A November Birth Day Dinner in Athelstan Community Hall
A November birthday dinner was served in Athelstan’s community hall after which many locals attended. Attendees included the Meeks, Brown, Rusco, Fluke, Sickels, Chandler, Cordell, and Osborn families among others from Kansas City to Lenox, with visits from Mrs. Eva Byrns and Mrs. Verna Jenkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Fluke
Glen Sickels
Glade Sickels
Viola Chandler
Jennie Rusco
Vivian Parker
Nellie Morris
Robert Cordell
Jim Bryant
Lowell Rus
R. C. Moldenhaver
Stanberry
Elmer Osborn
Sheridan area hosts around town dinner guests
Sheridan residents welcomed relatives from Chicago Salt Lake City Bedford Des Moines Ankeny and other places for weekend visits and meals. Numerous family members and friends from Kansas City Liberty Randolph Gravity Clarinda Bedford and Mt Ayr joined gatherings at local homes and churches over Sunday and Monday.
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Marion Hopkins
Liberty
Mildred Carney
Hilda Rusco
Ralph Schuster
Clearfield
Hilda Ruseco
Jim Bryant
Kansas City
Vivian Parker
Nellie Morris
Harold Williams
Des Moines
Leona Williams
Arkansas
Lisa
Junior Booher
Clarinda
Geo. Booher
Lois Fitcher
Elmer Fitcher
Randolph
Herman Smith
Ottis Byrns
Sharon
Ankeny
Eva Byrns
Wilbur Byrns
Grant City
Verna Jenkins
Lyle Martin
W. C. Martin
Bedford
Marvin Hakes
Gravity
Herman Yeater
Herbert Bond
Herbie
Sheridan
Forest Campbell
Mark Dalrymple
Kans
Dall Church
Johnny Farrell
Dale Meutry
Raymond Merical
Albia
Nebr
Ethel Scott
Cecil Churchill
Maryville
Gloria Pullen
Omaha
Kathy Pullen
Dall Churchill
Bill Pullen
Ws.c.s
Methodist Church
Charley Holliday
Lewis Cooper
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Colo
Ralph Price
Darrell Thompson
South Dakota
Bob Reynolds
Indianapolis
Ind
June Pierson
Harry Douthit
C. A. Burwell
Marilyn Burwell
Robert Burwell
Cecil Heninger
Bartlesville
Oklo
Iona Heninger
Wm. Park
Russell Stearns
Shenandoah
Burwell
Earl Graham
Jas. Sheckler
Verne King
Zella King
Earl Fisher
Villiscula
Maude Ervin
Dean Fleming
Algene Bush
Lenox
Les Johnson
Grace Adler
Lilian Lucas
Frances Carlson
Cleveland
Ohio
R. H. Clarke
Merle Engleka
Fred Engleka
Lena Trott
Lincoln
Boss Nicoll
Ralph Brokaw
Anna Brokaw
Iona Hen Inger
Gravity News and Social Events in Gravity Iowa
Local notes report visits by Claude Oswald of Washington state and many county residents. Social clubs meet and elect officers. various dinners, guest visits, church activities, and charitable drives are listed with numerous households and organizations named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Oswald
Washington State
Bill Berringer
Clarinda
Olive Nickell
Forrest Posten
Med Beery
Glade Moore
Oliver Harriman
Maryville
Glendora Dunkin
Fred Engleka
Roy Houston
Claire Gilmore
Bill
Zoa Gilmore
Dave Shephard
Sons
Shenandoah
Larry Hulseberk
Rodney
St. Joseph
Women's Society of Christian Service
Helen Fitch
Jay Lovitt
Verne King
Bess Nicoll
Griswold
Gertrude Burton
Edith Green
New Market
Earl King
Laura Scott
Bigelow
Ray Sharpe
Waterloo
C. R. Morgan
June Pierson
Art Weaver
Frances Carlson
Gladys Weaver
Reas
Mary Heaton
Ellis Bradley
Harry Copeland
Wm. Brown
Rose Hill Club
Gravity Study Club
Taylor County Farm
Wm. Bechever
Richard
American Legion Auxiliary Holds November Meeting in Blockton
Blockton reports the American Legion Auxiliary met November 1 with November designated as membership month. Officers elected include Pres Halee Roudebush and Mary Lou Walkup as 1st vice president. Members noted include Vera Campbell as sec and treasurer Gwendolyn Drake. Guests from Owatonna and Des Moines visited relatives in Blockton.
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Blockton
American Legion Auxiliary
Halee Roudebush
Mary Lou Walkup
Grace Bentley
Vera Campbell
Treas
Gwendolyn Drake
Venita Sanders
Ottie Loghry
Pearl Griffith
Marvel Lawrence
Genevieve King
Mildred Norris
Poppy
Georgia Drake
Mable Walters
Grace Wilson
Kate Lawrence
Jennie Newkirk
Lola Stroburg
Wayie Johnston
Sid Kinyon
Owatonna
Minn
Susie Statesman
George Clark
Herman Sumner
Des Moines
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Gretchen Cordell
Bea Poldberg
Lyle Steele
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Dall Cherchill
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Myrtle Glass
Ira Millegan
Bert Hatcher
McConahan
Roy Curry
Grace Nelson
George Gabbert
Cleo Coldville
Franklin Dukes
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Jimmy and
Stephen
Carl May
Mt. Ayr, In
Nellie Maxwell
Albert Cavin
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Alexandria
John Ray
Forrest King
Deborah
Unionvile
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Gravity News
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Robert Marley
Beatrice, Nebr
Earl Dreher
Fort Leonard Wood
Derril Snow
Harold Snow
Stitch and Chatter Club
Bonnie Winemiller
Vera Cooper
Zenna Drake
Gracie Dukes
Margie Hooker
Bernice Parman
Virginia Risser
Gertrude Straight
Shirley Troutwine
Myrtle Winemiller
Mrs. Holliday
Maye Fulton
Bridge Club
Cecil Stevens
Charlie Showalter
Carl DeVault
David Stephens
Mary Cavin
Lula Cortner
Elsie Matheny
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Salvation Army
World Service
St. Louis
Christian Home
Council Bluffs
Glenwood
Knoxville
V.A. Hospital
Clark Stroburg
Conway
Sanford Straight
Straights
Willard Bonebrake
Thornton, Colo
Bob Judy
O. L. Dailey
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Donald Stewart
Allen
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Flossie Henson
Bur! Simmons
Jackie
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Becky
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Topeka
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Warden
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Richard Eberle
John Stroburg
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Dale Miller
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Clarence Landis
James Ferris
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