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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1956
Page
3
Local residents from Hopkinton, Anamosa, Monticello and surrounding areas hosted or attended family dinners birthdays and parties. Notable items include a 22 guest party for Miss Trudy Ludden signaling an upcoming wedding, a heart attack for Frank Himebaugh and multiple visits to relatives in Elkader Olin and Wilton Junction. Community figures also reported cancer drive funds and hospital updates.
Center Junction. The Woman's club met at Grace Thompson's home with Anna See husen present. Twenty three members attended. Vina Hinrichs led the business session and committees were named for the Nora Karnival set for July 26. The program titled Medicine on the March featured Luella Jamieson Betty Naylor and Ann Ketelsen.
Mr and Mrs Richard Ketelsen and family visited Del hert Wheeler home in Rockford Tl on Sunday sighting relatives and enjoying the afternoon together.
Mr and Mrs Sam Thompson and Mr and Mrs Lyle Thompson attended the Sunday morning service at the Wyoming Presbyterian Church on April 29. The service recognized memorial gifts to the church and Janet Kay Thompson’s memorial was placed in the sanctuary during the service.
A Monticello based potluck night at First Presbyterian Hopkinton featured May day decor, community singing, and organ solos by Mrs. Schnucker. Pastor Robert Grupp and wife provided a Holy Land slide talk with a transcribed narration, celebrating 24 years as missionaries.
First Presbyterian Cooperative parish schedules Rogation Sunday services at Scotch Grove Presbyterian church on May 6 with a noon pot luck. Chuck Worcester of Cedar Rapids will speak in the afternoon after regular morning services at Peniel church. Members are urged to attend this important service.
The Women’s fellowship of Peniel church will meet Thursday May 3 at the home of Mrs. Reuel McColm. A comforter will be tied in the morning by those able to go early. Luncheon will be served at 12 30 by Mrs. McColm and the committee. Boxes of used clothing will be packed also.
The Ladies Aid Society of SS Peter and Paul Lutheran church will convene in the church parlors Friday afternoon May 4 with Anna Heiken as hostess.
Naomi Stadtmueller placed first in her flute solo at the Oelwein contest and her flute quartet and flute trio also earned firsts. A May 28 29 family celebration honored Mrs. Austin Stadtmueller, with guests including the Stadtmueller and Lechner families and others from Waverly and Ames.
Richard Skel ley was elected chairman of the Family Night committee at Pentel Presbyterian church on Sunday evening April 29. Two other representatives will be appointed from the women’s fellowship and the men’s council. The regular program began that Sunday at Peniel Presbyterian Church.
Richard Stadtmueller Gordon Eberhart and Marvin Ricklefs attended the FFA convention held at Waterloo. Mr and Mrs Austin Spahr and Joe were Sunday dinner guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Spahr of Central City for birthday celebrations. Other guests included Mr and Mrs Robert Zirkelbach and Rebecca of Scotch Grove and Mr and Mrs George Van Buren of Central City.
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