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Wadena Notes and Local Visits Across the Area
Wadena telegrams recount visits and gatherings in West Union, Clermont, Elkport, Fayette, and surrounding towns. Residents including Francys Raftis, Velma Ray, and many others are noted for homecomings, dinners, birthday celebrations, club meetings, and weekend stays with relatives and friends.
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Francys Raftis
Clermont
Kathryn Horan
H. H. Whitcher
Union
Harry Rush
West Union
Velma Ray
Ray Herwig
M. A. Klingman
Embroidery Club
Roy Leonhart
Oclwein
Luther Crandall and Sons
Richard Gage
Lima
Ralph Read
Calleen
Johnson Bros
Thad Walters
Francis
Ella Alea
Elkport
Marcia Marie Knutson
Byran
Elva Clark
Fayette
Donald Orr
John Wood
Ames
J. R. Wadd
Lavon Dean
Ole Erickson
Alla Leonhart
Dean
Tom Baldwin
Kenneth
Esther Raftis
Mary Francis Corkery
F. J. Corkery
Bulut ‘Corkery
William Corkery
Nigh School
Adolph Weber
Girls’ Ice Club
Paul Crandall
Donna Knutson
Robert Hinkel
Elizabeth Atschliman
Irene Kennedy
Waiters Band
Supt
Doughty
Anna Mae Sassin
Guttenbeg
Martina Whittenbaugh
Harold Hermen
Eddie
LeRoy Meyer
Elkader
Joe Ray
Stanley
U. B
W. F. Moore
Russell, Frey
Marshalltown
Gett
H. J. Aeschliman
J. A. Gell
la Fonda
Wadena
Mary B. Wetzel
Ethel Clark
Charlotte
Payette
Charlotte Vaughn
Nellie Frye
Randalia
G. P. Clark
Eva Aeschliman
Elizabeth
Ning Davis
Addie Cullins
Donna Clothier
Iowa Falls