Kinser Valley Community Notes Chronicle
Kinser Valley column records Sunday visits among Des Moines and Moravia families including Clarence Banger Dennis and Kathryn Van Dorin plus Wilson Darby and Firkins kin. Mentions Easter sale, hot dry weather and hoped for rain, with notes on local social visits and travel for fair attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Banger
Dennis
Kathryn
Des Moines
W. H
Moravia
J. W. van Dorin
Zell Wilson
Norman Virking
Moravian
George
Dommer
Main Station By Darlene Gladfelder
Attendance at Sunday school and church was 46. The piece lists many neighbors visiting, birthdays celebrated, dinners enjoyed, and local events such as farm bureau, reunions, picnics, and a near accident involving Trenton Gladfelder. Names include Clyde Gladfelder, Maud Shaeffer, Ray Harrison, Bert Luse, Harold Lundgren, and several families in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Gladfelder
Raymond Ashby
Bill Luse
Harry Rudschau
Edgar Stansberry
Junior Forsythe
Dick Morrison
Trenton Gladfelder
Bertha Luge
J. W. Whicker
Maude Shaeffer
Chicago
Gladfelder
Raf Harrison
Carl Tomlin
Kili Hiatt
Darlene
Kester Gladfelder
Farm Bureau
California
Bert Luse
Maud Shaeffer
Tom Perry
Greenfield
Fort Boyer
Carolyn
Judy Boyer
Harold Lundgren
Harl Boyer
Local Families Vacation and Visits Near Lake Keotah
Sunday visits and weekend trips feature the Donovan, Pettibone, Hiatt, Turner, and Burton families. Trips include Lake Keotah and Lake Okoboji with arrangements to meet in Ames, Ft. Dodge, and Cedar Rapids. SeveralSocial gatherings occur at the Wesley Chapel and Sharon Bluffs, with hospital news noting Mr Vet Callen’s wrist injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Carter
Virginia
Lynn
Hilton
Lake Keotah
Roy Pettibone
Cnon Haping
Don Pettibone
Jerry Pettibone
Bob Carter
FFA
Lake of the Ozarks
St. Louis
Lute Hiatt
Frank Hiatt
Will Donovan
Junior Donovan
John Wood
Sharon Bluffs
Victor Marsh
Des Moines
Ivan Harsh
Matt Watts
Forrest Jacobs
Cedar Rapids
Jim Blomgren
Bert Meadows
Doni Pettibone
Virginia Carter
Marybeth Turner
Lee Hiatt
Ann Pettibone
Ronald Woodward
Wesley Chapel
Virginia Pettibone
Frances Burton
Eva Tucker
Golda Hiatt
Madelyn Rose
Marybeth
Jimmie Turner
Lake Okoboji
Frank Turner
Ed Shutts
George Turner
the Lake
Karl Fischer
Beverly
Karleen
Ft. Dodge
Algona
Ames
Orville Burton
Bessie Neff
Elsie Martin
Mae Fischer
Vet Callen
Theo Miller
John Ad Hilen Hiatt
Centerville
Ot tumwa and area social notes and obituaries
Ot tumwa social notes list callers and travels including Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Massman Helen Mrs. Clara Massman and Mrs. Hattie Medland, Mr. and Mrs. John Wm Mc Aninch at a Sidney rodeo, and visits to George Masons and Merle Dicks home. Orlie Farris’s family mourning for his father Otto Farris, with notes on Mrs. Walt Blue’s burial at Middledgeville and sympathy from the community. Beverly Fenton visited with John Ponsetto. Elbert Moores began house work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Massman
Helen
Clara Massman
Hattie Medland
Ottumwa
John Wm. McAninch
Sidney
Emmett Lerby
Larry
Dorman Irwin
George Masamond
Orlie Farris
Hammond, Indiana
Merle Dicks
Orlie
Otto Farris
Centerville
Walt Blue
Middledgeville
Hilton
Blue
Dolph Tarbell
Vanchie
Jessie Tarvell
Frank Tarbell
Charles Ryan
Bessie Tierney
Melrose
Florence Little
Sioux City
George Hammond
Beverly Fenton
John Ponsetto
Elbert Moores
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kinser Valley
George R. Darby
Peoples National Bank
Albia
FDIC
Darlene Gladfelder
Frank Swaim
Xem
America
Sun
Fri
America's Nod Farm
Uyestock
Wey
Wstate Fair Revue Ants
Waunleal
New Hope
W. E. Donovan
Alfalfa
Goode Seed & Feed Co
Fabio
Tates
Wiley
Lowa
Pleasant Hill
Firestone
Aequiioe
Oehler Bros Firestone
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