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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1932
Page
6
A long list of brief notes records Mrs. John Breen and others visiting Iowa towns, trips to Dubuque Cedar Rapids and Monticello, plus visits to Des Moines and Chicago. Also noted are coal for sale, electrical shop ads, and local society events including Royal Neighbors meeting and funeral attendances.
Schreiner chapter O. E. 8. will meet Tuesday evening in the Masonic Temple for its regular gathering. A good attendance is desired and all members are welcome.
Mr and Mrs George Muller hosted a country dinner at Sun Day for Mrs Mueller s brother Peter Weber and wife from San Francisco California who were guests last week. Thirty relatives attended dinner served at noon. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs John Muller and Mr and Mrs Joe Muller of Anamosa plus Mr and Mrs Paul Kurt and Mr and Mrs Matt Muller of Monticello.
The 04 club held its first fall meeting last Friday afternoon at Mrs. E. J. Farley's home. The program included a paper Symbolism of the Flag by Mrs. Albert Stuhler a paper Etiquette of the Flag by Mrs. Charles A. Coxsee a sketch The Life of Betsy Ross by Mrs. A. M. Maurice and reports on club officers. The club officers are president Mrs. E. J. Farley vice president Mrs. Samuel Gutensohn secretary Miss Janet Hazard and treasurer Mrs. Albert Stuhier.
Chapter FP PEO started the year with a 1 PM luncheon at Mrs Emily Rickless home on Tuesday. A business meeting followed. 18 members were present. The social committee chaired by Miss Mary Doxsee organized the luncheon with members including Mrs W D McLaughlin Stewart Stuhler Mrs Charles A Doxsce Mrs J W Lovell Mrs Siegfried Guyan and Mrs W J Gross.
A sequence of ladies and families hosted a series of social gatherings around Lang's mill and nearby towns. Epworth League wiener roasts, Sunday school girls’ wurst and sausage events, primary parties with games, breakfasts, bridge nights, and private dinners involved numerous hosts and guests from Monticello, Marion, Spencer, Redwood Falls, and Seaforth with totals including families like the Porters, Kossees, Abels, and Lears.
The Presbyterian Women’s Missionary Society met at Mrs. O B Brazelton’s home last week for devotionals led by Mrs. C V Burris with a foreign missions study by Mrs. Cornelius Steck and missionary literature by several members. Tea followed hosted by Burris and Steck.
After a formal luncheon, three bridge tables were set. Mrs. W. W. Stickford won the prize and Mrs. Riess Stuhler attended as a guest of the afternoon event.
The Working Band of the Congregational church met last Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Frank Royden's home in Scotch Grove for its regular monthly session. Thirty five members and three guests attended. After business, a social hour followed with hostess help from Mrs. Colin G. Thomas Mrs. Emil Rickless and Mrs. Fred Royden. Out of town guests included Mrs. Andrew Bowell Cedar Rapids Miss Freda Hanken RN of Lincoln Neb and Miss Dorthea Boyer of Toledo.
Mrs. Ben Mettler hosted a pleasant surprise party for Grace Hutton last Saturday marking her thirteenth birthday. Guests included Olive Clark, Wilma Harford, Virginia Matthiessen, Edith Vertrees, Edith Bebee, Helen Zumbrunnen, Dorothy Sawyer, Iola Milroy, Erma Schneider, Louise Mettler, and Grace Hutton, with additional attendees Mrs. Bebee, Mrs. C. Robinson, Mrs. Milroy, and Mrs. Mettler.
Mrs. Delia Neilly and Mrs. Forest Hearn hosted a family birthday party with16 guests honoring multiple relatives including Harold Neilly and Donald Hearn. Separately the Ladies Social Circle of the Methodist Episcopal church held a luncheon at Mrs. H B Richardson’s home with a program and elections.
Delta Dek bridge club held a 6:30 dinner at Mrs. Clarence Matthiessen's home last Wednesday evening. Guests enjoyed a green and yellow color scheme, with a single table setting featuring a pewter bowl of yellow garden flowers and tall yellow tapers. The dessert showcased small pottery bowls filled with ice cream in yellow and green decorating.
A Marion community page details guests and hostesses, a dance evening with high score won by Mrs. Asa Lambert, and the traveling prize to Mrs. Ed Hulbregtse. News includes Miss Freda Hanken resuming work in Lincoln, birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. George Bort, and relocations like the Cotton family to Gill street. An onions and sorghum sale is announced for Scotch Grove, and various engagements at churches and civic groups are reported.
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