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Illyria Notes Small Town Social Roundup
Viola Foxwell finishes a business course in Oelwein and visits relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Foxwell, Mrs. Canine and Maxine. Dozens of local families from West Union, Arlington, Elma, Volga City, and nearby areas are listed as visiting, hosting, or attending picnics and church events. A large Fourth of July gathering and a Brick House Sunday school picnic are noted with many names and places.
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Viola Foxwell
Oelwein Business College
H. Foxwell
Richard Canine
Maxine
Emme Canine
Arlington
Lola Hanson
Near West Union
Adolph Hanson
Chas
Doty
Clarence
H. J. Trunkey
Elma
Fern Craft
Marshfield
Wis
Florence Thoman
la Fonda Shaffer
Ruth Rothlinberger
Ella Kerr
Lydia
Waterloo
Volga
Ladies’ Aid Society
Rex Medberry
Grace Foxwell
Weat Union
Edith Holzer
Ruby Bark
Medberry
Albert Dennler
Oehwein
Ther
Dorothy
Harold Herman
Ernst
Kate Moser
Strawberry Point
Edith Colburn
Dora Colburn
Katie Richards
West Union
I. F. Shaffer
John Schmid
John Pulfer
Levi Pulfer
Adolph Hanson Pad
Cheery Valley
Brick House
Ralph Shaffer
Will Kerr
Leone
Mire
Elia Kerr
McGregor
1Mer Keller
Elgin
Minois