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Local visitors share weekends across Illinois towns
St. Louis guests visit Spear family and relatives while Ivan D. Saylor and Wanda Shinn stayed with Laffoons in Odin. Donna Mason, Illinois College Jacksonville student, visited Murfin Mason family. Vivian Stiles led a Girl Scout Play Day in Salem. Several residents from St. Louis stopped by Huffmaster and Harvey households. Franklin Nichols, recently freed from a Japanese camp, joined Daisy Stiles family gatherings with Laura Crowe of Granite City and Carl Benefield of Centralia. Cpl George Nichols and infant daughter visited Nichols' mother-in-law Freda Archer. Ethel Gilbert spent Monday shopping in St. Louis with Oughton and Dye families.
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St. Louis
Marvin Spear
Ivan D. Saylor
Great Lakes
Ill
Wanda Shinn
Toby Laffoon
Odin
Donna Mason
Illinois College
Jacksonville
Murfin Mason
Vivian Stiles
Salem
Rainey Country Club
Stella Chandler
Reise
Joe Morrison
Albert Huffmaster
Pfe. Franklin Nichols
Centralia
Laura Crowe
Granite City
Carl Benefield
Daisy Stiles