Local residents share travel and family updates across states
Tuesday Des Moines trip for Mrs Ron Woodward and Mrs Ronnie Overturf. Mr and Mrs Paul Broshar visited their son-in-law Arnold Cutkomp who fractured his hip in an August 6 Lake Odessa skiing accident and was moved by air from Muscatine to Sioux City for recovery. Cutkomp recovering with hip pinned. Sunday barbecue hosted by Max McDonough clan with Centerville and Mystic relations. G W O Smith Tharp family from Jacksonville Fla visiting Albia relatives. Miss Mary Rose Main left for Wichita after a 3-week stay. Several other local visits and trips noted, including residents from VanDalia Ill and Oden Ill, and trips to Evanston and Denver families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Woodward
Ronnie Overturf
Des Moines
Paul Broshar
Arnold Cutkomp
Lake Odessa
Muscatine
Cutkomp
Sioux City
Stan Sailors
Frank Benson
Gerald Carlson
Centerville
Max Streepy
Mystic
Max McDonough
G.W.O
Smith Tharp and Sons
Jacksonville
Fla
Almont Main
Ben Tharp
Albia
Francis
Bruce
Mary Rose Main
Wichita
Kansas
Robert Sloan
VanDalia
Charles Sloan
Oden
Ill
Gerald Morgans
George Frank
Trivoli
Leonard Palmer
Wendell Murdy
Palmer
Lockman Reunion Holds 31st Annual Gathering at Moravia Park
The 31st annual Lockman reunion drew 60 relatives and friends for a basket dinner and afternoon visiting at Moravia park on Sunday. The 1961 reunion is planned for the second Sunday in August at the same park. officers named are Clair Callen president Marve Lockman vice president and Ray Lockman secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockman
Moravia Park
Clair Callen
Marve Lockman
Ray Lockman
Norris O'Conner
Sheila
Marlin
Ranay
Maude Whiteside
Centerville
Billy
Lois
Lola Lee
Fred Callen
Ann Callen
Amy Lockman
Elmer Lockman
Stella
Flora Jones
J. C. Lockman
Armeda Main
Rebecca Milleman
Ola Dotson
May Benson
Hosea Gilliland
Miley Lockman
Kathy Lockman
Homer King
Janie
Billy Ward
George Robinson
Bobby
Dickie
Gomer Stocker
Ed Taylor
Moravia
Ralph Fisher
A. Gilliland
Albia
Mettie Blumer
Unionville
Franklin Huber
Debbie
Myrtle Huber
Bery
Proctor
Janice
Blakesburg
John Dotson
Edith Prose
Udell
Wilson Leonard
Cecil King
Ted Fricke
Susie
Ottumwa
Dorothys Visit ill Aaron Campbell in Anderson
Mrs Rhet Knight Dorothy and Mr and Mrs Ray Dorothy of Anderson Missouri came Sunday to be with her brother in law Aaron Campbell who is ill They are guests of Mr and Mrs Ted Campbell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Veach
Ben Knight
Unionville
Bernard Barnthouse
Newton
Veach
Rhet Knight
Dorothy
Ray Dorothy
Anderson, Mo
Aaron Campbell
Ted Campbell
Hammond Reunion Held at Moravia Park
The Hammond reunion gathered Sunday at the Moravia Community building in the park with a cooperative dinner and visiting. Residents from Ottumwa Chariton Mt Pleasant Cedar Rapids and Melrose attended. Luciane Narber was elected 1961 reunion chairman for the Ottumwa Wildwood park gathering on the second Sunday in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Moravia
Reed Narber
Gene
Jim
Chariton
Ralph Reed
Max Hammond
Mike
Myrna
Mariana
George Hammond
Keith Zellars
Lynn Bowles
Eddie
Billy
Hattie Hammond
Lawrence Hammond
Robert
Ronnie
Raymond Christy
Ramona
Tammie
Ottumwa
Edd King
Mt Pleasant
Melvin Miller
Cedar Rapids
Earl Fenton
Plano
Dwight Fenton
Patty Joan Sandra Kay
Paul Moore
Barnard Moore
David
Jerald Fenton
Stephen
Connie
Carol
Melrose
Gerald Rinehart
Ruth Hammond
Luciane Narber
Hell
Wildwood Park
Auxiliary Meets for August Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary met at the post home for the August session with new officers taking duties. Mrs. Lester Brain presided. Mrs. Gerald Morgan reported on membership. A committee was formed to buy two 50 star flags for Moravia schools. Plans to aid the Fall Festival and solicit pies and cakes were made. Yearbooks will be distributed in September with dues. Mrs. Brain, after attending the Des Moines Auxiliary department convention July 28-29, spoke on the event. Social hosts were Mrs Brain and Miss Hazel Hellyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Post
Lester Brain
Gerald Morgan
Moravia
Legion
Auxiliary Department
Des Moines
Brain
Hazel Hellyer
Miller By Mrs Wilbur Miller and Guests Visit
Community notes list Mrs Wilbur Miller hosting with Mr and Mrs Gerald Burton and Jerry and Mrs Iva Strunk enjoying ice cream at the Verner Hawk home Sunday afternoon. Several visits to and from local families across Newton St Louis Melrose Albia and Leighton are recorded for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Burton
Jerry
Iva
Verner Hawk
Cora Means
Raymond
Cecil Comstock
Clyde Plummer
Newton
Nellie Williams
John Besco
Jolene
St. Louis
Johnnie Besco
Donald Abbas
Melrose
Comstock
Lazell Strunk
Lois
Barbara
Gayle
Rogers Reunion Held Sunday August 14
The 16th annual Rogers reunion gathered at Moravia park on August 14 with a cooperative noon meal and a brief business meeting led by president Lester Murdy. Fifty four attendees shared greetings from families in Des Moines LaPorte City Williamsburg Red Wing Venice and various Missouri and Oklahoma locales before departing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia Park
Lester Murdy
Margaret Freimuth
Des Moines
Richard Rogers
LaPorte City
Mary Watking
Williamsburg
Arthur Kruger
Red Wing
Minn
al Schaeffer
Venice
Florida
Justus D. Cox
Louise
Eau Gallie
Vern Newcomb
Clara
Edwin Newcomb
Larry
Sherry
Candy
Stephanie
Byron
Newcomb
Kansas City
Elmer Post
Kay
Janet
Debbie
Danny
Donnie
Nevada
W. E. Frank
Stuart Frank
Diana
Earl James
Trivoli
James Newcomb
Hope
Russell
Kim
Brent
Broken Arrow
Oklahoma
Pearl Davis
Lloyd Davis
Mex
Jack Fowler
Randy
Mike
Moulton
Udell
Leonard Palmer
W. V. Murdy
Moravia
Marion Keeton
Lora
Tom
Wendell Murdy
John
David
James
Albia
Moravia Social Roundup and Visits
Moravia residents shared a busy weekend with visits to Lee Tadlock and Bob Strunk homes. The Union Neighbors held an Aug 10 picnic in the Moravia park with eight women and 11 children attending. Officers to be elected at next meeting led by Mrs Vernor Hawks and county president Mrs Leonard Wilson to attend. Travel updates include trips to the Black Hills and Yellowstone National Park, and relatives visiting from Biggsville and nearby farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drenda Gae
Jo Ellen Veach
Moravia
Lee Tadlock
Clifford Caster
Bob Strunk
Cecil Pare
Margaret Comstock
Donna Jo
Lamoni
Union
Moravia Park
F. E. Boyer
Lester Strunk
Beverly
Mary
Joan
Black Hills
Yellowstone National Park
Homer Renwick
Vicki
Connie
Loren Smith
Biggsville
Lee Roy
Marshal Comstock
Bob Comstock
Albia
Albert Tubaugh
Ray Tubaugh
Taylor Toilers 4-H Club Meets at Centerville Park
The Tay lor Toilers 4-H club held their regular meeting on Aug 11 at Centerville park described as a family affair. Members swam while parents froze ice cream, then enjoyed a weiner roast, ice cream, cookies and cake before a short meeting with seven members present. They decided to pay Jim Argo for attending short course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Toilers 4-H Club
Centerville Park
Jim Argo
Jin Argo
Hilton Hustlers
Hilton Hall
Mike Lathan
Ray Clark
Eral Gay
Bob Kehrberg
Jim Rowley
Mark van Zante
Charle van Zante
James Murdy
Kenny Ellison
Ron Kehrberg
Mike Lasthan
David Murdy
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Harry Woodward
Clair
Evanston
Wyo
Roy
Rock Springs
Gustaf Rhodes
Verne Funkhouser
Torrington
Lloyd Phillis
Denver Colp
Sturgeon
Deadwood
D. Ronda Ernfeldt
Woodward
Kalona
Tom Robb
Washington
Elec Main
Great Lakes
Cleo Ragan
Catherine Teller
University Hospital
Iowa City
Harold Burton
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Billi Bishop
Alta
Columbia
Bishop
University of Missouri At Columbia
Bill
Kermit Crawley
Winterset
Wayne Way
Pullea
Wayne
Wayne Poultry
Spencer's
Coats
Albla, Iowa
OWAN
Rogers
Taylor Tollers
Hilton
Hustlers
Ng Farm Service
Purina
Agricultural Service Co
Main Centerville
Super Sweet
Harris Feed & Seed
Richey Florists
Piorist
E. Walsh
Philos
Gardner Supply Co
Zephyr Cleaners
Winsler Grocery
Watson Floral Co
Std
van Buren
Belioma Fruit Co
10Th
Phillipe
E. Bank St. Centerville
Svory
Centerville, Iowa
Double Regal Stampa
Jim Frefan
Hart Shaffner & Marx
van Heusen
Century
Nestor
L & W Construction Co
McCreary Sales Co
Rf.d
Metal Service
Gavronsky
Concreto
Ast & van Buren
Albla Block & Construction Co
Clinton
Spencer's Grocery
Allen’s Grocery
Hardinger Dairy
Verl’s
Verl's
Berkshire
Iowa
Missouri
Munn
Cassady
Coleman
Albia, Iowa
R. C. Hiatt
Reddy
Jack Morris
Chrysler
W. Jackson
G. A. Hannum
Optometrist
VerBaere
George Fox
N. Main
Sitiae
Fry's Service Station
Service
Call
Haynes Ave
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