Hastings Marriage of Faye Oswald and Allan Christy
Announcement of the secret December 20 1938 Lincoln Nebraska marriage of Miss Faye Oswald to Allan Christy. The event was kept quiet until a Monday evening chart wall with friends announced it.
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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
3
Announcement of the secret December 20 1938 Lincoln Nebraska marriage of Miss Faye Oswald to Allan Christy. The event was kept quiet until a Monday evening chart wall with friends announced it.
We thank everyone for kindness shown during this time. Special appreciation goes to the people of Hastings for the lovely Sowers they sent. Mr and Mrs EB H Ord and family express heartfelt gratitude.
Fire Monday evening destroyed a garage and a 193A Chevrolet at the D. O ldhams farm. Hastings fire department protected surrounding buildings but could not stop the blaze as the car and garage were nearly burned before discovery. Local residents attended various gatherings and visits were noted in the community.
Funeral services were held for Winfield Scott Hunt known as W. S. Hurt, a Hastings elder statesman. He died Saturday afternoon at his daughter’s home after a brief illness at age 91 years seven months and 24 days. He lived with his daughter Mrs E T Ord and was survived by a wife who died in 1928, a daughter, 10 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Interment at North Grove cemetery beside his wife. Republican-era obituary records list many relatives and attendees from Emerson, Afton, Griswold, Red Oak, Omaha and Lincoln Neb.
The shoe pitching tourney held here last Sunday drew a large crowd and awarded many prizes. Top prizes included 5 dollars to B Philips Randolph and various items to Josephsonard White Hires mission and orange, plus multiple awards in the morning singles. Towns participating included Coln Randolph Shenandoah Blanchard Thurman Tabor Yorktown Emerson and Imogene. Also noted were weather impacts on crops and numerous local social notices and visits across several towns.
Box Elder notes a Sunday coon hound field trial at Corning with 80 hounds racing. The column records local travel to Hastings Red Oak and Emerson homecoming, hospital updates, school seating upgrades, visits, and various family notes across Mills County Iowa for early August 1939.
L. E. Brammeier celebrates his birthday at the Warren home with a large dinner and baskets. Various local residents attend events, visits, and chores, with health issues and road work noted. rural life items include farm tasks, silos, and festival attendance amid several family and neighbor updates.
Mills County Iowa on August 7 1989 opened bids for coal delivery to the county farm after adjournment of August 4 1989. Home Lumber Co won the contract for Franklin County lignite stoker coal at six dollars sixty three cents per ton. Homestead exemption claim No 1878 was approved. RESOLUTION THAT WHEREAS there was.
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