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Local social notes highlight regional visits and family events
Esther Benson from Cherokee spent Tuesday with the Clifford Benson family. Arizona visitors Bill Brady and daughters stayed with George Brady and Harold Bezoni then left for Mesa. Larry Benson and Dawn attended the Alice Neilson Ralph Peterson wedding in Galva and a Holstein picnic. Denver’s Sherman Naab and son Randall visited Bates home. Naab is Bates granddaughter. Anderson Sansen visited Des Moines for Mrs. Shively’s birthday. Meriden couple Burnell Halstrom joined Cliff Benson for Sunday. Bjorklund visited Wilbert George’s in Maryhill. Bowen family visited Lake City, Minnesota, to see Glenn Bowen’s parents. Dawn home visited Soren son. Art Buddenhagen of Phoenix called on John Buddenhagen. Clarence McClevey visited Fred Crippen for his birthday. Four women spent a weekend at Arnolds Park. Susan Davis of Beaumont, California, visiting George Hansen, with Bill Bryant’s family. Hill family reunion noted at Sutherland. C. W. O. and Melvin Williams family from San Antonio visited Jess Williams and Walter Anderson. John Axelsen's Sunday at Okoboji with ill Leslie Leonard in Spirit Lake hospital. Elmer Dubes of Armour, South Dakota, stayed with Harrison Dubes and relatives Wednesday to Friday.