Merrill Record Notes Local Christmas News and Fire Loss
Christmas visits, family gatherings, weddings, births, and illnesses fill this Merrill Record snippet. Notable items include Dorothy Betsworth’s birth in France, numerous family parties across Merrill and nearby towns, a local wedding at St John Lutheran Church, midwife and school staff news, and the destruction by fire of the Harvey Karch home near Leeds, with Christmas toys lost and firefighters responding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill
Louise
E.N. Hauser
Mix Wallace Hemphill
le Mars
Dorothy Betsweil
Harold Betsworth
France
U.S
Dorothy Louise
Les Jans
Cators
Vera Bragdon
Merrill High School
Sioux City
Bragdon
Mounton Baker Minn
Merrill Trends
Gene Dickman
Brunsvile
Thes
Abo
St John Lutheran Church
Reymund Wieck
Lane
Sioux Cry
Merl
Gary and
Iconus
Jensie Wieck
Lloyd Wieck
Don Dentin
Gene Dickman Jamil
Bronsille
Maco
Daniel Heldert
Merriff
Mariwnau
Golden Brodie
Leeds
Harvey , Karch
Karch
Birth announcement for Terilea Wielenga in Santa Marie
Special Friends announces the Dec 19 birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Enno Wielenga of Santa Marie California. Terilea has a sister. case includes connections to Margaret Borgman and families in Wayne Nebraska. Christmas Day visits and relatives across several towns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
bin Boehmann
Dorothy Moore
Sioux City
Frank Rath
Jos RK. Faston
Stally Cuts
James Faston
CL Hodapp
California
Moses Barbara
Dorothy Powel
Bows State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Mro
Floyd Powell
Robert Haker
Mirani Nirs Baack
Mulford
Fdith Buense
Direton Special Friends
Enno Wielenga
Santa Marie Calif
Terilea
Wielenga
Margaret Borgman
James Brown
Wayne Neb
George Rose
Ervin Johnson
Chas Houston
Ireton
Fred Lemke
Paulina
Richard Lemke
Harry Brown
Hopkins Minn
Ora Gray
Grace Brown
Hawarden
Mes
Lou Twittman
Winnetta Brown
Emory Suter
Rock Valley
Emil Miller
Christmas visitors and travels across Iowa to Texas
A long list of holiday gatherings and travels across Iowa and nearby states. Families hosted relatives from Des Moines Orange City and Sioux Falls while several residents visited Dallas Ayreshire and Grand Island for Christmas and New Year celebrations with extended family members and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Texas
Anthony VerHoeven
Debrah
Barabra VerHoeven
Lynette Wynna
Marylou Westergard
Marcia Brown
Hene Kampsia
Henry Poll
Maryann Poll
Orange City
Meriva Criddlebaugh
Santa Rosa Calif
Dittmer
Milton Dittmer
Debert Dittmer
Bruce
PFC
Rodney Johnson
Orville Viotho Dennis
Cindy
Hugo Weinnitz
Walter VanderHamm
Leland
Walter Schipper
Russell Coons and Sons
Arthur VanderHamm
al Coons
Primghar
Emil Swanson
Lena Parker
Joy Turner
Des Moines
Leo Coons
Storm Lake
Lois Gutchel
Randy
Mildred Coons
Paullina
Wahler Brandt
John Pierson
Mulvane Kansas
Carl Brooks
Herb Brown
Chas Brown
Hudson
Rennie Oaken
Le Mars Social Notes Featuring Local Dining Guests
Le Mars social note details a Christmas day family dinner at the Eyres country home with guests including Dr and Mrs Thomas Eyres and family Prof and Mrs Cunningham and family from Vermillion South Dakota Duluth Minnesota guests Mr and Mrs G E Held of Hinton and Mr and Mrs W T Stov-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gsley
Calvin Eyres
Oscar Rich
Son Allen
Laurens
Iowa
Dale Wagner
le Mars
Lewis Wagner
Omaha
Nebraska
Louise Scott
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Dennis Stelpfung
Lydia Adler
Sco
Sacred Hear Hospital
Miss Adler
LB. Hilton
Ward Nelson
Salem
South Dakota
George Mayer
Elks Club
Alm. Long
Portland
Oregon
Janet Koerselman
Richard Eyres
South
New York City
Sandra Eyres
Eyres
Stanley Eyres
Schenectady
New York
Lowell Benson
Teresa
Tommy
Laurie
Jimmy
Jackson
Minnesota
Willard Benson
Rodney Eyres
Thomas Eyres
Cunningham
Vermillion Lowh Dakota
Duluth
G.E. Held
Hinton
W.T Stov
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Ziol
JES
Charles Brodie
le Mary
Bernard Willis
Lake City
Lows
Marlin Mattus
Grand Junction
Cole
Akron
St. John Lutheran Church
Mrr
Mes LW
Machamer
Chipimas Bas
Douglas Dean Boyd
Spencer Boyd
Elmer Braune
Meroa
Paub Gillman
Rock Rapids
Mim
Kate Lehmanns
Virgil Vanderloo
Lance
Ronda
Dawn of
Ackley
Kate Lehmann
George Lehmann
Mattas Fletcher
St. Johan Lutheran Church
Harold Knoop
Drakesville Lows
Ponca Nebr. Hospital
Gaylon Tevis
Richard Stroup
Sioua City
Les Bauerly
Gertrude Hancer
Robert Steffen
Sharon
Anna Steffen
Norman Hill
Cherokee
Merrill St. John Lutheran
Darrell Easton
Donald Schmidt
Jeanine Sue
Roger Easton
Leonard Schulz
Elmer Roesch
Ronald
Calumet
Melvin
Botsford Karen
Judy
Ed Cole
Seney
DuWayne Schulz Lynette
Lorie
Lester Schulz
Wayne Warnock
Gary
Donald Warnock
Richard van Voorst
Hodge Hardware
Merrit Plumbing and Pump
Mr van Voorst
Wm. B. Klein
Haspers
Granville
Sheldon
Johson
John Deere
Oliver 77
Oliver
Case Grain Combine
Farmers Friend
J. D
Hains
New Idea
J. D. Crow
Staab and Klein
Remsen
Hospers Savings Bank
Akron Cemetery
McCormick Deering
Eldon E. Gabei
Richards and Auden
Auds
Fit State Bank
Brunsville
le Mars — Moville
Leton
Fred Schmidt
Rennie Orken
le Murs
Clarence Holtdorf
Dallas Texas
Eloise Holtdorf
Frank Bowden
Robert Lovrein
Ayrshire
Gaylen Kutehel
Clinton Iown
Leonard Marienau
Ben Marienau
Lorraine
Bob
Don Luhsan
Marvin Marienau
Norman Klemme
Henry Vander Hel Linda
Leah
Mark
Sigux Cemer
Norman Marienau
Chas
Jeffery
Loren Rose
Sioux Falls
Elsie Westra
Sam Westra
Henry Netten
le Mars Social Notes
le Mars O Ovens
Johnson
Guernsey
W. F
McCormick-Deering
Carlson
International
Farrow
Black
Poland
Vince Peters
le Mars Savings Bank
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