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Christmas amid war clouds marked by community notes
Local notices from Sonnenberg to Kidron on December 22 1941 record weddings christenings travel and church events. Wm P Tschantz and Caroline Springer wed at Rev Rosenberger s home. Salem church ladies chorus met with Christmas exchange and lunch. Dr Melvin Kirchhofer and family on leave from Hattiesburg Miss. Florence Nussbaum and Roy Lowe wedding invitations. various visits illnesses and travels noted including Bluffton College students and relatives in Columbus Philadelphia and Orrville.
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Melvin Kirchhofer
Hattiesburg
Miss
Ben Leightner
Pandora
Bluffton Hospital
Lester Geiser
Rudolph Studer
Studer
Florence Nussbaum
Roy Roy Lowe
C. M
Orrville
Amos Nussbaum
S. S
Salem Jr. C. E
Elam Gerber
Lucille Tschantz
Bluffon College
Victor Zuercher
Pine Camp
New York
Denver.Sommer
Massillon City Hospital
Richard Hofstetter
Columbus
Fred Badertscher
Malton
Menno Amstutz
Badertscher
Ruth Nelda Behnke
Bers
North Lima
O. N. Joline
Louisville
Ross Wyre
Philadelphia
Kidron
Edith Springer
Ralph, Lee
Arthur
L. E. Amstutz
Ernest Harder
Bluffton College
Paraguay
South America
Salem Church