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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1935
Page
7
Society items list numerous gatherings led by Mrs Earl DeShaw Mrs J E Heiserman and others including Schreiner chapter O E S Five Hundred club and U Namit bridge group Readers note varied meetings with book reviews dinners birthdays and a farewell party as communities hail local members and hosts through December and January 1936.
Last Friday evening Elfreda Bur richter hosted a 6:30 dinner at her parents home Mr and Mrs Martin Bur richter for fifteen guests. A two course meal featured a birthday cake with eighteen green candles and guests received favors and gifts. Out of town guests included Am brose Jones Elsie Arnold Bill Fer gnson Havel Grapes Truman Cummings Thelma Rich James Kimball Jeanette Titus Bob Applebee all seniors at Lenox college Hopkinton where Elfreda attends.
At the November Veterans of Foreign Wars post meeting Commander-elect Harry A Hoag announced appointive officers Adjutant and Quartermaster Harrison Lubbers Patriotic Instructor and Historian R Fay Clark Post Service Officer Ray Echter Nacht Guard and Sentinel Herman A Haffman Color Bearers Louis Burrask and John Guler Burter William Stambaugh Post officers were installed by Ray Fechternacht who presented the outgoing commander Harry P Doyle with a past commander's badge Past President Dorache assisted by Department Historian Mabel Jarrett acting as conductress installed auxiliary officers for the coming year The chairs for color bearers 1 and 4 will be filled by Mabel Jarrett and Helen Barrack instead of Eliza Jacobs and Velma Morrissey Gifts were presented to retiring president Anne Eechternacht and Mesdames Che and Jarrett as well as Edith Helms Newly installed president A Christmas party is planned for December Also notes mention illiteracy statistics in the United States.
Local church notices list service times and events for Prairieburg Hopkinton Center Junction Castle Grove and nearby parishes. Includes St Josephs St Matthews St Johns Union Thanksgiving plans and Ladies Aid activities with dates and hosts.
Schreiner chapter No. 226 O E S held a 6:30 dinner at the Masonic temple in honor of Iowa grand lodge officers and past grand lodge officers. The event featured vocal solos, a business meeting, and initiation work led by Mrs. J. R. Eaton with Past Grand Patron Robert Grapengeter. Guests included Ada Thompson and several Iowa and Indiana O E S officers from Cedar Rapids Maquoketa Anamosa Hopkinton Marion and Hopkinton.
The dinner featured eight youths serving as waiters four daughters of Eastern Star members and four DeMolay boys Frances Bone Antonette Coxsee Olive Deischer Esther Cass Rex Hodson Royal Rodman Gordon York and Clarence Hearn.
Mrs. Mary Schuster aged 58 widow of Peter Schuster died at the family home six miles northeast of Hopkinton on Tuesday November 19 She was born October 29 1877 on the farm she lived all her life She married Peter Schuster in 1898 and the couple had four children Funeral services were held at St Pauls church Worthington Thursday morning during a local ceremony Survivors include her children Andrew Hopkinton Mrs John Felters Hopkinton Francis Dyersville Wilfred at home and siblings Cliff Kramer Hopkinton John Kramer Dubuque Mrs Henry Groves Aurora and Mrs Joseph Steger Dyersville.
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