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Thanksgiving gatherings and weddings across the valley
Area families from Lincoln to Columbus and Osceola joined multiple Thanksgiving dinners and a wedding in Shelby and Silver Creek. Attendees included Burritt, Hastings, Bernt, Kresha, Wieseman, Dunn, Rutter, and Lux households with relatives from Omaha Des Moines Malvern Rising City Lincoln and Kearney. Recurring events featured 59th anniversary celebrations and a 4-H achievement program with Ramona Kresha and Ronald Smith nuptials.
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George Burritt
Lincoln
E. E. Burritt
Shelby
Herman Richter
Ralph Burritt
Lee Bellair
Sherry
Bellevue
Dee Hastings
Frank Gembica
Lee
Ronnie Buffington
Osceola
Gregg Timm
Rickie Rutter
Ted Samland
Omaha
Dave Rutter
Adolph Grossnicklaus
Adolph Bernt
Columbus
Adolh Bernt
Allan Kresha
Mary
Ramona Kresha
Ronald Smith
Silver Creek
Leo Kresha
Ladies of the Valley
WSCS
Carolyn Wieseman
Bob Wieseman
Jim Majors
Allen Kresha
St. Andrew’s
Jack Wieseman
Philip Wieseman
Carl Wieseman
S. W. Calhoun
Barbara Wieseman
Fred Wieseman
Beverly
Melvin Wills
Des Moines
Esther Shermadine
Bruce Pickett
Clarence Shields
Kearney
Stella Blakely
Shields
Floyd Frizzells
Bruce Picketts
Blakely
George Matheson
Dale Dunn
Lenore Ruff
Verland Bauer
Rising City
Fred Dunn
Effie Fernander
David Rutter
Lewis Dunn
Lottie Gay
Don Madison
Central City
Viola Townsend
Clarks
Bertha Townsend
Herb Smith
Grand Island
Francis Urban
Gerhardt Lux
Douglas Dunn
Ag College
Lewis Dunns
Polk County
Anne
Jane
Dianne
Jerry Urban
Patty Dunn
St. Vincent’s
Denise
Calmer Herrman
David