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Virden News: Wedding and Community Notes Highlight Week
Gail Norene and Michael Mortensen wed at Virden Cultural Hall with a large reception. Local updates cover visitors from Hemet and Phoenix recoveries, Y M M I A reorganizations, and Virden-Duncan teams winning regional baseball. Scout contest prizes, vacations, and a farewell for Vern Richardson are noted along with Aunt Cactus Thorn quip.
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Gail Norene
Gayle Fe, Sanders
Duncan
Michael Hans Mortensen
Hans Mortensen
Virden
Chris Wiest
Hemet
California
Hyrum Pace
Pace
Wiest
Phoenix
W.O. Clouse
Robert Mortensen
Blythe
Young Woman’s Mutual Improvement Association
Elizabeth Clouse
Myrtle Nelson
Iva Adams
Maurine Thygersen
Peggy Mortensen
Jack Adams
Frank Hicks
Y,m,m
Virden-Duncan M,i
Mt. Graham
Willcox
Karin
Sharin Mortensen
Nyla
Jeanie Clouse
Jeanine Crum
Vearle Payne
Vern Richardson
Canada
Vern
Erwin Richardson
Animas
Raymond Crum
Crums
Cactus Thorn