Community Visits and Family Gatherings Highlight Ottumwa Notes
Fairview social notes record Mr. and Mrs. Howard Proctor and Doria visiting, Mrs. Hisie DeLong of Oklahoma visiting relatives, Clifford Swasick and family hosting, and several local families including Pletcher, Fletcher, Proctor, King, Drake, Roe, Taylor, and Trelan sharing Sunday calls and celebrations. Mrs. Mattie Pletcher’s birthday was marked with ice cream and cake. Doris Proctor spent Thursday night with Arlene and Eva Maye Trelan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Proctor
Doria
Ottumwa
Hisie DeLong
Oklahoma
Willard Swasick
Clifford Swasick
Ray Pletcher
Cally
Corydon
T. Fletcher
Emery. Coltrain
Sam Proctor
Harry Swasick
Howard, Proctor's
Homer King
Bert Drake
Johnnie
Duane
Ea! Taylor
Lowell Roe
Mattie Pletcher
Doris Proctor
Arlene
Eva Maye Trelan
Community visits and family health notes in Centerville area
Centerville and nearby towns saw several family visits and social calls. Calvin Rumley underwent tonsil surgery and is recovering well while numerous residents including the Rumley, Moffatt, Crawley, Tomlin, Cox, and Walker families visited kin and friends in Centerville and Moravia over the past week.
Ice Cream Social and Visits Highlight Rural Social Scene
Blue Front Tha So and Sew club shared an ice cream supper at John Van Zante's Thursday evening. Several local families, including Mr and Mrs Joe Patch and children, and Mr and Mrs Roland Mertz, returned home to Waukesaw Wisconsin after visiting Homer Hamilton. Wanda Jones and Wilma Van Zante stayed with Rubye Hiatt on Wednesday into Thursday. Marve Lockman and Virgil Hopkins hosted at Unionville Iowa. Van Long attended a ball game in St Louis Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tha So and Sew Club
John van Zante
Joe Patch
Roland Mertz
Homer Hamilton
Waukesaw
Wisc
Wanda Jones
Wilma van Zante
Rubye Hiatt
Marve Lockman
Virgil Hopkins
Unionville
van Long
St. Louis
Weekend Visits and Family Gatherings Reported Across Albia
Brompton Misa Egrline Spencer spent the weekend with Wilma Boardman and others. Calvin Martin hosted dinner guest Feliz Sunday with several families. A picnic occurred at the Neff home and Clifton Boardman visited Clifford Boyer in Des Moines. John Scott home hosted a family reunion in Albia. Zelma Hopkins and Gus Johnson with family shared a Sunday evening at the M E Boardman home as thirty three neighbors attended a gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Egrline Spencer
cAlbia
Clifford Boyer
Des Moines
Henry Horn
Mir
John Fisher
Ben
John Scott
Abia
Stafford
Elwood Stafford
Zelma Hopkins
JemMys
Gus Johnson and Son
M. E. Boardman
Local Social Notes and Visitors Around Gaylord McDanel’s
Mrs Pollard hosted ice cream gathering last Wednesday evening. Various neighbors helped Mrs Honey Horn cook for threshers today. Ed Robinson and family visited Sunday with Stella Dillard near Springhill. Otis Stafford works at the Blakesburg restaurant. Elaine Smith visited recently with her niece. Several calls and visits throughout the week with the Wilson and Stocker families, plus a baby born to Francis King on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pollard
John
Risher
Mira
Chas
Homn
Nelle
Mra
Honey Horn
Ed Robinson
Apent
Mr. Robinson
Stella Dillard
Springhill
O. S. Miller
Albia
Otis Stafford
Harry Chichester
Blakesburg
O.G. Daviss
Elaine Smith
John Johnson
S. Fee
Pearl Jy Eugene
Smith
Larry
Patty
Anski
Alfee
Wilson
F. Wilson
Hicks Pabat
Dex Moines
Gaylord McDanel
Francia King
Dutch DuVall
Versal Stocker
Ottumwa
Everning
Thay
B. F. Wilson
Jim Davis
Gabe Johnson
Berniece
E. F. Wilson's
Francis King
Russell Scott
B.F. Wilson
Melvin, Stocker
Wilson's
Community Builds and Celebrations At Enon Family Homes
Fred Hammond and Tom Philby began a foundation at Guy Roberts’ house Thursday with neighbor help swelling to over fifty, followed by a cooperative dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts appreciate the aid as plastering and wallpapering progress. E G Sincox and others hosted birthdays and family dinners, including visits from Des Moines and New Sharon relatives. About 75 relatives and friends gathered Sunday for Mrs Curtis Tomlin’s birthday, with ice cream and cake, amid church and family greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hammond
Tom Philby
Guy Roberts
Keith Roberts
Janet
New Sharon
Howard Whisler
Werdice Doty
Harvey
U. S. Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
George
Miss Brown
Rock‘ford
Ill
iMr
Ellis
Robinson
Curtis Tomlin
Kenneth Free
Local social notes share Sunday visits and gatherings
Coulson and McDanes family plus Jackie visited Jim Cline. Riley Callen and others spent Sunday with Clarence Miller. Residents attended an ice cream social at Wesley Chapel Thursday. Francis Miller was in Iowa City recently. Callens and relatives hosted a birthday dinner for C. S. Callen’s 78th anniversary. Betty McDanel visited Herbert McDanes, Corydon visitors seen at Wesley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy McDanes
Jackie
Jim Cline
Riley Callen
Eddie
Reba
Glee
Dale
Clarence Miller
Wesley Chapel
Francis Miller
Iowa City
Lilly
Sylvia
Elsie ‘Callen
Maud Callen
Hiatt
Ernest Hiatt
R. E. Lane
Theo Miller
S. L. Conlaon
Bertha
Mabel
John Stevens
Cynthia Callen
Sherman Callen
Bessie of
Albial
C.S. Callen
Mr. Callen
Betty McDanel
Herbert McDanes
Jgattonnt
Wesley
Hedge College Visit Highlights Local Social Day
Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Main visited the O. G. Davia family Sunday afternoon. Des Moines visitors T. J. Luse and Jerry joined Gerald and G. E. Luse’s family for a Sunday gathering. Centerville shoppers included John Johannn and Mrs. G. E. Luse. A picnic and ice cream at E. F. Wilson’s brought together multiple local residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Johagnn
G. E. Luse
Satuday
E. F. Wilson
W. Wright
Dana
Wendell
Doretty Cloyed
Melvin. Stocker
FE. F. Wilson
Edna Dyphon
Larry
Patty Bishop
Darla Giltner
Atbie Call
Unionville Residents Share Weekend News and Accidents
Unionville residents report visits with relatives near Miller church and in Trenton. Mrs. Winifred McCarty suffered a serious leg gash from a basement fall after failing to switch on lights and received tetanus serum. Local scouts Doyle Wood and others earned honors at camp, while Arlene Paris sustained a severe toe injury later diagnosed as acute blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Underwood
Lorraine ‘Tadlock
Miller Church
P. H. Wood
Trenton
Winifred McCarty
N. L. Harrington
Land
Vera «Mae
Margaret Amy
Lloyd
Ransom
Maze V. Dukes
Lake
Wapello
Doyle Wood
Paul
Dean Harrington
Harold Cassill
Ash
Grove
Mike Dommer
George Boake
Parsons ’Ollege
Fairfield
Apent
Maggie McDonald
Arlene
Paris
Claud
Town
Aaron’ .Campbell
Campbell
Ted Campbell
Centerville
Oral Peters
Jas A. Wilson
Addie Argenbright
Fremont
Mia
Glenn Miller
Lois
Miller
Neice
Otsumwai
Scouta
Jes
Richard Marney
Louis Clark
Harry Clark
Local Visitors and Sunday Socials Highlight Urbana Notes
George Doty and family from Rockford Illinois visit relatives in Urbana and vicinity. Cora Coop and R A Faber host Friday gatherings with Othello Cary and families. W B McAlister's birthday celebrated at their home. Wednesday club members plan Lake Wapello picnic Sunday. Elmer Boyd of Corydon and nephew of Miles Miller were visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Doty
Verdine Doty
Geo
Doty
Rockford, Il
Cora Coop
Byiday
R. A. Faber
Othello Cary
White
Jacob Stocker
Max Chrngman
W.V. McAlister
R. B. McAlister
Lake Wapello
Elmer Boyd
Corydon
Boyd Isa
Miles Miller
Sunday Visitors Share Quiet Rural Outing
The Doty family spent Sunday visiting at Howard Whisler's Ardle Par and Aunt Ella Dona hoo were Sunday visitors at the Ben Coop home. Albert Coop and family were afternoon callers. Bisher and family and Henry Horn and family visited Mran Bisher's father in Albia. R A Faber and family were business callers in Centerville and Moulton. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doty
Howard
Whisler's
Ardle- Par
Ella Donahoo
Bén Coop
Albert Coop Ang
Sdoltm
Bisher
Henry
Horn
Mran Bisher
Albia
R. A. Faber
Centerville
Moulton
Appanoose County Board Proceeds on Road System Plan
The July 14 1939 adjourned session of the Appanoose County Board of Supervisors adopts a resolution to recommend to the State Highway Commission a secondary road system under House File No 114 Acts of the Forty-eighth General Assembly. The plan lists multiple county and local roads with townships and range descriptions spanning Moravia Unionville Udell Moulton Cincinnati Numa Jerome and Coal City among others and includes connections to primary routes and Missouri Line. The action frames financing from the Farm-to-Market Road Fund under state statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Forty-eighth
General Assembly
Forty-eighth General Assembly
State of
Iowa
Board of the
State Highway Commission
Appanoose ‘County
Moravia
Unionville
Davis County
Udell
Moulton
Missouri Line
Coatsville
Missouri
Coal City
EF Line
Cincinnati
Misour
Numa
Wayne County
Jerome
Towneship
Athenes Northugh Plano
Monro County
Wea
Walnut City
Mystiz
Monroe County
Vacation and salary actions by Appanoose County Board
The 1939 county proceedings record vacation approvals for Social Welfare Board staff including E M Mellrath and others with durations of twelve days at specified monthly rates. Also approved are salary certificates for Esther Deahl John Lawrence Marcell Johnson Lavena Azaline and Sherman West authorized to sign on behalf of Appanoose County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Appanoose County
Towa
Social Welfare Board
E. M. Mellrath
Chet Hyde
Paul Callen
Mary Rhodes
Sherman West
J. A. Hoover
Iowa
Board of Social Welfare of
Appanoose
Esther Deahl
John Lawrence
Marcell Johnson
Lavena
Azzaline
J. A Hoover H. Stamos Sherman West
Grace L. Ledinger
Around Iowa News Snippets of Accidents and Oddities
A Greene area teen Elmer Graham lost a toe when a horse stepped on his left foot. Near Leslie farmhand Joseph Cary, pierced by a fish fin embedded in his thumb for months, reports relief after the fin moved. Boone man B C Wulf advocates parking on railroad tracks to demolish an abandoned car. Knoxville teen Keith Jenkins survived a near scalp injury from a barn door while riding a calf. Crawford County burial of an unidentified transient from a freight train derailment, postmarked Sterling, ends with no clues or name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Graham
Near Greene
Elmer
Joseph Carry
Leslie
Corpus Christie
Texas
Mr. Cary
B. C. Wulf
Boone
Aeax
Keith Jenkins
Knoxville
Keith
Orin
Crawford
County
Sterling
Vin
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Fairview
Donar
Sanders
Warlene
Donald
Centwarville
Myrtle McMann
Calvin Rumley
Earl Foster
Mamnest
Saturay
Tom Hiatt
Minnie Moffatt
Hugh Crawley
Harry Rumley
Ray Tomlin
Will Moffatt
Lee
Emma Miller
Frank Cox
Calvin
Bernice
Edd Rumley
Laverne
Bonnie Lee Rumley
Jess. Walker
Harry
Laverne Rumley
Wayne Hinote
Harry Burmley
Bonnie Lee
Loren Walter
Brompton
Albia Rendering Co
Enon
Coulson
Mrs
Roy Niday
Hedge College
Urbana and Vicinity
Roead
Grace L. Bedinger
Attest, Grace L, Bedinger
Donald Doorn
John Puffatt
Strawberry Point
Puffett
Nevada
West Indian Creek Bridge
Leo Seigle
Chicago
Charles Dodge
Mamminga
Grundy Center
Reg Stuelke
Nashua
Dwight Smith
Lakota
Hart
Charles Cole
Adair District
Richard Grant
Fontanelle
Creston
G. A. Johnson
Near
Alta
South Africa
India
Hhe Chap
E. E. Grismore
Boyd Daniels
Adair
Logan
Ella Dungan
Turner Funeral
Ambulance Service
M. Patrick Gleason
Krapfel
Majestic Theatre
Brooks
Centerville Abstract Company
Town Trust & Savings Bank
James
Miles
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