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Thayer Area Christmas Dinners and Church Christmas Service
Thayer area residents hosted numerous Christmas dinners across many families in Thayer and nearby towns including Walnut Iola Parsons and Coffeyville. Notable gatherings included the Castellan family in Kansas City and Rev. Gene Connely attending the Bishop's Convocation in Salina. A Christmas Eve Eucharist at the Thayer Methodist church featured organ meditations and a Handel Hallelujah Chorus postlude.
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Thayer
Scott
Emma Wright
Walnut
Frank Stierwalt
Lavonburg
Lloyd Swanson
Tommy
Iola
Howard Nelson
Synthia
Chanute
Jerry Roberts
Lawrence
Leland Royer
George Royer
Cherryvale
Tom Castellan
Kansas City
Glenn Thornton
Bill Brewer
Parsons
Jim Hannon
Edna
Bob Burt
Wichita
Jesse Johnston
Luraine Whitman
Frank Daily
Kathryn
Rex Daily
Mulberry
Ark
Dick Walt
Pittsburg
Herb Walt
Caldwell
Bob Walt
Coffeyville
Junior Walker
Bernice Walt
Leonard Leake
Edith Earnest
Ben Killion
Nowata
Oklo
Cleveland
Okla
Ora Leake
Gene Connely
Thayer and
Galesburg
Ronnie Fower
Larry Anderson
Earl Simmons
Karl McEvoy
Salina
Harry Rash
Methodist Church
Linda Orr
Hallelujah Chorus
Handel