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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1957
Page
2
Local supplier M. and J. Service advertises prompt bottle gas delivery and installation with a contact phone 491. The notice offers quick service for gas needs and emphasizes home delivery and installation.
Mr and Mrs Carl Dettharn and Cheryl depart for Norfolk Va after a two week leave with Mr and Mrs Elmer Dettharn in Gutten berg and Mr and Mrs Floyd Du foe Carl serves in the navy at Norfolk.
Multiple congregations listed with service times, Sunday school, and worship details. Includes First Congregational St Luke's Sacred Heart Church of the Nazarene First Presbyterian SS Peter and Paul Lutherans Wayne Zion and more with pastors names and 1957 events. social notes follow.
Hopkinton defeated Delhi 60-42 and Buck Creek beat Manchester 54-30 to advance to the Delaware county boys semifinals. Hopkinton draws Barlville after a 73-36 win over Greeley. Buck Creek faces Colesburg after Colesburg beat Dundee 66-26.
City council discussed insurance coverage for municipal property at a special meeting. Councilmen Roy Miller and Pat First were named to a committee to audit coverage. Willman Construction seeks 3000 payment tied to curb and gutter completion this spring. Remaining balance around 750 due after completion. Preliminary plat for Harms addition near Carpenter school presented but not acted on. Beer and cigarette permits issued to Eugene De Witt and Tedrow family business.
Oxford Junction Clio club met with hostess Mrs Dorothy Fritz on Wednesday afternoon. Roll call covered miscellaneous topics. Mrs Thomas Handar dson read a letter from niece Miss Betty Ann Denniston of Davenport teaching P E at a naval station in Cuba.
The United Lutheran Church Women held their Jan 10 organizational meeting with four circles and a draft constitution. leaders named include Mrs Peter Moeller president and Mrs L L McCreight vice president. A Malaya lesson featured a filmstrip and a history outline followed by lunch. The next quarterly meeting is May 9 at the church.
Eilers Furniture and Shaffer's Clothing announce ongoing mid-winter sales in Monticello. Eilers extends savings through Saturday January 26 on davenports chairs sofa beds dinette sets and bedroom suites plus mattresses lamps and racks. Shaffer's adds shirts suits coats and shoes for its first annual Dirty Shirt half price event with expanded clothing lines.
Sharon installed worthy matron of Hia wathe chapter O.B.S. in Olin with Richard Benischek as worthy patron and Miss Helen Simpson assisting. Other officers and committees listed with gifts, tributes, and receptions follow a joint Pythian Sisters and Knights of Pythian installation including music and a cooperative lunch.
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