Pensions Debate at Des Moines Democratic National Meet
John Valentine opposed pledging $40 monthly old age pensions at the state convention in Des Moines. The piece critiques politicians promising pensions beyond budget, praises Governor Wilson for economy, notes pension promises amid rising applications and lower mortality, and warns against magic government funding. It concludes Valentine has begun avoiding such promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Valentine
Des Moines
Platform Committee
Democratic Party
George Wilson
Wilson
Mr. Valentine
Rainy weekend brings Salem crowds to Centerville kin
Salem notes a busy Saturday as many Centerville residents visit with the Gladfelder and Hellyer families. The long list includes Raymond and Perry households, Whiteheads, Longs, Nashs, McKerns, Hellyers, Tarrs, and others visiting or hosting. Several relatives travel from Knoxville and Canada for reunions and dinners, with gatherings at Newton Long, Fred Tarr, and Edward McCord homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Raymond Parry
Gary
Leonard Perry
Bennie
Ruby Whitehead
Newton Long
Jean
Elbert Perry
Guy McKern
Dell
Hazel
George Hellyer
Bert Nash
Earl Main
Knoxville
Jess Gladfelder
Hazel Hellyer
Dora Hellyer
Clyde Gladfelder
Hannah Gladfelder
Mine Luge
Raymond Perry
Fred Shellon
Burton Tarr
New York
Mildred Tarr McLennan
Canada
Fred Tarr
Bert Rinehart
Frank Rinehart
Emma Haver
Dell Hellyer
F. A. Thompson
Wayne
Carrie Turner
Edward McCord
Ted Teaters
Theola
Clarence Teater
Hall Hensley
Robert Jennings
Charles
Roacoe Argo
Ruby Hiatt
Carl Dicks
Donald Nazh
Clark Hellyer
Local notes from Urbana and vicinity
Mrs. Lloyd Stocker and baby returned from Iowa City and stay at the Carl Coop home. Jas Williams visits family amid rumors of new additions. Ethel Roberts, Jennie VanCleave and Marie stop at R A Faber home enroute to Albia. W V McAlister and children visit Faber home. H Robinson visits McAlister. John Fisher improves, barn painting underway, Ottis Davis painting, Townsend family visiting from eastern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Stocker
Baby
Iowa City
Carl Coop
Jas. Williams
Jim
Ethel Roberts
Jennie VanCleave
Marie
R. A. Faber
Albia
Katie Miller
W. V. McAlister
R. A. ‘Faber
H. Robinson
John Fisher
R. A. Faber and Sons
Moulton
Ottis Davis
Ray Townsend
Family guests travel far for a brief visit in Unionville
A Northeast Iowa item notes several relatives from Kansas, Illinois, and Indiana staying with their nephew in Unionville over the weekend. The column mentions a proverb about the longest route home and records their 8 mile trip into town on Saturday evening. The families include Ervil and Erwin Shepard of Donquoin Kansas and Seymour Illinois, with Mrs C A Carter of Wellington Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville
Iowa
iIt
Ervil Shephard
Donquoin, Kana
Erwin Shephard, Jr
Harper, Kans
C. A. Carter
Wellington, Kang
N. M. Shephard
Seymour, Is
Funeral abroad as relatives attend in Breckenridge
A large kin group including Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy and Mr. and Mrs. Bowers attended the funeral of Stagner in Breckenridge Missouri. No Methodist church service this Sunday due to the Riggs Grove Sunday School picnic a union service will be held there. James A Wilson and wife left for a two week vacation delayed by a week. LaVern Cox returned home from Des Moines camp sidelined by an ailment. C E Brown of Des Moines visited Max Brown and family and Miss Margaret Davis. Cox also visited Ottumwa. Ida Cox and sons Donald and Buddy visited Albert Myers in Eldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Tweedy
H. M. Bowers
John Terrence
Bunch
Brekenridge
Bowers
Stagner
Methodist
Riggs Grove
Jas. A. Wilson
LaVern Cox
Des Moines
C. E. Brown
Max Brown
Margaret Davis
Delores
Cox
Ottumwa
Ida Cox
Donald
Buddy
Albert Myers
Eldon
Rainy day notes and social calls in Bethel area
The page records a string of social visits and daily routines in Bethel and nearby. Residents including James Hilton, Francis Miller, Bethel Coulson, Edith Hiatt, Gertie Boyer, Roma Tomlin, Ernie Tucker, Neza Hiatt, Clyde and Josephine McDonald, Wayne Hiatt, and many Hiatt relatives share Sunday and Thursday calls, family visits, and weather disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hilton
Francis Miller
Bethel Coulson
Edith Hiatt
Gertie Boyer Ig
Roma Tomlin
Ernie Tucker
Theo Miler
Neza Hiatt
Ladies Aid
Clyde
Josephine McDonald
George and
Ilene McDonald
Wayne Hiatt
Ben ‘White
Bill Taylor
Bethel
Rufus Coulson
Mrs. Phillips
Clyde McDonald
Olin Foster
Lola Boyer
Doris
Verle Bell
Edrie Callen
Harry Phillips
Roy Sweetman
Ernest Hiatt
Lyn Hilton
J. W. McDanel
Lloyd McDanel
Herbert McDanel
Guy McDanel
Elmer
Norma Hiatt
James Hiatt
Esther Hiatt
John
Ella Hiatt
Budget Hearing Notice for Appanoose County Iowa
The Board of Supervisors of Appanoose County Iowa will meet on August 26 1940 at 10 a m at the Courthouse Centerville Iowa Taxpayers will be heard for or against the following estimate of expenditures Grace L Bedinger County Auditor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Appanoose County
Iowa
Centerville
Grace L. Bedinger
Unimportant Cogitations From a Hot Summer Day
A reader confesses crankiness about heat and garden nuisances while noting pleasant weather, scarce pests, and tasks like canning beans and tomatoes. She contemplates green tomato and cabbage relish and mutters about worms, cabbage heads, and a seasonal appetite for better nature.
Yellow tomatoes haunt the garden and town notes
A rambling column mixes home canning of yellow tomatoes with digressions about farm chores and walks. The writer mentions green tomatoes, boiled eggs, and relishes while listing a long string of local visits, callers, and neighbors in Centerville and nearby towns.
Local residents spend weekend in Albia Centerville and nearby
Hazel College figures Willie VanDorin and family, Bo Johnson and Henry Sytsma led Albia on Saturday. Wendell Cloyed and the Caster boys, Sylvan VanDorin and Kenneth Johnson enjoyed the Centerville gathering. Mrs. Harry DuVall visited Mrs. Amy Clough on Wednesday. Lester Pollard stayed with his mother Ollie Pollard, Dorin Wailes and family, Jaquetta Weston, and Marion Fenger of Centerville. Kenneth Johnson and Clair Sincox visited Grant Sincox home, Marjorie VanDorin was in Albia with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie VanDorin
Bo Johnson
Henry Sytsma
Albia
Wendell Cloyed
Sylvan VanDorin
Kenneth Johnson
Centerville
Harry DuVall
Amy Clough
Lester Pollard
Ollie Pollard
Dorin Wailes
Jaquetta Weston
Marion Fenger
Kenneth Free
E. G. Sincox
Clair Sincox
Grant Sincox
Marjorie VanDorin
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Moravia Union
Moravia
Congress
Finley McGrew
Ag Sese Ata
Salem
M. Patrick Gleason
Krapfel
Mereatic
Peelsery
Brooks
Urbana and Vicinity
Mrs. McGrew
Imore
Soap Creek
Wayside
Bonnie Lou Norton
Moline
Chicago
Mary Deviiston
Della
Dora Norton
W. B. Coulson
Wm. Norton
Marvin Hertford
Woodrow Norton
Paul Kincade
Betty
Kansas City
Frances Kincade
Clyde Huff
Max
Martin
Ralph Tuttle
Edward Points
Tom McCrory
Paul Boyer
George Gillia
Dakota
Darlene
Mina Luse
Gartit
Centervilla Park
Leslie Elledge
Grover Easter
Guy Me
Danel’s
Shirley Townsend
Lyndon McDanel
Willie McDanel
Cyril McDanel
T. H. Gladfelder
Versil Kaster’s
Gertie Boyer
Carl Torlin
Frank Swaim
Hazel College
Gardner Hatchery
Allen & Lewis
Clark Hotel
Abia
Drake Avenue
Dwight Selix Motor Co
Haynes Ave
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