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Centerville area enjoys holiday travel and visits
A flood of Christmas season news folds through Centerville and surrounding towns as residents and relatives travel for holidays. Distinct visits include Dorothy Lee Brain in Centerville, Mr and Mrs L C Main and Mrs A O Main in Ottumwa, Pauline Laws in Ottumwa employed, and Smith Tharp from Bremerton a guest at Ulmont Main home. Several students from Town State College Iowa Wesleyan College Simpson College Ames and Drake University plan home visits. Illness and hospitalizations center on Mrs F P Hawk improvement and John Sharp pneumonia in Centerville. Relatives travel by rail and car between Moravia Kirksville Cedar Falls and Florida as they spend holidays with family.
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Dorothy Lee Brain
Centerville
L. C. Main
A. O. Main
Ottumwa
Pauline Laws
Smith Tharp
Bremerton
Washington
Ulmont
Alvin Donahoe
Town State College
C. C. Waughop
N. J. Main
Tom Cameron
Marjory
Elizabeth
A. W. Donahoo
Winterset
F. P. Hawk
O. D. DuVall
Maxine
Harry DuVall
Wm. Morgan
Wm. Morgan, Jr
Warner Muir
Lois
Donald Gardner
Iowa Wesleyan College
Pleasant
Marie Callen
Iowa State College
Ames
Zell Callen
Ernestine Stauber
Ruth Johnson
Evelyn Hiatt
Simpson College
Indianola
Bill Wakefield
Cedar Falls
Town
Harold Davis
Moravia
Phoenix
Arizona
John Sharp
St. Joseph Hospital
Will Houser
Jerry
Jerry Winsler
Gies Mo
Fanchen Winsler
Jackie Winsler
Keosauqua
Kirksville
Otha Lee DuVall
Drake University
Madge DuVall
Cambridge