Scotch Grove church to get a new basement and repairs
Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church plans a basement addition and general improvements to address parking and safety after road widening. The project will move the building back about three feet with Marvin Knapp of Cedar Rapids supervising the relocation starting Monday. Funds come from the church building and memorial gifts, with interior features already in place.
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Scotch Grove Presbyterian Church
Scotch Grove
Hesse
Scotland
Marvin Knapp
Cedar Rapids
Knapp
Gloria Larvick Honored At Back Creek Shower
Mrs. Clarence Bacon and others hosted a mixed shower July 9 in the Back Creek Church basement for Gloria Larvick. The event featured pink and white decor and a parasol display of gifts as friends shared a skit about Gloria and Marvin Baron soon to be married.
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Buck Creek
Clarence Bacon
Barbara
Harvey Bacon
Herman Dolley
Gloria Larvick
Back Creek
Gloria
Marvin’ O
Claudia Falconer
Gloria Mangold
Ernest Smith
Larvick
Waterloo
Randolph, Neb
Hosch
Matthew Jr
Randolph
Floyd Dufoe
Howard Lennox
Janet
Coggan
Dean
Earl Dufoe
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Sheppard
Sidney Schweitzer
Louis Hoag
Kathleen
Mt. Vernon
John Lubben
Wichita Falls Air Force Base
Texas
William Scheele
Monticello
John Schweitzer
Willis Blair
Sons
Hazel Houston
Blair
Blairs
Houstons
Mike Saunders
Birthday party for Raymond Kromminga draws many visitors
A Castle Grove gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kromminga Saturday evening celebrated his birthday with friends and relatives including the Landis Hanken Harms Jacobs Poppe and Stadtmueller families. The event featured card playing visiting and refreshments.
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Ben Keith
Min Dufoe
Fritz Kromminga
Herman Dolley
MacBride Park
Solon
Marjorie Zumwalt
Berniece Koenigham
Cedar Rapids
Roy Dighton
Harley Dighton
Freeman Smith
B. A. Smith
Howard Smith
Johnny
Muscatine
Dean Smith
Gary
New Boston
B. A. Smiths
Charlie
Maurice Thompson
Vera Bacon
Iowa City
C. C. Bacon
Gene Moulton
Shari
Greg
C. J. Opfer
Springville
Donna
Alfred Lahey
Mr. Lahey
Aubrey Lochman
Chicago
East Dubuque
Lochman
Laheys
Bernard Thompson
Charlotte
Leslie
John Stimson
Anamosa
Castle Grove
Raymond Kromminga
Kromminga
Royal Landis
Wesley Hanken
Willis Harms
Jennifer
Carl Harms
John Jacobs
Raymond Poppe
John Fechtman
L. C. Stadtmueller
Loretta
Clarence Stadtmueller
George Seehusen
Ed Schemmel
Richard Kromminga
Henry Stadtmueller
Richard
Fred Kromminga
F. H. Kromminga
Wally Cruise
Olin
Max Specht
George Cary
Tipton
Elizabeth Specht
Cary
Bruce Carr
Specht
Olin Howie
Grasshopper Menace Warned For Jones County
Jones county farmers face higher than usual grasshopper infestations this summer says county extension director Joe E. Legg. Dry weather could worsen damage to hay corn and beans with new seedings at risk. spraying aldrin chlordane toxaphene dieldrin or heptachlor offers costly control.
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Jones County
Joe E. Legg
Legg
Dependent Children Aid Slashed In August
Payments to dependents under the aid to dependent children program will fall by 3 dollars per child each month starting August 1. County social welfare director Mrs. Nellie Rummell cited statewide fund shortages as the reason for the cut.
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Nellie Rummell
Madison Merry Maids Met the Catlett Home
Madison Merry Maids met July 8 at the Catlett home with nine in flag etiquette. Minutes read by Marlene Dirks, treasurer’s report by Janet Steuri. Talks on knit garments placket making shoe care patches and lunch served. Reporter Janice Plueger. Additional social notes from Cedar Rapids Wilton Junction West Branch Anamosa attended and visitors listed.
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Madison Merry Maids
Sally, Jerie
Janice Catlett
Marlene Dirks
Janet Steuri
Sally Catlett
Janice Plueger
Don
Ardis) Hagen
James Stadtmueller
Allen
Anamosa
B. D
Irvin Eden
West Branch
Heiken
Harold Covell
Wilton Junction
Community Visitors and Travel Highlight Local Letters
Local residents report visits from Himesbaughs, Leechs, Barclays and Livingstones. Family trips span July itineraries to Taos and Cedar Falls Youth Camp with church and 4H events noted. Baseball trip to Chicago and relatives from Iowa City and Solon are mentioned among several weekend calls.
Lovell Happy Helpers Hold Final Regular Meeting
The Lovell Happy Helpers met at Monticello Park on July 9 with 14 members two leaders two mothers and three visitors attending. Bonnie Buel demonstrated Cutting a Cotton Slip while Marian Fass discussed her Convention experiences and was named treasurer. The group planned team demonstrations for Achievement Day and answered questions led by Misa Tucker.
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Oak Drive Club
Marian Serbousek
Frances Beale
August Kuper
Glenn Goldsmith
United States
Monticello
LaVern Rickels
Vernon Lange
John Wright
Louis Bodenhofer
Henry Rickels
Stuart Leggett
Kenneth Kiburz
Arthur Rickels
R. G. Miehe Sr
Ray Miehe Jr
Castle Grove
Diana Schatz
Joyce Smith
Marlene Babcock
Lora Ann Vernimont
James McLaughlin
John Cunnick
Johnny
Cathie
Carol
Cincinnati
W. D. McLaughlin
Prairie Hill
Be Natural
Helen Tucker
Irma Eggiman
Jerry Parsons
Alice
Laura
Dorothy Goedken
Joan Miller
Betty
Jean
Joan Pillard
Julianne
Frances Holub
Patty
Peggy Laughren
Judy Wolfe
Joan Sperfslage
Marilyn Holub
Floyda Merritt
Luciel Blohm
Martina Lawrence
Grace Kromminga
Alice Goedken
Dorothy Goodken
Farm Bureau
Anamosa
Mrs. Rickels
Lovell Happy Helpers
Monticello Park
Bonnie Buel
Marian Fass
Misa Tucker
Tournament Plans Made For July 28
The Monticello Golfing tournament was the main topic at the Ladies meet Monday evening. Plans call for the event to be held here July 28. Jane Faust's team won the ball award but it was re presented to Lorraine Griffith's team for low score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Jane Faust
Lorraine Griffith
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Sharon Wright
Scotch Grove Women’s Community Club
Albert Schrader
Clarence Johnson
St Cloud
Minn
A. J. Emmerich
Karen Schurke
Davenport
Jill Huesmann
al J. Emmeredo
Joe Conwy
Rushville
Indiana
Marlene Oeschger
W. KK. Coxsee
Delhi
Presbyterian Church
Cedar Falls
Bob van Barbara Sper
Jeanette Wilcox
Dens Mac Hurhes
Louis Fangs
Maan Wosmeter
Imme Rich- Mier
Mertena
Bob Thompson
Tucson
Ariz
Bob
Iowa
Clarence Thompson
Thompson
Robert Thompsons
Paul Knudtsen
Lyla Sill
Kokomo
Ind
Ralph Thompson
Ronnie
Randy
Belle Johnson
Gail
Knudtsen
Bruce Brazelton
David
Somers
Leonard Kremer
Bob Schaeffer
Osceola
Raymond Porter
Janiece
Darrell
Paul Green
Hago Tobiason
Roscoe Porter
Florence Helms
Billot
John Britt
Mary Ann
Bill Britt
Donald Britt
Farley
Paul Britt
Janice Moulton
Charles Price
Quasqueton
Steve McDonnell
Tommy
Devil's Backbone Park
Ralph Wilson
Jesup
Curtis Griggs
Stanley Hartley
Dale Talmadge
Junior Salow
Earlville
Clarence Salow
Dyersville
Harold Salow
Jim Griggs
Talmadges
Miro
Kenneth Klaus
Danny
Minneapolis
Art Eilers
Heinie Schone
Gene Pieray
Joe Ryan
Kalamazoo
Ryan
Steve MacDonnells
Harold Eilers
Art Filers
Ed Offerman
Archie Miles
Kenneth Keith
Ottumwa
LeRoy Miles
Frane Flannagan
Diane
Dennis
Merlin Miles
Marjorie
Beverly
Mesay Flannagan
Merritt Haigh
Anita
Joe
Jack
Ronald Miles
Bob Yearous
Sons of
Garnavilla
Phyllis
Reinhard Helgens
Ray Saunders
Veterans Hospital
Lillian Rold
Ivan Rold
Vic Wilson
Manchester
Joe Moulton
Audrey
Dwight
Clinton
Clell Moulton
Bill Schott
Janesville
Wis
Paul Bender
O. R. Howie
Prairie Hill Be Natural Club
Prairieburg
Prairie Hill Be Naturl
Prairie Panthers
Castle Grove Fortune Finders
Royal Rangers 4-H
Steve McDonald
Cletus Goedken
Kenneth Howie
Diana Howie
Howie
G. A. Siebels
Delmar King
Glen
Boyd
Keith
Karen
Barbara Rogers
Prairie Panthers Club
Bernard Goedken
Ames
Erma Eggiman
Joyce Fairbanks
Julianne Ho
Margaret Mary Fleming
Barbara Eberhart
Julie Schlarman
John Oltmann
Kenny Schatz
The
Royal Rangers
Larry Cartano
Larry Hosford
Fortune Finders Club
Judith Black
Prairie Hill Be Nnatural Club
Ken Joslin
Turkey
Ohio
Lorraine Redke
Savanna
William F. Marsh
Mas Specht
Bruce Cary
Marvin Stahlberg
Mrs. Lou Porter
Hopkinton
Ruth Ann Muller
Mercy School of Nursing
Paul Muller
Kenneth Schwendinger
Paul Muller and
REA
Madison
Catlett
Virgil Barclay
Synod
Raymond Adams
de With
Barclay
Ray Hagen
Bill
Mary
West Liberty
Alvin
Viola Classen
Charles
Everett Thend
Priscilla
Vickie
Kelly
Robert Geerts
Carolyn Geerts
Herman Rickless
Rey
Hendricks
Little Son
Taos
New Mexico
Needing
Henddicks
Janice Rae Plueger
Julie Ann Brady
Presbyterian
W.S.C.G
John Livingstone
Lorna Mathis
Town City
Robert Livingstone
Belle Watson
Will Leech
Hollywood
Florida
F. L. Himebaugh
Leech
Center Junction
Daisy Livingstone
John Hansen
Carol Jean White
Los Angeles
Elsie Sikora
Savanna, NL
B. D. Heiken
Raymond Wright
Asa Lambert
Gerald Rohr
Ted Hollar
George Vesey
Sesttte—Wash
Clara Bartlett
Howard Farrington
Vicki of
Alpha Eby
Harold Conley
Lillian Stewart
Orvin Yeoman
Marvin Thomson
Louis. Alferts
Herman Roth
Marvin Boysen
Rose Park Zoo
Prairie Due Chien
Frank Straub
Kathleen Metz
Kenneth Caldwell
St. Mary’s Church
Dubuque
Straub
Joe Stoll
Mrs
A. J. Stoll
Luther Howland
Crandall Weaver
Monticello Express
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