Peterson Williams Engaged in Omaha Area Union
Mr and Mrs Marvin W Peter announce the engagement of their daughter Joyce to Thomas L Williams son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Williams both of Emerson The couple are graduates of Nishna Valley High School and Red Oak Community High School respectively They studied at the Commercial Extension School of Commerce Omaha and the groom attends evening classes at Omaha University A date for the wedding has not been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin W. Peter
Emerson
Joyce One
Thomas Lb. Williams
Stanley Williams
Ioresold Jams
Miss Peterson
Nishna Valley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Omaha
Williams
Red Oak’ Community High School
Union Pacificvailroad
Commercial Extension School of Commerce
George E. Hascall Jr
Janet Leone
Richard Lee Sanders
Betty Roche
Miss Hascall
Inland Manufacturing Co
Sanders
University of Omaha
Franzen Services Held for C A Franzen in Red Oak
Carl Alfred Franzen 42 of Red Oak died December 18 after an extended illness. Burial followed services in Red Oak. Born November 2 in Ostergotland Sweden, he came to the United States in 1902 and married Evelyn Harvey in 1912. Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Georgi Eisel of Wharton and Mrs. Wallace Johnson of Red Oak, a son Dean, eight grandchildren, one sister and one brother in Sweden. He was confirmed in the Church of Sweden and attended Stratton church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Alfred Franzen
Red Oak
Frans Johansson
Stora Brang
Ostergattand
Sweden
Ile
Evelyn Harvey
Georgu Eisel
Wharton
Tex
Wallace Johnson
Dean
Franzen
Church of
Christmas Visits and Dinners Across Red Oak Area
Mrs Ward Coy attended a dinner at the Russell Cady home in Red Oak Sunday. The Glenn Dittmians and Susan of Onawa came to spend Christmas with Mrs Frances Harman. The Heber Willyer family enjoyed an oyster supper Sunday at the Hillyer home here. Mr and Mrs H E Greenwood and Sherry Greenwood went to Sun Valley Idaho to spend Christmas with the Raymond Seal family. The Gilbert Carlson Jr family spent the weekend at Moorehead with Mrs Carlson's mother, Mrs Frank LaSeur. The Harry Mensen family enjoyed a dinner Sunday at the Mensen home here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Dittmians
Susan
Onawa
Frances Harman
Heber Willyer
Hillyer
H. E. Greenwood
Sherry Greenwood
Sun Valley
Idi
Raymond Seal
Gilbert Carlson Jr. Tamily
Moorehead
Carlson
Frank LaSeur
Harry Mensen
Mensen
Christmas Observed at Emerson With Family Dinners
Emerson residents shared Christmas with numerous families from Red Oak Essex Shenandoah Council Bluffs and Omaha. Relatives gathered for dinners visits and festive events including the Lane Morse and De Bolt clans and extended kin from Glenwood Des Moines and Kansas City area. The community calendar listed events and a book review by the Emerson Federated Woman's Club alongside numerous local guest appearances and holiday travel notes.
Turkeys Won at Emerson and Visits Fill Weekend
Turkeys were won at Emerson Saturday with twelve winners listed. Visitors included Mrs Dew ey Ferguson and several named locals. Travel guests from Missouri and Colorado joined local families for dinners and gatherings, with multiple extended visits and holiday times noted.
Methodist Church Schedules New Year Services
Earl Kelly serves as pastor with Ly Grayson superintendent. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. Sermon titled God’s Call to Men. New Year’s Eve worship planned. January 3 Senior MYF at 6 p.m. January 4 Junior Choir practice at 4:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Methodist Church
Earl Kelly
Ly Grayson
Champion Hill Presbyterian Church Service Schedule
Noel De. Paster leads Sunday School at 10 a.m. Worship follows at 11 a.m. Mrs. Dean Mellata is superintendent. First Baptist Sunnen will be held later in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champion Hill Presbyterian Church
Noel de. Paster
Dean MelLata
Nishna Valley High and Elementary Hot Lunch Menus
January menus list items for Nishna Valley High School and Nishna Valley Elementary. Entries include chili and beef stew with sides on Jan 2 3 and 4 at the high school, and minced ham sandwich and hamburger gravy plates with beans and potatoes at the elementary. Milk is served with all meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nishna
Valley High School
Nishna Valley
Winners Named in Emerson Lighting Contest
Ralph Pierce, Mrs. Vernon Johnson and Marian DeBolt won first through third in the Christmas home lighting contest sponsored by the Emerson Chamber of Commerce for four years. Honorable mentions went to Dr C J Blank Opal Buyes and Boyd Nuckolls. Mrs Elsie Evans organized the judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Pierce
Vernon Johnson
Marian DeBolt
C. J. Blank
Opal Buyes
Boyd Nuckolls
Emerson Chamber of Commerce
Elsie Evans
Christmas visits and family news in Malvern area
Mr and Mrs Darrell Porter attended Elton Clay's funeral in Malvern. Mr and Mrs Rodger Rumery named their baby Gregory Alan and left the hospital for home near Hastings. Mrs Don Eastwood and family were Christmas night guests in the G S Eastwood home. Mrs Vernon Johnson spent Sunday with the Lloyd Hicks in Red Oak and attended a neighbor open house on South Hill. Mrs Lola Adkins of Des Moines visited the S S McKee home. Miss Gloria Jeanne Fort and Mrs John Viner and baby from Sioux City spent Christmas with Viner family. Viner baby stayed for longer. Mr and Mrs Lou Gustin of Hastings and Mr and Mrs Cletus Gibson of Concordia called on Winnie Gamble Christmas Day. The Orville Tackett family of Glenwood and DeWayne Andrews of Omaha were dinner guests Sunday at the Frank Sawyers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Carlson
Max Carlson
Emil Carlson
Essex
Robert Fastenau
Clarinda
David Carlson
Ocheydan
Signa Tengstram
LeRoy Johnson
Marion DeBolt, Jr
Council Bluffs
Marion DeBolts
Charles Walker
Reed Oak
Joe Huever
Hancock
Kenneth Walkers
Texie
Lane Morse
de Bolt
Eugene King
Robert Hassles
Max Hassles
Duane Porters
Clara Smith
Harold Nevsles
Harold Hassles
Rayment Mitchell
Devil Bullingtons
Red Oak
Harold Mitchells
Stanton
Quentin Johnson
John Sothmans
Cumberland
Win Castors
Dean Schippers
Kansas City
Sard
St. McKee
Sam McKee Jr
Richard Browns
Wilma McKee
LeRoy McKee
Dwight Shaw
Samuel L. McKee
Omaha
Wesley Skalberg
Max Lee
Shenandoah
Vernon McKee
Kenneth Maker
Alvin Deckers
Glenwood
Fred Linsey
Denver
Cul
Donald Hall
Jefferson
Dixie Hall
ELA. Deckers
Margie Hampton
EL A. Deckers
Harry Hoovers
Ray Lyonses
Garden Grove
Mr. Erb
Tom Ingersoll
Tenville
Paul Spencer
Tom Hayses
Creston
Clyde Ingersolls
Bill Cooper
Great, Lakes
Darrell Cooper
Arlington Heights
Marshall Cooper
Wichita
Kan
Glenn Coopers
Harold Coopers
James Pettys
Florence Cooper
Ward Coy
Mabel Ward
Duane Bergren
Orville Dunbar
Marlin Allen
Cedar Rapids
Ed Marshell
Erma Allen
Ray Allen
Bruce
Robert Fields
Oakland
John Merrill
Lincoln
Nebr
Bertha Thorson
Jet
Richard Warren
Ray Fields
Noyman
Fields
Ross van Norsdstrand
Rodger Rumery
Gregory Alan
Christmas Guests and Local Family News from Sidney
The bulletin lists multiple family visits and arrivals around Sidney including the Paul Richards family as supper guests in the Don Magle home. It notes I W Castors delaying their winter visit due to bad weather and returning home. It records the Rumerys welcoming a son at Red Oak hospital, with Kent as a brother and Sharron Eastwood as formerly Sharron Eastwood. Grandparents and great grandparents are named, alongside other Christmas and holiday visits among local families. It also mentions Robert Johnson leaving for Seattle Pacific College, Eving Parker reporting for service in Lincoln, and various relatives visiting the Mitchell, Brammeier, Terry, Lewis, and Moulds households over the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodger Rumery
Red Oak Hospital
Kent
Rumery
Sharron Eastwood
Don Eastwood
Tom Rumery
G. 5. Eastwood
David Fass
Scottie
George Curtis Jr
Robert Johnson
LeRoy Johnsons
Seattle
Wash
Seattle Pacific College
Eving Parker
Harley Parkers
Lincoln
Nebr
The church page notes a Christmas reading and care drive
A weekly church session featured Shirley Mabary reading The issue Made Clear with a lesson on What if Christ had not come. Volunteers, including Mrs. Byron Viner and several neighbors, packed boxes of cookies and fruit for shut ins. Various local families shared meals and visits across Iowa and Nebraska, including Fort Madison and Red Oak, with travel to Fort Collins for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Mabary
Byron Viner
Carleton Davidson
Bill Huff
Pred Roeder
L. E. Brammeier
Missouri Valley
Don Terry
John Viner
Fort Madison
Howard
Rosa Triplett
Norris Triplett
Red Oak
Gene Westerlind
Willisea
Mary Clark
Glenwood
Linda Johnson
Robert Nicks
Evelyn Warren
Jewell
Charlotte
Fort Collins
Coro
Leonard Snyder
Darlene Davis
Dewey Mattley
Fort Gordon, Ga
Lois Meyer Omaha
John Siefford
Ingraham 4-H Club Holds Christmas Party
The Ingraham Straight Shooters met December 13 at the Methodist Church in Silver City for a regular session and a Christmas party. A Fathers' Night date was set for next month. Refreshments followed the meeting and gifts were exchanged. Mike Hopp, Reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingraham Straight Shooters
Methodist Church
Silver City
Mike Hopp
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Kenneth Davises
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Roger Davis
Randolph
Oscar Bolens
Percival
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Virgil Potter
Richard Larsen
L. C. Bullingtons
George Jones
John Carsons
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Woman's Clu
Madge Parker
CES
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Julia White
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W. E. Waterworth
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Debra
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Baslee
Raytown
Orin Mans
Jerry Mann
Jim Mann
Arizona College
Ronald Allelys
Ankeny
Farris Waterworths
Charles
Jim Waterworth
Chicago
Mrs. Waterworth
California
Emerson Federated Woman's Club
Frm. Parker
Richard Morgan
Angela
David Edie
Here Edie
Keokuk
C. L. Ballain
Mercy Hospital
Myrtle Walker
Joe Hoover
Ed Malskell
Cornell’ Bluffs
Beverly Carson
Colo
Charles Carson
Duluth
Ivan Shook
Great Lakes
Ill
Iml
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Richard Brown
M. L. Scheffel
Bait
Bureau Service CO
Emerson Sat
Dewey Perguson
Truman Hardy
Wm. Crafton
Wm. Gravell
Vaughn Babbitt
Hebe Edie
Newt Wright
R. E. Good
David Anderson
Dale Sandquist
Vance Allensworth
Macedonia
Carl Christensen
St. Louis
L. C. Bullington
Art Larsen
Hastings
Larsen
Donnie Bullington
Longmont
L. A
Galen ‘Jones
Robert Samuelsons
Myrtle
Sabbing
Alvin Sabbing
David Laughlin
Ft. Bening
He Matt
Laughlins
First Baptist
Suunen
Wii “Hee
Darrell Porter
Mrs. Porter
Elton Clay
Malvern
Paul Richards
Don Magle
Sidney
I. W. Castor
Marlin Lewis
Audubon
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Darrell Lewis
Hamilton Lewises
Bob
Jim Terry
Iowa City
Bill Metcalf
Indianola
L. E. Brammeiers
Don Hicks
Maryville
Don Davidson
Ames
Donna Cole
Grace Bible Institute
Oma
Art Moulds
Alla
Roseann Rohr
Guy Bradford
Robin
John Stefford
Myma Ballain
Ramond Mitchell
Wm. Brown
Kim
Des Moines
Raymond Mitchells
Clyde Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Wilson Hybrids, Inc
Harlan, Ta
Fred James
Emerson Town
Ellsworth Smith
Indian Creek
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Emerson City Hall
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