Christmas mingles in small town gatherings across Indianola area
Multiple households celebrate Christmas with dinners and gift exchanges. Attendees include the Foster, Johnson, Walter, Tadlock, Tubaugh, Charity, Horn, Hiatt, Fenton, Porter, and Van Dorin families, plus relatives visiting from Des Moines Kirksville Ottumwa Centerville Ames and Albia. Local guests include Paul Wilson and Ron Woodward recovering from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Tubaugh
Jerry
Jackie
Ray Tubaugh
Gloria
Roberta
Irtha Jo
Belle Plaine
Joy Tubaugh
Cedar Falls
Richard Tubaugh
Janiece
Albert Tubaugh
Jerald Gillaspie
Wayne
Mark
Albia
Otha Jr. Fenton
Lela Ponsetta
Mark Allen
David
Jerry McFall
Delila Fenton
Fay Porter
Merrill Porter
Larry
Jim Porter
Grant City
Janice Porter
Frank Wilson
Earl Clark
Anna Smith
Max Schhneider
Kirksville
Raymond Charity
Max Schneider
Ray Charity
Clarence Horn
Ernest Brummel
Moulton
Methodist Church
Howard Smith
Richard Smith
Indianola
Joe Weinman
Hugo Johnson
J. D. More
Centerville
Harley Tisue
James Nash
Clifford Tisue
Sandy
Des Moines
Roy Argo
Carl Tisue
Grant -Tadlock Home
Basil Tadlock
University Park
Larry Tadlock
Ames
Robert Easter
Claude Hawk
Jack Uingworth
Carrie Tisue
Warren Rouse
Robert Foster
Basha Foster
al Clark
Lisa
Charley Lemonds
Francis Purvis
Deep River
Fred van Dorin
George van Dorin
Mary Ruth
Glen van Dorin
Duane Veach
Christmas Day Guests Near Des Moines and Surrounding Towns
Families from Des Moines Unionville Ot tumwa Hillsboro Centerville and surrounding areas shared Christmas Day gatherings with relatives. The Veach Knight Day and Taylor families appeared in multiple homes while Jimmie J. Sawvel and Janie visited J R Héyer. Dinner and supper events included Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hiatt and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
R. C. Hiatt
Centerville
Marilyn Hiatt
Des Moines
Eva Hiatt
Glen van Dorin
Lee Hiatt
Elizabeth Taylor
Dayne Taylor
Buell Taylor
Jean and
Jay
Dick Johnson
Christmas church programs shared by families
West Point residents Mrs. Leo Hoffman and family along with Mr. Darrell Cooper and relatives attended a Christmas service at the Methodist church Monday evening. Leo Hoffman and sons also joined a Christmas program at the H U B church Tuesday. Visitors include Mrs. Laura Cooper of Illinois at the Darrell Cooper home. Christmas day gatherings occurred at several homes including Bill Mahon’s near Albia and Lloyd Callen’s with the McCrory Hedlund Callen group. Rex Hagerman and son were at Leo Roy Brown’s Ottumwa home, and John Heffron and family visited the Leo Hoffman home Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. May
Indianola
D. E
Darrell Cooper
James Wilson
Methodist
Leo Hoffman
Gons
H.U.B
Laura Cooper
Illinois
Bill Mahon
Albia
Gene McCrory
Beverly Hedlund
David Callen
Lloyd Callen
Bill Hoffman
Centerville
Rex Hagerman
Leo Roy Brown
Ottumwa
John Heffron
Miller By Mrs. Wilbur Miller
John Skipper of the Buxston mining district north of Albia died at 93 after a long active life. Cecil Comstock served as pallbearer at his uncle's finial services. Betty Tubaugh and Gerald Gillespie visited grandparents in the area while Miss Tubaugh, stationed in Atlanta, joined dinner guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Comstock
John Skipper
Buxston
Albia
Comstock
Betty Tubaugh
Atlanta
Georgia
Gerald Gillespie
Hiteman
Albert Tubaugh
Louilla
Claude Paris
Glenn Stephenson
Becky
Christmas Guests And Dinner Guests Across Several Towns
The article lists numerous families from Knoxville Lacona Polk City Moravia Seymour Melrose Allerton Udell and Des Moines who spent Christmas and pre Christmas dinners with relatives. People named include Mr and Mrs Luse Burton Christy Andrews Tubaugh Strunk and several others with extended family gatherings in multiple homes.
Christmas Day Gatherings Across Area Families Celebrate
Eve at the Earl Campbell home and others shared Christmas dinner. Funeral services were held for John Skipper at Louilla Sunday afternoon. The Comstock and Strunk families visited relatives in Marshalltown and Des Moines. Nellie Williams hosted guests from Centerville and Des Moines, then returned home with the Wrights. Wilbur Miller and the Gibbs family shared turkey dinner near Seymour. Albert Tubaugh and others attended the 50th wedding anniversary of James and Sinclair in Albia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Walter
George Simmons
Karen
Hinsdale
Sue
el Monte
Calif
Aubrey Walter
Centerville
Maurice Walter
Marcia
Marvin Gardner
Sylvan van Dorin
John Wilson
Bob Buiggs
Des Moines
Paul Wilson
Ron Woodward
Monroe County Hospital
Neal Burton
Washington
Grant Tadlock
Naomi
Larry Tadlock
Carl Tisue
Carroll Steinbeck
Earl Campbell
Cecil Comstock
John Skipper
Louilla
Comstock
Bob Comstock
Russell Strunk
Marshalltown
Clifford Caster
Lester
Gerald Burton
Jerry
Lazell
Iva Strunk
Bob Strunk
Barbara
Nellie Williams
Raymond Williams
Harold Wright
Kenneth Coltrain
Williams
Moulton
Wilbur Miller
Ivan Gibbs
Seymour
Albert Tubaugh
James Sinclair
Christian Church
Albia
Centerville Family Guests Noted In Des Moines Visit
Mr and Mrs Raymond Williams and children of Centerville were Sunday guests of Mrs Nellie Williams. Mr and Mrs Walter Dawson and Carolyn of Des Moines spent Sunday and Monday at the Earl Campbell home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Williams
Centerville
Nellie Williams
Walter Dawson
Carolyn
Des Moines
Earl Campbell
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Ernest — Blanche
Belle Plaine Sale
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Moravia
Russell
Ray
Roy
Richard
West Point
Mrs
Ney
Knoxville
Bill Luge
Billy Joe
Patty
Mike
Jimmy
Lacona
Gene Judge
Polk City
Walter Paris
Lynn
Lavern McDanes
Gene
Patty Lou Luse
Lester Strunk
Beverly
Mary
Joan
Dale Church
Fred Christy
Arthur Burton
Ida Caylor
Lee Tadlock
Kenny
L. M. Andrews
Charles Andrews
Richard Ritter
Cora Means
Doris Hershberger
Melrose
Lewis
Louise
Verna
Bertha Miller
Lee Dawson
Venetah Tubaugh
Homer Andrews
Allerton
Venetah
Chas. Andrews
Donald
Delmar Dowd
John Lindskoog
Vicki
Udell
Florence Hahn
Sandra Anderson
GEM Shop
Cloyd Hollingshead Deweler
Albia, Iowa
Tennessee Valley Authority
State
Iowa
Turner Funeral Home
Richey Florists
3Rd St
Rogers
Rogers Bros
Oneida
Flight
William Rogers
Northern Pattern
China
Cascade
Canessa
Selby
Golden Ross
Norma
Pebbleford Pottery
Faberware
Sunbeam Coffeemaster
Sunbeam
Cloyd Hollingshead
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