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Local families gather for dinners and visits across town
A long list of Sunday dinners and weekend visits spans Woden Thompson Algona and nearby towns. Families like Stecker Karels Bosma Beck Edwards and many others share meals attend plays and tours, while students and alumni from Luther Decorah and Sioux Falls add to community happenings. A school program puppet show and a wedding in Osage are noted along with travel for family events and birthday celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Stecker
Woden
Bruno Stecker
Kelvin
Thompson
Alvin Stecker
Alvin Karels
Meinecke
Fred Stecker
Ray Estle
Elmore
Kenneth Beck
Rose Jennings
Blue Earth
Laverne Edwards
Gertrude Beck
Swea City
Hugo Mittag
Webb
A. C. Bierstedt
Ella Meyer
Burt
Max
Korea
Decorah
Gerald
Luther College
Arnold Karels
Herman Bosma
Robert Nelson
Waterloo
George Adams
Adams
Art Lester
Arend Hans
Junior Poppe
John Vodraska
W. C. Vodraska
Loren Thompson
Gerald Bierstedt
Frankie Lewis
Bert Geerdes
Clarence
Melvin Lifto
Walter Ginsback
Sioux
Pete Bruer
James
Dean
Craig Meyer
Arnold Rickless
Algona
Arnold
J. B. Keenan
Verne Meyers
Sheffield
Iowa
Tom Asche
Gerhart Klasse
Joice
Charles Tutton
Buffalo Center
Augusta Meyer
Wm. Meyer
University of Minnesota
Marilyn Meyer
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Marilyn
Roger Thompson
Albert Bosma
Hip
Frank Neuman
Neil Ellwood
Osage
Dennis Johnson
Lucile Wagner
Orph Warren
Frankfort
Ind
Milton Pringle
Warren
Pringle
Bill Kumba
Ronnie
Forest City
Beat Thompson
Frances
Bunting
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Milton
Greene, Town
Donald Swan
Wade Dorenbush
Emmons
Minn
John A. Dorenbush
Mark
Bill Hippen
Herman Wessels