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Social gathering and livestock auction notes at area farms
The report lists numerous relatives and friends visiting Speas Lake for picnics and birthdays, with guests from Des Moines, Marshalltown, Jolly, Green Castle, Hubbard, Vernal Utah, and Ohio, plus a detailed livestock auction recap: feeder lambs to beef cattle prices, with fat lambs and veal calves, breeding bulls and stock cows, and overall strong market activity.
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Jim Speas
Speas Lake
Robert Hammer
Chatute Air Force Base
Jack Dreessen
Des’ Moines
Millie Gleasen
Jo Ray Martin
Jolly
Toledo
Ludwig Dostal
Garwin
Wendell Caster
Ray Caster
Ray
Jim Caster
Posusta
Debb
Steve Robinson
Paul Robinson
Green Castle
Norris Robinson
Henry Williams
Ross Howard
Dale Campbell Leland
Ann
Mary Campbell
Dorothy Howard
Walter Ross
Robert Howard
Bobbie and
Denny
Gene Fippin
Terry Lee
Marshalltown
LaMont Moore
Merwin Moore
Ivan Kane
Sis
Rita Vaux
Ivery
Howe
Chicago