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Local Happenings and Thanksgiving Gatherings
A long list of Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings across towns and farms. Mr and Mrs J H Williams and son David of Boone spent Thanksgiving with Mrs Williams parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Miller. Many other relatives from Mason City Buffalo Center Lakota Des Moines and Algona shared meals and holiday time. Visitors from Crystal Lake Rochester Grinnell and Des Moines joined, while local residents reported a neighborhood box sale display and gift items at the drug store.
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J. H. Williams
David
Boone
John Sachau
Dick Beenken
Tom Loats
Andrew Jansen
Jansen
Rochester
Gertie Janssen
Titanka
Ben H. Geerden
George Heyer
Buffalo Center
Ronie Janssen
Lakota
Arthur Schutter
Jerry Schutter
West Bend
Ben Winter
Cyrus
Minn
Ben
Topeka
Kan
George
Minneapolis
Tom Hinders
Woden
Anton Pankuk
Garner
Anton
Dick Harms
G. Winter
Mason City
Howard French
Howard
Wendell French
Algona
Ming Loraine Paterson
Waterloo
George Peterson
Karen Elizabeth
Teus Abbas
Forest City Hospital
Abbas
Howard Rose
Crystal Lake
Teus
Navy
W. J. Denton
Denton
Clarence Seats
University of Dubuque
Thomas Snats
Blairsburg
George Bonacker
Dawn
Joyce
Janice
Indianola
John Rolfsema
Des Moines
Carl F. Callies
Jerry Olin
Spencer
Minnie Westerreicher
Manford
Wally
Boyd Pannhuk
Telsta Stecker
Phyllis Owens
Ethel Lamberton
Titania Woman's Club
Mayme Clark
Betty Gartner
Mary Ball
Lake Country
Hamstreet
Grinnell
Twyl
Stanley
Nora Springs
Bill
Drusilla Hansen
Gordon Hansen
St. Marya Hospital
Erie
Penna
Alice
Fannie Pannkuk
Pannhuk
Ralph Alexander
Ralph
Raymond Bartlett
West Coast
Jean
The
State University
Wilbur Schram
T. D. Loats
Porreston
Thomas Loats
Lois Schram
Morningside College
Sioux City
Will Schram
Rodney
Art Hench
Maurice Kell
Timer Harris
Buffalo
Maurice