News: Curtiss, Wis. (7 Dec. 1942)

Contact: Stan

Surnames: Hoff, Neitsch, Tonn, Klocke, Schorer, Peterson, Thompson, Steinke, Harris, House, Smiley, Green, Hennlich, McCorrison, Boardman, Marking

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 12/07/1942

Curtiss - Dec. 7, 1942

The Ladies’ Aid of St. Paul’s Lutheran church held their annual meeting recently. The following officers were re-elected: President, Mrs. Geo. Hoff, Vice President, Mrs. Amelia Neitsch; Secretary, Mrs. Franklin Tonn; and Treasurer, Mrs. Arthur Klocke. The St. Paul’s Lutheran church will hold their children’s Christmas program at the church on Friday evening, Dec. 25th, at 8:00 o’clock. P.M. Picture slides will be shown.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schorer of Abbotsford were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peterson Sunday.

Mrs. Alfred Thompson will be hostess to the Helping Hand Society on Thursday, Dec. 17th.

Wm. Steinke and son, Eugene, of Hoard drove to Ironwood, Michigan, Thursday where the former received medical treatment.

Armin Peterson, with the U.S. army at Proving Grounds, Ill., arrived here Dec. 10th to spend a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Peterson.

Pvt. Byron Harris of Camp Funsten, Kansas, is spending a short furlough with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Henry House, and other relatives.

Mrs. Leland Smiley entertained several ladies at her home on Thursday afternoon to celebrate her mother’s, Mrs. Minnie Green’s, birthday anniversary. Miss Ruth Green of Eau Claire came up for the event.

Misses Jean and Evelyn Hennlich, who are employed in Milwaukee, arrived home on Thursday and spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hennlich.

Mr. and Mrs. George Hoff entertained at a family dinner and Christmas party on Sunday, Dec. 13th, in honor of their son, Harley who is leaving Dec. 16 for duty with the ordnance department at Santa Anna, Calif., the ordnance training center. Those present were their daughter, Miss Myrtle Hoff, Scandinavia, Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCorrison and daughter, Jean, of Marshfield, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Boardman and children, of Thorp.

The Curtiss school will give a program at the village hall on Wednesday evening, Dec. 23rd, at 8:00 o’clock, with a Christmas tree and exchange of gifts.

The L.D.R. organization of the Ev. Luth. Church held a Christmas party at the John Marking home at Owen Wednesday evening, Dec. 16.

The Reformed and Ev. church congregation will give their children’s Christmas program on Thursday evening, Dec. 24th at 8:00 o’clock P.M.