Family gatherings and moving notes from local residents
The Carr family hosted a New Year party at Boyd Dunbars in 1976. Mr and Mrs William Carr and Fern attended Sunday dinner with Oren Carr. Harold Klopfenstein's family hosted supper honoring Mrs Orea Scott on her birthday with Mr Scott and Richard Scott and families as guests. Orea Carr and others helped Earl Jackson move to a new home midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Dunbars
William Carr
Fern
Morton Carr
Oren Carr
Harold Klopfenstein
Orea Scott
Mr Scott
Richard Scott
Orea Carr
Earl Jackson
Local residents and visitors make daily rounds in area towns
Mrs Perry Palmer of Keota visits her mother Mrs Amos Weaver in hospital. Wayne Weaver and family return to San Bernardino after weeks with Mrs Weaver and relatives. Meredith Chance and family arrive from DeKalb and plan to stay, with Anni Chance returning to DeKalb for winter. A K Pence leaves for Chicago for Gamble Skogmo conference January 16 to attend events 17 18 19. Rose Morse joins Osinego Drug as clerk. Sam Patrick family moves to 308 North Seventh Ave. IOOF minstrel troupe performs at Wyman school with wives along. Joy Davis and Charlotte Huff visit Mrs Harold Isley in Hartford. Harry Reed travels to Iowa City to see daughter. Mrs A R Connelly travels to Olin due to mother illness, staying with sister Mrs Frank Story. Ethel McCreedy attends district YWCA board meeting in Des Moines. Margaret Applegate heads to Cedar Rapids for business. Kate Schmitt visits Keota for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Palmer
Keota
Amos Weaver
Wayne Weaver
San Bernadino
Calif
Mr Weaver
Meredith Chance
Dekalbul
Journal
California
Chance
Washington
DeKalb
Joy Davis
Charlotte Huff
Hartford
Harold Isley
Isley
Madonna Finke
Harry Reed
Iowa City
A. R. Connelly
Pleasant Plain
Olin
Lottie Wells
Connelly
Frank Story
Duvalls Return Home After Holiday Visit
Mr and Mrs John Duvall have returned to Ames after visiting relatives during the holidays Jerry Forin ash returned from McAllen Texas with his parents for a visit in Westchester Iowa The report notes family travel and holiday gatherings resulting in a homecoming scene in Ames and nearby Westchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Fisher
Westchester
John Duvall
Ames
Harold Nicola
Walter Duvall
Jerry Foriash
McAllen
Texas
Troy Forinash
Family visit updates and moving plans
A few days with relatives, now in Des Moines where he works. Mr and Mrs Leland Reinier and Donnie returned from Loveland Colorado after Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs Leslie Seevers. Sandra Bauer was New Year’s guest of her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Bill Robertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Leland Reinier
Donnie
Loveland
Colo
Leslie Seevers
Sandra Bauer
Bill Robertson
Holiday Activity in Franklin Center
Franklin residents recount holiday visits and gatherings from Christmas to New Year. Families such as the Lance, Brenneman, Graf, Weston, Sheetz, Combs, Sheets, Levien, Dunbar, Kiene, Pribyl, Neff and others join relatives in local homes amid travel woes and flu recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Dale Lance
Bertha Statler
G. F. Lance
H. J. Brenneman
Debby
Leo Graf
Walter Weston
Merle Sheetz
Patty
Muscatine
Washington
John Combs
Janie
Florida
Newt Weaver
Kinross
Dale Dunbar
Judy
Linda
Henry Sheets
John Kiene
Edith Pribyl
Harold
Walter Neff
Jerry
Ten Years Ago Kyle Employed at Douglas Plant Santa Monica
William S. Kyle Jr. who graduated from the Aero Industries Technical Institute in Glendale California is now employed in the Douglas airplane plant at Santa Monica in the sub assembly division fabricating metal parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Kyle, Jr
Aero Industries Technical Institute
Glendale
California
Douglas Airplane
Santa Monica
Christmas and New Year Visits Across Washington County
Christmas and New Year activities across Washington County include gatherings at the Don Paul, Walter Nett, George Bartholomew, Gene Martin, and Parental Peiffer homes. Families such as Shalla, Marion, Batterson, Scott, Smith, Sheetz, Brinning, Peiffer, Blum, and Carr are listed with multiple Sunday and holiday visits. Mrs. Bessie Palmer traveled to Iowa City en route to Denver, and R. H. Fulton suffered mumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Marion
Elmer Batterson
Sandra
Walter Nett
Bessie Palmer
Iowa City
Denver
R. H. Fulton
Edward A. Peiffer
Donald Blum
Dale Duane
Washington County Hospital
Oren Carr
Service Members Address and Enlistment Notices
With Our Men In Service lists new address for Robert J. Thompson at NATTC Memphis Tennessee and notes his parents. It also reports Glenn Dunbar Jr enlisted in the Navy and is training at Great Lakes with his unit and postal details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Thompson
Barracks No
Ave
NATTC
Memphis
Tennessee
Mr. Thompson
Stanley Thompson
Dunbar
Glenn Dunbar Jr
Navy
Great Lakes
Glenn O. Dunbar
S. R
U.S.N.T.C. Great Lakes, Ill
Mr. Dunbar
Glenn Dunbar
Richland
Junction Resident To Observe 102nd Birthday
Joseph Kauffman, a long-time Columbus Junction resident born January 11, 1849 in Pennsylvania, will observe his 102nd birthday January 11 1951. He farmed in Columbus City township, later lived with daughter-in-law Bess Kauffman, and is survived by three sons a daughter twenty grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren. His wife Mary Dennis died about 33 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Joseph Kauffman
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Columbus City Township
Bess Kauffman
Here
George
Joe
Savanna Ill
BE. C
Winds City
Maude Raymond
Holiday Guests of Hesselschwerdts
Holiday guests at the Hesselschwerdt home include Rev. and Mrs. Allen B. Rich of Michigan City Ind. and others from Newton Indianola Des Moines and nearby towns. Mercy Hospital Iowa City reported surgeries on Elmer Michel and Ivan Alt. A Kalona New Year party hosted guests from Toledo and Kalona. The Kalona high school music revue showcased periods from early American Indian days Civil War World War I II and popular tunes. George E. Fry visited Des Moines and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Wa
Kalona
E. J. Hesselschwerdt
Martha
Allen B. Rich
Michigan City
Ind
C. G. Sykes
Kathryn
Newton
Ss. C. Peterson
Roger
Indianola
Stuart Peterson
McCord Field
Wash
Peg Furnash
Eldora
J. S. Michum
Dennis Michum
Lorraine Michum
Des Moines
Elmer Michel
Ivan Alt
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Logan Reif
Tom Joslyn
Alpha Tagge
Charles Reik
Zacha Fry
Chicago
R. S. Fry
Richard Kelley
Near Kalona
Melvin Saforek
Toledo
I. J. Kelley
Louis Janacek
West Chester
Janacek
Betty Griggs
Kalona High School
Progran
Jay Hanson
George E. Fry
Brooklyn
Dust Gardens to Fight Insects and Disease
A weekly or as needed dusting with a good dust gun and quality dust can save a garden from destruction by insects and diseases.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kate
Mrs. Morse
Sam Patrick
Route 4
North Seventh Avenue
IOOF
Wyman School
Ethel McCreedy
Ywca Board
YWCA
Margaret Applegate
Cedar Rapids
Kate Schmitt
C. V. Crull
John W. Lee
Charles W. Crull
Lana Turner
Miljand
Lily James
Kansas
the Belle
Popeye
Duvalls
FOX
Minsdurians
Franklin Center
W. W.wurst
Shalla
W. A. Shalla
Janet
Don Paul
O. K. Scott
Earl Smith
George Bartholomew
Ronnie
Merle
Homer Brinning
Richard
Robert
Ronnie Sheetz
Gene Martin
Peiffer
Harper
Herbert Peiffer
Hesselschwerdts
Bell & Gevock
East Washington
Tractor Tire Service
WetaPas
Salsbury
Sals
Bury's
Pn EO Scary Lengel
Gladys
John MccGaffey
Washington County
General Tire
G. KE. Mace
Mace
Motor Company
Ford & Mercury
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