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Westward visits and local reunions fill weekend
Mr and Mrs Lester Brain returned from a seven week trip visiting relatives in Wyoming California and Arizona en route. Many Des Moines and Ottumwa families hosted and visited kin including the McDonoughs Dowds Raymies and Hays family. Visitors from Sask Canada join local reunions while others attend hospital events and church gatherings across Monroe county and surrounding towns.
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Lester Brain
West
Enroute
California
Fred Brain
Cheyenne
Wyo
Richard Stockwell
Concord
Calif
Jim Bosse
San Francisco
Clarence Johnson
Orange
Dayle
Des Moines
Jack McDonough
Max MceDonough
Irene Bower
Coon Rapids
Ann
Eileen McDonough
Oneita Selby
C. A. Turner
Los Angeles
Black Hills
Melinda Moses
Carolann Ostergren
Ottumwa
Fred Dotson
James Herron
Kay
Ira Boyer
Loyd Carter
Phoenix
Arizona
Frank Wilson
Earlham Enroute
Loren Walter
Clarence Dowd
Linda Whitenack
Sadie Tisue
Creston
Artie Broshar
Ralph Davis
Cynthia
Zula Taylor
Moravia
Jim Hays
Lester Proctor
Woody
Blakesburg
Ernfold
Sask
Canada
Odle Clark
Wilson
Paul Miller
Pat
Myrta Miller
Monroe
Glen Lemar
Dixon
Harry Stocker
Donald Brain
Rock Island
Leon Dagle
Richard Raymie
Raymies
Lewis Raymie
Albia
E. G. Hawk
Ray McCloud
J. T. van Dorin
Monroe County Hospital
Thomas Stixrud
Belgian Congo
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Frank Rogers
Earl Seivers
Russ McCann
Moulton
Ralph McDonough
Tallman
Ledges Park
Boone
James Weinman
Aff
Janie
Indianola
Howard Smith
Joe Ard
Jimmy Weinman
Linda
Bruce
Reta van Dorin
Near
J.T. van Dorin
Leo van Dorin
Ottumwa Hospital
Dixie
Carl Pen
Lowell Harris
P. H. Cobb
Newton
Eva Hiatt
Emma Martindale
Coalinga
Oskaloosa
Joyce Brain
Déan Easter
Kandi
Willard Brain
Larry Kaster
Kansas City
Kansas
Forrest. Kaster
Dean Kaster
Donnie Kaster
Kaster
Kenneth Free
Elaine
Loy Free
Kenneth
Loy
Mary Woodman
Roger Coe
First Baptist Church
Russell
Carl Tisue
Burdette Ward
Zell Callen
Riverview Park
Cedar Falls
Callen
Wayne Lichty
Waterloo
Wayne
Gary Tisue
Roy Argo
Gerald
DeWayne Moore
Charles
Yakima
Wash
T. R. Gardner
Richard Gardners
Carrie Tisue
Oelwein
Amy Lockman
Cass Hamilton
Rex Tiste
Near Waterloo
Willy Tomlin
Town
Claude Hawk
Emma Angel
Gene Cloyed
Virgil Johnson
Paula Jane
Elgin Stocker
Bobby
Clara Irelan
Johnny
Bill Irelan