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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1957
Page
3
Community notes from Lake area residents cover New Year visits across Indianola Eagle Grove Humboldt and Fort Dodge plus KaNawha trip to Roe Bowl in California. Family birthdays tonsil removals college returns and church group activities mark a busy period with socials at the Lake WMF Lake Brotherhood LCR and Friendly Neighbor Club.
House cleaning and moving notes advertise a new wallpaper sample book and 5 lb bags of hand wallpaper paste at 1.25 dollars. A non staining cellulose paste sells at 65 cents per package. Also offered are a small used Kelvinator electric refrigerator with no reserved price, several used 45 RPM records at 25 cents each, and newly arrived 78 and 45 RPM records at 49 cents each while stock lasts.
The column records a string of social visits and travel. Mrs Don Bennett hosts a meeting with a Mrs Bennett family, Carl Hebner hosts New Year guests, and Durwood Miller hosts Sunday dinner in Eagle Grove. Andrew Oppedahl Jr. returns to Drake College. Ronnie Bennett goes back to Peublo, Colorado. Orten Lerdal and Goldfield affiliates attend the Rose Bowl in California while visiting sister Mrs T J Campbell in Belleflower. Joe Gangstead and Mrs Hokel celebrate a birthday in Slater on Monday January 7.
Rey and Mrs K E Kerney drove to Radcliffe for a New Years dinner at Ben Hake’s home. A return stop was made at Mrs J F Wirds in Iowa Falls Wednesday. A string of weekend visits and dinners includes Wayne Christofferson family in Milford, and many others from Eagle Grove, Britt, Fort Dodge, Kanawha, Webster City, Garner, and Ventura. Numerous homes in Algona area hosted meals and social visits through New Year’s and holiday periods, featuring local residents and relatives across multiple towns.
Mrs Adrian Rademaker hosted a birthday party Wednesday afternoon for her daughter Becky with guests Shirley Prilipp Sandra Arne Rodee Wanken Debbie and Randy Christofferson and Mrs Wayne Christofferson. After gifts Mrs Rademaker served cake and ice cream. Various neighbors and relatives hosted meals and visited in nearby towns on New Year and Sunday during the period.
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