. Pilgrim Fellowship meets Sunday evening January 16 for devotions discussion and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Eugene P. Lorenz
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
H. A. Diers
St. John’s Lutheran Church
R. P. Young
Young People’s Society
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Ladies Aid
T. J. Gerdes
First Congregational Church
Donald Chapman
Christ
Pilgrim Fellowship
Community church services and activities listed
Multiple local churches announce Sunday school and worship times. Wayne Zion Ev Lutheran holds English service at 10 30 with 9 30 Bible class and upcoming choir and confirmation sessions. First Presbyterian notes 9 45 church school and 11 worship with sermon on According To Your Faith. Evangelical and Reformed lists 10 00 Sunday school 11 00 worship with a Women’s Guild meeting on January 19.
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Ebet
Chee Spa Sanghadi
Liam
Wayne Zion Ev. Lutheran Church
F. H. Kehren
Area 5 of Brotherhood
Olin
C. H. Becker
First Presbyterian Church
James W. Sala
Westminster Fellowship
Nancy Deischer
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
John F. Baumann
Women’s Guild
Cedar Rapids Law Firms Merge Two Established Practices
J. J. Locher Jr. and David M. Elderkin merge their Cedar Rapids law firm with Donald Barnes and Edwin Wadsworth. Locher and Elderkin have operated since 1938 apart from wartime. Locher is Notre Dame 1936 graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Locher Jr
Cedar Rapids
John Locher, Jr
Atty. J. J. Locher
Monticello
David M. Elderkin
Donald Barnes
Edwin Wadsworth
Locher and Elderkin
Locher
University of Notre Dame
Funeral for Mrs Richard Alderson Held in Manchester
Mrs. Richard Alderson died Monday after illness and funeral services were held yesterday at Gill funeral home in Manchester with burial in Oakland cemetery. She is survived by sisters Mrs. W E Long of Monticello, Mrs. Fred Legg of Manchester, Mrs. Ray Lawrence of Dundee, and by two daughters Mrs. Leonard Mohr of Dyersville and Mrs. Earl Elsbury of Rock Island.
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Manchester
Richard Alderson
W. E. Long
Monticello
Alderson
Gill
Oakland Cemetery
Long
Fred Legg
Ray Lawrence
Dundee
Vital Statistics Report for Jones County 1948 Totals
Deputy Clerk Josephine Scherrer reports 579 births in Jones County in 1948 down five from 1947 but up 30 from 1946. Divorces hold at 23, deaths total 172, and marriages fall to 154, a drop of 15 from 1947 despite 1948 being a leap year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Josephine Scherrer
Seeds Of Friendship Reach Europe With School Child Replies
Letters from Town School students in Wetherfield Iowa express joy over seed packets sent to Europe. The note from Therese Nowachek thanks donors and describes hopeful harvests to combat hunger. A cousin visit to Mrs Walter Tomlinson of Traer Montana adds a personal note to the longer story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Therese Nowachek
Center Junction
Iowa
U.S.A
Wetherfield
Hilde Schleuning
Liesel Mieerbolt
Higa Gentrum
Irsagard Graf
L. Ringersen
Hilde Serbt
Traer
Walter Tomlinson
Jess £Vens
Montana
Marshalltown
Winter Bird Feeding Underway Amid Snowy Quail Range
Winter feeding stations have been established to support bobwhite quail during this critical period. Snow hampers bird populations and research shows range carrying capacity depends on available cover and food. Hunters are urged to maintain winter feeders to aid quail and other wildlife through winter. In other notes, Kenneth and Mrs. Woody welcomed Jewell Ann who arrived with her first tooth, and two year old Danny Ketchum narrowly survived inhaling exhaust fumes, with no lasting harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Woody
Harvey
Jewell Ann
Farm sale on 80 acre Hud son run at 350 per acre
Donita Boyd of Water? was chased from the 80 acre Hud son farm after a rifle discharged a .22 caliber bullet into her foot. She and Russel Robinson and Marcus were nearby when the incident happened. Robinson then drove himself to a farm for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donita Boyd
Hudson
Russel Robinson
Marcus
Popsy Harrison analyzes Iowa hoops size and guard pace
Coach Popsy Harrison of the Iowa Hawkeyes discusses roster balance before the Big Nine race. He notes all big men are centers and explains shifting centers to forwards to gain balance. Injuries slow guards, with Tony Guzowski emerging as the most reliable guard amid limited practice time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popsy Harrison
Iowa Hawkeyes
Popsy
Pops
Tony Guzowski
Freshman Prospects and Big Nine Dreams in Baseball
A fragmented column contrasts college athletic standards with Big Nine expectations for varsity ability and prospects. It cites Johnny Rigney's quirky tale of a sandlot game ending with a reversed bases run, highlighting hometown biases and unusual baseball anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Rigney
White Sox
Johnny
Ump
Notable Baseballer Uncle Wilbert Robinson Recalled
The reminiscence center on Uncle Wilbert Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers. A joke about his difficulty with names is noted as a minor, humorous anecdote in a recollection of baseball lore from earlier eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bence Ie
Wilbert
Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
Unclear fragmentary text from archive page
The readable portion contains scattered words and letters with no coherent event, names, or places to identify a factual item or outcome for a newspaper card.
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Trancestor Lidee
Otto Senft
L. D. Barrack
Washington, D. C
Clayton Palmer
Maquoketa
Beulah Papakostas
Chicago
George Minnis
Donald Lattimer
Springville
Wilma Doris Yount
Mrs. Dalco Yount
D. R. Webb
Grant Stambaugh
Floyd Kephart
Kenseth
Donald Farmer
Jones County Council of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Anamosa
Hargrave’s
Monticello Express
Marquette
Northwestern
Freese
Penick
Jack Sprat
Long’s Grocery
Dick Long
Clarion
Danny Ketchum
Danny
Neill’s Corner Candy Shop
Dubuque University
Dubuque U
Jit
van Camp
Pork & Beans
CAN Dole's
Texas
U.S
Papo
Jemima
CC Self
Sical
Joan Ireland and
Marvin
Jacobs
Atiienal
Kenny Hofer
Ledgers
Posat
DAY “Books
Truckers Records
John McDonald
Town’ State Department of Health
John McDonald Hospital
P.m
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