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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1929
Page
2
Community notices feature Legion circus nights from November 16 to 28 with season tickets, dancing, skating rink, and millinery sales. McNeill's Hardware promotes stainless carving sets and window ventilators while Devlin Millinery touts fall sales. Frequent local visits and social events are listed, including family travels and school programs.
Petitions filed include Norton C. Little a Martelle farmer with claims of 15 343 and assets 14 378 and Cassmere C Wood a farmer near Olin with debts 23 237 and assets 17 490.
The Monticello society column reports gatherings from the Reformed Church Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs. Emil Burrichter’s home with forty guests, a six o’clock coon dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Hoag, and multiple bridge games at local homes. Various guests, gifts, and birthday celebrations appear, including Miss Alice Benedict’s seventeenth birthday and Velma Ohe’s eighteenth.
Mrs Theodore Denkhoff hosted Thursday Evening Bridge Club at a 6 30 dinner last Thursday at the Maples Inn. Guests seated at a sole table with yellow mums and tapers. After dinner, bridge on three tables at Denkhoff home. Miss Mate Simmering led with high score. Two guests, Mrs Merle Cass and Mrs Fred McLaughlin, attended.
Spring, Mrs. Lucetta Florine and Andrew with Louise Hoffman and daughters Nella Emmelyn. neighbors hosted music and cards as a purse gift. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Metcalf celebrated a shower at Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferring with many gifts for their new home. Emelyn Fering married Willard Metcalf recently. Elwood Nichols hosted Laude Sunday school class with games and music. lunch was served by Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Laude. Bridges and teas followed at Maples Inn with Mrs. Virtus L. Hanssen hosting for Miss Alberta Soetje prior to Denver departure. The Theola Darrow and Willis Rickels wedding was held at St. John's Lutheran parsonage with a dinner at the Rickels home. Schreiner chapter OES met at Masonic Temple with an oyster supper. Presbyterian Ladies Aid held an autumn luncheon at the church with a long table of fruit and yellow tapers.
At St Matthew s church 11 oclock this morning Miss Minnie Prull daughter of Mr and Mrs Heinrich Prull Langworthy and Louis Tapken son of Mr and Mrs John Tapken Cass township exchanged marriage vows in a small ceremony attended by relatives and friends Rev H L Adisz officiated Esther Prull cousin served as bridesmaid and Eilert Prull brother as best man The bride wore white Romaine crepe with lace and carried a shower bouquet of Moses and swansania A dinner followed at the venue
The article explains new 1930 registration rules for Jones County with blue and white plates next year, rules on numbering non residents dealers and vehicle marks. It notes 5296 cars registered and changes to one month fee and instant 1930 registration for purchases after December 1.
The Castle Grove Iowa school township board will auction the old District No 4 schoolhouse for cash at 2 pm on Saturday November 16 1929 on the premises. Dated November 5 1929 FP CG Cramer Secretary. 192 Mrs Margaret Alspaugh prominent Anamoss resident died last Monday funeral today at Methodist Episcopal church.
A staged gun incident involving Johnie Eu gene Rodman and Frankie R T was a no harm prank with a tiny pistol. Ravens led in Signalling and Map-making with Willard Yeoman top in both events. Patrol standings show Rattlesnakes 152 Beavers 112 Eagles 90 Ravens 60. Individual leaders Benjamin Roberts 123 Robert Shirley 118 Raymond Hodgson 104. Willard Yeoman and Merle Hutton near 100. Jimmie Rickless ill in hospital. Rattlesnake patrol visited. Beavers under Merle Hutton aided Red Cross materials for Mrs John Lambert. County nurse Emma Phillips arranged a dentists meeting in Anamosa with Dr Gardner of Iowa City. Helen Altman a Clarke College student will portray a French Dragoon in a Clarke College pageant broadcast November 22 23 25 over WOC 5 to 7 p m. The pageant covers early Iowa history.
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