Community Notes and Local Gatherings in Ottumwa Area
Residents attend at A J Brown home and W E Kelsey visits. Des Moines trip with Laura Dicks. Mary Jane Kingery obituary in Albia. Birthday events for Laura Dicks and Dale Beaty. Funeral service at Iconium Methodist. burial in Iconium cemetery. Busy Bee club oyster supper at Roscoe Argo home. upcoming meeting Feb 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Kingery
Smith Hospital
Albia
Methodist Church
Iconium
Beryl Brown
Laura Dicks
Dale Beaty
Paul Canuthers
Fred Argo
Bobby
Keith
Laura To
Rex Dicks
LeRoy Brown
Mabel Burton
Leo Beaty
Dale
Billy
Ottumwa
Earle Swift
Theina
Carolyn Ann
Merle Dicks
Busy Bee Club
Roscoe Argo
Ben Allem
Russell Brown
Glen Turner
Jack
Colwell
Jackie
Helen
Pat
Billie
Robert Turner
Charles and
Joy
Berg Brown
Kenneth
Otia Fuller
George Shehan
Ellen
Rooney Summers
Emmett Derby
Larry
Jimmie Foster
Vinton Lundy
Reminiscences of Moravia and Nearby Neighbors
Reflections recall long-gone Moravia residents and families. Names include Beatty Gray Coe McCloud Pabst and Chambers, with anecdotes of prayers, classroom antics, and farm life. Neighborly visits, chores, and local gatherings frame a vivid slice of rural life around Centerville and Blakesburg.
The Athlete's Creed I Believe in Fair Play
A high school sports ethic piece urges athletes to honor training rules and uphold sportsmanship. It stresses dedication, selfless effort for the school, and civic-minded conduct to foster goodwill among schools, faculty, and peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fang
The Sportsman's Creed and Sportsmanship Ethos
The passage outlines ideals for players and coaches, officials and spectators. It emphasizes clean living, love of game, respectful conduct toward officials, fair play, loss without excuse, and representing the school with integrity. It extols fairness, self control, and responsibility among all participants.
Newsroom Mood Sparks Tangled Notices Turn In Items
The message urges readers to turn in assorted life events from elopements to thefts and marriages for publication, signaling a call for readable, fact tempered notices suitable for a newspaper item.
Maple Grove Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs Walter Scott attended a pink and blue shower at the Mrs Harry Stocker home Thursday evening. Several families including the Tubaughs and Paxstons spent weekends with relatives such as Bert and Milo Walker. Local visits continued with multiple calls at the Walter Scott and Paxston residences and evenings hosted by Fay Paxston and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Carter
Friz Walter
Moulton
Ronald Woodward
Moravia
Walter Scott
Harry Stocker
Ralph Tubaugh
Ray Tubaugh
Albert Tubaugh
Bud Walter
Riley Callen
Fay Paxston
Milo Walker
Harry Felton
Frank Woodward
Beverly
Paul Dean
Donna
Judy
Dickie
Bill Woodward
Billy
Bobbie
Gordon
Gary
L. E. Jordan
Hahn
Charlotte Scott
Virgil Johnson
Delmar Dowd
Franklin Social Roundup At Local Homes
Mrs John Moffatt and guests spent Thursday at the Moffatt residence with a group including Mr and Mrs Will Moffatt and sons Floyd and Lee and other locals. The Fuller home hosted Wednesday night visitors. Sunday callers included Coy Swift and family. The assessor James Queal visited Thursday as did several Moffatt and Lucas households during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Cecil Coulson
Don Pettibone
Marybeth
Jimmy Turner
Ivan Harsh
Mrs
Chester Sanders
Bert Meadows
Pearl Hiatt
Frank Chambers
John Wood
Bessie Donovan
Will Donovan
Genevie
Dorothy
Will Moffatt
Floyd and
Lee
John Sulentic
Joe Lucas Jr
Roy
Mildred Bartles
John Moffatt
Wayne Foster
Frances
Barbara Ann
Dwight
Richard
Otis Fuller
Ice Lucas Jr
Coy Swift
James Queal
Will Moffit
Earl Swift
Blue Front By Mrs. John VanZante
Groundhog shadow forecasts six more weeks of winter. Social notes record visits by VanZante, Shahan, Jones, Gardner, and local families in Centerville, Moravia, Albia, and Ames. A Moravia Union subscription is suggested as a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John VanZante
T. R. Gardner
The
Garden Club
Moravia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gaylord Main
Joann
Birdie Main
A. J. Brown
Algin Derby
W. E. Kelsey
Wm. Kelsey
Church of Christ
Elbert Perry
Des Moines
Jay Argo
Bonn Frame
Mrs. Flo Frame
Sonny
Roy Gilland
Nellie Thompson
Carrie Turney
Mary Kingery
Bill Myers
Centerville Hospital
Cross Roads
Centerville
Blakenburg
James Beatty
Sarah Gray
Noah Coe
Lou McCoy
Sarah Patrick
Beatty
Mia
Bill McCloud
Charlie
Mary
Hattie
Rose
Presley Sears
Gene Horner
Lester
Frank Bickford
Jordan
Israel
William
Elesar
Charlie Pabst
Paddy Brown
Town
Jimmy
New Hope
Mre. W. E. Donovan
Gerald Hunter
Blakesburg
Bessie Neff
Orville Burton
Mrs. Ivan Harsh
Trenton Wilson Home
Mra
Jim Herron
Kay
Loyd Carter
Everett Wyness
Andy Mosely
Anna Hiatt
Mary Meadows
Frank Hiatt
Trenton Wilson
Harsh
Dick Wilson
Mr. and
Farm Bureau
Bobby Carter
Skippy Broshar
Ernest Hiatt
Harry Woodward
Paul Stewart
Mrs. Forreat Jacobs
Clyde Jacobs
Sc. Heme
Moravia Union
Ronao
Seth
Wes
Salesbooks
Moravia Union News
Jeep Motor
G.M.C
Albla, Iowa
Maple Grove
Mrs. Fay Paxston
Franklin
Gisele
Pearl Shahan
Louisa Jones
Astess
Carl van Zante
Mark and
Charles
Lute Hiatt
Lyle Jones
Ames
Mrs. White
Ben Jones
Donald Jones
Sun
Wendell ,Murdy
Ralph Shelquist
Frank Wilson
Harold Mason
Moravian Union
Ryo
Amos .McGrighy
John Irelan
Unionville
Iowa
John S. Irelan
Charles Johnston
Ella Lockman
P. E. Wells
Mystic
Rathbun
Thurs
Guernsey
Corriedale
Hampshire
McCormick-Deering
J. D
John Deere
McCormick
Jamesway
New Hampshire
Walnut City Ladies Aid
Lyle Hopkins
Wells and Burgher
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