Christmas at the Houser Home
Christmas Day festivities at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Houser featured a generous visit from Santa and a lavish feast. Attendees included the Houser and Utterback families from Centerville, several others, and Thelma Johnson visiting from Centerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Houser
Santa
Frank Houser
Hugh Carl
Este
Houser
Earl
Cliff Staley
Centerville
Chas Coffin
Homer Utterback
Gertrude
Garland
Thelma Johnson
Fay Hart
Bertha Hart
Central City
Iowa
Christmas Visits And Local Notices In Moravia
Christmas greetings, family visits, and social events fill Moravia as Bert Meadows and family spend the holiday at the Ike Hiatt home. Various relatives travel, church services are noted, and a chivalry party celebrates Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord McDanel. A wedding, holiday programs, and New Year wishes conclude the roundup of community happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Meadows
Ike Hiatt
Moravia
W. H. Callen
St. Louis
J. C. Hingey
W. H. Powell
Moulton
R. Marple
Centervice
John Thomas
Levi Coulson
C. S. Callen
Frank Turner
Fairfield
B. E. Turner
J. C. Coffin
Glen Sanders
Indiana
Wesley
Santa Claus
Bayard Neff
Scott Tucker
Plano
M. E. McDanel
Gaylord McDanel
John Callen
Alvin Hiatt
Dale
Albia
Roy Callen
Udell
Zell Callen
Marie
Christmas Pageant At M B E Church Sunday School
The M B E Church Sunday School held a Christmas program at the school gym on Dec 24 featuring hymns recitations duets and dialogs led by primary classes and named performers including Billy Main Jean Kathryn Broghar Virginia Everman Herschel Johnson Betty Bishop Christine Main Doris Jean Luse and more as plans urge regular church attendance next Sunday and a Happy New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.be
Rev. Fix
Billy Main
Chas
Enos Hiatt
John Smith
Leon Oehler
Marvin Gardner
Jean Kathryn Broghar
Dear Little Stranger
Virginia Everman
Jean Shirley Albert
Christine Main
Herschel Johnson
Bettie Hishop
Doris Pennington
Christmas Program Delivers Music and Santa's Visit
Recitation by Rex Firkins and Soto with Go to Bleep My Dally, Dyphon, and Doris-Jean Luse perform alongside a Silent Night duet by Chas Reich and Rex Firkin. Beulah Bishop sings Solo Star of the Host and Blumenstock Quartette performs Christmas Carola. Santa arrives with treats then distributes gifts from a large decorated tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Firkins
Soto
Cheree Dyphon
Doris-Jean Luse
Chas. Reich
Rex Firkin
Beulah Bishop
Blumenstock Quartette
Santa Claus
Community Christmas Tree Planned in Blakesburg
Editor notes Blakesburg to host a community Christmas tree on December 23 with a seven o clock program and free treats for local children. Citizens from a nearby city debated tree placement and moved the tree multiple times overnight to a preferred site. Students Charles Fix Claude Humphrey and John Fulton from Iowa Wesleyan College returned home for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blakesburg
Raymond
Charles Fix
Claude Humphrey
John Fulton
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
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Moravia Union
Appanoose County
Congress
Simith Bros
Turner & Son
D. K. Orelup
Pica
Farmers’ & Merchants Savings Bank
A. G. Broshar
West End
Stark & Hiatt
Beulah Griffin
Mexico, Mo
Albert Knapp
Missouria
Paul Broshar
N. R. Ward
J. H. Schreiner
J. T. Day
Ottumwa
Effersonst
Mystic
Milwaukee Road
Jefferson St
Milwaukee
Ottumws
Sherman St
Bidwell
Blakesburg Rompter
Rathbun
Myatic
E. D. Kennedy
Milwaukee & St.Paul
Puget Sound
Hiattsville
Ela Pence
Jack Clark
Baby
Dan Pance
Rockford
Betty Bishop
Freddie McKern
Velda Hiatt
Mildred Smith
Arlene Dodd
Daphen Pennington
Lavene Kingery
Doris Jean
Cooline Luse
Susie Tarr
Dorothy and
Redeemer Divine
Mary Kesmer
Irene Fix
Elizabeth Sneed
Moravia Bakery
Anos
General Motors
Chevrolet
Main Chevrolet Co
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