Community notices from a Iowa area Sundays gatherings
Betty Jean Foster and many families share Sunday visits and birthday ice cream at multiple homes. People travel between Rock Island Des Moines Muscatine and local farms for meals, Easter gatherings, and holiday questions. Names include McDanel Moffitt Boyer Kaster Oehler Davison and Sufficool with frequent home visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jean Foster
Kenneth McDanel
Inper Terry
Ichard Goughnor
Harry Pearson
Des Moines
Averill Kaster
Dixie Kay Oehler
James Benge
Vorsil Kaster
Charles Broshar
John Clark
Ramona
Roberta
Norma
Rockford
James Kaster
Phyllis Lockman
Earl Boyer
Ira Boyer
Ira
Moffitt
John McDanes
Henry Welsh
Muscatine
Fay Paxston
Dale
Milo Walker
Frank O'Conner
Bethal Davison
Lloyd Davison
F. A. Boyer
Oral Boyer
F. B. Moffitt
Delmont Moffitt
Pearlie Boyer
Carl Boyer
Kenneth O'Conner
F. E. Moffitt
Bob
Leon Burns
Dames
Virgil Kaster
Versil Kaster
John Sufficool
Merline Clark
Mya
Nancy Moffitt
Roy Hiatt
F. B
Local Social Roundup From Salem and Surroundings
Salem notes recount visits and gatherings across Albia Red Oak and Lenox including Mr and Mrs Horton Potts Mrs Nellie Haines Mrs Maude Whitehead Dell Hellyer Argo Jennings and Tisue families. John Butler 86 year old Lenox resident keeps busy painting his entire house this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Butler
Lenox
Seventeen Line Community Social Roundup
Lola Boyer notes a string of visits and gatherings across the community. Families including Burns, Boyer, Hilton, Hiatt, Harsh and Hiatt share meals, birthdays, picnics, and church activities at homes in Centerville and Moravia, with references to threshing, ice cream socials, and Bible school events. The raffish roster lists many neighbors and family groups attending events from Thursday through Sunday, highlighting local social life and kinship networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Boyer
Obe Burns
Glen Burns
Russell Burns
Tom Workman
Allie Boyer
Leon Burns
Gene Cox
Russell Thresh
John Main
Joyce Long
Lyn Hilton
Bill Reeves
William Hilton
Doyle Hampton
S. Townsend
Charlene Welton
Baby
Willie McDanes
Karl Fischer
Eli Hiatt
Gertie Boyer
John
Bilal
Hiatt
Walter Phillips
James Hiatt
Eneil Hiatt
Keith Phillips
Norma
Elmer Hiatt
Wesley Chapel
Kinser Valley News Notes in Albia Area
Kinser Valley reports show Henry Sytsma visiting Zell Wilson family and taking a dinner with them. Ted Campbell drove a cow to Centerville. Ervin Long and John Visser were among visitors. Hawks baled alfalfa. Ben Adams searched cattle. John Robinson visited with his sister. No Foster school teacher yet. shoats loaded. rain is still needed to aid corn and soybeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sytsma
Zell Wilson
Ted Campbell
Centerville
Ervin Long
Ben Alems
Frida
John Robinson
Fosterschool
John Visser
Ed Boland
New Hope Notes From Sunday Visits And Travel
Duane spent Sunday after services at Will Miller’s. Roy Scott and Nancy Jo Moffitt visited F J Moffitt’s. Nancy Jo will stay with her grandfather Scott and attend Bible school at Wesley Chapel. Margaret Burton returned from Des Moines Sunday evening. Children spent Thursday at Matt Watts’. Charles Burton returned from Kirksville Missouri where his mother is in Laughlin hospital. Mary Frances Herron entered St Joseph’s hospital in Centerville for treatment and received a blood transfusion Sunday. Mr and Mrs Don Pettibone and family visited Bert Meadows. Mr and Mrs Prank Chambers spent Sunday with neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hiatt
U. S. Iatt
L. B. Hawes
Roy Scott
Lulu Burton
Burton Margaret
John
Charlies
Burton
Centerville Park
Ivan Harsh
Betty Lou Harsh
Harsh
Des Moines
Mary Coffin
Ted Campbell
W. E. Donovan
Carl Coffin
Duane
Forest Jacobs
Winifred
Lester
Kenneth Hawes
Wesley Chapel
Will Miller
F. J. Moffitt
Nancy Jo Moffitt
Moffitt
Scott
Margaret Burton
Matt Watts
Charles Burton
Kirksville
Laughlin Hospital
Mary Frances Herron
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Centerville
Don Pettibone
Bert Meadows
Prank Chambers
James Wood
Floyd Wood
Net Tuttle
Kansas City
Dickie Koehler
Frank Heckman
Frederick Koehler
May Wilson
Cecil Tadlock
Kenny
Dave Coyler
Harvey Andrews
Harvey Junior
Charles William
H Andrews
John Tadlock
Ray Tubaugh
Donna
Lee ‘Adlock
Russell Tubaugh
Ottumwa
David McCarty
Oral Boyer
Keith Wood
Richard Hopkins
Charles William Andrews
Hedge College By Mrs T J Luse And Neighbors
Tuesday morning at the Carl Cloyed home followed by a series of calls to farms northwest of town and at the James Moore and daughters. Several from the community attended the Ed Main sale Friday and visits continued through Saturday with Milo Main and Charles Fulton homes. Sunday guests included T J Luse’s dinner with Claude Hawk family and the Shapard home near Sam Shapard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Luse
Jonn
Jonnson
U. S. Mangle
Jeff Patrick
Albia
T. J. Luge
Jerry
Harold Mason
Richard
James Moore
QO. G. Davis
Milo Main
Goss Luse
Gerald
Charles Fulton
Wendell Murdy and Sons
Claude Hawk
Carolyn
T. J. Luses
Wendell Murdy
John
David
Sam Shapard
Emil Halden
Gus Luse
Vess Hiatt
Antique gold pin found with Michigan 1837 marks
Mrs Birtus Copley of Grundy Center found a solid gold pin featuring the University of Michigan 1837 date and inscriptions William Arnold Ann Arbor while gardening. The pin, in perfect condition, raises questions about how it came to be on the lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birtus Copley
Grundy Center
University of Michigan
William Arnold
Ann Arbor
Copleys
Lucky And Unlucky Tractor Overturn Near Waverly
Ray Phelps of near Waverly was the underneath man when his tractor overturned. Neighbors fought the machine and rescued Phelps. Neither Phelps nor the tractor was harmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Phelps
Near Waverly
Phelps
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