Christmas Travel and Family Visits Across Iowa and Minnesota
Miss Patsy Friesenberg of Mason City arrives home for the holidays while Lerry Costigan and Mick ey report slippery drives back to Des Moines. Art Kramer and son Carel head to Vienna South Dakota, Robert Stonebraker and family dine with Paul Freeman in Cylinder, and a group travels to Denver to visit John's sister. Local families share Christmas Day with relatives in Rake Osakis and nearby towns as Tribune ads urge results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Friesenberg
Mason City
Harry Adams
Lerry Costigan
Mickey
Des Moines
Art Kramer
Carel
Vienna
South Dakota
R. T. de Vries, Jr
Everett Madetzke
Ervin Halverson
Rake
Vernon Stowe
Carolyn
Eutenna
David Stowe
Osakis
Minnesota
Clint Stowe
I. H. Lemonte
Irvin
Iowa
United States Press
Lawrence
Powers
Minneapolis
Christmas Edition Reflections From 1946 Tribune
A look back at the December 25 1946 Christmas edition featuring greetings from 52 local business and professional people. churches held services Dec 23 24. Legion Auxiliary sent care packages to service members veterans and Des Moines V A hospital. Obituaries note John V Winter and others. 1926 items mention New Year greetings and local hires. a Crystal Lake editor joke about a cow and community notes conclude with holiday visits and anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Knoxville
Des Moines Vets Hospital
Howard Drake
Dick Meinders
Des Moines
V. A
Winnebago- Kossuth
Dick Steen
Wellsburg
Crystal Lake
Grant and Linden News
Grant Mission Aid met at the church with hostesses Mrs. Barney Eastvold and Mrs. Chrig Pedersen. Program topics included Library and Christmas with readings by Mrs. LeRoy Robinson and a piano solo by Mrs. Merle Robinson. Three new members were welcomed. The Linden Lassies hosted a Christmas party at the Linden schoolhouse. Several local residents visited and attended events in nearby towns. The Grant Merry Mixers Birth-day Club gathered at Mrs. Tommy Olson’s home for an afternoon of socializing and lunch. Plans mentioned for family Christmas visits from Ruth Golly and others arriving by plane or traveling from Sheldon Nevada Fertile and Mason City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Mission Aid
Barney Eastgold
Chrig Pedersen
Gus Swingen
LeRoy Robinson
Merle Robinson
Jake Eastvold
Albert Lea
Minnesota
Herman Jordahl
Thompson
Heiko Meyering
Otto Sheldon
Rake
Alvin Gerzema
Chris Pedersen
Hattie Kroeze
Mason City
Pedersen
Dean
Barney Eastvold
Kathy
Linden Lassies
Linden Livewires
Linden
Jake Helm
Woden
Ahred Hanna
Vernon Steffen
Donald Gayden
Forest City
Alfred Hanna
Leonard Steffen
Grace VerHoef
Willard Thomsen
Grant Merry Mixers
Ruth Golly
Art Rasmussen
Sheldon
Carl §. Johnson
Joan Pickles
Nevada
Keith Lemme
Julie Ann
Tall Corn Huskings No 148 Down Jersey Way
A humorous verse recounts tall tales of oversized mosquitoes in a damp region. A boastful creature allegedly choked a four year old mule, but the mule kicked, breaking the mosquito’s neck and ending the threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey Way
Heck
Ray Murray
Christmas Gatherings Across Region From Algona to Denver
In a string of social notes, families hosted Christmas dinners and visits across Iowa and nearby states. Hosts included Mr. and Mrs. Gilman Hanna and relatives from Forest City, Woden, Hutchins, and Buffalo Center, with a gift exchange among guests. Duane Larson joined John Folkerts and Charles Armstrong for a Denver trip to spend Christmas with Folkerts’s sister. Additional visits included Art Larson's family near Algona, Rasmussen family news from Jacksonville, and several guests in the Winter and DeVries circles spending the holidays in Algona, Kiester, and Blue Earth areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Folkerts
Charles Armstrong
Duane Larsen
Denver
Colorado
John
Les McGee
Gilman Hanna
Hanna
Dan Lemme
Barbara
Keith Lemmie
Julie Ann
Clarence .Hanna
Gary
Alice
Bruce Hanna
Carroll Hannas
Douglas
Forest City
Kenny Buns
Woden
Clarence Watson
Hutchin
Raymond
Jacksonville
Florida
Ione Winter
Chicago
Ilinois
John H.winter
Don Kauffman
Chandler
Minnesota
Dean Mutschler
Robert
Kiester
Bud Winter
Rake
Marlene Murphy
Blue Earth
Harry Adams
Local Residents Share Holiday Returns and News
Miss Jeanne Murray, an English and Language teacher in Sibley schools, returned Friday to her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Murray for the holiday season. Mr Hans Engen of Wesley is a patient in a Rochester Minnesota hospital after major surgery, and he was a former buttermaker in Buffalo Center. Mr and Mrs Jack DeVries and their sons left for Battle Creek Michigan to spend several days with relatives, joining two Wood brothers and sisters, the Melvin Wood and Elmer Wood families, and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kitchener near Battle Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne Murray
Sibley
Frank Murray
Hans Engen
Wesley
Rochester
Minnesota
Engen
Buffalo Center
Jack DeVries
Battle Creek
Michigan
Melvin Wood
Elmer Wood
Kenneth Kitchenretcher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Stonebraker
Don
Lucinda
Paul Freemans
Cylinder
Mrs
Oscar Johnson
John V. Winter
Ham Swerhrum
Germany
America
Ackley
Grace Meyer
German Baptist Church
Harold John Smidt
Herbert Smidt
Magdalene Finer
Henry Finer
J. P. Stenersen
Clear Lake
Strawberry Point
Aa Woo Ae
Louis Slaba
A. Tredway Hardware Co
Dubuque
W. J. Huntelman
James
Marshall
Karen
Grant and Linden News
Art Larson
Tommy
A. N. Rasmussen
Mr. Rasmussen
Herb Eide
Leland
Jim DeVries
Bill DeVries
Joe Donnelly
Aurora
Pam
Thomas DeVries
Fort Chaffee
Arkansas
R. T. DeVries
Farmers Co-Op
Jordal
Massey-Harris
Costigan Motor CO
Central Iowa Telephone CO
Central -Iowa Telephone Co
Farmers Trust
Lakota, Iowa
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