Christmas Guests Share Time Across Area Homes
Local families and relatives gathered for Christmas visits across Clermont, Postville, Elkader, and surrounding towns. Guests included Olaf Posteh and family, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Posteh, the Etters, the Daw sons, and many others, with dinners and extended stays noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olaf
Rudy Posteh Ahd
Ralbl
Pusseh
Robert ‘Wicham
Fandy Frieden
Roy. Steele
Oelwein
Ho, Steele
Minor Rorie
Carol’ and
le- Etta
Denver
Colo
Elmer Pinney
Christmas Dinner Guests Across Several Families
A long list records Christmas dinner guests and visits from multiple households. Names include Schmid, Zenard Bingiele, Bertha Kiple, Billy Reusser, Hans Grether, Mavis Durscher, Walter Durscher, G. T Mosby, George Vaighn, John Falk, Dr. H. Wright, and many others visiting homes in West Union, Cedar Rapids, Independence, Postville, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmid
Andre
Zenard Bingiele Aint mm
Indianapolis
Christ and
Billy
West Union
Bertha Kiple
Will Kohler
Win. Reusser
Shirley
Hans Grether
L. L. Kiple
Mavis Durscher
Cedar «Rapids
Walter Durscher
G. T Mosby
George’ Vaighn
John Falk
C. G “Christ
Jimmy
H. &.' Wright
Erm’ Bauder
Will Wenger
J Volga
Waterloo
Jake Hoover
Des Moines
Hollis
Billy Jo
Jamesette
John Luchsinger
Neuman
Richard
Jon Gordon
Postville
Frank
Kiple
Kenneth
Independence
H. J. Kiple
Farmersburg
Jim Yeerous
Kathleen
ML V. Kiple
Sheldon -Boyle
Walter Kohis
Howard ‘Boyle
Ed’Boyle
Bessie
Mabel Grimm
Chicago
Marie Grimm
Dubuque
John Grimm
Sue
Bell Telephone
W. c. Harrington
C. J. Harrington
Harrington
Ethel Kohler
J. C. Warton
John Barnhouse
pQlecminat
Wanex
Lew Grover
Wi Boleya
Win the War Club Drives War Stamp Drive at Cordova School
In Cordova Illinois a small grade school formed a Win the War club under Principal Geo Kinman to buy over $1,000 in war stamps and bonds in the first year since Pearl Harbor. Barbara Turney, Emma Jean Robinson and Raymond Mortii are noted top savers as students pledged weekly earnings to support the national effort. The club received a congratulatory letter from the U S Treasury Department read by Principal Kinman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordova
Ill
Pearl Harbor
Geo. Kinman
Barbara Turney
H. I. Turner
Barbara
Emma Jean
Robinson
Raymond
Mortii
United States Treasury Department
Kinman
Lutheran services and Christmas gatherings in rural Iowa
The notice lists Lutheran and English services at Marion and Norse congregations with morning and evening times. It reports Christmas visits and dinners among local families including Masonhall, Wenger, Klingman, Schori, and Weibel, plus hospital and employment updates for residents like Fred Gremmelg and Ford Henninger. Several moves and travels are noted, with residents visiting relatives in Postville, West Union, Fayette, and Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Wenger
Postville
Winfield Masonhal
Bob Estey
West Union
J. Mosby
Walter Durscher
Winfield Masonhall
Lew Wenger
Chris Wenger
Fred Gremmelg
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
Ern Holzer
Ernestine
United States Forest Service
Cerl Schori
West
Lyle Light
Mel Kohier
C. B.schori
Betty
Ben
Karl Fox
Fayette
Francis Wolf
13Th St
Richmond
Calif
Amanda Phillips
Winifred Sullivan
Irene Meyer
W. C. Falk
Arthur Herrling
Schori
Wadena
Ern Schori
A. M. Weibel
Chicago
Ray Heins
Wm. Weibel
Minerva Weibel
Ford Henninger
Elgin
Clarence Rurodéen
John ‘Hellum
Paul Dean
Waterloo
Bein
Thorson Family Holiday With Reiersons In Iowa
Mildred and Evelyn Thorson nursing students at Cedar Rapids and Albert Thorson from Normal Tennessee spent holidays at Mrs. Belle Reierson’s home. Earl Bruckner of Guttenberg is vacationing with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ole Reierson. Readers urged to buy Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps with a Victory message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Evelyn Thorson
Cedar Rapids
Albert Thorson
Normal
Til
Belle Reierson
Earl Bruckner
Guttenberg
Ole Reierson
United States Defense
Must Have Sugar Book for War Ration Registration
The notice states the January 18 deadline to receive a war ration book one. If you registered in May you are now eligible. The book is required for a later registration. All babies born since May must be registered by that time.
Remindeer Milk Ranked Richest Among Eleven Milks
A federal yearbook of agriculture lists eleven types of milk, with Remindeer milk identified as the richest. The compilation highlights diverse dairy sources and quality metrics across species and dairy breeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricul‘a
Cynic Quote on Price and Value
A terse maxim remarks that a cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing, hinting at skepticism about true worth beyond monetary cost.
Farm sales bring high prices at Erwin Miller auction
Erwin Miller reported a large crowd and spirited bidding at the Erwin Miller sale. Cows topped at 155 dollars with an average around 142.50. horses, hogs, grain, hay, and machinery all brought strong prices. An F-12 tractor sold for 551 dollars and other farming gear also sold well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenks’ Brophy
Farmars’ Savings Bank
Erwin Miller
First U.S. Navy submarine from Great Lakes towed for voyage
The U. S. Peto, the first U S Navy submarine built on the Great Lakes, was placed in a drydock at Lockport Illinois for the trip to New Orleans Louisiana. It will be towed via inland waterways after tests from Manitowoc Wisconsin shipyards where it was built, then head toward the sea through the Illinois and Mississippi rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peto
Great Lakes
Lockport
New Orleans
Illinois
Mississippi
Tual Sun
Manitowoc
Wis
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Paul Liddle
Sonya
van Cleve
K.E. Mark
Wm. Haas
Alfred Baechler
Clermont
Merlin Feller
K. Charles
Anita
Chas. Feller
K. E. Mork
K. E
Orvin Thompson
Myron Anderson
Don. Stringer
Mundelin
Chris. Schweitzer
Jim Hask
Eugene
Oregon
Chris Schweitzer
Grant Dawson
Mabel Gruver
Richard Miller
Nora Olson
Detroit
Mich
Emma Olson
Chas. O'Neill
H. H. Wolf
C. B. Schori
Calmar
K. J. Meyer
Helen Schiltz
Patsy Capper
Beverly
Robert Benson
Charles Capper
Marcia Wolf
Harold Roseman
Weshington
Lloyd Swartley
Uth
Minn
Lutheran Church
Marion
Luther League
J Strandford
Xpert
Per
Bina Ee
Lehman Holwe
Elgin, Iowa
Green Colonial
AMA
Bie
Max Thoma
Raaappy Rew
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