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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1955
Page
3
Local residents from Buck Creek and surrounding towns shared visits over the weekend and week. Families including Thompson, Wilson, Supple, and Houston hosted dinners and Sunday meals while relatives and friends from Davenport, Cascade, Marion, and Cedar Rapids joined in on calls and gatherings. Several moves and hospital updates were noted as neighbors connected across the community.
Wool market ad seeks a local buyer with sheep experience and practical wool knowledge to represent a leading wool marketing organization. Eligible wool marketed after April 1, 1955 qualify for federal subsidy with 62c per lb incentive price. No capital needed. company furnishes money. liberal commissions. references required. Box 193 c/o this newspaper.
The marriage of Miss Delores Hilbert of Hopkinton to Marvin LeClerc of Hopkinton is announced by the bride elects mother Mrs Walter Schmitt of Grand Mound. No wedding date has been set. Miss Hilbert teaches in Hopkinton public school. LeClerc recently returned from two years service in Alaska.
At Marion Mrs. Lorinda Bailey recently observed her 109th birthday and is believed to be Iowa's oldest resident. She is now bedfast and lives with her daughter Mrs. Rye Harrison.
Emil Bentten, a Manly fisherman, recently hauled a 37-inch Northern Pike through the ice, a notable catch for winter angling.
The Oxford Junction and Wyoming Methodist church start ten week church membership classes led by student pastor Kenneth Harden. A Friendly Birthday Club card party benefitted the March of Dimes with Euchre and 500 prizes at the Onslow community room. A porchlight parade for the polio fund ran Jan 24 in Wyoming under the American Legion Auxiliary. Cars will be driven by local volunteers to California for a relatives visit. The Five Hundred club met Jan 16 with prizes to several residents. Norman Lund returns to Wyoming to rejoin Cox Implement Co. A March of Dimes benefit dance on Jan 12 raised over 11 dollars, Melody Four performed, and neighbors bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Lester French who move east of town. Dads Night at the Wyoming Pioneers served pancakes and bacon.
James Gronewold hosted 14 dads and 18 members for annual Dads night. Leaders Leonard Horn and Arthur Wallace presented a gavel American flag and 4 H flag as Christmas gifts. Dick Fishwild demonstrated how to make an electric motor portable while Darrell Tracy showed how to reverse one. A Gates team demo by David Brunscheen and Galen Horn used one foot to one inch scaled miniature gates. Afterward darts game with the boys. So and Sew Club met January 19 at Mrs Melvin Wilsers and donated to the March of Dimes. Mrs Henry Petersen led quizzes. Next meeting will be at Mrs Lumir Holubs home.
Royal Neighbors In Wyoming held installation Monday evening January 17 for their 1955 officers.
A fraternal group installed four new officers and welcomed initiates as twenty members gathered for a potluck supper. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Fred Latare celebrated their 35th anniversary with family in Lost Nation, while the Cozy club donated to the March of Dimes and set dates for future meetings.
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