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Local News Notes From Newton Area Gatherings
The page records a flurry of Decoration and Memorial Day visits across Newton and nearby towns. Families including Barnt, Veach, Main, Sufficool, Kaster, and Broshar share meals and greetings with relatives in Des Moines, Oskaloosa, Centerville, and Osceola. Several guests stay with hosts like Mrs. Watts, Mrs. Hiatt, and Mrs. McFatridge, while others attend services and social calls in Gravoity, Davenport, and Ottumwa. A graduation notice for James Roger Alberts from Otterbein College is noted, with travel between Des Moines and Arlington and multiple family gatherings highlighted.
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Bernard Barnthouse
Newton
Albert Veach
Almont Main
Frank ‘Swarm
Bert Brain
Hbdtick
Deities
Kunter
Charles
Broshar
Tames Kaster
Verily
Mia
Joby
Versi
Kester
Mra
Melsin Xnudsen
Terry
Lyle Morris
Lealie Planta
Oskalooda
Will Tisue
John Dille
Gravity
Rolin
Des Moines
Pan Broshar
Mary Dille
Amy Lockman
Bro' Shar
Paul Stroh
Council Bluffsi
Margaret Harlan
Garden Grove
Robert ‘Farr
Dows
Frank Farr
Richland
Carl Crawford
Creston
Edna Hiatt
Leonard Hobart
Mallonville
Roy. Love
Centerville
R. M. McGrew
Pat and
Jay
Mary -Rowena McGrew
Doris Jume
Osceola
C. M. ‘McFatridge
Bill
W."h. McGrew
Robert Helton
Howard Swan
Adn Roger
New Sharon
Bill McGrew
Oskaloosa
Robert Robeschield
Quantico
Stella’ Reich
Cedar Rapids
Monte Oehler
Ottumwa
Be.f
Oehler
Henry
Kenneth Bargahn
Knnoxville
J. B. Oehler
Francis Oehler
Ira Wilson
Dea ‘Moines
Leo Wilson
Viola Frist
Elmer Pennington
Hia
Unela Charles Coffin
Misa Ruth Gibbons
Misa Blanche-Graham
Richard Mason
A. G. Mason
Ottumw
Wayne Lichty
Craig
Edd Lichty
Waterloo
Zell Callen
Dan Spears
Carrie Tisue
Casa Hamilton