Moravia Fall Festival cancelled by Le Compte postwar duties
Moravia Iowa learns Congressman Karl M Le Compte must miss the Moravia Fall Festival on September 8 due to Congress reconvening in Washington for postwar reconversion. A letter to the festival committee explains his regret and notes the American Legion program emphasis. Also: Moravia City Council minutes August 6 1946 record treasurer reports and bills. amplifier costs shared with festival committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Moravia
Moravia Union
American Legion
Iowa
Rufus Kaster
Zel Wilson
Lockman
Hall
Sears
Paul Spencer
Moravia Union notes store updates and local items
Observations by Turner & Son redecorate the north room to display paint and house a line of appliances. Rex Angel moves his garage to highway No. 60 and plans a Texaco gas station and a future car agency. The Union announces a Fall Festival edition with early ads and copies. Calcium chloride treatments spread in town, offered by local dealers and available from Oehler Bros and Turner & Son. Karl Tuttle brings a Montana paper about preserving historic landmarks. old ads show frontier services and a wife ad. Union staff changes and subscription updates noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Angel
Bivin Building
Highway No. 60
Texaco
Ralph McDonough
Turner
Moravia
Oehler Bros
Turner & Son
Karl Tuttle
Montana
Old Town Promoter
Great Falls
Hiattsville Community News Roundup
Local families and visitors share picnics, hospital news, and church notices around Hiattstown area. June through August events feature the Rose, Hiatt, Meadows, and Burton families, 4 H clubs, reunions, and a Sunday school schedule with no preaching August 29.
Udell Route 1 Socials and Visits Document
Local notes detail visits and travels among Udell Unionville Moravia and Centerville residents. Bonnie and Donald Rumley, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Clancy, and family guests share events, with train trips to Grinnell Chicago Brookfield and Des Moines. News covers shows, classes, band concerts, nursing visits, and community sympathy after Eugene Main's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Ann
Flora Lee
F. M. Shoemaker
Floyd Warren
Donna
Jack
Marilyn Rife
Walter Whisler
Udell
Davey Underwood
Glenn Clancy
Underwood
Navy
Unionville
Cpl
Bill Baker
Farrell Watts
Joyce Ann
Brookfield
Watts
Chicago
Ill
Ernest Foster
Boraine
Centerville Thurste
Donat Sanders
Donald
Bonnie Rumley
Moravia
Bonnie
Sanders
Norleen
Alvin
St. Joseph Hospital
Centerville
Donar Sanders
Albia
Vernon Gearing
Grinnell
Iowa
Glen Clancy
Clint
Robb
Howard
Wannetah
Wanda
Harry Rumley
Bill
Jack Clancy
Tudsays
Mia
Earl Foster
Ernest
Edd Rumley
Harry
Darrel
Harold Hearth
Donald Sander
Doris Tugg
Illinois
Mary Fowler
Ealing
Joe Price
Harry Rumbey
Japan
Burness
Douglas
Rose
Kathryn
Hillene Clancy
Birdie Main
Eugene
Lawrence Heartley
Oliva
James Hi
Franklin Community Gossip Notes From Social Round
Franklin notes from the community record visits and calls among residents. Many names appear including the Moffatt Argo Haver and Stansberry families with social visits in Albia Moravia and Red Oak. Threshers' preparations and reunions are mentioned alongside receipts of guests and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseos Argo
Adolph Lemaster
Vinton Lundy
Mellie Stack
Lat
Clell Sheldon
Frances
Darwin
Rex Haver
Phyllis
Fred Argo
Everett Stansberry
Lloyd Johnson
Misa Irene Sytama
Roscoe Argo
Dewayne
Bernard Kitterman
George Shehan
Ellen
Francis Frame
Basil Harteen
Hugh McFatridge
Nellis Haines
Argo
John Moffatt
Mary
Daisy
Henry Elliott
Moffatt
Roscoe
Carl Derby
Dala Derby
Irene Sytsma
Fred
Albia
Phyllis Haver
Walter Scott
Moravia
Brompton By Mrs. M. E. Boardman
Nadine Miller visits North English this week. Mrs. M. E. Boardman hosts birthday dinner with Clifton Boardman and A. d. Billings families and others. Various local residents dined, visited, or called at the Boardman and Barnes homes. McCoy returns from Italy with Signal Corps duties in the Mountain Division. The 4-H club met at the George Reid home and other local social visits are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadine Miller
Clifton Boardman
A. d. Billings
M. E
Mary McCoy
Lester McCoy
M. E. Boardman
McCoy
Italy
Signal Corps
Mountain Division
Charley DeLong
Jake DeLong
Elwood Stafford
George Reid
Orville Saunder
Kansas City
Mra
Orville Phill
Ronnie
Misa Elaine Barnes
Fairfield
Homer Shipler
Ottumwa
Vercel Barnes
DeWayne Robinson
Charley Anderson
Old Foster
Janella
Larry
Ed Robinson
Pleasant Hill Club Meeting Remembers Service and Quilts
The Clover Leaf club met on Wednesday August 15 with Nona Dicks. Members and visitors enjoyed a cooperative noon dinner. They made Red Cross bags and quilts. Next meeting set for September 19 with Fern and Gertrude Penfield. Dwight Clark returned to Great Lakes Training Station after a nine day leave. Several local visits and family gatherings occurred through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Scott
Lloyd Rose
Don, Pettibone
Lake Wapello
W. B. Coulson
New Sharon
Iowa
Mary Beth Turner
Carl VanZante
Lute Hiatt
Moravia
Eva Tucker
Mary Meadows
Hugene Blomgren
Rochester
Minn
Anna Hiatt
Daniels
Douglas Doughboys
Cyril McDanes
Fuller
Centerville
Virgil Dooley
Sledden
Keith Phillips
Paul Hiatt
Kelley
U.S
Hawaii
Wesley
Young Peoples
Albia
Billie Rose
Adala Daniels
Corp
Kenneth Daniels
Europe
Rev. Hawes
Cyril McDanel
McDanel
Centerville Park
Pearl Scott
Clover Leaf Club
Nona Dicks
Addie
Sheldon
Pearle Free
Verna Mc Aninch
Fern Penfield
Gertrude Penfield
Vera Moore
Mildred Tarpell
Mabel Hammond
Evelyn
Gary
Ronnie
Ecalfe
Clarence
Mae Frances
Darwin Sheldon
Haver Free
Jeann Moore
Jean
Loraine Hammond
Neil
Richard Penfield
Esther Murphy
Jean Hammond
Vera Jean Matherly
Buell Taylor
Grey Penfield
Lloyd Massman
Clara Massman
Charlotte
Charles McAninch
John McAninch
Verna McAninch
McDanes
Lissie Kelsey
Verda Argo
Lois Burnett
Social Roster From Salem And Centerville Gatherings
Salem and Centerville residents hosted and visited over several days. Many families including Hellyer Jennings Perry and McCord shared meals, helped cook for threshers and hosted callers from Des Moines Ottumwa and Rochester. Local visits continued with multiple households hosting and attending gatherings and reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Nash
Des Moines
Dell Hellyer
Hazel
Monnie Rose
Jake Firking
Harry Jennings
Centerville
Robert Jennings
Jess Gladfelder
Edward McCord
Guy McKern
Newton Tone
Jean
Lloyd Brown
Raymond Perry
Elbert Perry
Myr
Horton Potts
Rochester
Minn
Della Jennison
Leonard Perry
Floriene Dicks
Patty
Dell Heilyer
Martha
Orville
Dorothy and
Jerry
Newton Long
Dee Fenton
Ottumwa
Dorothy Brown
Bert Rinehart
Mary Lou
Mis
B.C. Whitehead
Lew
Frank
Rinehart
B. C. Whitehead
Argo
Dale Sonnenberg and Sons
Jessa Gladfelder J
Main Station By Darlene Gladfelder
Attendance at Sunday school and a Sunday evening supper guest at the Ray Harrison home are noted. Reunions, visits, and social gatherings occur among the Gladfelder and related families with multiple names mentioned. The community extends sympathy to relatives of Eugene Vain, killed in action June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Balh
Ray Harrison
Elojnne Erledge
Earl Exling
Rene Gladfelder
Lyndon McDanel Selah McDanel
Johnnie Marten
Ernie Marten
Jerry McCarty
Ottumwa
Lyndon McDanal
McDanel
Centerville Park
Frank Gladfelder
Joas Gladfelder
Elojnne Elledge
Timme Dotson
Rock [Gland
Robert Foster
Jack McKern
Earl Boyer
Clyde Gladfelder
Darlene
Velma Glefelder
Red Cross
Bissie Gladfelder
Eugene Vain
Veneta Andrews Miller Birth Notice in Centerville
A baby boy was born Monday at St. Joseph hospital in Centerville Iowa to Mr and Mrs Claude Paris. The notice lists multiple Centerville residents visiting, helping, and spending time with various families during the week including the Andrews and Woodward households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph Hospital
Centerville
Iowa
Claude Paris
Carrie Boyer
Arlene’ Betts
Charles Andrews
Veneta
Art Allen
Willis Scott
Thelma Bite
C. H. Andrews
Floyd Wood
Freda
Keith
Dave, Caylor
Wanda Robb
Roberts
Beverly Wood
Duane Wood
Helen DuVall
Alta Culmer
Beulah Stafford
Frans Woodward
Harry Woodward
Will Miller
Ted Campbell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Appanooge County
Iowa Press Association
National Editorial Association
L. F. Bisby
Bdltora Publishers
Advan
Veach
Dille
D. E, Bishop
G. B. Winsler
Miss Seeley
John D. Veach
McCormick-Deering
Elmer Lockman
Homer King
L. Lockman
Atkins Chester Sanders
Harold Huf
B. H. Beaty
M. H. Elson
Hiattsville
Mirrotone Recordings
Barbara Broshar
Paul
Turner Radio & Recording Service
Centerville, Iowa
Bil Dreke Ave
Franklin
Brompton
Pleasant Hill
George Hammond
Salem Y Hazel Hellyer
Humphrey Bogart
Alexis Smith
Lana Turner
Laraine Day
Susan Peters
Wwe
George Raft
Vivian Blaingi
Joan Bennett
Phantaut
Spencer
Darlene Gladfelder
Venetah Andrews
Saddle Oxfords
Tilton’s Shoe Store
North Side Square
Charles Wheeler
Mary Wheeler
Osteopathic Physicians
A&p
Stora
Inwa
Albis
Albia-Blakenburg
Amooth Mouth
Sound
Guernsey
Poland
China
Philco
Boone
McCormick
J.C. Lockman & Sons
Jowa
Col
U.S. Mangle
C.C. Coulson
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