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Town Gossip Columns Spotlight Local Residents
A lively parade of town characters appears with travels, romances, and routines. Helen Machak and Harold Watson head to Gary for Sundays at Miller Beach while Delmar Miller seeks public notice fame and Bill Cardwell flirts with a visitor named Rena. Local readers report dances, barber shop chatter, and weekend trips to the eastern states as neighbors gossip about who’s dating whom and who’s leaving town.
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Helen Machak
Harold Watson
Gary
Miller Beach