Many Gather for Society and Club Meetings
Mrs. Abel hosted the ’04 club with readings from Cyrenus Cole Mre. The Maire family hosted Mother's Day dinner for relatives, with out of town guests from Des Moines. Bridge and contract games filled afternoons in various homes, with prizes awarded in several groups. Mother's Day gatherings included extended family across Monticello and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Abel
04 Club
Cyrenus Cole
Mre
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Jack Maire
Mrs
Accola
Des Moines
Maquoketa
Arthur Madsen
Ben Cotton
Monticello
Meyer Slivken
Cotton
Gerd Null
Harry Moore
Onslow
William Hinrichs
Geraldine
Cedar Rapids
Frank Divokey
Stanley
Oxford Junction
Leonard Fluckiger
Lavon
Alva Hinrichs
William Null
Birthday party honors Wilma Doris Yount at home
Wilma Doris Yount celebrated her fourteenth birthday May 10 with a home party attended by friends. Games included a treasure hunt and a decorated pink and white cake. Guests were Virginia Hanken, Betty Lou Patterson, Eloise Timmins, Ruth Ann Hoag, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane McDonough
Ernest McDonough
Castle Grove
F. P. McDonough
Mary Jane
Wilma Doris Yount
Delca Yount
Wilma
Virginia Hanken
Betty Lou Patterson
Eloie Timmins
Ruth Ann Hoag
Betty Lou Podhaski
Mary Lou Luett
Gertrude Ortgies
Ann Marie Husman
Venita Shover
Vernona Vernon
Jein Echternacht
Audrey Ritter
Police Find Hoard Buried Under Kitchen
Sherman Wilkinson of Clinton Iowa died after a hospital stay and relatives disclosed a hidden stash buried under his kitchen a glass jar contained seven thousand nine hundred forty dollars in large denomination bills including two thousand dollar bills eight five hundred bills and sixteen one hundred bills plus two fifty dollars. The money was found after a brother from Ottawa Illinois requested a search and Wilkinson left notes directing its location. Relatives plan to repay four hundred dollars received in old age assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Iowa
Sherman Wilkinson
Wilkinson
C. W. Wilkinson
Ottawa
Ill
Believe Central City Man Drowned in Wapsie
Charles Plummer a 74 year old Central City blacksmith was believed to have drowned in the Wapsie river near Central City on a Wednesday morning. Carl Irwin said he saw a man resembling Plummer wading below the highway 161 bridge at about 10 45 am. The man walked farther into the river ignored requests to return and disappeared with a possible head seen in the water. Plummer has two sons Ray and Harold of Central City and had lived there over forty years. Sheriff James Smith and deputies were called from Cedar Rapids to search for the missing man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Plummer
Central City
Wapsie
Carl Irwin
Plummer
Highway 161
Irwin
Ray
Harold
James Smith
Larry Condon
Dick Payn
Cedar Rapids
Kane and Maloney Buy Job Shop In DeWitt
Vincent Kane and Everett Maloney acquire a DeWitt job shop with Kane to run it alongside Maloney who took over the shop on May 3. Kane, a former Monti cello boy, is married with one son, Rene, and leaves for DeWitt in about a week after a year as foreman on the Eureka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Kane
Monticello
Loo Kane
Hans
DeWitt
Everett Maloney
Maloney Printers
Mr. Kane
Rene
Eureka
Jroin Maloney
Young Horseradish Entrepreneur Marks School Years
Keith Sherman, 17, of Edgewood in Clayton County, built a horseradish business while in school. After selling some to a teacher years ago, he expanded to local stores and Manchester. He uses a dated product plan to ensure freshness for his customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Sherman
Elmer Sherman
Edgewood
Clayton County
Manchester
Ye Han
Pentecost Sundays across churches in Prairieburg area
The notice lists services and pastors for multiple churches including Center Junction M E Church, Onslow Presbyterian, St Joseph's Catholic, St John's Lutheran, and more. It highlights Pentecost events on May 16 and 19 with service times, Sunday schools, and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow Presbyterian Church
Henry A. Schmitt
Prairieburg
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Stephen J. Kucera
St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church
Paul T. Gutknecht
Trinity
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Pente
Church Council
W. G. Schoon
Presbyterian Church
Wm. J. Grossheim
Fern Lightfoot
Sacred Heart School of Music Recital Hearts and Notes
The Sacred Heart School of Music staged a recital featuring students such as Georgia Jean Hein Kathleen Barron and Lorraine Aitchison with performances of Liszt Tschaikowsky and Schone pieces. Police later reported thieves broke into the Machae Ol Company station at Clinton, took tools, and rifled the safe of 275 dollars before fleeing to Beaver Slough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Clark
Faeth
Georgia Jean Hein
Ges
Paul Manternach
Brahms-Harthan
Mary Jane Aitchison
Kathleen Barron
Yeoman
Ellen Mae
Anastasia McLees
Lorraine Aitchison
Ruth
Hein
Tschaikowsky
Gail Huibregtse
Oesten
Stuhler
Audrey Ritter
Mana-Zueta
Darlene Schone
Alabama
Dale Ladehoff
Franz Liszt
Roxie
Anna the Butterfly
May
Londonderry
Mary L Rickless
Machae Ol
Clinton
Beaverslough
Reflections on Attending O Trovatore at Shrine Temple
A reader’s early opera impressions critique seating pricing and access. The piece notes press seat allocation, gallery crowds, and observations on performers and audience manners. It mentions principals Montello, Sharoya, Panc Gasser Bonelli and Lovich in the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrine Temple
John Jones
Susie Smith
Bill Green
Montello
Sharoya
Panc- Gasser
Bonelli
Lovich
Express Cooking School Lecture Ends
Mrs Frances Speidel home economist praised the famous brand during a lecture at The Express Cooking School noting its fine qualities and usefulness for home kitchens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express Cooking School
Frances Speidel
Home Economist
Unusual Name Use Sparks Audience in Gaslight Style Play
In Act Two The Gypsy Camp the audience applauds the colorful setting. Alucena a fierce gypsy woman kidnaps the child prince, adding realism to a production noted for grand costumes. A critic notes varied dress from tatters to tails and a student in campus cords among formal wear and hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alucena
Carly Nsed
Coe
Opu
Useil Cave Glass Work Pioneer George Hay of Scotland
George Hay, the first Scottish glass maker, used a uniquely formed cave at Wemyss on the Fife coast to set up his furnace, enabling early glass production in Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Useil
Scotland
George Hay
Wemyss
Fife
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24 Club
Mrs. Abel
Mrs. Sack Maire
Pauline Holm
Town City
Earl DeShaw
Iowa City
J. Edward Helserman
Jolliteer Pinochle Club
Lou Hutton
Jolliteer
William Thompson
Claude Appleby
Harvey Harford
Mrs. Corbin
Mrs. Farley
Bridge Ten
William E. Corbin
Augusta Farley
Hi-ton Bridge Club
League of Women Voters
Locher
John J. Locher
John H. Fraser
League of Women Voters Convention
John Shover
Cecil Smith
Harriet Cunningham
Anamosa
Mesdames Hodson
Luett and Matthiessen
Bridge
Carl Hodson
Charles Luett
Clarence Matthiessen
Shelley Westesses
Albert J. Stuhler
Arthur E. Shelley
Alphas Delphian Chapter
Timmins
Alpha Delphian Chapter
George Timmins
Ita Regwar
Clarence J. Matthiessen
W. E. Corbin
George W. Timmins
Thomas M. Redmond
E. H. Hulbregtso
Dorothy Kilgallen
Lorenzo Balster
Jean Marie Howie
Georgia Mae Minnis
Joan Hayes
Mary Jane Schummer
Margy Schneider
Betty Ann Dorsey
Betty Fletcher
Foreign Missionary Society
Swift
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
L. J. Swift
Lang
Rose Wenger
L. F. Balster
500
Norman Newton
Henry Che
Ladies’ Aid Society of Reformed ‘Church
Ladies' Aid Society of the Reformed Church
Armin Tendick
John Yossi
Peter Baumann
Carl Schneiter
Martin Burrichter
Dave Schneiter
William Schnelter
Kane
Maloney
Horseradish
Kissy
Rudolph Sauter
Lakehurst
N. J
Center Junction M. E
Harley W. Farnham
Wyoming
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wm. J. Macaulay
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Arnold Thalacker
Ice
Ladies’ Aid
Henry Ortgies
Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
Woman's Missionary Society
Legion Hall
Sacred Heart School of Music
Merkel
Opera House
W.H. Null
Kansas
Sunkist
Ross
Baty
Olly
Alfierta
Leonora
Nash
Nash Coffee
Henry Rink Sr
Cascade’s New Memorial Building
American Pruies
Cascade
Ray Murphy
The
American Legion
G. M. “Smoke” Brown
Works Progress Administration
Second District Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Elmer Young and His Band
Princess
Ann Dvorak
Tex Ritter
Texas
Jane Withers IN “the Holy Terror
EL Brendel
Iverson
Round Oak Gas Stores
Bupane Gas
Monticello, Iowa
Norman
Motore Teame
General Motors
Norman Flitters
Pontiac
America
Pontiac Motor Division
Mich
General Motors Sales Corporation
McLaughlin Buick Company
Americas
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