Brompton News Highlights Local Travel and Visits
High School students from Brompton returned home by passenger train on Sunday. Visitors include Fay King and Mrs Lockman and baby from Kansas City. Local residents traveled to Cuba for a brother’s death, and funeral services were held for Mrs Shields in Blakesburg. Community members swapped visits, coal deliveries occurred, and club meetings and Legion events were noted amid weather and road conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avia High School
Harris Stafford
Rudolph Pence
Clella’ Jones
Eva Boardman
Fay King
Burella Lockman
Chalmers Selby
Baby
Kansas City
John Selby
Josie Sell
M. E. Boardman
D. E B. McCoy
Cuba
L. P. McCoy
Josie Shields
Blakesburg
Eslinger
Unionville Area Social Roundup and Visits
Spring weather brings dandelions in bloom. Mr and Mrs Chester Sanders and son Royce visited the Tom Hiatt home Sunday. Glen Fowler made a Unionville business call Saturday. Andy Hayworth and family visited Mary Fowler’s home Sunday. Mrs Alice Sanders visiting Jessis Coffin in Centerville. Mrs McMann and children returned to Centerville after helping care for Narline Sanders. Emma Ray visited Mae Rumley and family Sunday. Etta Hayworth dropped by in the afternoon. Carl Coffin and My visited Moravia Saturday. John Foster visited Dotor Sanders’ home Sunday. Jacob Stevens visited his sister Clara Dudley in Centerville from Saturday to Monday. Carol Foster stayed with grandfather Foster Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Sanders
Royce
Tom Hiatt
Glen Fowler
Unionville
Andy Hayworth
Etta
Delbert
Mary Fowler
Alice Sanders
Jessis Coffin
Centerville
McMann
Narline, Sanders
Emma Ray
Mae Rumley
Etta Hayworth
Carl Coffin
John Foster
Dotor
Sanders
Jacob Stevens
Clara Dudley
Carol Foster
Foster
Pleasant Hill Social Notes And Civic Remnant
Pleasant Hill community activities unfold with visits to homes including Fenton and Beaty families. The Clover Leaf Club gathered for quilting and charity work toward an orphans home. A cryptic business note laments government spending on battleships and taxpayer costs.
Unionville residents share news and funeral details
Unionville notes list Sunday visits with Chicago relatives and Centerville friends. Levi Swaim’s funeral drew many locals, with prayers offered and memories shared. Census bureau duties, illness, district meeting reports, oyster supper attendance, and a school program concluded the community update.
Epworth League honors 4th VP with plant amid community gathering
The Epworth League presented a potted plant to 4th vice president Robert Foster who has missed two weeks of teaching due to rheumatism. The Father and Son Banquet drew 82 fathers and 60 attendees despite a bad night with a splendiferous address by Rev Hawking and songs by the McKenny boys. Neighbors and families gathered Wednesday evening at the Glen Sufficool home and various residents visited, with multiple mentions of the Gladfelders, Ewing, Easter, Pfannebecker, and Luse families and a baby girl born to Virgil Kaster's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Robert Foster
Hawking
McKenny Boys
Glen Sufficool
Ryman McDanel
Aon
Wayne
Daphne
Lloyd McDanel
Vernon
Boshak
Evelyn Easter
Frank Ewing
Clyde
Kenneth Gladfelder
Jesa Gladfelder
Harry Woodward
Esrle
Glen Suffieool
Willie McDanel
Vernal Boshak
Ihs
Vivian Foster
Jo Ann Wales
Social Roundup at Local Homes and Travels
Blue Front area notes, Lyndon McDanel and family visit Shirley Townsend’s home. Ed Delong, an Albia caller, reports bad roads hindered mail delivery. Knoxville relatives visit John Vanzante. Marve Lockman visits Fred Hammond, Cass Hamilton dines with Frank Hamilton. Mia Williams and son Raymond visit Moravia. Lloyd Brown families in Centerville. Hen Jones dines with John Johnson. Ben Williams hosts a circle meeting with Mrs. Ben Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delong
Mr. Dewy
Knoxville
John Vanzante
Marve Lockman
Fred Hammond
Cass Hamilton
Prank Hamilton’s
Mia
Ben Williams
Raymond
Lloyd Brown
Centerville
Hen Jones
John Johnson
Ben Jones
Jeff Patrick
Earl Vanzante
Earl Brain
Circle
Valley News Quiet After Wet Week In Ottumwa Area
Mud covers the valley as John Robinson delivers a truckload of steers to John Morrell Packing in Ottumwa. Geo R Darby and son visit Albia, and Edgar and Clarence Wilson travel Moravia. Birthdays, funerals, and co operative sales noted. Burke Wilson boards with family. Elmora school in winter. Advertising closes with tires and a Henry Ford quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robinson
John Morrell Packing Company
Ottumwa
Tunsiday
Geo. R. Darby and Son
Albia
Edgar and
Clarence Wilson
Moravia
Zell Wilson
Grant Lincox
Ervin
Grandpa Darby
Geo. R. Darby
Levi Swaim
George Darby
M. M
Moravia girl opines on sugar coated ham belief
A Moravia girl offers a whimsical thought comparing optimism to Uncle Sam becoming Santa Claus, suggesting sugar coated ham in a pig could turn into a holiday surprise. The remark playfully links national symbols and festive food in a lighthearted reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Santa
Claus
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W. R. Rose
Miller
G. L. Cloyed
Edwin Robinson
Mesdames
I. J. Smith
Giltner and Son
Billy
Cy Jones
A. E. Pence
Helping Hand Club
Lula Tillmont
Carl Cloyed
Berle Selby
Lula Titlmont
L. £. Thompson
Ralph Selman
Danville
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W. W. Munn
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Pleasant Hill
Donnie Fenton
Arlene
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Clyde Dicks
Leo Beaty
Vera Moore
Mildred
Deliah Fenton
Frankie Houk
Des Moines
Ida Hoskinson
Berle Beaty
Margaret
Marilyn
Millis Chadwick
Clover Leaf Club
Dennie Fenton
Council Bluffs
Ben Glasgow
Duane
Fenton
Harry Brown
Cap Dicks
Fern Penfield
Beryl Brown
Josephine Beaty
Elbert Moore
W. HL Callen
Mr. Callen
Opal Fenton
Florine Tarbell
Otha Fenton
Charley Tarbell
Laura Dicka
Milady’s Shoppe
Iowa
B. C. Bowers
Chicago
T. P. Jones
Ray
L. D. Eaton
M. Bowers
Dwight Bair
Minor Scott
Joe
Belle Andrews
Edna Dukes
C. B. Swaim
W. C. Swaim
Anna Walter
P. E. More
C. M. Tomlin
Swaim
Davidson
Moulton
Doris Morrison
Darlene Underwood
Ruby Underwood
R. C. Rowe
Iola Stanley
A. S. Dukes
Munster
A. M. Smith
W. B. Ireland
J. E. Ward
Anna Vanschoiack
L. O. O. F. Hall
Mike Dommer
Hosteaa
I Loyd Ransom
Ruth Warren
P. E
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Glee Club
Dr. Downing
A. B. Stanley
M. Scott
W. N. Hull
Dukes
Will Sharpnack
Joshua Robinson
Coy Luse
Jack Luse
Mr. Luse
Cody
Kenneth Gladfelders
J. P. Foster
Elsie Pfannebecker
Edna
Hannah Gladfelder
Glen Sufficools
Bessie Boyhak
Clyde Gladfelders
Dave Gladfelder
Maxine Gladfelder
Wayne McDanel
Paul Burns
Clyde Gladfelder
Willie MccDanel
Bert McKern
Gues Tisane
Lyndon McDanel
Shirley Townsendome
Kinser Valley
Henry Ford
Henry
Parker's
Wilson Bros. Furnish
Parker’s Clo
West Side Square
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Gracrest
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Grahams
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