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Gardner Notes and Community Events Summary
Gardner community notes describe Legion Auxiliary activities led by Mrs. Henry Hollmeyer with gifts to Yanks Elgin House Party and Grundy County Health Assn, hospital patient gifts, and 60 tray favors. High school speech class attended The Diary of Anne Frank in Chicago. Lions sell Christmas trees for local projects. Christmas dinner and program included numerous participants and a Santa Claus. Local visits and hospital patients listed. Bermuda aquarium notes a hookless fishing exhibit.
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Gardner
Henry Hollmeyer
Legion Auxiliary
Frank Sowers
Yanks
Elgin House Party
Grundy County Health Assn
Downey Hospital
Ruah Small
Anne Frank
Chicago
Duane Webb
Jack Dondanville
The
Gardner Lions Club
Legion Hall
Clarence Barr
Francis Lund
Marion Larson
Gary Motta
Frank Motta Jr
Rebecca Glasgow
Sarah Beth Glasgow
Leigh Int-Hout
Mary Jane Hollmeyer
Nancy Lund
Gerald Lund
Mickey Matteson
Gladys
Joyce Hull
Brenda Savage
Juanita
Rebecca
Marsha Sowers
Carol Wise
Emma Treasure
Herschel Hull
Levi Robinson
Santa Claus
Harold Hull
Clover
William Jones
Virginia
Mildred Faber
Roger Bull
Frances Petit
Grundy County
Illinois
Ear and Eye Infirmary
Glenn Sutton
Monticello
Ind
Vernon
Ash
George Henzie
Betty Henzie
Morris Hospital
Brian Loach
Lewis Severson
E. G. Fuller
Treasure Pickles
Champaign
Hans Andersen
Dwight
Harry Smith Sr
Rodney Int-Hout
St. Joseph's Hospital
Joliet