Visiting, Christmas Gatherings Across Red Oak Area
Many families from Red Oak and nearby towns gathered for Christmas visiting. The long list includes the Laverne Dickersons, Duane Fritzs, Mrs. Mabel Dunlap, Charles Vestals, Cloid McDowells, and numerous others from Iowa City to Omaha and Des Moines, sharing meals and greetings through Christmas week. Attendees included the Lang family of Trey nor and the Warren, Hascall, Sawyers, Richards, and many more, with multiple house-to-house visits and a Christmas Eve supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne Dickerson
Red Oak
Duane Fritz
Mabel Dunlap
Charles Vestal
Paul Vestal
Cloid McDowell
Randall Sawyers
Corneil Bluffs
Cal Butterfield Fame
Omaha
Dallas Mackry
Orville Tackett
Mary Sawyers
Glenwood
Pearl McLain
Evert Sawyers
Frank Sawyers
Lyle Howard
Marvin
Norman Wnelson
Anthony Briley
Don Briley
Malvern
Jim Straight
Oakland
Martyn Ballain
Martin Ballain
Ames and
Dan Taylor
Kansas
Joe Straight
Jim Straights
Merritt Wortman
Hastings
Ward Coy
Coy
Charles Danek
Carter Lake
Frank Abbott
Chicago
Ill
David Warren
Lincoln
Nebr
Mabel Soneyman
Merill Warren
Ronald Honeyman
Elwin Diehl
Don Mage
Sidney
Paul Richards
Wayne Bass
W. I. Honeyman
Duane Greenamyer
Nebraska City
Dean Jones
Des Moines
John Carson
Creston
Galen Jones
Ariene Rahr
George Jones
Robert Fields
Dieke Warren
Carson
Ray Fields
Bertham Thorson
John
Otho
Robert Hassle
Max Hassle
Harold Hassle
John Lewellen
Avoca
George Holton
Gordon Hascall
GE. Hascall
George Hascall Jr
Janet
Edwin Hascall
Virgil Curtis
Strahan
Tom Brown
Amber Carson
LaVern
Sam Taylors
George Taylor
P. M. Burroughs
Darrell Cooper
Harold Coopers
Robert Evans
Davenport
K. A
Larsons
Giho Middaugh
Larry Bryant
Columbus, C
Heber Hillyer
Margie Hampton
Donald Hall
Jefferson
Alvin Decker
Jim Clark
Kimmie
Dixie Hall
E. A. Decker
Stanley Krisinger
Griswold
Iee Weitzel
CG. Bullingtons
Bertha Kellenbarger
Dale Shelleys
Jim Shelley
Robert Belt
K. A. Evans
Norman Nelson
Lyle Upward
Marlin Allen
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Allen
Eldora
Ed Marskell
Erma Allen
Bryan Toney
Olive
N. C
Ernest Schows
Toney
Richard Schow
R. L. Graysons
Allen Warrior
Richland
Wash
M. D. Lang ‘Feft
John Clark
Pomona
Calif
G. M. Neelys
Riverside
Services Dec. 24 for Warren Clites
Funeral services for Warren Clites were held Saturday December 4 at the Nelson chapel in Red Oak at 10:00 am Rev Richard Persie presided. Clites a lifelong Mills and Montgomery counties resident died December 21 in Red Oak hospital after a two year illness. He was born November 15, 1878 in Mills county. Survivors include two stepsons Lloyd Knight Stanton and Herman Knight Red Oak a sister Edna Carlson Palmer Nebraska and a brother Willard Hope Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Clites
Nelson Chapel
Red Oak
Richard Persie
Clites
Mills
Montgomery Counties
Red Oak Hospital
Isaac Clutes
Mills County
Lloyd Knight
Stanton
Herman Knight
Edna Carlson
Palmer
Nebr
Willard of
Hope
Kan
Calendar of events and community notes from Emerson area
Local calendar items include a Baptist church potluck community supper at 6 30 p m and a farewell for Rev Richard Person. Jan and dan host a Woman's club event at the Methodist church with a 2 p m start. Emerson WRC welcomes two ISU Winter Quarter farm operations students David C Anderson and Kerneth McKee. Funeral for Warren Cliles attended in Red Oak. Multiple family visits and baptisms noted, with residents from Des Moines Chicago Council Bluffs Malvern Red Oak and Omaha mentioned. Reads as a mixed community briefs page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Richard Person
Methodist Church
Emerson Wrc
David C. Anderson
Kerneth McKee
Emerson
Iowa State University
Ames
Wayne Shapcolt
Warren Cliles
Red Oak
Floyd Hillyer
Savannah
David Johnson
Des Moines
Lloyd Hicks
Quentin Johnson
Quentin Allen Johnson
Lal
Metholdish Church
Final Drawing for Emerson Turkeys Home Deco
The Emerson Chamber of Commerce sponsored three turkey drawings held Saturdays before Christmas. Winning turkeys on Dec 24 included Rev. Richard Person Mrs. Wm Gravett Martin Von Feeht Heber Hillyer Mrs. Clyde Patton Bobbie Stille John Parker W Morrison R E Good and Cecile Wax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Chamber of Commerce
Richard Person
Wm. Gravett
Martin von Feeht
Heber Hillyer
Clyde Patton
Bobbie Stille
John Parker
W. V. Morrison
R. E. Good
Cecile Wax
C. J. Blank
Ralph Pierce
O. G. Bayes
Farewell Personal Paragraphs as New Year Begins
The writer bids readers farewell for the year and thanks them for cards and letters. He notes the column will continue under new authorship and hopes the pieces have inspired and encouraged lives, sharing a hymn stanza about reunion.
Farewell for the Persons on Friday
The community is invited to a farewell potluck at the Baptist church for Rev. Richard Person and family who leave Jan. 3 for their new home in Storm Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Richard Person
Storm Lake
Potter and Tran Families Leave for Midland and Jaws City
Mr and Mrs Virgil Potter and Eugene depart to visit the Broner family in Midland Texas A few days later Mr and Mrs Charles Tran and daughter leave after a visit in the Paul Jones home They reside in Jaws City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Richards
Clark Richards
Sidney
George Holton
Jeff
Mr. Nolton
Corry
Penn
Jamestown
N. Y
Virgil Potter
Eugene
Broner
Midland
Tex
Charles ‘Tran
Paul Jones
Jaws City
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Greenwood Lumber CO
Crystal
John and
Alberta Barns
Emerson Farm Supply
Berl and
Gladys Morris Emerson
Emerson State Bank
Emerson Insurance Agency, Inc
Charles
Iowa City
Delaine Jones
Kansas City
Eugene Lang
Yreynoy
Virgil Poltey
Kenneth Davis
Randolph
Ray Honeywell
Joe Hinkles
Michael Mahers
Mary Reynolds
Willisea
Treynor
M. DB
Lang
Clarence Burns
Roy Quimby
Frederick Larson
Wayne Shapcott
L. YH. Cronin
Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Thomas
Denver
Cole
Ray Douglas
Larry Kern
Virgil Ronk
Herb Davison
New Hampton
Helen Monroe
Floyd
Tibles
Missouri
Gene Chatterton
Alta Shoap
H. W. Shoap
M. J. Herbert
Herbert
Dick Smith
Charley Smith
George Brooks
Council
Bluffs
Grace
Leona Dixon
Manuay
Margaret Grayson
Sue
Harry Porters
Hadley Parker
Ward Cooper
Harold Cooper
Darrell
James Petty
Wart Day
Plorence Cooper
Mabel Ward
Glenn Cooper
ISU
B. Bayes
Henry Nims
Robert Burns
William Harriman
Dale Nims
Patty Wymore
Chas. Turner
Max Isaacson
Q. G. Bayes
Darrell Bayes
Roy Bayes
Emerson Turkeys
Richard F. Person
Tor Eri
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