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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1955
Page
2
Monticello Roofing Co owner Stan Peters advertises roofing siding and insulation services with guaranteed materials and workmanship and free estimates.
A bake sale is scheduled at Iowa Electric Light and Power Company on Saturday June 18 at 9 a.m. It is sponsored by the Lovell Happy Helpers 47B1.
The Jones county board of supervisors hired Stanley Engineering for 450 to redesign a bridge on Wet Creek three miles west of Monticello and raised by summer. A weed resolution sets mowing deadlines for leafy spurge and other plants along highways with fines to fund future mowing.
Services were held for Helen Rose O'Rourke 26 daughter of Mr and Mrs Ambrose O'Rourke Monticello. She died Thursday. Burial at Sacred Heart cemetery after services at Sacred Heart church. She is survived by her parents five sisters and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers named Brady family members.
Monticello veterans organizations urge printing the pledge of allegiance for Flag Day June 14. They note controversy over the words under God and call for clear presentation of the pledge and its symbolism including flag colors red for valor white for purity and blue for reverence and justice.
Rotary club members will meet at the Methodist church to form a convoy to the Boy Scout camp. They will have a picnic dinner with scouts whose fathers are club members. The Rotary club sponsors the troop.
Services for Mrs. Leonard Bader 86 were held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. from Devaney funeral home to Sacred Heart church. Rev. Irvin Weber officiated the Requiem High Mass and burial. Born January 26, 1869 in Cascade, she married Leonard Bader in 1886 and lived in Cascade before moving to Monticello. Survivors include son John Bader of Breckenridge and five daughters, plus 30 grandchildren and 73 great grandchildren. Pallbearers were grandsons including Orville Weber and Leonard Bader.
Members of the Women’s Fellowship met in the church parlors on Wednesday afternoon June 8 for their regular session. Devotions were led by Mrs. Bud Suter. The program featured an informal discussion on Religion and Mental Health. Mrs. Robert Myers assisted.
Royal Hunt led by Mrs. Harold White and Mrs. Fred Kay chaired the discussion. Hostesses for the afternoon included Mrs. Chester Lang Mrs. Robert Savage Miss Clara Egger Mrs. W. R. Baumgartner and Mrs. C. G. Thomas in a social gathering.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Wink and family spent Sunday evening with Mrs Herman Cordes at Anamosa joining Mrs Frank Royden and Mrs Frank Royden at their Monticello residence in a neighborly visit.
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