Thanksgiving Blizzard Hits Kinser Valley Area
Kinser Valley reports one of the worst Thanksgiving snowstorms with ongoing snowbound roads and no mail since Thanksgiving Day. Ge o R Darby survived a 24 foot hayloft dive where a failed parachute left him with back and hip injuries, now recovering. Individuals named include Dorothea Darby Donald Darby Henry Sytsma Ida Johnson Lloyd Johnson Geo R Darby and Amy A Clough with local residents helping reopen roads and attending gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea
Donald Darby
Henry Sytama
Robert Jennings
Lloyd Johnson
Johnson
Henry Sytsma
Ida Johnson
Geo. R. Darby
Willie van Dorin
Zell Wilson
Hazel College
Amy A. Clough
Madison
Wis
Grandma Draby
Russell Darby
George
Sylvan van Dorin
Sylvan
Moravia
LeRoy Wilson
Brompton
Amy
Thanksgiving Socials Link Families Across Counties
Thanksgiving entries list numerous Des Moines and Ottumwa visitors staying with local families in Moravia and Albia. Many attendees traveled from Kansan City, Galesburg, and Tipton to join relatives for meals while Winter weather delayed travel and mail deliveries.
Thanksgiving Gatherings Across Jefferson County
Mr and Mrs Wm Young spent Thanksgiving with home folks in Jefferson county. Mr and Mrs L Thomas left for Cedar Falls for business and to visit about ten days. Elizabeth Sneed returned from Indianola to spend Thanksgiving with her parents. Miss Arlene Dodd visited from Indianola to spend Thanksgiving with the Dodd family. Mr and Mrs Forest Hiatt and children of Knoxville, Mr and Mrs Allen Hiatt and W E Hiatt joined Curtis Burton for Thanksgiving dinner in Moravia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Newburn
Des Moines
Homer Newburn
Ralph McCoy
I. J. Smith
Wm. Giltner
Miller
Moravia
Miss Trois Tarbell
Vern Turner
J. Anderson
Cary McCoy
Elwood Stafford
Chas, DeLong
Roscoe Bailey
Ellis Robinson
Ottumwa
Ed. Robinson
M. E
E. F. Boardman
Albia
Mildred Roberta
M. E. Boardman
Dale Schreiner
Goodale
Iowa
Norma Lee Firking
J. E. Sharp
Centerville
Dr. Gray
Melcher
R. E. Cummins
Juanita Smith
Kansas City
Elizabeth
R. B. Carson
Moulton
Wade
Leona Hall
Parnell
Towa
Mary Wren
Wm. Young
Jefferson County
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Kinser Valley
Milwaukee
Madison, Wis
Guy Roberts
Price Gideon
Walter Gideon
Margaret
Wm. Giltzer
Ralph
Kansan City
Kenneth Free
Haver Free Home
E. G. Hawk
Harold
Claude Hawk
U. B
Glen van Dorin
J. L. Jones
Dal. Jas Faber
Vergil Johnson
J. J
Leo
J. C. Behrens
Ruth
Mt. Pleasant
Forest Wakefield
Tipton
P. D. Schreiner
United Brethren Ladies Aid
Ald
Clifford Lovell
Galesburg, Ill
The
Moravia Union
Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane
Finney
Force
Bobby Thatcher
Joneses
Pop
Featherheads
Kettner
Parrott
Chiropractors
Albia, Iowa
Love
UDELL
Appanoose County
Lovilia
Purina
Uw Chow
W.C. Bivin
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