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Local families gather for weekends and visits across Iowa
A crowded roster of hosts and guests includes Mr and Mrs Eddie Pageard of San Francisco visiting Chas Bark. A J Paulson of Davenport at Gerhard Mayer. the Hofmeister and Mimbach families from Des Moines and Laurens visiting Darrell Matteson and Wesley Carlson homes. many others from Clear Lake to Swea City share dinners, open houses, and social outings with locals in Spirit Lake, Renwick, Hampton, Algona, and surrounding towns. Dr and Mrs Long at a Clear Lake cottage. Phil Oppedahl enlists in Navy cadet. several weddings and anniversaries noted in Hampton and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Pageard
San Francisco
Bark
Enport
Gerhard Mayer
Linde
Janis Hofmeister
Des Moines
Darrell Matteson
Norman Hofmeister
M. M. Green
Hampton
Clarence Hefty and Sons
D. E. Rawlers
Town Lutheran School of Nursing
Lutheran Church
Odes Sharp
Hattie Mason
Alta Iversen
Clear Lake
S. J. Foley
Alta Foley
Bess Foley
Wm Zenttner
Sharon
Emertsboro
Marjorie Ann Gugisburgh
Chicaso
Siser
Seiler
Fred Gugisburg
Ivan Rasmussen
Swea City
Frank Krause
Marilyn and
Marie “Ann Schmits
Emma
Norman Peer
Laura Peer
Eagle
Corwin Peer
Algona
Wayne Obnenus
Elmer Philipp
Charles Marso
Mildred Rusher
Lakefield
Minn
Chas. Burk
Kleo Marso
Renwick Park
Marse
Art Ernest
Decorah
Rev
Robert Henrikson
Kodoks
S. D
Henrikson
Ernest
Jerry Roseberry
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Léo. Mimbach
Martin Mimbach
Sexton
Carroll Jones
Mark
Paul
Ed Oppedahl
Pamela
C.G. Stoner
Fort Dodge
Keith McCurry
Phil Oppedahl
Naval Air Cadet
Pensacola
Fla
Marilyn Paine
Spegier
Raymond
Adelia
A. H. Stafford
Gloria
John Swanson
Jennie Swanson
Otto Swanson
Carl Swanson
Spirit Lake