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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1932
Page
2
Local items show visitors and visits in Monticello and nearby towns including Frank Stimson in Delhi and Marian Hayes in Cedar Rapids. The column highlights church events, sales, and social gatherings at Adams, Castle Grove, and Des Moines connections with residents hosting relatives and friends.
Local residents report visits and family gatherings across Anamosa and nearby towns including Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Manchester. Notable items include Armistice Day plans at Castle Grove church and various social visits to Monticello Olin Sabula and Quitman areas. An auctioneer advertises charity auctions and a radio shop promotes electrical services.
The St Matthew’s Lutheran Church ladies host a chicken supper in Zimmermann’s Hall on Saturday November 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. Tickets are 35 cents with proceeds aiding orphans and old people’s homes. Paul J. Keno, a former Monticello resident now in Manchester, visits his relatives. Kehse, a Manchester attorney, seeks the county attorney post as a Democrat. Mrs. A. G. Rodman of Monticello is urged to vote for Herbert Hoover. her card comes from G. L. Tomlinson of Mount Pleasant, linked to the Tomlinson tribe and Hoover family allies since 1775. Mrs. Rodman, active quilter, has made and given away a fifteenth quilt.
The Alpha Delta Pi chapter met at the home of Minnie for a Temilar meeting. Members hosted several bridge evenings with high scores awarded to Mrs Riess Stuhler, Mrs M J Hegan, and Mrs Carl Hodson. Social gatherings included a Halloween dinner decor and a “Washington Homes” program by Mrs Samuel Guten.
Wilma Harford hosted a Halloween party with friends Edythe Bebee Grace Hutton Loretta Cooper Helen Havlichek Erma Schneider Dorothy Sawyer Marion McVay and Ruth Schneider. The Oct circle of One Heart church held a benefit card party at Sacred Heart School auditorium. Five hundred and bridge were played at several gatherings with refreshments served by hostesses.
A Halloween hostess served refreshments as classes and clubs met. Guests and members from Anamosa and Clarence attended bridge and dominoes games with high scores by Alice Robinson, Jack McLees, and Mrs. L. R. Runkle. Birthdays and educational programs featured at several gatherings.
Description of a series of Halloween themed social gatherings including a Friday bridge club at Mrs Albert Stuhler's home with Mrs George Timmins high score, Dicky Sutherland belated birthday party with games and a cake, Rainy Night bridge club dinner at Good's cafe and a later five table bridge event at J H Liddy home with prizes, and a school Bible class dinner and Halloween decor at Congregational church parlor.
Guests enjoyed a Halloween themed evening with costumes and music directed by Frank Royden. Velma Ohe married R F Perkins in Moline with Cedar Rapids ties. showers and gatherings followed at Chett and Helms homes with relatives from Cedar Rapids Center Junction Cascade Hopkinton and beyond.
The Woman's Missionary society of Castle Grove Presbyterian Church hosted the annual missionary tea at Mrs. Ralph Bone's home last Wednesday afternoon. Guests included Cedar Rapids officers Mrs. Montgomery and Mrs. Ogburn and speakers Mrs. Howard Willison and Mrs. Leonard McKinstry from Onslow. Duets by Mrs. Willison and Mrs. Koon accompanied by Mrs. McKinstry on piano followed devotions led by Mrs. Frank Walker. Tea tables wore yellow and white chrysanthemums with China appointments. Mrs. Donald Sutherland wore a Chinese costume at the tea table. A centerpiece display showcased curios from various missionary stations. Assisting hosts were Mrs. William Grossheim and Mrs. Frank Walker.
Mrs. Marie Kathrine Faulhaber Schwartz a longtime Wayne township resident died October 27 at her daughter Anna Timpe’s Spirit Lake home. Born September 30 1847 in Gross Winternheim Germany she married Peter Schwartz May 7 1874 and emigrated to the United States settling near Amber Iowa. She survived by three daughters Anna Timpe Kate Clark Ella Keith nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren with one son John Schwartz deceased. Funeral services were held at Zion’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Wayne Township led by Rev. John Willms and burial followed.
The George Washington chapter of DeMolay joined with 117 Master Masons and DeMolay members in Greeley last Friday for a regular Masonic club meeting. Harold Rolfe Ralph Pilgrim and Joseph D Nash of Greeley were initiated as the initiatory team listed twenty four helpers. Dale Greenawald sang solos with A B Grimes at the piano as talks on DeMolay work followed. The ceremony drew eighteen Masonic lodges and a supper was served at the Masonic temple basement.
The meeting featured plans to organize DeMolay clubs among towns represented. Master Masons from Monticello attended, including Milton Stott Clarence Matthiessen Lester Hearn Ernest Landis A B Grimes C A Coxsee George Guyan Harry Rodman and B C Roberts.
A popular Red Oak resident received a lenient verdict in a Council Bluffs court after admitting to a $6000 bank robbery. Doctors testified past football neck injuries could cause mental lapses, and the man surrendered voluntarily, pleading for mercy.
John D. Crewse displays a 13 foot tall corn stalk from his brother Charles Crewse’s farm near Adelphi in Polk county. The stalk’s height requires a ladder to harvest ears, with the closest ears eight feet high. Crewse predicts an unusually large yield well above normal.
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