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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1954
Page
6
Two fires of unknown origin struck Onslow this week within 24 hours. A fire damaged the Rip's Cash Grocery store room on Monday afternoon, and Tuesday noon a shed at the C. M. Ripperton home containing tools and some furniture burned.
Mr and Mrs Hans Hinrichsen of Center Junction announce the engagement of their daughter Hansetta to Ray Nagel son of Mr and Mrs E C Nagel of Monticello The wedding is set for November 14 at 2 pm at the Presbyterian church in Center Junction.
The St Johns Ladies Aid met at the church on Thursday November 4 with Rev Stenzel giving devotions. Mrs Getzko of Earlville spoke on the training school. Mrs Harm Dirks reported on the L W M L Rally at Fairbank October 13 and served as delegate. Hostesses were Mrs Rudy Oltmann Mrs Louie Hanken and Mrs Paw Ladehoff.
The final phase of rehearsals for Monticello high school junior class play Green Valley is underway for a Friday Nov 12 presentation. Director Mrs Darleen Niehaus and assistant Judy Hollar lead with a large stage crew and detailed properties lighting costumes and makeup teams guiding principal actors such as Eldon Berry Tom Vesey Prim Stokes Bob Goodyear Tobias J Everheel John Shover Martha Mears Elaine Appleby Eve Friese Jan Bender Lonesome Berry Eldon Benedict Grampa Berry Gladys Mellor Ransome Berry Phil Shelley Janice Reyner Clarence Meier.
Larry Jasper son of Mr and Mrs Frank Jasper returned from active service in Korea after completing 16 weeks of basic training and leadership courses. He enlisted November 4 1952 served in the 40th Division artillery and later transferred to the Second Division. He was discharged at Camp Carson Colorado October 12 1954.
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A large Oct. 15 shower at Mrs. Hilda Carpenter’s Earlville home honored Miss Darlene Brockhohn and Floyd Carpenter. Nearly 50 couples attended the card and visit evening as gifts were opened with Miss Mary Deloris Carpenter assisting. Out-of-town guests gathered for the Brockhohn Carpenter wedding plans and future home gifts.
Miss Ruth Schmidke daughter of Mrs. W Schmidke of Valparaiso and the late Rev W Schmidke will become the bride of Mr Marcus T Young son of Mrs R P Young of Monticello and the late Rev R P Young Miss Schmidke attended Stephen College and Northwestern University and is a graduate of the Evarister School of Nursing Mr Young is a graduate of Valparaiso University and affiliated with Kappa Iota P fraternity He is the executive admissions counselor at Valparaiso University
The Monday evening farm classes will discuss What’s New in Forage Crops. The meeting starts at 8 p.m. in the Masonic Temple with Jerry and Ray Naylor of Scotch Grove in charge of the event.
Field work starts for the 1954 Census of Agriculture with enumerators visiting every farm in Monticello area after questionnaires were mailed. The 16th decennial census gathers data on farms, acreage, crops, livestock, inventories, facilities, and expenditures, with strict confidentiality under federal law.
The article records the fifth birthday anniversary of Birthedery Balster daughter of Mrs. Marvin Balster with a party at home on a Saturday in October. Guests included Larry and Bobby Brockhohn Peggy and Freikite Vic Cullough Jean and Bille Ward and others who brought gifts.
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