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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1933
Page
6
A flash of daily life as residents travel visiting relatives in Waterloo and Dubuque. Chicago visitors include John Chapman and Mrs. Dora Kettlitz. Local commerce promotes hardware sales and pianos with ads from McNeill's Hardware and Frank Locher Music Store. A scarlet fever case is reported at the Goardke home.
The report lists visitors and relatives from multiple towns including Hopkin ton Anamosa Cedar Rapids Manchester Cascade Richland Center Wis and Chicago. It notes extended visits to residents in Monticello Davenport Crystal Lake and Webster City plus a Century of Progress trip by locals Harold Neilly William Larkin and others.
A long list of Cedar Rapids area visitors and residents includes Mrs Maggie Behrends visiting her brother Leiben, Lydia Adix returning from Jefferson City, and Robert McNeilly of Fort Dodge visiting Mrs Charles Suett. A birth at John McDonald hospital produced Jane Christine six pounds seven and a half ounces. Additional travels include Mrs EB Hicks and family to Chicago for A Century of Progress, Emma and Meta Dannneiman en route to Chicago for a teacher convention, and numerous relatives visiting from Dubuque Milwaukee Sioux Falls and Manchester for summers and progress shows.
Mr and Mrs F C Cramer hosted relatives on Sunday honoring Mr and Mrs B H Greene and Helen Greene of Des Moines. A midday cafeteria picnic preceded an afternoon of visiting and music with many relatives present from Hopkinton Center Junction Anamosa Iowa City Tipton and out of town guests Mrs William Tighe Cedar Rapids and Miss Julia Kniefs Pittsburgh attended.
A group of 56 relatives and friends gathered at Mrs. Geo. Tobiason Sr. home to honor her seventy first birthday with games, visiting, and supper. Mrs. Emil C. Ricklefs hosted a 6:30 dinner with out of town guests. Mrs. Cornelius Steck celebrated her birth anniversary with a dinner for ten. St Matthew's Ladies Aid met for a sewing and social afternoon in Luther hall.
The Friday club gathered at Mrs. Reiss Stuhler’s home. Members presented a paper Architecture Astray by Mrs. Charles Northrop and The Sky Scraper's Challenge to Sculpture by Mrs. Stuhler with a sketch Radio City Cultural Center by Mrs. H. S. Richardson and a Cities poem by Mrs. L. W. Lovell.
Monticello area Maire families gathered at the country home of Mr and Mrs Marcus Maire for their annual reunion. About 24 relatives shared a noon dinner before an afternoon of ball games and social time. Out of town guests included Mr Merle Knight of Marion and Paul Maire of Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Ray Echternacht hosted the Delta Dek Bridge club with three tables and high score by Mrs. Asa Lambert while Mrs. Agnes Gearhart won the traveling prize. A separate VFW auxiliary event raised funds for Americanization with high scores in bridge five hundred and dominoes. The Women's Missionary society hosted a guest day picnic at the city park with devotions and a study reading. A summer country club bridge tea featured 50 guests in a garden setting with Mrs. Guyan presiding and elegant table decor.
A social evening featured nine bridge tables and one dominoes table with Mrs. Riess and Mrs. Ida Ricklefs achieving top scores in their games. Out-of-town visitors included Mrs. W. W. Lowe from Chicago and Mrs. Catherine Adams from Pasadena among others. Hostesses served punch, with Mrs. Ralph Bone and Mrs. J. Fagan hosting separate gatherings and refreshments following the games.
C F Shimanek advertises general law practice focusing on estate settlements with office on the second floor of the Stuhler building in Monticello Iowa.
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