Local residents gather as town notes spread across Lovilla area
A crowded column lists visits and travels of Lovilla and Albia families. Frank Starcevic and Olive Moffatt vacationed with multiple relatives in Albia and Lovilla, while many others from Moravia, Perkins, Cedar Rapids and beyond stopped by the Hugh McFatridge home. The page records birthdays, hospital stays, school assignments, and weekend trips to Colorado, Wyoming, Illinois, and Minnesota, highlighting social ties across many households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Starcevic
Lovilla
Olive Moffatt
Joe Lucas
Albia
Hugh McFatridge
John Wm. McAnlrich
Charlotte
Charles
Black Hills
Yellowstoke Park
Estes Park
Denver
Elva Bickford
Jane Stephens
al- A
Arlene Rikehart
Colorado
Moravia
Jean Whicker
Watts Place
Lee Beng
Nancy
Kenneth Brown
Cedar, Rapids
A. G. Sircox
Cedar Rapids
Anna Clark
Minnie Johnson
Helma Tisue
Edd Palmer
Alex Hudson
Kirksville
Leonard Palmer
W. W. Murdy
Jimmie Murdy
Marion Keeton
Clara Irelan
Elvin Stocker
Ben Jones
W. V. Murdy
Josie Charity
Wendell Murdy
Charity
Gustaf Rhodes
Torrington
Wyo
Visi
Harry Woodward
Barbara Robb
Washington
Ted Campbell
Aaron Campbell
Marcia Walter
St. Joseph Hospital
Ottumwa
James van Dorin
J. T. van Dorin
Raymond Plants
Mason City
Helma’ Tisue
Tisue
Leslie Plants
Oskaloosa
Elec
Roy Darby
Local Social Roundup and Church Notice
A wide array of visits and guests cross Iowa families with Dewey Houser hosts in Knoxville while relatives travel between Ottumwa San Jose and Centerville. Church activities in Albia and Fayetteville feature cooperative dinners and lessons as families plan August services and a mission project for Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Houser, Jr
Knoxville
Darlene Spring
Dewey Houser
Jack Wagner
Sammy Moore
Marvalee
Alan Yeager
Manchester
Alvin Spring
Tommy
Lorance Morlans
Mae Morlan
Robert Morlan
Robert Glasgow
Big Rock
Tllinois
San Jose
Calif
Edna Moore
Centerville
Raymond Hughes
Evelyn Hughes
Sheryl Moore
H. B. Spring
David Bronson
Darlene
Gloria
Sherry Spring
Linda Moore
Wright
A. F. Argo
Joe Moore
Kenneth,Salladay
Keokuk
Quincy
Hannibal
St. Louis
Ill
Ottumwa
Delbert Hayworths
James Sprouse
Clarence Sprouse
Moberly
Weber
Claud Harrison
San Francisco
Guy Harrison
Montrose
Esther Davis
Moulton
Birmingham
Mich
James Creech
Sigourney
Martha Glasgow
Ben Glasgows
Lewis Dommer
Lawrence Dommer
Albia
Hays K. Logan
Fayetteville
West Virginia
The
Brethren Church
Lionel Spring
Thousand Oaks
W. M.S
Odell Brethren Church
Gwelda Matthews
Zola Saum
Saum
Nigeria
Africa
Kraft
Argentina
South America
Matthews
Bob Kilpatrick
Aurora
Til
Dick Shirley
Long Beach
Craig
Iowa
L. A. Spring and
Doyle
Weekend Visits and Travels Across Towns in Appanoose
People visited friends and relatives across Centerville Seymour and surrounding areas. Many residents spent afternoons at homes of neighbors while others traveled on vacations to Brainerd Minnesota and Shenandoah. Raymond Tubaugh was awaiting Iceland deployment after furlough, and Roy Strunk suffered a heart attack at home. County actions included tax and bond matters and a land deed sale approval tied to a 1953 tax deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Andrews
Brainerd
Minn
Cora Means
Raymond
Near Melrose
Cecil Comstock
Charles Hershberger
Lee Tadlock
Bob Strunk
Barbara
Janice Coltrain
Williams
Reo Bryant
Arthur
Seymour
Maryland
Bob
Iceland
Albert Tubaugh
Drenda Gae
Roy
Russell Tubaugh
Gloria
Roberta Tubaugh
Charles Andrews
L. M. Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Margaret. Comstock
Albia
Cecil
Shenandoah
Earl Campbell
Richard Tubaugh
Marcia Walter
St. Joseph Hospital
Ottumwa
Nellie Williams
Laura Taylor
Grand River
Leon
Cora Mears
Donald Dowd
Claude Paris
Viois
Roscoe Morrison
Raymond Williams
Centerville
Kenneth Coltrain
Dixie Rae Tubaugh
Moravia
Venetah
Janiece
Davis County, Fair
Robert Strunk
Roy Strunk
Appanoose County
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Iowa State Highway Commission
Schroyer Construction Co
Newton
W. G. Harper
Farnsworth County
County Recorder's Office
Leo Robinson
Mystic
Independent School District
Appanoose Country
Exline
Johnson
Earl Exline
Glen Johnson
Harper
K. Farnsworth
Quarterly Hospital Supervisor Proceedings Summary
Proceedings of the Board of Supervisors include approving first and second quarter reports. Notable line items reference hospital service insurance, fuel purchases from Phillips Oil and Phillips Petroleum, repairs by Porter & Magnall, equipment expenses for Reddig and Sieg Ottumwa, and supplies from Smith Hardware and Wheeler Lumber. Payments to Sidles Company and Wood Oil Co. appear among numerous utility and equipment outlays. Callen, Paul, Justice of the Peace, Centerville, Iowa, approved the first quarter report. the second quarter report followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Bros. Servie
Shellmaker
Leo
Eng
Eqpt
WORT
Csaseteengeennensroiegonros
TODAS
Gufeberengee Tie
Sidles Company
Topbits
Wheeler Lumber Bridge & Supply Co
Wheeler Typewriter Exchange
Wood Oil Co
E. Diegel
EUG
BAS
Callen
Paul
Justice of the Peace
Centerville
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. R. Carpenter
Colton
California
Lorin Youngker
Perkins
Okla
John Carter
Lloyd Hart
Hugh McFatridges
Livonia
Des Moines
La.zelle Wilson
Eleanor Miller
Iva Strunk
Wilbur
Burke Wilson
San Diego
Carl Cloyed
LaZelle Wilson
Wilson
Mabel
Berthaoulson
Glen
Coulson
Rockford
Leslie Cook
Wendell Condra
Greeley
Colo
University of Colorado
Garner
Almont Main
Mary Rose
Mary Shepard
Lusk
Wyoming
Dale Schreiner
Marilyn
Moville
J. H. Schreiner
Ames
Carl Mericle
Ichildren
Jennie Pollard
Harrison Moore
Pleasant
Ruth Hammond
Danny
Mrs. Hammond
Hugh Crawley
Ralph Hakill
St. Joseph
Charles Coffin
Terry Thomas
Houston
Texas
Ralph Davis
New York
Ira Boyer
Bloomfield
Clarence Johnson
Ralph Jones
Earl Brain
Hedrick
Celia Brain
Iowa City
Lester Brain
Annie Brain
Hugh Lewis
Lewis
Lela Judge
Raymond Ashby
Bill Luse
Lacona
Bertha Luse
Milo Shaeffer
Chicago
F. W
Max Gollaher
Marion
G. L. Gollaher
Fred Gollhaher
Lipa
Coulson & Burton Insurance
Sors
Turner —— Funeral Home
Ford Service
General Motor
Briccs Motor Co
Ford
Avéry
NEW Susie
NEW Alas High
McCormick
Veach Implement Co
International Harvester
Amos McGiighy
H. T. (Browne
Johnson Boat
Highway 2
R. W. Baird
Stevens Drug Store
Udell
Miller
Mrs
Wilbur Miller
Ferren
J. E
Luse
M. G
Pinesa
Joseph
Max
Wernich & Son
Warnick & Son
Weldon
Ada
Holbrooks
Cincinnati
Edward B
Coomes
Sarah F
Highview
Kennis
Angelo
Oak Park
Coal
Lee
James C
Adamson
Towa
Lowe
Willard W
5Th
Lot
Block
Appanoose County Board of Supervisors
Dennis Coal Company
Earl Exline Glen Johnson LW
G. Harper
Ven K
the Board of Supervisors
Mighty Mouse
R. E
Dick” Cooper
W. Washington Centerville
He Ege
Gardner Hatchery
GEM Shop
Cloyd Hollingshead Jeweler
Albla, Jowa
McClurg Implement Co
Allis-Chalmers
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