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Local visits fill weekends across Oelwein and nearby towns
Numerous families from Oelwein Waterloo Sumner and surrounding areas shared weekend visits and social gatherings. Guests included Rhonda Dean, Mrs Effie Wagner, and Roy Schmudlach with relatives in Oelwein. A W French and Carl Abbas hosted in Denver Iowa. J H Jahnke and L W Jahnke traveled from Ft Collins for visits. weddings and hospital calls noted, with multiple travelers from Tripoli Fredericksburg West Bend and Madrid 4 H camp activities also mentioned.
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Roy Schmudlach
Effie Wagner
Joe Dean
Oelwein
Rhonda Dean
Frank Loffredo
Waterloo
A. W. French
Art Aschbrenner
Sumner
Lee Holm
C. C Clary
A. H. Jahnke
L. W. Jahnke
Ft. Collins
Cole
Jahnke
Ella Ager
Kansas City
Kan
Kenneth Ager
Leroy Township
Keith Carroll
Robert Hoffman
Herman Brase
Douglas Township
Effie Wadner
Rhonda
John Henning
Tripoli
L. W. Bockhaus
Henning
Allen Memorial Hospital
Wm. Buss
Beverly
Denver
Herman Bockhaus
Roy Volker
Robert
Carl Abbas
Fred Volker
Volker
Abbas
E. A. Omvig
Cedar Falls
C. W. Davison
Janis Davison
Marlene McElvinny
Ruth Leuenberger
Madrid
E. J. Nuss
Michael
Merlin
Don Lahr
L W. Jahnke
West Bend
Grotto
Henry Frese
Waverly
Kenneth Lampe
Herman Bahlmann
Elmer Matthias
Kenneth Moeller
Marlene