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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1951
Page
3
Nearly 4,000 Jones county residents received personal mail appeals this week for the 1951 budget of the Jones County Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Each appeal included sheets of gummed seals and the Bible verse Inasmuch as ye have done.
The county Easter Seal drive appeals for financial help for crippled children and adults. Half of funds stay in Jones County. Mrs. Edgar Beach chairs the local group urging community members to refer handicapped neighbors in need to the agency for assistance. Officers include Beach as chair, Bone as vice-chair, Rife as secretary, Foarde as treasurer, Monroe as publicity chief, with directors led by Mrs. Henry Bramer.
A long roster of residents and spouses from Anamosa Monticello Oxford Junction Scotch Grove Martello Wyoming and Onslow appears in the issue noting participants or readers connected to a drive. See page 4 for another story on this drive.
Eleven girls with parents and Mrs John Wacker form the 16th 4-H club in Jones County named Be Natural They meet February 21 1951 at Mrs Wackers home Miss Tucker home economist attends guiding 4-H work They choose sewing as their project Elect officers Joanne Kintzle president Mary Pillard vice president Ella Blohm secretary treasurer Velma Reth reporter Martina Lawrence historian New leaders are Mrs John Wacker and Mrs Fay Pillard Next meeting set for March 10 at Mary and Betty Pillards home.
A group of 15 farmers near Correctionville built a new telephone line with 206 poles 45 anchors and 84 cross arms. The Bell company provided technical engineering knowledge for the project.
Mrs. James Margaret Supple 71 died Tuesday at home of her daughter in Monticello. Funeral at Devaney funeral home Friday 9:30 a.m. to Sacred Heart church. burial in Immaculate Conception cemetery Castle Grove. Survived by three sons two daughters three brothers three sisters twenty five grandchildren nine great grandchildren.
The Garden Club met at Mrs. R P Clark's home on Tuesday with twenty five members present. President Mrs John Matthies sen led business as Mrs Ava Main presented a program titled Invite the Birds to Dinner. Birthdays were noted and members Mrs Ernest Schnier Mrs S M Hosford and Mrs Emma Zimmerman spoke. Door prize winner was Mrs George A Rickels and refreshments followed.
Local churches announce weekly programs led by pastors James W. Sala Paul Kenyon H L Adix Donald Is Chapman John F Baumann F H Kehren and others. Activities include Sunday school Divine worship confirmation youth and adult classes choir rehearsals and midweek Lenten services at multiple congregations with times and dates noted.
Wyoming Methodists plan a Sunday March 4 dedetication of their 1891 church after 60 years in one building. A pot luck dinner and program follow the morning services. The history lists early meetings in a barn and a mill church before the 1891 completion.
Jones County 4 H boys attended tractor maintenance demonstrations hosted by three implement dealers Co D Implement Anamosa Miller Implement Monticello and Soppe Implement Oxford Junction. Sessions covered safety operator manuals air cleaner service spark plugs wiring and battery checks with shop staff aiding experiments. Members may earn a Dubuque John Deere plant tour by completing home tractor checks and submitting record books after attending both sessions.
The Monticello Fire Department hosted its wives for an annual turkey dinner on Monday February 19 at 6 30 in the Legion Club rooms. Fire Chief Paul Hearn and Assistant Chief Otto Smith spoke, with a brief address by Captain Gerald Rohr, followed by dancing and near perfect attendance.
Sandra Lee Lawrence 4, daughter of a former Harlan resident, was chosen by a U S military unit in Tokyo as the city’s youngest pin up girl. The curly haired youngster news spreads through the base community.
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