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Local Happenings in and Around Britt
Local notes recount visits and arrivals of family and friends from Seattle to Minneapolis and Ames to Des Moines, with many returning from military service. Readers hear of Christmas gatherings, holiday travel, and small-town updates including injured Dwight Graham and Harold Carlson's Boys Town show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Wm. Boyken
Minneapolis
Verdene
Seattle
Wash
University of Washington
Pauline Adamson Petticora
Miami
Florida
Wacs
Ernestine Adamson
Cedar Walls
State Teachers College
Fred Adamson
Howard Sigshee
Mid-Continent
Burt
W. F. Hamstreet
Mason City
Twyliah
Grinnell College
Grinnell
Eddie Johnson
Britt
Titonka
Esat
Leota Schutter
Dayle Cravens
Portland
Schutter
Cravens
Raymond Ricklefs
Waterloo
Raymond
W. H. Ricklef
Arnold Reklef
San Pedro
Calif
Arnie
Wesley
Robert Carr
Des Moines
John Falks
Alan Carrs
Missea Edith
Hazel Budiong
Hampton
Mae Budlong
Warrloo
J.J. Budlong
Lydia Dreenman
Iowa State College
Ames
Herman Dreesman
Sigwell Wood
Darrell Snyder
Algona
Sig
Jos. Bestenléhner
Darrel
H. C. Snyder
Dave Roberts
Roberts
KR. C. Ball
Diagonal
Mr. Roberts
Donald Budlong
Roy Budlong
Manford Rice
L. G. Smith
University of Dubuque
Marian Krantz
Northwestern University
Chicago
Postville
Don Callies
Ed Callies
Dwight Graham
Clarence Mechler Farm
Dwight
Harold Carlson
Omaha
Boys Town
Harold
Rawleigh
Boys
Paul
Lester Prewitt
Forest City
Inez Wolfe
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