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Downey Social Highlights and Local Visits
Downey group gatherings at Mrs. Efra Paulson home featured games and refreshments with plans for a two week meeting led by Mrs. Philip Phelps. Sunday Baptist program included an orchestra, recitations, and a Rev. Reiff talk. Various visits and events across Des Moines to Ottumwa linked community life and local engagements. national defense spending and voter turnout were noted in broader context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beryl Schiele
Tipton
Hobart Heury
Jimmy
Downey
Sigurd Jensen
J. L. Basher
Hogan Sisters
Vernon Burr
Lone Tree
W. E. Holloway
Floye
Des Moines
Harold Harlan
Charles Kennedy
Cedar Rapids
Mark Frankish
Wapello
Grant Myers
O. Green
Bob
Corrine Reynolds
Columbus Junction
Henry Luccasen
C. M. Bowman
J. S. Bowman
Earl Wiggins
W. F. Wiggins
Lake McBride
Gus Harder
Keystone
Jensen
Everly
Bertha Palmer
Jasper Oyler
Baptist Church
W. W. Applegate
Savilda Harrington
Orville Longerbeam
Evelyn Longerbeam
Kansas City
Mary Longerbeam
West Branch
Reiff
Alice Millett
Ames
Homer Oyler
Will Girton
Willard Brayton
G. V. Cornwall
Centerdale
Tiets
Kalona
I. S. Morrison
Pete
C. C. Morrison
Irene Morrison
Kahler
Jackie
Morback
Florence
Albert Ross
Fred Lewis
Ottumwa
Sunny Slope Hospital
Jack Kahler
Oakdale
Calvin Singleton
Santiago
Calif
Muscatine
Robert Brown
Mayme Estle
Oscar Brehme
Byron, Ill
John Singleton
Vere Walker
Columbus
Gwendolyn and
Joanne
Madge Gay
Iowa City