Robert T. Harpers Married Fifty Years
Robert T Harper and Ida May Bowles marked fifty years of marriage with a family dinner in Monticello Their life covered Wisconsin Florida and New Mexico and included moves to Kimball Springville and Monticello They have four children and three grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Harpers
Robert T. Harper
Ray Hearn
Monticello
Dick Hearn
Davenport
Harper
Spring Valley County
Wisconsin
Potter
Orfordville
Wis
Kimball
S. C
Springville
J. J. VanBeckern
Savanna
Ill
Earl C. Harper
George S. Williamson
Farmington
N. Mex
John and
Dean Williamson
Robert Harper
Monticello Campfire Groups Hear Readings and Dances
The Canowefi campfire group met Monday after school in the community building with Mrs. E. H. DeShaw presiding. Five prospective members were read to as songs, the law, ranks and crafts were reviewed. Parents of girls aged seven to nine were urged to call by Sept. 21 for membership. Lions club sponsors all Monticello campfires including two groups and a Horizon club for older members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canowefi
E. H. DeShaw
Blue Birds
Everett Nichols
Monticello
Horizon Club
The
Lions Club
Lisle Arduser Weds James M Norman in Arlington
Lisle Hemmingway Arduser daughter of Dr L L Arduser of Iowa City married James M Norman of Washington DC at 7 p.m. July 19 in Trinity Episcopal church Arlington Virginia. A reception followed at the home of Mr and Mrs Bradley Collins. The couple reside at 845 South Irving Arlington Virginia. Arduser is a Monticello High School and University of Minnesota graduate who taught at Spellman College in Atlanta for ten years. Norman works in engraving at the U S Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisle Hemmingway
Arduser
L. L. Arduser
Iowa City
James M. Norman
Washington, D. C
Trinity Episcopal Church
Arlington
Bradley Collins
Norman
South Irving
Arlington, Va
Monticello High School
University of Minnesota
Monticello
James Gilroy
Spellman College
Atlanta
United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Women Fellowship Society meets across four circles in September
The Presbyterian Church women hold September meetings at four homes with Ruth Martha Naomi and other circles. Guests include Mrs. Ida Fairbanks and Mrs. Dora Lowe. devotions cover India and Social Education. Royal Neighbor lodge also meets at the Oddfellow hall with plans for a Neil Sexton birthday party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Fellowship Society
Presbyterian Church
William First
Ruth
Harvey Harford
Howard Hicks
Art Young
O. W. Brazelton
Cora Sexton
Herman Hoffman
Fred Merritt
Ida Cass
Donald Clark
Charles Clark
William Corbin
Charles Boxwell
Springville
William Ehlis
Naomi
Glenn Jones
Jones
Ray R. Fuller
India
Glenn Eilers
William Lang
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Oddfellow Hall
Hazel Harford
Lizzie Sharp
Neil Sexton
Hulda Robinson
Fern Shaw
Emma Stambaugh
Adelia Hearn
Picnic Dinner Honors Pvt. Dale Lange
A Sunday picnic at Monticello park on Sept 10 honored Pvt. Dale Lange on furlough from Fort Riley Kaw. Attendees from Monticello and nearby towns included Mr. and Mrs. Lange and many friends and relatives.
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Pvt
Dale Lange
Monticello Park
Fort Riley
Kaw
Elizabeth Sharp
Albert Hutton
Elmer Coon
August Dirks
Eggie Schoon
Rudy
Hurt
Wade Long
James Sands
Monticallo
Otto Lange
Lois
Alice
Scotch Grove
Carl Dehner
Shirley
Eleanor
Cascade
Alvin Klinkhammer
Downey
William Lang
Hopkinton
Barbara Powers
Anamosa
Jean Holmes
Monticello
William Wright
Walter Ehlis
Louis Lange
PTA Gets Year Under Way With Steamboating Talk
The Parent-Teachers Association opens its year with a Wednesday meeting at the public school gym. A 6:30 cooperative dinner precedes the session. Dr. W J Peterson of the State Historical Society Iowa City will present an illustrated lecture titled Steamboating on the Upper Mississippi.
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Parent-Teachers Association
W. J. Peterson
State Historical Society of
Iowa City
Upper
Mississippi
Peterson
Horizon Club and Community Dinners Highlight Monticello Social Scene
The Horizon club met at 8 PM Tuesday at Delphia Balster’s home with eleven members. Ann Simmons prepared a beauty aids paper read by Joan Hayes. Plans for U S O scrapbooks for South Pacific soldiers were discussed. Subsequent gatherings featured dinners hosted by the Himebaugh and Balster families, pay tribute to birthdays, and a Presbyterian school teachers dinner. Out-of-town guests joined several events including Navy nurse Ensign Rosella Siebels and relatives from Lost Nation Anamosa Decorah and Monticello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horizon Club
Delphia Balster
Ann Simmons
Joan Hayes
U.S.O
South Pacific
Kathleen Barron
Albert Siebels
Monticello
Rosella Siebels
Navy Nurse Corps
Great Lakes
Ijl
George Benner
George, Jr
du Quain
Ill
Ina Sieb
D. P. Young
Inez Young
Chicago
Hubert Metcalf
Charles
Salina
Kan
C. W. Metcalf
Anamosa
Military Couple Weds Amid War and Community News
Lt May Sharp of Monticello marries Pvt Andy E. Gundy of Chelan Washington in North Augusta North Carolina on August 15. Gundy returns from furlough to combat duty while Lt Gundy serves as an army nurse in Augusta Georgia. The section also reports local club meetings, anniversaries and social events including Tanda campfire group activities, new officers, a birthday note for Mrs. D P Young, Ellen First’s seventeenth birthday party, Gladys Stuhler and Gene Byers marriage, and a bridge club gathering hosted by Mrs. Glenn Jones with scores noted.
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Lizzie Sharp
Monticello
May S. Sharp
A.N.C
Andy E. Gundy
Chelan
Wash
North Augusta
N. C
Gundy
Augusta
Franklin Boulevard Hospital
Chicago
Pvt
United States Army
Pearl Harbor
United States
Tanda
Lucila Yount
Elizabeth Wilson
Susan Stuhler
Betty Lou Vernon
Lois Guyan
Margaret Zimmerman
Naomi Hanken
American Legion Auxiliary Holds Meeting and Plans
The American Legion Auxiliary met at the Legion hall with president Mrs. Fred Aldrich presiding. They approved sending funds to social welfare centers and scheduled a Sept. 20 card party with Mrs. John Lambert as chairwoman. An October pot luck supper was set with Mrs. Alice Taylor in charge, and the group adjourned after a social hour. Entertaining guests, Mrs. O R Howie hosted a luncheon for Mrs. Jack Maire with fall flower table decor. Attendees included Mrs. Merle Knight and daughter Merlene of Marion and Mrs. Harry Maire of Lost Nation.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Fred Aldrich
John Lambert
Alice Taylor
O. R. Howie
O. R. Howie, Sr
Jack Maire
Merle Knight
Merlene
Marion
Harry Maire
Lost Nation
Church Ladies Aid Hear Missions Talk and Welcome New Members
Mrs Richard Hanken hosted the St John s Lutheran Ladies Aid meeting with Rev R P Young leading a missions talk and two new members joining Mrs Lester Rickels Monticello and Mrs Henry Rickels Scotch Grove. Twenty members and three guests attended and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hanken
Ladies Aid Society
St. John's Lutheran Church
R. P. Young
Lester Rickels
Monticello
Henry Rickels
Scotch Grove
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Broadhead
Rock County
Thomas and
Mary (Acheson) Harper
Mrs. Harper
Ida May Bowles
Lewis and
Abbie (Fuller) Bowles
Jasonal
Garden Fresh
U.S
Jonathan
Calif
Valencia
Fouse
Michigan
Colorado
Iss
Daley
Swift
CIN
Beitie
NBORN
Susan “Honey Grahams Apke
Teale
Poz
Au Ue
Em. Ife
Paestett Plain
Applesauce Musselman
Kellogg's
Wigan
Lisle Arduser
MCA Presents
Berkey and His Orchestra
Melody Mill
CBS_NETWORKS
Walter Bloom
Dolores
Hi-Way Gardens
Stanwood
Iowa
Tours
P.T.A
Carl Himebaugh
LaVern Hubbard
M 3 c
Marvin
Susan Himebaugh
Junior Wilson
Clara Bader
Martelle
Rose Marie Ortgies
L. F. Balster
George Balster
Marion Balster
Margaret Balster
Long Beach
William Brockschmidt
Kenosha
Kenosha, Wis
William Grings
Midland
Texas
Arline Balster
Martha Group
John Wilcox
William J. Grossheim
Boyd Shannon
George Hoult
Albert Dickman
Henry Burrichter
Esther
Imra
Otto. Burrichter
Eugene Burrichter
Mex. Bowell Hunt
Decorah
May Sharp Weds
Tanda Campfire Girls
Ellen
Ellen First
Gladys Stuhler
Gene Byers
Jennie Emmons
Walnut
Homer E. Dalrymple
Arthur Shelley
George Timmins
Tom Hamilton
Pauline Oltman
Madison, Wis
L. A. Oltman
St. Matthew’s
Ladies Aid
Luther Hall
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Red Cross
Dave Floyd
Cedar Rapids
Bennie Kammerman
Warner Hart
Norman Newton
Dan Hearn
Wayne Zion Ev
Lutheran Church
Delco
Lang
Carolane
Stuhl Hler’s
Jemima
Jack Sprat
Kellogg's Giant
Ofor
Sunkist
Mt. Grown
Bartlett Pears
Michigan Navy
Johnson
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