Christmas Card Totals and Small-Town News From Moravia
Stockton correspondent notes Stella Carter and 97 card reads as 96 for another. Emmett Derby renews for his parents in Iconium. Weather recalls record New Year snow around 12 inches with drifts, cold near four above. Local cattle theft tallied seven head valued at 200 each, traced to a Moravia pasture east of town. new Jeeps for Moravia mail carriers. grand jury names announced for Feb 3. several subscriptions paid and renewed in Centerville and nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Stella Carter
Hall Swaim
Stockton
Illinois
Union
Richard Sneed
Wrok
D. H. Schreiner
Forrest Main & Son
Des Moines
Chicago
J. T. van Dorin
Main & Son
Moravia
Medical Hucksters series teased by Dr Morris Fishbein
A promotional note announces a new Sunday feature by Dr Morris Fishbein editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The American Weekly magazine, paired with Sun Day's Chicago Herald American, will wrap ads in local Moravin Union columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
the Great
Chicago Heraldamerican
The
Moravin Union
Local Happenings
Mr and Mrs W K McNabb and daughter Patty return to Dallas after a three week visit with the DuVall and Woodward families in Cedar Falls and Torri ngton Wyoming. Mr and Mrs Guy Johnson head to San Antonio after visiting Albia and Pfannebecker relatives. Clell Coffin stays with Garland Houser family in Centerville. Lo Harshfield and children of Wheatland Wyoming visit the Johnsons and Gain families. W E Peterson of Lincoln Nebraska spends holidays with daughters in Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. McNabb
Patty
Dallas
Texas
O. D. DuVall
Cedar Falls
Guy Johnson
San Antonio
Freeman Johnson
Albia
Gua Pfannebecker
Claire Woodward
Harry Woodward
Toriington
Wyo
Frank Swaim
Ottumwa
Clell Coffin
Garland Houser
Centerville
Lo Harshfield
Wheatland
John Johnson
J. Logan Gain
James Cain
Johnson Home
W. E. Peterson
Lincoln
Neb
Bill Steffen
Bill Hagerman
Vosburgh Items Reflect Local Family Gatherings and Visits
A long list of social visits and home gatherings across the Vosburgh area highlights birthdays, Christmas celebrations, and weekend calls. Families including the Derbys, Turners, Colwells, Ammons, Thompsons, Fullers, Calhouns, Sheldons, and Hammonds share meals, outings, and holiday travel with relatives in Albia Centerville Ottumwa and Geneseo.
Hiattsville Christmas Socials and Hospital Note
Mrs Tleta Argo and baby Norleen were brought to Cyril McDanel home on Christmas Day. Several families visited and celebrated at Hiatt homes in Ottumwa Centerville and Des Moines area. Cyril McDanel hospitalized in Des Moines for two weeks for diabetes. wishes for speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tleta Argo
Norleen
Gyril McDanel
Alva Cornelius
Kansas City
Kenneth Daniels
Pearl Hiatt
Lloyd Rose
Memphis
W. A. Rose
Neuman Daniels
Ira Younger
Centerville
Bert Meadows
Don Pettibone
Max McDanel
Moline
Cyril 1 McDanel
Burdette Atterback
Moulton
Cyril McDanel
Gil Dooley
and I
Roy Dooley
Carol Brees
Ottumwa
Lute Hiatt
Carl van Zante
Lows Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Harve Smith
Wray Smith
Bloomfield
Evelyn Daniels
I Eugene
Juanita Dooley
Alan
Hiatt
Ruby Brees
Doyle McDanel
Kenneth Hiatt
Lora
Moffatts and Friends Share Holiday Visits Across Counties
Local families and relatives from Albia, Moravia, Centerville, and Udell spent Christmas and New Year gatherings at homes of the Moffatt, Argo, Starcevic, and Stephens families. Visitors included Nellie Haines, Basil Herteen, Roscoe Argo, Phyllis Haver, and others, with trips to Centerville and Chariot on noted. One veteran, Dewayne Stansberry, returned from Navy duty on 1d-day leave before reassignment to San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Haines
Coy Swift
Clayton Sheldon
John Moffatt
Iss Phyllis Haver
Roscoe Argo
Basil Herteen
Otis Fuller
Lesley Bennett
Dwight Stephens
Sharon
Chariton
Gay Stephens
Mary
Frank Etcher
Louilla
Don Elswick
Dr. Parrott
Hugh McFatridge
John Bickford
Moravia
Ray McFatriden
Janet
Cedar Rapids
Everett
Ray
Frank Starcevic
Dwight Stansberry
Bernara Kitterman
Pyrene
Jon Lucas, Jr
Mildred Bartles
Will Moffatt
Udell
Frank Cox
Frank Starecevic
Mary Stareevic
Addie Sheldon
Clyde
Fredgo
Joe Lucas Jr
Rex Haver
Phyllis
Centerville
Frank Starcevie
Rock Island
Fred Argo
Bert Sheldon
Dewayne Stansberry
Navy
San Diego
U.S.S. Tucson
China
Kate Miller
Lee Wathan
Joannami Georgia
Doyte
Neighbors Visit Everett Stansberry Home Sunday
Stansberry of Letts Marie Dodge and Carol MacCleep Veda Harter and children Joyce and Jimmy of Ottumwa and Mr and Mrs Charles Brown and children Richard Kay and Coleen of New Sharon visited Sunday at the Everett Stansberry home Mildred Bartles and Roy Moffatt called at the Everett Stansberry home Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stansberry
Letts
Marie Dodge
Carol MacCleep
Veda Harter
Joyce
Jimmy
Ottumwa
Charles Brown
Richard
Kay
Coleen
New Sharon
Everett Stansberry
Mildred Bartles
Roy Moffatt
Kinser Valley Community Notes and Fox Hunt
Kinser Valley notes recount neighbors visiting Centerville and Des Moines, a Christmas program at Foster school, and recent mail from Albia. It describes the New Years storm with 18 inches of sleet and snow, one way tracks after county grading, temperatures from 12 to 18 degrees rising to 22, and snow melt. Fox hunters chased a fox near an old porch, Sounder catching it after a 15 minute pursuit. Multiple visits at the Van Dorin and Darby homes are listed, with cousins and relatives from Albia, Des Moines, Flint Michigan, Ottumwa, and Richmond Missouri, plus travel to Des Moines for Christmas. continuous community activity around Kinser Valley and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Long
Centerville
Foster School
Delmar Hiner
LeRoy Wilson
Albia
Bas
John van Dalin
le Roy Wilson
Zell Wilson
le Roy
Sounder
Mr. Fox
Moravia Union Auction Promises Sale or Trade Offers
The Moravia Union advertised options to sell trade or rent a property or item, inviting bids or negotiations with potential buyers or lessees.
Pleasant Hill News Roundup of Obituaries and Visits
Pleasant Hill community notes key funeral attendances and visits across families. Sherman Callen, Mrs Allie Repp, Leslie Bankson, Mrs John Hawk and others are mentioned in funeral references and sickness. Visits span Centerville Ottumwa Denver Minneapolis and nearby towns with multiple family gatherings and Christmas dinners.
Unionville News Smooths Through Snow and Loss
Unionville items note Miss Frata Scott’s return from a San Francisco vacation and several local flights to Florida Ot tumwa and Centerville. Mrs John Hawk dies at her daughter’s home after a lingering illness as school pauses for a snow storm and later reopens. George Noland remembered as former Unionville merchant with funeral at Methodist church. Burnss buried in Taylor cemetery. Families relocate, visitors drop by, and a kindergarten teacher enjoys Christmas break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frata Scott
San Francisco
Calif
H. A. Herman
Florida
Walter Selix
Ottumwa
Ruth Allender
P. L. Veitch
Centerville
D. M. Wilson
Nancy
Orville Rogers
Jack Martin
George Brooke
Millersburg
Verner Hawk
John Hawk
Harold Fenton
Harold Fleming
Verdeen Selix
George Noland
Unionville
Burnss
Taylor
Jewell Richmond
Morning Sun
H. M. Richmond
Douglas News Highlights From Local Families
Mr and Mrs Willard Dewey of Russell hosted weekend guests Mr and Mrs John Clayworth. Families of Lee and Elmer Walker shared Christmas day with the Claxtons. Eddie Clayworth and Joyce visited the Kendall home. Clyde Kirkland and family joined others at the Kirkland home for Christmas. Clifford Woods and Harry Bentzinger were in Albia Sunday before Christmas. Leona Clayworth vacationed with grandparents John and Ruby Clayworth. Moravia high school office girls held a pre-Christmas party at Ruby Cridlebaughs with a chili supper honoring Jack Bro shar. George Scott and family visited Earl Exlines Saturday. Milo Walker and Lonnie Dean spent Christmas at Carl Boger’s. Walter Harper hosted a Christmas dinner with several families. Many young men shift toward farming as a viable open-country life and a key national occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Turner
Charles
Jay
Emmett Derby
Larry
Les
Emmett
Donald Colwell
Ottumwa
Jack Colwell
Patty Ammons
Burlington
Wayne Thompson
A. E. Derby
Fred Sheldon
Kathleen Fuller
Otis Fuller
Delbert Calhoun
James Calhoun
Carl
Bruce
Haver Frees
Wayne
Centerville
Rex
Clyde Elgin
Judith
Robert Turners
Albia
Fred Sheldons
Pearl Kelsey
Esther Murphy
Lawrence
Lorraine Hammond
Emmett Derbys
George Hammond Bryan Carter
Roy Miller
James Colwell
Newton
Roney Summers
George Sheehans
Tommy Morrisey
Geneseo, Lll
Gregg Scott
W. G. O'Hara
Virgil Brummell
Turner
Beryl] Brown
Kenneth
Russell - Browns
Bryan Carter
Kenneth Frees
Glen
Blanche Argo
George Hammond
Jean
Lorraine
Bill Cater
Smith Hospital
Albis
Bernard Kitterman
A. E
Nellie Haines
Mansel Tarbell
Bennie
Marie Reppert
Melrose
Deibert Calhouns
Tamily
C. D. Tarbell
Wayne Thompson and
Gertrude Sheehan
Raymond Perry
A. BE. Derby
Dorothy Colwell
Wilmer Kittermans
Bernard Kittersmans
Glen Turner
Amd
Baayen
Des Moines
W. H. van Dorin
Mrs. Delbert
John Madison
Ervin Long
Russell Darby
M. M. Darby
Clough
Louilla
Donald Darby
van Cleave
Flint
Mich
Curt Goodys
Zell Wilson
Amy Clough
Donald W. Darby
Geo. R. Darby
R. T. Darby
Charles Goodson
Richmond
Goodsons
Zell Wilsons
Zell
Pleasant Hill
Elbert Moore
Lloyd Clark
Gilbert Callen
Sherman Callen
Russel Argo
Jimmie McAninds
Lloyd Massman
Helen
Allie Repp
Chariton
Arlo Fenton
Frank Tarbell
George Hammonds
Paul Mehrhoff
Jack Penfield
John Hawk
Merle Dicks
Leslie Bankson
Denver
Colo
Leslie
Elmer Bankson
Mystic
Connie MecAninch
John McAninch
Lloyd Parks
Marion Clayworth
Willard Denny
Carl Fentons
Fenton
Carl Fenton
Joe Fenons
Mansel Tardell
St. Joseph Hospital
Tommy
Beryl Brown
Teonium
Verda Argo
Francis Miller
Max
Connie McAninch
Verna McAninch
Ashael Cozad
Ronnie
Manse
Tarbells
Orlie Farris
Bob Blue
Bob Metcalfe
Herbert Yoats
Ray Yoats
Clell Sheldon
Mabel Burton
Bob
Rex Dicks
Edith Woodcock
Hughes
James
Iowa City
Pearl E. Hiner
Cedar Rapids
Elbert Moores
Jim McAninch
Cass Hamiltons
Hollis
Willard Dewey
Russell
John Clayworth
Lee Walker
Elmer Walker
John Claxton
Eddie Clayworth
Joyce
Marlin Kendall
Clyde Kirkland
Pene Kirkland
Clifford Woods
Harry Bentzingers
Leona Clayworth
Moravia High School
Ruby Caidlebaughs
Jack Broshar
George Scott
Earl Exlines
Milo Walkers
Lonnie Dean
Carl Bogers
Walter Harpers
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Janice Bisby
Appanoose
Monroe
United States
Algia Derby
Iconium
Mr. Derby
Spencers
Milwaukee Railroad
School House
Highway 60
Zell Callen
H. K. Smith
George Halden
Lawrence Heartley
K. Horner
Paul Stewart
A. 5. Hiatt
Centerville Lowegian
Osa
Johnson Wilbur
Delmar Glick
W. W. Tracy
Dan Spears
Merle Brauer
Everett Miller
Dale Lower
Carl Hiatt
Rosalie Zimmer
Arminta Haddock Wynne
Walter P. D. Schreiner
Opha Blumer
Ben Blumer
A. G. Mason, Sr
A. G. Mason, Jr
Newton Long
Moravia Theatre
Charles Starrett
Alan Hale
Dusic
Hiattsville
Globe Loan CO
Harry L. Close
Mer
First National Bank
Cenecrille, Lowe
Franklin Hy, Mia
New Mexico
Darwin Sheldon
B. F. Whitehead
Clarence Whitehead
Oy Moffatt
Will Moffat
Ffite
Friay
Kinser Valley
George R, Darby
Veach Implement Co
Your McCormick-Deering
Catherine Hawk
Douglas By
Ruby Cridlebaugh
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