Christmas Guests Fill Many Homes in Local Area
A long list of Christmas visitors and extended family from across Iowa and Texas gathers at multiple houses in Muscatine Letts Nichols Davenport and nearby towns. Families include Grimm Sulzberger Harmon Drake Oveson Brendel Spieth Drake Schmitt Vorwerk Killian and others hosting relatives and friends for holiday meals and celebrations across Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo Drake
Fruitland
Marvin Rinnert
Rodney
Dean Rinnert
U. S. Army
Fort Bliss
Texas
Louis Fry
Leslie Hinbaugh
Edward Rinnert
Kenny
Marilyn
Gerald
Iowa State University
Ames
Hopes They Wake Up Christmas Morning on Gift List
A fragment suggests a wish that someone will be remembered with a gift on Christmas morning, reflecting a sentiment of giving and anticipation during the holiday season. The line hints at a social or familial hope tied to the act of giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Humane Society and Animal Shelter
Is the Christmas stocking origin legend true
A historical sketch questions the tale of Saint Nicholas dropping gold down a chimney to fund a poor spinster’s dowry and the stocking as origin. It notes that stockings did not exist in the fourth century, with knitted hosiery appearing in the thirteenth century and earlier Roman wrap garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
William Lee
Pompeii
Christ
Holiday Plans For Mr And Mrs Green Dinner Guests
Mr and Mrs Jerry Cameron Green of Oak and Wood Nursing Home will host Christmas dinner with guests Mr and Mrs Johnny Green of Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Killian
E. Eighth
Chilren
Cathy
Doug
Laurie
Killian
Fred Hinkhouse
Fairfield
Jerry Cameron Green
the Oak
Wood
John
Johnny Green
Moline
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Edward Grimm
Orange
Bonnie Parish
Todd Edward Parish
Dallas
Tex
Jerry Sulzberger
Steve
Craig
Barry
Lee
Jonathan
Floyd Kirchner
Alvine Kirchner
Nichols
George Sulzberger
Route 2
Letts
Kay Sulzberger
Tim
Jeff
Mike
Sam
Wapello
Lonnie Sulzberger
Davey
Dale Harmon
Kevin
Terry
Priscilla
Harmon
Done Harmon
Debbie
Diane
George Harmon
Ray Oldham
Janice
Denny
David Harmon
Sandy
Jim Lane
Harry Weiersheuser
Keith Weiersheuser
John Allen
Ronald G. Oveson
U. S. Marines
George Oveson
Glen Hazen
Hunters Point
San Francisco
Calif
Ronald Brei
Route 3
Muscatine
Richard Janney
Rhonda
Steven
Laura
Bettendorf
Walter Brendel
Mill
Brendel
Tom Brendel
Ft. Bliss
Mary Lou Bowman
Buffalo
Kenneth Brendel
Olga Kerschinske
Elizabeth Murdock
David
Gene Howe
Forrest Brady
Dennis
Paul Fischer
Ed Molis
Barbara
Beth
Ann
Davenport
Keith Wagner
Omaha
Don Spieth
Shawn
Bakersfield
Ed Spieth
Hubert Yochum
Iowa City
Spieth
Drake
Pam
Charles Drake
Christine
Tom
Julie
Brian
Willis Valett
Vicki
Jon
Menomonie
Wise
Robert Schmitt
JoAnn
Richard
Lucas
Robert Schmitt, Sr
DeWayne Schmitt
Sandra
Frank Schmitt
Vera Atkins
Yom
Gordon Reynolds
Warrensburg
Stephen J. Vorwerk
Mary
Bobbie Ann
Crestline Drive
Arthur Vetter
R. R. Miller
Robert G. Vetter
Larry G. Vetter
Minneapolis, Minn
Patricia Ann Heald
Kansas State
Teach
Warne Weal
Ers College
Emporia
Kansas
R. W. Healds
Uy Hvistu Ag
Joe Light
the Metropolitan Representatives
B.L. Osborn
Bob Howell
Jack Cottrell
East Third St
Archie Bloomer
Frank Nelson
Robert Wagner
Dennis Vetter
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Muscatine, Iowa
Dial
Leglend
Creasons
Jane
Marie
Dorothy
Retha
Florence
Ellen
Nancy
Darlene
Sue
Kathryn
Grace
Bonnie
Bill
Joe
Henry
Herman
Dorothy Walter
Ball and
Skein
East Third Street
Ees Pea
Pla Mor Lanes
Grandview Ave
Norris
Hershey Avenue
Muscatine County
West Second Street
Auto Electrical Service
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