Local Socials Note A Farm Meeting Attended By Several Residents
Maple Grove residents including Mrs. Marjorie Scott and Mrs. Mary Main attended a Friday farm meeting hosted by John Dodd. Mrs. Ella Tisue is improving and not yet home. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Broshar were also mentioned in the social brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Scott
Walter Jr
Jack
Mary Main
Harry Glick
Ruth Broshar
Barbaara Johnson
John’ Dodd
Ella Tisue
Local Social Roster Notes Weekend Visitors and Calls
The report lists numerous repeated social visits and calls around Centerville and nearby towns. Names include Poater Swaim Tadlock Arnold Johnson Wilson DuVall Broshar Hamilton Main Selby and others with a pattern of family and neighbor gatherings across the weekend.
Hazel College Social News Quiet Albia Weekend
LeRoy Wilson and grandfather and uncle Donald visited Albia Saturday evening to see Santa. Mr and Mrs Bert Turter called. Mrs George Clough hosted Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Harry DuVall Pollard and Berger boys visited Amy Clough’s. Dickie Johnson Darrell and Floyd Caster spent Sunday afternoon with LeRoy Wilson. Willie VanDorin home guests included Kenneth Johnson Dallas Faber L B VanDorin j Simcox Rosa Harmon Dorin Wailes. Sunday dinner hosted by Centerville guests Dorin Wailes and family. Afternoon calls from Harold Ades and family Ottumwa and Carl Bettis and family Albia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P.poater
Harold Swaim
Billy
Janet
Raymond Swaim
Marilyn Sullivan
Ottumwa
Mig
Hal Swaim
Webb
Grant | Tadlock
Arlene Arnold
George Rafling
Moon
Virgil, Johnson and Sons
Missouri
Walter Scott
Ted Broshar
Sharp
Hygiene Sharp
Centerville
Gabe Johnson
Wanda
J. L. Dodd
Bill
Bety Wilson
Robert DuVall
Helen
Beulah Comer
Berniece
Ruth Broshar
Virgil
Frances
Pauline
Clarence Dowd
Eph Wilson
Dorothy
Jerry Brown
Cass Hamilton
Virgil Johnson
John Selby
Mary Main
Kate Broshar
Earl Purvis
LeRoy Wilson
Donald
Albia
Santa
Bert Turter
George Clough
Harry DuVall
Pollard
Berger Boys
Amy Clough
Dickie Johnson
Darrell
Floyd Caster
Willie VanDorin
Kenneth Johnson
Dallas Faber
L. B. VanDorin
H. G. Simjcox
Rosa Harmon
Dorin Wailes
E. G. Lincox
Harold, Ades
Carl Bettis
Local social notes and oddities from Centerville and nearby areas
Centerville residents Delores Biddle and Mary Argo spent a weekend with their parents. Numerous visits include Mr. and Mrs. Gladfeldy, Broshar, Foster, and Wilson families. Pearl Hiner attended a Monday Albia horse sale. A white pheasant sighting near Grundy Golf Club drew attention before and after the season. Fruit thief takes 100 quarts from Monticello home. Bremer stock yards demolition ends a haven for tramps. Frank Dunlap’s car stalls on a hill and slides into a dry creek bed. horses fail to pull it free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delores
Mary Argo
Centerville
Kenneth Gladfeldley
Ted Broshar
Robert. Foster
Twyla
Johnny Foster
Pearl Hiner
Albia
Clarence Owings
Sampel
Mary Putman
Fern Wright
Dana Dee
Arthur Wright
Moulton
Ina Miller
Eph Wilson
el Hiatt’s
Jay Argo
Munis
W. Kelsey
Rolla Foster
Pearl’ Hiner
Henry Cnutt
Frank’ Dunlap
Knoxville
Invitation To Non-Subscriber The Union
The Union sends an invitation to non-subscribers in the area to try the paper at $1.50 per year. The notice urges new households to consider subscribing, highlighting weekly delivery as a home paper for less than a dollar per week.
Verle Patterson Hurt In Head Wounding At Home
Verle Patterson a 21 year old freshman at Iowa State College from Algona narrowly escaped death when a spike pierced a half inch hole in his head above the eye during a carpentry task at his home during Thanksgiving holidays. He was treated at a local hospital after the accident and is reported in stable condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verle Patterson
Algona
Iowa State College
Verle
Early Railroad Station Near Baltimore Closed
The 108 year old Baltimore Relay station near the Patapsco river, ten miles southwest of Baltimore, has closed after serving since 1830. Built as part of the B and C line, Relay was an interchange point and Civil War troop camp, but suburban shifts led to its closure and transfer of service to nearby stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
É& Onio
St Relay
Relay
Patapsco River
Elbridge’ Landing
Chesapeake Bay
America
Ellicott
Peter Cooper
Tom Thum
Whispering Schoolboys and the Science of Speech
Dr J O Perrine discusses why schoolboys whisper less when they hide their faces and hands. He demonstrates with a loudspeaker and adjustable frequencies to show how high overtones carry voice traits that influence intelligibility and social perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Perrine
Perrine
Phornograph
Lowees
Page Reat
No Hunting and Trapping Prohibited on Premises
A notice lists names associated with property and warns that hunting trapping and trespass are forbidden on the premises of John Smithburg and several others. Additional names may be added later at a charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smithburg
John L. Jonnie
O. Davart
DuVall D. BujuVall
Taioh Donough
H. Johnson
Chas Fulton
Doyle McDanel
Lyle Hopkins
Gusa Lupe
EB Campbell
R. E. Cummins
Hunnell Land
G, Davis
Wreckage and mistaken license mix in Des Moines plan
A garbled note outlines a marriage license error with Polk County required for a Des Moines wedding. It mentions Willie Kendall, Corydoi railroad worker, and a mistaken county licensure, plus a tale of Duff’s remark and a clocked library time change. It also includes incidents from Marengo to Sumner, a kitchen range blast, a missing heifer mystery, and a red police light rollout in Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Kendall
Corydoi J Railroad Employe
Boweht
Scense
Des ‘Moines
Polk County
Sumner
Telephone ‘Company
Marshall
Ke.p. Livingstovne
Deca
Through The Top Crashes and a Farmhouse Tragedy
An old style auto accident throws eight riders from a car roof at Fontainelle. one girl breaks an arm and others suffer minor injuries. In Ellsworth Iowa farmer Art Johnson dies instantly when his car flips and throws him through the top. Nearby Thayne Scott 69 sets fire, kills two animals, and dies by his own hand at his Blakesburg farm. Buzz saw injuries across Fallon County include Mike Hostettler’s finger incident. Ralph Richard aged 4 falls into an open elevator shaft after backing through a door, breaking his leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fontainelle
Ellsworth
Iowa
Art. Tohnson
Thayne Scott
Davis County
Blakesburg
Buzz
Towans
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Maple Grove
R. C. Link Studio
North Side Square Centerville
M. Patrick
Gleason
Optometric Eye
Krapfel
Majestic Theatre
Centerville, Iowa
DR. Brooks
Hazel College
Mojnd
Miles
Sue
Biddle
Glenn Walton
Reinbeck
Grundy Golf and Country Club
Mary Putnam
Theo ‘Miller
Guy Miller
Zell’ Pence
Richard
Albin
Wyo
Ted Miller
Harry Burton
Decorah
Gerald
Eph
Wilson
Paul Hearn
Monticello
Roy Pearson
Bremer
Chicago Great Western ‘Railroad
Albia Cal
Albia. Resderieg Co
Albia Granite Co
F. M. McLaughlin
Pi Albia, “Bya
Mr. Duff
Lap
Carroll
A. A. Epley
Will Dreier
Doon
Mike Hostettler
LeMand
Ralph Richard
Lond Rock
Ralph
Radiorgan
Chaanis
L. L. Smith
Frank Swaim
The
Moravia Union
Moravia
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