Christmas Family Gatherings Light Up Local News
Social notes describe numerous local families sharing Christmas Day and Eve meals in Davenport and surrounding towns. Highlights include Santa’s surprise visit to the Williams household, extensive extended kin numbers at multiple dinners, and telephonic greetings from relatives in Indiana and Illinois. Plans are announced for Linda Kay Frank and Don Shalla to wed February 1 at St Patrick’s in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Frank
Iowa City
Linda Kay
Don Shalla
Norman D. Shalla
Washington
American Institute of Commerce
Davenport
Sheller Globe Corp
Lone Tree Community School
Standard Oil Fertilizer
Riverside
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Sellers Walker Vows Solemnized in Sigourney Church
Debra Lynn Sellers daughter of Cleo and Mrs Sellers of Sigourney wed David Lee Walker son of William Walker of rural Keota in a candlelight ceremony at the Sigourney Christian Church. Rev Kirby Fuller officiated. The couple plan to live in Oceanport New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Debra Lynn Sellers
Cleo L. Sellers
Sigourney
David Lee Walker
William Walker
Christian Church
Kirby Fuller
Thaddeus Sudo 1
New Jersey
Robert Flax
New York
Thomas Walker
William Kephart
Lert Sellers
Delta
Harry Turner
Lloyd Walker
Washington
Oceanport Avenue
Oceanport
N. J
Christmas Dinner Traditions Shared By Local Families
Relatives gathered for Christmas noon dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Roberts including John Winga Sr. and Jr. and John Alberta III plus Mrs. Margaret Thomas and Evan Rees. Peiffer family pre Christmas gathering at St. Marys Hall Keota with multiple local relatives. Seaman Stephen L Johnson aboard USS Fechteler arrived Long Beach after duty off Vietnam. Dahl, Messer, and Benell families spent Christmas at E H Messer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Roberts
John Winga Sr
John Winga Jr
John Alberta III
Margaret Thomas
Evan Rees
Frank B. Peiffer
St. Mary’s Hall
Keota
Lloyd Peiffer
Jamhes Wittetoe
Sigourney
Marion Cady
Washington
Frank Gregan
Columbus Junction
Frank Dunn
East Dubuque
Illinois
Bob Judge
Des Moines
Charles Peiffer
Rita Peiffer
Fairfield
Stephen L. Johnson
Fechteler
Long Beach
Calif
Vietnam
Stephen
Jerry Johnson
North Second
W. T. Dahl
Lester Messer
Wapello
Donald Benell
Hedrick
E. H. Messer
Men in Service Stephen L. Johnson SN B616883
Stephen L. Johnson is listed as a seaman with serial number B616883 in the U S Navy. The record notes his assignment to the Fechteler destroyer DD 870 and his base at FPO San Francisco California 96601.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen L. Johnson
W. D. Division
USS
Fechteler
FPO
San Francisco
Calif
Christmas at United Presbyterian Home in Washington Iowa
Visitor notes detail Ronald Condry and family from Jacksonville Illinois visiting Florence and Marian Hale. Local residents and guests attend a capacity dining room Christmas Day with a tribute to four volunteer waitresses. Various family travels and greetings accompany a day of programs, boxes, pies, and a brief report on residents’ activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Condry
Jacksonville
Illinois
Christine
Florence
Marian Hale
Mandrill
Harriman
E. C. Hinkle
Brooksie ‘Brush
Marie Stewart
Bessie’ Stewart
Keokuk
Mr. Colby
Marian ‘Colby
Pipestone
Minn
Russell Stover
McDaniel Drug Store
Fulton Hall
Everett Grice
Annie Morris
Charles
Washington
Farm Barn Destroyed Near Keota in Overnight Fire
Fire tore through a large barn on the Bob George farm north of Keota Wednesday night. The blaze was discovered about 1:30 a.m. and burned fiercely before any alarm was raised. Mr. George said some hay was stored inside and the cause remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Bob George
George
Christmas Day Hosts and Visiting Families
Mrs. John Caldwell hosted a cooperative Christmas dinner with Mrs. Glenn Wilson Jim Wilson and several couples from Iowa City Washington Burlington and Chicago. Visitors include the DeVore families from Washington Conesville and Ft Hood Texas where William DeVore is stationed. Additional guests span Chicago Nashville Lagos Nigeria Glenwood Reasoner and Eugene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Caldwell
Tose
Glenn Wilson
Jim Wilson
Don Arn
Iowa City
Curtis Long
Washington
Don Willem
Burlington
Joe Scranton
William S. DeVore
Elaine
Luther Dillavoy
Ivan DeVore
Conesville
DeVores
Mr. DeVore
Muscatine Community College
Ft. Hood
Texas
Killeen
Pat Gilpin
Nashville
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Lester Luckenbill
Robert Brinning
Beth
Tim
T. J. Horak
Todd
Joel
Wally
Holly
Charles Luckenbill
Indianapolis
Ind
Lucille Moore
Rock Island, Ill
Fetes
Charles Fuhr
Geneseo
Ill
Clifford Weidner
Nancy
Glenn Dunbar Jr
Greg
Bret
Glenn Dunbar
Glenn Jr
Keith Williams Sr
Earl Redlinger
Brad Goff
Scotty
Newton
Marsha Kron
Keith Williams Jr
Max Fulton
Grand Rapids, Minn
Ted Johnson
Glen Green
John Green
Ronnie
Rusty
Hap Monroe
Bill
Tom
Dennis
Mike
Vinton
George Green
Bob
Glen Greens
Reed Greens
Monticello
Kenneth Dunwoodys
Dixon
Elsie Fox
Jerry Fox
Beloit
Wis
Burton Fox
Lyle Fox
Ainsworth
Vernon Fox
Brighton
Donald Fox
Eileen
Sandra Widmer
Henry Witthoft
Frances Miller
Art Witthoft
Ralph Witthoft
Wayne Witthoft
Wilbur Witthoft
Livingston, Day, Kehoe
Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Louis J Kehoe
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Aleas
Richard A.wart
Paul V. Shearer
St Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Journal Bldg
Spurgeon
Spurgeon’s
Sellers-Walker
Pamela Turner
Bride
Sigourney High School
William Penn College
Ottumwa Beauty Academy
Taylor’s Beauty Salon
Oskaloosa
Keota High School
Army
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Tausic Company
Washington, Iowa
Johnson
The
United Presbyterian Home
Sturgeon - Vincent Cottage
Richard Scott
Elizabeth
Michael
Homer Vincent
Wellman
Wayne Mangold
West Chester
Robert Vincent
Billy
Lois Swain
Mercy Hospital
Hebron Hall
Janet Fuller
Orient
Iowa
John Hall
Myrla Henderson
Gene Booth
Booth
John Gannon
Paul
Mason City
Clay Johnson
John Ellsworth
Mrs. Johnson
Stella Thomas
Washington Area
Winnie Robison
Donald
Blanche Stephens
Art Krause
Dick Stephens
Ethel Spera
Charles Morris
Roy L. Miller
James Lytle
Don W. Baird
Denver
Colorado
Tripoli
India
Don
Faith Baptist Church
Washington Fairgrounds
Moon
Baptist General Conference
Mr.cithers
Dagwood
ONL
Dagwool
NAS
Bop
U.S. Pat
Fritz
Vale
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
C. F. Crayne
Bill Crayne
Ed Crayne
Rosann Crayne
Chicago
Denny Black
Moline
Bill Black
Camp Roberts
Larry Black
Isaac Kleese
Insurance Plan Savings and Loan Association
FSLIC
N. Jefferson St
Mt. Pleasant
E. Washington
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