Friday Club and Social Gatherings Across Multiple Hosts
The Friday Club met at Mrs. Arthur Skelley's home with Mrs. John Fraser presiding. programs included Younger Intellectuals and Pedlar's Progress. The Clover Leaf and 94 Clubs hosted sewing, luncheon, and themed readings at several members’ homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Skelley
Macarthur
Clover Leaf Club
John Echoon
John Schoon
Maurice Cook
Louise Field
G. Schoon
Birthday Party Highlights With Card Play And Gifts
Elda celebrated a birthday with friends including John Scotch-Grove Mrs Streets Sharosi Lee and Eugene John Stahl Jr Berneil Reid from Cedar Rapids Alfred Ommen Ruth Helen Leneworthy Henry and Marvin Stahlberg. The evening included card playing and a late lunch with numerous gifts for Elda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Scotch - Grove
John Streets
Dale
Sharosi Lee
Stree
Eugene
John Stahl Jr
Berneil Reid
Cedar Rapids
Alfred Ommen
Ruth
Helen
Leneworthy
Henry
Marvin Stahlberg
Elda
Social News From Local Households and Communities
A post nuptial shower at Mr and Mrs Henry Rink Jrs home honored Mary who wed Junior Wilson in March 1936 about 60 guests attended. The Wilsons plan to live on a farm near Hopkinton. The League of Women Voters met at Mrs John Fraser to discuss Government and Education with county schools chief Miss Nellie Morey among others. The Congregational Women’s Missionary Society met at Mrs Charles Northrop where the program focused on the contribution of the Negro to American civilization followed by tea. Miss Amney Wood celebrated a birthday with contract bridge and gifts. Irma Geary and Melburn Grant were married in Pipestone Minnesota with reception for fifty guests. The couple will reside in Monticello with Grant working at Shomont Dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Rink Jr
Mary
Junior Wilson
Henry Rink
League of Women Voters
John Fraser
Fraser
William E. Tuetken
John Shover
D. M. Strawman
Nellie Morey
Anamosa
C. R. Smith
Onslow
Edgar Beach
Clifford Strawman
Women’s Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Charles Northrop
Harriet Coughlan
Ella Hicks
Henry M. Carpenter
Siegfried Guyan
Colin G. Thomas
Halstead Carpenter
Amney Wood
Clara Palmer
Miss Wood
Arch B. Grimes
Martha Meyer
Irma Geary
Melburn Grant
Pipestone
Minn
First Baptist Church
L. J. Patterson
Ed Evan
Claude Treanor
Mabel Geary
Lois Grant
Russell Gilmore
Winnebago, Minn
Lloyd Bowman
Loren Brant
Pioneer Iowa Woman Founded Academy
Jennie Shrader Wilson, an Iowa educator born in Ohio, established the Urbana Shrader Academy after marrying Rev. Joseph M. Wilson. The school aimed to prep students for college, train teachers, and offer practical business and daily life education. Wilson died in 1904, after which Jennie returned to Iowa City to devote time to church, charity, and literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Annals of
Jennie Schrader
Charles A. Hawley
the Palimpsest
State Historical Society of
Jennie Shrader
Ohio
Shueyville
Johnson County
Iowa City Commercial College
Iowa City Academy
Cedar Rapids
Brooklyn
Speech by Hugo Black Draws Mixed Reviews
The report describes Hugo Black delivering a carefully prepared speech that was well delivered under difficult circumstances. It notes the address was full of holes yet executed with adroit effort to conceal weaknesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston News-Advertiser
Hugo Black
Monticello Boy Describes Navy Life at Great Lakes
Monticello writer Eugene Balsiger along with Alfred Kuriger and Ray Stott shares boot camp sights at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. He recalls physicals in Davenport and Des Moines, clothing issues, and the navy haircut. He describes detention and main camps, gym and pool time, weekly athletics, a library, and studying seaman manuals. A highlight is joining a Chicago parade for the Outer Drive bridge dedication with President Roosevelt observing from a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Monti
Navy
Davenport
Des Moines
Chicago
Outer Drive
Roosevelt
Eugene Balsiger
Alfred Kuriger
Ray Stott
Troop 49 Organizes With 32 Members Aiming High
Scout Slants reports Troop 49 reorganizing with a full 32 members and a goal motto Troop 49 To the Top. A 33 possible attendees at Mondays meeting included a color ceremony after which the Scout Oath was recited by all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop 49
Charles Field
Jack Fraser
Charles Ross
Harold Yeoman
Dean Morey
Bud Bader
Robert Liddy
Harold Hogan
Wallace Schneider
Charles Bender
K. Fuller
Harvard Yale rower snubs spark humorous clash
Two literary lights from Harvard and Yale share a jovial chat when a jab about snobbery arises. The Yale man quips Harvard men are snobbish, prompting a Harvard response about rowing camaraderie and knowing every crew member except three in the stern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Harvard
Yale
President signals balanced budget near
The Freeman-Journal notes the president’s hint of a balanced budget soon while recalling delayed prosperity from Hoover era. The Register quotes Delweit on Hull’s cautious diplomacy with Japanese officials and his limited impact so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Delweit Register
Hull
Tipton Triumph Over Monticello Despite Fierce Monti Stand
Gridiron gossip from the sideline notes Tipton's 70 man band and navy uniforms, Miller and Behrends shines for Tipton, Cap Richards on Monti injured late, Monticello held off a strong showing before losing. Maquoketa and Manchester also posted wins.
School records and activities noted at local academy
Infra red lamp purchased for injuries and sore muscles. G A A initiation elected 14 girls led by Yola Rodman and Elmeree Nichols. Forty two boys in manual training making paper weights and desk sets. Seventh grade studies South America while junior class raises funds for the spring banquet. A play Neighbors presented with cast led by Miss Abel and Robert Heyen. Biology notes field trips to study grasshoppers and frogs. Homecoming Oct 29 vs Mount Vernon. Grade eight guest speaker Mrs McNeilly recounts Roosevelt era and West history. First grade mourn loss of Dixie Balstad moving to Pella Iowa. Field trip on leaves. 100 on spelling drill by Ruth Boots. fire truck talk. Columbus Day observations. sixth grade plays Fire Prevention. illness and attendance notes. fifth grade perfect attendance of 21.
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Laurel Naylor
Jeanette Lubben
Doris Lubben
DeLoris Lubben
Leona Taylor
Shirley Hobert
Edna Howell
Beatrice Long
Betty Leytem
Yola Rodman
Alberta Husman
Virginia Clark
Manuel
Walker
South America
Elmeree Nichols
Eleanor Cooper
Rosella Seibels
Miss Abel
Burdena Stutt
Inez
Ruth Reuter
Peter
Robert Heyen
Ezra
Marvin Schoon
Miss Trot
Eileen Appleby
Miss Moran
Ruth Richardson
Mount Vernon
McNeilly
Seattle
Wash
The
Post Intelligencer
Roosevelt
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Rooseveltt
Mary Jane Veitch
Dixie Lee Balstad
Pella
Iowa
Jimmy Husman
Miss Cruise
Ruth Boots
Jimmie Patterson
Charles Kreeb
Clark Shannon
Buddy Griffith
Wilma
Local School Notes and Family Birth Announcement
Wright earns 100 in spelling and 74 percent of sixth graders are neither absent nor tardy. Gail Hulbregtse and Robert Clark post 100 in spelling for six weeks. The kindergarten gains a new easel. All grade students strive for the dental honor roll. Mr and Mrs Leonard Huby Bader welcome son George Leonard born at John McDonald hospital weighing five and a half pounds. Mrs Bader was Margaret Saggi before marriage. Mr Bader works at Shaffer Implement store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Gail Hulbregtse
Robert Clark
Leonard Huby Bader
George Leonard
John McDonald Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Byron Abel
William D. McLaughlin
Alpha Delphian Chapter
Huibregtse
Alpha Delphian
Ed Huibregtse
Will E. Corbin
Ray Echternacht
Earl DeShaw
Earl H. DeShaw
Charles A. Coxsee
Lyle McMullen
Charles Luett
L. D. Barrack
Fritz Hein
Ray Adams
George Maire
Lou Spooner
Perley
Hicks
Catherine Perley
Hammond
Caroline Hicks
Long Island
Maine
Elmer Hicks
Monticello
Five Hundred Club
Henry Che
Claude Appleby
Henry Helms
Charles Ritchie
James Morrissey
Joseph R. Barron
Wilbur Cartano
Mrs. Balstad
Peter Mundinger
Harold Balstad
Balstad
Lloyd Nash
Max Mud
Raymond Powers
Bill Cartano
Nick Swartz
Eddie Levien
Henry Curl
Mrs. C. G. Thomas
Raymond G. Thomas
Washington, D. C
Conrad Jacobsen
Thomas
Portland
Oregon
J. T. Gray~ston
Cedar
Elda Stahlberg
Charles Henrichs
John E. Folkerts
Lloyd
Esther
Iola Folkerts
Haye ‘Tobiason
Lyle
Velma
Donald
Lois Tobiason
John Husman
Merle
Dorothy
Ralph Husman
Center Junction
Fred Helgens
Harvey Helgens
Dolores
Naval
Great Lakes
Illinois
Scout
Tipton
Wonder
Jones, County
Cap. Richardson
Tommy Grimes
Miller
Pride
Chuck Field
Maquoketa
Manchester
Marion
Richardson
Rittmer
Tura
Stuhlers
Shoe Department
Evelena Rickers
Edward Everett Horton
Wild Money
Norte
Aaburclf
Is OE Penner
Gene Raymond
Parkyakarkus Hilliard
Helen Broderica
Ilasnes
Fred
Successon
ST. Peter’s Parish
Temple Hill
New Rectory
van Camp
Ross Baty
Floyd’s Bakery
Vionticello, Iowa
Monarch
U.S
Minnesota
Grocery Department
Dinty Moore
Ralston
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