Anamosa couple wed in hospital despite injuries
Howard Farrington and Geraldine Wright married in a Mercy Hospital room in Anamosa on May 23 after Farrington fell from a roof, fracturing both wrists and facial bones. The couple planned a honeymoon but will stay in hospital two weeks before leaving for a Colorado and California trip.
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Howard Farrington
Geraldine Wright
Howard
Anamosa
Mercy Hospital
Anamos4
Raymond Wright
Sam Farrington
Mercy
Wesley Siebels
Loyal Rebekah Lodge Holds May 16 Meeting
Regular Loyal Rebekah Lodge meeting on May 16 with Esther Hearn as Noble Grand presiding. Shirley Drury reported on Linn and Jones county convention at Wyoming May 2. Memorial service planned for June 6 at 7 p.m. in LOOI hall with public invited. Lunch committee named Marcella Morey Ethel Aldrich Kathryn Hoffman. Card Club hosted by Mr and Mrs Clarence Stoneking at Ana mesa state park wiener roast. high score prize won by Mrs Carroll Podhaski. Johnson travel prize won by Mrs Ray Marolf. Mrs Helen Guyan left May 16 to visit daughter in McCook Nebraska.
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Loyal Rebekah Lodge
Esther Hearn
Noble Grand
Shirley Drury
Linn and Jones County
Wyoming
Lo.o.f. Hall
Marcella Morey
Ethel Aldrich
Kathryn Hoffman
Clarence Stoneking
Anamosa State Park
Carroll Podhaski
Ray Marolf
Alumni Banquet Brings Large Turnout for Monti Cello High School
The Monti Cello High School alumni association held its annual banquet Friday in the Community Building with over 250 attendees. Gail Huibrechtse McNeill presided as president and Beahl Perrine served as toastmaster. Attendees included reunions from multiple classes such as Helen Pulver Carlson, Alice Hubbard Cook, and Frank McConnon representing 1891, with guests from Wisconsin Iowa Oklahoma and California among others.
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Monticello High School Alumni Association
Gail Huibregtse McNeill
Beahl Perrine
Helen Pulver Carlson
Soldier
Alice Hubbard Cook
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Vivian Bancroft Tate
Mason City
Eldon
Rohn
Cedar Rapids
Milton Langer
Esther Glass Avis
Coggon
Frana Kammerman Taylor
Detroit
Mich
Edith Deischer Uffelman
Platteville
Wis
F. E. Mastin
Hazleton
Emil Dondelinger
Kansas
Floyd Richardson
Four BPW Members to Attend State Meeting
Monticello Business and Professional Women's club president Miss Emma Heiken and Mrs. Kathryn Loop will attend the Iowa federation state convention in Des Moines from Friday to Sunday. Caroline Heiken and Emma Stadtmueller join Saturday and Sunday. Elaine C. Barnes of Tulsa is the special speaker and convention consultant. Other speakers include Miss Huda Saba Drake University. Helen G. Irwin Des Moines. Lydia T. Jordan state president. Edwin H. Peters Still College president. Meetings at Hotel Fort Des Moines with Fun Night Friday and a formal banquet Saturday.
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Emma Heiken
Monticello
National Federation
Lydia T. Jordan
Edwin H. Peters
Still College
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
North Union No 4 School Hosts Weekend Picnic and Tours
The North Union No. 4 school group of about 70, including teachers and patrons, traveled to Eagle Point park Dubuque for a picnic and sightseeing at locks and dam, then to Dickeyville Wisconsin to visit the Grotto. Earlier the group toured Cedar Rapids sites including Wilson plant Gazette press court house jail and WMT station. The Knights and Ladies of the Golden Preceptors are set to meet Monday morning.
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North Union No. 4
Eagle Point Park
Dubuque
Dickeyville
Wis
Bridge McCusker
Wilson
Gazette Printing Press
Court House
Jail
WMT Broadcasting
Cedar Rapids
Miss Fluckiger Honored At Miscellaneous Shower
LaVonne Fluckiger was honored by her parents with a miscellaneous shower on Thursday May 17. A skit traced her life from babyhood to wedding day with roles played by Mrs. James Bender Mrs. Harry Matthiessen and others. About 46 guests attended and the bride-to-be received many gifts as lunch was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaVonne ‘Pluckiger
Leonard ‘Fluckiger
James Bender
LaVonne
Harry Matthiessen
Claude Appleby
Everett Nickol
Dean Willworth
Appleby
Nickol
John Eden
Elaine Appleby
Janalee Bender
Royal Neighbors Meeting Highlights Events and Plans
The Royal Neighbors of America met May 22 at the K P hall with Oracle Florence Bleadorn presiding. Visitors welcomed, 1951 officers named, candle light service conducted, and a June picnic planned to entertain Davenport Royal Neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Neighbors of America
K.P. Hall
Florence Bleadorn
Isabelle Phelan
Davenport
Monticello
Rachel Cronbaugh
Pearl Claus
Irene Howland
Kate Lambert
Edna Yeoman
Esther Hearn
Edith Lambert
Carrie Moncrief
Fannie Milroy
Helen Darrow
Josephine Appleby
Adelia Hearn
Dora Decker
Hulda Robinson
Hazel Harford
Maxine Harms
Ruth Huxtable
County wide Tuberculosis X-Ray Examinations Planned
Two mobile x-ray units will tour Jones county starting Monday to screen residents over five years old for TB. Sponsored by the Iowa Tuberculosis Association with local health groups, the effort is funded by TB seal purchases and involves literature distribution, trained radiologists, and letters for free exams.
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Jones County
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Sideswipes Car in Front Seat Rescue Incident
Mrs JoAnn Steger of Reudbelle grabbed her baby as it began to slide in the front seat and caused a sideswipe with a parked car on North Sycamore Street. Irene Schrader owned the struck vehicle. Damages totaled several hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JoAnn Steger
Reudbelle
Barron Family Visits Farley Sunday
Mr and Mrs William Barron and their three children visited Sunday at Farley per a local social note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Harper
Davenport
John van Bockern
Karl Harper
William Barron
Farley
Mrs Leo Cabalka Visits Dubuque This Week
Mrs Leo Cabalka was a visitor in Dubuque on Wednesday this week. The brief notice records her presence and activity during the midsummer week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo “Cabalka
Dubuque
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Ray Kreeb
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Nick Clement
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Clark Bros
Jones County Oil Co
Shell Oil
Carl Egger
Howard Shelley
Johan Kray
Bert Pede
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Stuart Lang
Elmhurst, LI
L. H. Lang
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