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Thanksgiving notes and visits fill Brimfield area
Brimfield residents share Thanksgiving visits with relatives from Peoria Chicago Knoxville and nearby towns. Local gatherings include Hayes family reunion with 82 members, multiple dinners at J. W. Hurder and Coberly homes, and numerous pauses for travel and hospitality.
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Ida
Lucille Mather
Chicago
Alma la Follett
la Fayette
Ray Savage
Fred Dawson
Jimmie Diekmann
Toulon
Louise Macy
Gridley
Clyde Macy
Betty Schulthes
Henry Schul
Eureka
Lloyd Gapron
Kenneth Howe
Davenport
Iowa
Thelma de ¥Ries
Champaign
W.N. McCowan
Charles” McDonough
John Bridson
Wilma Clark
Rolland Griggs
H. A. Griggs
Fritz Kneer
Peoria
Newton Bragg
Edelstein
Irving Bragg
Emory Pfundstein
Famly
Matthews
James
Erie
E. L. Coberly
Bobbie
Brimfield
Mike
News
J.A. Doris
Alberta
Ann
Mary Maker
Grover Talmage
Elizabeth Hindle
Bob
Paul Harding
Fred Walliker
Peter Bower
Richard Hindle
Walter Pacey
Galesburg
L. Pacey
Washburn
L. F. Pacey
A. Pacey
Homer Murder
J. W. Hurder
Patsy Lyon Hurder
Cuba
Jubilee Township
Pacey
Baysinger
J. A. Hayes
L. B. Bilanchard
Harry Hayes
Webster—Gebsinz
A. T. Babcock
Clarence Pullen
Dunlap
Louise Cox
C. L. Hayes
Charles Hayes
Virginia Clark
Irene Bruninga
Ed Schubbes
Betty
Clarence Ramshaw
Triyoli
Horace Moon
Ivorid Moline
Attwood
Nellie Carson
Ralph
T. F. Maher
Margaret Carrigan
Paul Clark
Barrington
J. A. Clark
Cliff Goudy
Glen Shane
Monica
la May
Ralph Carter
Elizabeth Johnson
Toluca
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H. Joba
Gladys Bragg
Norma
J. M. Stenger
Hazel Collins
Earlene
Elmwood
Betty Nan Collins
Joe Ellis
Maude Holmes
Edna
L. A. Blanchard
Clifford Cady
Murray
Bonna Jean
Henry DeVries
Knoxville
Thad Fuchs
Elizabeth
Frank Fuchs
Fuchs