Local Happenings and Community Notes from Ottumwa Areas
The Progressive club met at Mrs. Karl Tuttle’s home on Thursday evening. Bridge winners were Mrs. Lester Brain, Mrs. Garnet McDonough, and Mrs. N. R. Ward. Many locals attended boys basketball games in Iowa City. Several residents and families are noted visiting relatives, undergoing medical care, or awaiting military assignments with Apr 24 as a service date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Club
Karl Tuttle
Lester Brain
Garnet‘ McDondugh
N. R. Ward
Iowa City
Donald Dirks
Dean Kaster
Lyle Morris
Leonard Veak
Fred DuVall
Grant ‘Tadlock
Larry Tadlock
Veril Kaster
Rex Foster
Clair Sellera
Russell
Rex Angel
Milwaukee
Paul’ Powers Hore
David Thompson
Air Corps
Houston
Texas
Leo Thompson
New Jersey
Europe
Skip Broshar
Arnold Cuthamp
Ankeny
Weekend visits and family notices across Ottumwa area
Social rounds include Roy Underwood family visitors and Delphos kin. Don Sears and Herschel Johnson families shared weekends with relatives. birthdays honored for Don Sears and Mrs Espy. Health updates report Terry Prough tonsil removal and steady recovery. A. W. Kincade’s daughter-in-law Bessie Boshak arrives from Los Angeles for months with kin. Multiple residents visit hospitals and relatives in Albia, Knoxville, Centerville, and Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fine Est Underwood Hore
Roy Underwood
Don Wolf
Helen Prasse
Keokuk
Herschel Johnson
J. E. Iverson
Stanhope
Don Sears
Newton
Orlando Sears
Farl Espy
Roger
Homer Phillips
Kelly
Centerville
Espy
Charles Keyes
Cedar Rapids
Andrew Caperonius
Terry Prough
Harold Prough
St. Joseph Hospital
Ernest Hiatt
Sandra
U.S. Hiatts
Othar Hiatt
U. S. Hiatts
Clelland Jolly
Anamosa
Freeman Jolly
Bessie Boshak
Los Angeles
Calif
A. W. Kincade
Mesdames Almont Main
Chester Broshar
Fanchen Winsler
Paul Broshar
Knoxville
Gray Lady
Veterans Hospital
Lois Jean Scott
Smith Hospital
Albia
Walter Scott
Harry Stocker
Miss Scott
Food Center
Russell Swenson
Colorado Springs
Colo
J. §. Swenson
Ottumwa
Alonzo
Turner
Ted Oeller
E. F. Oehler
W. V. Murdy
Preston
Hedgecock
Leonard Palmer
Theodore Murdy
Moulton
William Gardner
Arizona
Sunday Guests and Local Social Events in Centerville
A long list of weekend visitors and gatherings across Centerville and vicinity includes Craig abt and Dea Moilies hosting family, the Pollard and Caster families visiting, and the Main trio singing weekly on KBIZ. Other arrivals include Mrs. Maggie Simmons returning to Rathbun and Mrs. Blanche Allen's funeral in Exline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig
Dea Moilies
Mir
Harry Phillips
Loren Walker
J. R., Callen
Maggie Simmons
Rathbun
Mra
Jénnie Pollard
Leo Caster
Denny
Newton
E. C
Kinser Valley Weather and Life Notes
Kinser Valley notes recount three quarters inch rain on Wednesday, wood sawing by the Zell Wilson family, no potato planting yet amid sun forecast, dogs pursued by wolves, mail routes, surveyors seeking farm to market road location, attendance at Albia sale, school makeup days, hog loading by LeRoy Wilson and Russell Darby, candy and Sally Gooding chicken shared Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zell Wilson
Eadter
Longs
Raymond Jones
Sunday Mail
Carl Cloyds
Selack
Ervin Long
Albia
LeRoy Wilson
Russell Darby
Ruggell
LeRoy
Local names and visits fill Udell notes in spring column
Mrs Joe Moore and Mrs Wood visit Udell homes after noon. Morlans from near Unionville spend Monday evening with Alvin Spring. Edna Moore and Deeter guests of Zola Sam. Mattie Whisler returns home after December amputation. Wayne and Gay McConnell visit. Ossian Thistlethwaite Dies. services at Udell Brethren church. Nino Montegny and baby from near San Francisco visit Lorance Morlan. Leonard Argo and Richie Ish visit H B Spring family. Deloris Duty from Des Moines spends weekend here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Moore
Woodrow Duty
Harry Wilkinson
Harold Spring
Robert Morlan
Near
Unionville
Alvin Spring
John Dotgan
Artie Pitman
Bloomfield
Dotson
Edna Moore
Deeter
H. R. Garland
Mattie Whisler
Udell
Ivo
Wayne McConnell
Tracr, Ta
Gay McConnell
Whisler
Merle Houser
Floyd Walver
Moulton
Marvin Walver
Armed Services
Lionel Spring
Darlene
Linda Moore
Dewey Houser
H. B. Spring
Sherry
Gloria
Washington
Ypsilanti, Mich
Seattle
Deloris Duty
Des Moines
Vosburgh by Mrs Emmett Derby
Mrs Emmett Derby and baby son Monte Lynn returned to their home Tuesday from St Joseph hospital in Centerville. Mr and Mrs Clair Long and Carolyn Swift spent Sunday with their parents Mr and Mrs Earl Swift. Mr and Mrs Wayne Thompson and family spent Saturday evening with Glen Turner. Mr and Mrs James Calhoun and family and Mr and Mrs Marion Allen and family were Sunday visitors with Mr and Mrs Carl Calhoun and family. Mrs George Hammond spent Thursday at Emmett Derbys. The Busy Bee club met last week with Mrs McCombs and Mrs Beryl Brown assisted Mrs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Azalee Kimbrell
Glenwood
Art Fox
Jane Ann
Des Moines
John Howard
Marilyn Hiatt
Rose Kauzlarich
Georgianna Winslet
Hiatt
Otha Taylor
Methodist Hospital
Toft
Nancy Temple
Ernest
Naperville
Donnie
James Morrison
Overland Park
Kansas
Jim
Bernard Barnhouse
Newton
Albert Veach
M. H. Johnson
Homer Utterback
Rochester
Minn
Utterback
John Sutton
Ottumwa
Raul Lockman
Horace Schaffner
Kellerton
Louis Schaffner
Raymond Mason
Clifford Caster
E. C. Caster
Albia
Dwight Main
Ray Harris
Patty
Joyce
Birdie Main
Gaylord Main
Joanne
Glen Fowler
Lois
Lorraine
Frank Houser
Doris
Centerville
Joyce Ann
Grand Junction
Icolo
Luther Caster
KBIZ
Marilyn Jean Ritchigan
Iowa City
Ralph McDonough
Howard Smith
Smith
Weinmans
Hugo Johnson
J. C. More
Emmett Derby
Monte Lynn
St. Joseph Hospital
Clair Long
Carolyn Swift
Mrs
Earl Swift
Wayne Thompson
Glen Turners
James Calhoun
Marion Allen
Carl Calhoun
George Hammond
Emmett Derbys
Busy Bee Club
McCombs
Beryl Brown
Family Night at Methodist Church in Iconium Report
Wayne Thompson attended family night in Iconium on Friday evening. In Albia on Thursday morning Mrs. Thompson and her son joined aid activities Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Thompson
Methodist Church
Iconium
Albia
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John Card
LaBelle, Mo
Aye Relia
Amos McGhghy
Mill and
Moravia Dairy and Pasteurizing Plant
Earl Burrows
Moulton, Ia
Moravia Theater
Technicolor
White Tower
Claude Rains
Valli
Clinton
Red Clover
Timothy
Goode
Enna
Jervick
Titan
North
Bide Square
Kinser Valley
George R. Darby
L. P. Clow
Centerville, Iowa
Dell
Mes
God Is My
Tim Holt
Ronald Reagan
Diana Lynn
Judy Holliday
William Holden
Broderick Crawford
Dave Clark
Clark’s
Library
Brush
Horton Potts Farm
Cass Hamilton
Chariton Two
School Board
V. C. Easter, Sec
Bani
Gem Shop
East Side Square
Albia Sales CO
Sale Pavilion
Iowa
H. C. Peterson & Sons
Paul Morehand
Gardner
U.S
U. S. Pullorum
Ite
Leghorns
White Rocks
Austra White
New Hampshire
Hy-Croft
St. Run
CSL
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