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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1948
Page
12
Social calendar items from Maynard and surrounding towns list parties visits and anniversaries. Families such as Rasmussen Detwiler Cheney Van Sickle and Seversons are cited along with lodge events and a Rebekah convention. Robert Scannell earned a landscape architecture degree and parsonage work progresses with volunteer help.
Hawkeye notes entertainments and moves among residents. W.S.C.S. set to meet at church parlors Friday night. Local trips include a 10 day sightseeing and fishing tour through four states. Church redecoration and new light fixtures announce progress. Farmers picnic attendance from multiple towns listed. Various visits, dinners, and family gatherings recur through Hawkeye and surrounding towns. Rev G H Goodrick’s final sermon, new members welcomed, and church transfers noted.
Hazleton correspondent reports Mrs John Brown and John Sanborn visiting Phyllis Sanborn Sunday. Mr and Mrs Charles McCann and daughters Carolyn and Nancy from Chanulle Kansas are visiting Miles Gardner Jr and Bert Brown homes. Mrs Feary says no. Portland Me Mrs Robert E Peary 85 year old widow of polar discoverer went on Arctic expedition first woman to do so and refuses to fly.
Mrs Henry Reinking reports Mr and Mrs Duane McClain welcomed an eight pound daughter Judy Kay. Mrs McClain and baby now home from A New Memorial hospital. Mrs J Herman Pearl and daughter Helen Marie back from Mercy hospital Oelwein. Patty Ann Fitz visited relatives at Postville Hall Muchows. Frank Fitz and Patty returned with them. Charles Martin and Bill Thompson trip to Lake of the Woods Minnesota then called on Mary Smoratski and Leo Gibbins. Frank Fitz and family visited Vincent Hermann at Gilbertville Tuesday. Mrs Hermann remembered as Arlene Fitz. Mr and Mrs Hermann welcomed a baby boy. Mrs Charles Martin and Mrs Bill Thompson in Waterloo.
A thief snatched a pair of crutches from Davis Hornung a 56 year old World War I veteran as he slept on a New York subway train.
Maynard and nearby residents shared visits and journeys this week. Dowagiac and Rochester guests watched gatherings with Ranney Fick and Langley families while Jack Thiele of the Naval Reserves headed to San Diego for a nine week cruise. Additional trips included Robert Bergman’s route to Scottsboro Alabama and Ray Wolfe’s fishing trip to northern Minnesota. Local moves featured Abe Rademaker returning from Chicago radio school and the Reinke family planning a move to Minneapolis housing.
A garbled report notes Mrs. Wilbur at Mercy on Sunday and references Mrs. A E Ivalescence Lester Foss damaged by an incident Friday. Mentions hospital, a loom, a ring stolen, and a $10 per hour custom work claim. Southeast references Norman State and Oklahoma.
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