Community Notes From Centerville Area Social Roundup
Weekend visits span Cedar Rapids Promise City and Centerville as families gather for dinners, birthdays, and cheery cross town stops. Notables include Kenneth Blackman, Clell Coffin, GWO Smith Tharp of Jacksonville, and many local relatives sharing occasions and hospital updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. K. Blackman
Kenneth Blackman
Cedar Rapids
Charles Coffin
Clell
Carl Coffin
Promise City
Wilbur Rush
Centerville
Coffin
Almont Main
Gwo Smith Tharp
Jacksonville
Fla
Ben Tharp
Albia
Pearl Swaim
Chief Tharp
Holly Fowler
St. Joseph Hospital
Albert Fowler
Moravia
Flora Jones
R. S. Faber
J. T. VanDorin
Russell Hindmans
Carl Bettis
Carl
Town City
Clarence Banks
Ted Banks
Raymond Voss
Prole
John Martens
Martinsdale
Gerald Morgan
F. E. Wheeler
Jennie Bland
Lizzie VanDorin
Osa
Local social notes from Oskaloosa area gatherings
Community members and families from Oskaloosa, Albia, Centerville, and nearby towns visit, host, or attend events. Names include Lessie Plants, Helma Tisue, J. T. VanDorin, Stephen Glen Dayton, and Emery Hiatt. The list covers birthdays, hospital transfers, dinners, and Sunday visits over a weekend.
Miller News 37th Wedding Anniversary Noted by Lenora Paris
Lenora Paris and her husband celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary at their daughter Ariene’s home in Knoxville on February 10 with Connie and family sharing a meal and an anniversary cake. They received six red roses and spent Saturday with relatives before returning home. Other items note social visits and open houses among local families, including Tadlocks, Renwicks, Comstocks, Luses, Strunks, and Parises, and a ball game trip to Pleasantville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Des Moines
The
Home Builders Association of
Ariene
Knoxville
Connie
Lee Tadlock
Flora Phillips
Grant Tadlock
Homer Renwick
Vicki
Biggsville
Comstocks
Cecil Comstock
Oskaloosa
Peg Renwick
Cecil Tadlock
Lester Strunk
Gus Luse
Robert Luse
Iva Strunk
Maude Coltrain
Moravia
Percy Hughes
Seymour
Gerald Burton
Fred Blumer
Claude Paris
Wayne Paris
Pleasantville
Steam
Bussey
Lacona
West Point News Death of Mrs Carl Calhoun
Death notice for Mrs Carl Calhoun from West Point News. Expressions of sympathy to Sybil Whithead and Verta Hoffman. Many local visits and gatherings noted, including Haver, McCrory, Callen, Hoffman and related families at various homes and church events across the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point News
Carl Calhoun
Weekend Visits Approximate Des Moines Social Roundup
The text lists numerous households hosting guests over the weekend in Des Moines and nearby areas. It names J and Mark at the Mears Shorts home, Floyd and Bennie Allem, Fay Hair, Dick Brown at Russell Brown home, the Dicks at Charlie Wakefield, Rinehart and Mary Ann at Ray Rinehart, Leo Hoffman and Kenneth at the Mearl Dicks and Gilbert Callen visits, Truxton Dicks at Delmont Moffitt, Nellie Thompson and Constance Thompson social calls, and a milk producers meeting in Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J and
Mark
Mears Shorts
Des Moines
Floyd Allem
Bennie
Fay Hair
Dick Brown
Russell Brown
Paul Dicks
Charlie Wakefield
Lewis Rinehart
Mary Ann
Ray Rinehart
Leo Hoffman
Kenneth
Mearl Dick
Shanghai By Mrs Bert Rinehart
Mrs Bert Rinehart hosted Lat Sunday dinner guests including Mr and Mrs Bill Hiner and Don from Centerville and Albia, Miss Mary Lou Rinehart, Mr and Mrs Gerald Rinehart Mike and Jimmy, plus Mr and Mrs Fred Christy Aubrey Christy family. Ronald Landgrebe and Donnie visited the Lloyd Landgrebe home with Cherry from Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Rineharts
Bill Hiner
Don
George Hiner
Centerville
Mary Lou Rinehart
Albia
Gerald Rinehart
Mike
Jimmy
Fred Christy
Barbara
Patty
Paul Allen
Aubrey
Local residents host and visit across weekend circle
Mrs Harold Hawk Sonny and Lorena Plants joined Mrs Verla Glasgow for a Sunday birthday dinner. Visitors included Mrs Dorman Irwin, Gerald Rinehart, Jimmy, Mr and Mrs Fred Taylor, Harold Hawk, and many neighbors sharing afternoons and evenings at homes around Corydon. Then groups from the area attended a Moravia basketball game and hosted or visited at several farms and nurseries throughout the week.
Social gatherings and visits from local residents
By Yeeburgh Mr and Mrs Gilbert Callen Mr and Mrs Russell Brown and Jenni fer Ducham spent Tuesday evening at the Dick Brown home Several ladies attended the study course at Nellie Thompson home Tuesday afternoon Wayne Thompson was an evening caller Glennie Dicks attended club at Phyllis Spaur home Wednesday evening visitors at Mearl Dicks home were Mr and Mrs Earl Swift Mr and Mrs Russell Brown Jennifer Dunham Dorothy Calhoun and Hazel Rinehart Mr and Mrs Dick Brown were afternoon callers at the Dicks home Three ladies quilting at Nellie Thompson home Thursday afternoon Addie Sheldon was an afternoon caller Phyllis Dicks attended the Eastern Star school of instruction in Centerville Thursday evening Carol Christy spent Friday at Gilbert Callen home Saturday dinner guests at the Dick Brown home were Mr and Mrs Floyd Allem and Bennie Fay Hair and Mr and Mrs Russell Brown Mr and Mrs George Rinehart
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic
Cody Luse
Mable Main
Jerry Main
Helma Tisue
Gano Nasalroad
Fay Paxston
Mearl Walter
Walter
Marvin Gardner
John Wilson
Kevin Walter
Loren Walter
Joyce
Connie
Maurice Walter
Sylvan VanDorin
Deibert Gray
Cary McCoy
Sharon O’conner
Harold Hawk
Sonny
Lorena
Verla Glasgow
Dorman Irwin
Gerald Rinehart
Jimmy
Fred Taylor
Earl Taylors
Corydon
Harold Youngs
Gerald Davidsong
Hazel Hellyer
Bert Rinehart
Frank Rinehart
Aubrey Christy
Doyle
Iole Christy
Gerald Davidson
Gerald Rineharts
Gilbert Callen
Russell Brown
Jennifer Ducham
Dick Brown
Nellie Thompson
Wayne Thompson
Glennie Dicks
Phyllis Spaur
Mearl Dicks
Earl Swift
Jennifer Dunham
Dorothy Calhoun
Hazel Rinehart
Addie Sheldon
Phyllis Dicks
Eastern Star School of Instruction
Centerville
Carol Christy
Floyd Allem
Bennie
Fay Hair
George Rinehart
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bennie Tarbell
Mona Main
Lloyd Brown
Jim McAnineh
Max
Ethel Hamilton
Roscoe Day
Jimmie
Sue
Ottumwa
Richard Veach
Madge Hough
Mt. Pleas
Erec Main
Lula R. Till
Myna
Caryl Richard
Dial
Turner Funeral Home
Iowa
Mr. Farmer
CAR Load Seed
Iconium Exchange
Iconium
Illinois
Lessie Plants
Lowell VanDorin
Leo van Dorins
Larry Dayton
Stephen Glen
DeWayne Johnson
Fratees Rosman
Emery Hiatt
George Turner
Jim Turner
Valentine
Flossie Carter
Larry Derby
Maureen
Gary Perry
Julia
Earl Brain
Hedrick
Guss Luse
Lester Brain
Frank Wilson
Walter Schultz
Searsboro
Alvas Watson
Hiatt
Leo Salladay
Richard Raymie
Lester Brains
Roger Gideon
Victor
Herschel Johnson
Howard Carson
Ruth Hammond
Rest Haven
F. A. Richardson
Zell Callen
Wilbur Miller
Bob Strunk
Delmar Dowd
Janet Dixon
Richard Tubaugh
Grandma Tublugh
Janeice
Miller News
Lenora Paris
Sybil Whithead
Verta Hoffman
Home Missions
Nellie Thompsons
Basil Herteen
Hosea Gilliland
Kenneth Hoffman
Tom Penfield
Lea Hoffman
Ed Haver
Julie
Rex Haver
Fred Argo
Lloyd Callen
Gene McCrory
David Callen
Linby
McCrorys
Linda Davis
Jerry Wilder
Debbie
A. C. Lockridge
Glen Wakefield
Julie Haver
Rex Haxer
Constance Thompson
Truxton Dicks
Sibyl Whitehead
Larry Lee
Shanghai
Les
Texaco
Oehler Bros
Ronnie West
Rodney
Donnie Landgrebe
Lloyd Landgrebes
Bert
Coulson & Burton Insurance
Phohe
White Implement CO
Allis-Chalmers
New Idea
Doe
Allen’s Grocery & Market
Square Dial
By Yeeburgh
Gardner Hatchery
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