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Local notices mix of visits and gatherings in area
A flurry of weekend and weekday visits, suppers, and dinners links residents from Elkader to Postville, Guttenberg, and West Union. Names include Halversons, Hellums, Boleyns, Lehmans, Frieden, Anderson, Caspers, Larson, and Struck. events span birthdays and hospital stays to church programs and Christmas preparations.
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Mervin Anderson
Burdette Anderson
Atkins
Marvin Perry
Manchester
Ed Boleyn
Ralph Hanson
West Union
Ronald Baker
Oelwein
Doyle Baker
Merlin Anderson
Etkader
Emma Anderson
Kenneth Anderson
Postville
Russell Larson
Philman Larson
Mary Wold
Watersoo
Mergin Anderson
Elgin Furniture
Norris Capper
Tracy Anderson
Kalona
Anderson
Bernard Hanson
Margaret
Inga
Joseph Hanson
Hopkins
Minn
Randine Hanson
Keith Johnson
Juli
LeNea Larson
Sue Ellen Krieg
Karal Pfister
Alvin Halverson
Edwin Loftsgard
Elizabeth Burke
Michigan
J. N. Hogan
Minneapolis
Jim Hanson
Guttenberg
Melvin Hanson
Bettina Halverson
Larry Halverson
Peggy Renwick
Cedar Rapids
DeVere Halverson
Louis Lehman
Dennis Shaffer
Clara Shaffer
Rose Baeebler
Leo Friederich
Ern Friederich
Charlan Butikofer
Troy
Andrew Caspers
Duane Caspers
Lisbon
Larry Butikofer
Paul Butikofer
Timmy
Alta Thoman
Bert Butikofer
Tillotson’s Hardware
Vic
Oliver Torkelson
Harry Everett
Robert Hanson
Derry
Elkader
Jim
Fred Heins
Monona
Bertina Halverson
Helen Boyer
Leo Boleyn
Linus Hildebrandt, Jr
Fayette
Pat Murray
Grundy Center
Robert Chapman
Dennis Hegland
Garald Jacobson
Shelvy Nims
Ronald Loftsgard
Billford
Moore's
P. K. Peterson
Arthur Landsgard
Ernie Shield
Ernest Larson
Richard Frieden
Dennis Meyer
Earl Livingston
Wadena
Reuben Howard
Melbert Baechler
Donald Sutter
Charles Kohls
Suzette
Newell McIntyre
Fleet Frieden
Herbert Ash
Burnell Benson
Patti Lehman
Walter Lehman
Otto Blockhus
Ernest Gulsvig
Roger Staake
St. Olaf
Leon Letchford
Larry
Cedar Falls
Marvin Staake
Walter Medberry
Elsie Popenhagen
Jerry Medberry
Mali
Ervin Metzger
Vera Mabb
George Howard, Jr
Denver
Donald Page
Moore’s
Harold Pfister
Dennis Skully
Waterloo