Thanksgiving Family Gatherings Across Des Moines Area
Numerous families from Ottumwa to Des Moines hosted or joined Thanksgiving meals and visits. Cpl. Richard McCrory spend a three day furlough with his wife and children in Mystic, while many relatives celebrated with extended kin in Blakesburg, Centerville, Birmingham, and nearby towns. Attendance at church, school events, and local plays was noted, with multiple trips to Des Moines, Chicago, and Lincoln for visits and events.
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Albin
Aimont Main
Richard McCrory
Camp
Lejuene
N. C
Mystic
Mae McCrory
McCrory
Cpl
Bass Schaffner
Ottumwa
Fred Tillmont
Madge Hough
Mary Wilson
Almont Main
John Tadlock
Frank Swaim
Lusk
Wyoming
Charles Coffin
Garland Houser
Joyce
Jerry
Centerville
Birdie Main
Des Moines
Ray Harris
Harris
Wilden Hospital
Curtis Tomlin
Patty O'Hara
James Ed McGee
Melrose
KC Hall
Thanksgiving socially across Iowa and Chicago highlights
Carl Fisher and Bob Wilson appeared in Chicago for a Monday show. Elsie Clester hosted Thanksgiving with daughter Paul Carson and family in Cin Roy. Clester’s son Dee, 11, planned to attend a school Thespian play. Paul and Johnny McClurg visited Richard McClurg in Moulton for Thanksgiving. Ottumwa’s Merle Talbert and Johnsons joined Walter Scott and Paul McClurg in Des Moines on business. Ray and Donald McCloud joined a turkey dinner at Lloyd Phillis home in Albia. Guests included D W Homeline and C N Main. Main remains improving at Centerville.
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Lee Hiatt
Howard Smith
Forrest Easter
Leonard Veak
Des Moines
Mary Freeland
Dixie Foster
Marilyn Hopkins
Centerville
Robert Hiatt
Jack McDanel
Jack Scott
John Veak
Jane Ellen Brain
Beverly Fenton
Larry Dean
Donnie Easter
Hicks Pabst
Harry Pabst
Clarence McMulin
Karen
Raymond McMulin
Thomas Stixrud
Roxann
Ralph Staber
Allerton
Frank Calhoun
Birmingham
Art Fox
John Hayward
Haywards
Johnnie Robinson
Ottumwa
Levi Robinson
Frankie Johnson
Billie Jo Scott
Burk Tassell
van Meter
Harry, Felton, Sr
Bill Callen
Eddie
Harry Feltons
Udell
Cliff Pfannebecker
Larry Don
Gary Dean Pfannebecker
Ralph Pfannebecker
Mystic
Leo Hoffman
Delbert Hayworth
Baird Neff
Rockford
Flora Jones
John Laws
Tobe Vaughn
Princeton
W. E. Vaughn
Trenton
Paul Dicks
Dale Laws
Wilbert Johnson
Katie
Wayne Ricketts
Bruce
Davenport
Nina Halden
Des Moinds
Etta Halden
Elsie Long
Jack Hiatt
Bobby
Kansas City
Archie Martin
Mike
Mamie DuVall
Harry DuVall
Bill Wilson
Blakesburg
Otha Hiatt
Albert Bates
Hiteman
Max Joseph
C. A. Palmer
Marshalltown
Forrest ‘Aint
James Main
Marnie DuVall
Max McDonough
Ruth Gibbons
Clinton
Blanche Graham
Warren DuVall
Washington, D. C
Sammy
Birdie Main
A.J. Brown
Osa
Iconium
Clifford Stocker
Fred Hainline
LeRoy Barnett
Delores Wratten
Albia
Charles Wratten
Billy
Baird
Neff
Clifton
Charles
Rockford, Il
Kenneth Free
Irvin Sincox
A. Sincox
Edna Neff
Buddie
Gerry
Gomer Stocker
Raymond Charity Home
Josephine Charity of
Moulton
Frank Main
John A. Wilson
Carl Black
Fred Brown
Greenville
Til
Ray Harris
Detroit
Mich
George Luciani
Iron Mountain
John Grenfell
Louis Schaffner
Glen Weber
Stringtown
Schaff
Ralph Robinson
Jimmie
Claire Robinson
Frank Wilson
Paul
Leonard Wilson
Seymour
Howard Evans
James Howard
Chula Villa
California
John Card
LaVenne
Sandra
Donna
T. E. Williams
LaBelle
Missouri
Carl Fisher
Bob Wilson
Chicago
Carl
Elsie Clester
Paul Carson
Cincinnati
Roy Richard Clester
Dee
Paul McClurg
Johnny
Richard McClurg
Merle Talbert
Gabe Johnson
Wanda
Ron Tisue
Walter Scott
Lowell McElderry
Ray McCloud
Donald McCloud
Lloyd Phillis
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