St Johns Lutheran Ladies Aid Reports January Meeting
The St John s Lutheran Ladies Aid met January 14 with the Lutheran Women s Missionary League Quarterly meeting held at the church. The program opened with Greenland Icy Mountains and devotions by Rev Carl Gutekunst. Officers for 1960 were announced and committees named including bake sale kitchen and flower groups. Hostesses were Mrs Boyd Chatterton Mrs August Schrader and Mrs Harm Dirks with guests Mrs Darold Albright and her son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Aid
Lutheran Women’s Missionary League
Greenland
Carl Gutekunst
George Bohiken
Herbert Plueger
Roy Null
Lutheran Home Finding Society
Fort Dodge
John Jacobs
John Leggett
Don Schrader
Merle Postel
Arnold Jacobs
Edna Ladehoff
Albert Heeren
Milton Tobiason
Fred Hanken
August Schrader
Tobe Caspers
Henry Bohlken
Louis Heeren
John Null
Boyd Chatterton
Harm Dirks
Darold Albright
Neighbors and Notables Share Weekend in Monticello
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs R D Lumpa of Town City and their five children Gary Betty Beverly Barbara and Carolyn. The Heck Goslings moved to Mechanicsville. A birthday party honored Gerd Rickels with family and friends in attendance. The Nazerene church in Monticello hosted Youth Week and a missionary visit from Rev Donald Owens of Korea. Verna Merritt and Larry McKee wed at Monticello First Presbyterian, with Merritt relatives from Springville Marion and Hiawatha attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Lumpa
Town City
Paul Lumpas
Gary
Betty
Beverly
Barbara
Carolyn
Lumpa
Nazerene Church
Monticello
James
Donald Owens
Korea
Kansas
Owens
Fred Merritts
Marion
Alburnett Road
Verna
Gary McKee
First Presbyterian Church
Merritt
RFD 3
Iowa
Verna Merritt
Larry McKee
Presby~ Texican
Lyle Matheney
Urbana
Harold McShane
Earl Merritt
Ira Merritt
Ed Merritt
Alverta Merritt
Springville
Chester Timms
Roy Merritt
Nancy
Darrell Fisher
Hiawatha
Ronnie Knapp
Lovett Family Plans Move to Australia From Monticello
Janet Elizabeth Goodken and her family move from Monticello to Wangaretta Victoria Australia to begin a chiropractic practice. Dr. David Lovett, his wife, and eight month old Lisa sail February 10 aboard Orient Liner Orowsey, with stops in Vancouver Honolulu Fiji en route to Auckland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wangaretta
Victoria
Australia
Janet Elizabeth
Vince Goodken
North Main Street
Monticello
Lisa
David Lovett
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Davenport
Lovett
San Francisco
Vancouver
Honolulu
Fiji
Marie Young
Dr. Lovett
Auckland
New Zealand
Pat Lovett
Kaikoura
Sir Edmund Hillary
Mount Everest
Margaret Kitching
Reg
Obituaries Across Town Tie to Hopkins and Oxford Junction
Obituaries for Nellie Smith Kirkwood of Hopkinton John V Wright of Scotch Grove Maude Hayes Kulhavy of Oxford Junction Frances Shedek Kulhavy Albert Franklin of Oxford Junction list services, family links, birth years, and burial plans. Funeral home Goettsch in Monticello and local churches conduct rites. survivors span Monticello Cedar Rapids and Columbus Junction communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Smith Kirkwood
Edwin Kirkwood
Hopkinton
Bessie Barlow
Ermine Boots
Fannie Milroy
Essie Mellor
Monticello
Ray Boots
Harry Boots
Erwin Boots
Cedar Rapids
Oscar Boots
Carthage
Ernest Boots
Eldon
Maude Hayes
Ann
Arthur Pugh
Frank
Myra (Runnels) Fowler
Pacific Junction
Iowa
Wilbert L. Hayes
Pacific
Olin
Newton Hollingsworth
Newton Hollingsworth Jr
Arthur Hollingsworth
Nellie May Glick
G. L. Lyon
Charles Kline
Eva Fisher
Marvin Fisher
Frank Zaruba
Morley
Ralph Coppess
Zaruba
Verna Merritt and Larry McKee Wed in Monticello Church
Verna Louise Merritt of Cedar Rapids married Larry Edward McKee of Springville Iowa in a Jan 21 ceremony at First Presbyterian Monticello officiated by Rev Gideon I Krein. The couple and reception followed for 150 guests with a Oklahoma City honeymoon planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna Louise Merritt
Cedar Rapids
Larry Edward McKee
Philip
South Dakota
Monticello
Gideon I
Krein
Fred G. Merritt
Guy McKee
Springville
Iowa
Sabrina
Chantilly
Russell Pritchard
William Merritt
John Ruchotzke
Montcello
Gary Matheney
Walker
Mary Jean McKee
First Presbyterian Church
Gideon. I. Krein
Express
Women Club Gatherings At E and R Church On Jan 20
Seventeen to twenty-one members attended the Ladies Aid regular meeting at the E and R church with Mrs Robert Appleby leading the Christian education program on The Meaning of Christian Discipline. Devotions were by Mrs Frank Schneiter and a food committee assisted. The Past Noble Grand Club met Jan 18 with ten members present and new officers for 1960 announced. The Rebekahs met Jan 20 at the hall with Eulah Blair in charge as they prepared for the March convention. 1960 committees listed and life of founder Thomas Wildey presented. Lunch by Louise Luck and Louie Pickett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Hanken
Shirley Drury
Hulda Robinson
Ethel Aldrich
Pearl Claus
Hilda Podhaski
Ways and Means
Bonnie Meade
Bess Schoon
Fannie Milroy
Hazel Harford
Grace Bohlken
Helen Schneider
Bess Warner
Lucille Balsiger
Louise Luck
Florence Bleadorn
Sibrley Drury
Blanche Landis
Verona Landis
Lanie Pickett
Berneice Meier
Bette Bender
Velma Hollar
Martha Moore
Floy Stoneking
Gwen Kuntz
Frances Goodyear
Lottie Coates
Edna Yeoman
Margaret Hoag
Mathilda Schneider
Lucille Harms
Albert E. Franklin
Oxford Junction
Joyce Lumber Company
Methodist Church
G. M. Field
Oxford Junction Masonic Lodge
Clinton Consistory
Evergreen Cemetery
Del
Zealous Lodge
A.f.&f.m
Clinton
el Kaaba
Davenport
Richard
Ladies Aid of
E and R Church
Robert Appleby
Christian Education
Mary Allamand
Clifford Decker
George Buol
John Saggs
Frank Schneiter
Jim Hasler
Emma Smith
Clarence Meyer
Harold Zumbrunnen
Dora Decker
Noble Grand Club
Caroline Schoen~ Hur
Secret Sisters
Bemeke Meier
Jennie Shelley
Wyoming
Noble Grand
Thomas Wildey
Rebekahs
The
Odd Fellows
Louie Pickett
Marie Vernon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gutekunst
Lutheran Women’s Quarterly
Mollee Williams
Wilma Cox
Ed Cox
Bob Steinbeck
Dennis
Solon
LeRoy Stutzman
Steven
Kalona
Paul Lumpa
Heck Goslings
Mechanicsville
Scotch Grove
Joyce Lumber Yard
Dalco Yount
John McDonald Hospital
Lucille
Sioux City
Warren Kesters
Wilma Doris
Virginia
Edman Vermons
Jim Balsiger
Gerd Rickels
Willis Rickels
John Paulsen
Jake Leesekamp
Johanna Rickels
Rickels
Charles Robinson
Dick Rickels
Regina Rick
LaRoy Rickels
Jack Robinson
Eldon Steger
John Wacker
William H. Lubben
Paul Reschke
Trenton
N.J
Vernon Payne
Robert Payne
Chicago
Kenneth Payne
Teri
Hawaii
States
Harold Dunn
Dunn
Archie Payne
Ruth Ann
Ervin Ehlis
Becky
Teresa Albany
Mark McDonald
Linda
Anamosa
Joe Scherrer
Delta- Delt Bridge Club
Vivian Hamilton
Lois Shover
Olive Abel
Mary Dodd
Lovetts
Aus
Tralia
Mr. Lovett
Mrs. Lovett
Vince Goedken
Frances Bone
Virginia Robertson
Helen Guyan
Madge Schaffer
Bobbie Cleary
Fairlie District
Brian Lovett
James Lovett
John V. Wright
Goettsch
Gideon I. Krein
Nadim Saikaly
Oakwood Cemetery
Veteran's Hospital
Iowa City
American Legion
V.F.W
Richland Township
Cascade
Delbert Wright
Emma Smith Wright
Mildred Johnson
Mildred Wright
Joanne
W. D. Taguchi
LaMarda
Calif
Sharon
John R. Wright
Jimmy Joe
Ronnie
Roy
Raymond
Vernon
William
Alpha Eby
W. B. Walraven
San Gabriel
Louie Hanken
Henry Heiken
Raymond Eby
Stewart Leggett
Lester Rickels
Earl Null
Frank Kulhavy
Mercy Hospital
Hayden Funeral
Sacred Heart Church
Joseph Gregor
Trzil
Mayflower Cemetery
Frances Shedek
John
Mary Divoky- Shedek
Oxford Ction
Sanctuary Guild
American Legion Auxiliary
Joan
Raymond Shedek
Otto
Ira Rapids
Beloit
Merle
Michael
Edward
Sacred Heart Choir
Fred Benhart
Frank Tye
Fred Koranda
Harry Pegorick
Herold Rehmke
Ed Benhart
Early, Deshaw
Connie Schuler
Pamela McKee
Paul Hinrichs
Ronald Knapp
Sharon Cabalka
Nancy Merritt
Peggy Timms
Kenneth Baily
George Gipp
LaVonne Harms
Collins Radio Company
Groom
ISTC
Cedar Falls
Rebekah
Eulah Blair
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