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Social visits fill Pocahontas week with lengthy guest lists
Local residents hosted and visited relatives across several towns from Pocahontas to Ames and Des Moines. Notable stops included Cedar Falls, Marshalltown, Rialto California, and Manitoba Canada as family ties and travel plans tied communities together through multiple hospitality events and hospital stays.
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Martin Peterson
Cedar Falls
Loren Peterson
Cindy
David Clark
Crystal
Heather
Giles
Marshalltown
James Hunt
Minnesota
Clark
Gladys Hicks Draegert
Pearl Chambers
Rialto
Calif
Inga Ryen
Ralph Lightle
Spencer
Minn
George Léhnus
Donald Weaver
Prairie Grove
Ark
Andy Lund
Sturgis
S. Dak
Clara Haugen
Rapid City
Arnold Wolds
Virgil Shelgen
Clarence Bendixon
Mallard
Lindsey Feaster
Vivian Wax
Rochester
Doug Kelly
Adam
Aaron Douglas
Arnold Wold
Dean Ketelson
Osage
van der Brie
Lime Springs
Margaret ‘Kilbourn
Walnut Grove
Lucile Thomas
Fort Dodge
George Smith
John Kilbourns
Rolfe
Virgil
Vic) Ryen
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Jon Allen
Bertie Anderson
Spirit Lake
R.B. Ranney
Lawrence Henderson
Connie
Sioux City
Morningside College
Bill Shimon
Arlo Ives
George Wilson
Las Vegas
Nev
L.D. Wilsons
Virgil Behrendsen
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Pocahontas
Mary Christensen
Ed Welter
Ionia
Allen Sinclair
Livermore
Strathclair
Manitoba
Canada
Arden
Max Naylor
Emerson
Mel Thorson
Jim DeWolf
Naylor
Pocahontas County
Edna Davidson
D.L. Davidson
Britt
Leo’ ‘Reidl
Lancaster
Wis
Walter Reidl
Cassville
Christine Miller
John Burris
Creighton
Gene Miller
Garner
Carl Miller
George Shimon
Miller
Russell Christopher
Eagle Grove
Christopher
L.D. Wilson
Barb
Leona Wilson
Lela Hilton