Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Monticello Express in Monticello, Iowa

Page 1

We have 14,353,121 pages in Iowa

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1951

Page

1

Lowell Township Homemaker Club Meeting Announces Demonstration

The Lowell Township Women's Homemaker Club will meet at Mrs. Richard Hanken's home Monday evening November 19. Mrs. Donald Clark will give a demonstration on Fancy Refreshments. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Lang and daughter Mary Jane from Elmhurst New Jersey visited Mrs. L. H. Lang. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Turnis of near Monticello were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Seibold of Ryan.

Lowell Township Richard Hanken Donald Clark Stuart Lang Mary Jane Elmhurst L. H. Lang John J. Turnis Near Monticello Emil Seibold Ryan

Presbyterian Circles Meet at First Presbyterian Church

The four circles of the First Presbyterian Church held meetings yesterday afternoon and evening. Circle 1 met at Mrs. J. C. Bender’s home with devotions by Mrs. Colin Tschantz and a talk on Mid-Century Christians led by Mrs. Joe Messerli. Next Circle 1 gathering is December 1 at Mrs. L. R. Hoag’s for a pot luck. Circle 2 met at 2 p.m. with devotions by Mrs. Orvin Yeoman and a topic led by Mrs. Paul Petersen, with a refreshment crew listed. Circle 3 met at Mrs. George Good’s home, with devotions by Mrs. Will Lang and a talk led by Mrs. James W. Sala. serving duties are named. The evening circle met at the church chapel with devotions by Mrs. Fred Faust and a topic by Mrs. William Shaffer. Jerry Naylor accompanied his parents to Kansas City for a Western Seed Men’s Association meeting.

First Presbyterian Church J. C. Bender Colin Tschantz Joe Messerli Henry Adams Lizzie Sharp Roy Taylor Grace Benedict Eugene Edants Charles Clark Fred Faust William Shaffer

Pythians Plan November Nominations At Regular Meeting

Monticello Pythian Temple held a regular session with officers named including Ione Scott as Most Excellent Chief and Addie Ireland as Past Chief. The next meeting will nominate elective officers for the coming year with election in December and chairs assumed in January. A salad luncheon followed and card entertainment was provided.

Pythians Monticello Pythian Temple Addie Ireland Wilma McNeilly Ione Scott Clara Rhatigan Esther Hearn Lanie Pickett Tresa Rohr Hilda Podhaski Edna Yeoman Freda Martinson Hester Sinclair Minnie Rickels Gwen Schneider Hulda Robinson

Harmony Eight Club Hosts Birthday Dinner and Bridge

Harmony Eight met Monday evening at the Doxsee residence with Mrs. C A Doxsee and Mrs. Boyd Shannon as hostesses. A birthday party honored Mrs. Ralph Wilson. after a 6 30 dinner, bridge followed and scoring honors went to Mrs. W E Tuetken and Mrs. Ralph Wilson. Dinner guests in the LeRoy Schoon home Saturday included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Faust, Mr. and Mrs. John Wittengle, and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Schoon of Cedar Rapids.

Harmony Eight C. A. Doxsee Boyd Shannon Doxsee Ralph Wilson W. E. Tuetken LeRoy Schoon Fred Faust John Wittengle Leonard Schoon Cedar Rapids

Methodist Ladies Met Wednesday at St Luke's Circle Meetings

The Methodist Ladies of St Luke's Met Wednesday with Circle One hosting a pot luck dinner at Mrs C A Coxsee residence led by Mrs Charles Rolls. Circle Two met at Mrs A J H McNeill Jr s home at 2 30 pm with program led by Mrs R V Porter on The Book of Acts. Circle Three hosted by Mrs Otto Smith with Miss T E Hamilton and Mrs Burton Simms presenting Latin Americans. Circle Four met at 8 pm with Mrs Edgar Vernon leading So Sure of Life and Luncheon served by hostesses Mrs Marion Mitchell and Mrs Wilbur Boyd.

St. Luke's Methodist Church Circle One C. A. Coxsee Charles Rolls Circle Two A. J. H. McNeill Jr R.V. Porter Otto Smith Circle Three

Brokens and Janett Celebrate 60th Anniversary at Maquoketa

Mr and Mrs Bill Brokens visited at Ray mond Janett s home in Maquoketa to mark the 60th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Peter Janett parents of Raymond Janett. Guests included Mr and Mrs Carl Oliphant of Fayette. The Janetts have three other children living in Canada. Mrs Janett is sister of Mrs John B Brokens of Monticello.

Bill Brokens Raymond Janett Maquoketa Peter Janett Brokens Carl Oliphant Fayette Janett Canada John B. Brokens Monticello Anton Leone Jack Ann Bowling Green

Say You Saw It Please in the Express

Classified brief notes a call for readers to report sightings or tips to the Express newspaper. terse phrasing invites tips and alerts readers to a quick communication channel.

Express

Jane Williams Speaks at First Presbyterian Church

Miss Jane Williams director of the Division of Youth Work of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions will speak at the First Presbyterian church Sunday evening at 7. She recently toured Europe Africa visiting mission stations and church projects and attended a work seminar in Holland and a pastors conference in Berlin. The event is sponsored by the Westminster Fellowship and all are invited.

Jane Williams First Presbyterian Church Miss Williams Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions U.S.A Europe Africa Kerken Weele Driebergen Holland Belgium Germany France Switzerland Italy Presbyterian French Cameroun Sweden England Berlin United States Westminster Fellowship The Presbyterian Church

Fair Managers Meet in Jesup Overseen by County Officials

Claude Appleby and Joe E Legg attended the Northeastern Iowa fair managers meeting last Thursday November 8 in Jesup. The gathering invited all county extension directors to discuss simplifying county fair management. Parrots have no wishbones.

Claude Appleby Jones County Fair Board Joe E. Legg Iowa Jesup

Thanksgiving Service Wednesday Evening

A community Thanksgiving service will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday November 21 in the Monticello Community building, sponsored by the ministerial association. Rev. James W. Sala of First Presbyterian Church will preach.

Monticello Ministerial Association James W. Sala First Presbyterian Church

Idle Not Club Tea Hosts in Castle Grove

The Worthwhile Homemakers club of Castle Grove entertained the Idle Not club at a tea on Friday November 9 at Mrs Ray Krommingas home with Mrs Wesley Hanken as assistant hostess. Miss Helen Tucker taught a sewing lesson for 15 members and 11 visitors with 10 children present. The next meeting will host the annual Christmas party at Mrs Max Spechts home. Lunch followed. Pure radium resembles common table salt.

Castle Grove Idle Not Club Ray Kromminga Wesley Hanken Helen Tucker Max Specht

Also Mentioned on This Page

Schultz Bros Michael Suter Nancy Sala Gene Adams Adams John Coxsee John Presbyterian Circle Jerry Naylor Ray Naylor Kansas City Western Seed Men's Association Richland Wildcats Keith Clark Dale Hein Larry Bronemann Rudy Ambuehl RCA Victor R.P.M. Victor Electrical Service Maytag Philco Setchell-Carlson Sunbeam Hoover Sunbeam Coffee Westhead Waffle Sunbeam Automatic First's Electrical Service Stahler
Search Courier

Search the Monticello Express Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Monticello Express?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication