Christmas Gatherings And Surprises In Conway Area
Christmas Day mingled with community events as families and friends visited kin across Conway area towns. Opal Wintermute joined Bedford celebrations while Phyllis Nixon enjoyed a surprise birthday after the Cantata with teachers and freshmen at the school. Relatives from Boone, Solon, and Sheridan shared meals and visits, and a Conway Sunday School program featured a Santa visit and candy sacks for pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Nixon
Acchool
G. L. Nixon
Conway Sunday School
Santa Claus
Conway Schools Present One Act Play and Operaette
Conway students staged a Thursday program featuring a first and second grade one act play and a higher grade operette. Santa Claus roles impressed, with Pete McMullin and Katherine Hunter as leads. Music by the Conway Orchestra opened the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Pete McMullin
Katherine Hunter
Kenneth Traster
Bobbie Rosebrough
Fairies
Brownies
Ted Nixon
Jack Frost
Bobby Shehan
Homer Hewitt
Conway Orchestra
Supt. C. P. Thompson
Pete McBurlin
Katherina Hunter
Max Hunter
Mian Physica Aion
Wesplaniat
Family ties mark a busy Christmas travel and visits
A long list of relatives and friends gathered across towns for Christmas celebrations. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Litteer and many others from Lenox, Bedford, Clarinda, and Conway, with travel from Atlantic, Solon, and Nodaway.
Gravity residents share Christmas with family and friends
Mr and Mrs Fred Wisecup and children of Villisca spent Christmas with his parents. Miss Pauline Walker and Miss Helen Beard teachers at Gravity high school spent Christmas with their parents. Several relatives from Bedford Burlington Junction Creston Omaha Ottumwa Springview Blair Miles Mediapolis visited Gravity and nearby towns for the holidays, with numerous family gatherings and travels noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Garst
St. Joseph
Minnie Garat
Lloyd Grubb
Bedford
William Grubb
E.W. Wintermute
Jesse Wintermute
Maurice Lawler
Verne
Virgil Simmons
Sheridan
Walter ‘Mason
Olin
Clear, Field
Ralph Hunter
Dean
John Mason
G. L
Dale
Chloris McCurdy
Rachel
Gaylan
Matheney
Platte City
F. A. Stafford
Doris
Dorothy
Genevieve
Jeannette
Villisca
Waldo Burns
D. Hunter
Max Hunter
H. G. Wintermuter
Miss Opal
Minnie Wintermute
Li.k. Worrell
Atlantic
Leonard
Solon
Iowa
F. E. Richie
Hamilton
Nadine
Harriet Evans
Epent
Nodaway
Richie
Tucker
Eldon Poole
Prank Duncan
Clarence Olson
Lenox
Jimmie Duncan
Pistole
Pickering
E. R. Drumm
Merl Moore
Hepburn
Harold Moore
Gusg
Dead Hunter
Lisle Nord
Shenandoah
L. K. Worr
Clarinda
Ray Kennedy
Conway
Loriie Phillips
R. E. Phillips
Floyd Sheley
Lee Spencer
H. M. Buchanan
Archie Douglas
Marilyn Sue ‘Douglas
Vern Lawler
Gaynor
Glen Wolcott
Shambaugh
L. K
C. M. Burch
Laura Grubb
Lincoln
Nebr
Will Grubb
Gladys Grubb
C. E. Straicht
Hester Horning
Fred Wisecup
J. N. Wisecup
Pauline Walker
Helen Beard
Gravity High School
Burlington Junction
William Copple
Frank
J. P. Taylor
Russell ‘Brookman
Creston
Blanchard
R. W. Coan
Des Moines
L. J. Phillips
Lester Clayton
Early
E. E. Clayton
Gravity
W. R. Brookman
Betty Lou
Russell Ackley
F. A. Hines
Florida
Lilly Humphrey
Red Oak
Maryville
Margaret Munster
Mediapolis
Prairie Gem PTA News and Local Obituary Notes
Prairie Gem Aged Man Dies Grandpa Gray, 81, died Wednesday at his son's home after a lingering illness. PTA program by Prairie Gem PT A at Grant No. 2 featured readings plays songs and a pantomime. Mrs Dwight Wilcox visited relatives in Des Moines last week with Irma and Thelma Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandpa Gray
Harry Gray
P.T. A
The
Prairie Gem P.T. A
Dwight Wilcox
al Heywood
Irma Harvey
Thelma Harvey
Des Moines
Family guests gather after grandpa Gray's death
Came Friday to spend holidays at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Harvey. Mrs Orpha Cole of Omaha and Mrs Olle Jacobs of Des Moines came Thursday called by the death of their father Grandpa Gray. Forrest Harvey of Clearfield visited Sunday with the Robert Harvey family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Harvey
Orpha Cole
Omaha
Olle Jacobs
Des Moines
Grandpa Gray
Forrest Harvey
Clearfield
Robert, Harvey
Hazel Dell visit with the Gortons in Clarinda
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gorton of Clarinda hosted a Monday gathering with Hazel Dell residents. The visit highlighted community ties as local families exchanged greetings and updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gorton
Clarinda
Weekend Fragments Highlight Allen and Beauc Family Visits
The note lists visitors and hosts including Mr and Mrs Bordner Reid Rogers and family Mondey at the Elmer Beauc home. Afternoon callers include Bill and Robert Swaim Bordner Ralph Doroth Agnes Laffey Eleanor and Junior visiting Aunt Mrs Beryl Allen. Orville Allen and family visited J C Allen. Elmer Beauc visited Mrs Bradley in Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid Rogers
Mondey
Elmer Beauc
Bill
Robert
Swaim
Bordner
Ralph
Doroth
Agnes Laffey
Eleanor
Junior
Beryl Allen
Orville Allen
J. C. Allen
Elmer Beaue
Bradiey
Bedford
Sheridan Death and Holiday Community News in 1930s
Mrs. P. A. Leckbee, 57, dies at home in Sharpsburg after a lingering illness. Funeral at Sheridan Methodist, burial in Sheridan cemetery. Survived by husband, one daughter, two sons, one grandchild. Local marriages include Faye Duke and Nina Haidsiak at Troy Kansas, and Fern Turner and Clyde Parmen at Wathena Kansas. Community events feature Christmas pageants at Methodist and Christian churches, school programs, new pavilion and first community sale, depot agent A. D. Nye arrives from Lincoln, and visits by relatives from Hastings, Bedford, Hamilton, Strawberry Point and Bedford families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Leckbee
Sharpsburg
Methodist Church
Sheridan
Methodist
Dall Churchill
Ed Cole
FE. Scott
Jewel Thompson
Bellus
Christian Church
A. D. Nye
Lincoln
Town
Allison
Clifford Rabourn
Hastings
Nebr
Bedford
L. E. Wyckoff
Gene Seckman
Hamilton
Cleo Seckman
Ross ‘Seckman
John Tucker
Strawberry Point
S. Tucker
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East
of Dear
H.wintermute
Sss
Opal ‘Wintermute
Jay. Saylor
Orval Pine
Diagonal
Charlie Smith
Mount Ayr
Ralph Saylor
Ernest Saylor
Stella Saylor
Leonard Scroggie
Ralph Connor
Boone
Leonard Worrell
David
Mere
Sid
Quentin, Lambley
Tekamsh
Fern’ Lambley
Conway Schools
Lupt
C. P. Thompson
Des Moies
Story City
L. W. Bowie
Muscatine
Evelyn Hintz
Lake Mills
Helen Austene
Centralia
Isaac Kiburtz
Tingley
Nevada
Ruth Tuttle
Nebraska
C. R. Bishoff
Santa
Conway High School
Riburts
Bowle
Ora Hogue
Donald Marshal
Emma McMullen
Harlan Brown
Doyis Robinson
Kathleen Wintermute
Charles Marshall
Rachel McCurdy
Christman
Frank. Humphrey
An Jones
Ard
Chionan
Litteers
C. C. Litteer
M. H. Litteer
Floyd Burge
Lou Sanborn
George Barraws
Billy
Will Smith
Lester
Prairie Gem
Flora Ferguson
Grant No. 2
Hazel Dell
3 Lordner
John S. Nevius Insurance Agency
Nio Pdile
Oil Bedford
Court Street
Faye Duke
Nina Haidsiak
Faye Dukes
Troy
Kans
Fern Turner
Clyde Parmen
Wathena
Clifton Garrett
Sioux City
Jess Straight
J. B. Buh
Luther Cook
A A. Cook
Fred Hopple
Hopkins
Kenneth Hopple
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