NEWSPAPER SOCIAL NOTICES/FACEBOOK OF AGO!

     I ran across a newspaper clipping from the Marshalltown Times Republican from probably the 1930's or 1940's. Johnnie Laverty was my father as Thomas was his brother and my uncle.
  
       LAUREL MEN LEAVE ON A FISHING TRIP TO NORTHERN MINN.   by Blanche Frost

    Laurel--Thomas and Johnnie Laverty are leaving for a fishing trip to northern Minnesota. Mike Buhrow and Joe E. Brown have returned from a trip through Wisconsin and Minnesota. Harry McBroom is back on duty carrying mail after having a nose operation.

     These social notices were common in local newspapers and served as a vehicle on letting friends, neighbors, and relatives know the goings on of others. (Also, served as a way to do a little bragging!)Just like Facebook of today and who knows tomorrow,