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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1949
Page
5
The Ainsworth School newsletter notes Christmas vacation after a half year of events. It wishes readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and urges returning with good resolutions. It covers New Years reflections, traffic accident lessons, and calls for broader tolerance. It profiles a senior girl and a faculty member, and reports on junior party highlights with mistletoe and a grab bag.
Ainsworth Methodist church hosts a senior youth fellowship taffy pull at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Clegg on Thursday December 29 at 7 30 p m. This is a date change from Wednesday.
Ainsworth locals Mr and Mrs ID D Stephens Sr hosted Christmas Eve oyster stew followed by a musical program from grandchildren. Attendees included Connie Stephens of Chicago and multiple Stephens families. one relative Carol Edmundson was absent. Lillian Vera and Charles Simpson hosted turkey dinner Christmas Day with extended guests from Davenport and Des Moines.
Relatives from Marengo Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and Ainsworth joined many for Christmas meals at multiple homes including the Trotter and Hazelett families. Visitors from Waterloo Burlington Wichita and Denver attended gatherings with extended kin across Ottumwa Downey Columbus Junction Washington and Winfield. Work in the third degree at the Washington Masonic temple is scheduled for Wednesday evening.
Fifty callers visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Caldwell Friday afternoon on the occasion. The gathering marked a social event with fifty guests in attendance at the Caldwell residence.
E. D. Morrison and E. D. Morrison Jr. listed as attorneys with Morrison Building contact and phone 245 listing in the professional directory.
Frances Metzger daughter of Mrs Bertha Metzger Winfield and Harold L Ulmer son of Mr and Mrs Harold R Ulmer Lancaster Pa wed in the Spring Run Evangelical United Brethren church Dec 19 The Rev George J Roths read the double ring service Attendants were Mr and Mrs Hollis Metzger Umer a World War II veteran attended Franklin and Marshall Moody Bible Institute plans to graduate from Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant in June They will reside in Mt Pleasant
Walnut School pupils staged a Christmas program Friday evening for parents. They presented songs recitations and dialogs followed by handmade gifts. Santa Claus appeared and handed out candy to the children.
In the Duane Daering residence Friday evening a combined birthday and Christmas dinner was held honoring Mr Daering and his daughter Patricia who share birthdays on December 23. A cooperative turkey dinner followed with birthday cake served after supper.
Mr Daering and Patricia received birthday gifts and a family Christmas exchange. Attending couple celebrations included Mr and Mrs Harry Samilton, Mr and Mrs Carl Daering, Mr and Mrs Dick Harvey and Bob, Mr and Mrs Tom Harvey, Mr and Mrs Keith Daering, Mrs Duane Waering and Susan.
Various households from the area scattered across Iowa visited kin and friends over Christmas. Among those noted were McFarlanes and McFarlands visiting in Atlantic and Van Horne, Johnston and Stewart families in Des Moines and Birmingham, and Des Moines guests joining a Gray family Christmas dinner.
A Georgia man left for his home Monday after a week visiting his sister Mrs. M. Sorden and Mr. Sorden. Mrs. Sorden's parents Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Rice of Muscatine also visited and all shared Christmas dinner on Sunday noon.
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