Christmas Socials and Visits Echo Family Gatherings
A long list of Christmas Eve and day gatherings highlights extended family visits in Dennison. Residents hosted dinners and parties with relatives from Terre Haute Martinsville Rockville and Indianapolis. Churches and members shared verses from Revelation as holiday closings.
West Liberty Social Roundup of Christmas Visits
Local notices list Mr and Mrs Kenneth Cox and others visiting friends and relatives across West Liberty and nearby towns. Guests include the Marrs, Gilbert, Collier, Behner, White, Hinkle, Ewbank, Starks, Starks, and Claypool families with Christmas and holiday gatherings noted at multiple households.
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Kenneth Cox
Walter Cox
Ivan
Lafe Marrs
Behner
Mart Gilbert
Gilbert Collier
Newlin Gilbert and Sons
Tom Smitley
Paris
Oscar White
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
D A
Ivan I
Howard Cox
Elmer Marrs
Robert Carpenter
Evert Ross
Bather Fitzgarrald
Roy Biggs
Nancy
Mae Selders
Mattoon
Darrel Hinkle
Carol Hinkle
Robert Webster
Terre Haute
Wayne Ewbank
Susan
Paul Behner
Don Morgan
M. L. Behner
Eather Fitzgarrard
Lily Starks
Cecil Redman
Ruby Starks
Nan Garver
Lloyd Claypool
Harold Evans
Eather Fitzjarrald
Sylvan Fitzjarrald
Max Fitzjarrald
Lioyd Claypool
Teresa
Clark Pulver
Oaklawn
Tinos
Five Points Christmas Visits and Family Gatherings
Mrs. G B Wilhoit notes Christmas and New Year greetings with multiple Illinois visits. Families from Lincoln Hutsonville and nearby towns hosted meals and guests including Macke Kerley Buckle Phillips Davis Wilhoit and others. Harlie Brosman Jr moved to Dunlap for work. Willie Smith hospitalized. Paris visit planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Macke
Lincoln
Illinois
William Kerley
John Buckle
Patricia
Dwight
Hutsonville
Vern Church
George
Rolla Brewer
Clement Richey
Tipp City
Ohio
Rex Gareener
Rhett
Ed Johnson
Donnie
Huts
Glenn Wilhoit
Harlie Brosman, Jr
Dunlap Illinois
Peoria
Harlie
Lee Smith
Cathy
Sandwich
Willie Smith
Dale Wilthoit
Collinsville
Paris
Jennie Wilhoit
Paris Hospital
Sylvan Morgan
Carrol Ellington
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Edward Ellington
Ronnie Randy
Anita
Dean Morgan
Stanley Davis
Darrel
Cheryl
Ron Cornwell
Cindy
Salem
Melrose Birth and Holiday Visits Highlight Local Notes
Mr and Mrs Ralph Blankenbeker welcomed a son Alexander Eugene born December 19 at Crawford Memorial Hospital Robinson weighing six pounds. Carolyn Hill is the mother formerly of Annapolis. Paternal grandparents are Kenneth Blankenbeker. Many relatives and friends from Ra cine Wisconsin Morton Illinois and nearby areas spent Christmas with Kenderdine and Blankenbeker families and visited Crim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Blankenbeker
Crawford Memorial Hospital
Robinson
Alexander Eugene
Blankenbeker
Carolyn Hill
Wayne Hill
Annapolis
Kenneth Blankenbeker
Steve Wells
Racine
Wisconsin
Olen Wells
John
Donald Goodwin
Omer Powell
Charles Kenderdine
Johnny Shelton
Mike
Henry Shelton
Walter Reed
Dwight Esarey
Pam
Rick
Mark
Corby
Tina Rich
Maude Kender
Garnet Ogle
Tony
Maude Kenderdine
June Kenny
Anita
Gary Blankenbeker
Cora Blankenbeker
Flossie Kenderdine
Warren Kenderdine
Christmas Eve in a Country School Delights a Small Town
Dora Bohm recalls a country school in Edwardsville Illinois holding its first evening Christmas program. The new teacher organized drills songs and a food exchange with native land treats. A decorated tree with popcorn cranberries and a silver star became the night’s brightest surprise.
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Dora Bohm
Edwardsville
Illinois
Janey
Harry
Blankenbekers Host Birthday for Kenneth Kin
Mr and Mrs James Blankenbeker hosted relatives including Mr and Mrs Joe Smitley and sons Mr and Mrs Richard Parcel and family and Miss Norma Payne of Flora on Sunday. Ralph Blankenbeker called during the day and the group helped celebrate Mrs Kenneth Blankenbeker's birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Blankenbeker
Joe Smitley
Richard Parcel
Norma Payne
Flora
Kenneth Blankenbeker
Ralph Blankenbeker
Paint removal and rust treatment tips from old guide
The guide advises removing varnish to bare wood before repainting to avoid alligatoring. For iron rust, brush clean then two coats rust inhibitive primer and a top coat. Frozen fruit thaws best in sealed packages with some ice crystals. 1 pound in syrup needs up to eight hours in the fridge. Leather belts clean with mild soap, rinse, dry, then wax lightly.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Blue Glacier Bear of Alaska Stands Two Feet High
Little Bear North America’s smallest rare bear the Blue or Glacier Bear resides in the Mount St. Elias region of southern Alaska. The article notes its diminutive height and remote habitat in Alaska.
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North America
Mount St. Elias
Alaska
Birthday and visit roundup from Blankenbeker and Kenderdine families
Mr and Mrs James Blankenbeker and family called on Mr and Mrs Grant Hollenbeck Monday evening. Those helping Mrs Flossie Kenderdine celebrate her 80th birthday December 28 were Carrie Ogle Lah Mae Green and family Rhea Jean Davison and family Thelma Ward called Saturday evening on the Kenneth Blankenbaker family Nadine Chapman and Jimmy and Hazel Kenderdine It is sitep Mrs Hazel Kenderdine's birthday Miss Judy Kenderdine of Robinson spent Monday night and Tuesday with the Warren Kenderdine family Mr and Mrs Kenneth Blankenbeker and Winford spent Christmas lday with the Joe Smitley family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jones
Rockville
Maryland
Tom Jones
Indianapolis
Edward Jones
Terre Haute
Harold Jones
Bruce
Terry
FE O Jones
Greta Lee
Martinsville
Oaille Taylor
J H Johns
John Yeley
E O Jones
Harold
Jones
Danny Taylor
Deane
Sally
Tommy
Russell Taylor
E. C Ham
Cora Bartram
George Taylor
Mabel McCullough
Allana Doll
Melvin McConchie
Elaine
Edward Doll
Nancy Lou
Dean Holmes
Dora Brown
Augusta Holmes
Harold Morecraft
Margaret Ann McGee
Darrel Martin
Roy Ray
Grace Weaver
Vivian Yeorgin
Paris
Grace Mason
Murl Bland
Maggie Bland
David Bland
Donnetta
Orville Taylor
Foster
Thompson
Loren
Dale Kirby
West Terre Haute
Ben Maynard
Finneruth
Ray Allan
Maynards
Vermilion
Sioner
Glenn Lackey
Fanls
Deawners Grove
Tilmots
Wiliam Lackey
Marshall
Dirner
Kate Lackey
Bob Albert Owens
Glen Lackey
Nancy Yeley
Crescent City Twinois
Joan Yeley
Wilmore
Kentucky
Cookie Yeley
Danville
Tinnis
Fugene Thompson
Findlay
Ohio
Sammy Allen
Covington
Indiana
Gust Thompson
Marjorie Thompson
Fadmond Rowling
Metcalf
Harlan Thompson
Robert Pounds
Harold Johns
Don Stinson
Mabel Parsons
Beulah
Charles Beltz
Mary Kirby
Lawrence Cooper
Bridgeport
Illinois
John Franklin Guthrie
Dee
Johnie Guthrie
Chicago
Mabel Guthrie
Ralph Fairgrief
Daisy Pruiett
Vernon Pruiett
Mabel, Guthrie
Glenn Lee
Edward
Verlin Hurst
Charles Stepp
Ray Welsh
Joan Volkers
Norma West
New Lenox
George. Ray
Raymond Hutchings
Vaughnettes
Elaine McConchie
Ruth Garwood
James Blankenbeker
Grant Hollenbeck
Flossie Kenderdine
Carrie Ogle
eLah Mae Green
Rhea Jean Davison
Thelma Ward
Kenneth Blankenbaker
Nadine Chapman
Jimmy
Hazel Kenderdine
Judy Kenderdine
Robinson
Warren Kenderdine
Kenneth Blankenbeker
Winford
Joe Smitley
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