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Local families share dinners and visits across Iowa towns
Local notes report numerous Sunday and Friday visits among Nelsons in Storm Lake Des Moines Washta Meriden and further travel to Des Moines Omaha and Sioux City. Several birthdays and dinners mark gatherings at the Sprouse Swanson Gottsche Parrott Hansbruch and Custis households with relatives from Des Moines Denver and Scotland South Dakota.
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Glenn Nelson
Storm Lake
Ella Gertsmeier
Schaller
Elmer Gertsmeier
Wilmer Winterhof
Robert Otto
Ervin Westphal
John Westphal
Albert City
Caroll Nelson
Des Moines
Wesley Nelson
Earl Schwaller
Quimby
Joe Sprouse
Larry Sprouse
Arlen Schwaller
Kenneth Leeds
Clara Kissinger
Washta
Elmer Swanson
Don Smith
George Gottsche Jr
Meriden
Francis Smith
Cleghorn
Carol Parrott
Jay Parrott
Victor Baumhoesner
Trimont
Minn
Minnie Stief
Adrian Hansbruch
Harry Howell
Dunn Chevrolet
Harry Wilson
Dan Sweet
Don
Royce Scales
Jerry Bruce
Wilson
Inez Larson
Denver
Harold Larson
Cherokee
Tom Yates
Lester