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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1926
Page
3
Many Christmas visits and family gatherings are noted in Curlew and surrounding towns. Names include Sprout Gard Wattling Slagle Henkins Barnes Brekke and more with travel to Emmetsburg Ladysmith and Marshalltown.
Homecomings and Christmas gatherings are noted across the region. Maurice Maguire returns from Winona Minnesota, Mrs. Chris Hansman hosts guests from Manton, and W J Potare shares Christmas dinner with the Lew McGinnis family. Tra Mamer and daughter Jonnie visit the Montgomerys in Fort Dodge while A A Whitmer travels to Kansas City to see his daughters. Edwin Gustafason and Edna Gustafason are back from Council Bluffs and Cedar Falls for the holiday. Clarence Hatch visits from Des Moines to be with his parents. Harry Matthiessen and Leslie Pearson depart for Ames for a short course and E Q Matthiessen joins later.
Misses Lucile and Helen Halsted visit West Bend grandparents with other relatives for Christmas. Many locals spend Christmas with kin in nearby towns as others travel to Ashton Albert Lea and Des Moines. Trinity Episcopal Church plans a New Year night watch Holy Communion service at 11 46 pm and church school earlier. Joseph Snowden bishop in charge invites worship.
Virgil Cooper of Algona visited Mallard on Monday while Mr. Watts and Mr. Frisbin of Fort Dodge attended to business last week. Clarence Conlon returned from Chicago. Miss Mildred Jolliffe visited PaumersborO friends. Emmetsburg shoppers, Kress and Franks attended the Mallard Ayrshire game. Kross refereed. Numerous students from Cedar Falls and Vermillion returned home for holidays. Local residents visited Emmetsburg, Fort Dodge, and Marshalltown. university students from ISU and USDS returned home for the holidays. Christmas gatherings occurred with the Dodaon, Dawson, and Hehn households. several residents were ill but improving. The Havelock basketball teams played Mallard, girls 42 40 in Mallard’s favor. boys’ score not learned.
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