In Memoriam Don Self and Family Gratitude Note
In memory of Don Self on the first anniversary of his passing, a message from Carol and children expresses enduring love. A special thanks follows for prayers, surgeons, nurses, flowers, visits, meals, and support that helped the writer recover and regain place in everyday life. The note concludes that love reveals God’s face through the care received from family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Self
God
Nell Geneva Rousseau
Local Happenings Amid Thanksgiving Visits Across Centerville Area
Des Moines visitors joined Mr. and Mrs. Chris Bogart and Mrs. Margaret Corrick for Thanksgiving dinner with Centerville hosts. Corrick spent Friday with Florence and Delmer Hiner. Anna Young returned to Ottumwa after throat surgery at St. Joseph hospital and is recovering. Centerville and Ottumwa families welcomed relatives from Iowa City Marshall Missouri Wichita and Moline for weekend gatherings and Thanksgiving events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Bogart
Margaret Corrick
Des Moines
A. W. McCracken
Centerville
Florence
Delmer Hiner
Anna Young
Ottumwa
St. Joseph Hospital
Clair Callen
Iowa City
John Guthrey
Elizabeth Guthrey
Edwin Krumsick
Marshall, Missouri
Dwayne Johnson
Helma Tisue
R.S. Faber
Dean
David Weston
Wichita
Kansas
Olin Foster
Larry Brooks
Dan
Dana Brooks
Ralph Wallace
Otturowa
Norman Ward
Michael Shipley
Moline, I
Dan Brooks
Thanksgiving Week Socials Near Mediapolis
A sequence of local visits and dinners spread through Mediapolis and nearby towns. Guest lists include the Loyd Carters, Goughnours, Jim Herron family, and Morning Sun visitors. Attendance at Tamburitzans in Centerville included the Hunts and Goodwins, with further gatherings at the Clarence Hunt and Elsie Long households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediapolie
Loyd Carters
Jim Herron
Loyd Carter
Richard Goughnour
Robert Carter
Morning Sun
Mud Carters
Goughnours
Orville Burton
G. E. Goodwin
Linda
Thanksgiving Guests and Local Visits Across Centerville
Local residents hosted and visited over Thanksgiving week with numerous families in Centerville and nearby towns. Highlights include Hazel Hellyer, Maude Whitehead, and Ruby Whitehead joining Clarence Whitehead for Thanksgiving dinner. several families visiting Lloyd Brown and others. John Huff sustaining a gun accident with two fingers shot off, hospitalized in Centerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Perry
Loyd Brown
Hazel Hellyer
Maude Whitehead
Ruby
Bob Mier
Knoxville
Clarence Whitehead
Bobby
Ruby Whitehead
Phoenix
Arizona
Bob Miller
Ronnie Overturf
Creston
Glen Overturf
Jim McAninch
Max McAninch
Gary Golie
George Hellyer
Albia
Karol Ann
Iowa City
Dell Hellyer
Lloyd Brown
Maple Buffet
Gene Huff
Hazel
Robert Jennings
Harry Jennings Evening at Robert Jennings Home
Harry Jennings spent Friday evening at the Robert Jennings home according to a brief social note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Jennings
Robert Jennings
Douglas and Thanksgiving Guests Highlight Local Notices
Congratulations to Miv and Mrs. Jerry Willis on their Wednesday wedding. Numerous relatives and friends share Thanksgiving gatherings at multiple homes, with weddings, visits, and dinners noted across Chariton and adjacent towns. Names include the Willis, Walker, Spring, Purvis, Wakefield, Phillips, and Cridlebaugh families, among others, with extensive hosting and guest lists across the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miv
Jerry Willis
Don Willis
Craig
Todd
L. F. Curtis
Chariton
Alvin Spring
Jim Robinson
Debra Walker
Milo Walker
Ted Welch
Waterloo
Frank O'Conner
Debra
Jim Atchinson
Susanne
Bill Long
Dixie
Randy Phillips
Ferrell Purvis
Randy
Kent Simms
Paulina
Cindy Johnson
Humbolt
Linda Pallas
Hampton
Gloria Spring
Wendel Phillips
Charles Wakefield
Howard Spencer
Council Bluffs
Jane
Ami
Jerry Wakefield
Kewanee, Jr
Brock
Steve Wakefield
Todd Betty Cridlebaugh
LaVera Cridlebaugh
Lionel Spring
Alice Spring
Dan Hargrave
Julie
Carlton Gray
Cindy
Louilla
Kathy Spring
Paul Cridlebaugh
Barnard Sapps
Durram
Ross Starks
Floyd Allen
Bart Peel
Jim Logan
Shirley Helmick
Lloyd Mobley
Wayne McDanel
Wands Rovers
Margaret Jackson
Dorothy Raskie
Katherine Ray
Marilyn Koehier
Wendell Phillips
Thanksgiving Guests and Visits Round Centerville Area
Senior Youth group meeting at First Baptist Church in Centerville. multiple families hosted Thanksgiving and weekend visits across Centerville Ottumwa Waterloo and neighboring towns. Repeated cross‑visits include Hiatt Klampe Miller and Shoemaker families with extended kin at numerous homes during Thanksgiving week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Centerville
Franklin Cy Mrs. Earl Swift Visit with Ammons Family
Linda Ammons, a college student from Enid Ohio, spent Wednesday night through Sunday at the home of her parents Lloyd Ammons and Delbert Cathoun, joining Mrs. Earl Swift in Franklin City for an informal family visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tec
Walter Eveland
South Ridge Air Force Base
Michigan
Forrest Jacobs
Paul Stewart
Danny
Muscatine
Baird Neft
Teckford
Ill
Kenneth Free
Flora Jones
Free Home
Nelson Ballanger
Jerry Henshaw
Gaylord Main
Ray Rotter
Mareng
Burdett
Nyle
Jimmie Logan
Jess Gladfelder
Ath
Kenneth Gladfelder
Dale Cox
Bryan
Cox
Carrie Boyer
Albig
Cora Tubaugh
Franklin
Earl Swift
Linda Ammons
Enid
Ohio
Lloyd Ammons
Delbert Cathoun
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M.M.E. Sheller
Wisc
Dan Mihalovich
Moravia
Joe Wilson
Larry L. Smith
Blakesburg
Ginny's Corner
Goode Seed & Feed Co
Abia
Ginny’s
Gamble
Kenneth Dowd
Verl Perkins Hog Market
Iowa
Dewey’s Place
Smackers
Gerber’s
Axson
Lay's
Panahas
Zephyr
Nadine & George's
Ginny’s Corner
Stoner Piano Company
Carol
Salem
Moravia, Iowa
Douglas
Mrs
Mie Walker
Don Klampe
R. S. Faber
Ernest Hiatt
Ed Hollis
W. C. Anderson
Ray Barkley
Franeis Miller
Susan
Eva Tucker
Theo Miller
Minda Shoemaker
Lillian
Elsie Callen
Kenneth Hiatt
Stanley McCarty
Ronnie Barker
Alan
New Hope
Gladys Nek
Charles Mock
Bari Swift
Coy Swift
Clair Long Hinte
Gary Barnell
Thelma Calhoun
Delbert Calhoun
Karl
Gene Jackson
Union Township
Burdett Cox
Allis Chalmers
van Dorin Implement CO
Coulson & Burton Insurance
R. W. Baird
Stevens Brug Stordh
Goodies Macaroni
Crisco
Kraft Mustard
Dial
Pillsbury
Wilson
Behnke
Oleo
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