Christmas gatherings span many families in Moravia and Centerville
A long list of local households hosted Christmas Eve and Christmas Day gatherings. Guests from Moravia, Centerville, Omaha, Nyssa, and Eddyville joined relatives for dinners, gift exchanges, carols, and a 50th wedding anniversary open house. The Miller school pupils presented a Christmas program with Santa, then more gatherings followed at multiple homes with extended families and friends attending.
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Miller Church
Max McCoy
Cary
Blakesburg
Giella Anderson
Omaha
Nebr
Albert Tu- Baugh
Betty Strunk
Beverly Herman
Iva Strunk
Bob Tolbert
Victor
Iowa
Bill
Vivian Hoffman
Andy Andrews
Gerald Burton
Jerry
Walter Proctor
John Cleaver
Newton
Garner
Nyssa
Oregon
John Tadjock
Moravia
Ray
Tubsaugh
Lee Tad
Claude Paris
Bill Luse
Lacona
Wilbur Miller
W. N. Miller
Cecil Comstock
Melrose
Wallace Means
Frank Rogers
Pat
Nellie Williams
W. M. Tolbert
Alta
Roy Bernard
Hattie Tolbert
Seymour
C. H. Andrews
Richard Tubaugh
Lazelle
Russell
Clifford Caster
Patty
Bob Strunk
Barbara
Leo Hoffman
Richard
Kenneth
Myr
Jack’ ‘Hoffman
Danny
Laura Hoffman
Vivian
Alice Wilson
Norman Kelley
Lawrence
Dommer
Mike
Miller School
Santa Claus
Harold Wright
Childrn
Des Moines
Raymond Williams
Centerville
Mae
Kenneth Coltrain
Ernest
Foster and Sons
Wilma Foster
Knoxville
Mra
Pearl Ell
Bill Hoffman
Ottumwa
Robert Luse
Lester Strunk
John Lindskoog
Vickie
Udell
Max Lobberecht
Larry
Eddyville
Fred Christy
Mystic
Andrews
Leo Kelley
Ben Davis
Gene Judge
Clyde Hiatt
Hazel Hellyer
Ralph Eaton
Ben Jones
W. V. Murdy
Wendell Murdy
Robert Shelquist
Christmas and New Year Greetings and Local Gatherings
Mrs J T VanDorin extends New Year wishes as a misty Christmas period unfolds. A long list of visits and dinners follows with Ot tumwa, Belmond, Keosauqua, Ver million, and other Iowa locales referenced among family gatherings and church events.
Brushy By Mrs Arlo Fenton
The Brushy Ladies Aid met December 14 with Ethel Lemley for an all day quilting session. A cooperative noon dinner, devotional, and carols marked the day. Officers for the year were elected: Ethel Lemley president Fay Fenton vice president Gertie Atwell secretary treasurer Lucile Atwell and Lois Martin reporters. Numerous members and guests were listed as present with plans for the January meeting with Verge Martin. Christmas visits filled the following days with relatives from Ames Perry Centerville Chariton and other towns.
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Brushy Ladies Aid
Ethel Lemley
Ethel Lemsey
Fay Fenton
Gertie Atwell
Lucile Atwell
Loiz Martin
Lucille van‘ Antwerp
Flo Fenton
Georgia Atwell
Verge Martin
Bessie Fenton
Bessie Teater
Lois Martin
Helen Taylor
Jessie Elam
Laura Martin
Forrence Martin
Karen
Dwaln Swan
Florence Teater
Jean Curtis
Jon
June Robertson
Gary
Opal Lemley
Irene Brandon
Fay Wright
Clinton Swan
Laten Atwell
Merrill Atwell
Arlo Fenton
Wm. Elam
Hail Hensley
Russell
Kenneth Mikels
Centerville
Richard Hensley
Chariton
Robert Hensley
Buffalo
N. Y
Ed Fenton
Ted Teater
Harold Landgrebe
Carl Gene Martin
Gerald Vickrey
Janice
Larry
Hattie Ely
Duane Sulser
Stephen
John Sulser
Betty Lou
Roy Sulser
Leslie Lemley
Roger
Larry Lemley
Jerald
Jen
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