New Providence Notes on Local Visits and Military Report
New Providence residents report a 4, business trip to Hooper Nebraska by Mr and Mrs Bernnard Reece and Mr and Mrs Harry Clampitt. Wendell Prochaska, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Prochaska, enlisted in the Air Force and will report in Des Moines for training with a probable station in Oakland California for 10 or 11 weeks. George Clemons and family attended Honey Creek church and visited Clifford Clemons home. Joan Whitehead, Van Cleve teacher, visited with her parents and friend Vern McAtt e of Marshalltown, as Mr and Mrs Gene Davis hosted church lunch with Mrs Davis’s parents.
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Bernnard Reece
Harry Clampitt
Hooper
Nebr
Wendell Prochaska
Charles Prochaska
Air Force
Des Moines
Oakland
Calif
Ing
George Clemons
Whitten
Honey Creek
Clifford Clemons
Joan Whitehead
van Cleve
Kermit Whitehead
Vern McAtte
Marshalltown
Gene Davis
Davis
Family dinner and moves dominate local notices
The Prochaskas hosted relatives southwest of Union while Wendell Prochaska aided in moving the Davis family who moved to New Hampton for Soft Conservation work. Des Moines visits by Whitehead and Stundins, Latvian displaced persons pursuing citizenship, plus a Farmers Evening School on harvesting legumes with 25 attendees last time and higher turnout hoped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Prochaska
Wendell
Lynn
Maija
Isle
Stundin
Latvia
Whitehead
Des Moines
Corwin Shelton
Jimmy
Shelton
Alicia Shelton
Deaf Man Perfects a Midget Hearing Aid
H A Lyons, long deaf himself, claims a compact hearing device he developed to let users hear voices, radio, and clock ticks clearly. The ad promises many conveniences at a fraction of typical costs and invites readers to contact D W Ageland at 418 Walnut Street Waterlo o Iowa for full information with no obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Lyons
D. W. Ageland
Walnut Street
Waterloo
Iowa
Jerry Lewis in 3 Ring Circus VistaVision at New Grand
Famous comedian Jerry Lewis stars as a circus clown in 3 Ring Circus presented in VistaVision with high fidelity. The show comes to the New Grand Theatre on a special booking through February 4, with screenings on Thursday Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Lewis
VistaVision
Grand Theatre
Whitten and Webb Residents Host and Visit
Whitten Iowa hosts guests from Webb and Union as families share time together. Alice Mabie reports a Florida trip with a Yadkinville funeral prior to more Florida time. Mary Hammill celebrates her fifth birthday with Debbie Sheffield and others in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Martin
Whitten
G. L. Martin
Union
Alice Mabie
Florida
Yadkinville
N. Carolina
Clarence Hammill
Mary
Debbie Sheffield
Terry Rhoades
Bruce Hauser
Roger Kaput
Donna Hellmich
Allan
Stanley
Patty Raab
David Donaldson
Webb
Mary Hammill
Bob Norman
Chicago
Nelson Norman
Community Networking in Nevada and Zearing Gatherings
Local families and friends hosted and visited across Nevada Zearing and Roland with numerous social calls. Notable attendees included Ralph Streyffeler Verner Ever Darald Eller and Ralph Bright, plus Tony Taber and Bertha Faust among others, and a charity clothing box prepared for an orphanage in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Streyffeler
Albert Petrus
Nevada
Verner Ever
Darald Eller
Zearing
Paul Himmel
Walter Eller
Lloyd Eller
Richard Johnson
Elston Imsland
Bertha Faust
Miriam Faust
Hubbard
Philip Eller
Rudolph Eller
Randy Taber
Dale Sommerlat
Robert Taber
Marshalltown
Wilford Lindeman
Dysart
Whitten and Eldora social notes coverage
Whitten and Eldora residents hosted dinners and visits over the weekend. Families including Fouts Chelsvig Gould Long and others gathered at homes in Whit ten Eldora and Whitten. The Senior Hearthstone Club met Jan 12 in Whitten with roll call, a brief business session, a 4 month leave granted, and prize winners noted. Plans were set for basket weaving on Jan 26 at Mrs Jerry Stanbroughs home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitten
Enos Fouts
Joel Chelsvig
McCallsburg
Ida Fouts
Eldora
Marilyn
Chelsvng
Howard Long
Wendell Newby
Minnesota
Frank Gould
Marshalltown
Dick Teckenburg
Hearthstone Club
John Hellmich
Harold Gibbon
Dorothy Hauser
Helen Hellmich
Lucille Long
Des Moines
Jerry Stanbrough
Gene Foster
Clarence Hammill
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New Providence
Mrs Ross Reece
Harold Hayden
Iowa Falls
Owasa
John Deere
Eldora, Iowa
Hollywood
Miss Lhalite
Gordon
Henry J. Janssen & Son
Jerry
Darrel Donaldson
Evergreen - Sherman
Korea
Ben Hake
Ernest Topp
Hubert Gaard
Radcliffe
Ralph Bright
Bethany Church
Wade Topp
Verner Eller
Lucille Fawley
Arlan Eller
Raymond Porath
Lute Porath
Janesville
Lloyd Eller Hore
Karen
Lonnie
George Murty
Walter Elfer
E. Peters
Pearl Bowers Farm
Wellsburg Blacktop Corner
International Harvester
Ford
Westinghouse
Tamworth
L. W. Horner
Reisinger & Heltibridle
Eldora Auction
Shell Furnace
Lavelle
Jobser
RCA Victor
Benson
Civic Action
RCA Victor Factory
Radio & TV
Ward Miller
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