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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1935
Page
2
Miss Doris Cotton spent last Friday in Iowa City. Numerous residents and relatives are listed visiting and hosting events across Anamosa, Oelwein, Monticello, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Davenport and nearby areas with many weekend guests and family connections.
Several households in Monmouth and nearby towns report weekend visits and social gatherings. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Pierce and children visited Miss Kate Hanken. Mrs. W. F. Rohn returned from Cedar Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. Parizak and Mrs. Graef joined Mrs. Crocker for dinner. Hazel Brazerton hosted by her parents. families from Decorah Anamosa and Iowa City were noted guests.
Miss Doris Cotton entertained a group of high school friends at her home Monday evening with a six o'clock dinner. The event featured casual socializing and was noted in society and club news as a cordial gathering.
Twenty five friends gathered last Thursday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Hef Schoon for a pleasant surprise shower. The guests of honor received an occasional chair and were later served refreshments by Mrs George Good and Mrs Lyman Mulford, the hostesses.
The article lists numerous relatives and friends from Monticello, Owatonna, Anamosa, and Cedar Rapids attending a large family picnic near Poca hontas. It notes Garrett Juilfs celebrating their 23rd wedding anniversary with a family dinner and mentions other visits and home activities among area residents.
A local fort hosts a community gathering at a private residence aiming to strengthen civic ties and discuss neighborhood issues. Local officials and residents attend to share concerns and plans.
Crents Lehner hosted at Mrs J Wy er let Saturday with Mr and Mrs VOW Pettingill and three dictators and four sons of Rock plus Mr and Mrs George zero of Dubuque. Sunday visitors at Mr Aden in Richland township for a picnic dinner attended by over fifty relatives. Mrs Pettingill is a sister of Mrs Allen. Mrs George Wilkens hosted the Friday bridge club luncheon with twelve at one table. Mrs John Fraser high scorer. other guests Mrs Thomas Redmond Mrs Albert Stuhler Mrs Fraser and Mrs James Carter.
A flurry of social events is recorded with a 21st birthday party at a guest’s home, university students present from Town City, and a Wyomin t faculty bridge club gathering at the Snover residence. Other items note pinochle prize winners at Gun Club house, a pot luck supper, and an evening dance at Monticello country club with Halloween costumes and prize-winners.
A large family gathering followed Cecil Thompson's funeral last Friday at the Cramer home. Relatives from Marion Hopkinton and nearby towns attended a picnic dinner after the services, including the Newlins, the Thompsons, the Kramer and Moulton families, and Elmer Reed with his daughter.
A group from Dickeyville Wisconsin attended a Holstein cattle sale in Waterloo with Mr and Mrs George Zaedow and others. Mrs Hannah Jones 85 traveling from Moorhaven Florida visited relatives in Anamosa before Chicago bound. Monticello hosts visiting families of state university students returning from term. James Bowie ill in Monticello with sister Mrs Reid and son Murray from Leanington Canada arriving.
Mr and Mrs Clarence McLaughlin and daughter Helen Louise of Castle Grove township traveled Friday to Cincinnati Ohio for a weekend visit with Mr and Mrs Harold Bedell. They will return Tuesday of the week.
The Monticello column recounts a golfing clash where a clergyman was badly beaten by an elderly parishioner. The banter ends with a quip about winning at the finish and burying the other, reflecting small town humor.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ohe and Mr. and Mrs. James Morrissey with their baby spent last weekend visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ohe in Dundee.
Mr and Mrs Walker Berlin and son Myron Griffith came back last Friday after visiting relatives in Sanborn Ocheyedan and Spencer leaving from their home city and returning with news of travel and family ties to the Midwest communities.
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