Royal Neighbors Attend Cedar Rapids Convention
Officers and members of Dale Camp No. 553 Royal Neighbors of America joined the 27th annual gathering at Valley Camp Cedar Rapids Tuesday. Dale Camp was honored for the largest delegation, with attendees including Edna Yeoman Irene Howland Fannie Milroy Fern Shaw Addie Ireland Bernice Kiburz Dessie Kammerkman Doris Graves Kate Lambert Iola Bearinger Lizzie Sharp Blanche Lambert Helen Dunn Edith Lambert Pauline Hoffman Florence Bleadorn Emma Stambaugh Agnes Conley Pearl Claus Alice Taylor Geraldine Milroy Florence Wroblewski and Anna Flack.
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Dale Camp No
Royal Neighbors of America
Royal Neighbors
Valley Camp
Cedar Rapids
Dale Camp
Edna Yeoman
Irene Howland
Fannie Milroy
Fern Shaw
Addie Ireland
Bernice Kiburz
Dessie Kammerman
Doris Graves
Kate Lambert
Iola Bearinger
Lizzie Sharp
Blanche Lambert
Helen Dunn
Edith Lambert
Pauline Hoffman
Florence Bleadorn
Emma Stambaugh
Agnes Conley
Pearl Claus
Alice Taylor
Geraldine Milroy
Florence Wroblewski
Anna Flack
Birthday Party Guests Deliver Gifts At Eclipse Lumber
Nicholas Clement celebrated his birthday Saturday as employees from Eclipse Lumber Yard drove to his home with a birthday supper and a gift. The same group gathered Tuesday at D M Bell to honor Elmer Brokaw on his birthday with supper and a present. Barbara Null’s circus themed party featured 4 year old Barbara, guests Cheryl Rhatigan, Johnnie Rhatigan, Marilyn Holmes, Karen Kidwell, Jane Seehusen, Anna Griffith, Judy Pearson, Linda Stoner, Sharon Read, Jean Bohlken, George Bohlken, and Tommy Null with games, refreshments, balloon favors, and circus wagons as nut cups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Clement
Eclipse Lumber Yard
D. M. Bell
Elmer Brokaw
Barbara Null
Orlando Null
Cheryl
Johnnie Rhatigan
Marilyn Holmes
Karen Kidwell
Jane Seehusen
Anna Griffith
Judy Pearson
Linda Stoner
Sharon Read
Jean
George Bohlken
Scotch Grove
Guest of
Tommy
Glasss celebrate fiftieth seventh wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs A T Glass celebrated their fifty seventh wedding anniversary Sunday in Memorial hall Marion. They were married in Cherokee Oct 1 1890 and still operate a small farm near Monticello. They have seven children with many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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A.T. Glass
A. T. Glass
Memorial Hall
Marion
Cherokee
Monticello
Ernest
Delhi
Clarence Knapp
Fred Bohlken
Howard
Ralph
Alburnett
Harley Avis
Springville
Engagement Announced for Barbara Chatterton and Kenneth Heeren
Mr and Mrs Allen R Chatterton of Onslow announce the engagement of their youngest daughter Barbara to Kenneth D Heeren of Anamosa son of Mr and Mrs John Heeren Onslow Barbara a 1947 Monticello High School graduate is employed by Jones County Farm Bureau at Anamosa Heeren has worked for Onslow Lumber and works on a farm near Stone City No date yet set for the wedding.
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Allen R. Chatterton
Onslow
Barbara
Kenneth D. Heeren
Anamosa
John Heeren
Monticello
Jones County Farm Bureau
Heeren
Onslow Lumber Company
Stone City
Local Teens Share Nature Poems And Flower Arrangements
Teen members attended roll call with remarks by My Favorite Gladiolus and Mrs Greer who read nature poems and discussed engaging children with nature. Mrs Naylor demonstrated Japanese floral arrangement and showcased a silk landscape painting. Mr and Mrs Paul Gerdes hosted a family dinner with guests including Mr and Mrs Russell Preston Cedar Rapids, Mr and Mrs Rieniers, Mrs Minnie Gerdes, and Mr and Mrs Victor Mowrey.
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Gladiolus
C.K. ‘Greer
R. A.’ Naylor
Paul Gerdes
Russell Preston
Cedar Rapids
Frederick Rieniers
Minnie Gerdes
Victor Mowrey
Lorraine Griffith Wins Women's Golf Tournament
Lorraine Griffith won the city women’s golf championship at Monticello Country Club by defeating Madge Shaffer and Hazel Wilkens. The event included prize awards for low and high putts and several flight winners with officers named for 1948.
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Lorraine Griffith
Madge Shaffer
Hazel Wilkens
Monticello Country Club
Maude Hutton
Velma Hollar
Frances Bone
Iva Yeoman
Vivian Hamilton
Virginia Robertson
Edith
Rhatigan
September Ladies Aid meeting packs 550 pounds for overseas shipment
The September social of St. Matthew's Ladies Aid met Wednesday with Mrs. Minnie Gerdes as hostess. Thirty-eight members attended as they packed 550 pounds of clothing for overseas shipment and shared lunch. Guests included Mrs. Louise Mason Mrs. Victor Moowrey Mrs. Paul Gerdes Miss Cecelia Rieniers and Mrs. Anna Kammerman.
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Ladies Aid Society
St. Matthew's Church
Minnie Gerdes
Louise Mason
Victor Moowrey
Paul Gerdes
Cecelia Rieniers
Anna Kammerman
Congregational Women Plan Fall Greek Relief Bake Sale
The Women’s Society of the Congregational church met on Wednesday September 24 with Mrs Fred Kay leading devotionals and Mrs Frank Hayden presiding over the business. They organized a bake sale and bazaar for October 4 to aid Greek relief and noted the Davenport association will meet in Clinton October. A display of old books was shown.
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Congregational
Women’s Society of the Congregational Church
Fred Kay
Kay
Frank Hayden
Davenport Association
Clinton
Pinochle Club Hosts Seventeen Guests At Old Home Evening
Mrs Edward Podhaski hosted the Tuesday pinochle gathering assisted by Mrs Frank Royden. Seventeen attended with high score claimed by Mrs Henry Adams and traveling prize won by Mrs O R Howie Sr. Relatives gathered later to honor John Stahlberg Sr on his 79th birthday anniversary.
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Charles Podhaski
Ben Jurgensen
James’ Hollar
Isaac Schneider, Jr
Russell Meade
Hollar
Frank Royden
Edward Podhaski
Henry Adams
O. R. Howie
John Stahlberg
Hayo Tobiason
Tobiason
Ohn Stahlberg
Carl Stahlberg
Local Greetings and Visit Notes From Monticello Area
Monticello residents and Cedar Rapids families are listed as visitors and guests including Henry Stahlberg Ann Streets Roy Schmitt Mr and Mrs Eugene Streets Arn Blanchard Hopkinton Roy Null Rollie Bronneman Vernon Stahlberg Mabel Behrends John Wolken Louie Schlimmer and others. Merle Hotchkiss returned from a three week trip to New York City studying at M Louis Hair Design Institution and Harrison Hair Styling Studio visiting Upper Sandusky and Columbus Ohio on route home. Supper guests in the John Bunting home included Gerd and Judy Bunting and Mrs Bertha Collins of Monticello with Mrs John Bunting and Gerd Bunting honored on their birthdays.
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Monticello
Henry Stahlberg
Ann Streets
Roy Schmitt
Eugene Streets
Cedar Rapids
Arn Blanchard
Hopkinton
Roy Null
Rollie Bronemann
Vernon Stahlberg
Mabel Behrends
John Wolken
William
Louie Schlimmer
John Reuter
Esther
Iola Folkerts
William Oltmanns
Langworthy
Merle Hotchkiss
New York City
M. Louis Hair Design Institution
Harrison Hair Styling Studio
Upper Sandusky
Columbus
Ohio
John Bunting
Gerd Bunting, Jr
Judy
Anamosa
Bertha Collins
Gerd Bunting
Whittemore crash dampens Eugene Vaudt homecoming
Eugene Vaudt, recently back from Navy service, was involved in a car crash forty five minutes after returning home in Whittemore. His vehicle struck a car making a left turn causing damage and dampening the homecoming scene.
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Whittemore
Eugene
Vaudt
90 Day Corn Harvest Near Arlington
Lea Cordes reports a successful planting of 90 day corn near Arlington. The crop was sown June 22 and is expected to yield about 40 bushels per acre.
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Lea Cordes
Arlington
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Grace Grief
James Balsiger
Sam Reyner
Balsiger
Conoco
Rosemary Barron
Sacred Heart Parochial School
Urtor
Hara
Clara Bartlett
Clarence Rhatigan
Chatterton
Ava Main
Monticello Garden Club
Mrs
Rudolph Ambuehl
Glenn Samuelson
San ‘Bernardino
Calif
Norge
Furniture
Congregational Christian and Evangelical
Reformed Church
City Park
Women's Fellowship
The
Presbyterian Church
R. V. Mullen
Glenn Jones
E. H. de Shaw
William J. Grossheim
St. Matthew's Aid
Ue OO
Maxwell House
Glendale
Kellogg's
Leesy
Libby
Oxydol
U. S
Heinz
Pillsbury
Jonathan
Rome
SWIFT
Mickelberry
Kurt
Lowell
Westover
Federal
Nelson
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