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Local residents gather for social and community events
Mrs. Hawn hosts Lois birthday party with neighbors and games. Visitors from Des Moines and Fort Dodge attend hospital and visiting church events. Community notes report illnesses measles and pneumonia, a funeral for an infant, and a week of postmaster meetings and club activities.
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Coyle
Arthur
Nowack
Fort Dodge
Sara
John Ewing
Rena
Huseby
Countty Seat
A. W.patterson
Fonda
Unday
Harold Roberts
Near
Axel ‘Carlson
Mercy Hospital
Noel Williams
Joyce Ellen
George Sylviey
Walter Satoof
Dale Cupp
Gilmore City
George Gist
Harry Herscher
Leroy Miller
Rolfe
Vern Waters
Laurens
Julia Hurley
Thimble Club
Otto Maltzahn
George Dyiig
W. A. Bachman
Will Randolph
Pocahontas
Prentice Jones
Byron Lathrop
Miss Swanson
Vance Wiley
Isabel Hacker
Des Moines
Marcelle
John Nickell
Drake ‘University
Drake University
C.C. Cole
Boys’ Glee Club
Dale Shimon
Frank Ralle
Thane Claud Wilson
C. Ey. Miller
Janice
Kay
Plover
John Kretzmier
Lutheran Hospital
Gladys’ Reimer
Storm ‘Lake
Elmer ‘Sandvig
Little Son
Henry Grover
Arthur Jacobson
Nancy Ann
Spencer
Bert Jacobson
Ladies’ Aid Society
E. A. Markley
Newell
Marjorie Barth
Ayrshire
Walter Ohrtmann
Guy Vote
Johnnie
Walnut Grove
Delbert Moore
Ralph Hawn
Lois