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Diverse Weekend Visits Highlight Des Moines Area Socials
Residents hosted relatives and friends from Ackley, Marshalltown, Hampton, Des Moines, and other towns for weekend gatherings and Mother's Day visits. Notable guests included Harold Jagerson, Dean Jagerson, Harold Crepa, Robert Carson, and Leo Chinburg with extended trips from Chicago, Minnesota, and Idaho. Highlights include weddings, trips to Ames for Veishea, and local travel to Grinnell and Des Moines as families moved between homes and events.
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Harold Jagerson
Harold
Loretta
Dean Jagerson
Dacorah
Allen McCullock
Effie H. Rogers
Minnesota
Leonard Chinburg
Pocatello
Idaho
Leo Chinburg
Alfred Cordes
Stanley Cordes
Marshalltown
Ruth Ann Bowman
Cellar Rapids
Jim Bowman
Ralph Correll
F. C. van Derveer
William
Max van Derveer
Grinnell
C. van Derveer
D. E. Smith
Eldora
Hampton
Stockton
Bank
Arthur
C. D. Martin
Fremont
Neb
Floyd Crosley
St. Joseph
Warren Hartman
Arthur Allen
W. A. Allen
Robert ‘Whiting
Des Moines
Dale
Peshia
George Timmerman
River Falls
Wisconsin
J. L. George
Mary Mac Rae
J. J. George
Keswick
Don Mac Rae
Town City
A. E. Anderson
Canon City
Colo
Marvin Randelman
Sandra
R. A. Scott
Jackie Hootman
Phil Blum
Veishea
Ames
R. T. Johnson
Johnson
L. A. Johnson
Qgleen Vieman
John McBride
Union
Roy Landt
John Hartman
Cedar Rapids
Guy Jones
Robert Brittell
Pella
Clifford Riley
Henry Keilsmeier
Keilsmeier
Doyle Felton
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Speers