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Local social visits span many towns in Orange City area
A long list details visits and gatherings across Orange City, Hull, Rock Rapids, Sioux Center, Sioux Falls, Inwood, and nearby towns. People from Verdoorn, Bomgaars, Doorn, De Graaff, Vander Poel, Lee, and others attended numerous afternoons and evenings at neighbors’ homes, with relatives from Calif and Everett also noted. A postscript reports lawsuits over a collision seeking damages totaling 42,500, 8,500, and 34,500 dollars respectively.
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Harold Roelofs
Alfred Te Slan
Rock Rapids
Gerlie Schuurman
William Scholten
Lawrence Dunnick
Meg Joe Bomgaars
Hall
Web Bungers
Case van Ooort
Roelefs
Tony Lee
Calif
Dick Roelefs
Gerrit Doorn
Donald Boarn
Ed Van’t Hul
Hull
Roy Bomgaars
Ed Baartman
Boyden
Pete Vande Griend
Alcester
Pete Verrips
Sioux Center
Johanna Bomgears
Arie Bomgears
Orange City
Nemy ‘Miersma
Dan de Jouge
Karl Hamann
Sioux Falls
Dake Alsma
John Beelchuis
Arthur Crabtree
Lyndon, Wash
Frank de Graaff
Crabtree
de Graaff
Marie Richter
Bernard Kerkvliet
Luke van Berkum
Roy ‘Romgaars
Dan de Jonge
Ver Beek
Inwood
Larry iHuggett
Huggett
Mr Huggett
Jake Talsma
Ed Miersma
Tom Lee
Dick Roelofs
Frank Vander Sanden
Ray Meyer
Sibley
Richard Wissink
Wissink
Minnie Franken
Ben. Vank
Jekes
James Vander Poel
John Dadeward
John Vander Poel
Alvin Miller
Gary
Danny
Ed de ‘Haas
Nora
Rock Valley
Parl
Ben Meerdink
Chris Johnson
Craig
Beth Arness
Oliver Johnson
Miss Arness
Mr Johnson
Ft. Dodge