Holiday gatherings span Hopkinton to Cedar Rapids and beyond
Christmas scenes unfold with Leo Hanson family hosting in Urbana and guests from Anamosa Cedar Rapids and Washington. The Soukups announce a son Joseph John born December 19 in Aurora joining big brother James. Families share dinners, wakes, and visits across Hopkinton Clear Creek and Monticello area.
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Hopkinton
Leo Hanson
Clarice Miller
Urbana
Dwayne Hanson
Denise
Delhi
Jack McElmeel
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Johnson
Anamosa
Dayne Hansons
M.elmeel
W. L. Gates
John Coxon
West Branch
Mics
Jennie Hering
Washington, In
Glen M. Thompson
Gates
David Soukup
Aurora
Cole
Joseph John
Doc
James
Soukup
Mary Sackett
Richardson
Lewis Avery
Walter Johnston
Beverly
Walter
Mechanicsville
James Cross
Gary Richardson
Iowa Falls
Junior Witt
Sharon
Nancy
Ruby Richardson
Manchester
Larry Witt
Navy
Walter Richardson
Robert
Dick Richardson
Cindy
Leonard Sackett
Willam Sackett
Walker
Doris Kehoe
Kate Mulligan Kehoe
Castle Grove
Delaware County School
Sacred Heart School
Monticello
Visitation Academy
Dubuque
Kehoe
McCormick
Farm Bureau
Harold M.cormick
John
Campion Academy
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Temple Hill Parish Holds Card Party and Christmas Gatherings
Temple Hill parish held a Sunday card party with Euchre winners Robert Wagner first Albert Koppes second and Mrs Frank Helm among guests. Numerous families and friends joined Christmas dinners and visits from Cascade Dubuque Manchester and Logan Utah with notable entries on parish events and Holy Hour plans for New Year’s Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Hill
Euchre
Robert Wagner
Albert Koppes
Frank Helm
Mes
Alan Gravel
Jo Ellen Strang
Joe Hirtz
Ed Wieneke
Joe Stoner
Earl Miller
Kenny Green
Mike Callahan
Eget
Willie Duffy
Orville Offermens
Coggan
James Grant
Monticello
Donnie Pfeffer
Milwaukee
Grant
Bernard Keating
Lester Lyons
Laucille Burke
Bill M Quillen
Seigert Colonial Funeral
Dubuque
St. Columbkille
Cascade
Bea Hoefler
Mariga
Marvin Manternach
Manchester
Gene Schockemoeh
Raymond Manternach
Karen Manternach
Clark College
Eileen Pfeffer
Henry Pfeffer
George Merrill
Jay Merrill
Trenton
Utah
Nick Koppes
Logan
Utah State
Dave Hughes
John Hughes
Ken Zelsers
Joe Danis
Andrew
Herman
Geraldine Duffy
Herman Welter
Lori
Harold Rockzein
Anamasa
Joe Gravels
Fillmore
Alan Gravels
Larry Manternachs
Mr. and
Mirs
Kenneth Zeiser
Larry Manternach
Joe Gravel
St. Peters
Holy Name Society
Francis Pfeffer
Jack Sudple
Loras Stoll
Loras College
Robert
Marvin Wagner
Paul Fagan
Onslow
Frank Fair
Debby
Tommy
Jerry Holub
Alan
Hirtz
Monticello area farm life and holiday gatherings noted
A collage of 1950s community life highlights farm families near Monticello, including Earl and Earlene Keegan hog breeders with Polish China stock and 259 ribbons over 12 years. Families share Christmas dinners, visits, and social events across Monticello, Manchester, Delhi, and surrounding areas, with snowfall and local prize notices.
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Earl Keegan
Duane
Monticello
GMC
Earl F. Lehman
C. L. Norlin
Merchants of
Sand Springs Brunkan Home Welcomes Christmas Guests
Christmas day dinner guests included Ed Fass Hopkinton and Bill Brunkan Kim Des Moines and Tom Brunkan Loras College Dubuque. The Brunkan family also attended the wedding of Colette Stanville and Richard Brkan in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Diane Harn
Des Moines
Leonard Sackett
Glen Flannagan
Marlon
Karl Zumbach
Scott
Coggan
Merle Bockenstedt
John Sackett
William Murray
Robert Murray
Mrr
Glen Hardin, Jr
Hopkinton
R, B. Bradke
R. F. Glenapp
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Saunders
Monticello Hospital
Ellen Wolford
Cascade
Frank Helms
Patrick Stoll
Loras Stoll
Navy
San Francisco
Mors
John Tills
Farley
Don Turners
Dubuque
Turner
Stoll
Rosemary
Ellean Puetz
Tony Puetz
Immaculate Conception Academy
Orland Manternach
John Waskes
Dyersville
Jake Manternachs
Minnie Wheeless
Dale Wheeless
Clinton
Edna Muissmann
Thomas Dunlap
Slater
Marvin Lucas
Dunlaps
Mes
Sperry, In
Harry Lucas
Ray Murray
Harlan Pfohl
Galen Stickley
Ann
Anamosa
Alan Murray
Geri Keating
Duane Billings
Willis Johnson
Monticello
Andy Loop
Hallyce Loop
Bill
Ray F. Billings
Sand Springs
Jim Brunkan
Ed Fass
Bill Brunkan
Kim
Tom Brunkan
Loras College
Colette Stanville
Richard Brankan
Milwaukee
Wis
Joe Price
Roger McDonald
George Ellison Jr
Tommy
Tammy
George Leibold
Leon White
Richard
George White
Edn
Harrs
LaVerne Leibold
John Weber
Ella Carew
Christmas Holiday Guests Visit in Many Homes
Dec 24 31 gatherings show Shoons Recks Sprostons Amends Rasmmussons Kruses Clays Freemans Petersen Groth Thomsen and Sharp sharing meals in Cedar Rapids Davenport Bettendorf and Mechancisville area homes. Relatives from Lisbon Preston DeWitt Marion Wyoming Davenport and Kingsport join in celebrations.
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Olin
Marvin Schoon
Arvada
Cole
Fred Reck
Recks
Schoons
Harry Moore
Preston
Mir
Larry Sproston
August Amend
Wilfred Pruess
Clarence
Robert Amend
Leroy Hubler
Cedar Rapids
Gaylord Rasmussen
DeWitt
Carl B
Laetare
Ernest Rasmussen
Howard Cruise
John M
Petersen
John H, Petersen
Steve
Becky
Wyoming
Robert D. Petersen
W. H. Cruise
Mrr
Gene Groth
Davenport
van Fossen
Russell
Missouri
Andrew Thomsen
John Thomsen
Valerie Thomsen
Mrz
Bui Sharp
Bettendorf
Jack Scott
DeWltr
Jack Zimmerman
Snow Causes Multiple Minor Crashes In Region
Sheriff reports six fender bender accidents with minimal property damage. Two cars sustained damages estimated at 150 dollars and 5 dollars respectively after snow accumulated on the hills. Dozens of vehicles ended in ditches as freezing drizzle made highways hazardous early Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeShaw
Chapman
Ralph Albauzh
Divorces Granted and Permissions to Remarry in Local Cases
In Friday hearings the court granted JoAnn Wood permission to remarry and finalized her divorce from Edward Wood on Oct 23 1944. Margaret Ellison was also permitted to remarry after a July 3 1964 divorce from William Ellison. A motion to dismiss the defendant in a property damage suit by George Gisel against DeWain Sherrill Ruth Sherrill and Larry DeWain Sherrill was sustained. the suit was filed Dec 24 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JoAnn Wood
Edward Wood
Margaret C. Ellison
William Ellison
Larry DeWain Sherrill
George John Gisel
DeWain
Franklin Sherrill
Ruth Evelyn Sherrill
Christmas family visits and dinners across towns
A series of Christmas visits and meals are recorded across Anamosa, Wyoming, Lost Nation, Monmouth, Cedar Rapids, Monticello, Des Moines and Kingsport. Families such as Freeman, Engel ing, Lasack, Hartwig, Amend, Conwell, Bendixon and Peck share gatherings with relatives and friends during the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Barrigar
Kingsport
Tenn
Ms. Barrigar
Nellie Freeman
Howard Freeman
Donald Brunscheen
Wyoming
Julia Lasack
Godfrey Lasack
Oxford Jc
Marion O’neil
Denny
Lost Nation
Jerry Reynolds
Calarmis
Lyle Bramer
Monmouth
Jo Ann Hartwig
Cedar Rapids
Joe Lasack
Louie Hartwig
John Amend
Bruce Conwell
Verle Harvey
Frederick
Frederick Engeling Home. Christmas Day Supper Guests In the Frederick Engeling
Carls Bendixon
Don Peck
Des Moines
Elmer Petersen
Ernest Peck
Obituaries Chronicle Local Notables in Iowa Area
Obituaries list multiple deaths in small towns including Agnes Benhart of Oxford Junction Rudy Bossard Thelma Ree Bradke Golda Fields Ida Kissling and others. Details note ages birthplaces and surviving family with memorials and funeral arrangements across Monticello Hopkinton Manchester and Maquoketa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Ree
Cottonwood, Minn
Martin Ree
Rudy M. Bossard
Anamosa
Hollywood Inn
Monticello
Ida Rose Kissling
Ida Kissling
Goetsch
Jr. Benj
Oakwood Cemetery
Barn
Les Courdes
Switzerland
Adolph and
Marie Zaugg Ehrisman
United
Oxford Jct Wyoming Buck Creek Interface
The fragment mentions Oxford Junction and Hopkinton with Buck Creek and Olin references. Readable context is limited but indicates an interface or connection among places in a regional corridor. No clear event, dates, or organizations emerge from the OCR snippet.
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Oxford Jct
Wyoming
Buck Creek
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Maynard Spaight
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Bertha Schnittjer
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George Smith
Grace Schatz
Smith
Bertha File
Ray Hugh
Frank Zangerle
Thomas Sapler
Douglas Zangerle
Coleen Burke
Thomas Keeley
Fairfield
William Beckman
Lisbon
Lynn Forest
Kenneth Zangerle
Jennie Winch
Roy Sackett
Norman Sackett
Martin Sackett
Carol Sackett
David Sackett
Pensacola
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Roy Slauson
Dwayne Slauson
Maynard
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Louis Slauson
Louis Stevens
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Swisher
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Worthington
Nites
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Russell Jones
Edna Raford
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Harold Wolmutt
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Marshall Nell
Jerry Krueger
D. R. Krueger
Richard Jones
Walter Schipul
Arlington
N. A. Gearhart
Wayne Thompson
Carrie Shepperd
Merlyn Lange
Thompson
Shepperd
Lange
Lester Shepperd
Robert Woodhall
Casper
Wyo
Bernard Minert
Peoria
Dwight Moulton
H. S. Pierce
Gary Hoopman
Dwight
L. H. Wolfe
Blue Willow Inn
South Cedar Street
Sam Farrington
P. G. Morning
Iowa
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Reva
Sylvia Jaeger
John Batchelder
John Weler
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Vernon
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Jackson County Hospital
Maquoketa
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Robert Ahrens
Mayflower Cemetery
Otto Koranda
Hans Ahrendsen
Lewis Hayden
Mike Vacek
Richard Benhart
Fred Benhart
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Harry Pagor
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Iowa City
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Yucca Valley
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Joe Messerli
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Martin Buol
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Mike Bach
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