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Local social notes list visits and weddings across towns
Dr Earl Roadman, president of Morningside College, visited relatives in multiple towns. Weekend guests included the Montieth family, Emmerts, and Dedricks. A wedding between Carolyn Anderson and Glen Cole drew relatives from Des Moines to nearby homes. Various residents traveled to attend services, banquets, or family events, with brief notes on health and personal travel.
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Earl Roadman
Red Edgar
Roadman
Morningside College
Sioux City
Dale Ball
Dewitt
Alfred Ball
Gene Peshia
Gordon Clemens
Parkersburg
Frank Binkard
Wabb
Alfred A
Mes
John Williamson
Carl
Gertrude Green
Des Moines
L. F. Wolcott
Colorado Springs
Colo
Elizabeth M. Tays
Tays
Walcott
Eileen Klemme
Grace Klemme
C. E. Greer
Warrensburg
J. €. Hill
Newton
Anna Dornsbach
Tom Montieth
Marshalltown
Nora Emmert
Horace Emmert
Reinbeck
Howard Pence
A. L. Davison
Clarence Emmert
Donna Mae Dedrick
Traer
Frank Dedrick
Gerald Crandall
Hampton
Lyle
Crandall
Nellie
Delbert Williams
Roy Dedricks
Dave Reeses
New Providence
Edora
E. R. Protheroe
Dick Protheroe
Teachers College
van ‘VanderBrock
Rock Valley
Bernice ‘Wall
Patty Jackson
Waterloo
Gates Business College
Maribel Kennedy
Eldora
West Union
O.'S. Berg
August Frerichs
Ackley
Hilton Frerichs
C. A. Edwards
Eldora Hospital
Jamie Heslop
Drake University
Heslop
E.W. Burke
Barbara
Glanbrook
Mrs
Perry Burke