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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1953
Page
2
Fairfax community notes detail family movements and neighbors relocating from the Fairfax area. Items include period social visits, baptisms, dinners, and Sunday gatherings at local homes. The report lists residents moving from Fairfax, new neighbors arriving from nearby farms, and school election activity with multiple households referenced.
Mrs Maude Knowles Chap el and W I Petry of Ames spent time with the Van Patter and Good families in Eldora and Zearing. Wyola Hagen and A M Walker shopped in Marshalltown. Minnie Spearing visited Delphe Stuart in Lawn Hill and stayed with the Stowe and Walker families. A birthday dinner honored A M Walker at the Good home in Zearing with local families present.
A 1953 social column lists Arthur Knowles home guests and local visitors. It mentions Mrs T Chape Cery Fvety Pee mh ieee Cane Ores period ere 4 wi Mares l on 1 hams Moda tau Bor oth Me a Wouo we Cound Bet and other attendees. Calendars for the year were given, and work for the annual bazaar was completed. Next event is April 9 with hostesses Mary Wikkelson and Ger te Glen Else Blair, along with Mr and Mrs C E Daggs and Stephen. Also noted are Sunday dinner guests at Mrs Hovtsom Edotra Mro and Mrs C A Svendsu, visits to Cedar Falls, and neighbors calling on Arthur Knowles Friday.
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