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Weekend Visits Across Towns Highlight Local Socials
Local families hosted and visited relatives and friends across Sheldon Orange City and surrounding areas. Highlights include Henry Van Aalsberg and family in the De Groot home and multiple Sunday and Labor Day gatherings in nearby residences. Seamen Merle Den Herder met in Omaha on furlough and students like Rodney Hall spent weekends at home before returning to Ames.
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Henry van Aalsberg
Thomas de Groot
Wm. Thayer
Sheldon
Jake van Diepen
Eva King
Sy Kamstra
Bill Kamstra
Bert Engelsman
Henry Broescher
Ronald
Audrey
Bert Kruger
Little Rock
Shirley Kuyper
Leona van Maanen
Ray Rollifs
Omaha
Nebr
Merle den Herder
Albert Slothouber
Orange City
John Grooters
Paul Vande Hoef
George Genant
Springfield
South Dakota
Vernon van Commeren
Wilbur Vander Tuig
Jerry
Danny
Sioux Falls
Rodney Hall
Ames
Earl Hall
Herman Meester
Walter Armstrong
Jerry Starkweather
Sioux City
Morningside College
Richard Auberg