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Christmas Socials Spread Through Grand Island Area
The community records a flurry of holiday gatherings with numerous families visiting each other in Grand Island and nearby towns. Hosts include Mentinks, Torells, Maraks, Obrists, Burke, Kinbergs, Hartels, Teegerstroms, Flecks, and many more, sharing dinners and Christmas Eve and Day celebrations across Polk, Osceola, Bradshaw, Gresham, York, and Lincoln. Kathy Torell remains under doctors care after a severe burn. many relatives traveled from Omaha, Des Moines, Benedict, and beyond to join the festive week.
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Anita Hollister
Gerald Mentink
D. E. Powell
Maribeth
Chas. Meyers
Grand Island
A. S. Torell
Vern Berck
Quintin Torell
Larry Lind
Byron Torell
Kent
Kristie
J. Marak
Clem Marak
M. Marak
Frand
Lincoln
James Pearson
Osceola
Kathy Torell
James Marak
Roy Grossnicklaus
Edith Larsen
Jean
Stanley Cook
Woodland
Calif
Robert Webb
Liberty
Darold Hoffman
Polk
Elmer Kinberg
Alfred Teegerstrom
Des Moines
Fred Fleck
Albert Teegerstrom
Richard Teegerstrom
Harry Obrist
Burdette Obrist
Claire Obrist
Keith Kinberg
Delano Kinberg
Larry Kinberg
Columbus
Kenneth Newman
Earl Burke
Linda
Fern Myers
Gothenburg
John Myers
Lowell Lindstrom
Gresham
Clysta Nowels
Ronald Dey
John Priggie
Scott
Surprise
Alvin Burke
Lester Anderson
M. van Dorn
Brooke Berggren
Harold Myers
Omaha
Enid Myers
Iowa
Kenneth Myers
Allen Berggren
Lloyd Lindgren
Chris Fleck
Lorie
Lincoln Schmidt
Faye
Bradshaw
Ed G. Burke
Verlin Fellows
Donna Faye
Rena Nordstrom and Brothers
Neal McBeth
Cindy
Steve
Lake Wilson
Minn
Bernt McBeth
Harlan Toline
Clair McCormick
Harris Sundberg
Abel Swanson
Devere Swanson
Lawrence T
Harlan Donelson
Morace Warner
John Seymour
York
Willard Bolton
Lawrence Twarling
Arthur Twarling
Mervin
Carol Donelson
Edwin E. Anderson
Gus B. Hartel
Mary
Celia Thelen
Shelby
Gus E. Hartel
Ronald Burke
Henning Carlson
Kermit Lindgren
Albert Timm
Herbert Anderson
Reynold Peterson
Lewis Berggren
W. L. Hollister
Kenneth
Myers
Glen A. Peterson
Lloyd Adelson
Andrew Hansen
Milton
Stanley Harless
Jim Harless
Ames
Laird Henglefelt
Vernon Browitt
Milford Peterson
Norris Johnson
Chas. Steever
Earl Steever
Ethel Dahl
Luther Kries
Don Kries
Sons
Rupert Zweibel
Bill Bryan
Paul Fusby
Geo. Catlett
Central City
Eugene Fusby
Jackie
Roger
Lester Rystrom
Gail
Wallace Lind
Irene
Lester Welch
A. C. Morgan
Wm. Hornbloom
Lee
Larry
Harry Kries
Lynn
Wilbur Hornbloom
Hjalmar Bloom
Albert Bloom
Geo. Olson
Richland
Harlan Carlson
Carol Jean Carlson
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Seward
Willard Hollister
Pete Kopke
Baby
Rachel Martin
Freida Rasp
N. S. Abolt
Dwight Newcomer
Danny
Hattie Newcomer
Bud Newcomer
John J. Knorr
Debra
Walton
Alice Sechtem
Richard E. Nelson
Maurice Mewecomer
Miss Loveman
Joy Widen
Judy Anderson
J. L. Hurd
Everett T. Loreman
Pat
Judy
Howard Engert
J. W. Toline
Vance Toline
Marion Brayton
Marie Rosdahl
Ed Dilsaver
Vaughn Deay
Lamar
Platte Center
Nebr
Michael
Ryan
Todd
Ralph Rhodes
Leroy Lemberg
Merle Heiden
Benedict
Wm. Campain
Kenneth Mentink
Eugene Rhodes
Ad Sons
Tnayer
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