Seventeen Line social notices from Centerville area
A busy list of visits and gatherings across Centerville and nearby homes. Names include the Boyer, Burns, Weston, Workman, Stevens, Hiatt, Tomlin, McDonald, Burns, Buck, Mitchel, Liley, Ransom, Davison, Hilton, Carter, and others with events from Sunday dinners to ice cream suppers and threshers’ cooking sessions. A highway truck fire incident near Highway 80 was noted with the Centerville fire department responding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Boyer
Allie Boyer
Olin Foster
Betty Jean
Rex
Mra
Leon Burns
Paul Dean
Karen Kay
Russell Burne
Charlene
Jimmie
David Weston
Larry
Tom Workman
Russell Burns
Glen Burns
Charlene Burns
Lola
Forrest Méride Home
Carl
Paul
John Stevens
Hli Hiatt
Gertie Boyer
Carl Tomlin
Ida Buck
Centerville
Russell
Lewis Mitchel
Clarence Liley
Clyde MaDonald
Floyd Ransom
Clyde McDonald
Eneil Hiatt
John , Main
Glen Burna
Maurice Cox
Willis McDanes
Lyn Hilton
Lloyd Davison
Roy Hiatt
Mr. Streepy
Loyd Carter
Encil Hiatt
Centerville Park Sunay
Centerville and area social notes and threshers cook hoists
Salem by Hazel Hellyer records a busy run of Centerville area social visits and gatherings. Relatives care for Mrs. Ella Tisue who is seriously ill. Several households helped with threshers at Denny Argo and A E Derby homes. Visitors include McKern Longs Jennings and Whitehead families. James Nash visited Ames earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Hellyer
Ella Platt
Faye
Lewis Main
Guy McKern
LeRoy Brown
Newton Long
Jean
Robert Jennings
Charlan
Edward McCord
Dell
Clark Hellyer
Centerville
Ella Tisue
Dell Hellyer
Hazel
Denny Argo
Jessadina Laws
Carrie Turner
Ed Turner
Ted Teater
Theola
Elbert Perry
Norma Zimmer
Earl Main
Knoxville
Raymond Perry
Gary
A. E. Derby
Charles
Roscoe Argo
Clarence Whites Head
Horton Potts
Raymond Perry Gary
Toad Brown
Albia
James Nash
Ames
Tme
Sunday Gatherings Mark Local Birthdays and Visits
Attendance at Sunday School was 46. Families including Mr and Mrs Robert Foster and daughters Mr and Mrs J P Foster and Hezel McKern celebrated Mrs Broshar and Robert Foster birthday at Ted Broshar home. Several attended John Hutton funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Foster
J. P. Foster
Hezel McKern
Ted Broshar
Gertie Boyer
Carl Tomlin
Frank Gladfelder
Clyde Gladfelder
Ray Harrison
Nola Callen
Centerville
Ronald Woodward
Karen
Keith Gladfelder
Cody Luse
Codyne
Rochester
Social Round of T J Luse and Kin Guests
Virginia Gibbons called Monday night at the T J Luse home. John William Johnson visited his parents Tuesday. Scout camp at Lake Wapello last week. Numerous callers and guests gathered at the Luse, Johnson, and Davis homes Sunday and throughout the week, including the Rogers reunion at Moulton and nearby dinners and outings with families from Albia, Centerville, Blakesburg, Hartford, and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Luse
Virginia Gibbons
John William Johnson
Merchant Marine
John Johnson
Richard McDanel
Lake Wapello
Cecil Coulson
Harold Mason
Richard
T. J. Luge
Guy Jones
Horton
Potts
Guss Luse
Gerald
Albin
O. G. Davis
U. S. Mangle
Jeff
Patrick
Jerry
Wendell Murdy
John
Moulton
David
Ben Jones
Mangle
Jeff Patrick
Cass Hamilton
Ella Tisue
Virgil Easter
Dale
Harold Davis
Blakesburg
Russell Davis
Hartford
G. Davis
Davis
E.' Hawk
Claude Hawk
Harold Hawk
Jeanne
Carl Cloyed
New Hope News Notes and Visits
Marybeth Turner traveled to Des Moines for a week with relatives while Nancy Jo Moffitt visited the George Scott home. Numerous local folk attended quilting with a sunshine basket for Mrs. Frances Burton. Several families hosted and visited friends across Centerville, Moulton, Oskaloosa, Kirksville, and Norman, Oklahoma, as travelers and guests during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
W. E. Donovan
Marybeth Turner
Des Moines
Nancy Jo Moffitt
George Scott
Scott
Archie Martin
Navy
Norman
Okla
Elsia Martin
W.S.C
Pearl Scott
Frances Burton
Ivan Harsh
Centerville
Paul Callen
Frank Chambers
Billy McDanel
Martin
Kirksville
Laughlin Hospital
Era Faye Jacobs
Hattie Hixon
Frank Hiatt
Oskaloosa
Elmer Phillips
Russell Warner
Bessie Neff
A. Burton
Matt Watta
Billy Hargh
Frank Turner
Chicago
Mia
Dick Wilson
Moulton
Richard Batlew
Archie W. Martin
Otha Lee Duvell
Elsie Martin
Loyd Carter
Virginia
Bobby
James Herron
Delmont Moffitt
Lester Stewart
Cheater Stewart
Nancy
Dess White
John Wood
Donovan
Marianne
Roy Scott
Charles Coffin
Unionville News Roundup of Local Marriages and Wounded Soldier
Unionville sources report Pvt. Gerald Irelan wounded in action in France on July 17 per a War Department telegram to his wife Mrs. Writa Irelan. The Jul 1 wedding at Mrs. Ernest Stufflebeam’s home united Miss Doris Lewman and Earl Morrison with Rev. James A. Walls presiding. The groom serves with the merchant marine and headed to New York after the ceremony. Nearby residents and relatives are noted in brief visits, leave from Fort Knox, and family travels, including Pett. Thelmar Montgomery, and The rest of the community interactions are listed with relatives in Ottumwa, Chicago, Cedar Rapids, and St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essie Whisler
Gerald Irelan
France
Writa Irelan
Misa Doris Lewman
van W. Lewman
Earl Morrison
John Morrison
Ernest Stufflebeam
James A. Walls
Bridagroom
Merchant Marine
New ‘York
P. E. More
Agnes
Maynard More
Ottumwa
William Morrison
Easie Whisler
Chicago
Agnes More
Fort Knox
John Hawk
Camp Davis
N. C
Vernor Hawk
LaRue Morrison
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Montgomery
Kansas City
Pvt
Thelmar Montgomery
Dorothy West
Livonia
J. M. Dudley
P. A. Bair
Centerville
Mtr
J. W. Proctor
Glen Veitch
St. Louis
Junele
P. L. Veitch
Funeral and social visit notes from Boyer Ridge area
Community members attend John Hutton funeral at Main Station. Various residents travel or visit relatives in Muscatine Rock Island and Fairfield. Many share meals, birthdays, and gatherings at neighbors homes including Boyer, Easter, Moffitt and Whicker families.
Local visits mark a social week in town
James Kaster hosted Sunday morning guests as Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gillis and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gillis and their baby joined. Sunday afternoon saw Mrs. Clara Morrison and others at the A Boyer home. A dinner for Pvt. Oxman Whicker occurred at the Earl Espy home with family. Saturday night guests included Mrs. Wanda Oehler and Dixie Kay with Paul at Mrs. June Pfannebecker’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jean Foster
John Hutton
Main Station
Trene Moffitt
Muscatine
Ira Boyer
F. A. Boyer
William Whicker
Tone Scott
Kenneth O’conner
Frank O'Conner
Frank O’conner
Henry Foster
Olin Foster
Jeraldine
Phyllis Kaster
James Kaster
Rex Foster
Dean Tomlin
Ivan Moffitt
F. E. Moffitt
Wanda Oehler
Rock Island
Ill
Averill Easter
Donald Houser
Versil
Manson
Ernie McGuire
Fairfield
Lloyd Davison
Roy Hiatt
June Pfannebecker
Averil Easter
Phyllis Lockman
Anup Heal
Olin Foster Home
J. W. Whicker
Harry Gillis
Norman Gillis
J Baby
Maple Grove Social Notes From Tadlock Family
Imogene Tadlock records a string of visits and gatherings in Maple Grove. Kenneth Coltrain, Rodger Gideon, Bert Arnold, Grant Tadlock and Harry Felton Jr. host and attend meals with family members and friends, including Joan and Janice Gideon, Venetah Andrews, and Mee Walter Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imogene Tadlock
Kenneth Coltrain
Rodger Gideon
Bert Arnold
Grant Tadlock
Harry Felton, Jr
Gideon
Joan
Janice
Lois
Centerville
Udell Route 1 By Emma Ray Miller
Calvin Rumley of Des Moines spent a two week vacation with his parents and grandfather. The writer spent the past week with her daughter and family and they visited at the Will Moffatt home. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Harry Rumley and Calvin Bonnie Burness Douglas and Emma Ray Miller and Pfc Floyd Moffatt on furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottis Crow
Centerville
Elmer Pennington
Des Moines
Carl Coffin
Donovan
John Wood
William Junior Donovan
Yule
Ariz
Eph Wilson
Dick Wilson
Edna Dyphon
Woodward
Loyd Carter
Harley Vinzant
Roy Scott
Duane
Wilbur Miller
Frank’ ‘Turner
Tillman Stocker
Albia
Emma Ray Miller
Calvin Rumley
Harry Rumley
Edd Rumley
Hart Rumley
Will
Dés Moines
Leonard Watkins
Joan
Barbara Barton
Costsville
Udell
Glen Clancy
Edd Rumsey
Coner Sanders
Norlene
Donald
Moravian
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