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Local residents host and visit over Christmas period
Elgin area residents host friends and relatives from nearby towns for weekend meals and Christmas gatherings. Guests include members of Friederich, Grimm, Christonye, Jorgenson, Kahls, Ogle, Lerch, And others from Clermont, West Union, Monona, Bridgeton, and Fort Atkinson. Visitors join church and social events, share suppers, and attend a Christmas dinner in Independence. Several students and service members are home on leave in Arlington and Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
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Elgin
Russell Friederich
Lawrence White
Marion
Karen
Bonnie
Connie Friederich
Lewis O. Butikofer
John Grimm
Lawrence Grimm
Harold Grimms
Shaw
Wis
Kenny Christ Ony Heave
USA
Mra
Ida Christen
Melbert Baechier
Fleet Frieden
Newell McIntyre
John and
Holly
Clarence Jorgenson
West Union
Charles Kahls
Thomas Benson
Clermont
Thomas Ogle
Herbert Ash
Carl Hackmann
Exeven
Lenederich
Edgeleyn Priday
Valley
Jim
Jimmett
Trappe
Jimmy
Mark
Danny
David
Delpha Knee
Monona
Danny Trappe
Ed Boleyn
Pratrie du Chien
Inga Hinson
Warthure College
Waverly
Dale Suhr
Arlington. Key
Lee Roy Collins
Dubuque_ District
Independence
Anna Lantz
Grace Evans
Art Lantz
George Lerch
Melvin Larson
Postville
Ivan Mojsher
Luann Schneider
Selma Kohls
Steven Halverson
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Harold Calverson
Hulda Sutter
den Sutter
Charles Moose
Bristol
Wisc
Lena
Ruth Schupbach
JoAnn Wilson
University of Northern Iowa
Robert Wilson
David Leonhart
Town State College
Ames
Derry
Anna Schupbach
Elmer Frieden
Harold Schneider
Ray Chapman
Leo Christen
Will Sutter
Martin Hanson
Bobby Hanson
Oscar Torkelson
Farmersburg
Anent
Tom Torkelson
Eta Wit
Harold Puffett
George Vaughn
Earl Kiple
M. J. Blockhus
Leo Bachman
Harold Pfister
Randolph Reierson
Reierson
Ole Reierson
Otto Blockhus
Beth
Dean Pollock
Thomas Pollock
Moore's Say
Denny Brake
O. H. Meth
New Good Samaritan Nursing Center
Ed Klingman
Phil Gaines
Cedar Rapids
F. D Medd
Waconia
Minn
Robert Chapman
Mason City
Rand
Lynn Fox
Diane
Roger Gehring
Luana
Jon Chapman
Lillian Anderson
Ralph Hanson
Merlin Anderson
Elkader
Burdette Anderson
Atkins
Sandra Anderson
Jerry Wieland
Emma Anderson
Ruth Loftsgard
DeVere Halverson
Jacob Sehneider
Raymond Loftsgard
Ligod Loftsgard
Harold
Dave van Sickle
Tami