29 Dec 1938
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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
1
Miss Rachel Brandstetter visits Benton Harbor relatives for Christmas with the Brandstetters and Bauers at Pipestone while Schultz and Hodgson families host gatherings in LeMars and Griswold. School programs, Santa Claus visits, weddings, and numerous family dinners mark the holiday with many local residents traveling to share the day.
A series of Christmas visits and dinners circulated among families in LeMars Milford Brunsville and Sioux City including the Collmann Morrison Paul Schroeder and Bohiken households. Guests shared meals at various homes such as the Geo Bauerly LeMars and John Bohiken residences with extended relations visiting through the holiday period.
Elkhorn Mr and Mrs W D Moser spent Christmas with relatives at Windom Minnesota. Miss Margaret Mighell arrived.
Community notes list birthday reminders, dances, and dinners in Brunsville and Akron. Residents include the Schmidt, Klemme, Borchers, Heeren, Nitzschke, Kallsen, and Borchers families. events cover a Married Folks dance, Christmas Eve gatherings, hospital news, a baby birth, a fatal brain concussion, and local visits.
The text notes Sunday dinner guests including and son Dannie and Mr and Mrs Norman Heeren and son Arlan at the John Borchers home. Harry Thietje helped with work at the Lambert Jeffers home in recent days. Mrs Wil Jensen stayed several days at Fred Borchers residence.
Special correspondent reports numerous local families hosting relatives from nearby towns for Christmas. Visits include Hoffmans from Ruble and Sioux City, Logans from Diller Neb, and the Wiedauers. A large Evangelical Sunday school program, with dedicated committee, was well received. Families travel for meals, gifts, and medical or social updates as flu cases appear and a newborn arrives in LeMars.
Struble Otto Oltmann visited Sioux City on Tuesday to market stock. Mr and Mrs Richard Nolan and children Jackie Jimmie and Patty Rose of Beaver Creek Minnesota were holiday guests in the Harry Landgraff home. Mr and Mrs Alex McDougall hosted Christmas guests including Miss Marian Edwin Wendell and Ronald. Mr and Mrs Emil Schuelte and Dale spent Christmas with Fred Oloff in Craig. Mr and Mrs Henry Siebels and family visited Fred Harms in LeMars. Mr and Mrs Dick Frericks and family spent the day with George Frericks in Le Mars. Mr and Mrs John McDougall and Jackie were guests of Martha McDougall in LeMars for a family dinner. Ben Nicholson and Elien drove to Sioux Falls to visit Bob DeMol's home for the holidays.
Local society roundup records Christmas Day dinners at multiple homes in LeMars and nearby families visiting relatives in the Sioux City vicinity. Births include a son to Mr and Mrs Fred Borchers and routines of relatives and caregivers noted in several households.
Families from North Grant and nearby areas shared holiday meals and birthday remembrances at multiple homes. Relatives and friends attended gatherings at the Herb Molzen, Ludwigs, and Plueger residences, with several birthday congratulations noted, including a birth announced as due or born on December 25.
Ireton residents hope for cold weather to freeze the downtown skating rink on the old Tiernen lots. The rink, funded mainly by local businessmen and volunteers, offers day and evening use with flood lights. Read- ing township farm bureau held its annual meeting at the city hall with county agent Wagner presenting plans and officers elected Moris Kluter county chairman and Herbert Vander Ham secretary-treasurer.
Announcements recount visits by friends at local homes, holiday gatherings, and a Nor folk Nebraska marriage of Jo hanne Harvey to Ernest W. Johnson. Parenthood extends to Iowa and nearby towns with multiple relatives visiting, and Marlin Dittmer graduates from U S Navy hospital corps school in San Diego after completing 16 weeks of training amid a cohort from across the country.
The passage lists numerous individuals from church groups and social circles, including Epworth League members and a pastor traveling to Orange City for music and talks. It mentions Mrs. Ray Green hosting Primus Bridge club, Eva Frances Marienau visiting LeMars, Mrs. Bertha Walraven recovering from a stroke, and Mildred and Wayne Brown visiting at the Harley Brown home where Lois and Lola Brown attend W U C.
LeMars resident report notes a visitor weeklong during the holidays. Mr and Mrs L C Husby and family of Hurley South Dakota called on friends last Sunday. Dick Dirksen has just returned from an unspecified trip.
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