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Local Happenings Chronicle Plentiful Visits Across Communities
Mesdames Jack Cox and family from San Diego visited relatives in Ottumwa while husbands, in the Navy, train at Great Lakes. Pauses include Des Moines, Centerville, Ottumwa, and Mount Pleasant as kinfolk travel, host gatherings, and attend 4-H events. Families from Avtea, Des Moines, Newton, and Chicago join in reunions and dinners, celebrating birthdays and birthdays of Mrs. Eb Knudsen.
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Mes
Jack Cox
San Diego
Realify
Leste Sawyer
Navy
Great Lakes Training Station
Michigan
Paula
Sorndra Sievers
Earl Sievers
Avtea
Frank Rogers
Robert
Kathleen Poage
Ray Poage
Omaha
Nebr
Dés Moines
Patricia
Des Moines
M. D. Poage
Rome
Old Country
Ida Mangle
Ethel Hamilton
Jess Wilson
Pearson
Emory Kehrberg
Frank Woodward
James Rogers
Portland
Oregon
Lowell van Dorin
Ottumwa
Ethel van Dorin
Gene Daggett
Lester Sawvel
Jimmie Sawvel
Newton
J. R. Hoyer
Hillsboro
Leo van Dorin
Paul Phillips
Moline
John Veach
Centerville
Grant Evermans
Veach
Mary
Birdie Main
Dwight Main
Gaylord Main
Clell Blumer
John Bollinger
Joe
Wayne Stivers
Terri Lynn
Denver
Cole
Russell Alden
Alice
Russel Swaim
Orval DeVore
Gon
Bop Dille
Russell Swaim Jr
Chicago
Richardson
Albia
Des Motes
Osa Hrown
Birdhe Main
Frank Houser
John Guthrey
Atchigan
Kansas
Marshall
Charley Frisby
Richard Veach
Joellen
Cathy Knudsen
Lester Sawyer
Warren Sawvel
Beloit
Wis
Robert Sawvel
Sergeant