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Local activities and visits across Ames area
August Grendler and others from Allison and Ames attend custodian school in town. Many residents host visitors from Iowa City to Grand Rapids and beyond. Competing schedules include family dinners, church services, and weekend trips with numerous relatives and friends visiting from Mason City, Waterloo, Des Moines, and New Hampton.
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August Grendler
Herbert Folkerts
Richard Freesemann
Allison
Ames
Dorothy Grapp
Iowa City
Ella Blake
Ike Shultz
Judd Cole
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Hilton McCosh
Charles City
Floya Needham
Henry Jepsen
Dumont
Sharaf Shultz
Ruth Shultz
Dwight Barnett
Osage
Albert Ellerman
Janice
Plainfield
Gene Reser
Aredate
Harold Barnett
EV. Vestal
New Hampton
Frank Freeman
Edna Merfeld
Clyde Merfeld
Alan Leavens
St Michaels Catholic Church
Nashua
Alan
Bow String Lake
Minnesota
Archie Raymond
Larry
Kenneth Raymond
Russell Barry
Frank Noel
L. A. Wygle
Clarksville
Mae Mettler
Margaret Morgan
Mason City
Mabel
Jean Springer
J C. Whistler
LeRoy
Fred Bogus
Yakima
Washington
Clark
John R. Roach
Suzanne
Des Moines
Mark Merfeld
Sandra Smith
Richard Roach
Wilson Clark
Sandra
Roger
Centerville
Charles Clark
Rex Clark
Will Cheney
Bob Kammeyer
Joan
Jim
Bloomington
Kathy Rae Kammeyer
Kathy
Park
Vincent Hagarty
Dennis
Eddie
Terry
Mary Ellen
Bert Hagarty
Ashville
Carolina
Weather Bureau
Alice Dolan
Galen Hesalroad
Nancy
Beloit
Wisconsin
John Lauser
T. W. Dolan
Ted Hammel
Sally Sue
Louise Wildman
Marjorie Merfeld
Melvin Village
New Hampshire