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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1937
Page
6
Schreiner chapter O E S 8 plans last summer meeting at the Masonic temple on Monday June 7. All Eastern Stars invited. A program will be followed by refreshments.
Mrs Emil Ricklefs hosted a Sunday theater party at Monte to see Maytime then treated guests at Shaffer's Sweet Shop with apple blossoms centerpiece. Mr and Mrs Rickless hosted twelve couples later that evening and planned a Pacific Grove California home relocation. Mrs John McLees Honored On Her 68th Birthday was a family dinner hosted by Miss Pearl McLees.
Mrs McLees, aged 88, celebrated at noon with a dinner for seventeen relatives. Attendees included her children and grandchildren from Cascade Cedar Rapids and Castle Grove plus Miss Pearl McLees and two granddaughters Mary Catherine and Anastasia. Many gifts and greetings were exchanged.
The first of the summer series of afternoon bridge parties was held at the country club Tuesday afternoon. Decora tions featured iris and crabapple blossoms as contracts and auction bridge and dominoes were played. High scores went to Mrs. Thomas Redmond for contract Mrs. Agnes Gearhart for auction bridge and Mrs. Will Laude for dominoes. Refreshments followed at 4 30 p.m. committee chairman Mrs. Carl Hodson was assisted by Mrs Albert Stuhler Mrs John Shover Mrs L J Swift Mrs Will Shaffer and Mrs John Fraser. A vote was taken to meet on Thursdays instead of Tuesdays. The next party will be Thursday June 10.
A consolidated church directory lists services, Sunday schools, and event details for CHURCHES Center Junction M E Church Wayne Zion Lutheran Prairieburg St Josephs St Johns Lutheran Reformed Presbyterian Congregational Methodist Episcopal St Matthew’s Lutheran and Cuatle Grove Lutheran. It notes pastors, mass times, catechism, summer programs, and upcoming events through June and July.
The church asks the community to send their children. The ladies' aid meets with Mrs Stadtmueller Friday afternoon. Sunday school teachers meet Tuesday evening. Services in English Sunday at 10 45. Sunday school at 9 45.
Miss Batchelder former Monticello high school graduate class of 1928 taught in Jones county rural schools. Survived by father John Batchelder and sisters Ella Hayes Catherine Brandt Hazel Grover, plus five half siblings. Funeral at Methodist Episcopal church with Rev. William J. Macaulay officiating and Oakwood cemetery burial.
The Anamosa Garden Club hosts its Second Annual Flower Show Friday and Saturday June 11 and 12 featuring flowers potted plants and vegetables from across Jones County. Exhibits not competitive. no prizes. Headquarters at Iowa Electric Light Office with displays at Childress Hoag Motor company and other local businesses.
Lew Wallace, superintendent of Town motor vehicle department, announced that anyone who did not apply for a license before midnight July 4 would not receive a license without examination. A statewide drive to arrest unlicensed operators would begin after July 5, with prosecutions to the limit. The law aims to protect careful drivers from reckless, unqualified operators.
A short guidance note advises feeding hens a wet mash at noon during hot weather to promote continued laying. It emphasizes heat management and consistent feeding during peak temperatures.
Thomas J Lane of Cascade township died at Mercy hospital Anamosa on Monday at 12 30 pm from complications after an operation performed three weeks earlier He was born February 18 1856 in Cascade and married Margaret Less in 1883 at St Marys Cascade His funeral was at Sacred Heart Monticello with burial beside his wife He is survived by children Frank Faber L M Faber Mrs Dennis OBrien Henry Faber and 18 grandchildren plus 3 great grandchildren including a deceased infant son The notice lists many relatives and Memorial Day visits by relatives across Iowa Illinois and Nebraska.
Richland Center notes guests and visits including Mrs Ursula Hela and Cap Buol of Dubuque hosting relatives. Janaan Schweitzer left for hearing with her aunt Mrs Delos Dakins. Luella Balsiger of Cedar Rapids visited her parents Will and Mrs Balsiger. Georgia Jean Hein is ill with pneumonia at home. Franah Schneider of Cresco stayed with Henry L Wismeier last Tuesday.
Oscar Dougherty of a transfer company narrowly avoided disaster in a Centerville railroad yard when his truck sank into a 25 foot shaft filled with about ten feet of water. Investigators found old blueprints indicating a well was placed there forty years ago.
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