Country club events brighten Thursday with bridge and dance
Ladies of the Country club held a 1 30 dessert luncheon on the porch with hollyhock décor. Five contract bridge tables produced high scores for Mrs Severn and Mrs Howie while Mrs Fraser visited from Providence. That evening Elmer Young led a Cedar Rapids orchestra for dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
H. A. Severn
James Howie
George Howden Fraser
Providence
R. 1
Arthur Shelley
Sam Rhatigan
Frank Shimanek
F. P. Stuhler
Leslie Balster
James Maurice
Elmer Young
Cedar Rapids
James Thompson
Eagle Grove
Leonard Fluckiger
Charles Schneiter, Jr
George Patterson
Frank Lees
Farewell Dinner for Father Kucera at St. Joseph’s Prairieburg
St. Josephs parish Prairieburg held a farewell dinner for pastor Rev. Stephen J. Kucera in the new parochial school auditorium with many priests from nearby parishes and friends present. William Baxter of Coggan served as toastmaster. Anthony Beranek represented parishioners presenting a purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph's
Prairieburg
Stephen J. Kucera
Father Kucera
William Baxter
Coggan
Frances Hruby
Cedar Rapids
M. J. Farrelly
Cascade
J. McMahon
Anamosa
Wenceslaus Beranek
Toohey
Neb
Clarence Crowley
Nebraska
J. B. Hungerford
Schrader
Ryan
Gordon Hatch
Central City
Anthony Beranek
Fort Atkinson
Women circle meetings and church guild picnic reports
July circle meetings of the Women's Society of Christian Service at the Methodist church are noted with Circle No 1 led by Mrs L F Balster and guests Mrs Carl Schneider Anne Marie and Shirley Shelley. Circle No 2 met with Mrs Bert Hubbard and Circle No 3 with Mrs Dan Hearn. Separate item: Women's Guild at Evangelical and Reformed church held a Wednesday picnic and meeting with nine new members accepted and forty present. details include guests from Washington and Des Moines and a dinner at a hostess home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Fellowship Society
Women’s Fellowship Society
The
Presbyterian Church
China
Ruth
Merle Cass
Harvey Harford
W. F. Yeoman
Howard Hicks
Donald Sutherland
James Howie
George Rickels
William Corbin
Circle No. 2
Martha Group
John Wilcox
L.V. Drexler
Carl Straub
Circle No. 3
Esther Group
O. E. York
York
Harold Wilcox
Sam Gordon
Spokane
Wash
Everett Nickel
Norman Davidson
K. Jaeger
Harry Bennett
Circle No
Naomi Group
Henry Adams
Bennett
Cornelius Steck
A. M. Maurice
Robert Mullen
Young People
George Allamand
Presidio
Monterey
California
Anamosa State Park
Women's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
William Skelley
Circle No. 1
L. F. Balster
Charles Rolls
Carl Schneider
Anne Marie
Shirley Shelley
Bert Hubbard
Dan Hearn
E. E. Reed
Miami, Fla
Jessie Fawcett
Mechanicsville
Women's Guild
Women’s Guild Society
Ralph Crim
Lester Lang
Clifford Arduser
Chester Lang
St Matthew's Ladies Aid Meets at Luther Hall
The Ladies Aid society of St Matthew's Lutheran church met Wednesday afternoon at Luther hall. Mrs Heinrich Pruil hosted the event with over thirty members in attendance. They spent the afternoon quilting and were served refreshments after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew's
Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid Society of
Lutheran Church
Luther Hall
Heinrich Pruil
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Church of the Lutheran Hour
R. P. Young
Young People’s Society
WMT
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
A. Mast
Rural Illinois schools small pupil counts in 1939 40
A 1939 40 survey shows rural districts in Illinois with 12 percent averaging under 4 pupils, 28 percent under 7, 44 percent under 10, and 73 percent under 16 pupils daily in attendance. This highlights the widespread scarcity of students in rural districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illnois
Ungrhes
Wartime Cornbelt Cartwheel Dish Uses Pork And Corn
Cornbelt Cartwheel blends pork and corn into a breakfast lunch or supper dish devised by Jessie Alice Cline home economist. Sausage links or frankfurters are browned in drippings then added for flavor and juiciness. The recipe includes slow cooking and a cornmeal bran mush made with milk water cornmeal salt and bran served in a hot casserole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Alice Cline
Theodore Rohn dies at 68 in St. Louis
Theodore A. Rohn 68 a retired real estate man died Sunday July 9 at the Veterans Hospital Jefferson Barracks near St. Louis. Interment July 12 at the National Cemetery St. Louis. He is survived by his widow Mrs Rose A. Rohn a son Theodore Jr and a daughter Mrs Goldie Reisen Jeiter. He was a son of Lena Rohn who ran a Monticello grocery store years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore A. Rohn
Veterans’ Hospital
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
National Cemetery
Rohn
Rose A. Rohn
Donald Avenue
Theodore, Jr
Goldie Reisen- Jeiter
Lena Rohn
Monticello
Wild fowl born in flood flooded basements across Iowa
Ed Harrison of Davenport found a young mallard swimming in a basement while flood waters in Iowa spill into Mississippi river towns. In Dubuque the post office basement held a rescued young wood duck by Ed Volkert of the Massey Wild Life station. The text notes Sergeant Charles Floyd of the Lewis and Clark expedition died near Sioux City in summer 1804, with a monument overlooking the Floyd River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Ed Harrison
Davenport
Dubuque Post Office
Ed Volkert
Massey Wild Life Station
Iowa
Sergeant Charles Floyd
Sioux City
Sergeant Floyd
Floyd River
Local Churches Schedule Services And Institute
Area churches publish their service times and pastors. Peniel Presbyterian, Sacred Heart, St. Matthew, The Methodist, St. John's Lutheran, and Evangelical and Reformed list weekly worship schedules. The Clear Lake Institute for youths announces its 31st annual session next week. Local residents share family and visiting notices and hospital birth details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
the Methodist Church
Glenn W. McMichael
The
Clear Lake Institute For Young People
Cattle Poisoning Highlights Farm Hazards
Cattle poisoning arising from careless handling of materials like arsenic spray and lead paint is described as a common farm hazard with potential fatal outcomes.
Lt Lynn Morrow Wounded In France Receives Purple Heart
Rev and Mrs H E Morrow formerly of Buck Creek now of Winthrop report their son Lt Lynn Morrow was wounded in action in France after D day. He was hospitalized and awarded the Purple Heart for his wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Morrow
Buck Creek
Winthrop
Lynn Morrow
France
Monticello Attendees at Lutheran Mission Festival
Monticello residents attending the annual mission festival at the Delaware Lutheran Church include Rev. and Mrs. R. P. Young with family, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Balster, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Heeren, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Heeren, Mr. and Mrs. AL Oltman, and Mrs. William Oltman. Rev. Young delivered the mission sermon Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Lutheran Church
Fossil Hunt Ends in Opossum Harvest and Odd Notes
An 80 year old Mrs Lida Cooper of near Hillsboro Henry county shoots 24 opossums and a stray cat while hunting to find the killer of her hens. A surveyor Jefferson Davis once marked the Iowa Minnesota South Dakota tripoint and praised nearby land as richest within 100 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd
Shotgun Totin
Grandma
Lida Cooper
Hillsboro
Henry County
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Jefferson Davis
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C. E. York
Augusta Farley
Washington, D. C
William Grossheim
John Rickels
Frank Stimson
Otto Burrichter
Rainbow
Order of Rainbow For
Gall Huibregtse
Claire Shannon
Dorothy Read
Betty Hoult
Henry Ohe
Farley
City Park
Will Zimmerman
Herman Zimmerman
Amber
Louis Bohlken
Tennessee
Des Moines
Dick Bohlken
Emma Zimmerman
Louis Barrack
Renn Kettlitz
Kettlitz
Rickels
Cornbelt Foods
Theodore Rohn
Peniel Presbyterian Church
C. E. Burdine
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
A. L. Lorenz
Edward Zumbach
Carol Kay
John McDonald Hospital
Mary EB. Coxsee
Max McCrabb
Mildred Deischer
West First Street
Washeaton C
Nticello
Mto
Fairfield
John Hay
Henry C. Wills
Philip Turner
Quasqueton
Irene Hogan
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
James F. Hogan
Mary Immaculata
R.S.M
Mercy College
Detroit
Mary Eileen
Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital
Long's Specials
Oxfords
Monticelle
Is Isay
National Fresh Creamery
GARE
Suice
Crisp & Tender
Pot
CIN
Peg
Sao Me
Vegeta Fervite
U. S. Quality
Adlettude
Michigan
Graham Crackers
Salerno
Kellogge
Mkitchen
Red Point
Philadelphia Hills
Fort Dearborn
A. (Ge
Wilbert
Appel's Crystal Cleaners
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