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Local Happenings Highlight Christmas Visits and Fleeting News
A long list of Christmas gatherings fills local pages with names and places from Centerville Ottumwa Albia and nearby farms. Families like Condras McCannon Tisues Coffins Roblzens and Hudgens appear with relatives in Centerville Albia Moravia and Des Moines. The report notes travel from Loveland Colorado New York and California plus a mobile air service command assignment at Brookley Field Mobile Alabama and a postwar discharge in Chicago. A birthday cake honors Gene Roblenz as others share meals and greetings across multiple households during the holiday period.
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Kenneth Condra
Myrtle Hudgens
Des Moines
Sam Hudgens
Garland Houser
Joyca and
Jerry
Centerville
Charlies Coffin
Coffin
Carl Coffin
Duane
Clella Coffin
Chas. Burnett
Julia Ann
Jay Argo
Iconium
Navy
W. L. Brooks
Judy
Homer Utterback
Mra
Burdette Utterback
Moulton
James Culbertson
Moline
H. T. Roblenz
Nancy
Gene
Melrose
R. R. Pennington
Gene Roblenz
W. E. Burd
Marshalltown
Betty
Roberta Main
Cecil Shifflett
Webster
Billy Creech
Oxcar Creech
Okinawa
Devil Coulson
Linda
Merrill
T. B. Cameron
Levi Coulson
Bertha
Mable
Harold Burton
Diana
Coulson
Orman M. Coffin
Barrett Coffin
Army
Washington, D. C
Willard Coffin
Japan
Robert Coffin
Guam
Henry D
Junior
Garnet McDonough
H. Buckmaster
Jack McDonough
Ralph McDonough
H. E., Callen
CMM
Vess Lathen
San Diego
Calif
Frank Lathen
G. R. Larsen
Fairfield
Bernice Leighton
Homer Coffman
Ottumwa
Jennie Pollard
Charles Coffin