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Christmas social notes spread across multiple towns
The item catalogs numerous holiday visits and gatherings across Algona Bancroft Mason City and surrounding areas. Many families host relatives from Cedar Rapids Hampton Waterloo and Lincoln Nebr with names including Krantz Opsal Boekelman Lappe Herrick Berte Becker Akkerman Stock Etherington Wibben Bengtson Blain Callies Amesbury Hannover Burchett Engel and others.
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R. L. Krantz
Paul Opsal
Hayden
Colo
Joe Boekelman
German Valley
Bob Lappe
Nancy Herrick
Burt
Kirk Gross Co
Sunnyside Country Club
Waterloo
Joe
Bob
Bob Abernathy
Hampton
Melvern
Russ Krominga
Charles Reed
Charla
Debbie Berte
Bancroft
the Park Hospital
Mason City