The big Christmas lights donation match

2014 Memorial Circle

Odebolt needed new Christmas lights. They were getting shabby.

Several years ago Shear Magic Salon & Boutique (Rose Bengford Shultz and Janet Hoefling Thomas) started having a Christmas bake sale to raise funds for new lights and had raised a good sum to start the effort. 

This year Sue (Gronemeyer) Beers saw Shear Magic Salon & Boutique's post on Facebook about the baked goods for sale and wondered how much was needed for new lights. She and her brother, Steve, decided to start a matching funds drive to raise the money needed for new lights. All donations up to $2500 would be matched in memory of their parents, P. Dale and Marge Gronemeyer, and their brother, Todd. A Facebook post was made encouraging people to donate to the fund match, and the rest is history!

The City of Odebolt would like to thank Shear Magic Salon & Boutique for starting the Christmas lights fund! And thank you to the Gronemeyer family for kick-starting the challenge! 

Below are those that donated to the fund:
Jon Zeigmann Estate, Jon Ziegmann's Memorial Fund (memorials given in memory of Jon), Angie & Tyson Quirk, Barb (Girvan) & Don Horak, Robert & Karel Mollhoff, Donna Hoelsher (in memory of Tony), Dennis & Joan Jenkins, Linda & LaFontaine Siebrecht, Mark & Mary  Schroeder, Betty & James Sullivan and Marzella Schuldt.

Also, thanks go to Joyce Curtis (in memory of Becky Mandernach), Swanson Insurance and Real Estate, Dan & Jane Snyder, Richard & Bonnie (Girvan) Ekse, Joan Godbersen, and Kim & Kent Schroeder (in memory of Dave Sweeden).

And finally, a BIG thank you to Mark Hansen Rex Chevrolet for a donation of $5,000!
Odebolt IS going to have new Christmas lights next year and we can't wait to see them in 2021 

2020 Memorial Circle

 

 

1967 Christmas in Odebolt

Merry Christmas from
the Odebolt History Pages

A look back to Christmas in Odebolt fifty years ago.

The Odebolt Chronicle,
Thursday December 21, 1967.  (36 pages)
 

CHRISTMAS GREETING ADS

The pages were full of ads from businesses.  

Great Plains, Odebolt Body Shop, The Chronicle, Home Appliance Service (Tillman McFarland), Sac County Mutual Telephone Co., Sac County Rural Coop, Howard Plumbing and Heating, Ida County State Bank, Bill's Standard Service, Darene's Launderette, Ross Sweeden, Sorensen Electric (Murl Sorensen), Bankers Life Insurance Co. (John Taphorn).

Einspahr & Janssen Implement, Fran's Beauty Nook, Odebolt Drug Co., Singers, Johnson Jewelry, Ed Wolterman & family, Krusenstjerna Hardware, Dorene's Beauty Shop, The Clothes Shop, Darrell's DX, Odebolt Cleaners, The Fashion Shoppe, Einsphar Furniture, Robert Tiefenthaler Hog Buying Station, Odebolt Coop Elevator Co., Farber & Otteman Funeral Home, The Glass Tap, Standard Oil Tankwagon, Dwight Meyer Agency, Grassland Co., Odebolt Transfer (Larry Koster), Bridie's Variety, Iowa Public Service.

Mandernach Motors, Babcock & Son, Arthur Lumber Co., Kiron State Bank, Keller Barb Shop, Harden Oil Co., Swanson Insurance, Korneisel Cleaners, Jesse Purdy Plumbing & Heating, The Cracker Jack Co., Johnson Produce (Maurice & Leona Johnson), Friday Motors, Wm. Kies Dekalb Dealer, Skelly Bulk Tank (Ike McGonigle), Tiny's Teeny's & Sons, Stylist Beauty Salon, Odebolt Bakery, Noyd Oil Co., Paul's Repair, Reynolds DX, A. Lea Waggoner Insurance-Arthur, Wallace Soft Water Service, Dinges Hotel, Odebolt State Bank, Odebolt Super Valu, Henry Hausman Radio, TV & Electric.

Herm's Modern Upholstery, Ritz Paint & Glass, Duffy & Einspahr, Nelson Farm Supply, Wunschel Service and Wunschel Store, Gamble Store, Odebolt Hatchery, Adam Roeder American Family Insurance-Arthur, Odebowl Lanes, Don's Skelly, Eastlawn Nursing Home, Robert Tiefenthaler, Odebolt Chamber of Commerce, Arthur Elevator Co., Colonial Manors Nursing Home, Modern Inn, Rex Chevrolet Gulf Station, Rex Chevrolet Company, Jim's TV & Appliance, Gus Noyd, Gronemeyer Construction and Bill's IGA.

Full-page ad by P.E. Treman, DVM; Wm M. Schoeberl, DC; George W. Dresselhuis, Attorney; R.R. Landry, DO; John Hubiak, MD; C.L. Page, DVM.  

Full page ad by The Chronicle staff
Richard & Gwen Wagner, Viola Wagner, Thelma Sonksen, Fred Stork, Irene Wardrip, Dean Hauser, Lois Ziegmann, Irene Wessling, Bill Lyons, Bob Miller, Corinne Down, Joann Roeder, Mark and Matthew Wagner, Mavis Benson-Kiron, Mrs. Ed Leeds-Boyer, Mrs. Ted Miller-Early, Delores Rabe-Arthur.

Full-page ad sponsored by Odebolt, Arthur, Kiron and Boyer churches.

We hope you enjoyed visiting 1967.
All the best for a happy & healthy 2018~
- Barb & Bonnie, editors

Christmas Past

The Odebolt News, December 21, 1916

Click on above link to see the entire newspaper page.

Koehler & Hanson was at the northeast corner of Second and Maple in Odebolt.  The same building now houses the Odebolt Museum.  It's possible that some of the very items mentioned in this advertisement are now on display in the museum.

Christmas Past

The Chronicle, December 6, 1900

The Frey photography studio was at the southwest corner of 3rd and Main in Odebolt.  A. W. Dahlstrom owned the photography studio for 46 years, from 1907 until 1953.

The Larson & Erickson store was in the brick building on the southeast corner at the junction of Second Street and Maple Street in Odebolt.  In this photo "Larson & Erickson" is painted on the window and there is also a "Larson & Erickson" sign hung on the west side of the building.

From 100 years ago -  The Odebolt Chronicle, December 23, 1915 

The present day "The Chronicle" offices are now located in the Princess Theater building.