Blockton News Highlights Local Family Visits and Hospital Stay
Neal Gordon and family visited Perry over the weekend. Vera Rusco stayed with her sister Glen Bentley. Clara Watkdrip called on Clara Souders. Dale Walter and family visited Charley Cortner’s home and Mabel Walters at Mt Ayer hospital. Jean Walters from Des Moines stayed a week visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blockton
Neal Gordon
Perry
Roy Gordon
Emmett Rusco
Independence
Vera Rusco
Glen Bentley
Wendel Weather
Clara Watkdrip
Clara Souders
Dale
Walters
DeSoto
Mt. Ayr
Elinor Sharp
Shenandoah
Hatee Roudebush
Lloyd Ridge
Ray Lagthry
George Bentley
Willis King
Cecil Levens
Byron Kettle
Ansel Saville
Nellie Allobac
David Stephens
Pourth District
Mount Ayr
Cecil Stevens
Elinore Sharp
Harry Stokes
Holling Meadows
Georgia Drake
Straucy Denhart
Rockford
Norma Jean
Straucy
Memorial Day Social and Visits Across Des Moines Area
A flood of guests and family gatherings marked Memorial Day weekend. Des Moines visitors included Mabel Walters staying with the Stroburgs and relatives from Davenport and Kansas City visiting local families. Various alums, garden club members, and clergy attended meetings and church services across Gravity and adjacent towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Walters
Byron Kunsman O
Clark
Des Moines
Clark Stroburg
Jerry Statton
Rue Minor
Marilyn
Leanna Howard
St. Joseph
Georgia Drake
Georgia Ford
Don Ford
Kansas City
Kansas
Local families gather for anniversaries and visits in Oak Hill area
Oak Hill area residents hosted and visited relatives from Kansas City and Nebraska during Memorial Day weekend. Guests included Mr and Mrs Robert Hardee and family, Mr and Mrs C W Key and daughters, and many others from Clarinda Prescott and Gravity. The gatherings featured dinners and visits at multiple homes and a graduation potluck at Gravity United Methodist Church.
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Anna Laura
Waterloo
Robert Loghry
Sioux City
Ray Loghry
Robert Stephens
Ames
Ray Simmons
Wayne
Ricky
Chicago
Roscoe Wertz
Mary
Mroo
Buck Owens
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Clarence Landis
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Training Union
Chapel Church OF Christ Bible Study
Christian George Swan
Rastor
Home Mission
Swan
Clearview Nursing Home
Joe Lines
Villisca
Clyde Kemery
Bert Drake
Don
Earl
Georgia Drake
Blockton Legion Auxilary
Mildred
Ernest Stewart
Eagle
Nebr
Francis Stewart
Vietnam
Lynn Rae Meck
Connie Weaver
Brenda Walkup
Marilyn Landis
Ann Meck
Jennie Newkirk
Poppy
Chloe Stroburg
Serie Roudebush
Halce Roudebush
Mabel Walters
Mft
Ayr Hospital
Grace Gray
Omaha
Judy Lucas
Glyde Spring
Bingen
Wash
Bertha Stephena
Ralph [Frice
Grevity
Duane Hughes
Jim
Teresa
Minden
Jay Levitt
G. B. Widener
Iarry Livingston
Clarinda
Bob Paul
Gallatin
Ruth Padgett
Kansas City
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Lyle
Claire Gibson
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Linda
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Frank Souder
Rockwell City
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A.C. Barnes
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Elisha Foster
Debbie
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Nellie Blair
Kenneth Lock
Pam
Howard Sturm
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Jas. Miller
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Lori
New Market
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Jack Sears
Cedar Falls
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Robert Hardee
Carol Hulbert
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Prescott
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Ellis Luther
May West
Dorothy Hickman
Tony
Valley
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Hillard Peterson
Ivan
Jonver
Ivan Ficker
Carl
Cynthia
Joe June
Keith Groff
Johnnie
the Rosary Hospital
Corning
Wayne Burright
Dennis
Mark Young
Earl Morgan
Youngs
Alan Fishell
Paul Fishell
Raytown
Myrie Fishell
Clarence Naven
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Wm. Helzer
Loveland
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Staci
Bruce Helzer
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Myrle Fishell
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Lester Oxel
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Corine
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Darlene
Clifford Yearington
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Person
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Community Notices From Sharpsburg and Surrounding Towns
Local social page lists visits and travel across Sharpsburg Bedford Clearfield Lenox Corning and other towns Memorial Day gatherings hospital days and family welcomes. People travel to Hopkins Spirit Lake Des Moines and Nebraska City for family events and funerals with many guest lists and refreshments noted.
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Des Moines
Mero
Jerald Boydston Nettle Borden
Adiine Campbell
Georgia Bor Ien
Hopkins
Charley Taylor
Taylor
Bob Blair
Spirit Lake
Richard Gold
Council Bluff
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Georgia Borden
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Charley Smith
Bedford
Knott
Blue Check
Ray Lyddon
Clearfield
George Gillette
Verla Knapp
Karole Jeanne Knapp
Blue Grass
Earl McMahill
Independence
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