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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
2
Military brief items note promotions and deployments including Kathryn Renk Donnelly and Alice O Rourke with sons and husbands advancing in rank. Local family visits, leaves, and overseas assignments tied to Pacific theater and Luzon. Community updates cover birthdays, travel, schooling, and civic notices with frequent Iowa names and towns.
Gertrude Ortgies departed last Wednesday for Seattle Washington to train as a dietetics intern at the University of Washington. She has spent the summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ortgies at Langworthy. dinner guests included Luella Oltman and Marie Weinstedt, both R N s from Chicago, at the Oltman home.
Guests during Labor Day include Mr. and Mrs. Donald Emery of Iowa City visiting the C. A. Coxsee home while Emery pursues a doctoral degree. Henry Peters hosts weekend visitors, including their daughter Mrs. Ralph Stemmer and Mrs. Elmer Lawrence of Chicago. Other travels note Glen Adams Paul Chaplin and LaVerne Ejlers in Chicago with friends. Cedar Rapids residents William McLaughlin and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schmidt visit Cedar Rapids and Labor Day hosts Ralph Wilson. Matilda Arduser of Cedar Rapids visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Arduser. Genevieve O Rourke of Cedar Rapids arrives to visit and attend her sister’s wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Mulford and son Lyman Jr spent Labor Day weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Hei Schoon. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Schmidt and children drove to Pontiac Michigan last week to visit Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Zumbrunnen and family and Mrs. Helen Wallace and family.
Miss Marian McConnell of Cedar Rapids attended the O Rourke Clement wedding on Monday. Dr. Ethelwyn B. Wilcox returned to Utah State Agricultural College Logan after a month vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Edwin Wilcox Scotch Grove. She teaches home economics and conducts frozen foods research.
Hillcrest Baby-Ford transfers to William and Ida Welch joint tenants with lots in Railroad and Welch additions to Monticello. Monticello State Bank, as executor of Jacob Matthiessen, sells to C. J. Matthiessen executors deed for $8250 with multiple lot exceptions and railroad rights. Beulah Christianson transfers to Jake and Florence Metzenberg as joint tenants. Un divided 42 lots specify in Railroad add and town plat. John Dwaine Moses and Doris convey lots 6-9 in block 28 Center Junction to Edwin and Lorena Miller joint tenants.
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