Christmas gatherings and family visits across Iowa towns
Local notices describe Mrs. Elsie Fox hosting a 26-cover Christmas dinner with Fox family members from Ainsworth Riverside and Washington. Ann Peterson returns to Wisconsin and Wisconsin University plans. Dozens of relatives attend Friese Morrow and Easter gatherings in Brighton Wellman Wayland and Cedar Rapids.
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Elsie Fox
Vernon Fox
Lyle Fox
Ainsworth
Burton Fox
Riverside
Donald Fox
Washington
Holiday Travel Alters Plans Across States
At the U P Home Fred Gessler visited Estherville to spend holidays with his daughter. Dr Neal McClanahan spent Christmas in Burlington with his hospitalized wife. The Kenagy party and Miss Beveridge were stranded in Oskaloosa after leaving for Des Moines. Zelza Buttgen’s son from Denver called and they headed to Monmouth Illinois for the holidays. A Columbus Ohio traveler visited aunt in Columbus and will proceed to California. Dr and Mrs Kerr enjoy holidays at home with all their children. Donald, a Carnegie Tech student, passed through New Concord Ohio for Kay Ellen at Muskingum College while Roderick and wife plan to arrive from Madison Wisconsin Tuesday.
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Ann Peterson
A. C. Peterson
Madison
Wise
Appleton
Robert B. Fritz
University of Wisconsin
Zelza Buttgen
Denver
Monmouth
Illinois
Mrs. Kerr
Donald
Carnegie Tech
New Concord
Ohio
Kay Ellen
Muskingum College
Roderick
Madison, Wise
TV Highlights And Local Highlights On New Year TV
Dinah Shore hosts a New Year party with Nat King Cole George Burns and Ginger Rogers with songs and stories. NBC broadcasts Holiday on Ice from Lyons France hosted by Don Ameche. Also Route 66 Flintstones 77 Sunset Strip Target The Corruptors Zone Eyewitness and The Champ report weekly dramas and sports. Roswell star Joe Baumann is noted as all time home run champion with 72 in 1954.
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NBC
Dinah
Nat King Cole
George Burns
Ginger Rogers Cole
Burns
Hollywood
Miss Rogers
France
Lyons
Don Ameche
CBS
Inger Stevens
Beulah Bondi
Pat Hingle
ABC
Fred
Sunset Strip
Stu Bailey
Efrem Zimbalist Jr
The
Corruptors
Quicksand
Ma Tino
Ma McNally
Gam
Dean Stockwell
Roswell, N.M
UPI
Joe Baumann
Roswell
Longhorn League
Willard McCracken Family Christmas Gathering at Eddyville
Willard McCracken and family traveled to Preston McCracken’s Eddyville home for a Christmas gathering. The Stout and Thompson families hosted pre Christmas and Christmas events in Washington and Burlington with extended relatives from Leonia New Jersey and Iowa City. The Jones and Duncan families joined dinners in Columbus Junction and at Blair Duncan’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Thompson Ainsworth
Willard McCracken
Preston McCracken
Eddyville
George Stout Sr
Louise
Mildred
David Stout
Burlington
George Stout Jr
Ed Stout
Leonia N. J
Bill Stout
C. A. Thompson
Charles H. Thompson
Washington
Richard Elliott
Baby
Iowa City
Keith Lord
Russell Jones
Darold Jones
Allen
Blair Duncan
Columbus Junction
Jones
Omaha Residents End Riverside Stay
Omaha residents long visit with Riverside hosts ends as families return home. The Lentsmans Mitchells Atzs and other former locals share Christmas meals and gifts across Iowa and Illinois towns, with farewell gatherings noted in multiple households. The Bermuda fishing scene is described as thriving for game fish including pompano bonefish and marlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Bermuda
UPI
Study Club Hears Holiday Program in Crawfordsville
The Wednesday Study Club met at Mrs. Merle Twinam’s home with theme Develop our Talents as We Study the Meaning of Christmas. Mrs. Wayne Williams led a skit Christmas Whose Birthday and roll call Christmas Custom in Another Country. Carol singing, two piano solos, and Messiah selections followed. gifts were donated to the Mental Health Institute in Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Merle Twinam
Wayne Williams
Jeannette Hanna
Edward Herrmann
Arvid Anderson
Don Breisch
Mental Health Institute
Mt. Pleasant
Lillian Maxwell
Twinam
Mabel Monson
Mrs Wilkinson A Riverside Holiday Guest
Mrs Edna Wilkinson of Des Moines spends the holiday season with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Charles Waldschmidt and family. Christmas guests at the Le Roy OConner home include Mrs Mary Cooney and others from Masonville Swisher Oxford and Swisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Kleese
Isaac Kleese
Mattie Lou Morrow
Gilbert Morrow
Brighton
James Morrow
West Chester
Melvin Morrow
Famly
Wapello
Kenneth Hahn
Kenneth Farrier
Goshen
Ind
Roy Dusen
Riverside
Edna Wilkinson
Des Moines
Charles Waldschmidt
le Roy Oconner
Mary Cooney
Don Swailes
Bernard McNamara
Masonville
Wayne McNeil
Oxford
Marvin Kilberger
Swisher
Strotmans Spend Holiday in Waverly
Riverside reports a holiday visit by Supt. and Mrs. Dave E. Strotman and family to relatives in Waverly. Several other local families shared Christmas Day gatherings and hospital updates with friends and neighbors across Iowa City West Liberty Fort Dodge and Kalona.
Funeral services for Robert D. Sherman
Funeral services for Robert D. Sherman were held at 10 30 Wednesday morning in the Sherman Fden Funeral Home with the Rev. Vernon Elgin in charge. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery with Clarence Logan E D Morrison Richard Stewart Robert Lytle John Lemmon and Robert McFarlane serving as casket bearers.
Christmas Gatherings Highlight Local Family News
Ainsworth community notes Christmas gatherings with Burke McCreedys hosting Rabenold relatives from Montezuma and Washington, plus White families in Fairfield. Others include visits among Thompson, Coon, Meeks, Wagenknecht households, and a deceased relative prompting travel to Watson Missouri.
Larry Trotters Are Christmas Hosts
Christmas day guests gathered at the Larry Trotter home including Mr. and Mrs. G F Trotter and family as well as relatives from Marengo Cedar Rapids Washington Kirksville and Mason City. Tom Trotter returned home from Mercy Hospital Iowa City after surgery and is reported to be recovering well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwyneth Jones
Margaret Stout
Kenneth Lee
Elaine Fuller
Judy Wenger
Iowa State University
Ames
Larry Fletcher
Paul Henderson
Evelyn Stout
Karen Rhea
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Denny White
Simpson College
Indianola
Jerry White
John Anderson
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Marlene Dumont
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
John and
Jim McNeill
Trinity College
Chicago
Mary Martha Griffith
Northeast Missouri Teachers College
Kirksville
Paul Pennington
Garrett Seminary
Evanston
Iowa Wesleyan College
Leo Mellecker
Richard Cress
Cletus Mellecker
Hills
Ainsworth
G. F. Trotter
Bill Trotter
Maude Bishop
Marengo
Rex Bishop
Cedar Rapids
Alma Perry
Washington
Larry Trotter
Nellie Akins
Willard McCrackens
Tom Trotter
Mercy Hospital
Louis Vallosio
Springfield
George Colthurst
Christmas Day Gatherings Across Cedar Rapids and Washington
Christmas day visitations include Donnie Orris at Cedar Rapids home and a Washington dinner hosted by Mrs. C B Reed with Mr. and Mrs A Thompson and others. Edible refreshments and birthday cake were prepared by Mrs Booth with officers assisting. Council Dinner and a reminder to maintain snow walks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnie Orris
Cedar Rapids
A. Thompson
C. B. Reed
Washington
Harold Booth
Connie
Fairfield
Charles H. Thompson
Beckie Sue
W. D. Booth
Reed
Ernest
Booth
Ruby Sharp
Dean Luers
John Weerman
West Chester
Sunset Inn
Muscatine
Ray Hough
Harold Griggs
West Chester holiday gatherings feature carols and gifts
Fifteen Blue Birds met at the Hall in West Chester to craft gifts for mothers and decorate the Christmas tree. They later visited the Jerry Forinash home for supper, then delivered nut cups and caroled door to door before stopping for cocoa at Wee-Walk Inn. The Pinochle Club hosted guests Saturday, and the Federated church Social Circle elected officers for the new year and observed a birthday themed program with gifts and singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Jerry Foriash
Forinash
Keith Huber
Glenn Ladehoff
Ken Dusenbery
Lee Mangold
John Hough
Federated Church
Melvin Booth
Christ
Dean Luers
Gale Reif
Fred Coakley
4-H Cloverleaf and Franklin Cubs Hold Holiday Gatherings
A Cloverleaf 4-H Christmas party at Dianna Hesseltine's home featured games refreshments and a gift exchange. Franklin Cubs 4-H members and families met at Franklin Center School for a potluck and gift exchange with Terry Mangold presiding. The group voted to buy 12 4-H song books and Merritt Canady presented grooming and style tips. The next meeting will be hosted by Linda and Abbie Timmins with Linda giving a demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloverleaf 4-H
Dianna Hesseltine
Franklin Cubs
Franklin Center
Terry Mangold
Merritt Canady
Linda
Abbie Timmins
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Estherville
Neal McClanahan
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Oskaloosa
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