Local and Personal Notes From Centerville Area
Doris Pennington spent Sunday with friends at Melrose. Numerous relatives and visitors travel through Ottumwa Albia Centerville and Mt. Pleasant visiting family. The piece lists dozens of named residents and their weekend or recent activities with kin in nearby towns and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Pennington
Melrose
Otha Lee DuVall
Roberta Main
Albia
Russell Day
Ottumwa
J. T
J. K. Sharp
Centerville
George Johnson
B.S. Staley
J. W. Halden
Juanita Smith
Kansas City
Elsie Runnells
Miners Hospital
Johnnie Whicker
Bobbie
Chariton
Rollie Carter
Allen Hiatt
Hirish Simmons
Paul Arthur
Christine Main
Lou Main
Grant Tadlock
A. E. Shull
Richard Harp
Corydon
Finley McGrew
Jane
Harry McGrew
Mt. Pleasant
Charles Fox
Bloomfield
P. D. Schreiner
Ed Taylor
Jeretta Taylor
T. J. Fletcher
Zula Taylor
Small-Town Social Roundup At Maple Grove and Nearby
Maple Grove residents and neighbors share visits and family gatherings. Clarence Dowd’s mobility improves slowly with a cast, as relatives and friends meet at Clarence Dowd's and Ted Broshar's homes. Imogene Tadlock attends a band picnic and visits grandparents A E Shull, while Jeraldine and Max Hiner visit the Broshar family. Ronnie Cross and Virgil Johnson are among locals noted for recent activities and illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Miller
Clarence Dowd
Virgil Johnson
Gabe Johnson
Peggy Hopking
Irene
Centerville
Song
Ted Broshar
John Packard
Ira Callen
Ronnie Cross
Dan Scott
Blakesburg
Imogene Tadlock
A. E. Shull
Imogene
John Edward Broshar
Max Hiner
Jeraldine
Lyndon McDanel
Lloyd McDanel
Kenneth Gladfelder
Classified notices mix of ads and local notes
Classified items report lighting upgrades for home use, vehicle theft and recovery, personal letters, car purchases, social updates, farm anecdotes, lost and found, moving day, and local business moves reflecting small town life and community chatter.
Moravia Callers Visit Home and Fair Attendance
A sequence of Moravia area social calls and visits reported through the week includes Mr Pleasant LeRoy Brown and Don Gale calling Monday, families visiting the Tom McCrory home Monday through Friday, several Melchior and Kenton household visits, and trips to the Oskaloosa fair with Mrs Lewis Royse and others accompanying James Herron. Residents Ed Delong and Archie Herron make multiple calls, as do W A Brown, Ray Brown, Homer Brown, Zelda Brown, and Lora Mae Besco during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora Mae Besco
Epi
Ald
Foplna
Jlack Rice
Liv
Mia
Don Gale
Famil
Homer Brown
Boeing
Jerry
Betty
Velda Brown
Des Moines
Arthur Points
Tom McCrory
John W. Kenton
Ralph Derrickson i
Matt Kenton
LeRoy Brown
Ralph Berrickson
Marie
Bobby
Harry Robinson
Archie Herron
W. A. Brown
Ray
South Dakota
James Herron
Lewis Royse
Dorothy Kenton
Moravia
John R
Ray Brown
Marvin Hertford
Ed Delong
Albia
Thoreday
Zelda Brown
Howard Besco
John Kenton
Brown
Surprising rides and hat mishap headline
In Iowa a man recounts a stranger waking at Schmidt’s garage after a ride the next day. A Tama resident praises a railroad for returning a lost hat after it was traded on a Cedar Rapids bound train. A resident of Albert City moves a bungalow by truck to Storm Lake. Burley Thorne notes sun dogs observed on a morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Schmidt
Fenton
Schmidt
Whittemore
Tama
Cedar Rapids
Albert City
Storm Lake
Albert Ccty
Storm
Local Social News From Blue Grass Area
Enon Mrs. Dorie Hindman Jackie Betty Lou Maryleis and Larry Mrs. Wallace Hindman and Harold Migs Nina Griffin of Albia spent Thursday at R. 8. Faber's Warren Whisler came from the CCC camp at Oskaloosa Friday evening returning Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Roberts and Rita of Des Moines spent the week end at Kenneth Free's and Sunday at Keith Robert's near New Sharon. It is reported that Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Roberts have purchased Mrs. 0. 8. Miller's farm home near Brompton. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Merle Henderson. Gladys and Frank Scharlett cousins of the Fabers and Miss Dorothy Williams of Minburn Ia spent Friday night at R. 8. Faber's Leo VanDorin spent Sunday with Gerald Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorie Hindman
Jackie
Betty Lou
Maryleis
Larry
Wallace Hindman
Harold Migs
Nina Griffin
Albia
Faber’s
Warren Whisler
CCC
Oskaloosa
Hilbert Roberts
Rita
Des Moines
Kenneth Free
Keith Robert
New Sharon
Hilbert. Roberts
Miller
Brompton
Merle Henderson
Gladys
Frank Scharlett
Fabers
Dorothy Williams
Minburn
Faber's
Leo VanDorin
Gerald Roberts
Sunday visits noted at several local homes
Carl Cloyed and family spent Sunday afternoon at B. G. Hawk's. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Buckmanter spent Sunday at C. W. Melville's. The Guy Roberts family visited New Sharon Tuesday to see Keith Roberts and meet the new grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Cloyed
B. G. Hawk
F. H. Buckmanter
C. W. Melville
Guy Roberts
New Sharon
Keith Roberts
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Fred Dunn
Edwin Cleary
Ames
Ralph McDonough
Roy Vancleaf
Guthrie I Center
Ben Blumer
Charley Fox
Lloyd McCrory
Mildred
Eddyville
Carl Hixon
R. L. Brown
Burlington
A. M. Smith
First Methodist Church
C. M. LaGrone
H. K. Smith
Towegian
Rex Angel
Charles LeRoy
Pearl Hiner
John Dew
Lelie Stevens
Grundy Center
Marilyn
E L. Main
F. L. Hobson
Janet
Detroit
Mich
California
G. T. Harn
Carl Tuttle
Kenneth
Thelma Sue
Big Sandy
Mont
Tuttles
Kate McCrory
C. D. DuVall
Madge
Maxine
Otha Lee
Newton
DuVall
Florida
Ontie Whicker
Madeline Burger
Delmar Espy
Brazil
Ind
Sarah Sandy
Vesta Oehler
Ottie Whicker
Moulton
Stella Reich
Donald
Davenport
Johnson & Johnson Supply Company
Fred Blumenstock
Perry
Harry Dissinger
Onze Upborts, Er Todulred
Main Bros
Coffee Inn
Maple Grove
Mazda
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Jess Hiner
F. B. Hamilton
F. ‘Baker & Co
Keokuk, Ia
D. W. Thompson
ED Ofhler
MR. Thompson
United Brethren Church
Mina Apple
Clarinda
Curtis Tomlin
Claude Hawk
Centerville Park
Howard Whisler
Wm. McCoy
Frederick
Kenneth Free and
Dale
E. G. Lincox
Fred VanDorin
J. C. Lockman
J. T. VanDorin
Clara Sedley
W. H.vandorin
Geo. Reid
Northwood
George Olson
Blairsburg
Olson
San Diego
Calif
Ed Oehler
Iowa
Totya
Java
Union
Alba ‘Kline
Grinnell
Glen Argotzinger
Dow City
Argotzingers
Antone Sokolowsky
Danbury
Poland
Sioux City
Harold Beach
Vernon
Beach
George Smith
Waukon
Gard Lake
Onawa
United States
Walter McCorkle
Winterset
Spartridges
F. Storm
Sheldon
State Conservation Commission
Mr. Pleasant
Burley Thorne
Ackworth
Enon
Turner Funeral Home
Ambulance Service
Chas.e. Fuller
Turner &Son
Gafety
Chet Broshar
The
Nadine & George
General Supplies
Idec
Lange
Ic Sale
Wheaties
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