Methodist Church Circles To Hold Meetings
The Circles of the Methodist church will hold their regular meetings Friday January 2. Hostesses include Golden Rule Mary Ann Jensen Marian Stafford Wilma Murray Good Will Edith Luhmann LaVerna Miller Happy Hour Sue Simonsen Netty Young Jennie Hanton Loyal Work: one Gladys Gilbough Rose Weir Ingen Entertain At Seven OClock Dinner Mrs G A Jensen and Mrs C C Barringer hosted a bridge club dinner at their home. The evening featured bridge at two tables.
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GM Opens 194000 Highway Contest
GM announces the Better Highways Awards Contest from Detroit with $104,000 in prizes for essays on safe roads. Open to all US residents, winners include 1800 dollars for national second place and 1800 for each state and DC. Eight state honorable mentions awarded. Entry deadline March 3, 1958. Information available at GM dealers or by writing General Motors Awards Contest Detroit 2, Michigan.
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Entertained Teachers and Friends at Sunday Event
Sunday evening gathering hosted by Mehael Teachers Row and Mrs Paul Tolo for First Lutheran and Lost Island church staff and spouses. About 30 guests attended with social time and luncheon. Wanda Knutsen hosted friends Monday evening as several students return home for Christmas. School lunch menu lists daily meals from Monday to Friday with juice, mains, sides, fruit and milk.
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Bernard Osher
Oliver Osher
Herman Andresen
Arlee Osher
John Thomas
Wallingford Christmas News Notes from Estherville and Beyond
Wallingfordbericht sprads as families celebrate Christmas across Estherville Graettinger Ruthven and Northfield. Local residents including Skattebo Gunderson and Ness households share meals visits and church events with numerous relatives and friends gathered for holiday cheer and community activities.
Celebrating New Year’s Traditions Through Centuries
A compact survey traces New Year celebrations from German origins to global observances. It notes calendar variations, festive foods and drinks, tavern hopping in colonial America, and Parisian Berlin carnival atmospheres before World War II, ending with a global view of merry making and resolutions.
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Mummers Parade Becomes Philadelphia's Great New Year Event
The New Year's Mummers parade in Philadelphia blends English and Swedish customs dating to colonial times. After Washington era shifts, the city officially recognized the parade in 1901 and it grew into a community sponsored event watched by thousands as it runs from early evening into the early hours.
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Jour de L An Is Gayest Day of Year for French-Canadians
A garbled OCR passage notes Jour de Li An as the gayest day in the calendar for French Canadians marked by family gatherings and gift exchanges. It mentions a morning greeting ritual to the father of the house and a blessing, though the text is fractured and hard to read.
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Parte Arch
New Year Shifts Marked by 10 Lost Days in 1582 and 1782
A historical note explains two major calendar reforms. In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII’s reform skipped 10 days from October 5 to 14 to align dates, and in 1782 England adopted the Gregorian calendar, skipping September 3 to 13. The changes caused social calendar confusion but corrected the yearly schedule.
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England
Happy New Year Across Time and Calendars
The piece traces the phrase Happy New Year as an ancient greeting and explains calendar origins. It notes January 1 as an arbitrary Roman date later fixed by Caesar and reformed by Pope Gregory. It mentions adoption delays in Britain and the American colonies and cites George Washington’s review of his majority date.
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New Year Open House Introduced by Dutch
The article notes New Year open houses spreading in the United States around the turn of the century. Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam popularized the practice, with at home notices listing visiting hours. Hosts became guests later, and the custom grew countrywide with punch and refreshments marking the day.
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