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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1956
Page
3
Oak Drive Community club members met May 10 at the Monty tearoom with hostess Mrs. John Wright. Eighteen members and two visitors attended Anna Linda Kiburz and Mrs Ray Wright both from Monticello. a new member joined.
Mrs. Ann Wilson of Dubuque district chairman of the American Cancer Society and Mrs. George Rickels county chairman attended the Scotch Grove Women's Community club meeting on May 16 at Mrs. Emil Paulsen's home. Wilson presented films on cancer control and Rickels showed items county women made for patients including shirts bandages scuffs containers mats. Both guests received gifts at the end.
Mrs Hi Dirks hosted a miscellaneous shower Saturday May 19 for Miss Gertrude Ludden fiancee of her grandson Kermit Dirks. Ludden daughter of Mrs Elna Ludden Rochester Minnesota and Dirks eldest son of Mr and Mrs LeRoy G Dirks Center Junction will wed June 16 at the Rochester Methodist church after Dirks graduates from Cornell College Mount Vernon. Dirks will pursue graduate geology studies at Virginia Tech after marriage. Aides included Mrs William B Henrichs Mrs Arthur Wilcox Mrs August Schrader Mrs Emil Paulsen Mrs John Otten Mrs Ralph Paulsen Mrs Eugene Hanken Mrs Boyd Chatterton and Mrs Robert Buol.
A meeting of the Dyersville Deanery A.C.C.W. unit was held Monday at Temple Hill with a potluck dinner before the business session led by Mrs. P. N. Knepper. An extensive exhibit by St. Peter's parish sewing circles showcased hundreds of items including first communion dresses, hospital gowns, bedding, bandages, layettes, quilts, and medals to be sent to medical missions.
About eighty women in ten groups donate articles monthly to their circle chair man. Assistance is mainly for quilting when several meet. The rural parish shows notable enthusiasm. Host pastor Rev. Saunders attended as a special guest and led prayers. Mrs Ann Becker of Temple Hill also attended.
The Scotch Grove Cornhusker 4-H club cleared 100 dollars at a county wide dance Friday night in the Community building. It marks one of the club’s first large fundraisers amid competing school activities.
Personal items note Maxine and Yvonne Lange of Chicago spent the weekend at the J. M. Lange home. Mr and Mrs R Strothers and their son from near Mount Vernon visited the Henry Heiken home last week to help celebrate a birthday anniversary for Mrs Heiken. Scotch Grove school band members are mentioned in the fragment.
Members of the Monticello band traveled to Cedar Rapids on Saturday to participate in the Eastern Iowa Band festival. Judy McDonald was appointed to the regular baton twirling section and is a flutist in the organization. Mr and Mrs A J Emmerich and family returned home from a winter spent in Arizona and California. Mrs William Welch left Monticello hospital and returned home after hospitalization. Mrs Will Leggett and Mrs Stuart Leggett visited Cedar Rapids to see Stuart Leggett in St Luke hospital where an eye injury occurred from a steel splinter. Tom Streets will appear on a Cedar Rapids TV program at 11 15 a m May 26 to discuss his stock judging winnings. A Man A Mar feed representative photographed Tom’s purebred pigs and prizes were awarded in the competition.
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