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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1932
Page
6
Local items note Devlin Millinery advertising felt hats for fall and a Sacred Heart auditorium dance. The column lists visitors including Agnes Fay of Anamosa, Ruth Jacobs, Harold Neilly, Emma Berry, and many Monticello residents visiting relatives or traveling to Lincoln and Cedar Rapids.
A dense list of visits and family updates from Center Junction and nearby towns. Residents and guests include Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Lang, Dr. John McLaughlin, the Ardusers, Schuetz and Stadtmueller, the Bohikens, and many others. Community events mention a Methodist chicken pie supper on October 12 and a Camp Fire food sale next Saturday morning. Weather notes mention heavy rain last Monday.
A major blaze at the Folkers farm in Cass Center destroyed the barn, its contents, a chicken house, and a storage building. Only two harness sets and a milk separator were saved. oats in a steel tank survived. Firefighters aided by cistern water prevented damage to the adjacent residence. Losses exceed insurance.
Ladies' Aid at St Matthew's Lutheran meets at Luther hall with sewing for the church and refreshments. Needlework Guild hosts at Mrs Lloyd Clark's home with fancy work and social hour. Friends visit Mrs Edna McCoy before her mission training in Cincinnati. A birthday picnic honors Mrs A M Ricklefs at Eagle Point park. Skeetamo Lodge hosts Friday bridge for twelve with high score by Mrs Stewart Stuhler. Various church circles host showers and dinners for brides and couples, with games and gifts. A miscellaneous shower honors Henry and wife at the Rink home. numerous social gatherings feature bridge, dances, and birthday celebrations стор.
Thiessen chaired the luncheon with Mrs. Thomas Hamilton and others assisting as Schreiner Chapter No. 226 met for its first fall session. Mrs. Arthur Skelley and Miss Velma Herkleman passed the proficiency test, and a social hour followed served by Will Shelley and guests.
Delightful afternoon with yellow flower arrangements. Six bridge tables and one domino table were set as Miss Carrie Page led with high score and Mrs. Ralph Bone followed. Hostesses Mrs. Halstead Carpenter and committee served refreshments.
Monti cello public school teachers attended a church night supper in the Monti parish parlors last Friday. Rev. Roy V. Porter welcomed them with an address, followed by a program led by Mrs. E. H. Hulbregtse. Miss Alfreda Reed played violin solos with Mrs. R. V. Porter at piano. A humorous playlet depicted a church member undergo a mock operation showing neglect of church activities, with Mrs. Madsen as surgeon and a comic result drawing laughs.
Monticello Rotary Club hosted a dinner at 6 15 pm last Monday for the Rotary Anns. Club president introduced Bill Beery who then named John MacGregor to speak on U S political issues but he delivered dialect stories instead. Mr Hall of Los Angeles California, a radio speaker, was revealed as the guest.
Delaware county bears a heavy burden from a father and mother and twelve children all or mostly mentally deficient. Eight children are in an orphanage one in a state home for feeble minded one in reform school and the rest placed elsewhere. The county spends about 150 dollars monthly for their care with no end in sight. Some oppose the sterilization law despite the cost and danger posed to society.
The chief purpose of a flower table decoration is to add interest and beauty. Tall bulky arrangements can obstruct views across a table. The expression from A to Izzard means from beginning to end, with A as the first letter and Z as an old designation for end.
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