Christmas Guest Lists Across Central Iowa
A long list of holiday visitors and family gatherings spans Eldora to Ames and Des Moines. Many families, including Hubbards, Nortons, Swasands, Faggs, and Hutzel, hosted relatives from Nevada, Winnipeg, Aurora, Mason City, and Des Moines, while others traveled to spend Christmas week with kin in Clarion, Webster City, Iowa Falls, and Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Swasand
Aurora
Ill
Eldora
Ted Swasand
Chas. Frank
George Fagg
Drake University
Des Moines
Ned Fagg
L. T. Hubbard
Murray
Nevada
Harold Huff
George
Clarion
Faye
Ruth Eilers
Harry Hutzel
Howard
Hudson
Judy Kay
Webster City
Joe Hudson
Ernest Beecher
Maude Knowles Chapel Guests and Local Outings
Ralph Mikkelson returns home from Iowa State College for a holiday visit with his parents Ed and Maude Mikkelson. Orla Dinnes funeral attended by Ora Morland and family. Wyola Hagen Naomi Hagen attend dinner honoring Mrs Bill Freese. Freese travels to join husband in Columbus Ohio. Others at events include Vernon Walker family Rhodes and Orville Stone Steamboat Rock. Otis Waldo and Susan Ryerson visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Mikkelson
Iowa State College
Ed Mikkelson
Ora Morland
Orla Dinnes
Ivester
Dinnes
Morland
A. M. Walker
Wyola
Naomi Hagen
Bill Freese
Sam Good
Freese
Columbus
Ohio
Vernon Walker
Rhodes
Orville Stone
Steamboat Rock
Otis Waldo
Susan Ryerson
Happy Hustlers 4 H club December meeting notes
The December meeting of the Happy Hustlers 4-H club was held at the Haywoods home with Vice president David Smitherman presiding. Members worked on 1953 calendars and planned future meetings for the third Monday each month. The group approved a Christmas party with the Peppy Pals Girls 4-H at the Fox skating rink in Eldora. Jay Cutler joined the club. guests included Beth Beecher Loyd Beecher Ted Cutler and Howard Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Hustlers
Arvin
George Haywood
David Smitherman
Fox Skating Rink
Eldora
Beth Beecher
Loyd Beecher
Jay Cutler
Ted Cutler
Howard Vernon
Christmas Socials And Family Gatherings Across Local Towns
OWASA and Berlin Church groups held a Union Fellowship meeting with caroling and a post service luncheon. Numerous families from Dows, Iowa Falls, Radcliffe, Hubbard, Eldora, and nearby towns hosted Christmas dinners and dinners with relatives, including Beattie, Frisbie, Tidman, Angerer, Granzow, and Arends, sharing holiday meals in homes from Davenport to Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Gangestad
Eugene
Clarence Larson
Dows
Chuck Thompson
Iowa Falls
Don Wilkinson
Union Fellowship
Berlin
Delores Bright
Kenneth Frisbie
Floyd Beattie
Mary Wood
Baldus
Jewell
Harold Beattie
Des Moines
William Beattie
Fenton Tibbs
Lloyd Tibbs
R. O. Huffman
Ed Benda
James Carl
Wayne Rierson
Barbara Jean
Radcliffe
Stanley Granner
Hubbard
Glenn Carr
Frank Angerer
Matthew
Lola Wood
Davenport
Chris Angerer
Wilton Junction
Robert Tidman
Milton Tidman
Ernest Frisbie
Eldora
Fred Reed
Ray Granzow
Douglas Granzow
Alden
Lois Gunn
John
Don Arends
Ackley
Dale Petty
Clell Busby
James Anderson
Seymour
Willard Busby
Lucerne
R. V. Nehring
Ralph Allbee
Local social notes from Marshall county area events
Shoppers visit from Town Falls and Steamboat Rock to Marshall town and Wyola and other neighbors. Calls and visits connect Blain Hubbard, Tillie Chamness, Rainsbarger Nursing Home residents, and Christmas services at the County Home. Telephone chat between the Mikkelsons in Newtown, Penn. concludes with a birthday dinner and church service at Pleasant Chapel led by Rev. Dewey Lamprecht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blain Hubbard
Adolph Balvanz
Anna Balvanz
Town Falls
Orville Stone
Steamboat Rock
A. M. Walker
Wyola
Naomi Hagen
Marshall
Valerian Hendal
Radcliffe
Arthur Knowles
Bertha
Belle Lytle
Tillie Chamness
Rainsbarger
Glen Sheller
Ivester
Ora Morland
Edward Mikkelson
Melvin Mikkelson
Newtown
Penn
Frank Neubauer
Lowell McCormick
Steamboat Social Roundup At Folkerts Homes
Sunday dinner guests included the Melvin Kosanke family and the Don Folkerts family from Eldora, and the Bob Folkerts family with daughter. Offo Haupt and Grace visited the F A Fredrickson home, while Galen Albright from Ivester called in the evening. Marie and Ruth Eilers hosted Mrs B F Neiman of Clear Lake, and Lincoln Nebr residents Martin Meyer and Ray Folkerts with family joined Hie H Folkerts for dinner. Additional visitors from Clear Lake and Iowa Falls also attended meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Anderson
Harry Hutzel
Beecher Crosley
Carl Piper
David
Steven
Edith Mohr
Jack Piper
Paul
Eldora
Ray Mohr
Kathy
Des Moines
J. C. Boyd
Sloan
A. L. Calderhead
Frank Conkin
Paul Cross
Karen
Arnie Grulch
Katharine
Bill McGill
Kenneth Campbell
Alden
Leo Williams
Arthur
Neil Williams
A. D. Williams
Glen Baker
Glen Wohlford
A. G. Wohlford
Geneva
Ed Lackey
Ricky North
J. E. Thackrey
Sioux City
Thomas Hanifan
Cecil Kinney
Ray Duncan
Marshalltown
Floyd Trickey
James Trickey
Fort Dodge
Belle Trickey
Kenneth Santee
Iowa Falls
Harold Platts
W. H. Platts
C. L. Crosser
Kenneth Curtis
Emma Freeman
Thayer
Rudolph Fearing
Town Falls
Fred Raab
Dorothy Raab
Billy Raab
Dallas Raab
Whitten
Elvis Freeman
Melvin Gangestad
Eugene
Morris Gangestad
Eagle Grove
Fred Fuller
Hibbard Moore
William Beattie
Marion Beattie
Manchester
Lloyd Tibbs and Sons
N. B. Stuart
Fred Mitchell
Wibb Folkerts
Melvin Kosanke
Don Folkerts
Bob Folkerts
Offo Haupt
Grace
Near
Wellsburg
F. A
Birthday dinner honors Mrs Karsten in Wellsburg
Sunday gatherings touched many in Wellsburg with visits to the Harry Williams home and a birthday dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Mike Finger for Mrs Russell Karsten. Attendees included the Karsten family from Iowa Falls and the Finger family, along with local residents Tom Kruse Shirley Rose Ray Karsten and Jack Polley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. J
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lyle T. Hubbard
Mrs. Hubbard
G. H. Hostetter
R. A. Norton
Marilyn Norton
Bob Peterson
Ames
Thos, Perry
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
Perry
Beulah Hoosier
Frank Watson
Leon Watson
Rolfe
Gordon Watson
Chester
Otis Cook
Marshalltwon
Ben Watson
Prose
Louis Watson
Harry Warrington
al Norman
Union
Chas. Cook
Knoxville
Lester Williams
Guthrie Center
Otto Strauss
Paul Strauss
Art Krieger
Spring Valley
Minn
J. K. Runyon
Redding
Otho M. Ragsdale
Bill
Ann
Mason Guy
Leslie Church
Northland College
Ashland
Wisc
A. L. Ragsdale
Robert Hobson
LeRoy, Minn
Harry Huntley
Arlington Heights
Lyly Huntley
R. C. Roupe
John Roupe
Veterans’ Hospital
Nancy Jones
Iowa City
Guy W. Jones
Carl A. Miller
George Cory
Jim Sparks
Bud Engle
Clemons
John Miller
Loretta
Larry
Waterloo
Buck Greenwald
Grundy Dener
Meryl Jackson
Jeffrey Franklin
Lawton
Oklo
Meryl
W. K. Bramwell
Uests
M. Norton
Edna Norton
Hampton
Clark Bramwell
Bill Bramwell
Mrs. Clark Bramwell
Jane
Nancy
Maude Knowles
Chris EM
Troy Studio
Naver
Mitchell - Brown & Hodge
Fyue
Elasia
Wm, Frerichs
New Providence
Sity
Willia Body Shop
Rash Radio
Eldora Motor Co
New Providence Hardware
Cliffs Market
Iowa
Merry Christmas
Reece Truck Line
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