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Local Notes Highlight Community Visits and Events
Local notes record visits by Akron residents and relatives, including Nettie Hilliker in Elk Point, Mrs. Frank Simms from Greenville to see family, and Mrs. Mollie Oake from Hot Springs. Military returns and assignments are noted with Sgt. John Harvey and Delmer Andresen visiting kin. The Craig 4‑H Fair planning by Cliff Noble is announced, weather contingency set for Aug. 14 if rain, with activities by Lutheran churches. Other items mention travel to Boone, Alaska visitors, Alcan Highway travel, and family reunions across several towns.
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Akron
Nettie Hilliker
Elk Point
Wally Brown
Adams Impt
Akron Creamery Co
Iowa
Frank Simms
Greenville
South Carolina
Frank Douglas
Lambert Jeffers
John Harvey
U.S. Army
Korea
Camp Custer
Michigan
Craig, Grant and
Preston
J. P. Trotaig
Boone
Mollie Oake
Hot Springs
S. D
Emil Willer
Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
Delmer Andresen
Sherman Air Field Base
Kansas
Herman Andresen
Art Seeley
Vermillion
Guy Dimmick
Hawarden
A. Harkness
Willis Crow
Cedar Falls
Wm. Crow
Burwell
Cherokee
Arnold Emery
Lucille Kenny
Anchorage
Alaska
Dan Blake
Alcan Highway