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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1949
Page
3
Lester Laubach suffered a heart attack Friday evening and is ordered to bed for three weeks. The Westminster community wishes him a speedy recovery as visitors call at his home.
In Pilotburg and Lookout areas Christmas Eve programs and meals marked the holiday. Families such as the Oldfields, Stranskys, and Bishops joined relatives in Des Moines and nearby Washington, with many guests listed for Christmas dinner and seasonal visits.
Admitted yesterday Deloise Hawkins and Mrs Ezra Christ Ollie for surgical care. Today Phil Poster from Washington undergoes a tonsillectomy. Dismissed today Mrs Richard Conklin and daughter from Keota.
Riverside residents and nearby families share Christmas visits and dinners across Iowa communities including Iowa City Moline Curtis Fresno Cedar Rapids Des Moines DeWitt and Lone Tree. Guests include the Knittels Latta Baschnagels Wilkinson Ackersons Busheks and Linsleys with reports of illnesses and a porch railing mishap.
Christmas dinner guests at the Lyle Lantz home were Mr and Mrs Clifford Feldman and daughters Loletha Lolita and Luetta of West Liberty Mr and Mrs Raymond Jondle and Maynard Cunningham of Iowa City Mr and Mrs John Siska and son Melvin and Mrs Elizabeth Siska of Riverside.
Christmas dinner gatherings spread through Stringtown as families visited kin in nearby towns. Residents including the Widmers, Graber and Rich families hosted relatives from Iowa, Ohio and Illinois, sharing meals at multiple homes across the holiday period.
Large family reunion scenes spread through Cedar Rapids Osceola Indianapolis and Washington as relatives from Cedar Rapids Dows Batavia and other towns joined Anna Landau and Chorpening families for Christmas. Local pupils presented carols at Stringtown school while Elmer Roth and Ben Roth hosted holiday gatherings.
Local residents recount visits and departures after Christmas weekend. Mr and Mrs Frank Brower visited his mother Mrs Homer Brower before heading to Greencastle Indiana. Alvina Wichhorst became Mrs Brower in Indianapolis last November. Dwight Prince of Kansas Illinois returned home after holiday stay with Lloyd Little family. Various hosts held cooperative dinners and gift exchanges across Keota Leon and surrounding homes. Carolyn Carbee returned to Chicago after holiday visit.
The evening paper lists Christmas and holiday travel and visits: Mrs. H. 3S. Rees and family join Shannon kin. Mrs. D. N. Anwyl and Mr. and Mrs. Shannon’s sister Mrs. W. R. Hughes. Keota relatives attend a Moline dinner with Martin family. Ira Gastman and daughters visit Kansas City. Hubert Lehrer travels to Grinnell for Christmas with Clifford Monroe. Mrs. W. J. Shannon and Barbara plan a Council Bluffs visit. John Crone and Lawson Crone homes host Milan and Rock Island trips. Powell A. Rayburn from Ft. Wayne stays with Washington hosts. Leo Sueppel hosts Christmas turkey with family. Gene Ellis of Iowa City visits.
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