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The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota*

Hettie Sylvester visits New Orleans; E.L. Jr is swimming manager

August 18, 1922 - December 29, 1922


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Tuesday night and enjoyed a fine program. His radio instrument worked perfectly and was clear as a bell.
August 25, 1922- Miss Marion Sylvester left last Friday for Waterloo, Iowa on a few days visit to friends.
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Sylvester left Saturday morning on an auto trip to St. Cloud and other Minnesota towns on a several days visit to relatives and friends.
September 8, 1922- Edwin Sylvester came down from Minneapolis last week on a few days visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sylvester.
September 15, 1922- Mrs. E. L. Sylvester went to St. Paul Tuesday to attend a state board meeting of the League of Women Voters to lay plans for the state convention which is to be held in St. Paul in October.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sylvester went to St. Paul last Friday where they attended the funeral of J. P. Caldwell Sr. of St. Paul.
September 22, 1922- Fair results – Baby sunflower – Mrs. G. F. Sylvester, first.
September 29, 1922- Edwin L. Sylvester Jr. left for Minneapolis last Saturday noon for the fall quarter at the U which opened this week.
Mrs. A. S. Kennedy and Miss Mynn VanHorn entertained a large number of ladies Saturday evening at a bridge dinner. There were eight tables prettily arranged and a delicious dinner served at 6:30. Mrs. G. F. Sylvester won the high score prize and Mrs. W. Woodcock the consolation prize.
October 27, 1922- Mrs. E. L. Sylvester, one of the First District delegates at the American legion and Auxiliary convention at New Orleans, returned home Tuesday. She left the special train at Owatonna and returned home by auto bus route. She reports a wonderful trip, with many sights and interesting incidents throughout the journey, while the trip was one of a great deal of pleasure, there was much hard work and she states that it seems might good to get back to Minnesota, the best state in the Union.
November 10, 1922- The party of deer hunters composed of E. L. Sylvester, E. G. Krause, Park Sylvester, and Arthur Wempner left Sunday morning by auto for the northern part of the state where they will spend the next several days hunting big game. The season opens on the 10th, but thy made the trip north at this early date to get their camp located and everything ready for the opening day.
November 17, 1922- Mrs. E. L. Sylvester is entertaining this evening at a 5 o’clock dinner in honor of Mrs. Effie Wedge.
November 24, 1922- The party of hunters composed of E. L. Sylvester, E. G. Krause, Park Sylvester, and Arthur Wempner, returned from the northern part of the state last week bringing with them four fine deer as trophies of their hunt. On the opening day they secured their first deer and a few days later they secured the other three in one days hunt. The trip was a hard one but they returned by a different route and found much better roads.
December 1, 1922- Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sylvester entertained a company of friends at a 6 o’clock dinner last Friday evening.
December 8, 1922- Edwin Sylvester Jr. was down from Minneapolis to spend Thanksgiving at home.
December 29, 1922- Edwin L. Sylvester Jr. has been selected manager of swimming at the University for the next year. Student managers for major sports were selected as a result of competition under a system instituted by Mr. Leuhry, director of athletics last year…
Miss Marion Sylvester is home from Northwestern University at Evanston, Ill. to spend Christmas vacation.
Edwin Sylvester Jr. came down from Minneapolis Friday evening to spend the Christmas vacation at home.


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* SOURCE: Manzow, Ron (compiler), "The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota - a collection of information taken from the Plainview News, other newspapers, letters, and diaries beginning in 1884": Plainview Area History Center, 40 4th St. S.W., Plainview, MN 55964. Compiled in 2001.

NOTE: from Ron Manzow, December 2001: "Feel free to reproduce the pages for anyone who wants a copy. It was compiled to be shared... All I ask is that they consider sending a check to the [Plainview Area] History Center to help us out. That should be enough."


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