Society and Club News Highlights From Local Groups
Thursday Bridge Club meets at Mrs. George Guyan with three tables of players and high score by Mrs. Thomas Redmond. Ladies Aid at St Matthew's Lutheran church sews for the church and shares refreshments. Reform church Ladies Aid, led by Rev Tendick, holds a social hour after devotionals and business. The 94 club meets at Miss Mary E Coxsee’s home with a program on South America. Miss Mabel Juilfs celebrates her nineteenth birthday with dancing and five hundred. Chapter FP PEO meets at Mrs. Mary Doxsee's, Mrs. Johanna Baxter reports on the PEO supreme convention in Kansas City. tea ends the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Guyan
Thomas Redmond
Punch
Ladies' Aid Society
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Luther Hall
John Otten
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Reformed Church
Armin H. Tendick
Tendick
J. W. Schweitzer
Casper Arduser
Jack Smith
George Rutherland
94 Club
Mary E. Coxsee
South America
Land of Amnazement
E. J. Farley
Stone Forest
George Wilkens
Coxsee
Mabel Juilfs
Garret Juilfs
Mary Doxsee
Chapter FP
Johanna Baxter of
Ryan
Manchester
Supreme Convention
Kanaas City
Harms Sisters Host Birthday Dinner for Niece and Relatives
The Harms sisters hosted a birthday dinner at their country home last Sunday for their niece Betty Lou Harms on her third birth anniversary and for Derence Ross on his ninth birthday. Twenty five guests attended as dinner was served at noon with birthday cakes as centerpieces and the honored guests received many gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harms
Herman Harms
Betty Lou Harms
Derence Ross
Alpha Delphian Meeting and Local Social Events
The Alpha Delphian chapter met Tuesday at Mrs. Lawrence Balster's home with Mrs. Rudy Langer presiding. The program featured biographies of Edna St Vincent Millay and Rudyard Kipling, readings by Mrs. Langer, and a Pearl Buck piece by Miss Kate Maurice. A family reunion at Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Foreman observed a single dinner for eleven. Numerous guests from Wellman, Washington, Albert Lea, and other areas attended. A separate dinner event celebrated a second wedding anniversary and a birthday, with guests at a table for ten and bridge afterward, prizes awarded. Gifts were given to the hosts. Other social events include a shower for Miss Evelyn Meadan and Edward Zumbrunnen with over 100 attendees, and a Ladies' Aid gathering at Peniel Presbyterian church with 55 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Delphian Chapter
Lawrence Balster
Rudy Langer
Edn St. Vincent Millay
John Locher
Rudyard Kipling
Mundahiy
Pearl Buck
Kate Maurice
R. EF. Foreman
Yearold Fisher
Betty
Jerry
Washington
Iowa
Stanley Fash
Lenore
Merle Foreman
Wellman
Albert Lea
Minn
Donald Sutherland
Mrs. Sutherland
Hans Kettht
Halloween Party Honors Marian Carol on Fifth Birthday
Little friends gathered to honor Marian Carol on her fifth birth anniversary with afternoon games and Halloween themed refreshments. Guests included Kathleen Hoag Ellen Mae First Roxy Ann Yeoman Audrey Ann Podhaski Louise York and Marilyn Landis. Mrs Maude Mirick Cooper of Boone state organizer of the P E O sisterhood attended a dinner Saturday at 6 30 p m hosted by Chapter FP P E O.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Carol
Kathleen Hoag
Ellen Mae First
Roxy Ann Yeoman
Audrey Ann Podhaski
Louise York
Marilyn Landis
Maude Mirick Cooper
Boone
P. E. O. Sisterhood
Emily Richardson
Riess Stuhler
Cooper
Triple celebration at Kurriger country home
Mr and Mrs Henry Kurriger hosted over seventy five relatives and friends for a combined celebration of their 34th wedding anniversary, Ulrich Schilt 23rd anniversary, and Gerhard Gerdes 53rd birthday. The event featured five hundred and dancing, prize high scores for Beulah Meyer and Norbert Manternach, and a late plate supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kurriger
Surprise Anniversary Party for Mr and Mrs Hanken
Mr and Mrs John Hanken celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary at their country home near Scotch Grove with a noon dinner and an address by Rev Paul T Gutknecht. Guests from multiple nearby towns brought gifts of silver dishes and furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Hanken
Scotch Grove
Paul T. Gutknecht
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Montcello
W. W. Hanken
Rudolph Jacobs
W. H. Hanken
Austin Stadtmueller
John Lieneman
Helen
Rey
P. T. Gutknecht
Paul Schuetz
Will Reuter
Richard Hanken
Langworthy
B. H. Hanken
John
Esther
Henry Jacobs
Castle Grove
Lou Stadtmueller
Loretta
John Stadtmueller
Clarence
Arthur
Henry Stadtmueller
Ruby Rickels
Anamosa
Nanne Hanken
Emma
Leron
Carl Rickels
Arnold Jacobs
Harm Dirks
August Schrader
Sara
Alfreda Oltman
Center Junction
Ben Heiken
Henry M. Dirks
High School Society Officers and Club Activities Noted
The Honorary society elected Lois Folkerts as president Loretta Specht as vice president Gladys Howland as secretary Amy Zirkelbach as treasurer. Philomathean group met October 16 with piano solos and talks on journalism. New members listed include Grace Hutton Irene Johnson Beat rice Bailey Jean Ann Liddy Kath erin Fearring Margaret Playes Jo Royden Mary Jane Stewart Doris Cotton. Thirty attended. The Westward Ho junior team won a magazine contest by subscriptions. An eighth grader Joyce Orcutt is ill with appendicitis. Field crops trip to Scout Grove nursery discussed. Biology classes started an aquarium. Normal training girls visited country schools. Home economics class formed a club with officers Margaret Smith president Lois Kuhns vice president Mary Keith secretary Hansetta Pierce treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Folkerts
Loretta Specht
Gladys Howland
Amy Zirkelbach
Philomathean Literary Society
Music Room
Country Cardens
Lucille Scheele
Coxsee
Madonna Cotton
Clemma Wenger
Grace Hutton
Irene Johnson
Beatrice Bailey
Jean Ann Liddy
Katherin Fearring
Margaret Playes
Jo Royden
Mary Jane Stewart
Doris Cotton
Westward Ho
Frances Steck
Joyce Orcutt
Walker
Chiss
Scouch Grove
Elfreda Burriehter
Alice Greens
Eeonandes
Berg
Shannon
Century of Progress
Julius Caesar
Ann Marie Crcutt
Esther Schoon
Paul van Buren
Ann Miller
Maragret Smith
Lois Kuhns
Mary Keith
Hansetta Pierce
Casting Underway for Joan of Nancy Lee Operetta
The article notes the selection of cast for the operetta Joan of Nancy Lee and celebrates a football victory where Monti’s team defeated Tipton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan of Nancy Lee
Monti
Tipton
Grade School Notes Highlight Student Activities
Hattie Prult reports first grade starting the second primer with Mrs. Griffith visiting last Wednesday. Several students are named for perfect spelling, attendance records, and a fourth grade observation trip to study leaves and weed seed dispersion. The piece lists honor roll members across grades and notes a Columbus Day program.
Sacred Heart presents two one act plays by girls
On Wednesday October 11 Sacred Heart showcased senior and junior girls in two one act plays with strong audience support. Proceeds fund athletic activities. Casts included Mary Burrichter, Kathleen Hayes, Leone Fothergill, Marcella O’Rourke and others in Wanted A Cook and A Precious Pickle. Columbus Day program by Brownie band followed on October 12 with songs poems and narrations by room two participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Neilly
Gretchen
Catherine Locher
Helga
Leone Fothergill
Dinah
Marcella O'Rourke
Sue Samantha
Kathleen Hayes
Hop Lee
Everetta Maloney
Jenny Frost
Leone Fothergirl
Bessie Snow
Sadie Bean
Brownie Band
Room Two
Columbus
New Land
Louis Stoll
Robert Liddy
Mae West at Paramount Cedar Rapids in Tin No Angel
Mae West stars at the Paramount Theater Cedar Rapids starting Saturday October 21 in Tin No Angel. The show attracts large crowds with strong reviews from Chicago where it plays at the Oriental Theater. Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper join the Paramount lineup starting Saturday October 28 in The Bowery.
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Mae West
Paramount
Cedar Rapids
Church Services Listed for Area Congregations
The Hampton Chronicle lists Sunday and holy day schedules for St. Matthew's St. Joseph's St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Congregational Sacred Heart Reformed Presbyterian Trinity English services at various times. It includes Masses Confessions and Holy Day observances and notes Christmas style festival activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran
Paul T. Gutknecht
Trinity
Wayne Zion Lutheran
J. Willms
India
Wayne Zion Lutheran Church
For Sale or Trade Two Gentle Horses
Two gentle horses offered for sale or trade. Both can drive single or double and are suitable for saddling. Located first house north of the Standard Oil station. Pd-17-1.
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Standard Oil Station
W. H. McDaniels
Monticello
Duroc Jersey Boars
Fred Gray
Anamosa
Monticello Ad Pages Fire Safety and Home Improvements
Local notice from J R Barron advertising fire prevention checks for chimneys and stoves, Mule Hide roof products, insulation, Rock Wool Batts, storm sash, and Libbey Owens Ford glass. Includes a joke about alimony, a Scotchman run over by a beer truck, and coal sales.
Quotable quotes from wartime era figures
A collection of quotes attributed to officials and prominent figures including Special Assistant Attorney General Joseph B Keenan Dr George Draper Clarence Darrow Clarence Dillon and Premier Mussolini. The remarks touch on fear propaganda clothing work pay and political stance.
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Joseph B. Keenan
George Draper
Roosevelt
Clarence Darrow
Clarence Dillon
New York
Italy
Mussolini
Pimghar Bell Teaches School Janitors in South Carolina
In South Carolina a program trains school house janitors on cleaning techniques including removing gum from under seat edges, illustrating local efforts to improve maintenance.
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South Carolina
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ladies’ Aid of Reformed Church
Mary Coxsee
Maile Juilfs
Mrs. Lawrence Balster
Alpha Delphian
Mrs. Foreman
Mrs
Fred Zumbrunnen
Fred Zumbrunnnen
Evelyn Meadon
Edward Zumbrunnen
Miss Zeadon
Mr. Zumbrunnen
Mrs. Hasler
John Hasler
George Rickels
Ladies’ Aid Society
Peniel Presbyterian Church
Clarence McLaughlin
Will McLaughlin
Pred Cramer
Forrest Delscher
George Nickels
Marian Carol Endsley
Nonor
Fred Endsley
J. H. Hanken
Clare Adams
Hattie Prult
Margaret Bader
Ralph Bender
Arlene Balster
Norma Reyner
Geraldine Schneider
Ruth Schneider
Charles Bender
Harry Boots
Charles Doss
Leslie Burrichter
Leslie Collins
Laverne Eilers
Arling Hughes
Jimmy Randall
Louis Kammerman
Arthur Rigby
Donald Rynerson
Kenneth Schneider
Roy Schoon
Donald Stott
Gerald Taylor
William Wright
Marshall Zweite
Shirley Hobart
Francis Barlow
Yola Rodman
Lucille Huibregtse
Lucille Hulbregtse
Jeanette Lubben
Richard Sutherland
Ruth Smith
Joanne Schmidt
Betty Guyan
Janis Grimes
Irma Tendick
Bernard Kanner
Gail Hulbregtse
James Matthiessen
Jack Stuhler
Bobby Husman
Elizabeth Lee Byerly
George Coxsee
Gene Walker
Ruth Ann Hoag
Ann Marie Husman
Mary Lou Luett
Betty Lou Patterson
Florie Timmins
Carl Be
Sacred Heart
Paramount News
St. Matthew's Leather
H. L. Adix
Ralph Otten
Ladies' Aid
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Prairieburg
Stephen J. Kucera
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
N. Sycamore Street
A. L. Lorenz
Presbyterian
Wm. J. Grossheim
Christian Endeavor
Castle Grove Lutheran
G. Wolf
Ladies’ Aid
Alva Stadtmueller
Methodist Episcopal
Wm. J. Macaulay
Epworth League
Hampton Chronicle
W. F. Eby
Town
Hanken’s
Palmer Drugmor
Poland
Livingston
Centet
Emil Riedel
Elmer Hubbard
Hopkinton
David Smith
H.E. Parr
Stuhler
M. Ginsberg
R. J. _ McNeill
Worthington
Nick Kirsch
Will Lubben
Shropshire Rams
Moncrief Bros
Towa
Clover
Timothy
Farmers’ Grain Company
Amber Savings Bank
Adolph Schoon, Amber
Farmers’ Grain Co
Ee Poultry and Eggs
Meyer's Produce Company
Myers & Frink
Lisbon
Farmers Grain Co
George Ellsworth
12Th Street
N.E
Eliza Hogan
Aloe
New Hampton
Leggetts
Kellum
Leghorn Springs
Rock Springs
Leghorn
Hee Haw News
Monticello and Vicinity
St. Anthony
J. R. Barron
Farmer
Winks BY the Wise
Legg’s
Dept
Japan
Michigan
Happy Maid
Arrow Head
Golden Dawn
Steve Pipe
Ronald Colman
Sinclair Lewis
Ann Vickers
Irene Dunn
Walter Huston
Richard Arlen
Lionel Barrymore
Lee Tracy
W. C. Fields
Allison Shipworth
Tillie
Gus
Claudette Colbert
the Torch Singer
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