Community Notes Include Visits and Family Events Across Town
Residents share travel plans and weekend gatherings as families visit hospitals, attend dinners, and celebrate birthdays. Notables include Frymayers departing for Miami after a Bloomfield and Moravia visit, Henry Fox returning from surgery near Numa, and multiple stops to visit relatives in Ottumwa Centerville and Beaconsfield.
Community Notes From Centerville Area Social Calendar
Local residents share visits and gatherings across Centerville and nearby towns. Names include Gladfelder Kalvig Johnson Harsh and Phillips with numerous Sunday suppers and Monday meetings. Community events feature farm bureau talks, hospital visits, Legion meetings, and club parties among families and neighbors.
Moravia visit includes Veach Knight and Muscatine guests
Albert Veach and Mrs Rosa Knight of Moravia spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs Eunice Knight and Maybelle. Nyal Dommer and daughter Nyla of Muscatine, and Dean.
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Albert Veach
Rosa Knight
Moravia
Eunice Knight
Maybelle
Nyal Dommer
Nyla
Muscatine
Dean
Sunday Visits and Illness Highlight Ottumwa Notes
Dairies of Ottumwa spent the weekend with relatives including the Selix and Feriton families. Several households shared Sunday visits at parental homes and oyster gatherings. Mike Dommer remains critically ill in Centerville hospital. A union Christmas program is planned at the Baptist church on Christmas Eve.
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Myrtle Harrington
John Harrington
Russell Kelly
Perry Crags
Victor Fhenderburg
Unions “Ville
Minor Scott
Cole Scott
Nora Scott
Mike Dommer
Centerville
Alvin Spring Area Community News Highlights
Alvin Spring residents make business trips and host visitors from Des Moines and Kansas. The Nelson Ballanger and Henshaw families share time at local homes while family emergencies prompt travel to Pittsville Illinois. Ora Powell fills in as mail carrier Saturday during Harry Dukes absence.
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Alvin Spring
Oskaloosa
Newt Bailey
Carl Phil Ups
Kansas
Mary E. Stuckey
Jerry Parks
Des Moines
Josie Stuckey
Harold Henshaw
Nelson“ Ballanger
Wnterville
Paul Henderson
Cedar, Rapids
Frank Argo
Wright
Iowa
Alvin Springs
H. B. Spring
Lionel
Harold Springs
Rex Albertson
Bill Irelan
Johnny Irelan
Frank Starcar
Mildred
Joe Moores
Ora Powell
Harry Dukes
West Point Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Rex Hayer and Johnette Hiner spent Monday with the Argo brothers. Multiple guests visited the Argo and Hoffman households Tuesday and Wednesday, including Rex Hayer, Mrs. Hiner, Johnette, and Roscoe Argo. The Willing Workers club held a pre Christmas dinner with turkey and gifts.
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Rex Hayer
Johnette Hiner
Argo Brothers
Roscoe Argo
Leo Hoffman
Ottumwa
John Hiner
Johnette
Lo Hoffman
Fred Argo
Delbert Hayworth
Hugh McFatridge
Addie Sheldon
Workers Club
George Hart
Centerville
Vinton Lunly
Main Station By Mrs. John Foster
Attendance at Fairview church noted. Frank and Ina Gladfelder family visits. Foster family weekend Ames with Bud McKern and new baby. Virgil Broshar visiting from Japan en route home from Des Moines. stationed in Salina after 21 day furlough. Extensive neighborhood social text from Centerville and surroundings.
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Set
Carl BE. Frymayer
Miami
Florida
Neil Frymayer
Bloomfield
Hares Rushing
Moravia
Jimmy Stroud
Memphis
Tenn
Art Fox
Town City
Henry Fox
Numa
University Hospital
Burk Tassell
Raymond Charity
Janet
Gary
Dwain Horn
van Meter
Mabel Main
Mystic
Anna Laura Main
Des Moines
Helma Tisue
Mollie Main
Jimmie Main
Leonard Palmers
Wilbur Remmark
Joyce
Billy
Albia
Harry Stocker
Cynthia Deare
Shelvin Locke
Cicero
Merle Talbert
Ottumwa
Walter Scott
Dewey Tyrrel
Frank Wilson
Monroe Township
Hilton Church
Frank Gladfelder
Keith Gladfelder
Ina Miller
Mina Dowd
Robert Foster
Twyla
Ames
Bud McKern
Ava
Wm. Tomlin
Lynn Fenton
Carl Tomlin
Ruth Broshar
John Broshar
Centerville
Virgil Broshar
Japan
J. P. Foster
Virgil
Salina
Kansas
Kenneth Gladfelder
Kermit Gladfelder
Fonda Sue
Marvin Morris
Vicky
Dean Tomlins
Cliff Kaster
Sunday Dinner Guests and Local Visits in Albia Area
Sunday dinner guests included Jack and Keith Gladfelder families at Clarence Dowd and J. P. Foster’s homes. Local visits covered Oss Whicker’s Albia chair bound wife, Centerville Saturday afternoon, and various calls between the Dowd, Points, Foster, and Gladfelder families along with Brad Tadlock, Tomlin, and Whicker households.
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Jack
Frank Gladfelder
Della Points
Clarence Dowd
Ted Miller
Wilma Whicker
Sarah Sandy
Oss Whicker’s
Albia
Whicker
D Points
Wm. Norton
Ray Harrison
U. B
Moravia Union Gift Card Sends Christmas Cheer
The Moravia Union offers a Christmas gift card option. Gift cards will be mailed to the recipient as described.
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Moravia Union
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Cedar Rapids
Norman Ward
Fred Hammond
Max Hammond
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Donald Hammond
Ernie Kincade
A. W. Kincade
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Rochester
Fred Buckmaster
Iowa City
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A. G. Mason
Earl E. Rouse
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Royce Sanders
Chanute Field
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Max McDonough
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Chiles Wells
Centerville Methodist Church
Howard Harper J and Sons
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Gladys Johnson
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Johnnie Wilson
Ivan Harsh
Trenton Gladfelder
Clyde
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Anne Pettibone
W. E. Donovan
Junior. Donovan
John Wood
Lynda
Bessie Donovan
Darlene Gladfelder
Kenneth, Daniels
Orville Burton
Russell Warner
Thelma Phillips
Earl Hedgescock
Bert Meadows
Howard Harper
Curtis Tomlin
Carl VanZante
Carol Brees
Neil
Lute Hiatt
Clyde Gladfelder
Darlene
Tirren Kalvng
Fred Dusablon
George Turner
Jim
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Chariton
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Eddie
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IREE
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Rex Allen
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