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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1933
Page
5
Eighteen women of Baldwin school area gather at Fred Lazare home to tie five comforters for the Frank Nowachek family displaced by a recent blaze. Neighbors donate money for materials and canned goods while men and women help rebuild and provide lodging in the interim.
The Center Junction community hosted women’s club activities at Mrs. Clara Alyea’s home with a program on Iowa authors, a Grandmother Brown review by Mrs. Meta Prahm, and quartet performances. The Presbyterian Working Band elected officers, and families attended funerals, parties, and 4-H club gatherings with talks on pioneer music, attic possibilities, and art. A community sale was planned for March 24 at the Milwaukee stock yards.
A lively Scotch Grove meeting featured W S Eby and Ray Hoag with a Mexico talk and a Monticello high school lineup including Emil Ricklefs Rex Ricklefs Frank Royden and A B Grimes. Local church elections and sub-district school director choices followed with several community groups hosting events.
Cascade Miss Marguerite Miller, daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Miller, will sing with the Cecelian glee club at Town State college Cedar Falls in The Mikado operetta produced by students and faculty on March 23 and 24. She graduates in voice April 30 and will also perform at the President hotel style show in Waterloo.
E F Kleineck visited Clinton on business last Friday. Mr and Mrs Fred Hanken and Mr and Mrs J D Poppe of Langworthy called on relatives here Friday. Elsie and Laura Holst were business callers in Welton Friday. Percy Dodson and Ray Bohler with spouses drove to Anamosa Sunday. Vander Stoep family stayed with relatives at Pella and Sigourney. Vander Stoep attended the state basketball tournament in Des Moines. Rieke Rohwedder visiting Otto Rohwedder near Wyoming. N C Holst and C M Holst left for Omaha on a cattle buying trip. J B Hanken was a business caller in Monticello Saturday. Dr E H DeShaw and Mrs DeShaw of Monticello were brief callers in the Prahm home Thursday evening. Glen Watson of Waterloo spent Wednesday night with his parents O C Watson. Dwaine Moses to Des Moines Saturday for the state basketball tournament. E F Kleineck to Cedar Rapids on business Monday. Mr and Mrs Rance Brady of Martelle visited Harry Chase and Schrader homes Thursday. Frank Jones of Anamosa was a business caller Friday evening. Clover seed prices listed at 7 to 7.50 per bushel with purity 99.50 and germination 98. Full line of field seeds and inoculation offered by Farmers' Grain Co Monticello 95-3-22.
Obituaries cover Mrs. Crotty and Mrs. Beatty with details of kin and funeral arrangements in Cascade. Also noted are Cascade residents visiting relatives, a response to the abandoned narrow gauge railroad, upcoming all star athletic show, and local travel notices plus a local classified ad snippet for grain germination.
A group of friends spent Wednesday afternoon at the Dave Wilson home to celebrate Mrs. Wilson birthday. Five hundred was played with prizes going to Mrs. Ray Chaplin and Mrs. Dave Wilson. Mrs. Wilson received many gifts.
Guests helped Velma celebrate her birthday with evening games and a lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Will Baum and family visited the Jim Arnold family near Hopkinton on Sunday.
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