11 May 1939
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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
1
The Hamburg Reporter notes the Hamburg Post Office was briefed on a second class meter. Details remain sparse as the article focuses on administrative steps and local governance implications for postal operations.
The Ihdles and choir plan an all ages meeting Thursday at the church with a special sermon and music. Sunday services feature Mother's Day observances, a Sunday schedule, and youth events. Child and family themes are woven through the program with verses about mothers and community.
Readers are invited to the Presbyterian Church for Wednesday choir practice at 8 20 p m and Thursday afternoon sessions led by pastor J Gilber Mutchnaugh. Sunday School at 10 00 a m and preaching at 11 00 a m with Rev A B Riker. Messages urge peace through love over war and note upcoming baptisms and bible readings. Community members’ updates and local visits are listed among church notices.
Last Thursday through Sunday in St. Joe and nearby towns residents joined families at church gatherings and social functions. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Ralph Mulsap and Grover families with local hosts, while Shen and Everell Gaines hosted friends from south Missouri. A church fundraiser netted money, a junior senior banquet at the schoolhouse featured a program led by Jeanette Creder and others, and readings by Grice Webster Wanda Harmon and Robert Hall entertained attendees.
Local brief records absent students and school days amid farm and church activity. Entries mention Mrs Sophia Rost visiting, Evan gelion League attendance, funerals, family gatherings, church events, farm work, and upcoming planting. Several households in Hamburg Riverton Shenandoah and Grav es or are listed with guests and hosts.
A large list of neighbors and relatives from Gurktay Om aha Riverton and Shenandoah visited weekly at homes of Hatten Gordon Gardner Brown Kline Sebeck and Crandall. a hospital note reports Earl Melton's appendix operation and steady recovery. a Rebekah gathering featured cream cake and a Mothers Day program.
A Madison church hosts a Fidelis Sunday school gathering featuring a steak fry at Waubonsie state park. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Pru Cox, Ray Cer vie, Miss Dorothy Janinan, Miss Mary Mrrenna Maczan, Mrs Lois Tess Moadar, Albert Broyn, and Dale Athen Ant Wy with visiting families from Hamburg and Farragut. A school picnic is planned at Walter Lins hope at 6:30 p.m. Friday with Pearl Prilocs and Marjorie among participants.
The passage lists multiple local families visiting relatives, hosting dinners, and attending memorials and church activities. Names include Zack, Brown, Zeck, Sless, Chandler, Woods, and others with connections to Lincoln and Westboro. Casual gatherings, farm work, and a funeral in Lincoln are mentioned.
Sunday dinner guests at the Fritz Daeckel home included Rev and Mrs Rigg and Albert Daeckel and son Richard from Shenandoah. Mrs George Case attended her brother’s funeral at St Joe last week. Afr and Mrs Oren Wrinkler and daughter visited Mr and Mrs Malph Risdon. Mrs Gon Stenzel and Mrs Pri-
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