Yuletide Socials and Family Visits In Strahan Area
Strahan area residents shared a festive season with numerous family gatherings and social visits. The record lists multiple households hosting Christmas dinners and exchanges, with extended relatives traveling from Emerson, Red Oak, Hamburg, Council Bluffs, and Omaha. Noted events include Mr. and Mrs. Nims celebrating a 62nd anniversary, and Mrs. Oma Brown receiving a Viet Nam message from her hospitalized son 8P4 Willie Brown. The narrative centers on community holiday hospitality and enduring family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oma Brown
Viet Nam
Willie Brown
Qui Nahon
Ecards
Tay Hoa
L. B. Reed
Max Reed
Patricia Carrock
Pat
Steve
C. A. Reed
Lyle Reed
Famil
Hamburg
Bob Harrell
Thayer
Paul McMuhen
Riverton
Reeds
Ray Fletcher
Hamburs
Henry Nims
Opal Bayes
Emerson
Omaha
B. W. Reid
Nims
Christmas Day at Red Oak Area Families Gather
The Strahan MRS and Miley Schmidt correspondence notes numerous local households celebrating Christmas across Red Oak Clarinda Randolph Council Bluffs and surrounding towns. Guests included the John Bayes family in Clarinda, the Konigs and Bass families in Randolph and Shenandoah, and many others sharing dinners gifts and church and social visits. The piece also mentions an observed silver anniversary for Mr and Mrs Zeno Bass and a prayerful New Year wish with weather notes and holiday greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Morrical
Paul Morrical
Tabor
Helen Bruce
Kenneth
Red Oak
Rozella Wortman
Roger
Merritt Wortman
Ted Larson
Marlin Gammon
Malvern
Dewayne Reinertson
Corning
Kans
Bill Gammon
Everett Stouder
Gary
Larry Stouder
Sharon Turner
Omaha
Ross Stouder
Pacific Junction
F. A. Hopp
Joe Straight
Emerson
P.F.C
Danny Tuslor
Manhattan
Kan
Mary+ lyn Balen
Ames
Exchange
Earl Conrad
Henry Conrad
John Bayes
Clarinda
Lawson Monk
Council Bluffs
Edwin Meyer
Bellevue
Nebr
Dale Meyer
Meyer
Tabor Brick Inn
Brain
Holly Nuss
Drake University
Everett Gipe
Ronald Bennett
Larry Gipe
Herbert Coden
Re Island
Lynn Costello
Ralph Costello
Randolph
Aliss Florence Gee
Shenandoah
Charles Costello
Bertha Talbot
W. i. Costello
Lothman
Griss Wold School
Howard McKern Jr
Carol McKern
Billy Seher
Billy
Sr. McKerns
Wayne Anderson
Des Moines
Joe Hathaway
Paul
Grace Hathaway
Hastings
Mary Carlson
Gerald Maher
Gary and
Genene
Bert Howard
Leulie VanOrsdel
Glenwood
Marilyn Williams
Chrismay
George Williamses
Virgil Curtis
David Foss
Scott
Maryville
Foss
N. W. Mo. State College
Charles Nayton
Sandon Stille
Brent Krantz
Macedonia Methodist Church
Leslie Patrick
Macedonia
Eric Johnson
Osceola
Melvin Irvin
Robert Blunt
Pamela
Aie Irvin Meadows
Lowery
Aj.b
Claude Perkins
Mir
Ellis Grindle
Deanna Grindle
Gary Davis
Brenda
Kansas City
Kenneth Davis
Bemis
Virgil Potter
Gene
Roger Davis
C. EB
Lemonds
Leon Lemonds
Fear Bell
Gary Lemonds
Edwin Schoening
Ralston
Guy Grindie
Ned Turner
Henderson
Carl Olson
Essex
Charles Kayton
Nitta Marie
Columbus
Charles Mayton
Roy Davis
Robert Blunts
Glen Baker
Mmnes
Jessie Fisher
Goldie Hixson
Paul Young
Griswold
Bob Barlows
Sidney
Robert Christensen
David Williams
Willisen
Eldon Herzberg
Fred Christensen
Diane
College Springs
Zeno Bass
Mmes
Walter Roberts
Mr. Ayr
Ron Gray
Lyle Coddington
Stephanie
Lyle Coddington Sr
Brian
Earl Bass
Cindy
Lavern Obrecht
Keneath Walker
David Angus
Guy Jordan
Bertha Angus
Ruel Harold
Ellie Grindle
Deanna
Kenneth Grindle
Joe Walker
Harvey Chaney
Richard
Fay Morvical
Mardene
Cardls
Mr. Morvical
Louise Kilpatrick
George Curtis Sr
George Curtis, Jr
Ronnie Curtis
Lafayette
Edwin
John Allan
Sharon
Pamela Blunt
Curtis Meadows
Cheryl
Irvin Meadows
Maitland
Guy Grindle Jr
Steve
Goldie-Grindle
Larry. Swett
Marold Grindle
Ponderosa
Carl Grindle
the Edmundson Hospital
2Zeno Bass
Pvt
Steven Scherer
Texas
Cydney Scherer
M. C. Woodfill
Ada Thackmorton
Adel
Bass
Clifford Lemaster
Co. Bluffs
Mabel White
J. A. Kline
Grandaugsters
Marlin Lemonds
Frank Chamberlain
Don Primrose
Floyd Hillyer
Curt Grindle
Edmundson Hospital
Mr. Grindle
Joe Bateman
Clyde van Scyoe
Thurman
Morris Bateman
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Strahan Area
Aleeta Burgett
Mike
Andrea
Harold Swett
Dale Mall
Marvin Fritz
Vina Carlson
Larry Swett
Glen
Strahan
Miley Schmidt
Mortis Winn
Grand Island
Sam Taylor
Tom Brown
Taylor
Gerald Houser
Carson
Robert Taylor
Emmett Gipe
Carrie Cole
Frank Cole
Chloe Gipe
Sheri
Leslie
Clinton
Margaret Flostead
Larry Blunt
Kevin
Ralph Crawford
John Crawford
Lester Williams
Jim Crawford
Larry Bridie
Orange City
Mason Williams
David Bowen
Chester McKinney
Floyd Bowen
PFC
Darrell Robert Finchem
Homer
Colo
Kermit Hillyer
Hillyer
Hillyers
Marlin Fineboam
Clarence Dalton
Ronnie
Harold Dalton
Bernice Dalton
Herschel
Kathryn
Jessie Brown
Larry Garrett
Ralph Dalton
Clara May Randolph
John Aistrope
Vaughn Hoover, Decorator
Houser
Olk CO
Wm. G. Blackburn
Prop
Malvern, Iowa
Smitty's Cafe
M. L. Scheffel, M. D
Physician & Surgeon Office
Res
Jack Stanley Company
Iowa
Stanley Redimix
Stanley Concrete Products
Phore
Shenandoah, Lowa