Busy Country Editor’s Labor of Love in Georgia Weekly
An editorial portrays Carl Broome editor of the Brantley Enterprise in Georgia, detailing duties from writing editorials and soliciting ads to setting type, printing, collecting payments, fixing presses, and distributing papers. He manages drafts, subscriptions, and local notices while addressing rumors and subscriber satisfaction. He ends with leisure like hunting, fishing, and chess.
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New York Times
Carl Broome
Brantley Enterprise
Georgia
Mr. Broome
Linotype
Two Pioneers Answer Final Summons In Jones County
Two longtime Jones county farmers G Henry George and Fred Doden died within a week, ending decades of life on Monticello homesteads and German migration. Friends since 1880s, they built honest, prosperous farms and left enduring memories of straightforward integrity. The region also notes a Wayne Lutheran Church Christmas Eve program with a long list of participants and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
G. Henry George
Fred Doden
George
Monticello
Doden
Germany
Christmas Eve Programs at St John and Trinity
Christmas Eve service lists elaborate program notes from St John and Trinity. The event features carols, recitations, choruses, and a candle lighting sequence with children, choir, and congregational participation throughout the evening.
Christmas Service Planned by St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church invites participation in a children's Christmas service led by Pastor H. L. Adix to be held Thursday December 24, 1942 at 7 30 p m. The event emphasizes seasonal pageantry and community worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
H. L. Adix
Pilgrims of the Night Christmas Pageant at Congregational Church
The Congregational church youth present a 6 scene pageant Pilgrims of the Night at 7 o clock Christmas Eve. Scenes include The Promise of Messiah Pilgrims of Chaldea Galilee Plain End of the Quest and Pilgrims of the Years with roles for Spirit of Promise Spirit of the Desert Innkeeper and Mary among others. The program ends with Christmas tree exercises in the Sunday school room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Chaldea
Galilee
Jane Stuhler
Rome
Susan Stuhler
Chalden
Alice Cantrell
Marjorie Thomas
Betty Jo Guyan
Patty Cantrell
Mary
Betty Rae
Morning the Star
Marilee Matthiessen
Angel—Carlota
Wise Men
Shepherds
Blossoms
Castle Grove Lutheran Church Processional Adeste Fidelis
Christmas program at Castle Grove Lutheran Church features Lois Varrack as organist and a sequence of prayers readings songs and hymn performances led by pastor Gloria Stadtmueller. Children and teachers from Sunday School participate with carols including Silent Night and Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Adeste Fidelis
Lois Varrack
Gloria Stadtmueller
Esther DeWitt
Gene Opfer
Wendell Heiken
James Stadtmueller
Donald Ray Song
Hark
the Shepherds
Lester Kray
Garret Moenk
Roger Heiken
Raymond Eiben
Paul Seehusen
Margaret Ann Albers
Janet Heiken
Wanita Zumbrunnen
Fred Iben
Paul Stadtmueller
Raymond Rickels
William Thalacker
Rose Marie Ortgies
Beverly Ortgies
Dale Ahlrichs
Albert Iben
The
Herald Angels
Lois Cole
Christmas Eve Program at Evangelical Church
A children's Christmas program at the Evangelical and Reformed church on Christmas Eve December 24 begins at 7 30. It features Hymn 294 Silent Night a scripture lesson from Matthew 2 1 12 and prayers. Recitations include Address of Welcome Elizabeth Hoffman The Merriest Day Gerry Hoffman and A Sure Way Peter Meyer.
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Evangelical and Reformed Church
Elizabeth Hoffman
Gerry Hoffman
Peter Meyer
Christmas Recitations and Choir Pieces Listing
A display of Christmas recitations exercises and choir pieces including students Larry Behrends Gerry Schneiter Peter Hasler Bernard Buel Donald Stears Shirley Eby Patsy Ambuehl and many others with titles like The Gift Jesus Brought and A Saviour Christ the Lord plus hands on piano duets and senior choirs. The program features multiple named participants and ensembles such as Rose Louise Maire Mary Elizabeth Messerli James Rhatigan and Arlene Arduser with pieces like The Christmas Star Speaks and In A Lonely Manger.
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St. John's
Pastor Gutkneel
Joyce Postel
Alice Jacobs
Lorna Plueger
Beverly Jayne Hanken
Paul Hanken
Marlene Oltman
Donald Schrader
John Brackens
Raymond Null
Ardis Heiken
Treva Heiken
Audrey Schrader
Vera Null
Joanne Hinrichs
Marvin Jacobs
Treva
Bethlehem
King Carmeth
Ruth Omimen
Bol Rickels
Helen Ommen
All Children
Bob Rickels
Ruth Ommen
Claude Husmann
Bertha Plueger
Chauncey Dirks
Carl Leesekamp
Geor
Jesus
Larry Behrends
Gerry Schneiter
Peter Hasler
Bernard Buel
Donald Stears
Shirley Eby
Patsy Ambuehl
Galen Etten
Orville Meyer
George Leonard Bader
Helen Yossi
Father
Keith Paulsen
Barbara Hoffman
Donna _ Schneiter
Christ
Arva Meyer
Jack Hoffman
John Schneiter
James Steiner
Bobby Arduser
Susanna Hasler
Colleen Maire
Irma Tendick
Jimmie Veitch
Paul Bader
Raymond Bader
John Behrends
Margaret Steiner
Sally Hoffman
Bobby Lang
Wilma Behrends
Delores Etten
Hilda Schneiter
Marlene Etten
Ruth Ann Yossi
Barbara Lang
Betty Kernen
Rose
Forestry Committee Meets At Wyoming
A Wyoming forestry committee led by Lyle Tompkins Pete Eichhorn and Ray Eby met Tuesday evening at Wyoming to plan aid for Jones county farmers wood lot problems. Ray Phillips from the Iowa Forestry Service and U S Department of Agriculture works in woodland conservation across Jones Jackson Delaware and Dubuque counties. Farmers seeking market timber types to cut or wood lot advice should contact County Extension Director James F. Kearns or committee members.
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Lyle Tompkins
Wyoming
Pete Eichhorn
Ray Eby
Monticello
Jones County
Ray Phillips
Iowa Forestry Service
Iowa Extension Service
U.S.D.A
Dubuque
Jones
Jackson
Delaware
James F. Kearns
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Iowa
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O Gift Divine
Rex Rickless
Wilma Bunting
Phyllis Bunting
Darlene Brockhohn
Lenon Tapken
Wilma Schoon
Elise Schoon
Alice Husmann
Catherine Oltmann
Gerald Dirks
Maynard Siebels
Lorance Brockhohn
Ralph Harms
Raymond Oltmann
Harvey Fechtman
Arnold Willis
Harvey Tapken
Robert Husmann
Kenneth Husmann
Raymond Harms
John Henry Dirks
Max Schrader
Irma Bohlken
Babe
Jimmie Conley
Candles
Eugene Poppe
John Siebels
John Melchert
Galen Helgens
Dwight Gerdes
Richard Andreesen
Gerald Weers
Rodney Rieken
Leonard Stutt
Lynn Tjaden
Merna Folkers
Delores Helgens
Jean Hoult
Norman Saathoff
Martha Oltmann
Margaret Melchert
Eloise Husmann
Betty Thole
Loretta Husmann
Dolly
Mary Dorothy Eden
Elfrieda Melchert
Carol Reuter
Charles Hagen
Dean Mardort
Marilyn Tobiason
Lorna Helgens
Dorothy Helgens
Elaine Farms
Hildegard Kehren
Irma Oltmann
Doris Saathoff
Clara Kehren
Velma Brockens
Roma Hoult
Doris Zimmerman
Joan Tholen
Galen Harms
Confirmands
Willig Harms
Richard Tapken
Maldeen Dirks
Elfrieda Behrens
Evalena Harms
Eugene Oltmann
Garriet Harms
Donald Hagen
Glen Soper
Betty Hoult
Dorothy Hinrichs
Laneva Folkers
Clara Zimmerman
LeRoy Siebels
Clifford Jansen
Brenda Topping
Lorna Husmann
Genevieve Soper
Cleo Reuter
Bessie Topping
Claretta Husmann
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Zimmerman
Beverly Harms
Florence Willms
Pastor Doxology
Carol
Stadtmueller
Mary Jean Ahlrichs
Henry Poppe
Ruth Kromminga
Beverly Origies
Arlene Zumbrun
Gia Plueger
Robert Reuter
Elmer Jacobs
Georgia Plueger
Merry
Methodist’ Church
Linder Margaret Ann Tuetken
Talice
Nancy Sehneider
Martha Hayes
Nora Hooty
Mildred Grim
Nancy Grimes
Crenson
Ora McMichael
the Creche
Loren Hayes
Manger
Florence Aldrich
Leo Grim
Paul Schneider
Mother Goose
Kerman Hinrichs
Galen Haven
Lillian Freese
Mary Elizabeth Schoon
Ilymn
Ruth Lanve
Augusta Melsha
Louis Heiken
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Melsha
Elaine Behrends
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