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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1960
Page
2
A one-owner Studebaker Lark 4-door sedan trades for a Corvair, a 1959 Oldsmobile 88 4-door with power options and extras, a 1959 Chevrolet 2-door with gas-saving 6-cylinder and overdrive, a 1956 Ford 2-door with V8 and radio, a 1955 Ford Fairlane 4-door sedan, and a 1955 Chevrolet 210 4-door with V8 and power glide.
Auction calendar lists Virgil Moser sale near Coggon Monticello or Prairieburg starting 12 30 with tractors and farm stock. Also notices appointing administrators and executors in Jones County Iowa with deadlines and filing directions. Published Monticello Iowa December 1959 and January 1960.
The Buck Creek Study Club begins Africa lessons Tuesday at 10 p.m led by Mrs. John Wilson. The Delhi W S C S group was invited. Several residents and visitors mingle in Jones County with family and social gatherings including meals and house calls. Probat e and public notices follow in the final sections.
Center Junction area residents enjoy hospital update for Henry Lorenzen at Iowa City University Hospitals. Parker family news, local visits, and plans to move near Monticello. Women’s Federated club meets January 20 with Doctor Zhivago book review. community members attend swine convention and farm sales.
Mrs James Lindsey hosted the Altrarian club in her living room on Wednesday January 13 assisted by Mrs A L Fuchs Roles call featured a joke Tell of hymns and book reviews Mrs Dale Bickford presented a Federation flash Mrs Wilford Wherry reviewed Please Dont Eat the Daisies by Joan Kerr and Mrs Ralph Rogers reviewed Around the World with Auntie Mayme by Patrick Dennis The program ended with Make Believe music BEN THUMAN underwent surgery Monday at St Luke s hospital in Cedar Rapids Mr and Mrs Alva Larkey attended Anna Duncanson funeral in Pierson Iowa Mr and Mrs George Lyons returned from a visit with relatives in Arizona They also visited Mr and Mrs C M Holst Others attended Jan 5 Legion Auxiliary meeting in Memorial Hall Wyoming serving on the refreshment committee A Congregational meeting was held at the church Sunday evening A chili supper was served.
Prairieburg reports routes of social activity including the Bid and Bye 500 club meeting at the Himes home January 9 with Richard Pike winning high male score and Mrs. Richard Pike high female score. Jan 10 the 500 club met at Carl Kintzle home with Jimmy Walmutt high and Keith Boyse traveling prize. A family gathering at Mart Woodward home January 8 lists multiple relatives. Anamosa and Center Point residents noted with various visits. A misc shower honored Ellen Taylor Rabik January 6 at the Community building with 34 guests. lunch served by hostesses. Several local visits and dinners are noted among Anamosa Cedar Rapids Crystal Lake and Montt residents. prisoner of Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids Hubert Powers listed as patient.
Langworthy and nearby residents hosted a series of visitors from Jan 6 to Jan 12. Gerd Prull welcomed Erich Hoefker and John Fechtman. Emil Riedel hosted Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Riedel. Carl Gerdes visited Mrs. Gerd Gerdes and Grace Otten at Stoecker’s nursing home in Anamosa. Gerry Ommen from Commerce Iowa City spent the weekend with his parents. Dennis Matthias accompanied him home. The Engelbart home hosted Louie Helgens Herman Helgens Belle Timmins Herman Zimmerman Arthur Riedel and Paul Hanken on Jan 10. Adolf Dierks visited Mrs. Marie Prull on Jan 10. Doretta Gitch reentered the University hospital Jan 12 for treatment. John Reuter and Gerd Prull visited Fred Hanken on Jan 1. Mrs. Keith White and Mrs. Newell Meeks visited Mrs. Ben Engelbart on Jan 9 to check on her leg infection.
Sunday visitors gathered at the Ben Redmond home and other Amber households including the Stutt and Poppe families. Attendees included multiple Redmonds, Tuttle, Poppe, Husmann, and Martin relatives and extended guests from Center Junction, Langworthy, and nearby towns. Mr. Redmond planned observation in Iowa City. Harms family returned from Nebraska visits.
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