Eastern Star and Auxiliary Meet for Year End Events
Laurel Chapter 106 elected 1974 officers at the Masonic Temple with Mrs. William Lane and others sworn in. Santa presented gifts to 1973 officers as a Christmas party followed by refreshments. Westgate Auxiliary met with prayers, hymn singing, gift exchange, and entertainment. Blue Monday Bridge Club hosted by Mrs. Roy Justen. Hillcrest area troop 59 adopted grand persons for Christmas. Girl Scouts toured a Little Caesar’s style restaurant and learned local food service rules. Senior Citizens in Fredericksburg held a potluck Christmas gathering at Municipal Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OES Laurel
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
William Lane
Lesley Lamprecht
Wayne Schutte
J. M. Murphy
al Wolfgram
George McDonald
Thomas Walker
L. Elmer Walker
Santa Claus
Ruth Evans
Glessner Friederich
Lloyd Ludwig
Westgate
American Legion Auxiliary
Amalia Meyer
America
Herald Angels
Lynn Underwood
TROOP
Troop 59
Hillcrest
Whitmire
Daisy Weitenhagen
Marie Tegtmeier
Hospital
Louis Hochberger
Jim Tranbarger
Iowa
Don Speed
Speed
Annette Pollow
Speeds
Fredericksburg Celebrates 35th Anniversary and Local Milestones
Mr and Mrs Cleo Snider were surprised at a 35th wedding anniversary party hosted by daughter Lyle Huebner and daughter in law Arlin Snider. Guests included neighbors and 500 entertained. prizes awarded for ladies high and low and men high and low. Also notes on marriages and anniversaries for Lena Lamka Harold Stone Rhymes and L H Jaehrling turning 95, plus Christmas party at Tom Kersch Chevy Olds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Cleo Snider
Lyle Huebner
Arlin Snider
Snider
Albert Griesert
LaVern Lienau
Harold Stone
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Ruth Elaine
Ramon Kuhns
Malta
Donald Stone
Lena Lamka
Pinhook And Tripoli Social Roundup
Social notes from Pinhook and Tripoli recount visits and gatherings. Family guests include Mr. and Mrs. Steven Hill of Philadelphia and grandparents in Pinhook. Numerous small-town get-togethers feature residents traveling, entertaining, and sharing Christmas activities across Waterloo Sumner Sumner and Fredericksburg areas.
Christmas Holiday Guests Across Iowa
Blanche Knight visits Marshalltown for Christmas with her son Royden Bacon. Leslie Oakes Bill and Jane join Christmas dinner at Sumner in the Waskow home. Mary Jane Klendworth vacationing from Council Bluffs Deaf School stays with parents Don and Mary Klendworth. Pamela McFadden from Kirkwood College Cedar Rapids vacations with John and Mary McFadden. Aileen Llewellyn from Iowa Falls and Bob Bowen of Great Lakes Illinois visit Wm Llewellyn family. They join David Baier family in Waverly Saturday. Christmas Eve guests at John McFadden’s home include James Piersall Harold Homewood and J A Brunkhorst families. Don Klendworth John and Mary Jane celebrate Christmas with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randalia
Blanche Knight
Royden Bacon
Marshalltown
Leslie Oakes
Bill
Jane
Fred Waskow
Sumner
Mary Jane Klendworth
School For the Deaf
Council Bluffs
Don Klendworth
Pamela McFadden
Kirkwood College
John McFadden
James Piersall
Harold Homewood
Cedar Rapids
J. A. Brunkhorst
Phillip
Masonville
Don Xklendworth
John
Mary Jane
Richard Johnson
Vesta Rhea
Andy Johnson
LaDena Johnson
Julie Johnson
Fredericksburg
Dan Johnson
Don Golden
Ashland
Ore
Don
Minnie Ambrose
hoHday
Mary Ambrose
Gilbertville
Michael Aubrey
Waverly
Claude Aubrey
Sherry
Virgil Poock
James Aubrey
Wayne Gonnerman
Elliott Schroeder
Hannah Mosby
Ossian
Richard Cayton
la Porte City
Ted Anderson
Festville
Ed Braun
Clara Guhlow
Mary Ann
Waterloo
Louie Braun
Doris Bonnevie
Lee Ridge
Martha Wood
Emma Schoonmaker
Jack Higgins
Grant
Orville Herman
Audrey Braun
Aurora
Curt Flinn
Mary Corkery
John Corkery
Thomas Murphy
Paul and
John Timmerman
Kenosha
Wis
Henry Blasberg
Ervin Heine
Tripoli
Verla Quade
Clarence Waskow
Christmas-time social roundups across Iowa towns
The narrative lists numerous holiday and weekend visits across Cedar Falls Waterloo Nashua Decorah Manly Frederika Postville Gilbertville Waverly Festville and other towns. Families including the Knight Farnum Sisam Niemeyer Miller Mahlstedt Rich and Post hosts extended kin and friends for Christmas and weekend gatherings with school and hospital visits noted.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Club News
Blue Monday
Roy Justen
Blue Monday Bridge Club
Naomi Kerr
John Rich
Fremont Stong
E. P. von Doehren
Municipal Hall
Harold Ferguson, Sr
Harold Ferguson, Jr
Tracy
Milton Jones
Irma Jones
Alpha
Dale Lynch
Esther Holtzman
Luzier Cosmetics
Kansas City
L. H. Jaehrling
Sunrise
Jaehrling
Minnesota
New Hampton
Gerald
Sonoma
Calif
W. C
Florence) Upham
Royden
Kersch
Tom Kersch
Oliver Schram
Hawkeye
Larry Leyh
Matt Leyh
Donald Legh
St. John Lutheran Church
Pinhook
Carroll Baruth
Lisa
Brewster
Minn
Steven Mullenix
Debra Kuethe
Iowa City
Ronald Kuethe
Ronnie
Cindy
Michelle
Emil Matthias
Arnold Brandt
Sioux City
Art Brandt
Albert Rieck
Ray Binning
Dean
Canozonvi
Greg Brandt
Earl Brandt
Robert L. Figanbaum
Mike Owens
Robert Figanbaum, Jr
Ray Kuethe
Allen Kroblin
Robert Figanbaum
Orville Niemeyer
Arlan Boeeckman
Kent Feed
Amvets Hall
Virgil Meyer
Paul Hunt
John Figanbaum
David Robinson
Carl Heitmann
Glenn Hunt
Allen Memorial Hospital
Save
Winers
Judy Kroeger
Kathy Bolte
Marilyn Robertson
Bernice Rich
Carol Kent
Vicky Knief
Sharon Ries
Florence Stahlhut
Ginnie Lane
Shirley Brandt
Warner H. Heyer
Mrs
Roy Post
LaVern Knight
Cedar Falls
Gailord Farnum
Virgil Sisam
Fred Treloar
Jim
Art Niemeyer
Peter Mahlsted
Wilbur Mahlstedt
Wesley Mahlstedt
Lee Klendworth
Dana
Floyd Rich
Pontiac
Ill
Albert Freeman
Postville
Ralph Jones
Albert Rozinek
Kenneth Jones
Wm. Llewellyn
Dale Gordon
Vernon Hanchett
Decorah
Rebekah
Edward Squier
Manly
Darrell Benter
Boulder
Colo
Sumner Gazette
Norwich
O’brien
Boz
Sumner, Iowa
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