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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
7
A fragmentary local notes column records several Christmas visits and illness mentions. Individuals such as Bronleewe of Des Moines, Pritchard of Des Moines, Peters of Thompson, Mrs. G L Costigan, and Jane DeVault are noted among relatives visiting, traveling, or spending holidays with family in Ames, Manly, Blue Earth, and surrounding towns.
A holiday round of visits crosses Iowa as Miss Zella Wise stays in Fort Dodge while relatives gather in Fort Dodge Rowan and Mason City. Families from Forest City Waterloo Independence and Blue Earth share Christmas day with kin. Trips include Des Moines Sibley Geneva Mason City and Chicago with several gatherings at homes of parents and siblings.
A string of holiday visits is reported across Algona and nearby towns. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Wm Haselroth, Abel Limberg family, Mrs. Gertrude Hamilton in Estherville, Miss Helen Glorfeld in Mason City, Mrs. C. G. Pritchard visiting Garner, Etta Daum and Arline from Iowa Falls, Carl Anderson and Betty of Jefferson, Marjorie and Jack Arkwright, Leonard Popkes of Mason City, Hannah Bruns and Edith at Crystal Lake, Carlyle and Norman Kopp, Tys DeGroot in Nora Springs, Jerry Schoon in Titonka, Merrill Harkness and Lou Lou of Waukon, and Ed Yahnke and Evelyn traveling to Stewart to visit Grant Thompson.
Mr and Mrs E Abbas visited at the John Wessels home on Tuesday. Costigan Motor Company received two carloads of 1940 Chevrolets in the past week. Mr and Mrs J J Kopp left Saturday for Wadena Minnesota to spend the holiday with relatives. Mr and Mrs G A Carman entertained Mr and Mrs Donald Newberger and two sons of Klemmie, Mrs Johanna Westendorf and Donald Westendorf at a six o'clock dinner Saturday evening.
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