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Graduates Grundy Jr. College: Clarence
William Bode, Grundy Center; R. Cornelius Bode, Austinville, Ia.; Christian L. Den Ouden, Ripon, Cali.; Jacob Heereman, Grundy Center, Ia.; Lee B. Primus, Wellsburg, Ia.; Willard Riekena, Wellsburg, Ia.; Eldon S. Smoldt, Reinbeck, Ia.; Dewey Tolsma, Pipestone,
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Kalemyn, Grundy Center; Jake Karp, Manhattan, Mont.; Charles Kruse, Woden, Ia.; Minnie Rosekamp, Grundy Center; Deane Charlotte Swyters, Steamboat Rock, Ia.; Jacob VanDyken, Jr.,
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