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Newspaper
Moravia Union
Location
Moravia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1964
Page
8
A long list of Thanksgiving visitors and family gatherings is recorded, featuring Veas Hiatt and many relatives including the Argo, Main, Taylor, Woodward, Evans, Davis, and Woodward families. The report notes meals, travel from Des Moines, Omaha, Danville, Nevada, and other nearby towns, with multiple households hosting relatives during the holiday.
Numerous families and friends from Ottumwa and surrounding towns gathered for Thanksgiving and weekend visits. Repeated entries note Mr and Mrs Christy and many relatives hosting or visiting at homes in Ottumwa, Centerville, Albia, Des Moines, and nearby communities, with shopping trips and local events interspersed.
Thanksgiving dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Larry Egbert and baby of Ottumwa and relatives from Richland Bushnell Brighton and Knoxville. Ernest Hiatt Sandra and family visited Rockford and Clair McDanel family with Shelia McDanel home Thursday after hospital stay for bronchial pneumonia. Larry Pfannebecker also present.
The community shares multiple Thanksgiving visits among Rinehart, Christy, Overturf, Elliott, Landgrebe and related families across Unionville, Albia, Newton, Chariton, Centerville, Moravia, Hampton and Council Bluffs. The main event honors Bert Rinehart and wife on their 40th anniversary with dinners at several homes and a Shanghai Club meeting.
Carrie Boyer reports family gathering with Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Rushlow and sons of Newport News Virginia visiting Mrs. Rushlow's grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harper. Thanksgiving dinner featured Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Koehler Mr. and Mrs. Noah Stocker Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Main and Joanne Mr. and Mrs. John McGee and Mrs. Cora Tubaugh.
Mr and Mrs George Scott Jr and children from Cedar Rapids spent Saturday with Walter Harper. Gaylord Main Joanne and families visited Des Moines in the Herbart and Dwight Main homes and with Joe Wilson and family. Vern Johnson Del Wilson Bill Rogers and daughters were Sunday dinner guests of Waldon Moore in Centerville. Walter Harper hosted George Scott Sr Marshalltown Buddy Bradley Burdett Cox Curtis Tomlin and Nancy. Herschel Kelley and girls were Thanksgiving dinner guests of her father Leo Thompson in Ottumwa while Donald Cross and Martha Cross joined Russell Kelley for Thanksgiving. John Kelley hosted Sunday afternoon visits.
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