Vosburgh Social Roundup At Emmett Derby Family
Sunday dinner guests included Frank Eaton Ted of Floris Iowa Ben Derby Sandra Lee Richardson Albia Algia Derby of Iconium and others. Delores Cater Donna visited Dottie Swift. Marcia Yvonne born Aug 10 to Wayne and wife at Center ville hospital. Local families attended threshers cooking and 4-H club events with multiple Derby and Kellogg family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Derby
Frank Eaton
Ted
Floris
Iowa
Ben Derby
Sandra Lee ‘Richardson
Albia
Algia Derby
Iconium
Frank Martin
Basil
Cart
Plano
Delores Cater
Donna
Dottie Swift
Marion Allen
Near
Delbert ‘Calhoun and
Carl ‘Alhoun’s
Tom Scientski
iBernard ‘Kitterman’s
Centerville
Wayne Thompson
Marcia Yvonne
Emmanuel Kellogg and Son
James Calhoun
Dolores Cater
Geraldine Derby
Floy Derby
Donald Summers
George Shehan
Larry Derby
Bruce Thompson
Myrs
Haver
Rena Ammons
Dolores
Cater
Rosie Derby
Karen Rose
Maude Turner
Freda
Carolyn
Boyer Ridge Social Notes From Centerville Area
Local community entries recount visits and gatherings around Centerville and nearby towns. Betty Jean Foster notes include visits to Arthur Farris, ice cream at Lester Cochran home, relatives relocating to Colby Kansas, and outings at Riverview park Des Moines along with county fair attendance and family visits with the Foster, Cochran, Moffitt and Burns households.
Moravian Family Portrait Shares Lewis Kids and Farm Life
They are our community. The Lewis family from Moravia shows sons Charles Ronald and Gary with Harlan and wife on a farm west of town. Harlan, a World War I veteran discharged Feb 1946, worked at Veach Implement, enjoys mechanics, and is noted for his humor at a Firemen’s Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S. Carolina
Thomasville
Soap Creek
Moravia
Harlan
Veach Implement Company
VanZante Family Reunion and Local Visits
The VanZante family and relatives gathered for a reunion at Edmundson park in Oskaloosa amid light rain. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. John VanZante and others, with visits from Fred Minchens of Marshalltown and Ralph Shelquist of Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Jones
T. R. Gardner
Richard
Yakima
Washington
Social Visits and Family Gatherings Across Towns
Mr and Mrs Lester Stockwell visited the E A Luse home Thursday evening and joined Friday at the Clyde Gladfelder home. The Martin family and daughter spent Sunday with his mother in Albia. The Miller family hosted Ray Susan and Jane Marie Sunday. Dorothy Burns is visiting the Russell Burns home this week. The Callen family plus Coulson dined with the Shoemakers in Centerville last Monday. Bert Meadows and Pearl Hiatt visited Sunday evening with the Miller household. The Argo family also appeared in the week’s notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Stockwell
E. A. Luse
Stockwells
Mrs. Luse
Clyde Gladfelder
Joe Martin
Albia
Francis Miller
Ray
Susan
Jane Marie
Theo Miller
E. O. Tucker
Scott Tucker
Town
Dorothy Burns
Russell Burns
Callen
Lillie
Sylvia
Elsie
C. L. Coulson
Frank Shoemaker
Centerville
Bert Meadows
Pearl Hiatt
Francis Argo
Reunion Obituary And Family Dinner At Moravia
Eph Wilson, beloved patriarch, died before his planned Aug 13 reunion at Moravian park. A family dinner for 85 at Frank and Ruth Wilson's home followed, with a tribute poem read for Uncle Eph and a view of his lifelong friendship to neighbors. Attendees included multiple families from Centerville, Des Moines, Springfield, Seymour, and Davenport, as well as Moravia locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian Park
Eph Wilson
Thiafe
Frank and
Ruth Wilson
Eph
Nel Rousseau
Louilla
Robert Rhoades
Sherolyn
Sheila
Edna Dyphion
Woodward
Iowa
Walter Hanson
Steven
Delbert
Keith
Pleasantville
Hans Anderson
Patty
Springfield
Leonard Wilson
Tommy
Ronnie
Adda Lou
Seymour
Town
Robert Hutchings
Willard
Cloyed
Washington, D. C
Fern Wright
Dana
Moulton
Don Furrer
Donna Jean
John
Max
Indiangia
David Brown
David
Darell
Dean
Des Moines
James Wilson
Alicia
James Rousseau
Lovilla
Ray Wilson
Waterloo
Wilburn Cloyed
Stephen
Davenport
J.L. Johnson
Marybeth
Carl Cloyed
Mra
Harold Prough
Terry
Alice Wilson
Wendell Cloyed
Kathy
Frank Wilson
John and
Paul
Fannie Callen
Moravia
Conditions In Canada Written By Suiters
Ernfeld Saskatchewan editor writes of local subscriptions and memories of readers, noting summer and winter contrasts in a green year. The piece mentions frequent rains, picnics like the Co-op and wheat pool gathering, and a crowded scene with many familiar faces and visitors from Leith and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Suiters
Charity
Frank
Lowell van’ Duzers
Summer letters from Ernfeld revisit church life and cattle
Mrs. J. H. Suiter writes from Ernfeld Sask. noting a busy church calendar, a planned Anglican wedding on Tuesday the 11th, and frequent marriages. She mentions irrigation as the drought solution, grandchildren visiting, and beef cattle thriving when given salt. The letter reflects weather, social events, and farm notes from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaleeft
Jagt
Chaplin
United Church
Brooks
Alberta
Donald
Howard Gammel
J. H. Suiter
Ernfeld
Sask
Administratrix Notice for Edith Coulson Estate
On August 2, 1950 Martha E Coulson was appointed administratrix by the District Court of Appanosse County Iowa. All debts must be paid to the administratrix and all claims presented to the court for allowance. George A Milani is the attorney for the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Appanosse
Towa
Edith Coulson
Martha. E. Coulson
George A. Milani
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boyer Ridge
Betty Jean Foster
Cal
Lester Cochran
Arthur Farris
Dean Hoffman
Twyla
Colby
Kansas
Philip Wood
Craig
Paul Sweden
James Eaton
Olin Foster
Wanda
Norma Cochran
Riverview Park
Sandra Monteith
Charlene
Jimmie
Trenton Mericle
Appanoose County
Cernterville
Glen Fowler
Udell
Frank Moffitt
FE. Moffitt
Severtees
Black ‘Suede
Filton Shoe Store
North Side
Square
Oehler Bros
Lewis
John VanZante
Coulsen By
Mra, Theo Miller
John Deere
Farmall
Case
Butler and
Columbia Steel
DeVos
Oskaloosa
Levening
Guy Argo
Lake Wapello
Vess Hiatt
Ernfeld, Sask. C
Theatre
ANNIE
Betty Hutton
Howard Keel
the Fashion Shop
East Ride Square
Centerville Monument CO
Patterson
Charles, Wheeler
Mary Wheeler
A&p
N. Side
Tod
Gardner Athaey
Toate Et al
Voi
Hectographs & Supplies
Allen
Esat Side Square
Wey
State TV
RAT G2
Rigo
Sean Wetiontst
The
Stara
Waign
Fell of Science
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