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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1959
Page
2
A nostalgic note from Clem's Post Cards recalls disliking the Yankees but admitting many former Yankee doubters are now boosters. The writer urges support for the Yanks as Casey Stengel leads the team.
Monticello events list for June includes Rotary and Navy recruiter meetings at St Luke's and post office, Social Security, Junior Chamber, Burns lodge Masons, Farmers Home Administration, K of P and Rebekah events, drivers license exams, Alcoholics Anonymous, and Marine recruiter with times from June 1 to June 8. Official Monticello Express publication details and subscription rates noted.
Center Junction reports Sally Catlett, daughter of the Catletts, completed a two year college course at Cedar Falls and will teach at Tipton next year. Mrs Gerald Meyers and family attended a reunion May 24 at Wyoming. Mrs Russ Jamieson and Janet visited Cedar Rapids to see Jeff Hard ill at St Luke's. Vic Haag and family spent Wednesday with Mrs Henry Bricher at Monticello. Mrs Cecil Meyer and Dennis of Wyoming visited Gerald Meyer Tuesday. A coffee was hosted for Mrs Tom Bunkan by Mrs Gladys McNeilly Sadie McDonald Marietta Stanton and Mrs Jack Smith at the Paul Smith home in Anamosa on May 25.
St Luke's church marked the Crowning of the Blessed Virgin with a May 24 ceremony. Over 100 released time students served as a court of honor for queen Virginia Becker and escorts Mary Sackett Rae Ann Chapman and Joyce McVay.
Loren Buol arrived May 23 for a 30 day furlough with his parents before going overseas to Greenland. Local gatherings included visitors from Cedar Rapids and Copperas Cove Texas, dinners honoring confirmed youths at St. John's Lutheran church, and a Sunshine Club annual dinner on May 25 with listed attendees.
Oxford Junction community events include a May 2 meeting of the Community Club with 14 members, anniversaries observed, a Mothers Day reading, a bus trip planned for June 19, and a June 18 next meeting. Local Legion posts, poppy sales, and Armed Forces Day events are noted along with various social activities and a police dog incident in Whitemore.
Mrs. D L Stanford of Spring Township owns 64 plates collected with her husband from travels. The collection includes state plates and pictorial records of places they visited.
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