Town social notes from Albia Centerville and nearby
Rev. C. J. Fix was a business caller in Albia Monday. B. Sneed visited Centerville Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Clark Blackman were (in) Centerville Tuesday. Co C. Cullers and sons Cecil and Kenneth called in Centerville Saturday. R. C. Hiatt of Centerville was a business caller in Moravis Tuesday. Burton Tarr returned to his school work at Mt. Vernon Town Monday. Mrs Cecil Coulson has been ill with flu the past week. Mrs Ray Kincade has had a serge of flu the past few days. Miss Beulah Griffin spent the weekend with her parents at Mexico Missouri. Miss Blanche Jennings was Sunday visitor with her parents at Moulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Tarr
Mt. Vernon
Mrs
Ray Kincade
Blanche Jennings
Moulton
Carl Black
Chicago, Il
J. L. Black
Moravia
Moravia And Centerville District Notes Local Socials
Richard Sneed dined at J. C. Caming home in Albia Monday evening. Mrs. A B Jordan rushed to Barney for sister’s illness and her daughter ill with flu. Miss Cecil Creech of Oskaloosa visited Moravia with her parents. Harry McCrory family from Rockford Illinois visiting Lloyd McCrory. Roy Darby re-elected civics teacher in Centerville schools. Grant Everman Neal Townsend returned from Enid Oklahoma with goods for H. W. Reich. Anne Brain spent Easter with Albert Brain family. Paul Watts chosen to teach at Casteena Iowa again. Raymond Baarts Phil Stoner visiting Moravia with Charles Michener. Mary Louise Blumenstock improved after Abbott Hospital stay. Mrs Roscoe Pennington improving from pneumonia. flu in family recovering. District Missionary Society met in Centerville. others attended. Dr C T Slavin and son Hale to Iowa City for medical studies and clinic. Ralph McDonough and Tree Miller hosted Progressive Club. bridge hosted. Smiths won. Miss Thelma Johnson Anna Bruin Pearl Chambers reelected to Centerville schools.
Strange war-time rivalries fuse into friendship in Iowa studio
In Council Bluffs a tale from KOTL radio links Earl Kelly engineer and Willibald Novak violinist. Both served in wartime forces in France in 1918 one in American signals and the other in the German army. A studio talk turns past rivalry into a friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Earl Kelly
KOTL
Willibald Novak
Kelly
France
Signal Orps
Novak
Bet Kelley
Eye of a potato weighs into growth debate
Mr Heller's class tested four eyes and four potatoes in identical soil and conditions. After a week, one sprout from the whole potato breaks ground, while the others lag. Marble tournament winners include John Smith Class B and William Morgan Class Ac with knives awarded. runners up received pocket books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spada
John Smith
William Morgan
Virsil Easter
Kenneth Cullers
Edward Stocker
Typewriting Awards Presented for March Certificates
Glenie Scott and Mattie McCrory received Remington Primary Certificates from Remington Typewriter Co in March. Underwood Proficiency Certificates list Frances Qehler 39, Richard Sneed 35, Virail Easter 34, Vera Smith 24, Glennie Scott 30, Roberts Humphrey with their words per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glennie Scott
Mattie McCrory
Remington
Remington Typewriter Co
Underwood
Underwood Typewriter Co
Frances Qehler
Richard Sneed
Virail Easter
Vera Smith
Art Exhibit Profits And Reproduction Paintings Distributed
Settlement shows $28.50 from the exhibit profits. Several reproduction pictures were purchased for display, including Child Handel by Dicksee, Distinguished Member of the Humane Society by Landseer, Horsefair by Rosa Bonheur, Angelua by Miller, Feeding Her Birds by Miller, Royal Gorge by Maxfield Parrish, and Peonies by Barse. Rooms that collected ticket revenue will receive the pictures for wall display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handel
Dicksee
The
Humane Society
Landseer
Rosa Bonhour
Miller
Maxfield Parrish
Barse
Fuller area gossip and illness and local notes
Viola Gibson and Everett Hunt spent Sunday at Jess Smith home. Walter Ellis is ill. C E Ellis and family hosted. Mrs. Frank Renner of Chicago visiting Turner family. Russell Easter ill with flu. school closed Friday due to rain and mud. Bonnie Burton spent night with Dorothy Davis. Des Moines gasoline tax for February 574,173 compared to January 503,600. Local farmers raise funds by subscription for a country fire truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Gibson
Everett Hunt
Jess Smith
C. E. Ellis
Virginia
Walter Ellis
Frank Renner
Chicago
H. S. Turner
Cecil Parcell
Russell Easter
Lester Humphrey
Fuller
Arthur Donovan
Clara Ellis
Bonnie Burton
Dorothy Davis
Harold Burton
John William Johnson
Des Moines
R. H B. Johnson
Death of Rev J Koch Echoes Across Unionville
Local notices recount community life in Unionville, with Easter events, engagements, births, and illnesses. Names include Mrs Elizabeth Moore, Lola Boyer, Noah Stocker, Belle Andrews, Donald Eugene Cox, Ruth Strunk, Enid Morrison, and various Doud, Morrison, and Smith families. A funeral and church events noted amid flu illnesses and a plea for spring cleaning vacations.
Classified ads farm loans and livestock for sale
Classifieds list farm loans by Chet Broshar and Vera Clover hay by R C Wilaga. It includes sale items: one pair of work mules, three horses and a harness. Also purebred White Rock eggs by Mrs W H Powell and purebred chicks and custom hatching services from Gardner Hatchery Moravia and Clarence Dowd Stpa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Powell
Phong
Clarence Dowd
Oil Scandal Overshadows Forest Week And Baseball Opener
Time references tainted money turning to oil soaked bonds and doubt about National Forest week revealing new presidential timber. The piece notes baseball season opening soon and mocks the news cycle’s shifting significance. It concludes with a blunt remark on parental discipline as a cultural aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Forest Week
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. J. Fix
Albia
B. Sneed
Centerville
Clark Blackman
Co. C. Cullers and Sons
Cecil and
Kenneth
R. C. Hiatt
Moravis
Cecil Coulson
Kelloggs
van Camp
Alexander’s Grocery and Produce
Purina
Poultry Yard
W. C. Bmvin
Moravia, Iowa
J. CG. Caming
A. B. Jordan
Barney, Iowa
Clara Selby
Cecil Creech
Oskaloosa
Mrs. W. 5. Creech
Harry McCrory
Rockford, Ill
Lloyd McCrory
Roy ‘F T. Darby
Grant Everman
Neal Townsend
Enid
Okla
H. W. Reich
Misa Anne Brain
Albert Brain
Tearn
Paul Watts
Casteena
Iowa
Raymond Baarts
Phil Stoner
John Fletcher College
University Park
Charles VY. Michener
Mary Louise Blumenstock
Abbott
Mra
Roscoe Pennington
Pennington
0. J. Fix
M. H. Goeldner
J. B. Sneed
Elizabeth
Olive Miltenberger
F. W. Blumenstock
E. 8. Carter
LaFawn Main
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society District
C. T. Slavin
Aon
Hale
Iowa City
University
Slavin
Atinmual Medical Clinic
College of Medicine
State University of Iowa
Ralph McDonough
Tree Miller
Progressive Club
McDonough
Wilfred Smith
Mya
Frank Chambers
Paul Broshar
Thelma Johnson
Anna Bruin
Pearl Chambers
Miss Johnson
Miss Brain
Miss Chambers
Central Ward
McKinley
Hellion
Hal
Chester Broshar
Oper
Jack
Roberts
Humphrey
Alta
Unionvilee
Tilzo
West
Towa
J. Koch
M. BE
Elizabeth Moore
Ora Moore
Ottumwa
Charles Tomlin
P. E. Moore
Olin Swaim
F. E. Boyer
Joe Harrington
Misa Lola Boyer
Noah Stocker
Emma Stocker
Blakesburg
Misa Belle Andrews
Will Cox
Donald Eugene
Lulu King
Alvah Smith
Ruth Strunk
B. M. Strenk
Glen Smith
Fairview
Pearl Morrizon
Andy Doud
Thode Doud
Raleigh Morrison
Stanford Doud
Baptist Aid
Enid Morrison
Donna Patrick
Doris Selix
P.T. A
Lloyd Ransom
A. L. Lyon
Dorothea Dukes
Ruth Allender
Genevieve Wilson
Ivyl Flemming
W. R. Morrison
Ray Strunk
Pearl
Lucilla
Clyde Smith
Jessie Johnson
F. H. Buckmaster
EB. A. Buckmaster
Chet Broshar
R. C. Wilaga
Route
Gardner Hatchery
del Monte
Maxwell House
Morrell
Main Bros
Fred Niblo
Photoplay
Gigi
Pen Acsazican Tob
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