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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
3
Crowded week ends bring numerous visits and gatherings as Topeka and area families including the Grays, Nelsons, Tornquists, Sandines, Hansens, and Extends share Christmas events. Notable entries list numerous dinners, guest visits, and homecomings across local households.
Local families from Twin Falls to Concordia and Republic share Christmas and New Year visits. Numerous gatherings include Storer, Fredrickson, Swenson, Reece, Johnson, Hall and Anderson households hosting relatives and friends through Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day in shows of seasonal hospitality.
Local residents hosted various family gatherings during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Johnson and Elaine visited Mrs. Carey in Downs. Eva Sothers and daughters dined with the Florells. Street family joined the Nelsons in Jamestown for Christmas. Betty Irene Larson and Verlee Reece had supper with the Pauls. Chester Erickson celebrated Christmas with the Ericksons in Orland. Helen Westin visited her parents in Winfield. Joseph Johnson and son visited Oliver Johnson in Courtland. Lars Norgard and Ilene dined with the Berrys. Blakeleys spent Christmas with Clara Blakeley in St. Joseph. Carlson family hosted Lundberg family and Vern Diechmanns. Genevieve Roth of Jewell joined the Storer and Storer household for supper. Bertha Fogelberg spent New Year Day with Charles Day in Belleville. Rachael Vincent dined with May White. Donald Brownlee of Salina visited May Meade.
Social notes record holiday gatherings and weekend visits across Courtland Concordia and nearby towns. Names include Nesmith Berggren Reece Deubler Blakeley Erickson Nichols Storer Jensen Freed Burns Crossant Loring Spitler L. Larson and others with multiple carious December and New Year visits.
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