Gravel Spur Road Improves Havre District Thoroughfare
Havre residents note gravel spread on the spur road to Havre with thanks to S. C. Wittmer and neighbor Will Richards for making the public path usable. The column also records numerous local visits, birthdays, dinners, and family gatherings across the area, including Edward Wittmer and various Wittmer relatives, Zieglowskys, Grabers, and Peters families. Clarence Owens of near Ainsworth, a Moorman's salesman, ranks high in Iowa sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hering
Havre
S. C. Wittmer
Will Richards
Christmas Party at Lexington School Sets Basket Supper
In Lexington on December 17 the community prepares for a Christmas party at the school Friday evening. The program includes a basket supper, games, and an exchange, with pupils doing their own gift swap. Also reported, the Lexington Circle elected new officers and held a covered-dish luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Leington
Lexington Circle
Hazel Gingerteh
Mary Oldfield
Marvin Bishop
Lara Patterson
Alice Norman
Grace Emde
Mayme Flynn
Martin
Smith
Helen Green Bohr
W W Society Potluck Dinner at Mrs Hobak Home
The W. W. society met last Friday at Mrs Ott Hobak for a special noon potluck and Christmas exchange with nine members present. Also notes on visits to relatives, aviation enlistment, 4 H club meetings, and local entertainments from Cedar Rapids to Keota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Society
Haskins
Ott Hobak
Clara Peters
Lewis
D. H. Peters
John
Jennie
Howard Keating
Clara Paysense
Washington
Ralph McCreedy
Navy Hero's Son Dreaming Of His Fallen Father
A San Pedro mother, Mrs. Lake, has learned her husband Warrant Officer John E. Lake was killed in action during Pearl Harbor. Their infant son Martin, born a few weeks earlier, and four year old John, esteem the father as a hero in defense of his country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Lake
San Pedro
Cal
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Lake
Navy
John E. Lake
Martin
John
Youths Earn Honors In Local Contests And Football Honor
Bishop's father Charles White visits youth activities as Capitola Flynn earns a superior rating at the Keota district declamatory contest. Victor Flynn is named to the all state conference football team amid high local pride. Mrs Lon Fleming attends Embroidery club in Wellman and John Finding goes to Farm Bureau meeting on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Charles White
Capitola Flynn
Keota
Victor Flynn
Lon Fieming
Wellman
Ross Levert
John Finding
Mrs. Hillis Speaks At Alpha Meeting In Kalona
Alpha club met at the home of Mrs. H. V. Beck with 18 members and two guests. Adah Hillis led the program reviewing The Good Shepherd by Gunnar Gunnarrson and showing slides of It Came Upon a Midnight Clear. The group sang carols and enjoyed holiday refreshments during social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Alpha Club
H. V. Beck
Adah Hillis
Gunnar Gunnarrson
Christmas Programs for Servicemen at U.S.O. Centers
The article highlights 1941 U.S.O. Christmas activities across 215 Y staffed centers in U.S. and overseas. It notes Gift Selection and Wrapping Service used by sailors, troops hosting parties for children, and Lt. Nick presenting to Marines with gifts in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.O
U.S
Army and
Navy Y.m.c.a.’S
Brooklyn
N.Y
Y.M.C.A
Nick
Masons Elect Officers At Year End Lodge Meeting
The local Masonic lodge 96 held its last meeting of the year and elected new officers for year with H. Beck as Warden and Marion Stranksy as S W. J. Co as W M Murphy as treasurer V D Hochstetler as secretary Stanley Vodicka as trustee. Other officers will be appointed by the worshipful master and installation will follow with the Eastern Stars in early January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Lodge 96
Ce H
V. Beck
S. W. Marion Stransky
J. W
S. Murphy
V. D. Hochstetler
Stanley Vodicka
O. L. Rogers
Electric Lights Are Installed in Sharps Corner School
Merrimac December 19 electric lights have been installed at Sharps Corner school. Local families shared weekend visits and social gatherings at several homes including Beale Wienek Kientz Baldo sier Hyde and Crile households. Community members and their children attended church and social events as Morrell’s worker Harold Shelangoski visited home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharps Corner
Carl Amrine
Merrimac
Joe Baughman
Alvin Beale
Mary Amrine
Clarence Lowe
John Wieneks
Delmer Crile
Sharon
Lester Kient
Howard Burger
Jake Shafer
Luther League
Brighton R 1 Christmas Party Attended by Local Letter Carriers
Mr and Mrs Leland Horton and daughter Roberta plus Prody Rorkacki attended the Washington County Pural Letter Carriers association Christmas party in Brighton R 1 on December 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deody A. Bortoski
Brighton
R. 1
Leland
Horton
Roberta
Prody Rorkacki
Washington County Pural Letter Carriers’ Association
Richland Football Team Is Honored At Dinner In Rubio
The Richland football players were guests of honor at a church supper in Rubio attended by about 75 people. The table featured blue Champions pennants, with Vera Steinbeck arranging the centerpiece during a menu of creamed chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, cranberry salad, date pudding and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lambert
Quilting Club
Social Roundup From Kalona and Surrounding Areas
Kalona Saturday evening reports a Card club gathering with Mr and Mrs Wayne Savage on Friday night. A sequence of visits includes Kosmer Borkoski and Earl Neal to Keota and Washington, plus Mr and Mrs Walter Peck and sons Larry and Danny, Mrs Anna Diers, Mr and Mrs Raymond Fritz. Winifred and Bunny spent Sunday with Leonard Fritz and Mrs John J Kurtz. Clara Borkoski visited Pelle Brinton at East Pleasant Plain last Wednesday. Dale Diers and Mrs Dale Diers were Sunday evening guests at Leonard Fritz’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Westen
Barbara
Martin Westen
Evert Westen
Larry
Wayland
Harold Wilson
Marylin
Washington
John Zieglowsky
Charlie Zieglowsky
Frank Pratt
Will Richards
Richard
Edna Witting
Jesse Stout
Lloyd
Taylor Stout
Virgil Wittmer
Muscatine
Dwight Wittmer
Wellman
Samuel Wittmer
Iowa City
Clarence Owens
Ainsworth
Clarence
Moorman
Elmer Jugenheimer
LeClair
J. G. Mason
Elmer Graber
Mason Furnace
al Roe
Wasshington
Elmer Mason
August Zieglowsky
Haskins
S. C
Crawfordsville
Carl
Ruth
Clyde
Margaret
Henry Lanning
Harold
Howard
Charles
Lanning
John, Baer
James Pence
Bertha Flading
Chicago
Pence
Dean Finde
Marvin Bishop
Camp Bowie
Texas
John Flading
Bertha
Dorothy
Marie Stewart
Cedar Rapids
Keota
Albert Paul
Ethel
Grace Emde
Everette Green
Ruby Sharp
Kelly Bohr
George Whetstiner
Dell Messenger
Callie Woodburn
Jeanette
June Gardner
Wes Webster
Lon Fleming
Warold “Littrel
Bishop
Kalona
Card Club
Wayne Savage
Kosmer Borkoski
Earl Neal
Walter Peck
Danny
Anna Diers
Raymond Fritz
Winifred
Bunny
Leonard Fritz
John J. Kurtz
Clara Borkoski
Pelle Brinton
East Pleasant Plain
Dale Diers
Seals Drive Christmas Campaign Totals in Kalona
Supt H Snodgrass reports more than 50 dollars turned in for the annual Christmas seal drive with many gifts still expected. A farewell party honored Duane Yoder who leaves for Camp Denison. Also noted are travels and family visits, plus a Cuba bound Angus bull sale by Maas brothers from Port Everglades to Harper Brothers Havana Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Hender
Kalona
Snodgrass
Thomas Miller
Duane Yoder
Camp Denison
East Union Church
Weller Snyder
DeWitt
Dean Snyder
J. F. O'Loughlin
Elmer Marner
Texas
Mexico
Maas Brothers
Aberdeen
Harper Brothers
Havana
Cuba
Port Everglades
Fla
Four States Meet at Northwest Corner of New Mexico
The northwest corner of New Mexico where Arizona Utah and Colorado converge forms the only point in the United States where four states meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Colorado
United States
Shiloh Community Sees Visitors and Potluck Supper
Shiloh notes visits from Lester Neff and Elmer Rushley plus Schoonover and Showalter families. Fae Schoonover rests at Iowa Methodist hospital while Pauline Schantz is ill. The community plans a Friday 6 30 potluck supper at the school with a program to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Schoonover
Shiloh
Lester Neff
Near Coppock
Sam Marsh
Elmer Rushley
Near Packwood
Marsh
Grace
Joan
Ed Showalter
Muscatine
Dave Schantz
Ottumwa
Fae Schoonover
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Frank Schantz
Ruth
Iowa City
L. F. Sigafoose
Pauline Schantz
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Luther Murdoch
Dixie Gasoline
Dixie Oil
Washington Oil Company
Mrs. Wade Gardner
Mrs
Clara Godloye
Dorothy Lake
Mrs. Hillis
Alpha Meeting
Anna Snair
Guengerich
Knerr
Swartzendruber
Teets
Ware
O'Loughlin
Hochstetler
Hesselschwerdt
Hender
Hillis
Peterson
Olt
Snider
Grady
Michum
Allen
Masons
Richland
Rubio
Omer Long
Bun Watson
Lambert
Art Stoutner
Joe Lambert
Chester Holcomb
Hugh and
Leonard
West Chester
Sid Holcomb
Minnesota
Tom Adler
Wyoming
H. Snodgrass
Seals
S Junction
Sidwell
Sidwell Dealers
Orient
Philippines
Cartep
Tungkwan
Cape Bojpador
Laoag
Vigan
Mamburao
Legaspi
Far East
Pacific
South China Sea
Hong Kong
Canton
U. S
Singapore
Britain
Gibraltar
Sam
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