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Local Happenings Bring Many Visitors And Events
A string of visiting relatives and guests fills weekend social notes. Mrs Gerturde Rush and Rev W R Ehlert stay with J L Butler. Norris Davis and Danny visit from Austin Texas. Dean Barton returns to Creston to work as a state highway inspector. Rudolph and Evelyn Schultz tour from Wilmar Minnesota. Ottumwa couples attend a dinner for Lt Ted Batsford recently back from Japan. Local moves include the Jondahl family relocating to the old Bateson property and Mary O’Brien visiting from Independence. Various families host gatherings across town, with trips to Chicago, Wisconsin, and the state fair noted alongside funeral attendance for Harold Eckhoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Butler
Gertrude Rush
Deg Moines
W. R. Ehlert
Charlene
John L. Butler
Norris Davis
Danny
Austin
Texas
Dean Barton
D. J. Barton
Town ‘State College
Creston
State Highway Commission
Rudolph and
Evelyn Schultz
Wilmar
Minn
Pauline Rosburg
Ida Zielske
Ralph Ainsley
Ottumwa
W. Goetz
J. B. Tull
F. C. van Derveer
Sandhill Lodge
Tofte
Wm. Gostz
Ralph Ainsely
Town Falls
Max Tietz
Ted Batsford
Japan
Army of Occupation
C. D. Martin
Florence Northrup
Leota Hardy
Helen Gethman
Ted Livengood
Marie Dunn Worlandy
Dean Dunn
Aurora
J. H. Clary
E. E. Jondahl
Bateson
Paul Williams
Mary K. O'Brien
Independence
Charles Schafer
Norman Kunath
Chicago
Paul Kunaths
E. B. Krominga
Bil Curtis
Tommy
Everett Krominga
Waterloo
Frank Krominga
Alden
Gene Cross
Steve Stevenson
Flora Cutler-Coen
Lombard, Til
J. C. Boyd
Lombard
Lilac Town
Illinois
Coen
Plum Memorial
Lilac Park
John Wright
Leroy Sanders
Montezuma
Roy Coens
Ted Bowman
Bradford
Ill
Kim Bowman
Ralph Correll
C. A. Edwards
Irby Edwards
Mr. Edwards
W.V. Johnson
Beverly
Mary Edwards
Donald Edwards
Canyon
C. E. Dagges
Stephen
Roscoe Myers
Wong