Jerry and Shirley Johnson spent Friday and Saturday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where their granddaughter, Amanda Boer, was a participant in the Miss America U.S.A. contest. Eighty girls were competing and Amanda came out in the top 10. She is the daughter of Jason and Corilee Johnson of Alvord, Iowa. She is 18 years old and has graduated from high school. Bruce Nelson, Brooklyn Center, and Vicki Nelson, Mankato, spent the Thanksgiving holiday with parents, Ray and Lois Nelson. Guests for Thanksgiving in the Mark and Karen Sandager home were their sons, Ian and Tom, who were home from college, Homer and Marj Prunty, Brookings, S.D., and Sheldon and Ellie Sandager. Alice Kolsrud, along with Kent and Paula Kolsrud, Kylie and Kennedi, Sioux Falls, and Stacey and Andrew Bommersback and Sidney, Detroit, Mich., spent the holidays in the home of Harlan and Bonnie Kolsrud in Worthington. Don and Edyth Briggs spent the holiday in the home of his daughter, Deb Wright, and family in Luverne. Spending Thanksgiving in the home of their parents, Gregg and Cyndi Ebert, were Scott and Kristi Ebert and Molly and Hannah, Harrisburg, S.D., Jeff and Josie Ebert, Omaha, Neb., and Matt Ebert, Minneapolis. They also had a pre-Christmas celebration on Saturday, Nov. 29. Ron and Jan Solberg spent Thursday and Friday with Jan’s mother, Hattie Walz, at Cambridge. Wednesday afternoon visitors in the home of Martha Lindrud were Gene and Shirley Sundem, Sioux Falls. Carole Lonkey arrived Wednesday to spend until Saturday with her mother and returned to her home in Brooklyn Center Saturday. Other guests for an afternoon visit were Lois Bass and Cheryl Boysen, Sioux Falls, Marlene Negus, Davenport, Iowa, and Ron and Lori Rentschler.Ron and Barb Kock, Bismarck, N.D., spent from Wednesday until Sunday at the Bob and Twila Kirsch home. On Thursday, Brian Kirsch, Valley Springs, S.D., Deb and Luke Mathias, Dylan and Alison, Heron Lake, Cindy and Ted Pohlman, Breann, Jessica and Riley, Lakefield, joined the group. Spending Thanksgiving in the Sheldon and Ellie Sandager home were Jo and Floyd Wulf, Herrick, S.D., Andrew Norton, Mankato, Carolyn Norton and Jim Starzel and Milt and Evelyn Anderson, Sioux Falls, and the Gene and Mike Sandager families, Hills. Mary Carter spent from Tuesday until Friday in the home of her daughter, Marilyn and Alf Metzger, at Hawarden, Iowa. Children of Marv and June Albers gathered at their home for Thanksgiving which included Larry Albers and daughter, Abby, Pierre, S.D., and Lucinda Albers, Garretson, S.D. Tommie and Zack Albers, Gregory, S.D., visited their father, Lonnie, and grandparents, June and Marv, and returned to Gregory on Sunday. Luella Schlueter accompanied Wayne and Barb Schlueter of Kansas to the Cities and spent the holiday with Brian and Bonnie Olson, the John and Laurie Hynes family, and Gerry and Sue Schlueter and family, Lake Park, Iowa.Dinner guests Thanksgiving Day in the home of Cliff and Vi VanWyhe were Ron and Lexia DeWit, Lindsay and Ashley, Tom and Matt VanWyhe, Sioux Falls, Terri VanWyhe, Omaha, Neb., Steve, Marilyn and Justin VanWyhe, Steen, Heather VanWyhe and Jeff Beeler, Hutchinson, and Amber ad Travis Arends, Warrensburg, Mo. Guests in the Marie Walraven home Thursday were Sara and Mark Dodge, Hartley, Iowa, who joined other Walraven family members numbering 21. Thanksgiving dinner guests in the home of Randy and Brenda Beyer were Gilmer and Gladyce Myhof, Sioux Center, Iowa, and Donald and Dorothy Beyer, Madison, S.D.Erma Schubbe returned home Friday after spending some time with her children, the Paul Randalls at Stillwater and the Tom Schubbes at Afton. She also accompanied the Tom Schubbes to Green Bay, Wis., where they watched Jonathan Schubbe swim in a swim meet at the University of Wisconsin. Brad and Jil Vaughn and children spent the holidays with his parents, Don and Lou Vaughn, in Colome, S.D.Wendell and Kathryn Erickson spent Thanksgiving in the home of their daughter, Kirsten and Pat Anderson, in Sioux Falls and visited with the girls, Erika and Nicole, who were both home. Dennis Roning, Ray Roning and Pearl Sundem were Thursday guests in the Jim and Marj Roning home. Other visitors were Tanya Johnson, and Zack, Jasper and Lisa Boelke and Lydia, New Ulm. Bob and Karen Visser and Kara, Afton, spent Thanksgiving with her mother, Henrietta Schouwenburg. On Friday, Bob and Twila Kirsch and Barb and Ron Koch visited Berneta Johnson at Russell. Deneise Swanson, Big Fork, spent from Friday until Monday with her father, Dennis Roning.The family of Mae Top, numbering 22, gathered at her home Friday evening to celebrate Thanksgiving. Mae Top was a Thanksgiving dinner guest of Florence Sandstede and her family. In the evening she was a guest of Allen and Judy Top and their family. Mark and Jan Ausland and girls, Apple Valley, came to enjoy Thanksgiving in the home of Dick and Audrey Heidenson. They had dinner at the Lutheran Church in Valley Springs, S.D., with Ray Heidenson and their relatives. Steve Swanson came from Woodbury on Wednesday to pick up his mother, Opal Swanson, to spend Thanksgiving with his family. He brought her back home on Saturday. Harriet Skattum returned home Saturday after spending Thanksgiving in the Dewayne Edwards home in Forestburg, S.D.Gerald and Henrietta Haak joined other family members at a gathering Thanksgiving Day in the home of Doug Leuthold at Ellsworth, and on Friday they gathered at the Henry Haak home in Sioux Center, Iowa. Correction in last week’s Crescent to read: Cliff and Vi VanWyhe visited Elmer and Leona Warner Thursday and also Ryan and Melanie Warner. Melanie is recovering from injuries received in an accident seven weeks ago. Vic and Fran Sandager and Sheldon and Ellie Sandager were guests Sunday in the Leona Goehle home in Tyler. Also present were Lee and Betty Sandager, Marine on the St. Croix, and Hal and Nita Johnson, Stillwater. Herb Sundem has taken up residency in Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne to convalesce. Carrie Schouwenberg remains at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls.
