Christmas Dinner Guests From Many Towns Listed
A long list of Christmas guests visits in Eldora and surrounding areas, including Mr. and Mrs. William Daleske and families, Otto Balvanz, Hansen, Mrs. Fred Zielske, and many others from Hampton, Chicago, Des Moines, Union, and beyond. Numerous social visits are noted, with several weddings, births, and holiday trips across Iowa and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Daleske
Otto Balvanz
Herman
Hansen
Claus’ Hansen
Fred Zielske
Mmil Tietz
Savilla
Robert Modlin
Hampton
Renee Tuley
Chicago
Tuley
Bsl. Lewin
Harriet Wyllie
Sigourney
Twilliwood Eth‘ridge
Drew. Parrish
Lincoln
Nebr
Polly Jane
J. R. “Winnett
Beth
Frank Nehring
Bill Nehring
Mavis
Phyllis
Frank Nehring Jr
Dean
F ‘Mae
Brown
Eldora
Raymond Wear
Ramona
Conrad
Abby ‘Warren
Franklin
Paul Hodgson Jerry
Des Moines
Claus Margaret Mitchell
Lucy Gorham
Union
Alla’ Lewin
Waterloo
Agnes ‘Neubaurer
0Li
Ann McNertney
Helen ‘Larson
Francis Gorham
Ankeny
S Lucy
Graham
Charles Mitchell
L. E. Kasischke
Fred MacDonald
Wis
Harry Burns
Norma
Clarksville
Robert Burns
Edith Uhl
Ames
Glen GC. Uhl
M. E. Michaelson
Truman Nelson
Sharon Lew
Obed Lee
Garden City
Jordan L. Larson
Dubuque
Helen Largon
Bobby
Marshalltown
Loyd Beecher
Ernest Beecher
Mr. Beecher
Ralph
Robert Quick
Points
California
C. M. Pearson
Leah
Betty
Evelyn
Helen Larson
Ted Stielow
Hamlin Leonard
David
Nevada
F. H. Oldenburg
L. W. Swanson
Iowa City
R. Dyer
Dr. Swanson
Ibach
Fred Elsham
June Faynette
Marengo
Mayme Elsham
Faurette
Paul Johns
Kenneth Schneider
Carl Haase
Esther Fern
Cordes
Nixon Knight
Fay
Minneapolis
Carl Cordes
John Ralls
Tin Pan Alley and Mexican Spitfire At The Movies This Week
This week’s cinema pages spotlight Tin Pan Alley with Alice Aye Betty Gra ble Jack Oakie and John Payne showing Thursday through Friday with matinees New Years at 2 and 4 p.m. Mexican Spitfire Out West stars Leon Errol Lupe Velez and Charlie Chan in Murder Over New York on Saturday. Judy Garland headlines Little Nellie Kelly with George Murphy and Chas Winninger Sunday through Monday. Specials Tuesday and Wednesday feature George Abbott musical Too Many Girls with Lucille Ball Ann Miller Richard Carlson Hal LeRoy Eddie Bracken Frances Langford Desi Arnaz. Next Thursday and Friday promises Noel Coward musical Bitterssweet in Technicolor with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The book features the complete poems of John Greenleaf Whittier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Aye
Betty Grable
Jack Oakie
John Payne
Leon Errol
Lupe Velez
Charlie Chan
New York
Judy Garland
Nellie Kelly
George Murphy
Chas. Winninger
George
Village social highlights and holiday notices
Mrs Mildred Brogan Fowler of Town Falls visited friends in town Monday. Rev Ed Thompson spoke on A Balanced Life at the Twelve-church Rally at Stanford church. Attendance awards went to Union Federated and St Anthony. Bridges, dinners, and bridge clubs featured. many local residents hosted and visited over Christmas. Walter Weaver lost two fingers to frost. plum pudding from Worchester praised. air-minded Laurens adds three airplanes. Numerous household guests and dinners noted across Eldora, Iowa Falls, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Brogan Fowler
Town Falls
Ed. Thompson
Honey Creek
Ruby Haggin
D. A. Jaspers
Martin Nissen
Dorothy and
Loyd
Charles City
H. D. Edick
Helen
Paul Glenney
Florence Herron
Jamestown
N. D
Bruce Hadley
G. P. Simmonsow
Boyd Reece
H. C. Moore
la Monte Moore
Eldora
M. M. Moore
Waterloo
Ray Graham
Bonnie
Jack Graham
Ottumwa
Colleen
la Donna
Oceyedan
Ora Wood
Union
Agnes Packer
Elaine
Phylis Cobb
Stanford
Christian Madsen
Ed Ibach
la Mont Moore
Bert Moore
Cleve Lepley
Harry Pearce
Gifford
Virgil Lewis
Louis
Bertram Smith
Des Moines
Christmas visits span towns in Iowa families
The text lists numerous Christmas gatherings across several Iowa towns. Families including the Carters, Clemens, Skillens, Viemen, Hoyt, Jones, Starns, Moore, Packer, and related relatives from Union, Hubbard, New Providence, Cottage, Eldora, Marshalltown, Whitten, Des Moines, and Eldora are noted as sharing Christmas Day meals or visiting relatives in Greene, Titonka, Union, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Carter
Paul Carter
Miller Nelson
Cleon Vieman
Fred Vieman
Hubbard
August Lehmeier
New Providence
Ruth Hoyt
Cottage
Julia Hoyt
Iowa Falls
Ross Howard
Fred Jones
Marshalltown
Glenn Quigley
Gilman
Jones
Christian Madsen
Leo
Ed Ibach
Eldora
Howard Starns
Curtis Starns
Whitten
Marjorie Moore
Des Moines
LaMonte Moore
Russell Cobb
Agnes Packer
Union
Everett Caster
Nell
Jen Perkins
Mrs. A. Coen
Mrs. Vern
Surprises and Local Feats Across Iowa towns
Church officials in Mr Ayr hear of a Hammerid organ donation from Mrs H M Miller. Lamoni residents praise sidewalk cleaning after a storm and a Christmas spirit gesture from Ray Ford. Jimmie Buttler of Panora injures fingers by a hairpin in an electric socket. Alta mail delay causes Friday mail to arrive Monday. Nell Dollar of Jefferson suffers kitchen explosion but fire remains contained. H M Wells of Pomeroy traps a thief, finding a civet cat instead of a rat. Colfax siren false alarm. noon alarm fails then activates later. Villisca installs a 14 foot neon arrow directing travelers to the town. Dr Enos Mitchell, 86, of Grand River, dies after 60 years serving his community. Spontaneous combustion in sand dust sparks a fire above Williams grocery in Waverly. Gertrude Hege, Decorah, marks her 100th birthday. Bedford church doll display features over 200 dolls led by Dorothea Lincoln with 65 dolls. A Nashua library gains a donated 1885 book from Sara M Riggs’s family.
Services Held for Mrs. Emma Beecroft in Eldora
Emma Beecroft daughter of Chester and Emma Wright, born October 20 1860 in Eldora, died after pneumonia and recent fracture treatment. Funeral Tuesday at the Methodist church with Rev. David Davids. burial in Eldora cemetery. Survived by husband William Beecroft three nephews William and Frank Carmody and Chester Wright. The Wright family aided local pioneer settlement and Emma was known for her kindness and steadfast faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Beecroft
Chester Wright
Eldora
Methodist Episcopal Church
William
Frank Carmody
Wright
Emma Beecroft
Down-to-earth home wants from 10000 club women
A survey of more than 10 000 club women finds they are practical in home desires. They call for automatic heat instant hot water a downstairs lavatory a shower a basement laundry and numerous cabinets. The items could be financed through FHA modernization credits from qualified lenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Housing Administration
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BE. M. Wagen
Staley
Lucille
Wayne
Estherville
Arlene Upton
Iowa State College
Raymond Fahler
Chester
Wayne Wogen
Bobby ‘Tall
Bob Burlingame
Fred Burlingame
Geraldine Frazier
Ed Stebe
D. M. Moser
W. H. van ‘Tiger
William Sayre
Hartley
Sayre
Grundy
Charles Cordes
Elva Brewster
Merle
Stanley Cordes
Wallace Cordes
Alfred Cordes
Bertha Hutzel
Orville Peterson
Julius Peterson
Beresford
S. D
Dean Foster
W. R. Foster
George Cordes
Turtle Lake
Angelyn Darzes
Redfield
Louis Darzes
R. O.wildman
R. E. Skartvedt
Radcliffe
Virgil Hill
Roy Skartvedt
E. R. Protheroe
Mary Jane
Ruby Miller
A .L. Davison
W. A. Haskin
C. T. Emmert
E.W. Burke
Gladbrook
Perry Burke
George Jaderston
Minn
Bud Smith
Glen C. Uhl
Moville
Ivan Oleson
R. . O. Wildman
Rose Morgan
Memorial Lutheran Church
John Hartman
Jean
Cedar Rapids
Guy Jones
Hartman
John Frisbie
Elizabeth
Cherokee
Mr. Frisbie
Alice Hooper
Fern Polley
Arlyce
Dick Webb
Detroit
Mich
Edward Daggs
Earl O. Wyllie
Liscomb
Mabel Roblin
Rosa Upton
Bellevue
William R. Lingle
Earl Jonker
Constantine
Ackley
Oldsmobile
Gilbert W. Winter
Burt Larson
P. C. Rasmussen
Ralph B. Hardy
R. W. Worth
International Panel
F. H. Geesaman
Ernest G. Ziebell
W. J. Bryan
Carol and
Billy
Hugh ‘Kennedy
New’ Ulm
New Ulm National Guard
Herbert Edson
Benedict
Neb
Garold Gaffney
Mason City
Arthur Knowles
Markc Church
Donald Reece
James Fotney
Beverly Dudeck
L.C. Wiesner
Arlene
Jim Kelley
Perry
E. W. Burke
Mona Jane VanDuyn
Cedar Falls
Eloise Edson
Miss VanDuyn
Bob Soper
Ake
E. P. Miller
Ned and
Cozette Miller
Seattle
Fanny Duren
Bill Dunham
W. H. Soper
O. L. Geery
Grant Tyler
Wilson Hadley
Julia Soper
Marybelle Redfield
Shenandoah
Paul Chesnut
Richard Nazett
Jerome Newcomer
Harry Wickey
Beecher Crosley
J. D. Leonard
Frederick
Gerald Wright
L. H. Wright
Montezuma
Glen Baker
Owasa
Lawrence Cutler
John ‘Hoodier
Wellsburg
Larry Jeske
Janice
Newhall
Ross Ellison
Steamboat Rock
Birney Jackson
Vera Wood
Joyce “Smith
Idora
Frances
New Grand Theatre
Alice Betty Faye - Grable
Sat
West” & Chan
N. Y
Judy
B'Way
Rodgers and
Cara
George Arroty
Girils
Lucille Ball
Richard Carlson
Ann Miller
Eddie Bracken
Frances Langford
Des] Arnaz
Halleroy
McDonald
Eddy
All Technicolor Sun
Gary Cooper
Walter Brennan
Ageato Tiest
Ter
John Greenleaf Whittier
Augusta Krambeer
Luana
Donald Wilmarth
Corning
Reuel Nygaard
Lake Mills
Albert Lea
C. E. Barnes
Tege
John Frederickson
Harlan
Elim
Elk Horn
Shelby County
Villisca
Ste
Santa Claus
Corwith
Walter Weaver
Swan
England
Beatrice Broadfield
Glenwood
Worchester
Laurens
Uite
Myr
Jack Hurley
McGregor
Clyde Knox
Maynard Cobb
Merril and
Carrol
Bill Cobb
Mable Cobb
Wilma Vieman
Elmer Waggoner
Sutherland
Adelina Ibsch
Denver
Colo
Leo Grapenthine
Aurelia
Doris Waggoner
George Doud
Hazel Wieman
Beatrice Clay
Carl Barnard
Keith
Jennings Miller
Dean Howard
LaVerne Haywood
Vern Large
Ernest Monroe
A. Coen
Orville Vigars
Walter Trapp
Shirley Barnard
Grundy Center
Mrs
Eldora Junction 2
Mrs, C. Oo
Cobb
Iowa
Mr. Ayr Methodist Church
H. M. Miller
Lamoni
Arthur Derry
Ray Ford
Jimmie Buttler
Panora
Alta
Nell Dollar
Jefferson
H. M. Wells
Pomeroy
Colfax
Enos Mitchell
Grand River
Williams Procery
Waverly
Ocea Davis
Gertrude Hege
Decorah
Bedford Methodist Church
Dorothea Lincoln
Sara M. Riggs
Nashua
Nashua High School
Norman Kunath
Bran
Kentucky Coal
Missouri Coal
Froning Grain Co
Florsheims
James L. Brown
Johns’ Grain & Livestock Co
R. H. Johns
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