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Wayland News Highlights Local Social and Obituaries
Simon Gingerich reports a fierce snowstorm in Alpha Minnesota as he returns from there. Notables visit and relocate around Wayland including Evelyn Widmer and Betty Boshart resigning from the Telephone Exchange. Joe S. Boshart dies in Cucamonga California aged about eighty. Community events include a junior class coon roast and Rural Letter Carriers Christmas party. Local visits feature James Oswalt and Lt Willis Ebner on leave, with many local residents traveling or hosting guests.
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Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
Simon Gingerich
Alpha
Minn
Lucy Boshart
Menno Miller
Wellman
Anna Smith
Hydro
Okla
Ed Slagel
Olds
Evelyn Widmer
Betty Boshart
Telephone Exchange
Evelyn
Wengers Grocery
Betty
Boshart
Dorothy Roth
Wayland State Bank
J. K. McKirahan
Princeton
Fred Motzkus
Alta
Los Angeles
Calif
Tressier
Ontario
Jacob
Mt. Pleasant
California
James Oswalt
Rock Island
Lizzie Oswalt
Os Pswalt
Stephen Wayne
Iven
Wayne McNeely
Willis Ebner
Washington
Coyne
Burlington
Pete Stauffer
Albany
Ore
Edred Berkshire
Winifred Sharpe
G. W. Schantz
Mark
Edward B. Witting
George Boller
Frank Clark
Ruth
Clarence Goldsmith
Methodist
Leland Horton