Community Socials and Visits Across Ottumwa Area
A long list of Sunday to Monday gatherings spans Ottumwa and Des Moines areas, with multiple households hosting relatives and friends. Residents include the Dicks, Argo, Brown, Tarbell, McAninch, Thompson, Callen, Moore, and Swift families along with others, attending church events, 4-H shows, Farm Family Day, and visits to Cedar Rapids and Albia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nona Dicks
Clell Sheldon
Ottumwa
Charles Burnett
Verda Argo
Dick Brown
Des Moines
Dick Dunham
Sybil Argo
Mearl Dicks
Tude Argo
Nellie Thompson
Frank Tarbell
Theda Stevens
Vanchig Tarbell
Plan
Clara
Theresa. Brown
Gilbert
Richard Allen
Kenneth Free
Russell Brown
Lloyd Brown
Jim McAninch
Herbert Main
Danny Dunham
Don Polson
Verdi Argo
John McAninch
Connie
Max
Wesley Stevens
Denver
Colo
Freda Swift
Thelma
Jeffry Long
Richard Callen
Gary
Gilbert Callen
Don Whitehead
Wayne Christy
Pat Printy
River View Park
Ned Argo
Beryl
Kenny Brown
Wanda Benz
Earl Swift
Sally Jo
DeWayne Moore
Pearl Hiner
Cedar Rapids
Elbert Moore
JoAnn
Bill Moore
E. G. Clayton
Sigourney
Fern Cal
Pearl Dicks
Largest Livestock Show Planned at Iowa State Fair
Officials at the Iowa State Fair forecast a massive stock show opening August 24 with more than 8 000 horses cattle swine and sheep entered. The event offers over 138 000 in cash prizes and includes the National Hereford Show and National Shetland Bank Congress. About 1 900 4 H animals and 1 000 FFA stock head the junior entries with free public judging daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Cunningham
FFA
Cunningham
Iowa
Eliminate fly breeding spots for best control
Harold Gunderson extension entomologist at Town State College explains fly numbers on farms drop when eliminating breeding sites such as manure piles moist soil around water pipes and old hay piles. He notes sanitation plus periodic malathion or diazinon sprays curb emergent flies and urges ongoing control especially during fairs with live stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Gunderson
Town State College
Gunderson
Chariton Valley community notes highlight gatherings and notices
Centerville residents host and visit neighbors in a string of Friday to Sunday calls. Several families including Atwell, Sulser, Davison, Curtis, and Fenton share visits, 4 H activity, and church events. An ice cream social is planned at Chariton River Baptist church with no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Fenton
Todd Young
Joé Anagran
Centerville
Roy Sulser
Robert Scott
Betty Lou Taylor
Ralph, Tucker
Fred Hainline
Alicia
Chas. Cross
Harley Sulser
Kenneth Elgin
Duane Sulser
Eva Elgin
Norman Hamilton
Florene Atwell
Ivan Atwell
Michael Lee
Flossie Walker
Jané Robertson
Gay Lynn
Jean Curtis
Ncel Sulser
Bob Davison
Carters
Stephen
Helen Scott
Pat Printy
Bruce Martin
Elaine
Janice Kay Vickrey
Cleo Walker
Rex Peterson
Chariton River Baptist Church
Chariton Valley Ladies Aid
Irene Brandon
Bessie Fenton
Faye Fenton
Jesus
Faye
Gertie Atwell
Dean Brandon
Georgie Atwell
June Robertson
Laura Martin
Laura, Verge
Lois Martin
Jessie Elam
Ethel Lemley
Lou
Gertie
Flo
June
Even By Mrs 3 T VanDorin Rainy Week Social News
Rain totals reached two to three inches on Tuesday and Wednesday with lingering warmth and scattered showers on Monday. Local visits involve the VanDorins and Shaw families plus relatives traveling to Missouri Dallas and R S. 4 H activities pull in Monroe county fair prep as Dorothy VanDorin battles a lung cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. VanDorin
Leo VanDorin
Ira Shaw
Jon J. T. VanDorins
Lawrence Dommer
Mike
John Kelely
Missouri
Dallas
R. S
Rebecca Martin
Numa
Virgil Shephard
Bonella Followwill
Seymour
Harold Hawk
Frank Wren
Stephen
Vance’s
Dorothy Vance
Monroe County
J.T. VanDorin
Iowa Per Capita Income Up 7 Percent in 1955
Iowa per capita effective buying income rose 7 percent in 1955, to 1591 dollars, exceeding the national 3 percent gain. Sales Management notes Iowa led the West North Central group and ranks above Texas and Oklahoma in 20-state western region. Top counties include Polk, Scott, Linn, Black Hawk, Woodbury, Johnson, Emmet, Buena Vista, Ida, Cerro Gordo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Development Commission
Sales Management Magazine
West North Central
Commission
Mississippi
Regular meeting time and place notice
Time and place set for the regular meeting noting it will be held on the third Monday night of each month at the secretary's office or the school building.
Moravia School Aims To Develop Pupils’ Faculties
The Moravia school system administration outlines objectives to raise each pupil’s mental facilities to the highest attainable level, enhance physical development, improve ability to communicate knowledge and personality, and orient and guide the student body and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Moravia Public Schools Faculty Directory Summary
Moravia Public Schools lists administrators and a large teaching staff with degrees from Iowa, Simpson, Drake and Missouri. Names include A R Fenton superintendent with 28 years in education, Gail Tuttle English and Speech, Arlene Rinehart homemaking, C W Craver math and science, Bernie Dean Valentine vocational agriculture, Clarence Sheldon social studies, William Carr coach, Jean Ann Whicker commercial, Robert G Sloan music, James Fish eighth grade, Rena Duff seventh grade, and student teachers from Centerville Junior College Drake University and Northwest Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernie Dean Valentine
University of Missouri
Clarence Sheldon
Jean Ann Whicker
Robert G. Sloan
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Des Moines Register
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The
Moravia Union
E. N. Catterlin
Optometrist
Moore
Fairview
Hilton Church
Sas
Foster School
Monroe County Shed Road
Monroe Township
Davis County
Grand Ole Opry
Ferlin Huskey
Pate Stimper
Woodsy Jackson
Cowboy Copas
Mitchell Yorok
Chariton Valley
Thatcor
Ralph
3. T. VanDorin
Iowa Farm Mutual Auto
Farm Protector
Gall
Bryan Hart
Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Mutual Lely Insurance
BES Peer Core Pacts Company
Prony
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Moravia Public Schools
Firkins
George
Smith
Merle Stet
Panuavesneeeeseee
Tomlin
Curtis
Eve Reeseurarriesise Etasansa Johnson
M. EH
Dan Mihalovich
Coulson
C. C
McFatridge
Rowena
Waseereesenysate
A. R. Fenton
Des Moines University
State University of Iowa
Gail Tuttle
Simpson College
University of Iowa, Extension
Aelene Rinehart
Southwest Missouri State Teachers College
C. W. Craver
Iowa Wesleyan
Iowa State College
William Carr
James Fish
Centerville Junior College
Northwest
Missouri State Teachers College
Rena Duff
Cleo Stansberry
Iowa State Teachers College
Madelyn Rose
Drake University
Elizabeth Bowdish
Genevieve Morgan
University of Colorado
University of South Dakota
Opal Deedrick
Northwest Missouri State Teachers College
Othaled Martin
Marjorie Coulson
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
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