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Local families join many for weekend visits and dinners
A long list of social visits fills the weekend as Alyria and surrounding communities host relatives and friends. The George Williams, Clifford Walter, and Lowell Gehring families travel from Waterloo and Luana to dine with locals in Monona and West Union, while Dr. and Mrs. John Bowers of Santa Ana California join Forrest and Gerald Shaffer at Fayette and Castalia gatherings. Numerous dinners and suppers spread across Oelwein, Volga, Fayette, Decorah, and Castalia feature guests from Atkins Ames Moline Cedar Rapids and beyond.
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George Williams
Waterloo
Clifford Walter
Lowell Gehring
Luana
Carl Gehring
R. G. Scheed
Minneapolis
Mabel King
Harold Strong
John Bowers
Santa Ana
Calif
Forrest
Gerald Shaffer
Reese Gibbs
Strawberry Point
Rae Gibbs
Arthur Yearous
Orlando Marting
Monona
Bernice Ernst
Oelwein
Guy Ernst
Burdette Anderson
Atkins
Ralph Shaffer
Guernsey Smith l
West Union Presbyterian Church
Fanny Smith
Harry Butikofer
Ben Dennler
Elon DeWitte
Arlington
Joe Ogle
Milo Frieden
Jerome Yearous
Will Goodin
Ray Klingman
Volga
Kenneth Medberry
Russell
John Frey
Fayette
I. F. Shaffer
Victor Nelson
Edwin Loftsgard
LaVern Schneider
Fred Schneider
Jim ‘Whitford
Forrest Shaffer
Walter Rothlisberger
West Union
Roy Rothlisberger
John Grimm
Cedar Rapids
Howard ‘Medberry
Grimms
Raymond Hudachek
Lone Tree
Reynold Strong
Gerald Gehring
Omaha
Neb
Wallace McIntyre
Hawkeye
Lawrence Gehring
Janet
Joel Clark
Elkader
Arthur Kelly
Lena Aeschliman
Wadena
H. F. Robbins
Ruby Benson
Thos, Ogle
Donald Burchett
Moline
Lawrence Alleman
Henry Holzer
Gene Wenger
Howard Medberry
Orran Bane
Kenneth Halverton
Edwin Laftsgard
Ester Chase
Michael Eder
Gary
Arthur Hermen
Arnold Gibbs
Richard Schmidt
Wm. Kerr
Ida Halverson
Janiceroftsgard
Otto ‘Wallner
Ruth Loftsgard