Scout Troop 40 camping trip at Camp Wapello
Moravia Iowa scouts from Scout Troop 40 spent two days at Camp Wapello in Davis county. They registered at camp HQ and stored food in the ice box then pitched a campsite in mosquito hollow. Meals were cooked over open fires and activities included swimming boating and canoeing with lifeguards present. A 100 yard swim test was required to handle a canoe.
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Moravia Troop 40
Wapello
Davis County
Iowa
Moravia
Mosquito Hollow
Dan Beard Day at Camp Wapello Ends with Scout Events
Camp Wapello marked Dan Beard's Day with a council-fire and songs in the mess hall. Scouts slept in two man tents on steel cots as afternoon contests in signalling first aid observation pace and axemanship took place. A camp canteen offered pop candy and crafts. Troop 40 scouts promised to return next summer.
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Camp Wapello
Dan Beard
Wapello
Unionville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Guests
Miss Essie Whister Corp. Paul Lippert enjoys a 13 day furlough at home from Camp Siebert Ala. Mr and Mrs Charles Tharp travel to Burlington for daughter illness Mrs Burdean Howard. Mrs Charles Main and children visit Kansas City Mo with her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Clark. Mr and Mrs Victor Bass and son Vicky stay with Henry Herman. P E More and daughter Agnes dine with Ellis Wagner. Thayer Derby and sons Dale and David visit from Collins Town. John Price of Lincoln Nebr calls on friends. Prudence Patricia Jones and Eleanor Wilson dine with Agnes More. Mrs Carl Scott hosts the Two OClock club. Baptist Church group spends all day at Lake Wapello. Rev E LeRoy Pullman and daughter Margaret of Moravia dine with Rev and Mrs James Walls. Read the want ads.
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Essie
Walter Clark
Victor Bass
Vicky
Keokuk
Henry Herman
P. E. More
Agnes
Ellis Wagner
Thayer Derby
Dale and
David
Collins
Town
John Price
Lincoln
Nebr
Prudence
Patricia Jones
Eleanor Wilson
Agnes More
Carl Scott
Two O'Clock Club
Boyer Ridge social notes from Centerville area
Betty Jean Foster reports a busy period in the community with numerous visits and gatherings. Families including Easter Davison Boyer Moffitt and Whicker clans were seen at multiple homes and parks, plus a farewell for Rev Hustad at Main's grove and threshers cookouts at Davison and Easter homes.
Community Notices From Maple Grove City Remembered
Maple Grove social notes list Sunday and Saturday visits among Johnson Felton Dowd Glick Felton family groups. Johnny Hewitt and Mary Frances welcomed a new daughter at St Josephs Hospital. families hosted gatherings in Albia Centerville and Des Moines visitors noted with Bill Brown and Raymond Johnson among attendees.
Hiatt Home Hosts Social and Family Visits
A string of local gatherings and visits are reported. Coulson and families from Rockford Ill joined Mrs. Ernest Hiatt for ice cream at the Hiatt home. Several residents, including Mickles and Callens, visited and called on friends and relatives around Centerville area.
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Ernest Hiatt
Herbert McDanel
Rockford
Ill
H. L. Hilton
Perry Mickles
Missouri
Callen
Bylvis
Elsie
Lillie
Mintia
Bethel Coulson
Roy Scott
Ernie Tucker
Virginia
Robert
Sandra
Mickles
McDanes
Centersville Park
Elmer Henderson
Ana Clifford Ballenger
Otis Ballenger
Abe Ballenger
U. S
Local Visit Recap Noted Around Moravia Area
Franklin By Mrs John Moffatt and Mrs Fred Cousins with Barbara visit Moravia. The Elliott family and Johnny Rozella join at Frank Cox home. John Clark, Robert and Francis Steinbach visit Des Moines relatives on Sunday. Nellie Haines of Red Oak visits relatives nearby. Mary Billy and Carl Cox ball in Albia Thursday afternoon. Emma Miller of Udell visits John Moffatt family. Bill Summers calls at John Moffatt home Friday. Carolyn Walter helps sister Marvin Gardner move last week.
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John Moffatt
Fred Cousins
Barbara
Moravia
Frank Cox
Myr
Henry Elliott
Johnny
Rozella
John Clark
Robert
Fancis Steinbach
Des Moines
Roy
Nellie Haines
Red Oak
Mary
Billy
Carl Cox
Albia
Emma Miller
Udell
Bill Summers
Local Farming Notes From Moravia Area
Mrs. John VanZante hosts and threshing crews build meals at Ben Jones home. Residents Louisa Jones Lois Shelquist and Myrtle Hamilton helped cook for threshers at VanZante’s. Ralph Shelquist reports oats yield of 50 bushels per acre from 20 acres of Boone oats. Various visits and gatherings noted: Mr and Mrs Homer Hamilton at Allie Peace. Donald Jones sale near Albia. Gardner Hall guests at Charles Coffin’s Moravia home.
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John VanZante
Pearl Savely
Ben Jones
Wendell Mardy
Johnnie
David
Myrtle Hamilton
Kenneth Coltrain
Ben Williams
Marjorie Tracy
T. R. Gardner
Ralph Shelquist
West Point Social Notes From Local Homes
Robert Derby of Ankeny spent from Friday until Sunday at the Carl Derby home. Mrs. Elsie Albertson and children visited, joined by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Davis for the weekend gathering.
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Lloyd Brown
Robert Derby
Ankeny
Carl Derby Tomer
Elsie Albertson
Ralph Davis
Local residents share family visits and threshing update
A sequence of weekend social visits and farm activity is reported. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Carl VanZante and sons Ronald and Mark, the Lute Hiatt family, Will Hagerman and kin, Leonard Perry and family, Della Jennison, Raymond Perry, Elbert Perry, Margaret Kay Steffin, Louise Rouse, Arlen Hagerman, Ray Evans, Cameron of Jerome, and Cass Hamilton. Threshing has been ongoing and residents express eagerness to finish.
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Helen
Albia
Carl VanZante
Ronald
Mark
Lute Hiatt
Will Hagerman
Floyd Brown
Leonard Perry
Della Jennison
Raymond Perry
Gary
Elbert Perry
Margaret Kay Steffin
Louise Rouse
Arlen Hagerman
Ray Evans
Cameron of
Jerome
Lioyd Brown
Cass Hamilton
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William Whicker
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Ira Callen
Ralph Robinson
Gabe Johnson
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Gomer Stocker
Maple Grove
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Helen Felton
Scott
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Mary Frances
Wilbert Johnson
St. Joseph’s
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Bernice
Beatrice
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Johnson
Betty Wilson
Jack
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Dwight Glick
Harry Glick
George Railing
Harry
Centerville
Gon
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Land
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Francis Miller
Clarence Dowd
Raymond
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Donald
Delmar Dowd
Dale Callen
Paul Miller
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Clark
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Franklin
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Marvin Gardner
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Monroe County
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Sec
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