Monticello Urges UNRRA Help Through Local Drive
Rev. Virgil C. Grant chairs a drive urging Monticello residents to increase cash contributions for UNRRA aid to starving overseas. Only 75 dollars has been turned in so far, with a appeal for gifts of five to ten dollars and for each family to donate the cost of one day’s food for a family of five. The article notes hundreds of millions in need across Europe and Asia and lists local social engagements and visit details of Monticello residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Virgil C. Grant
Europe
Asia
Monticello notes crowd at many local gatherings
Miss Josephine McNeill visits Chicago guests join Aug Luckstead party and 72nd birthday at Prull home. Attendees include Finn Fothergill wedding guests from Monticello and others visiting from Cedar Rapids Dubuque Storm Lake and Kansas. Local Rotary visit precedes Rochester Minneapolis trip.
Weekend Social Roundup Shows Guests Across Iowa and Illinois
Dr and Mrs John H Fraser spent Sunday in Madison Wisconsin where Mrs Fraser attended a fortieth anniversary class reunion at the University of Wisconsin. Lillian Locher of Iowa City visited her parents Mr and Mrs J J Locher over the weekend. Mrs Siegfried Guyan and Mrs Louis Barrack visited Frances Shimer college Mount Carroll Illinois with their daughters. Clyde Elliott and daughter of Independence were Sunday visitors. Paul A Klaus and family of Manchester spent Wednesday with Mrs Frank Podlaski. Benjamin Klaus returned home after visiting his grandmother. Charles Kay Jr of Anamosa and Bernard Che and daughter Linda of New York were Memorial Day weekend guests of Norman and Mrs Meade. Eva Burns Marion visited Russell Meade’s family last Thursday. W R Luscaleet Don Mouw and daughter Janice of Fort Dodge were weekend guests of Mrs F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Fraser
Madison, Wis
Siegfried Guyan
Louis Barrack
Frances Shimer College
Mount Carroll, Ill
Paul A. Klaus
Manchester
Frank Podlaski
Benjamin Klaus
Richland Hosts Visiting Families In Social Round
Richland residents welcomed guests including Mrs. Lucy Reich and families from Cedar Rapids and California. Visitors spent Sunday at multiple local homes while others from Onslow Anamosa and Onslow were mentioned with local hosts Cleo Korns Len Buol and Mr. and Mrs. Yossi.
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Onslow
Maiza Brandt
Willis Derlen
Anamosa
Rhine
T Deden
Monticello Airport Instructs New Student Pilots
Monticello Airport reports B. Willard new student now at the ilo airport age 55, dedicating two days weekly to aviation lessons. Boyd Christensen of Center Junction completed a dual cross country flight under Edmund Parted’s supervision, now authorized to fly 150 miles from home base. Two ships landed and refueled at Monticello airport last week.
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B. Willard
Ilo
Boyd Christensen
Center Junction
Edmund Parted
Monticello
Public Library Announces Summer Reading List and Course
The library will circulate new books starting May 26 including My Three Years With Eisenhower Saint and Strangers Starling of the White Houses and The Fountain Head. A Pioneer summer program for grades 2 to 6 begins mid June with rewards of sunbonnets for girls and tomahawks for boys for every two books read.
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Eisenhower
H. Butcher
Pierre van Passen
Holland
Europe
George F. Willson
Elizabeth Howard
Pennsylvania
Starling
White Houses
Washington
William A. White
Ayn Rand
Iowa
Public Library
Monticello Woman to Graduate From Frances Shimer June 9
Lois Burrack daughter of Mr and Mrs L D Burrack 602 N Sycamore Monticello will graduate June 9 from Frances Shimer Junior College Mount Carroll HI She has excelled scholastically and in campus activities serving as secretary of Phi Theta Kappa president of Bennett Hall member of Student Faculty Council secretary of Green Curtain Delta Psi Omega and IRC
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Burrack
L. D. Burrack
N. Sycamore
Monticello
Frances Shimer Junior College
Mount Carroll
Miss Burrack
Phi Theta Kappa
National Scholastic Honorary Society
Bennett Hall
Green Curtain
Delta Psi Omega
I.R.C
Fortune Finders 4-H Girls Club Meets
The Fortune Finders 4-H Girls Club met May 16 at Rose Stadtmueller and Jane Mardorf home. Twelve girls answered roll call while ten visitors attended. A baking powder biscuits demo and a canned foods talk were given. Lunch followed and the next meeting will be at John Caspers' home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Fortune Finders 4-H
Rose Stadtmueller
Jane Mardorf
Mary E. Messerli
John Caspers
County Road Contracts Awarded May 22
The county board of supervisors awarded a contract May 22 to B L Anderson of Cedar Rapids for surfacing 374 miles of construction work and 127 miles of maintenance on roads across the county except the southwest corner, which will be handled in gravel contracts set earlier this spring. County Engineer Charles A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
B. L. Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Charles A
Town awards contract for rock surfacing and maintenance
Spadt he said the contract to Anderson involved rock surfacing and amounted to $98,271.81. The May 14 letting by the Town highway commission included one Jones county contract. Automatic Gravel Products company's low bid for the job was $1,872. New flavor adds nutmeg to succotash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Town Highway Commission
Jones County
Automatic Gravel Products Company
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Ray Stievers
William Hay
Anamesa
W. B. Meeks
Martelle
William Balsiger
Donald Sutherland
Stuart
Atlantic City
N. J
Sutherland
Rotary International
Washington, D.C
Bernard Kuriger
Eldon Brashaw
Charles Renk
Knights of Columbus
Waterloo
Kuriger
Brashaw
Albert Heiken
Caroline
Emma
Dorothy Hinrichs
Coggon
Ramona Heiken
Ernest Heiken
Minnie Hanson
Eagle Grove
C. A. Coxsee
Mildred Deischer
Coe College
Ray Freshwaters
Jack
Betty Lee
Washington, Ta
Josephine McNeill
Chicago
Mrs. A. J. H. McNeill
R. H. Ricklefs
Roy
Quincy, IL
Mrs. Ricklefs
Gus von Sprecken
Wyoming
Luckstead
Richard Moenk
Henry G. Prull
Mr. Pruall
Finn-Fothergill
Fred J. Kay
Lorraine Aitchison
Kate Vernimont
Catherine Fothergill
John M
Dubuque
Mro
Eifert
Harvey E
Kansas
Delbert Pellard
Jerry Kuehl
Allison
R. G. Stuhler
John McDonald Hospital
John Long
Brigham City
Utah
Howard Hicks
Mrs. B. J. Bone
C. M. Holst
Jackson Baty
Palos Vere Calif
Mauriee Jones
Iuwa
Ross
Harry City
Wis
Cing Cele
Fe Orbs
Rickless’ Dry Goods Store
Lillian Locher
Iowa City
Mrs
J. J. Locher
Clyde Elliott
Independence
Charles Kay, Jr
Norman Newton
Bernard Che
Linda
New York
Henry Che
Eva Burns
Marion
Russell Meade
W. R. Luscaleet
Don Mouw
Janice
Fort Dodge
Richland
Monticello Airport
Public
M. E. McCrabb Baty
Hawkeye Racing Club, Inc
Central City Fair Grounds
T. B. Armstrong
Sect
Iowa Electric Company
Walter Zubler
Express
Politcal Advertsement
Geo. F. Specht
Pittsburgh
Color Dynamics
Wallhide
McNeill’s Hardware
Monticello, Iowa
Stuhlers
Panamas
Portis Hat
Old California
Panama
Stuhler
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