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Community notices blend birthdays and visits across Alta region
Local families share birthday celebrations and hospital updates with neighbors from Alta to Cherokee. Guests include the Friedlund and Gould families, the Libkes and Hinks, and many town residents attending church events, funerals, and birthday observances. Duane Libke returns from Alta hospital after rheumatic fever. Overseas duty draws Pvt. Vernon Jensen from Ft Riley to Korea.
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D. J. Friedlund
Harold Gould
Alta
Jean Marie Gould
Paul
Paul Stieneke
East Okoboji
Arnold Grieme
Donald Grieme
Ed Hi
Dean Will
Will
Rev
Stanworth
Methodist Hospital
Dean
Herbert Will
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sioux City
Henry Schipper Sr
LeMars
Emil Borgeson
Marian
Cherokee
Henry Schipper Jr
Ily
Albert Engdahl
Joy
Harry Lindgren
Meriden
Vernon Jensen
Lars Jensen
Ft Riley Kansas
Korea
Nels Carlson
Reverend Stanworth
St. Josephs Hospital
Minnie Peterson
Blair
Sonora
California
Orville Kolb
Holstein
Delaine Kolb
Roy Lydell
David
Albert Libke
John Lydell
Lydell
Duane Johnson