Appanoose Supervisors choose 1949 leadership and new member
R C Wilson elected chairman for 1949 and John Hermes installed to succeed Dewey Bear on the Appanoose County Board of Supervisors with Harry Stickler remaining the third member. The note mentions Albert Brain wintering in Whittier California and a record cold wave impacting crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appanoose County Board of Supervisors
R. C. Wilson
John Hermes
Dewey Bear
Harry Stickler
Albert Brain
Whittier
Calif
California
Lester
Weather Bureau
Farm Bureau Membership Campaign Gets Under Way
The Appanoose County Farm Bureau kickoff at Centerville Christian Church on January 5 drew 140 members and featured speakers Wayne Tyler Harold Holder Ken Snyder Klaus Young chaired the meeting. By January 10 one hundred memberships had been reported, with representation from Chariton Douglas and Union townships and a distribution of campaign materials by Harold Cartwright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appanoose County Farm Bureau
The
Christian Church
Centerville
Wayne Tyler
State Farm Bureau Organization
Harold Holder
Ken Snyder
Mahaska County
Klaus Young
County Farm Bureau
Fieldman
Harold Cartwright
Chariston
R. E. McCord
Jay Argo
H. A. Cordes
B. F. McKern
P. D. Ankeny
L. L. McDanel
Olin Foster
V. C. Easter
P. E. Boyer
Ray _Harrigan
A. C. Kanter
Douglas
Mila L. Walker
Merle D. Smith
Gus Hiatt
L. T. McFall
Taylor
L. N. Carter
Howard Harper
Eril Boyer
H. L. Hilton
Lloyd McDanel
Lee Benz
Udell
Wayne Hinote
G. D. Irelan
Joe, Smith
Russell Alden
Gene Smith
L. BE. Brooke
L. K. Morlan
Frederick Koehler
Ora A. Powell
Zell Deahl
Union
C. Miller
Gaylord Main
Edgar Shields
Orville Roglers
Bert Drake
Roe Rhee
Walter Harper
Appanoose County Names Fieldmen for 1949 Assessments
John Hart deputy county assessor directs fieldmen to complete the 1949 real and personal property assessments in Appanoose County by May 1. Listed assessors include Robert Neely Centerville, William Steffin Moravia Rathbun Udell Unionville, and others serving various townships and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appanoose
John Hart
Robert Neely
Centerville
William Steffin
Moravia
Rathbun
Udell
Unionville
William Taylor
Mystic
Plano
Numa
G. C. Harris
Moulton
Cincinnati
Extine
Hugh Smith
Bellair
Lincoln
Merle Smith
Douglas
Ernest Hiatt
Taylor Township
Rural School News Six Weeks Tests End Year program
The six weeks tests are over and the year is half done. A Christmas program and gift exchange featured Santa distributing candy nuts and oranges. Six visitors attended: Connie Paris, Jerry Dudley, Mrs. Benjamin Knight, Dennis, Fern and Nadine Kelly. Absent were Sandra and Gary Anderson, Marian Reagan, Kenny Tadlock, Teddy Wills and Maybelle Knight. The teacher plans to get another desk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Reagan
Local Happenings Weave Through Centerville Area News
Sunday dinner guests at the Aaron Campbell home included Wilbur Miller Eleanor Miller and Mrs Nancy Temple. Many families attended events from funeral at Centerville to weddings in Moulton. Various visits accompanied by Kin and friends spread through Bloomfield Hedrick Indianola Des Moines and other nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron
Ted Campbell
Wilbur Miller
Eleanor Miller
Nancy Temple
George Firkins
Maxine
Hiatt
Warren DuVall
John Eddy
Centerville
Ray Tubaugh
Dewain Horn
Moulton
Bloomfield Methodist Church
Carol Ann
Richard
Colwell
Bobby
Albert Tubaugh
Alva Tubaugh
Blakesburg
Loren Walterets
Riley Callen
Don Furrer
Johnnie Bill
Max
Indianola
E. FP. Wilson
Alice Wilson
John Johnson
Frank Wilson
Obe Burna
Bloomfield
John
Ella Hiatt
Roy Hiatt
Harold Hudgens
Karl Pfannnebecker
Peoria
Ill
L. F. Bisby
Delores
Joyce Martin
Browning
Charles Fulton
Chardon
Ohio
John Fulton
Fulton
Albia
Clarence Horn
Harry van Antwerp
Vicky
iPlano
Harry Glick
Edna Neff
Laird Neff
Rockford
Curtis Burton
Burton
Manilla
Carrie Simmons
Edith
Alfreda
Virginia
Gay Peterson
Merrill Yet Rathbun
Simmons
Jennie Pollard
Roe Rhee
Jack
Jerry Baker
Sam Hudgens
Myrtle Hudgens
Des Moines
Richard Robb
Ira Robb
Offutt Field
Crook
Neb
Shanghai
China
Army Air Force
Jo Ellen Broshar
Barbara Broshar
St. Louis
Paul Broshar
A. C. Main
David Dohrmann
Knoxville
Allie Boyer
Lola
Russe
Burns
New Hope P T A Plans Meeting and Birthday Celebration
The New Hope school P T A committee set a Wednesday January 6 meeting to honor teacher Mrs Luja R Tillmont. Twenty nine members attended and a cooperative supper was served at 6 30 p m. Tillmont received a decorated birthday cake and individual gifts before sharing with pupils next day. Committees for February named Don Pettibone Glee Harsh program Karl Fischer George Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope School
Luja R. Tillmont
Ivan Harsh
Ernest West
Tillmont
Ronald ‘Woodward
Glee Harsh
Menu
Don Pettibone
Karl Fischer
George Turner
Urbana Township Farm Bureau Meeting At Wilson Home
Local notes show Urbana Township Farm Bureau met at Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wilsons Tuesday evening with cookies and coffee served. A death announced was Mrs. John Fischer. Farm activity included Mearl Walter assisting at Gardner Hatchery. Various visits and gatherings occurred Sunday and Friday among Van Dorin, Walter, Faber, Hawk, and Rec tor families. A new Home Comfort range was purchased, replacing the 1915 model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Harold Hawk
Centerville
Versal Barnes
Birdie Main
Glen Fowler
Dallas Faber
R. S. Faber
Mary Jo
Burdell Roberts
Lois
Dean Faber
Des Moines
Arthur Johnson
Emma Wood
Charlie Cross
Sylvan van Dorin
Marie
W. H. van Dorin
Boyer Ridge By Betty Jean Foster
Betty Jean Foster reports on Boyer Ridge community notes. Residents and visitors including the Burns and Benge families visited the Olin Foster home. The Moffitts and Cochran household hosted friends. Basketball attendance drew neighbors from the Moravia area. Florice Moffitt spent Friday night in Centerville. Dean Hoffman and Twyla joined relatives at the Cochran home Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Easter
Boyer School
Russell Burns
Charlene
Jimmie
Hubert Benge
Olin Foster
Bob Moffitt
Darryl
David
Lester Cochran
Marvin
Lyle Marr
Veril
Kaster
Rex Foster
Dean Tomin
Moravia
Florice Moffitt
Centerville
Dean Hoffman
Twyla
Hiattsville Social Notes And Local Birth
Hiattsville social items recall Mary Meadows entertaining the Douglas Dur Its at her home. A three pound one ounce baby girl born January six at St Joseph hospital to Mr and Mrs Max McDanel with baby remaining in incubator. Moravia Masonic Eastern Star installation noted. Community members featured include the Hiatt, Rose, McDanel, Daniels, Argo, Dooley, Overturf and Utterback families with various visits, choir practice, and a water system breakdown affecting school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Meadows
Douglas Dur
Ernest Hiatt
George Scott
Lloyd Rose
Masonic Eastern Star
Moravia
Max McDanel
St. Joseph Hospital
McDane
Virgil Dooley
Gus Hiatt
Merle Smith
Farm Bureau
Verna Overturf
Marilyn Rose
Kenneth Daniels
Francis Argo
Oskaloosa
Cyril McDanel
Jay Argo
Iconium
Davenport
Sunade Eventier
Homer Utterback
Kenneth Hiatt and Sons
Unionville Notes and Local Moves Report
Mrs. Stella Herman visited her granddaughter in South Bend Indiana and planned winter with her daughter in Lake Worth Florida. Ernest Stufflebeam family moved to their Tra Stufflebeam home and Charley Tharp will occupy the Meatie Smith property. The one month old son of Mr and Mrs Osa Scott Sr underwent surgery for a stomach disorder. Walter Whisler visited Des Moines Veterans Hospital for a check up. Hollis Johe family from Ottumwa spent Sunday with W L Hull. Elliott Pearson, the local high school coach, moved from Hattie Hopkins home to the Alpheus Hopkins home where he has rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Herman
Charles Thomason
South Bend
Ind
Victor Bass
Lake Worth
Fla
Ernest Stufflebeam
Charley Tharp
Meatie Smith
West End
Stufflebeams
Larry
Osa Scott
Walter Whisler
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Hollis Johe
Ottumwa
W. L. Hull
Elliott Pearson
Hattie Hopkins
Alpheus Hopkins
Local social roundup includes visits and callers across several towns
Mr and Mrs Ed De Hall of Monroe and other pairs visited relatives in Ottumwa Centerville Albia Moravia and Moravia area. Frequent calls and family time noted with evenings and weekends spent at various homes. Several names appear repeatedly including Hellyer Brown Tisue and Hamilton with occasional illness at Fred Sheldon home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed de Hall
Monroe
Homer Hamilton
Cass Hamilton
Clarence Whitehead
Ottumwa
Harley Tisue
Clifford
Carl Tisue
Hazel Hellyer
Maude McDonald
Raymond Perry and Sons
Fred Sheldon
Albia
Sheldon
Robert Jennings
Charles
Dell Hellyer
Hazel
Lloyd Brown
Robert Tarr
Centerville
Dorothy Brown
Raymond Perry
Richard
A. E. Derby
George Hellyer
Bert Rinehart
Mary Lou
Lloyd Sawed Wood
Basil Tadlock
Baby
Basil
Jerry
Charles Jennings
Moravia
P. D. Ankeny
Dick and
Clark Hellyer
Delbert Calhoun
The
Hiner Bros
Calhoun Farm
Horton Potts
Charley Jones
Freeman Jolly
Elbert Perrys
Pleasant Hill Social Notes From Farm Bureau Meeting
Pleasant Hill community brief recalls Centerville Farm Bureau gathering with Mr. and Mrs. Argo and other locals attending. Weekend visits include Richard Penfield with grandparents, Clover Leaf club meet hosted by Fern Penfield on Jan. 5, followed by a cooperative dinner and a sewing/embroidery activity. Next gathering slated for Jan. 19 with Ernestine Argo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Argo
Jay Argo
Farm Bureau
Centerville
Dorman Irwin
Larry
Linda
Oswald Irwins
Verna McAnineh
Clara Massman
Vandie
Jessie Tarbell
Frank Tarbell
George Hammond
Lawrence
Loraine
Emmett Derbys
Richard Penfield
Grey Penfield
Fern Penfield
Clover Leaf Club
Addie Sheldon
Glennie Dicks
Edith Calton
Florence Dicks
Verda Argo
Nona Dicks
Martha Maassman
Myrtle Fenton
Verna McAninch
McNeeley
Mabel Hammond
Gertrude
Tommy
Grey
Jack Penfield
Ernestine
Jerald Argo
Ernestine Argo
Java
Wm. McAninchs
Verna Taylor
Pleasant Hill
Morgan
Delbert Tarbell
Maple Grove Social Notes and Visits
Maple Grove community rounds up at Curtis Tomlin home Sunday afternoon. Local visits include Fay Paxston with Ednar Horn near Blakesburg for prayers and funerals, and Laurens Walter and family gatherings. Shoppers and callers frequent Ottumwa Albia and nearby farms as neighbors share meals and stories throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Dodd
Curtis Tomlin
Fay Paxston
Ednar Horn
Blakesburg
Mrs. Horn
John Fisher
Blakesbore
William Tomlin
Albert Tubaugh
Ray Tubaugh
Alvie Tubaugh
Loren Walter
Riley Callen
Donald
Delmar Dowd
Loren Walters
Mildred Ehret
Cheryl
Eldon
Ralph Tucker
Beryl Arnold
Virgil Johnson
Unionville
Clair Sellers
Grant Tadlock
Winston DuValls
Centerville
Jack Hershburger
Fay Paxstons
Winston DuVall
Alta Comer
Bunch
John Main
Clifford Offield
Albia
R. Tucker
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Iowa
I. F
Janice Bisby
National Editorial A
Asgosterige
Monroe Counties
United States
Bingle
Veach Implement Co
John Veach
Laverne Company
Turner & Son
Chevrolet
Zula Taylor
Eli Hiatt
Archie Hiatt
L. G, McKern
Roy Adams
James Stevens
Ray A. Lewis
N. R. Ward
Jay Oehler
Dwight Coop
J. S. Crumm
Dale Schreiner
Kenneth Schreiner
J. H. Schreiner
P. D. Schreiner
Harry Tisue
C. L. Young
Marion Proctor
W. L. Palmer
John M. Elliott
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Nat'l Bank
Appanoose CO
Rural School News
Allerton Vs. Moravia
Fey
Tescher
David Thompson
Ployd
Lee Thompson
Harold Dean Tisue
Waterloo
Earl Boyer
Lynn Hilton
Loyd Carter
Shorty Harper
Obe Burng
Leo Thompsonhone
Ted Connett
Allen Kutch
New Shar Jon
Dan Brackett
Delia McCrory
Cecil Howell
Johnnie
Tombstone
Ariz
Rae
Pines
Buttons & Boows
Bob Hope
Jane Runpell
Sune
NEW Hope P. T
Enon
Boyer Ridge
Betty Jean Foster
Hiattsville
Verner Hawk
Salem Ry Hazel Hellyer
L. P. Clow
Centerville, Iowa
Eagle
Rabhbon, Iowa
American Legion
Maple Grove
D. R. Garrett
Tatila
Burton's Grocery
Burton Grocery
Anational
Harvester Service
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