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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1946
Page
1
A notice listing multiple area churches with service times and topics. Baptist and Methodist services include sermons Remember and Forget and Student Day December 28. Other churches show morning worship at 1 am and evening services, with Bible classes and youth meetings scheduled.
Rev. Broast Winckler reports changes to December schedule with services on the jitat Sunday instead of the fourth Sunday. Sunday school at 7:20 p.m. and worship at 7:45 p.m. Pastor G. Frey listed among attendees at Washi location.
St Mauls Lutheran at Lowest Grove advertises Fourth Sunday in Advent worship at Bayan with Sunday School at 10. A December 1, 1944 note mentions a children's and young people's Christmas program at 7. A Christmas tree event is set for December 24 with worship at 10. The notice is prepared by Mrs. Boyd Shimilton Jr and Svs Carl Wale rer. pastor Paul C. Kuehne signs.
A Hamburg church announces Old Year-New Year worship at 10 30 a m and Sunday School led by Don Clayton. Pastor H J Needing invites all to attend both services as part of starting the new year.
A fragmentary note recalls a teacher Mrs Leo Hermang visiting Locust Grave. The speaker offers holiday wishes and vows to pay back kindness, praising the community and urging thoughtfulness in the year ahead.
Dickie Clare wed Burt E. McMullen at the bride’s parents home with Rev. Joseph Carswell officiating. The ceremony featured family attendants, a white wool street length dress, and an orchid on the bride. The couple plan a honeymoon trip after a July wedding at Ames, with both residing in Omaha, where the bride works as a beautician and the groom serves in the Navy. A large guest list from area colleges and other local families will join them for holidays and later travels.
A reflective note from a local writer discusses time, memory, and community during Christmas. The piece laments generational gaps, praises acts of kindness, and urges extending the holiday spirit year round while noting neighbors and friends returning home for the season.
The extended family notices Christmas visits and dinners across Farragut Shenandoah Decorah and related towns. Families like Rea Coy Morgan Allen Beal Turnbull and Whitaker share meals and travel plans while community clubs and church events announce meetings and survivors. Burial details for C F Beal are noted along with local officials and school figures.
Larry Hanson ten and Johnny Thompson of Newton were playing when a rifle discharged injuring Johnny seriously. He is hospitalized in Newton with critical condition. The incident report notes a malfunction in the rifle as the apparent trigger.
Residents of Clarinda witnessed the relocation of a grain elevator from Page Center to Clarinda. The vessel traveled at high speed, pulled by a Caterpillar tractor, creating a novel sight for observers and travelers along the route.
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