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Community notes on Gifford families and friends
Local social column records visits and gatherings among Gifford residents and nearby towns. Mentions include the Estes and Seim families, multiple weekend dinners, Fourth of July events, guests from Marshalltown Eldora Reinbeck Des Moines and Los Angeles, plus travel to Des Moines and Washington DC for relatives and reunions.
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Charles Barnes
Robert Price
Uemier
Eldora
Anna Barnes
New Providence
Sam Estes
Bille West
Reinbeck
Billie Estes
Duane Bittner
Des Moines
Warren Bushman
George S. Hallett
Ruth Hallett
Harrie
Hallet
George B. Hallet
Gifford
Rhoda Hallet
Washington, D. C
Mars Campbell
Dorothy Howard
Walter
Dale Campbell
Cedar Falls
Mary Campbell
Prairiau Chein, Wise
Johnson Resort
Mississippi River
M Gene Steelman
David Larson
Hubbara
Gail Bachman
John Bachman
Debra Schmitz
Allison
Bertha Seim
Charles Barn
Anna, Barnes
Dewey Estes
Randy
Sam Lepley
John Wilson
Dick Gelders
Chester Brown
Union
Paul Winters
Town Falls
Clifford Reese
Parker Schmitz
Allan
Harold Williams
Kenneth Seim
Guy Campbell
Jim Campbell
Jos Chrisman
Durby Smith
Marshalltown
Joy
Open Chrisman
Henry Helthuis
Henry Ramundt
Harlyn Ramundt
Leon Ramundt
Francis Krominga
Jean Gross
David Smitherman
Walker
Gerald Cooper
Bill West