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Local social notes from Des Moines and surrounding towns
Local keepsakes list visits and travels of residents including Janis Jones in Des Moines Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Alma Chaplin from Hitchcock South Dakota, Rowland and Annetta Orr graduation in Wakonda South Dakota, Debra Holman and Denny Holman graduation in Dallas Texas, and weekends with relatives in Emmetsburg Manson Boxholm Norwalk Highland Park Illinois. Mention of insurance agency Lockin Insurance and car dealer Dunn Chevrolet.
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Janis Jones
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Paul R. Jones
Alma Chaplin
Hitchcock
S. D
Robert Orr
Wakonda
Rowland
Annetta Orr
William Booth
Mike Booth
St. Paul
Fae Mitchell
Sioux City
Mary Hines
Dallas
Tex
Elmer Niebuhr
Linda
Barbra Baldrey
Highland Park, Il
Linda Olson
Boxholm
Doris Overland
Huxley
Roleene Gideon
Norwalk