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West Des Moines Notes On Summer Social and Travel
Local column records visits between Topeka and Lawrence figures, family gatherings, camp meetings at Fort Riley and Clearfield, and a string of relatives traveling from Oklahoma to Kansas. The piece mentions weddings, school vacations, and farm activity including potato and corn work, plus a county poultry culling event and road condition updates.
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Jay Smith
Ray Cox
Topeka
Conrail Altenbernd
Ernest Herrick
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Kennedy
Herri Nydia Kennedy
Asa Kennedy
George Dekwant
Glad
Kansas Normal
Ruth Bui
Laura Adair
Lawrence
Helen
Arch Walters
Les Topeka
Frank Walters
Virginia
Sear Powell
Dorothy Powell
Bismark
Td Ray
Mildred Saunders
Pert Werting
Nicholson
Carl Perkins
M Delbert Perkins
Hom
C. G. Perkins
Lanwrence
Pri
Smith
Mrs. Healey
Child
Harrison
Manhattan
C. Gilmore
Frank Kennedy
William Powell
Ola Powell
Powell
Albert Harvey
Mat Portner
Marguerite Gilmore
Gilmore
Henry Schaake
Charley McFarland
Wrench
Frank Leonhard
Oakridge
Chris Schaake
Lucille Cox
W. Gordon
Lydia Schaake
Sulest
Geneva McFarland
Virgi Trene
Hazel Moore
Marcell Moraivety
Bermer
Methodist Guild
Chris Sehaake
Annie Gilmore
Jol Ott Jr
Ethbert
Frmerson Cailed
Charles Home
Cleora Khiss
i _ Rolla Combs
Warebielet
Kansas
Adul
Fred Sapp
la Minger
Ella Cox
Russiaville
Charles
Hazel
Gilmore Home
Gladys Charles