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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1929

Page

8

Holidays Visit and Local Accidents Around town

Mr and Mrs Ivan Lemley and daughter Colleen of Waukesha Wisconsin visit the Shalla home and stop by the Connors on South Iowa avenue. Katherine Bostwick arrives from Chicago to stay with the Bostwick family for Christmas. Joe Shalla fractures four ribs after a fall and sees a doctor. Lewis Goodlander and family plan a Christmas Day trip to Drakesville to visit friends.

Ivan Lemley Colleen Waukesha Wisconsin John Shalla Ed Connor Iowa Avenue Joe Shalla Lewis Goodlander Drakesville Lillian Brown Ames Mrs R. E. Brown South

Christmas Holiday News In Haskins And Des Moines Region

Local column lists families visiting relatives for Christmas from Grinnell Iowa to Des Moines. Absent are exams and interns, with Arabelle Crone and Arlo Oetjen among students and professionals staying with parents. People travel to Burlington, Chicago, and Des Moines for holidays as homes host kin.

Christmas Holiday Visits and Local Notices

Sanitary Dairy offers whipping cream and delivery tonight for tomorrow. Rev E S Hahner of Nichols and Mrs Hahner visit Lewis Warren home for Christmas. Elizabeth Klein of St Paul stays with Mrs Lewis Klein and sisters. Keith Vine to Kansas City for Christmas. J A Wehr and Mae head to Des Moines for Christmas with Donald Ross. Dean Bevins and Dave McCreedy return home for holidays. Jack Oakie and Helen Kane starred in Sweetie. Revival meeting at Goonradt Nicholson Bullock Thompson Bailey Fillmore Christian church Dec 29 to Jan 12 Tu Thu Fri.

J. A. Wehr Miss Mae Des Moines Donald Ross Goonradt-Nicholson Bullock-Thompson-Bailey-Fillmore Christian Church

Ames students and locals head home for holiday season

Florence Rohrer Nell Sampson and other Ames residents return to spend Christmas with families. University students Catherine Hull, Margaret Sexton, Dunham Morrison, Wayne Knight and Harold Briley join relatives for the holidays. Notices close at 12 15 noon and reopen six o clock Christmas day.

Shell Oil Co Standard Oil Co Mid-Continent Oil Co Washington Oil Co Catherine Jane Hull Margaret Sexton Dunham Morrison Wayne Knight Harold Briley Iowa University

Holiday visitors and homecomings listed around town

Miss Harriet Dougherty of Pasadena returns home to Mr. and Mrs. C B Dougherty. Ferne Duncan a Garwin high school teacher visits her parents in town. Dorothea Thompson and Robert Thompson spend Christmas at the Ralph and Mrs. Thompson home. James Sexton arrives from Minneapolis to visit his parents Dr and Mrs J O Sexton. Bus Sutherland listed as auctioneer for after 6 pm calls.

Arabelle Crone Harry Crone University of Commerce Florence Carr Iowa City A. B. Carr Edith Carr Town City Mrs A. B Carr Charles McLaughlin Montreal General Hospital Montreal Canada C. W. McLaughlin Pathology McGill University Ellen Morrison St. Joseph E. D. Morrison West Washington Street Harriet Dougherty Pasadena Calif Mrs. C. B. Dougherty Ferne Duncan Garwin Iowa Mrs. W. S. Duncan East Washington Street Robert Thompson Ames Ralph Thompson James Sexton Minneapolis Minn J. O. Sexton

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