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Local families hold visits and birthdays in Elkader area
A flood of small town visits and family news fills the Elkader region. Notables include Mrs. Clara Larson hosting relatives, blood donors for Hiram Larson after surgery, birthdays celebrated for Mrs. Lloyd Loftsgard and George Senkler, and Roger Frieden welcoming a daughter Robin Lynn at Postville Memorial Hospital. Other reports cover hospital stays, road trips to Des Moines, and farm show attendance in Maynard.
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Tilpher Bilden
Harlan
Brenda
Debra
Clara Larson
Leonard Salem
Decorah
Bernard Hanson
Paul Hansen
Orlando Loftsgerd
Hiram Larson
Elkader
Martha Johnson
Martin
Dean Hilgerson
Harlan Bilden
Des Moines
Helga Bilden
Clara Argon
Thursay
Roger Frieden
Postville Memorial Hospital
Robin Lynn
Scott
Madge Murray
Jeri
Wadena
Robert Chapman
Robert Helms
Monte
Gregory
Dale DeSart
Marshall Helms
Herman Larson
Ralph Hanson
West Union
Mervin Anderson
P. J. Anderson
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Will Cheeseman
Robert Medberry
Harold Halverson
Dale Seitz
Rodney
Keith Johnson
Ronald Loftsgard
Farm Bureau
Maynard
Vernon Wede
John Kelly
Jesup
Ahd
Michael Martin
Harmony
Madison
Wallace McIntyre, Jr
Hawkeye
Ruth Boyle
Milton Miller
Robert Boyle
Denver
Julia Loftsgard
Josie Jenson
Isabel Torgsgard
St. Olaf
Keith Brainard
Kami
T. C. Gorgas
Mike and Paul
Myntérlog
Saralee Lin- Soy Ee
Max Lehman
Kay and
Bryan
Wadeng
Arthur Landsgard
Old School House
Frankville
Alma Peterson
Arlene Leeman
Manchesters
Lizzie
Thorson
Randine Hanson
Sylvia
Cora Hanson
Gus Hackmann
Maywood
Ill
Carl Hackmann
Hugo Hackmann
Roland Hackmann
Clermont
Clarence Kohis
Strawberry Point
Alice Hackmenn