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Local Christmas Guests Fill Central Iowa Homes
A series of Christmas visits and dinners unfold across Alta, Cleghorn, Orange City, Corwith, Hartley and Washta as families welcome relatives and friends from Des Moines to San Diego. Notable entries include Lorenz Roth and Karen hosting Herman Bumann and guests, Janice Kastengren’s appendectomy, and extended stays with Rose Loof and Jay Bennett grandparents in Washta.
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Herman Bumann
Alta
Henry Nelson
George Bumann
Lorenz Koth
Lutheran Church
John Pierson
Cleghorn
Lorenz Roth
Karen
McKinley
Leo Grau
Newell
Irene Lange
Albert City
Janice Kastengren
Sioux Valley Hospital
Albert Loof
Holstein
Maynard Hedum
Soldier
Marvin Loof
Spencer
Rose Loof
Clarence McCleerey
Darrell Bennett
Hartley
Colleen McCleery
Jay Bennett
Washta
Gilbert Voss