Christmas News at Mercy Hospital and Surrounding Families
Local notes recap Christmas visits and gatherings across Iowa. Jan Fane trains at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Iowa City and works a vacation shift at Phillips Drug Store while visiting Newton parents. Families from Des Moines to Washington share holiday meals and gift exchanges. Paul Hazelett from Fort Sill returns briefly with wife Linda Lintz.
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Jan Fane
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Iowa City
Phillips Drug Store
Mrs
RE. Fane
Newton
Holiday toll tops 220 in Christmas travel period
United Press International reports the Christmas travel period ends with at least 221 traffic deaths by 8:30 a.m. EST. States with high fatalities include California 13 and Texas 16, while many others report fewer or none. The National Safety Council warned 200 to 250 could die in the 30-hour window and 11,000 to 13,000 may be injured beyond the day.
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United Press
Advance National Safety Council
United Press International
Official Safety Council
California
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Grandfather 83 Weds Florida Girl 19 in Home Ceremony
Earl L. Mesker aged 83 marries 19 year old Gwendolyn Davis of Baker Florida in a Christmas Eve home ceremony. The couple plans to honeymoon at home while Mesker explains the marriage blends companionship and business. Mesker runs a real estate and tax title firm and funds a 100000 education foundation for his descendants.
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Denver
Earl L. Mesker
Medsker
Gwendolyn Davis
Baker, Fla
Justice of the Peace
Harry Wall Jr
Adams City
Mesker
Gwendolyn
Ride
Medskers
Ainsworth Beavers 4-H Weekly Meeting Highlights
The Ainsworth Beavers 4-H Club met with Kim Hall for a December meeting. Topics included a rat poisoning demo and a calf weighing event at Oscar Mayer yards on December 27. Social activities followed with a Christmas gift exchange and refreshments.
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C.A. Thompson Ainsworth
Ainsworth Beavers
Kim Hall
Oscar Mayer
Ainsworth
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