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Kidnap breakfast guests for holiday misadventure
A humorous Crawfordsville item recounts a holiday four July bed snatch in which kidnappers Doug Steele Darrell and Glenda Egli stop at the Steele home for a bite after abducting neighbors. Carol Steele cooks bacon eggs sausage and coffee cake as the guests linger two hours. Numerous locals appear in the narrative including Steele children Egli Miller Erwin Lowe Jones Lintz and others. Also noted are visits and events in town and a 4-H youth exchange week with regional celebrations and ATV races.
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Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Doug Steele
Darrell
Glenda Egli
Steele
Carol Steele
Glenda
Carol
Carmen
Carrie Steele
Jennifer
Jason Egli
Gene
Pat Miller
Jack
Ruth Erwin
Shari
David
Wayne
Debbie Lowe
Karen
Renee
Joe
Nancy Jones
Lisa
Larry
Dianne Black
Becky
Harold
Cathy Williams
Mike
Amy
Jim
Marge Edgar
Brenda
Susan
Betty Lintz
Tracy
Darin
Roll Davis
Marshalltown
Roll
Dean Baker
Davis
Bakers
Jean Fletcher
Randolph Kelsey
Washington
Bill Kelsey
Honolulu
Chuck
Cathy) Flam
Jason
Wichita
Kan
Clayton Lintz
John Hubbs
Emerson Wittrig
Danville
Ill
Wittrigs
John Wittrig
Hubbs
Dan
Vicki
Braden Club
Joe Martin
Maxine
Lynn
Deena Martin
Lucille Fulton
Susan Patterson
Lorna Patterson
California
Cleo
Betty McCoy
George
Meda
Rick Fulton
David Huff
Harry
Lorraine Suter
Mabel Monson
Don Monson
Allen
Mary Stephens
Marie
Craig Dare
Boyd
Barb
Diane
Julie
Jeff Stephens
Henry
Betty
Bruce
Janet
Nancy Davis
Carolyn
Sonja Love
Leonard
Chris
Sharon
Mark Malmberg
Washington County
Bill Sullivan
Sheldon Tarry
Floyd Richardson
Carl Kruger
Si Finke
Stan Garchinsky
Cleo McCoy
Carol Coopersmith
Gene Brookhart
American Legion Hall
Heritage of
Discovery America
Gene Lintz
Coal Valley