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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1958
Page
6
The Brownies met Tuesday afternoon at the Legion Hall with ten girls and leader Mrs How ard Verrips. They pledged loyalty to the flag and worked on mothers Christmas gifts. A Christmas party is planned for December 23 from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Legion Hall with a 25 cent grab gift per girl.
The Girls League of the First Reformed Church will host a Christmas party on Monday December 29 at 7 30 p m at Miss Judie Dethmers home. A gift exchange with each girl’s secret pal will follow an evening of entertainment and a luncheon served by the league’s social committee. All girls are asked to attend.
The Women's Bridge Club held its Christmas party Tuesday evening at Mrs Paul Zimmers home. A dessert luncheon followed by bridge preceded a grab bag gift exchange. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Fred Starkweather Mrs Norman Bell and Mrs Mabel Jenisen.
The Busy Bees 4-H Club held its Christmas party on December 18 at the Legion Hall. Nineteen members and two leaders attended as they played games travel bingo shared a pot luck supper and exchanged gifts. Reporters Pamela Phelps and Judy Boelsma.
Local families including Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dunnick plan to spend Christmas with relatives at the Virgil Dunnick home in Sheldon. Students from First to Fourth Grades held a Christmas program at the high school auditorium. Brownie Scouts led by Esther Verrips celebrated a Christmas party at the Legion Building with a 50 cent grab bag. Edna Pollock of Washington Iowa died December 11 after a lingering illness. Pollock was formerly from Boyden during Rev J S Pollock’s pastorate at the United Presbyterian church.
Community letters recount church services from 1936 to 1940 burial in Monmouth Illinois. Families and relatives visit, celebrate Christmas with dinners parties caroling and holiday travel across Sheldon Doon Rock Rapids Hull Boyden Le Mars and surrounding towns.
A flurry of Sunday and Saturday visits includes families from Ward South Dakota and Sheldon Iowa calling on relatives in Orange City Hull Le Mars and Primghar. Notable stops include the Rosenboom Vermeer Vander Sloot and Bouwmaars families plus a wedding in Edgerton Minnesota and a Farm Bureau luncheon in Le Mars.
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