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Local Happenings Show Memorial Day Visits Across Homes
Numerous residents and guests attended Decoration day and Memorial day events across Eldora and nearby towns. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Abbott, Roger Witt, W H Montz, I L Cakerice, D A Dunn, George Dickinson, Cyril Collins, Eileen Kiemme, Grace Klemme, Ned Fage, John Eilers, Jack Reed, Lillie Hunt, Dick Fullerton, Amy Farrell, Marie Worland, Lyle Hubbard, Miss Jean Speers, William Kaye, and many others from Des Moines, Chicago, Des Moines area and Iowa towns. Families hosted relatives from Davenport, Steamboat Rock, Nevada, Waterloo, Omaha, and more. Researchers note graduations, hospital stays, and relocations as part of the community diary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Luick
C. W. Abbott
Roger Witt
Mason City
W. H. Montz
Whitten
I. L. Cakerice
D. A. Dunn
Webster City
Ross Green
Spencer
George Dickinson
University Hospital
Iowa City
Cyril Collins
Marcie Smith
Steamboat Rock
Eileen Kiemme
Des Moines
Grace Klemme
Henrik Fullerby
Lillie Hunt
Hampton
M. E. Wasson
Dick Fullerton
Rockford
C. T. Emmett
J. H. Clary
Amy Farrell
Davenport
Marie Worland
Aurora
Ill
Lyle Hubbard
G. H. Hostetter
J. G. Hubbard
Nevada
Dafe Zeltman
Ellis Harmes
Howard Clingerman
Sybil Hoyt
J. L. Reece
New Providence
O. A. Huffman
Wayne Huffman
St. Paul, Minn
Kenneth Huffman
Waterloo
Will Beaty
Iowa Falls
Dean Folkerts
Andrew Cumming
Drew and
Crispin
C. A. van Patter
Ackley
Otto Grobe
Raymond Blackmun
Clara Martin
Max Yan Derveer
Grinnell Srnday
van Derveer
C. van Derveer
C. &. Rash
Newton
L. K. Reece
Bert Pagel
Jimmie Larson
Ringsted
George Rosburg
Carl Hallman
Elmore
Minn
Herman Schultz
Roger Pyle Jefé
Linn Grove
C. W
Supper
Charles Herrald
Boone
M. B. Herrald
A. M. Martin
Gettys
R. T. Johnson
E. B. Krominga
Hobart Sheehan
Martin Sheehan
Omaha
Krominga
Darrell Cooper
Marshalltown
Everett Krominga
Frank Krominga
Nancy
Bob Lietz
New London
Gene Cross
Pearl Cross
Howard Caffee
Norman Kunath
What Cheer
Oskaloosa
Chicago