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Local families ring in Christmas with visits across Iowa and beyond
A long list of seasonal gatherings fills Christmas week as Alfred Hanna and neighbors travel to Camp Claiborne and Texas. Relatives from Fort Leonard Wood and Somerville join in at homes in Algona and surrounding towns. School resumes after holiday break while many residents report at family houses in Britt, Clarion, Mason City, and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Hanna
R. J. Smith
J. C. Helm
Camp Claiborne
Texas
Points
H. Dale Peterson
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
JG. L. Peterson
Somerville
Mase
U. S. S. Woolsey
Glen Thompson
Armstrong
Gordon Wolding
Crystal Lake
Joe Kramer
Ed Wood
William Wood
Jack DeVries
Buffalo Center
Wilbur Godfredson
John Johnson
Forest City
Alvin Hanna
Titonka
D.dudgeon
Britt
Henry Bode
Traer
W.A. Dean
Edna Mae Redfield
Woodbine
LaVonne Sherwood
Klemme
H. O. Swingen
Sherman Brose
Mason City
Allegra Swingen
Marjorie Ann Fitzpatrick
Janet Quinn
KGULO
State Fary
Chicago
Ted Bode
Marilyn
Ceylon
Minn
Fritz T.gerdes
Eon Gilner
William
John Rudisill
Albert Weishaar
Algona
Lofalot Bridge Club
W. L. Tindall
G. Il. Peterson
H. J. Orihel
Tindall
C.W. Goslin
Marjorie Dirksen
Geneva Bilyeu
Chet Missman and
Edith Missman
Harold Jacobson
Chris Jacobson
Neal Bode
Geyion, Minn
John Bode
Dale Rittenhouse
Ted Gerdes
Herman Buns
Bobby
Marjorie
W. J. Madole
J. F. Johnson
Robert
Fort Dodge
Grant
Fritz Gerdes
Nancy Peters
John Greenfield
Eugene ‘Holland
Clear Lake
Albert Johnson
Paul Kunz
Elmer
Buford Hall
Minneapolis
Ben and Gordon W
Glen Johnson
E. J. ‘Hanson
Dickens