Family Party at Brockways Brightens Toolesboro Christmas
At the Brockway country home near Toolesboro a Christmas party brought together Mrs Brockway and her parents and siblings with their families for a noon kettle drum dinner. All were present except one daughter working in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Miller
Johnnie Miller
Carl Holmquist
Raymond
Dorothy
Billy
Henry Miller
Barbara
Mediapolis
J. O. Bloomer
Joe
Janice
Burlington
Esther Brockway
Oakville
Francis Kelly
Frank I. Walker
Dale
Marvin
Marion Moe
Wapello
Elwood
Virginia Avery
Kingston
Christmas at Oakville Homes With Santa and Family Feasts
Oakville families plan Christmas dinners at homes of Waterhouse Gates Carter Walker Faris Cook Shultz. Toolesboro church to stage a Christmas program featuring Santa. Local health update notes Robert Haight recovering from blood poisoning. Several relatives from Fairfield Macomb Iowa City Chicago Burlington to visit for Christmas. family to move in March. Alan Eliason visits near West Liberty. Harold Thompson returns from Augustana for vacation. Want Ads bring results.
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Oakville
John Waterhouse
S. E. Gates
William Carter
Charles Walker
A. E. Faris
Mamie Cook
John Shultz
Toolesboro
Robert Haight
Bernard Venard
Miles Waterhouse
Fairfield
Marcella Gates
Macom
Midwest
John Eliason
Alan Eliason
West Liberty
Harold Thompson
Augustana College
McAnulty Rites to Be on Wednesday
Funeral services for Al McAnulty age 80 who died Monday at Mercy hospital in Iowa City will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at Snider's funeral parlor with burial in Oak Ridge cemetery The Rev F W Sutton Pastor of the Christian church will conduct the services. The Presbyterian and Christian churches will present Christmas programs Wednesday evening at 730 with pageant cantata and music.
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West Liberty
al McAnulty
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Snider's
Oak Ridge
F. W. Sutton
The
Christian Church
Presbyterian Church and
Alma Newell Atkins
United Missionary Societies
George Sutton
Maynard Johnson
Forest Carr
Joseph
Tone Johnson
Mary
Jack Earhart
Ellis Smith
Virgil Nauman
Ward Morford
Shepards
Marjorie Miller
Addie Barnes
Sutton
Marie Smith
Hope Hunt
Margaret Melick
Gertrude Stevens
Orphan’s Home
Henry Melick, Jr
Newsboy
Mary Dallas McIntosh
Janet Luce
Betty Lou Watters
Dean Nauman
Alberta Hintz
Angel
Margaret Nichols
Glenn Campbell
Council Bluffs
Mae Myers
Will Propst
Vera Hendricks
Clarence Henderson
Presbyterian Church
Santa Claus
Mother Goose
Margaret Whitacre
Santa Clas
Whitacre Kimball
Jack Frost
Robert Atkins
Icicles
Thee
L. R. Reid
Floyd Maxon
Ernest Peters
Letts Christmas Visits and Local Family Gatherings
Letts residents share weekend visits with relatives and Christmas gatherings. Families travel to Cotter Muscatine and Letts for dinners church events and holiday cheer. Lambert Estle of Midwest Lumber Letts branch will transfer to Winfield.
St Nicholas Visite Wapello and Class Reunion Report
Community Christmas celebration in Wapello draws hundreds as carols precede Santa arriving with candy. The 1926 Wapello High School class held a 6 30 banquet at Capitol cafe with 16 place settings. Alumni and relatives listed, plus letters from students abroad. Florence and Grace Potter visit with parents during holidays. A London Ministry of Labor note discusses English tipping norms from head waiters to porters and waitresses.
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Wapello
Santa Claus
Wapello High School
Capitol Cafe
Rosalie Davison
Phyllis Johnson
Marjorie Morris
Margaret Heins
John Meyerholtz
Gladys Kasiske
Millard Hicklin
Des Moines
Edith Hank
Burlington
Ora Deppy
Ruth (Ball) French
Roberta
Edgar) Anderson
Chicago
London
Ministry of Labor
Holiday visitors and illnesses mix in local notices
Local students from Central College Pella State Teachers College Cedar Falls and State University of Iowa return home for the holidays. Mrs J P Walton is seriously ill with pneumonia at her home under care of Dr Mason and Dr Oliver. Muscatine post office workers and Clinton visitors join family health concerns during the season.
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Allene Graves
North Liberty
A. D. Graves
Effie »Iiller
Maryville
Grace Winter
Pearl Brown
Springfield
Harold Crow
Eugene Sillick
Iowa State College
Ames
William Sillick
Millard Micklin
Drake University
Des Moines
H. P. Mason
A. J. Oliver
Fuscatine
eGorge Schroeder
Harry Harder
Muscatine
C. F. Port
Marion
Clinton
Edwin Detlefs
Thompson
Detlef
Minnie Dice
Ethel Schnack
R. N
Chicago
H. F. Schnack
Margaret Colville
Verlee
Bodine
Rushville
Ill
Death summons former resident of West Liberty
Fern Conklin Baldridge, aged 2, former West Liberty resident and longtime community member, died Monday at her Storm Lake home. Her body will arrive this evening. funeral services are set for Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Downey Baptist church, with burial in North Prairie cemetery. Born October 16, 1898.
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West Liberty
Fern Conklin Baldridge
Storm Lake
Baptist Church
Downey
North Prairie
West Liberty native widow dies. survived by spouse and kin
West Liberty native, a high school graduate, married Ray Baldridge in 1918 and lived on farms near West Liberty before moving to Storm Lake a year ago. She leaves her husband, an 8 year old son, a sister Hallie Gage of Downey, brothers Frank and Clinton Conklin of Kalona, and father W R Conklin of Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Ray Baldridge
Storm Lake
Hallie Gage
Downey
Frank
Clinton Conklin
Kalona
W. R. Conklin
Iowa City
Lighter metal boosts plane payload per cent gains
Washington report notes a new process by Alfred to produce beryllium cheaply. Using the lighter metal in aircraft parts could cut costs and increase plane payload from 65 percent to 100 percent, signaling a potential drop in production costs for airplanes.
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Washington
Alfred
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Paul
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Roy Egel
Norma
Duane
Farene
Nelda
W. L
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Ethel
Richard Nugent
James Nugent
Edward Schroeder
Florence Sprye
Poland
Oberhaus
Mulberry Ave
BY Akern
Bentons
the Mador
Lew
Uncle Lew
Letts
Arthur Thompson
Andy Schmaltz
Jack Sutter
David Holst
Floyd Lieberknecht
Jenkins
Cotter
Norris
Austin
Harry Austin
Weldon Gipple
L. A
J. B. Garrett
Roy Hildebrand
Milton Hildebrand
L. M. Hildebrand
John
Philatheas
Lambert Estle
Midwest Lumber Company
Winfield
California
Otto Grocery CO
A&p Food Stores
Nin
Zac
Canada
Philadelphia
del Monte
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Middle Western Division
P Enqines
A&p Ateres
Florence
Grace Potter
Ft. Madison
George Potter
Pure Milk Co
Sycamore St
Frances Kelley
Davenport
Clarence Walton
Frank Walton
J. P. Walton
Dillon
East Sixth St
Hills Bros. Coffee
Bacon
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