Local social notes from Brompton by Mra Boardman era
Sunday visits stretch across Brompton and nearby towns with the Boardman family hosting and various relatives dropping by. Eva Billings and daughter Janella Maxine arrive from Des Moines, Wilma Boardman visits from Newton and Max McCoy spends Sunday with the Hurliman and DeLong households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
M. EH. Boardman
W. A. Wilson
J. E. Robinson
Eva L. Billings
Janella Maxine
M. E. Boardman
Pame
Unionville Ladies Aid Hostess Dinner Near Miss Essie Whisler
Unionville residents gathered for a Baptist Ladies Aid cooperativ e dinner with twenty six attendees. Gweneth Purdum visits Ralph Mickels in Moulton while P E More helps with threshers. Local folks travel to Centerville for events and visits from Ottumwa and nearby towns. Geraldine Harrington shines in Shangri La Queen crowning as Centerville crowds attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essie Whisler
W. C. Miller
Baptist Ladies Aid
Gweneth Purdum
Ralph Mickels
Moulton
P. E. More
Ellis Wagner
J. W. Proctor
Zell Hiatt
Catherine
Centerville
Pearl Wood
Ottumwell
Geraldine Harrington
William Morrison
Ottumward
W. R. Elder
W. A. Elder
Spencer King
Community Socials and Visit Updates
Coulson and Mrs Hiatt family hosted Tuesday evening at H L Hiltons. Virginia Hiatt visited Beverly Fischer Ernest Hiatt and Virginia. Sunday School party attended by Perry Mickels and family at George Turnens. Strunk boys threshing this week. Theo Miller and Frank Chambers hosted Sunday. Stufflebeams visited Fuger home. Sunday picnic at Centerville park with about 18 attendees. Virginia Robert Sandra helped supervise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Hiatt
Karl Fischer
Beverly
Kirline
Meder Dinan
H. L. Hilton
Virginia Hiatt
Beverly Fischer
Virginia
Robert
Sandra
Sylvia Callen
George Turnen
Perry Mickels
Kirksville
Mickels
Community Notes From Udell Area Residents
Hedge College By Mrs T J Luse visits and social calls fill the Udell area as families from Udell Albia and Ottumwa stop by homes. Chicago visitors join local residents with many calls at the Luse Horn and Wright homes and funeral attendance for Chance Savely.
Main Station Society Notes Reflect Weekend Visits
Attendance at Sunday School and church reached 69. The McDanel family spent Sunday at the Lee Johnson home. Clyde Gladfelder and Darlene visited T H Philby’s with Shaeffer Cernicky Pat Lynch and Carl Shaeffer of Chicago. Willie McDanes called on Bunda with Sufficool. Granitt reunion at Centerville park. Frank Gladfelder and sons visited Chriss Bogart’s. Victor Mastin and daughter spent a few days at George Hiatt’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Gladfelder
Lloyd McDanel
Lee Johnson
Clyde Gladfelder
Darlene
T. H. Philby
Shaeffer
Ed. Cernicky
Charles
Pat Lynch
Carl Shaeffer
Chicago
Willie McDanes
Bunda
O. B. Sufficool
Trenton Gladfelder
Granitt
Centerville Park
Frank Gladfelder
Chriss. Bogart
Victor Mastin
George Hiatt
Unimportant Cogitations Byernet Faber and Iowa musings
The author riffs about squirrels in Iowa and corn theft, memory of Old Pet’s nests in trees, and Red bridge and Red gate lore. He notes a quiet house, harvest chores, and a Friday morning of cogitation before the Monday mail, with lonesome September days ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pet
Rover the Collie
Red Bridge
Washington
Iowa
Rain causes creeks to overflow and delays threshing in county
In Monday rain, creeks rose over banks delaying threshing. Local residents visited relatives in Des Moines and Moravia, with gatherings at Boyer and Kaster homes. An obituary for Chance M Savely notes birth in 1888, marriage in 1912, auto accident in 1940, and multiple survivors. Card of thanks from Pearl Savely. Also mentions agricultural notes on pressure cookers, straw loft cooling, hybrid corn adoption, and August fire risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chance M. Savely
Alexander
Emma Jane Lavely
Wayne County
Moravia
Pearl Mounts
Omega News From Albia A Family Reunion Highlight
The annual Lockman reunion drew 85 attendees at Albia City Park on Sunday. Local farmers report record dairy production this year while families visit relatives in Albia Des Moines Moravia Ottumwa Davenport and Ottumwa тұр.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella E. Lockman
Homer King
Cecil
Raula Lockman
Phyllis Lockman
Mary Anderson
Eugene Tubsaugh
Kenneth Free
Horace Rushing
Earnest Weat
Francis King
Davenport
Lockman
Albia City Park
Community Visits Highlight Weekend Gatherings
Grandson and Mrs Victor Mastin and daughter spent Sunday at the Turner home. Mr and Mrs Lyn Hilton and Mr and Mrs Trenton Gladfelder spent Monday at the Clyde Gladfelder. Mina Luse of Centerville spent a few days at Cody Luge's home. Grover Easter hosted Sunday guests including Mr and Mrs Earl Exline and family, Mr and Mrs Leslie Elledge and daughter, and Arlene Kaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jean Foster
Ira Boyer
Des’ Moines
Harry Pearson
Clifford Pfannebecker
Averil Kaster
Irene Moffitt
Walter Forbes
Lloyd Davison
Belle Whicker
Bethel Davison
Allie Boyer
Lola
Ida Buck
Olin Foster Home
Forest Moffitt
Walter Messener
Mary Louise
Donna Jean
John, McDanel
Philip Morris
Versil Kaster
Patty
Virgil Kaster
Victor Mastin
Turner
Lyn Hilton
Trenton Gladfelder
Clyde Gladfelder
Mina Luse
Centerville
Cody Luge
Grover Easter Home
Earl Exline
Leslie Elledge
Arlene Kaster
New Hope Listings of Local Visits and Gatherings
Ot sumwa hosts welcomed Mr and Mrs Keith Rose for supper. Several families including the Harsh and Main households visited, a pink and blue shower honored Judith Ann Ballew in Mol ton, and many attended gatherings at Hiatt Donovan Turner and Wood homes. Mrs Callen suffered a heart attack but is resting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Donovan
Keith Rose
Ot ¢Sumwa
Ivan Harsh
Russell Main
J. F. Chambers
Judith Ann Ballew
George Ballew
Macon
Richard Ballew
Moulton
Mrs. Chambers
Marybeth
Jimmy Turner
Ann Pettibone
Martha Hiatt
Frank Hiatt
W. H. Callen
Centerville
W. EB. Donovan
Frank Chambers
Roy Scott
Ville Park
George Turner
Charles Burton
Junior Donovan
Judy
Bloomfield
John Wood
Dickie
Lynda Kay
Donovan
Gerald Hunter
Blakesburg
Everett Wynes
Asia
Lute Hiatt
Charles Burton l
Tyan Harsh
Scout Troop 40 Heads to Lake Wanpelle Camp
Scout Bugle notes Troop 40 departs Thursday under Scoutmaster supervision for a two day one night stay at Lake Wanpelle Boy Scout camp. Other Southern Town district troops have camped there recently under the class A system. this week offers class B where boys cook their own meals. The column promises more camp details next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scoutmaater
Lake Wanpelle
Boy Scout
Local residents share Sunday gatherings and services
Mrs. George Howell and Clyde and Alfred near Mystic visited. Mr and Mrs Karl Fischer and family spent Sunday evening at Loyd Carter’s home. Frank Hiatt attended funeral services for Chance Lavely in Moravia Sunday afternoon. Dickie Wood of Albia is spending the week at his grandfather Donovan’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Reid, Jr
Newton
George
Reid
Wilma Boardman
Des Moines
BE. F. Boardman
Max McCoy
Sam Hurliman
Unionville
J.B. Stafford
Charley DeLong
Ed Robinson
Roscoe Bailey
Ottumwa
M. E. Boardman
Homer King
Claude Hawk
T. J. Luse
Wendell Murdy
John
David
Lester Murdy
Udell
Emil Halden
Kathleen
Roma Bradle
Chicago
Jess Baker
Moravia
von Tracy
Jerry
Guse Luse
Mangle
Moulton
Clarence Horn
Fern Wright James
Charles Fulton and Son
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles Laws
Oren Davis
Chance Savely
Savely
Milo
Morrell
Harold Davis
Gaylord McDanel
M. E. McDanel
Lester Strunk
Ralph Davis
Bert Suse
Milo Shaeffer
Edward Cernickey
Charles
Patrick Lynch
Patrick
Linda
Carl Shaeffer
Ill
Luse
U. S. Mangle
Jeff Patrick
Calera
Albia
Arthur Mangle
George Howell
Clyde
Alfred
Mystic
Karl Fischer
Loyd Carter
Frank Hiatt
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Appanoose County
Wayne Pitman Davia
Brompton
Coulson
Clark
Hedge College
THE
Moravia Union
Byrnet Faber
Wallace
Sand Island
Dale Lester Peters
Breckenridge
Michigan
Treasury Department
Boyer Ridge
Mrs. Pearl Savely
Omega
James L. Gray
Sooth
16Th Street
Gleason
Ames
Frank Swaim Morayia
Roland
Harold Lloyd
Ikupert
Syd
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