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Christmas in Ottawa family gatherings across region
A long roll of Ottawa area households hosted Christmas dinners and gatherings. Families from Ottawa and neighboring towns welcomed relatives from Wichita Waterloo Topeka Kansas City and beyond. Guests included Rex Thompson the Schnokes the Briscoes the Lytles and many others as plans spanned Ottawa Parsons Lawrence and Denver with travel to Lawrence for Christmas dinner and multiple weekend visits.
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George McDowell
Rex Thompson
Jerry
Rodney
Judy
Douglas
Patty Ann
Wichita
Irving Scott and Sons
Jim
David
Waterloo
Chester Hewitt
Topeka
Marion Thompson
Richard Hewitt
Mary
Nancy
Sheri
Max Thompson
Ottawa
Paul Gaynor
Charles
HW. H. Hayes
Charles Quin
Ross Nichols
William Guest
Don Widing
Donald and
Billy
Carroll Nichols
Charles Olsen
Kansas City
Jay J. Scott
Janet
Joan
Dewey Radcliff
Kathy
Denver
Colo
Mary Carpenter
Winfield Scott
Baldwin
Robert B. Anderson
Carol
Mrs. Anderson
M. S. Winter
Lawrence
Anderson
Allen Young
Burlington
Bert Anderson
Darrell Mullen
Danny
Parsons
Mr. Mullen
Rhode Island