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Ruthven area notes church school and gatherings
Local Ruthven tales recount a two week session at the Ruthven-Sumter Sacred Heart school run by Chicago Sisters under Rev James Kane. Neighbor visits include Mrs John Moan’s Silver anniversary and various travels by area families, with weddings, shifts, and community events noted across town.
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William Currans
Louis
Drake University
Jonncate
Homer Lee
Linda
Aurelia
Ruth Currans
Emmetsburg
Henry Kummerfeldt
Long Beach
Califane
Roy
Hanna
Stewart Davis
Mary Nelson
É Jimmy Davis
Nebr ‘Yaska
Jack Grady
Leo
Howard
Henry‘Kummerfeldt
Paulina
Points
South Dakota
Margaret Gleason
Thomas Denlor
Omaha
Nebr
Dael Ball Thas
St. James
Gus Linden
Thomas Schuller
Cedar Rapids
Caroline Kirsch
John Kirsch
Eagle Grove
Gerald Elbert
Mfr
Simon Sibert
Whiltemore
John S. Byrne
Sacred Heart Church
Betty Jane Bormann
Bode
Edmund Elbert
Cletus Salz
Norbert Knecht
Eagle Grove High School
Des Moines
Algona
Presentation Academy
Whittemore
Elberts
Simon Elbert