Easter gathering spans Wellsburg and nearby towns
Union News lists numerous Easter guests in Wellsburg and surrounding communities, including the Hilsabecks, Rash family, Trapp family, and several visits from Eldora, Des Moines, Waterloo, and Muscatine residents. It notes Pfc Ferrol D. Hilsabeck’s three day pass, a Creston aunt’s illness and funeral, and Easter dinners across multiple households. A wedding at Iowa Falls is also reported, and construction begins on A C Dickenson’s new home on the former Methodist church site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Kuper
Glen
Lillian
Paul
Ruth
Leona Jaspers
Wellsburg
H. D. Edick
Helen
Leo Yantis
R. V. Hulsabeck
Carolyn
Pfc
Ferrol D. Hilsabeck
M. C. Hilsabeck
Liscomb
John Weld
Marvin
Whitten
Bob
Teasdell
Larry
McCallsburg
Clem Rash
Pam
Lillie Reece
Walter Hauser
Henry Williams
Creston
Bertha Swaim
Ft. Riley
Kans
R. V. Hilsabeck
Hilsabeck
Vincent Hamm
LaCross
Wis
P. H. Hamm
Linda Kay
Garry and
Rickey
Eldora
G. W. Fitzgerald
Swea City
Paul Wilson
David
Dexter
Waterloo
Ledyard
L. A. Whinery
Daniel Myron
Muscatine
William Seitz
Cedar Rapids
L. A Atteberry
Seitz
Howard Rash
Morris i Wooten
Clemens
Duane Andrews
New Providence
Dave Rash
Iowa Falls
Joe Rash
Jerry
Marshalltown
Margaret Hager
Union
J. C. Chaplin
Robert Stevens
Hubbard
Walter ‘‘Trupp
Charles Trapp
Rachel Kennedy
Cecil Swaim
Dick Weeks
Des Moines
Russell Cobb
Ben
Dan
Agnes Packer
Edward Packer
Elinor Louise
Martha
Bertha
Marjorie
Kathryn Packer
Judy Gordon
Allen Packer
Weekend visitors and travels around Steamboat Rock community
Residents and relatives from Steamboat Rock and nearby towns scattered across Iowa and Indiana for Easter visits and weekends. Notable names include Card Propst family in Marshalltown, Swyter preaching in Wellsburg, and Ruppelt, Janssen, Primus, Frerichs, and Eckhoff families visiting kin across Des Moines Davenport Cedar Rapids Manson and Elden Harms areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Card
A. E. Propst
Marshalltown
Propst
Carl Swyter
Wellsburg
Second Christian Reformed Church
Herman Ruppelt
Iowa Falls
Fern Amsberry
Des Moines
Louie Muller
Victor
Mike Daleske
Muller
Easter social notes and local visits at Ames area homes
Chapel by Mrs. Maude Knowles noted. Dean Glen of Ames home for Faster holidays with parents. Local households welcome guests including Snovell Monroe Sayer and Daggs families. Bible Study set for April 18 taught from Psalms by Rev. Deedrick. Easter dinners and birthday celebrations shared among neighbors and families such as the Monroes, Knowles, Sayer, and Good clans. Doris Van Patter returned from helping at Milton Schwinger home. Baby Susan Ryerson of Eldora mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Glen
Ames
RB. A. Glen
Ray Snovell
W. M. Monroe
Robert Sayer
Lew Providence
Merle Sayer
John A Deedrick
Bernard Trout
Wm. Monroe
Sam Good
Zearing
Philip
Little Brenda
New Providence
Doris van Patter
Milton Schwinger
Baby Susan Ryerson
Eldora
Easter Baptisms And Sunday Visits At Lawn Hill Church
Abbie Eagan and neighbors gather for Easter services and baptisms at Lawn Hill church. Families from Hubbard, Point Pleasant, Union, St. Cloud, Eldora, New Providence join in meals, visits, and church events. Local singers Phyllis Breer and Allan Pool won in a Sheffield music contest. Rev. John Deedrick recovers from flu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Oestreich
Betty
From. Hubbard
John Nassen
Harold Clark
Jerry
Dickie
Allan
Dean Wehrman
Terry Wehrman
Allan Clark
Lawn Hill
Wendell ‘Wehrman
Leola
Bill
Point’ Pleasant
Edith Crosley
Louie Whithorn
Anabelle
Larry
Toby
Edna Peaithory
Evan Lyman
Union
Delphia Stewart
Warren Hutchens
Marva Jean
Marvin Dean
St. Cloud
Mann
E. R. Eagan
Frank Nehring
Eldora
L. A
Denny
Ted Broer
Evan Reece
Abbie Eagan
Betty Wooten
Phyllis Breer
Allan Pool
Sheffield
John Deedrick
Property Transfers Across Eldora and Gifford Areas
A series of land transfers recorded between 1949 and 1950 involving Florence Rainsbarger, Lee Albright, Alma Rorem, Arthur Thorson, Ethel Satchell, G E Willig, Gladys Mansell, RA Mansell, and executors Gratus Geerdes with John Geerdes. Transactions cover lots, blocks, and int. in specific townships including Eldora Gifford and Radcliffe, with dates 3-31-50 4-6-50 and 12-12-49 and 12-21-49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Rainsbarger
Lee Albright
Ankrum
Gifford
Alma Rorem
Arthur Thorson
Radcliffe
O. L
Eldora
Gladys Mansell
RA. F. Mansell
Gratus Geerdes
John Geerdes
SEY
Gertie Heikens Etel
Ben Geerdes
Church Social Recap and Health Update
The text notes a Monday night visit to Mrs. Otis I Waldo and her grandparents. It also mentions the East ler Lily sent to Mrs. Dell Prout after Sunday services, with Prout ill but improving and able to be up part of the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Otis l Waldo
Dell Prout
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