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Local personalities and visits span Lawton to Sioux City
A flurry of social notes records visits and travels across Iowa communities. Mr and Mrs John Vondrok and others hosted guests in Lawton while Rex Knapp fetched relatives from Amora Illinois. Cliff Lindlief flew sprayer missions and Lana joined Ed Lindlief in Alta for a weekend. Debora and Carlton returned from Sioux City with grandparents. Births, weddings, and hospital notices pepper the ledger as families gather and travel between Akron, Le Mars, Merrill, Westfield and Sioux City, with milestones like a Jane Ist born to Henry and Craig McHale noted amid a rich tapestry of local get togethers.
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John Vondrok
Francis Boden
Allison Bawley
Lawton
Rex Knapp
Joan Vondrak
Fay W. Knapp
Betty Knagy
Deborah
Caron
Aurora
Ill
Kay
Valentine
Virginia Thomas
Faye Belle
Sioux City
Lyn Knapp
Wendy
Phyliss Knapp
Stanley
Gordon
Barbara
Marilyn
Merrill
Rex
Knapp
Amora
Henry McHale
Craig
Jane’ Ist
McHale’s
Brunsville
Elmer Oltman
Darrell
Lewis Mieras
August Peck
Jack Reese
Gert Seibens
Earl Guthridge
Methodist Hospital
Catherine Dickman
Jane Reese
Milwaukee