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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1956
Page
3
The Onslow area notes the Altrurian club held a Monday evening meeting in church parlors with new members voted in. A 500 Club dessert luncheon followed with cards at three tables. Personal items list visits, family gatherings, and travel among local residents and relatives in Cedar Rapids Clinton Anamosa Hazleton Sabuta Tipton and Manchester areas.
Lovell 4-H clubs report a garden tour on Tuesday June 19 with members visiting gardens of Carol Clark Shirley Hanken Janice Martinsen Virginia Tuetken Janet Wahl Lois Cass and Joyce Ann Appleby. Judges Mrs Clarence Eilers and Mrs Dale Adams received gifts and Mrs Robert Appleby led refreshments for 20 attendees.
The narrative covers the Picnic the Club softball tour with Jerry Parsons, plus Castle Grove Fortune Finders meetings on June 4 and 11 featuring skits for Rally Day and health talks. It also details the Martelle 4-H tour on June 3 with farm visits and livestock counts, and the Jackson Beavers tour on June 6 with project inspections and animal listings.
The Monticello Express established July 10 1866 publishes weekly on Monday and Thursday and is entered as second class mail. It serves Monticello Iowa and surrounding counties with subscription rates of 4 50 for local counties and 5 69 for other regions.
One Holstein model names Davis Shaeffer and David May joined Angus Ralph May Connie Sievers and Frances Sievers with Chester Cross and Bob Dasenbrock in a garden event featuring three Hierefords and three Brown Swiss. The group traveled to Monticello for a community pot luck dinner.
Prairie Hill Be Natural club held its annual Garden tour on Saturday June 23 beginning at 7 30 am at the Cletus Goedken home with many residents listed as participants. Judges Mrs Lester Weber and Mrs George A Rickels awarded blue ribbons. A probate notice from Jones County Iowa outlines the filing of Anna McBride's will on June 26 1956 with final probate set for the April term and public appearance to show cause why it should not be admitted.
The passage describes a cookout hosted at the home of Mrs Marie Holub where the girls enjoyed a social outing and refreshments in a domestic setting.
4 H girls Polly Pig Tails met with Darlene and Rae Jurgens at their home on Wednesday evening June 20. The gathering was a work meeting with plans for the county fair discussed.
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