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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1929
Page
2
Advertisements from McNeill's Hardware list drills seed corn dryers and butcher knives while Eclipse Lumber Co promotes products. The column notes guests and visits including Violet Rigby in Tama, John Vernimont in Cascade, and Gerd Pecks in Monticello, with several town residents at fairs and in Manchester.
Residents and relatives from Monticello and nearby towns are noted visiting in households across the region. The column lists numerous trips to Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Maquoketa and Des Moines with gatherings at the Guyan Franks Wilson and Thoeni homes and church and club events scheduled into September.
The column lists numerous visits and social calls in Monticello and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs. Walter Johnson of Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Caspers, Fred Caspers, Mrs. Folkers, Mr. and Mrs. Hahn, Lawrence Hahn, Mr. Burrichter, Ed Burrichter, Rev. Roland P. Kuentzel, Reeseville Wisconsin, J S Porter, Kansas City, Mrs. Porter formerly Miss Jennie Henderson, Rev. Edward Supple, Nativity parish, Truman Minnesota, Harrison Lubben family, T H White of Trenton Missouri, Tom J White, Kenneth Gesse, G F Paulsen, Henry Paulsen, Henrietta Paulsen, Lucia Schoon, Hampton Lutheran hospital, Lucia Schoon, W W Low, Francis Reid, Grace Stahlberg, Asa P Lambert, J A Rouhinek, Omaha, Joe DeBoest, Dana, Underwood portable typewriter ad, T E Hamilton Northwestern Bell Monticello, Peter Collier, Dan Battison, Harry Collier, Delbert Thom, Emil Riedel, Laura Koop, Olga Egger, John A Smith hospital birth, Effie Hall visits, Maquoketa, Onslow, Davenport Sta tion WOC.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Harms of Poughkeepsie New York visit Peter G. Hagen between Monticello and Anamosa to attend the marriage of Mrs Harms’ brother George F Hagen to Miss Edena Willms held Tuesday noon.
Rev. G. Wolf of St. Peter and Paul's Lutheran Church Cas e Grove township left last Tuesday for Taylor Texas for a month long vacation. His wife and children join relatives there. Accompanying him were Misses Ruby Rickels Tda Hahn and Ethel Kromminga who will spend a month in Texas.
Mrs Allie D McLaughlin came home from Kansas City Missouri where she stayed this summer at her daughter Mrs Frank Stuart s home Mrs Stuart accompanied her mother but left for Kansas City last Monday due to pressing home duties Dr John McLaughlin of Chicago visited his mother over Sunday and Monday and she is in excellent health and enjoyed the extended Missouri stay
Mildred Deischer entertained friends at her Monticello home last Friday before departures to teach or study. Bridge yielded high score to Myrtle Rockstad. Harold and Mrs. Egger hosted a chicken dinner for twelve at their country home with radio music and visiting afterward.
Mr and Mrs Henry Adams hosted a Sunday family dinner at their country home. The dining room featured garden and cut flowers and twenty covers were laid. Guests included Mr and Mrs Gene Himebaugh of Oelwein. After the meal an informal social afternoon followed.
A group of friends and neighbors gathered Monday evening at the Howies home for a surprise party. Hosts hosted games of 500 at five tables then enjoyed a fine luncheon after baskets of good things were shared.
Mrs J G Thomas hosted a tea Thursday evening for guest Mrs E C Conn of Cedar Rapids. Mrs Henry Carpenter presided at the tea table. Out of town guests included Mrs John Innes Milwaukee Mrs James Carter Cincinnati Mrs Carl Stahler Washington DC and Miss Libbie George New York City.
John Egger a respected Dubuque county farmer near the Jones county line married Margaret Hasler last Tuesday at 10 am in the Re formed church. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Armin H Tendick and a wedding dinner followed at the bride’s brother John Yaggi’s home at noon.
Mrs John Fraser hosted a Saturday afternoon tea for visiting guests from Boone Cincinnati Milwaukee Washington New York City and Monticello including Libbie George and Essie Hoag who recently returned from Shanghai where she worked as a secretary for the Y W C A.
Mr and Mrs Halstead Carpenter hosted a six o clock family dinner at Maples Inn honoring Mrs John Innes and her Milwaukee family and Charles Bidwell of Los Angeles California. Twelve guests dined at one table with a centerpiece of pink and lavender flowers and pink tapers. Afterward the group returned to the Carpenter home for the rest of the evening.
Mrs William Stuhler hosted a Friday Bridge gathering at her home with four tables in play. She posted the high score of the afternoon while guests included Mrs Albert Stuhler Mrs Riess Stuhler Mrs Charles A Coxsee Miss Kate Stuhler Mrs James Carter of Cincinnati and Mrs Carl Stuhler of Washington DC. Refreshments followed the games.
Miss Mary Grace Fleming of Castle Grove was honored at a large miscellaneous shower at her home last Sunday. Over a hundred guests attended, bringing useful and beautiful gifts for her new home. She will marry Harry Sullivan of Ryan next week. The event featured games and music, with refreshments served at 11 by Mrs. Fleming and relatives.
Miss Alice Palmer celebrated her fifteenth birthday last Friday at home with friends. Mrs. Palmer provided a large birthday cake and ice cream after games. Guests included Helen Louise Stuhler Jean Hogan Mary Stickford Betty Kay Maxine Redmond Edna Schoon Lorene Zimmerman Mable McVay Virginia Hearn Evelyn Semmert Freda Balster Betty Denkhoff and Maxine Statler.
Miss Jayne Shover and Miss Gladys Stickford hosted a six o'clock dinner at Maples Inn for sixteen guests. Colorful circus tent centerpieces and animal place cards set a festive tone before guests moved to Miss Shaver's home for bridge in the evening.
Miss Wanda Beery from Cedar Rapids attended as an out of town guest. Mr and Mrs Emil Riedel hosted a twelve o'clock dinner last Sunday for relatives and guests. Twenty guests sat at a central table with vases and place cards amid tall tapers. guests represented Cr ech German and American nationalities. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Peter Collier Herman Rieder Dan Morrison Harry Collier two children from Chicago. Mr and Mrs Delbert Thom and two Cedar Rapids guests. Mrs Frank Jacque and Mr and Mrs Pearl Le v ien from the city.
Miss Helen Moncrief and Halbert Miller united in marriage August 26 in Anamosa. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs R H Moncrief of Monticello and a Monticello high school graduate of 1928 who works in the freight office of the C M St Paul and Pacific Railway. Miller is son of Bert Miller of Cheyenne Wyoming and recently works hauling concrete mix in southern Iowa.
Mrs James Howie and Mrs Olin Howie hosted a springtime party for Mrs Norman Bringard of Detroit at their home with games refreshments and costumed fun for over twenty guests. Later the Howies celebrated James Howies seventy fourth birthday with games and music. Mr and Mrs Jack Studer hosted a party for their son Warren on his eleventh birthday with games a swimming party and a luncheon where a Tribune photographer captured an Old Swimmin Hole image. A church wedding at St Peter and Paul Castle Grove linked Edena Thenken Willms and George Frederick Hagen with 100 guests and a ten day motor trip to Iowa and Nebraska ahead before setting up house on the Hagen farm.
A post office term Nixie refers to every item of mail that cannot be delivered due to a defective address. The designation covers letters and packages awaiting further action by the sender or recipient.
Mr and Mrs Henry Bohlken and Loretta of Prescott Wisconsin spent a weekend visiting relatives. They were joined by Mrs Harr and her two daughters of Mankato Minnesota. Mrs Harr formerly Miss Lillian Bohlken. William B Allen and his niece Mrs Edward Podlaski with Mr and Mrs William Hunter of Morley left Tuesday for a ten day trip to Anita in Adair county to inspect farming interests and combine pleasure with business.
Mr and Mrs Joe Dunn marked their forty first wedding anniversary with thirty guests including children and grandchildren. Out of town attendees included Mr and Mrs William Coder of Cascade and Mr and Mrs Wesley Scharf of Edgerton Wisconsin who visited the Dunns the prior week.
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