Social Gatherings Around Centerville and Nearby Towns
Maple Grove manager and Mrs John Dodd visited Centerville on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Walter Scott and others shared dinner with Ted Broshar's party on Thursday. Virgil Johnson and Mary Main with children dined Sunday. Johnson visited Centerville on business Saturday. Horniece and Barbara Johnson spent Monday at Walter Scott's. Several children were absent from school Monday due to illness. Clarry and Farley Tisue ate at Cass Hamilton's Monday afternoon. E tly and Batty Wilxo visited the Main girls Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Ted Broshar and family visited Walter Scott's Sunday. Clarence Dowd and sons spent Sunday with the Molar family. Mina Dowd and sons called on Mrs Marvin Gardner Saturday afternoon. We wish Robert Foster a speedy recovery. Emery Coltrain, J L Dodd, Billy Wilson, Ted Broshar, John Floyd, Virgil, and Cass Hamilton attended the schoolhouse show Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mgr
John Dodd
Centerville
Walter Scott
Walter Ix
Jack
Ted Broshar
Virgil Johnson
Mary Main
Horniece
Barbara Johnson
Clarry
Farley ‘Tisue
Cass Hamilton
E Tly
Batty Wilxo
John
Floyd
Virgil
Pauline
Clarence Dowd
Molar
Mina Dowd and Sons
Marvin Gardner
Robert Foster
Emery Coltrain
J. L. Dodd
Billy Wilson
John Floyd
J, Virgil
Residents Attend Sunday School and Visit Friends
Main Station reports social visits and family gatherings. Grace Hiatt hosted the Ladies Aid with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Boyer of Pella visiting Paul Boyer. An oyster supper honored Mr. Gladfelder and Mrs. Reeves on their birthdays. Numerous local households hosted relatives and friends over the weekend, with several Sunday excursions and sitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Hiatt
Ivan Boyer
Pella
Paul Boyer
Frank Gladfelder
Bill Reeves
Lloyd McDanel
Kathryn
Lee Johnson's
Clark George
Fairfield
Cody Luse
Carl Main
Russell Main
T. L. Gladfather
Belle Whicker
Carl Tomlin
J. P. Foster
New Hope Club Meets at Frank Hiatt Home
The New Hope ladies gathered at Frank Hiatt’s home last Wednesday for a cooperative dinner at noon. They spent the afternoon hemming tea towels and sewing carpet rugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope Club
Frank Hiatt
Neighborhood Social Roundup of Sunday to Monday Visits
Mr and Mrs Loyd Carter and family were guests at the Paul Broshar home Thursday eve. Mrs Dick Wilson spent Sunday and Monday in Des Moines with her mother Mrs E F Wilson. The Farm Bureau met in Centerville with neighborhood men in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Carter
Mary Frances
Virginia
Bobby
Weghéadey
W. E. Doha ¥On
Delmont Moffitt
Nancy Jo
Roy Scott
Dick Wilson
E. F. Wilson
Des Moines
Keith Rose
Robert
Richard
Don Pettibone
Orval Burton
Charles
Lulu Burton
Frank Hiatt
Farm Bureau
Centerville
John L. Chambers
J. F. Chambers
Karl Fischer
Beverly
Karline
Theo Miller
Community Notes From Knoxville And Centerville
Friday visitors included Blue Front Mr and Mrs Hen Williams at Clyde Plummer home in Knoxville. Mrs Williams mother Mrs Wadsworth joined them for a visit. Lyle Jones was in Centerville Saturday. Marve Lockman hosted John Van Zante family while Wilma Van Zante called. Most in the community suffer severe colds with Van Enid Long Lazelle and Mary Marie Williams listed as ill. Elmo Blackledge and Mrs Homer Hamilton visited relatives in Waukesaw Wisconsin after leaving Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hen Williams
Clyde Plummer
Knoxville
Elmo Blackledge
Monroe
Homer Hamilton
Ms. Hamilton
Waukesaw
Wisc
Local social notes and a note on watches
Udell Route 1 Mr and Mrs Ivan Gibbs and son Gene visited the Hiatt home near Seymour. Cal v in Rumley and family were in Centerville. Calvin treated for a knee ligaments injury. Various residents attended a Unionville show and Centerville visits continued through the week. Watches once small clocks worn from the girdle due to size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Gibbs
Gene
Near Seymour
Tom Hiatt
Ome
Harry Rumley
Cal‘vin
LaVerne
Bonnie Lee
Centerville
Calvin
Gus Hiatt
Carl and
Clair
Will Moffatt
Lee
Chester Sanders
Royce
Emma Miller
Unionville
Mearl Walter
Earnest Foster
Jennie Hiatt
Floyd Moffatt
Ralph Hiatt
Earl Foster
Harry
Laverne Rumley
Unimportant Cogitations on Winter Chores and Domestic Life
A diary style reflection details farm chores in snow light, feeding stock, stacking wood, and burning ice coated firewood. It notes delays in carpentry, household disarray, and humorous family quips about arguments and women’s supposed contrariness. The narrator muses on summer, fuel planning, and daily domestic tasks.
Iconium Sunday School Attendance and Local Notes
Snowstop kept many at home as church and community life continued with visits and illness updates. Rev Kenneth Hunt joined Sunday dinner with the Beaty family. Argo and Derby families made multiple calls to Ottumwa and Albia. funeral plans for Sigal Garrett from Cedar Iowa are noted with extensive family detail. Epworth League rally at Ottumwa. group meals and quilting at Methodist Ladies Aid. flu sidelined LeRoy Brown from high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Christian
Snowstop
Kenneth Hunt
Lloyd Beaty
Ida
Argo
Lineville
H. 2. Calhoun
Calhoun
Laura Martin and Sons
Algia Derby
Ray McCord
Harry
Garrett
Martha McCord
Blanch Pike
South Dakota
Mia. Ora Dinsmore
Michigan
Grace Haines
Missouri
Roy
Ray Garrett
Arizona
Clark Garret
Iowa
Ned Argo
Ottumwa
Leo Beaty
Berg Brown
Kenneth
Earl Swift
Frank Swan
Fred Duckett
Edward McCord
McCord
Methodist Ladies Aid
E. P. Spurlock
Centerville
LeRoy Brown
Moravia Route 1 Community Notes and Visits
Moravia area social items list Saturday dinners and callers in Albia Centerville and nearby homes. Mentions Ralph and Helen Davis Harold Mason Carl Van Zante Ivan Harsh and Betty Lou plus Matt Watts and Lute Hiatt among others. Also reflects on weather and writing life from 1920 to 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Davis
Helen
Harold Mason
W. P.’ Davia
Lloyd Brown
Jerry
Albia
van‘ Zante
Marve Lockman
Carl van Zante
Butcher
Ivan Harsh
Betty Lou
Matt Watts
Bert Turner
Carl van Zarite
Lute Hiatt
Centerville
Mercury
Matt Werts
Snow brings needed moisture and good supplies
In Enon the snow is welcomed for moisture though it increases feed and fuel needs. The Claude Hawk family has been ill with flu. Helping Hand club met with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McKay. 16 attended as ladies worked on a Flower Garden quilt and men cut and hauled wood. Dallas Faber was ill with pleurisy. his uncle J T Van Dorin took him to a doctor Saturday and he is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Hawk
Ernest McKay
Dallas Faber
J. T. van Dorin
Bernadine Bishop’s youth study in a wartime era living
Bernadine Bishop outlines a bustling school life with a preference for a well dressed, humorous, and educated partner who is Democrat and Methodist. She values hobbies from music to sports, envisions college and a hospital dietitian path, and notes loving V-8s and Plymouth cars while fearing farm hogs and cherishing family ties with her little brother Bilwee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernadine Bishop
Bernadine
Muyst
Carleton
Charles Boyer
Irene Dunn
Lucille Manners
Bilwee
June Tuttle
June
California
Hollywood
Colege
Kay ‘Kyser
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Maple Grove
Udell
A. C. Faber
Mary H. Faber
Moravia
Richard A. Faber
Iconium
Enon
M.K.S. Rewsbasket
Dorothy Mae McCrory
Dorothy Mae
Effie Mae
Dorothy’ Mae
Kay Kyser
Tommy Dorsey
George Brent
Bette Davis
Hershey
Dorothy
Mae
Marian Talley
Midnight Filer
Harold Heckman
Paul McNair
Lazelle Williams
Doris Rouse
Donald Nash
Dorothy Willam
Cornet
Mervin Ellison
Ronald ‘Isue
Thomas Robb
Hugene McCrory
Dwight Main
Lyle McNair
Herbert Main
Dale Wren
Dale Laws
Daisy McCrory
Lois Argo
Lazelle Eugene
Lois
Peice
Virginia Argo
Annie
Laurie
Margaret Burton
Edward Brown
Lyle Jones
Ruby Johnson
Virginia Art
Louise Rouse
Virginia Gibbons
Keneth Gardner
Dick Newby
Roberta Main
Rosemary Main
Dortha Kenton
Ruth Gibbons
MHS
Rre
Joan
Jim
Judy
Carol Luse
Patty Hiatt
Miss Halden
Sniff
Edna
Patricia Halden
Lois Jean Hiatt
Billy ““Broshar
Wanda Cridlebaugh
Doris Long
Lew Hiner
Africa
Mary Lou Main
Koolman
Parsons College
Austria
United States
Ottumawn
Margaret Ward
Oravia
Iow
Mystic Boys of Girl
Charles E. Hiatt
BMN
Wm. Gardner
L. A. Osborn
Appanoose County
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