Christmas gatherings span Moravia area visits
Local residents shared Christmas meals and visits across Moravia and nearby towns. Faith Jordan from Kansas City visited her parents, with extended family from Polo and Lyons joining weekend gatherings. Dozens attended co op dinners at Success Barber and Beauty Supply, while others hosted relatives from Ottumwa, Muscatine, Des Moines, and Jefferson City during the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith. Jordan
Kansas City
Carson Jordan
Hubert Staggs
Faith
Jordan Home
L. E. Jordan
Polo
Success Barber and Beauty Supply Company
M. H. Johnson
Sarah Stocker
Charles Johnson
Mystic
John Johnson
Moravia
Donald Johnson
Knoxville
Red Rock Dam
C. C. Coulson
Harold Burton
Merrill Coulson
Lyons
Kansas
Hazel Alverson
Moberly
Linda Coulson
Steve Burger
Minburn
Floyd Alverson
Independence
Coulson
Kenneth Free
Paul Stewart
Muscatine
BE. G. Lincox
Ottumwa
Flora Jones
Maurice Walter
Marcia
Marchelle
Bill Benjamin
Lois Atm Callen
Iowa City
T. E. Campbell
Arthur Boeckle
Newton
Arnold Outkamp
St. Louis
Ronald
Skip) Brashar
Des Moines
Paul Brashar
Myrth Hudgens
Martha Sue
Grant Tadlock
Granite City
Dick Harp
Dennis
Lola Laws
Pauline Totley
Rathbun
Dale Callen
Fanny Callen
Centerville
Griffinsville-North Bend Christmas Gathering Report
Daphne Shepard describes Christmas activities in Griffinsville and North Bend. Families from Williams and Lains, Bohm, McNair, Shepard, Huff, Espy, and others share dinners, gifts, and church programs. Local 4-H carolers and multiple visits mark the holiday season in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffinsville
North Bend
Daphne Shepard
Lowell Shepard
John Bohm
Harvey
George Lains
Ralph Williams
South Bend
Ind
Loren ‘Corey
Osa Gideon
Winfield
Jerry Butler
Melcher
Poke Cozad
Indianola
Rudy ‘Blozevich
Centerville
Dean
Keith Lain
Russell Shepard
Guy McDanel
Santa Claus
Ora Rinehart
Lavern Kohl
Cedar Rapids
Jim Walker
Russell
Patricia Taylor
Steve Shepard
Arthur Shepard
Fred Russell
Lowell
Harald Huff
Lynn Lemley
Dora Teater
Bob Mitchell
Dean Shepard
Larry Talbot
Wendell Shepard
Frederick Bear
Dewey Bear
Helen Bear
Merri Shepard
Stephan Shepard
Harold Huff
Newton
Jack Espy
O'Conner
Miller by Mrs Eleanor Burton
Mrs. Eleanor Burton and family host various relatives during Christmas and later visits. Guests include Mrs. Russell Tubaugh of Belle Plaine, Miss Joy Tubaugh of East Lansing, and families of Albert Tibaugh Richard Tibaugh and others from Chicago Omaha Des Moines Marshalltown Fulton Davenport and Fort Benning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Tubaugh
Belle Plaine
Joy Tubaugh
East Lansing
Mich
Albert Tubaugh
Richard Tubaugh
Celia Anderson
Omaha
Nebr
Albert Tibaugh
Richard Tibaugh
Beverly Strunk
Chicago
Jim Lorraine
Lansing
J. W. Campbell
Lester Strunk
Russell Strunk
William, Merritt
Ruth Ann
Marshalltown
Roscoe
Fort Benning
Wilbur G. Paris
Des Moines
C. E. Paris
Dennis Kelly
Hershel “Kelly
John Kelly
Fern Horn
Christmas Family Visits Paint Small Town Weekend
Gerald Burton and Lois Hartley called Saturday morning on Burtons and Iva Strunk. Families including the Renwicks Milhnevichs and O Connor and Horns gathered for a Christmas dinner at Jim Smith’s in Biggsville I. The Fay Paxton group hosted a turkey supper with the Shepherds and gift exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Burton
Lois Hartley
Burtons
Iva Strunk
Homer Renwick
Connie
Timothy Milhnevich
Renwick
Jim ‘Smith
Biggsville, I
Frank O'Conner
Kenneth O'Conner
Henry Horn
Fay Paxton
Dale Paxton
Estel Wolver
Stephen Shepherds
Carol Jean
Reta and
Ellis
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Delmar Dowd
George Kinder
Paul Miller
Pat
Ralph Rinehart
Monroe
Ina Miller
Mina Dowd
Wm. Gardner
Donald Dowd
Todd Harp
Robert ‘Dixon
Elliott Bookkeeping Supply
State Centerville
E. Oak St
Paul Teel
Homer
Goode Seed & Feed CO
Goode Elevator
Albia
James
Hall Automobile
Coulson & Burton Insurance
Phons
Moravis
Laurence Dommer
Hershel Kelly
Nadine Dommer
John Kellys
Hollis Jobe
Keith Cridlebaugh
Addie Hull
Agnes McCommell
Virgil Elmore
Walter Daniels
Elien
Donald Hull
Mike
Pamela Hull
Charles Andrews
Kenny Tadlock
Fulton, Dl
Fulton
Dean Andrews
Betty Strunk
Donald Strunk
Gloria Lynn
Davenport
Lazell
Whitey’s Body Shop
Iowa
Robert Strunk
Gayle
Danny
Gravehma Strunk
Gerald Burtons
Grandita
Mr. and
Mrs
Arthur Andrews
Appanoose County
Marvin Colton
Harry Robertson
Earl Hedgecock
Gloria Cortesio
Virginia Barbaglia
M. M. Doggett
James Milani
Board of
Gail Felkner
Loyd Carter
Ralph Woods
Carl Evans