Numerous Holiday Visits Dot Centerville Area
Local residents and relatives from Centerville and nearby towns filled weekends and holidays with visits, dinners, and travel. Included are Presley Horner in Center ville, Mrs. O. EB. Peters in Centerville, Mr. and Mrs. Murdy at family dinner, Margaret Pullman with Keswick friends, and many others visiting from Des Moines, Knoxville, Albia, and Kansas City. Several family gatherings and Christmas meals referenced across multiple households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presley Horner
Centerville
O. EB. Peters
W. V. Murdy
Margaret Pullman
Keswich
Frank Swaim
John R. Kinson
Robert N. Polson
Missouri
Anne Seeley
Kansas City
Gerald Morgan
Prole
Lews
A. C. Main
Knoxville
Harriett Lee
Vess Hiatt
Oskaloosa
Dwight Hiatt
Pearl Lavely
Ben Jones
Guy Argo
Jim Leonard
Beacon
Taylor Leonard
Harry McCrory
Louis Schaffner
Eva Runnels
Seattle
Wash
Annie Brain
Des Moines
Albert Brain
Troy Adams
Joyce
Albia
Fanchen Winslet
G. D. Lynch
Kirksville
W. L. Palmer
Moberly
Juanita Smith
C. N. Main
Betty Lou Smith
Lester Smith
George Winsler
von Tracy
George
George Johnson
George Firkina
Maxine
Jane Wilson
Bernadine Bishop
P. E. Bishop
Lee Hiatt
Marilyn
Mary Platt
Charles Platt
Myrtle Hudgens
Sam Hudgens
Virginia Gibbons
Warren DuVall
Cynthia Taylor
J.taylor
Zula
Jean Veach
John Veach
Cunningham
Terre Haute
Ind
Lewis Main
J. W. Halden
George Winslet
Georgianna
von Traty
Alice Wilson
Anna Smith
Frank Wilson
G. M. Talbott
Clair Sellars
Russell
Edna Neff
Orville Burton
Russell Warner
Birdie Msin
Andy Brown
Iconium
Pfc
Willard F. Clark
Santa Fe
N. Mex
Jimmie
E. R. Easter
Hicks Pabst
Gon
Larry
Harry Pabst
Ralph Pfannebecker
Battle Creek
Gus Pfannebecker
Catie Whicker
Orman
Max
Owella
William Espy
Darby
Guy McDanes
Herbert McDanel
Willie McDanel
Jack McDonough
Furloughs and Christmas visits noted in Ottumwa list
A long roster of names appears alongside holiday visits in Ottumwa as families celebrate Christmas. Residents such as J T Day and Leila join relatives including Miss Stella Albright and the Day clan, with many others from Ottumwa and Centerville spending the season with kin. Several servicemen and community members are listed with relatives visiting at home and abroad during the Christmas period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvin Stocker
Lawrence Roland
George Irelan
Ava
J. T. Day
Leila
Stella Albright
J. P Day
Carol Lee
Russell Day
Ottumwa
Delma June
John Temple
Rosa Knight
Aaron
Ted S Campbell
Glen Fowler
Lois
New Sharon
Herbert Main
Centerville
Birdie Main
Clelland Jolly
Chanute Field
Ill
Freeman Jolly
Harold Mazon
Richard
W. P. Davis
Allen Mason
Kenneth Condra
Guy MacCannon
Numa
Gene Condra
E. E. Condre
Seymour
Dorothy Lee
Donald Brain
Des Moines
Lester Brain
Donald
University of Iowa
Moravia People Share Visits and Christmas Gatherings
Local residents from Moravia and nearby areas hosted and visited over the holiday period. Families including Moffatt, Argo, McFatridge, Bickford, Parks, and Kline gathered for suppers, Christmas at various homes, and community programs in Moravia and Albia, with several visitors from Louilla Tryon and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moffat
Fred Argo
Moravia
Carl Derby
John Moffatt
Mary
Barbara McGuinn
Geraldine Flahive
Verts Livengood
Louilla
Lee Bickford
Tryon
Okla
Hugh McFatridge
Heute
Everett Stansberry
Gon
Dewayne
Alicia
Clell Sheldon
Frances
Darwin
Addie Sheldon
Andrew Parka
Kansas City
Hugh MecFatridge
Daisy Moffatt
Hugh Mc ¥ Satridge
Merle Dicks
Roy
Bernard Kitterman
Henry Elliott
Johnny
Rozella
Frank Starcevic
Harley Kline
Vernon Olney
Andrew Parks and Son
John Bickford
Rex Haxer
Howard
Phyllis
Daisy
Moffatt
Kenneth Powers
Albia
Iconium Club Notes and Community Items
Iconium Rosa Beaty Club met Wednesday with Mrs Glennie Dicks. A cooperative dinner was served at noon. Members worked on nut meats and carpet rag sewing. Many local residents attended or were mentioned as visitors and past and future events are listed through the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Beaty
Glennie_Dicks
Mesdames
Martha Massman
Francis Snock
Mildred Tarbell
Mabel Hammond
Fern Penfield
Verna McAninch
Edith Callen
Gertrude Penfield
Jessie McAninch
Dorothy Sheldon
Nona Dicks
Helen McAninch
Vera Moore
Addie Sheldon
Also Mentioned on This Page
NAVY
E. G. Firkins
Richard L. Suffigool
Stanley W. Sufficool
Roy M. Kenton
Irvin Burns
Archie W. Martin
Robert Sufficool
Harold Roger Fogle
August T. Morris
Vanice J. Morris
Richard Earl Main
Milo Artis Main
William M. Morgan
John Donald Easter
H. Lathen
Fred Guy Matherly
James Aher
Smith Tharp
George Hellyer
Earnest
A. Garner
Carl Creech
Frank Jones
Max Stover
Leo Caster
Claude
Hudnall
Cliff Hudnall
Doyle Stansberry
Dwight Stansberry
J. C. Rosshall
John WM. Johnson
Howard H. Derby
Fred Johnson
Alvin Donahood
Herbert Gilliland
John R. Kenton
Ted Knapp
Chester Selby
Richard Gordner
Rex Firkins
Arthur McKern
Leon ‘Ozhler
Forest Stoeker Oliver GC
Irelan
Burke
Homer E. Callen
Duane Vrach
Robert Boyer
William Stice
Leo Agnew
Clifford Huff
Maurice Walter Charles Wakka Turner
James H. Weldon
Harold Burton
Cleon Cordes James Roger Albert Thomas Allen Robb
Gladys McCrory
Hilbert Roberts
Dean Fullerton
Charles Faber
Donald Davis
Floyd Garner
Max Fullerton
Clair Hiatt
Carl Hiatt
John J
Freddie Z
M. Vandorin
Jean Kathryn Broshar
Gladys
Macrory Army N
Burdell Roberts
Clyde Wilson
Harold L. Boyer
Paul E. Burns
Arthur
L. Case
Meritt L. Boyd
Roscoe BE Day
Max Martin
Kenneth Hiatt
Gerald Eugene Hawk
Francis Johnson
Allen Mason, JR
Wayne Blumer
Carl Proctor
Clifton Boardman
Robert K. Moffitt
Clifford Stocker
James L. Buckingham
Trenton Mericle
Richard J. Burton
Cecil Creech
Dwight L. Easter
Paul Massman
Dayton Dotson
Eugene Wilcox
Lyle K. Hough
Walter Wilson
James E. Judge
Don Talbott
Richard Proctor
Floyd Hiner
Leslie Albert
Charles Gray
Clell Coffin
Jim McCumber
Wallace Gibson
Elmer Thomas
John Rinehart
James Calhoun
Turner & Son
Franklin
Peters Shop
O. E. Peters
Lloyd Brown
Moravia Union
Antiquity Lodge
A. F
A. M
Cereee
Aning
Don Pettibone, W. M
Clyde Dicks
Russell Brown
Clyde
Truxton
Paul Dicks
Vosburgh School
Betty Jean Brown
Jimmie McAninch
Lloyd Massman
Truxton Dicks
J. William McAninch
Dean Snook
Teonium School
Santa
Gus Tisue
Don Poulson
Jay Argo
Virginia
Crystal Callen
Richard Callen
Gilbert Callen
Lloyd Clark
Dorothy
Columbus Junction
Pearl Free
Doris Ammons
Clarence ‘Hitehead
Robert Blue
St. Louis
Orley Ferris
Chicago
Bob Metcalf
Mystic
Truxton Dicks and
Gene Hictiaire
Humeston
Haver Free
Wayne Thompson
Hal Lemanster
Charles Burnett
Truxton Dicks and Sons
Hlbert Moore
Flo Moore
J. P. Day
Argo
Ted Campbell
Rayleigh
East Appanoose County
Rayleigh’s
Dept
Freeport
Ge Valentine Co
Marshalltown
Albia Rendering Co
Morrell
Gardner & Son
Richard Harp
Pillsbury
Spencer
Ean
New York
Langest and Fire Insurance Canty
America
Chet Broshar
The
Peoples Life
Clinton
Lic
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!