Community Christmas Dinner Brings Kindred Visitors to Whitten
A Whitten Christmas gathering at Mrs. Kate Long's home drew relatives from Marshalltown, Grundy Center, Albion, Conrad, Whit ten, Des Moines and Mason City for a basket lunch and gift exchange while health concerns and travel plans marked the season. Several guests traveled from nearby towns as families shared news of illness, visits, and returns from holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Long
Gon Rolla
ER. M. Gould
Vernon Mitchell
George Morey
Flossie Bachman
Kay Ann
Marshalltown
Donald Weaver
Melvin Mitchell
Grundy Center
Ellis Harmon
Albion
Ery Baker
Conrad
Charity Long
Rolla Long
Lucille Meyers
Whitten
Alia Wood
Hampton
Lyon
Ralph Martin J
Jerry Howard
Keesler Air Base
Biloxi
Paul Deal
Des Moines
Laurence Bavendar
Alden
Lucille Wagner
Mason City
Ada Essig
Ida Schryver
Eldora
Mary Ann Lyon
Ralph Gunderson
Gifford
Lyle Callaway
Wayne Kinney
Texas
Ivor Herron
Edith
St. Charles
Mrs. Herron
Fred Humphrey
Herron
Edith Just
California
Irvin Oekerbe, Jr
Ivester
Edwin Brehmer
Community notices from Eldora and nearby towns
Local society items list Sunday School and Ladies Aid meetings, holiday visitors, family dinners and Christmas guests across Eldora Owasa Iowa Falls Primghar and surrounding areas. The notes mention Joan Ward visiting from St Olaf College, several invitations and gatherings, plus a barber shop move and a thank you card from John Roupe at the Veterans Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Roupe
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Iowa
Eldora Livestock Sales Weekly Sale Report 1952
Eldora Livestock Sales notes a quiet Western run with limited movement of grass fat cattle. Warmed up cattle sold strong while packers return to butcher market. Prices indicate mixed consignments with several bidders paying higher in ring than in yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Livestock
Local social notes from week in small towns
Forrest Gobeli of Rockford dined with the Rankins and Albers while Judy Ward stayed with Kay Albers. Wilee Ward and Joyce visited Henry Jensen in Hubbard. Kraft family hosted Becky and Doro in Rowan. Claude Winters, Ronnie Winters spent Christmas at R C Winters in New Providence, with others visiting Burlington and Terveer households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Gobeli
Rockford
Jimmie Rankin
A. J. Albers
Kay
Robert Murphy
Williamson Fringe
Donald Polley
Moon
Floyd Sinning
Wellsburg
Judy Ward
Kay Albers
Wilee Ward
Joyce
Henry Jensen
Hubbard
John Myer
Kraft
Hampton
Becky
Rowan
Miss Doroors
Dee
Claude Winters
Ronnie
R. C
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Wilce Ward and family
Misses Joan and Mary Jane Ward were supper guests Saturday evening in the W. H. Graner home. Claude Winters and John Dunn of Owasa drove to Chicago Saturday and will spend a weekend there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilce
Ward
Joan
Mary Jane
W. H. Gran‘ner
Claude Winters
John ‘Dunn
Owasa
Chicago
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Hardin County
Union
Town
Chanter
Anide
Honda
Ross
Staushen
Towa
Mrs
Ladies Aid
Lester Perkins
Youth Fellowship
Joan Ward
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
C. H. Jackson
Robert Baker
Leighton
Jimmie Lie
Glen Baker
Primghar
Fred Baker
Kathleen
Ed Ward
Neil Baker
Paul Carr
S. G. Smith
Iowa Falls
Harold Ramey
Luella Terveer
Clarence
Merle
Wilce Ward
Fred Ward
Jack
Jerry
J. D. Rankin
Arthur Doud
Jimmie Sie
Bruce Baker
Earnest Frisbie
Kenneth _ Frisbie
Lee Sanders
Marion Hoyden
Fort Dodge
Kathleen Baker
Kenneth Frisbie
Arthur Terry
Otto Filbrandit
George Albers
Jerry Stover
Laverne Sharar
Popejoy
Dennis Chesnut
Eldora Livestock Sales
Eldora, Iowa
Crosley Farm Store News
Eldora, Lowa
Dr. Salsbury
Salsbury
Burlington
Ella Terveer
Elroy Kraft
Johnny
George
Richard Terveer
Gary
Town Falls
aNeby
Crisco
Calif
Green
Pascal Celery
Dot
Duz Joy
Bacon
T l
Braunschweiger
Dan
Maine
Clorox
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