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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1952
Page
2
The Rebekahs plan their regular monthly meeting this Thursday afternoon at the Legion Hall. The Baptist Mission Circle will meet Friday at two o'clock in the church.
A sequence of social visits and family gatherings over Christmas and New Year across Des Moines area towns. residents including the Harvey, Nesheim, Gangstead, Oppedahl, Enge, Edwards, Morris, Nesheim, Knutson, Jones, and Elliott families share meals and hosts in Eagle Grove Wesley and Storm Lake, with multiple kin and friends attending dinners and celebrations.
The report covers local gatherings from Thanksgiving to New Year. Hostess Mrs Hi Wig hosted the Sach and Chatter Club. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Chet Edwards and Mrs Stockdale at the Ole Bugness home. Christmas Eve and Day visits featured families from Eagle Grove and Thor, including Hookers, Hiram Herkland, Harold Gangstead, Charlene and Sandra, with Charlene staying into New Year’s Day.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Nerem and their children visited Sunday at the Wil ard Ziegler home in Alyona.
Mr and Mrs Duane Anderson and their sons visited Sunday evening at the home of Gerald Nelson, sharing time with the Nelson family.
County Line report lists visits across Rutland St Joe and Algona with numerous families. Guests include Carl Werling Joy Westerby Clarence Werling and relatives. Other gatherings feature Macha Nerem Brow home visits and Christmas events at Mason City Hamp ton Goldfield Hardy and nearby towns.
Multiple households near Eagle Grove report Christmas Day gatherings including Alfred Rasmussen, Rasmussen and Hanson families, and visitors from Renwick and Boone. Ole Bygness, Jens Osland, Steve Sampson, and Hamish families attend meals and carol events. Nelsons host and share Europe trip photos. Goldfield and Thor connections noted.
The passage extols unity in diversity in American life, describing coexisting cultures sharing meals from smorgasbord to pork, sauerkraut, and beer. It emphasizes pioneers and neighbors living side by side, creating a wonderful community and state through respect for differing rights and ideas.
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