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Baptisms and anniversaries highlight quiet Iowa gatherings
Social notes list 45 guests at Julie Kay Burnett baptism in Nevada with Chester Pals and families from Waterloo, plus open house for the 40th wedding anniversary of Howard Van Brocklin Sr. Attendees hail from Janesville, Frederika, Sumner, and Cedar Falls, sharing dinners, birthdays, and bridal showers across several homes.
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Chester Pals
Bruce Pals
Waterloo
Rodney Burnett
Nevada
Julie Kay
United Methodist Church
Robert Figanbaum
Betty Mae
Miss Figanbaum
Mike Owen
Albert Rieck
Walter Poock
Will Prien
Willard
Ray Kuethe
Greg Wilson
Carroll Baruth
Rochester
John Donnelly
Janesville Legion Hall
Earl O’connell
Dean
Ada McConkey
Melvin Nerge
Will Flanscha
Buster Pratt
Frederika
Howard van Brocklin, Sr
Howard van Brocklin, Jr
Cedar Falls
Howard van Brocklin
Sumner
Fredericksburg
Readlyn
Lansing
Hawkeye
New Hampton
Waucoma
Monona
Waverly
West Union
Traer
Strawberry Point
Lavine van Brocklin
van Brocklin
Robert Schmidt
Delores
Tripoli
Barbara Schmidt
Susan Schmidt
Greg
Gary van Brocklin
Steven Schmidt
Lester Weidemann
Dale Grahlman
Lorraine Hamlow
Lucille Dilley
Myra Pease
Inez Smith
Rena Smith
Jake Schneider
Carl Kuethe
California
Washington
Alta McBride
Finnell Club
Harry Hunt
Emil Matthias
Agatha Schroeder
Gary Rathbone
Harold Flanscha
Janesville
Lester Moehlis
Marvin Benzine
Diane Benzine
James Moehlis
Arnold Westerdorf
Gayl
Herman Westendorf
Gene Woodcock
Paris
Vernon Wikner
Dennis Kirchhoff
Edw. Weihe
Robert Rathbone
Harry Nielsen
Gail Eikenberry
David Nielsen
Louis Steele
James Hyde
Pete Saathoff
Bob
Denise
New Hartford
Harm Saathoff
Stout
George Hyde
David Deterding
Barksdale la
Air Force Base
Lester Deterding
Louis Gienau
Glenn
Raymond
Clayton Area
Ted Godden
Flknder
Ernest Brase
Dale Steere