Merrill News Briefs Celebrate Christmas Season
About 380 attended the Farmers State Bank Christmas party on Dec. 15 with gifts for winners Robert Dennler Barbara Crosgrove Don Ohlrichs Kristy Marienau and Mrs Larry Orban. WSCS December meeting hosted by Mrs Marie Irwin featured J F Kissinger film on the Christmas Story. Various attendees, visits, and church events noted including hospital stays, musical recitals, and Christmas family gatherings across Merrill and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers State Bank
Robert C. Dennler
Barbara Crosgrove
Don Ohlrichs
Kristy Marienau
Larry Orban
Marie Irwin
WSCS
Wilma West
J. F. Kissinger
Gerald Johnson
Frank Marienau
Ruth Kehrberg
Lester Herman
Harvey Herman
Brentwood
Plymouth Manor
le Mars
Irwin
Earl Thompson
Obituary for George J Handley of Canoga Park California
George J Handley 78 of Canoga Park Calif died Wednesday December 27 1972 at a Reseda hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 30 p m at Michaelson funeral home Kingsley with Rev Forest M Lay officiating. Burial in Kingsley cemetery. Born July 2 1884 Correctionville IA son of John and Sarah Handley. Survived by brother Elmer L Durham NC and sister Mrs Eldred (Mary) Beeghley Cherokee OK and several nieces and nephews. He was a member of American Legion Veterans of World War I carpenters union and former member of Kingsley United Congregational Church of Christ. Preceded in death by parents and wife in 1961.
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George IL. Handley
Canoga Park
Calif
Reseda
Michaelson
Kingsley
Forest M
Kingsley Cemetery
Michaelson Funeral Home
Mr. Handley
Correctionville
John
Sarah Handley
Sioux City
San Diego
Harriet Swearingen
Handley
American Legion
Carpenters Union
Kingsley United Congregational Church of Christ
Elmer L
Durham
N.C
Eldred
Mary) Beeghley
Cherokee
Marcus area man dies after short illness
Carl Digel 90 of Marcus died Thursday December 28 1972 at Community Care Center in Cherokee after a brief illness. He was a lifelong Marcus resident and retired farmer. Funeral planned Saturday at Peace Lutheran Church Marcus with Rev. Edgar Struefert officiating. Burial in Marcus Amhurst Cemetery under Nelson-Mauer Funeral Home Marcus. Survivors include nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Digel
Marcus
Cherokee
Peace Lutheran Church
Edgar Struefert
Marcus Amhurst
Nelson- Mauer
Mr. Digel
Cherokee County
Diegel
Inga Quamen
The Godfather film review sparks mixed feelings at Royal Theater
A warted critique notes The Godfather is technically superb yet disheartening and bloody. It highlights crime and violence with Marlon Brando and Al Pacino delivering powerful performances while tracing a descent into ruthless power within a Sicilian American family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Theater I
Marlon Brando
Don Vito Corleone
al Pacino
Corleone
Mike
Charges Filed After LeMars Granville Car Crash
Le Mars driver Tim Wiltman 18 of 201 Seventh Ave SW and Roselyn Hansen 21 of Granville were cited after a Thursday night collision at Plymouth St NW and Third Ave NW. Wiltman faced an obstructed windshield charge while Hansen was charged with failure to yield. Damages were estimated at 100 dollars to Wiltman’s 1964 Plymouth and 150 dollars to Hansen’s 1967 Chevrolet. Police Patrolman Bill Dreckman investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Mars
Tim A. Wiltman
Seventh Ave
Plymouth St. NW
Plymouth
Roselyn A. Hansen
Granville
Third Ave. NW
Plymouth St
Hansen
Wiltman
Tim Wiltman
Roselyn Hansen
Bill Dreckman
Young Boston designer creates 1972 Christmas seal series
Linda Layman at twenty four designed the 1972 Christmas seal set used to fund tuberculosis and respiratory disease programs in Iowa. Mrs. E T Meredith III Iowa honorary chair notes the design theme contrasts traditional Christmas scenes with modern travel. Layman, a University of Michigan and Kendall School alum, works in Boston advertising after stints in Kansas City.
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E. T. Meredith
Des Moines
Iowa
Linda Layman
Boston
Grandmother
Meredith
Miss Layman
University of Michigan
Kendall School of Design
Grand Rapids
Kansas City
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Merrill
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Matie Baker
Floyd Valley Hospital
Wendall Turner
Oakland
Charles Turner
David
Leslie Porch
Floyd Porch
United Methodist Church
Willis Tullis
Edith Luense
Ben Luense
Springfield
Minn
Merrill United Methodist Church
Snyder
Adaville Church
Sentinel
Hazel Falk
Santa Claus
Civic Center
Claudia Hauff
Spirit Lake
George Kehrberg
Brentwood Good Samaritan Center
Nona Heiden
Nellie Todd
Fred Smith
Ray Smith
Beth Smith
Mary Margaret
Rapid City
Viola Todd
Moville
J. Larry Vallery
Plattsmouth
Neb
Vallery
Indianola
Carl Durr
Homer Thoms
Wayne Austine
Jason
John Clarey
Julie
Rachael
Denver
Colo
George J. Handley
Toben
Dwight John Toben
Mayor’s Court
Michelle Clausen
Darold Clausen
Sioux City St. Joseph Hospital
Ed Wink
John Swanberg
Blanche de Force
Luken-Johnson
Katherine Kellen
First St. SE
S.D
John T. Ludwig
Dean
William Van‘t Hul
Hospers
Mary Behrens Granville
Robert Degen
Alton
Leonard Berkenpas
Sioux County
Ronald D. Boote
Hull
Jane M. van Maanen
Jeffery Lee Crull
Ridott
Paula A. Kelley
Ideal
Tormer
Godfather
Mario Puzo
New York
Sicily
New Hampshire
Kay
Bonnie and Clyde
Bea
Mr. and
Mrs
Robert Fey
Sharon Reuter
Brunsville Legion Hall
Sea Ace
Dale S. Jacobson
Ist Ave. SE
Ist Ave. S. E
Iowa Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Assn
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NGS
Orange City
Sheldon
Court House
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