Ceremony Unites Betty Coonan and Dr. Gordon York
Betty Coonan and Dr. Gordon A York wed in a 2 p.m. ceremony at Sacred Heart cathedral Davenport with Rt Rev Msgr Martin Cone officiating. About 200 guests attended the reception at the Coonan home before the couple planned to live at 522 East Thirtieth Street Davenport after July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Coonan
Gordon York
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Davenport
Betty Claire Coonan
Francis W. Coonan
West Fifteenth Street
Gordon A. York
Anna York
Brady Street
O. E.york
Martin Cone
Genevieve O’connor
Louise York
Long Beach
Calif
George Dvorsky
Coonan
J. L. Skelly
Gertrude Shanfey
Ed Frandsen
Grace Priest
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
York
East Thirtieth Street
Davenport High School
Engagement of Marion DeBois to Oliver Nelson
Mr and Mrs Harold C DeBois of Rock Island announce the engagement of their daughter Marion Louise to Oliver Arthur Nelson son of Mr and Mrs Walter Nelson of Colman South Dakota. Wedding date set for July 28. Marion a Rock Island High School graduate with a BS in home economics education from Iowa State College Ames and former Monticello high school homemaking instructor. Nelson a Dell Rapids High School graduate served in the army 26 months and earned a BS in science with a major in technical journalism at Iowa State College. He is a Sigma Delta Chi member and assistant editor of Farm Implement News in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. DeBois
Ninth Avenue
Rock Island
Marion Louise
Oliver Arthur Nelson
Walter Nelson
Colman
S. D
Miss DeBois
Rock Island High School
Iowa State College
Ames
Omicron Nu
Monticello
Nelson
Dell Rapids High School
Dell Rapids
Mr. Nelson
Sigma Delta Chi
Chicago
Messerli Family Reunion Attendance Dips With One Absent
The Messerli reunion at City Park Sunday drew 47 of 49 descendants. Robert Messerli could not attend as he is at Officer Candidate School in St. Louis Missouri. Out-of-town guests included John Messerli and family from Newhall and Lloyd Messerli from Canton South Dakota. A visitor was Miss Eileen Schuckman of Manchester.
Bernice Kray Weds Pvt Robert Like at Jeffersonville
Mrs John Kray announces the marriage of Bernice Kray to Pvt Robert Like of Camp Atterbury Indiana son of Mr and Mrs Roy Like. The ceremony took place Saturday June 23 in Jeffersonville Indiana with Clara Stulken and Alvin Mohr among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kray
Bernice
Robert Like
Camp Atterbury
Indiana
Roy Like
Clara Stulken
Alvin Mohr
Monticello
Jeffersonville
Women Voters to Welcome Evelyn Hersey as Guest Speaker
The League of Women Voters of Monticello hosts Evelyn Hersey, social welfare attaché at the American Embassy in New Delhi since 1948, as guest on July 2 at the Methodist church parlors. The silver tea event, starting at 2 p.m., will highlight Hersey’s work interpreting social and economic conditions in India for the U.S. and vice versa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters of
Monticello
Evelyn Hersey
New Delhi
India
Miss Hersey
U. S
Church Schedules and Notices for July 1
Sacred Heart Church announces masses at 7 and 9 on Sunday with weekday masses at 7. Confession Saturday 3:30 4:30 and 7:30 8:30. Other churches listed include S.S. Peter and Paul Lutheran Paul Kenyon pastor Sunday school 9:30 Divine Worship 10:30 and First Congregational Church Donald L. Chapman pastor Sunday school 9:30 worship 10:30. Pilgrim Fellowship 7:30 9:30 Sunday. St Matthew’s Lutheran H L Adix July 1 first service 9 am Sunday school 9:45 second service 10:45. Wiener roast by Leaguers 6 pm. St Luke’s Methodist Robert Y. Gildner pastor 8 am worship 9 am Sunday school 9 and 10 am second service. W S C S officers installation 10 am. M Y F summer camp July 1 7 at Clear Lake through July 7. no midweek W S C S. choir rehearsal 7 pm Wednesday. First Presbyterian James W. Sala pastor Sunday 9 am Church School 10 am Morning Worship 12 noon All Church picnic at city park. Ordination service for Edwin J. Caspers Monday 8 pm with reception in church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
E. P. Lorenz
S.S. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church
Paul Kenyon
First Congregational Church
Donald L. Chapman
Pilgrim Fellowship
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
St. Luke’s Methodist Church
Robert Y. Gildner
W.S.C.S
M.Y.F
Clear Lake
First Presbyterian Church
James W. Sala
Women's Fellowship
Church School
Edwin J. Caspers
Randall Ganfield Marries Marianne Farley in Elk Horn
Randall Ganfield and Marianne Farley wed in a seven o clock ceremony Sunday June 24 at the Lutheran church in Elk Horn. Rev Denley Ganfield officiated the double ring wedding as families from Extra Cascade and Monticello attended. The couple plans a farm home near Cascade after a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Ganfield
Marianne Farley
Elk Horn
Denley Ganfield
Wilmer Farley
Extra
Ganfield
Leslie Ganfield
Cascade
the Monticello
Iowa State College
Randall
Ames
Viola Catlett
Monticelld
Bert Aitchison
Donna Beth
Ray Ball
Pythians Hold Last Meeting For Summer
The Monticello Pythian Temple held its final summer meeting at the K P rooms on Monday June 25. The session closed with a luncheon served by Mrs Elda Stoneking and Mrs Olga Stott before the summer recess. Various local residents were noted as visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythians
Monticello
Maire-Thomas Troth Plighted At Garden Rite
An 8 o clock wedding in the garden at 8615 Bufferin avenue Arlington California united Margaret G Thomas and S Sgt Robert M Maire before 300 guests. Rev Ray Willing Smith officiated. Unique orchid bouquets and formal attire described. several family members noted as attendants and escorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert A. Webb
Bufferin Avenue
Arlington
Calif
Margaret G. Thomas
Frank A. Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Robert M. Maire
George Maire
Huntington Park
Maire
Ray Willing Smith
Arlington Methodist Church
Wallace
LeGras
Victor C. Thomas
Los Angeles
Hawaii
Mary A. Webb
Victor Thomas
Patricia Harbach
Claudia Kay Thomas
Gayle Thomas
Annalee
Riverside Bride Weds Air Force Navigator in Lavender Orchid Theme
The wedding featured an orchid print dress and matching accessories with lavender symbology. The ceremony ended with a five tier cake as guests served cake and punch. The bride, a USC School of Dentistry graduate and Riverside Junior Woman's Club affiliate, will join the groom at Randolph Field, Texas, after a Grand Canyon and Carlsbad Caverns trip en route from Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Maire
al da Silva
Hugh Murray
Carl Hansen
Francis Cook
Dorothy Thorne
Idyllwild
Colorado
Los Angeles
Monticello
Air Force
Randolph Field
Texas
Garden club meeting at Mrs. Matthiessen’s hosts guests
Eighteen Garden club members met at the home of Mrs. Will Matthiessen with Mrs. Wilbur Cartano in charge and a talk on roses by Mrs. LeRoy Beard. Dr. and Mrs. L. J. Swift hosted visitors from Des Moines and Marion including Mr. and Mrs. Ted Trent and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Rickenbaum plus Miss Rose Wilcox. D. D. Cole and two children from Long Beach joined in from Wednesday, with her husband joining today from Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Parrott of Maquoketa were weekend guests in the E. B. Null home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Balsiger
Cedar Rapids
Will Balsiger
Garden Club
Will Matthiessen
Wilbur Cartano
LeRoy Beard
L. J. Swift
Des Moines
Marion
Ted Trent
Hubert Rickenbaum
Rose Wilcox
D. D. Cole
Long Beach
Calif
Chicago
Robert Parrott
Maquoketa
E. B. Null
June Burgess Weds Loren Harms In Poughkeepsie Ceremony
Miss June Burgess married Loren Harms son of Mr and Mrs Herman Harms at First Lutheran church Poughkeepsie New York. The ceremony was by Rev John H Freeman with maid of honor Dorothy Keeser and best man Willis Harms among a large local bridal party. The couple, who recently graduated Clarkson College of Technology civil engineering, will reside in Burbank California with Harms joining Lockheed as draftsman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss June Burgess
Loren Harms
Herman Harms
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
John H. Freeman
Mt. Vernon
Dorothy Keeser
Newburgh
Willis Harms
Monticello
Iowa
Margaret Oakley
Janice Helmer
Janet Conway
Joyce Knapp
Kenneth Burgess
Bruce Burns
John Mangucci
Canastota
Loran
Fred Schubert
Susan Tesman
Gardiner
N.Y
Earle V. Foote
R. W. Keeser
Mr. Harms
Clarkson College of Technology
Potsdam
Harms
Burbank
Calif
Lockheed Aircraft Company
George Hagen
Henry Weers
Carl Harms
Ruth Kromminga
Raymond Poppe
F. H. Kehren
Local gathering includes Hood residents and guests
A note lists Hood Texas residents Mr. and Mrs ay Kromminga Ruth Art Helena Harms and others. Also present were Mrs. Nick Holst Calvin Reese Parker Peter Kuhns and LaVern Harms plus Janet Parmer Ardis Heiken and many more from St. Paul Watertown and Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Holst
Calvin Reese
Marie
Peter, Paulsen
Harry Kuhns
LaVern
George Harms
LaVenne
Janet
Parmer
Ardis Heiken
Mrs. Donald
J.D. Bohtken
C.C. Seifert
Dicky
St. Paul
Minn
Fred Schuman
Barbara and Paul
Watertown
Wis
Louis Bohlken
Detroit
Mich
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Express
Marion Louise Debois
Marion DeBois
Messerli Reunion
Bernice Kray
Pvt
Robert
George Berker
Dyersville
Henry Becker
Sandra Sands
Jerry Long
Mrs. James Shelley
Delhi
Henrietta Harms
Amber
Camp Carson, Colorado
Marvin Harms
Roy
Maxine Wilkinson
Louise Field
Charles Field
Cresco
Lakes
Vacation Bible School
Chapman
Alvena Paulsen
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Niagara Falls
Howard Shelley
Julie
Phillip
Peter
Paul
Melvin Sands
E. H. DeShaw
New England States
Canada
Arline Balster
Atlanta, Ga
Fiana Schneider
San Francisco
National Education Association
Roy Glass
Anna Ambuehl
Chippewa
Oxford
G. C. Bonwell
W. H. Daniel
Beloit, Wis
Karen Lee Egger
Mrs
Fred Bohlken
Dean Morey
LeClaire
L. D. Morey
Donald Morey
Nellie Morey
Cartie Brown
Iowa City
Ruth Roberts
Denver
Thomas Troth
Garden Rite
National
Las Singer
Holiday
Alaska
Ana
Argentina
Swanson
Jar
Pt. Jar
Velveeta Gheese
Oscar Mayer
Uae
Frankforters
Tee
Agars Ib
Burt
Watloner
Porterhouse
Swift
Moses
Wilsee's
Wational
Cen
Aemour
Durkee
Metroset
Lewest
Searles Ry
June Burgess
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Clara
Dena
Fred Hagen
Hopkinton
Scotch Grove
Donald Hagen
Strutwear’'S
Denier
Monticello, Iowa
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