Society and family notes span Midwest readers in brief
Dana Peisen visits Minnesota while Orris Julian returns from Chanute Field for a week with his parents, and Elizabeth Bahne travels from Chicago to stay with her family. Local tidbits include a 67th wedding anniversary for Lyman Main of Monrovia, barbed wire humor, car cow collision in Churdan, a 70 year old stove sale, and a near eye injury in Tripoli. A growing Milwaukee firm MacNeil and Moore expands retailing into Pfister hotel with a high end menswear shop and a Tweed shop for women led by Cog and Antoinette Smith, plus family ties to Decorah and Fox Point with hunting lodges in Quibel, Canada.
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Dana Peisen
Minneapolis
Minn
Dean Peisen
J. E. Thackrey
Lyman Main
Monrovia
Main
Thackrey
Orris Julian
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ill
O. R. Julian
Elizabeth Bahne
Chicago
J. R. Bahnne
William Marske
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
August Marske
Carl Hodge
Betty
Robert
Clare Lepey
MacNeil and Moore
Pfister Hotel
Cog
Antoinette’ Smith
Milwaukee
Fox Point
Lake Michigan
Janet McComb
Quibel
Canada
Decorah
Ruth Jensen Weds Harold Trickey in Marshalltown
Ruth Jensen daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Jensen married Harold Trickey son of Mr. and Mrs. Webb Trickey at First Congregational Church in Marshalltown. The candlelit double ring ceremony featured church music by Iola Darzes and Virginia Lewis. The couple will reside in Iowa Falls after a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Jensen
O. C. Jensen
Harold
Trickey
Webb Trickey
Iowa Falls
First Congregational Church
Marshalltown
Ben Trickey
Iola Darzes
Virginia Lewis
Miss Lewis
Marvin Johns
Double Wedding Saturday Evening at Lutheran Parsonage
Rev Hesse officiated a double ring ceremony at the Lutheran parsonage at 8 pm Saturday. Evelyn Pieters and Harold Weatherman wed, and Hazel Weatherman and Keith Koehler also tied the knot. Couples wore pastel street dress and corsages, with a five o'clock supper at Stacy Miller home.
Crippens Honored Friday for 60th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crippen hosted a family dinner Friday to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Attending were children Minnie Rick and Nellie Stielow of Osawa, Cora Perkins and Frank Crinten of Eldora, Mable Merklin of Iowa Falls, and Julia Haa land of Blairsburg unable to attend. Grandchildren joined, along with Frank Hiscrote of Marshalltown, brother of Grippen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Crippen
Minnie Rick
Nellie Stielow
Owasa
Cora Perkins
Frank Crinten
Eldora
Mable Merklin
Iowa Falls
Julia Haaland
Blairsburg
Frank Hiscrote
Marshalltown
Grippen
Crippen
Bride Elect Honored With Multiple Showers for Ann Nyquist
Miss Ann Nyquist bride elect of John Shurtz of Oskaloosa was feted this weekend with a series of pre nuptial events at the Winchester hotel. A Friday lunch was hosted by Mrs. Fred Wehrman Mrs. L F Welcott and Mrs. John Wood with pink blue and white decor and bridge prizes for Mrs. J R Bahne and Mrs. W H Soper. A Christmas dinner party followed on Saturday hosted by Mrs. A A Anderson and Mrs J L Cameron with a shower gift for the bride elect. A Sunday 9 30 breakfast at the hotel hosted by Mrs. Orville Peterson and Miss Kathryn Schultz featured gold and green decor. eleven guests attended and Nyquist received gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Nyquist
John Shurtz
Oskaloosa
Fred Wehrman
L. F. Welcott
John Wood
Winchester Hotel
J. R. Bahne
W. H. Soper
Nyquist
Dana Persen
Minneapolis
Miss Nyquist
Orville Peterson
Kathryn Schultz
Lola Buchan Weds Donald Atkinson Jr in Hubbard Ceremony
Lola Buchan, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Buchan, married Donald Atkinson Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Atkinson Sr., in a 10:30 Friday morning ceremony at the Buchan home in Hubbard. Rev. John Schliepsiek officiated before a Christmas tree. The couple, who plan a short wedding trip, will reside in Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Hubbard
Atkinson, Jr
Atkinson
Hubbard Hich
Ames
Hansen Lumber Company
Crystal Carr Weds Wayne Rierson
Crystal Carr daughter of Mr and Mrs James Carr Owasa and Wayne Rierson son of Mr and Mrs C T Rierson Radcliffe were married at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Radcliffe Methodist parsonage. Rev C L Liming performed the single ring ceremony. Carr wore grapevine velvet dress with matching accessories. She was attended by Viola Ziesman Eldora. Glenn Carr brother of the bride served as best man. Following the ceremony a lunch for immediate families was held at the bride's home. The couple will live on a farm north of Radcliffe after March 1. Mrs Rierson graduated Owasa high school 1938. The groom attended Radcliffe school and farms with his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Jensen
Don Thompson
Iowa Falls
Stone’s Tea Room
As~c.’ Nielsen
Hudson
Ethel Mae Olson
W. B. Devlin
Rochester
Westbury
Crystal Carr
James Carr
Owasa
Wayne Rierson
C. T. Rierson
Radcliffe
C. L. Liming
Viola Ziesman
Eldora
Glenn Carr
Rierson
Radcliffe School
Thelma Pickering
Everett
Harley Gelhaus
Clark Kinney
Martin Lettow
Lettow
Buckeye High School
Eldora Normal
Uardin County
Buckeye
Pickering Lettow Vows Read In Buckeye Church
Miss Mabel Alveretta Pickering and Elmer J. Lettow were married December 18 at St. Pauls Lutheran Buckeye in a double ring ceremony. The bride wore white satin with train and veil. bridesmaids wore blue and pink gowns. reception for immediate family followed. After March 1 they will live on a farm west of Buckeye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Alveretta Pickering
Wintie Pickering
Elmer J. Lettow
Otto Lettow
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Buckeye
E. W. Brewer
Clark Kinney
Stanley Douglas
Former Eldoran residents announce marriage in Washington
The engagement and wedding of Mary Rowena Smith to Wallace I. Longstreth Jr. was announced. The ceremony occurred Friday December 6 in Washington DC. Mr Day Smith, former Eldora resident, is a feature editor for the Kansas City Star.
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Mariam Rowena Smith
G. Day Smith
Wallace I. Longstreth, Jr
Washington, D. C
Day Smith
Eldora
Smith
The
Kansas City
Lutheran Ladies Aid Christmas Party Plans
Calendar item notes a Lutheran Ladies Aid Christmas party at the 1st Ward Methodist church basement at 1 p.m. The event will meet at the home of Mrs. Glen Kurtz with involvement from 3rd Ward Methodist members Mrs. Byerly and Mrs. Fred Jess Will to assist.
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Lutheran Ladies Aid
Methodist Church
Glen Kurtz
Byerly
Fred Jess Will
Bridge Club Christmas Party Hosts Holiday Gathering
Miss Lucille Brown entertained members of her bridge club at dinner Thursday evening. The table featured a crystal flower bowl and a wreath of Christmas greenery and pine cones. Gifts were exchanged and bridge prizes awarded to Mrs. B. L. Woodcock and Mrs. R. R. Bateson.
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Lucille Brown
B. L. Woodcock
R. R. Bateson
church and service schedule events and obituaries
The Churches Gifford Methodist morning worship at ten and Sunday school at 11. Cantata His Natal Day at 7 30 Sunday evening by Whitten and Gifford choirs. Rev L B Swanson pastor. St Pauls Lutheran German service at 9 with Sunday school at 10 and English service at 11. Choir meeting Monday 7 30. New Years Eve service 7 30. New Years Day German service 9 30 and English at 11. Walther League Christmas social Thursday 7 30. Ladies Aid Christmas party Friday 6 30 in church basement. Rev C Hesse pastor. First Congregational Church school sessions open at 10. Worship 11 with pro Christ sentiment and theme Procrastination. Senior and Junior Fellowship 6 30 Sunday evening led by Mr Davids. Last Supper a week hence at morning worship. Ivester Church Lyle Albright and Raymond Slifer home for holidays fill pulpit morning and evening. YP annual banquet Friday evening. all members invited. Last Sunday well attended with Christmas program. Janis Snyder daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Snyder of Union died Tuesday at memorial hospital after brief illness of pneumonia. Survived by parents and a brother, 5. Body to Andrie Creps funeral home. funeral arrangements pending.
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St. Paul’s
Walther League
Ladies’ Aid
Rev. C. Hesse
First Congregational Church
Mr. Davids
Rev
D. Davids
Lyle Albright
Raymond Slifer
McPherson College
Janis Snyder
Charles Snyder
Union
Memorial Hospital
Andrie & Creps
Butchery Co. C Shilders Hits Hen House Pigment
Wholesale Butchery Co. C Shilders of Montezuma accidentally shot a dog in his hen house. The incident killed 100 of his finest laying pullets, leaving losses for the farm and prompting inquiries into the accident.
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Co. C
Montezuma
Waterlo o Savings Bank Sued in 1941 Equity Proceeding
In Harding County Iowa the Waterloo Savings Bank and others appear in a February 1941 district court action. A. J. Hobson files a cross petition seeking 3538.02 with 8 percent interest from Feb 7 1941 on a 2500 note with 2000 due, plus costs. Foreclosure of a trust deed on three lots in Iowa Falls plus rents and income and appointment of a receiver. personal judgment sought against Aetna S Carpenter and Irvin D Carpenter. Cross defendants warned to appear by Feb 6 1941 or default.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Hobson
Waterloo Savings Bank
Artna
Carpenter
Irvin D. Carpenter
Ross H. Comly
C. H. Comly
C. H. Koon
Hardin County
Iowa
Adna
Aetna S. Carpenter
Iowa Falls
Aetna S
Bruised Heel Falls From Rail at Irving School
A railing collapse at the Irving school building in Waverly sent Duane Brandt to bruised heels after he fell ten feet. The report notes two other brief items: young Dickie Edwards, three, grandson of Mrs. E V Goad of Oskaloosa, is learning watch-repairing.
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Irving School
Waverly
Duane Brandt
Dickie Edwards
E. V. Goad
Oskaloosa
Local Eldora Fair Aims Trick Or Treat Menu And Old Town Tales
A fragmentary column recalls an Eldora fair where guests left hungry awaiting late refreshments, a boy trades candy for nuts, a boy learns chaos from a sermon, and a Mason City Globe-Gazette feature recounts MacNeil and Moore of Milwaukee. The story trails through their origins from Mason City to Milwaukee, noting early days, hardships, and rises of the clothing firm founded in 1931.
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Santa Claus
Bruce Davids
Northwood
Rdeg
Joneses
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Eldorans
New York
Fifth Avenue
MacNeil
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Loyd Beecher
Beth
Ernest Beecher
Dickie
Roy White
Churdan
White
Burns
Will Bowman
Marengo
Qld
Steve H. G. Smith and Son
Max Whizo
Dunlap
Harlan
John Cunningham
Omaha
Cunningham
Dunap
Tripoli
Leo Teghtmeyer
Ida Grove
Leo
Barbara Stanwyck
Pfister
Wisconsin
Harold Trickey
Mrs
C.“Hesse
Evelyn Pieters
Myrtie Pieters
Harold Weatherman
L. B. Weatherman
Hazel Weatherman
Keith Koehler
Conrad
Weatherman
Koehler
Steamboat Rock
Conrad High School
Lenox Furnace Company
Mrs. Weatherman
Town Falls
Love’s Pool Hall
Stacy Miller
Crippens
Lola Buchan
Donald Atkinson, Jr
C. Q. Short
Short
M. M. Babcock
Earl McCall
Pickering-Lettow
Eldoran
Bateson
Muriel Mamminga
Emma Burke
Miriam Ralston
Esther Ayres
Margie Ann Soper
Betty Garett
Darwin McKenzie
Marian Schaa
Anna Marie Varniag
N.T.T
C. Ef. Hall
Carl Cordes
W. F. Kewatt
A. L. Davison
W. R. Foster
J. H. Jackson
C. E. Hall
Bridge Club
Marcus Barnes
Kathleen Anderson
Arthur A. Anderson
Iowa City
Mr. Barnes
C. BE. Barnes
Whitten
Gifford
L. BE
Swanson
Ivester Church
District Court of the State of Iaws
Harding County
AETNA
S. Carpenter
Ross H. Combly
CG. H. Koon
MacNeil Clothing
Richard
Carlton
Michigan University
Hentges Brothers
Mason City
Toepfer and Bellack
Pete Burns
Madison
D. W. Moore
Moore
University of Iowa
Hollywood
West Coast
Garbo
Jean Harlow
E. T. Collins
Noel
Bill” Milroy
Jackson’s
Jack Sprat
Wappy
Eagan Electric Shop
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