Local and Personal News From Centerville and Ottumwa
Local residents made social visits across Centerville Ottumwa Albia and Moravia this week. Notable names include Hiatt Day Gardner Johnson and Gashwiler with family members and hospital or clinic events. A Mayo Clinic examination for Mrs Day and a stroke recovery for M P Main are among highlighted items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Hiatt
Centerville
Mra
Lea Hiatt
Marilyn
Jake Day
Ottumwa
C. L. Sears
Neice
Earl Espy
Ralph Robinson
Barbara
Jimmie
Donnie
John Robison
W. L. Palmer
J. F. Gray
Melcher
R. E. Cummins
Harold Mason
Richard
Troy Adams
Gerald Moran
Eva Morgan
John Johnson
Betty Smith
Lester Smith
Edwin Spencer
Virginia Gibson
Albia
Paul Spencer
Madison
Wisc
John Dille
Centerville Hospital
Mary Dille
Warren DuVall
Rochester
Minn
Curtis Burton
James Rhee
Richard Burton
Preston Hiatt
Dallas
Harry Pabst
Unionville
Charles Coffin
George Brain
Moravia
Gashwiler
Mooravia
U B Endeavor Social and Business Meeting Held
The junior Christian Endeavor society of the United Brethren church met Friday evening at Mrs. M K Blackman home with Mrs Zell Callen assisting. Mary Rose Main presided over the business session before games and refreshments. The February meeting will be hosted by Mary Rose Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Christian Endeavor Society of the
United Brethren Church
M. K. Blackman
Zell Callen
Mary Rose Main
Resolution of Respect for Moravia Lodge Brother Johnson
Moravia Iowa January 8 1945 Resolution of Respect for Hall of Rebekah Lodge No 404 notes Brother Johnson has died January 3 1945 entering the Grand Lodge with the pledge of sympathy to the wife and daughter. The charter will be draped for thirty days and a copy sent to the family Moravia Union and minutes of the lodge signed by Gladsie Pennington Edith Turner Clella Anderson Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Moravia
Iowa
Nce
Brother Johnson
Earth
Moravia Union
Gladsie Pennington
Edith Turner
Clella Anderson
District Superintendent Conducts Conference at United Brethren Church
Dr G E MacCannon of Des Moines led the first quarterly meeting of the conference year at the United Brethren church. Reports from organization heads were presented. The group voted to raise pastors salary. MacCannon spoke a sermon before business. He stayed with local pastor and wife Rev G M Talbott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. MacCannon
Des Moines
United Brethren Church
Dy, MacCannon
Seasion
G. M. Talbott
Moravia
Iconium Social Calendar and Quilt Club Notes
Local residents and visitors attended the Iconium area events including a Monday gathering at the Lloyd Massian home and a Wednesday club meeting with Mrs. Nona Dicks. Members worked on quilting and embroidery. a future meeting is set for Jan 17 with Mrs. Jessie McAninch and a card party planned for Jan 19 at Merle Dicks home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Beaty
Dean Snook
Fraxton Dicks
John William McAninch
Lloyd Massian
Patty Ammons
Haver Free Home
Nona Dicks
Mesdames Viola Clark
Vera Moore
Mildred Tarbell
Mable Hammond
Fern Penfield
Verna McAninch
Martha, Massman
Dorothy Sheldon
Jessie McAninch
Pearl Free
Glennie Dicks
Edith Callen
Addie Sheldon
Helen McAninch
Beryl Beaty
Flano
Clyde Dicks
Gilbert Callen
Haver Free
Truxton Dicks
Elbert Moore
George Hammond
Frank Tarbell Lloyd Clark
Beryl Bown
Larry
Laura Dicks
Charles
Connie McAninch
David
Dale Clark
Merle Dicks
Lois Burnett
Des Moines
Jay Argo
Virginia
Francis Miller
Ben Allem
Bert Sheldon
Fred Argo
Velma and
Wilma Overturf
Richard Callen
Ottumwa
Moravia Masonic Lodge Mourns Deceased Brother W L Hicks
Hall of Antiquity Lodge No 262 Moravia Iowa records January 1 1945 the passing of Brother W L Hicks a revered Mason who served fellowmen Resolutions express sorrow attest to his worth extend sympathy to the bereaved and drape the charter for thirty days minutes copied to Moravia Union committee Lloyd Roae Frank Swaim George A Scott Cammittee J I
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall of Antiquity
A. F
A. M
Moravia
Iowa
W. L. Hicks
Father
Moravia Union
Lloyd Roae
Frank Swaim
George A. Scott
Cammittee
J I
Seventeen Line and Local Notes From Centerville
Local social items from Centerville recount visits among residents including Allie Boyer Ida Buck Roy Hiatt Linnie Hilton and others with visits to Albia and Brushy church. Agricultural notes advise skimmilk fed dairy heifers growth water access and hay needs. Iowa rural commentary highlights crop pests risk from chinch bugs and tree planting to improve idle land usage and tax base in southern Iowa counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Boyer
Allie Boyer
Ida, Buck
Centerville
Roy Hiatt
Lloyd Davison
Linnie Hilton
Young
Brushy Church
Willie McDanel
Robert Luse
Ben White
Klaiss l Young
Lola
Russell Burns
Albia
Neva Anderson
John Espy
Rosie Glynn
Chicago
John
Ella Hiatt
Eli Hiattone
Twenty Years to Go Arion Wilson Retires
Marion Wilson ends a 25 year tenure as executive secretary to Mr Bwitt and, after tidying her desk, plans a life of travel and reading. A new hire was scheduled, but her sudden urge to return to work renews hope for another two decades of busy days with Mr Swift noting the war limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arion Wilson
Mr. Swift
Miss Wilson
Marion
Henrietta
Thera
Swift
Marion Wilson
Seek Students To Fill Nursing Schools In Iowa
Iowa nursing council urges prospective students to fill about 115 vacant spots to reach capacity for classes starting this month and in spring. Amanda Anderson says openings exist in at least 12 towns and stresses wartime and postwar needs. Eligible are high school graduates or college girls in good health aged 17 years 8 months to 85. Vacancies span Mercy Hospital Burlington 16, Cedar Rapids Mercy 15, St Luke Cedar Rapids 10, Jane Lamp Clinton 6, Council Bluffs Mercy 16, Broadfowns Des Moines 10, Mercy Iowa City 2, St Joseph Keokuk 10, Evangelical Deaconess Marshalltown 4, St Thomas Mercy Marshalltown 8, St Joseph Mercy Mason City, St Joseph Ottumwa 5, Sioux City Methodist 12, St Joseph Mercy College Nursing and St Vincent's Hospital unspecified, Allen Memorial Waters 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Nursing
Iowa Nursing Council For War Service Today
Amanda Anderson
Capac
Cadet Nurse Corps
U. S. Public Health Service
Cedar Rapids
Jane Lamp
Clinton
Mercy Hospital
Council Bluffs
Broadflowns
Des Moines
Iowa City
St. Joseph's Hospital
Keokuk
Evangelical Deaconess Hospital
Marshalltown
St. Thomas ‘Mercy
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Mason City
St.Joseph’s Hospital
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Methodist Hospital
St. Joseph’s Mercy College of Nursing
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waters
War Ration Calendar Updates Certificates and Coupons
The notice updates ration rules for tires and certificates. New tires and used truck tires require certificates. recapping and used farm implement tires do not. Commercial vehicle inspections trigger certificate needs every 5 months or 6,000 miles. Existing gasoline A coupons and other nonhighway coupons remain valid through March 21 or August 31, 1945 as specified, with several stamps now active and loose shoe stamps invalid.
Pillsbury's Best Feed and Local Classifieds
For sale and wanted notices from Spencer Produce and local farms list stock farm for sale with terms to responsible party. Hides wanted. White Rock hens offered at 1.50 each. New radiator for 1987 Chevrolet. Rayleigh dealers seek farmers in East Appanoose. Write Rayleigh's Dept. TAL 404-191 Freeport IL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Campbell
Moravia
Iowa
Rayleigh
East Appanoose County
Rayleigh’s
Dept
Freeport, II
Booming Lake Sounds Like Artillery Under Ice
Five Island lake near Emmetsburg is said to be called Booming Lake this winter. Sounds of rumbling and booming travel under the ice from shore to shore, with a boom at the distant shore. On clear nights the noises resemble distant artillery fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Island Lake
Emmetsburg
Four Babies Born at Decatur County Hospital on Christmas Day
Decatur County Hospital welcomed four newborns during Christmas, three boys and one girl. The event occurred as the hospital continues its focus on high food production programs for next year while addressing weed control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur County Hospital
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Dic
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Leo Knudsen
Dike
R. Valentine Co
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Spencer
Spencer Produce
Walter Gideon
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