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Local visits and family gatherings across Iowa and Illinois
Ira Carper returned home Friday after surgery in Iowa City last week. Numerous local families hosted relatives and friends for birthdays and visits in Cherokee Kiron Thor Peoria Washta and nearby towns. Several guests attended celebrations and dinners at the Schafer Bennett Oakes Anderson and McCleevey homes.
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Ira Carper
Iowa City
Gerald Matzdorff
Matzdorff
Harold Swanger
Cherokee
Swanger
Virgil Larson
Eugene Cramer
Thor
Lockin Insurance
Lester Peck
A. F. of L.C.I.O
Storm Lake
Detroit
Mich
Leonard Wunschel
Leroy Salmon
Kiron
Frank Crapser
St. Paul
Minn
Ralph Mongan
Homer Anderson
Kathy
Alta
DyAnne Anderson
Sioux City
George Schafer
Henry Winterhof
Louis
Galva
Edgar Winterhof
Erwin Schafer
Veterans Hospital
Sioux Falls
S.C
Lois Schafer
Chester Dyslin
Frank Oakes
Clarence McCleevey
Jay Bennett
Washta
Kermit Bischel
Kankakee
W. H. Bischel
Edward Pingel
Peterson
Carol Frederickson
Elsie McCannon
Quimby
Loren McCannon
Clarence McCleerey
Ern Conley
Gerald Nathlich
Elsie Rudhti
Delaine Sagges
Mapleton
Ben Meier
Dennie Anderson
Bode
Henry Anderson