Local Social Visits Include Siblings and Sailor News
Mr and Mrs Joe Martin and Charles and Mary Platt attended a gathering Saturday. Mr and Mrs Glen Sufficool and Mr and Mrs Arthur Sufficool visited Cedar arts and Ora Hicool. Bernard DeBoyle and daughters spent Sunday at Pete Bones home in Rathbun. Max Stover of Sterling Illinois spent Saturday night and Sunday with his parents. Eugene Tisue returned to Sterling with Max Stover. Hallei will return to her father and brother and Max will enter navy service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T T
Joe Martin
Charles and
Mary Platt
Wera
Glen Sufficool
Arthur
Cedar Aartts
Ora Hicool
Bernard DeBoyle
Pete Bones
Rathbun
Max Stover
Sterling, Ill
Gua ‘Tisue
Eugene Tisue
Mra x Stover
Hallei
Max
Navy
Ottumwa
California
Woodrow Norton
Will Norton
Charles. Smith
Albia
Iva Turner
Pearl McCrory
Dora Sue
Della Mae
Hilton
Glen .Norton
Smith
Arthur Points
Bari Rowley
Allie Weston
Blanch Kincade
George Hiner
Will Broshar
Local farm notables and chores noted in Moravia area
Kinser Valley LeRoy Wilson and Caster attended the Farmall tractor event in Moravia Monday. Huff tagged sheep for Hugoell Darby Wednesday. B. C. Caster helped Zeil Wilson butcher Monday. Burrell Darby and the writer assisted with butchering. Cloved and Mary Pat Ellen Judge visited Zell Wilson's Sunday. Darby bought sheep from Kenneth Free Friday and sawed wood Monday. Mock visited Monday and bought cattle, taking them to Ottumwa Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Wilson
Moravia
Busy Ox Teams and Travels Mentioned in Local Notes
The item records visits and departures among local residents. Henry Arthian and Emma Wood of Moravis with Mattie Arthian from eastern Illinois are noted. Richard Higenbothem, Norman, Edward Points, Pearl O’rory visited Will Norton. Dr and Mrs Clell Long departed Long Beach California. Joe Arthian visited in Des Moines. Harold Hail departed by way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Arthian
Emma Wood
Moravis
Mattie “Arthian
Illinois
Richard Higenbothem
Norman
Edward Points
Pearl O ‘Ory
Will Norton Me
Clell Long
Long Beach
Calif
Su Ay
Joe Arthian
Des Mones
Harold Hail
Ottumwa People and Visits Highlight Week in Ottumwa
Ottumwa residents and guests share weekend visits and social calls across Ottumwa and nearby towns. Woodrow Norton hosted relatives from Ottumwa while several others, including Pearl McCrory and Dora Sue, were noted for Sunday School attendance and family gatherings. Multiple calls and movements as neighbors like George Hiner prepare moves, and household routines such as bari Rowley grinding feed and Claude Hawk’s Ottumwa trip are reported amid routine local life.
Vacation Guests Dine and Gather in Local Homes
Blue Front Delmar Hiner spends a week with parental Hiner and Murdy families and Gen John, guests at Ben Jones home Friday. Mrs Sam Shepard and Lora Elaine visit John VanZante and attend a Bad Shellquist party Friday night. Harold Wright of Waterloo visits parental Ben Williams. So and Sew club hosts at Ralph Shellquist with Ruth Wilson assisting. Centerville guests Mr and Mrs Raymond Williams dine with Ben Williams Sunday. John VanZante visits Sam Shepard. Ben Jones and Lavely celebrate a birthday Monday. Hamilton and Hiner groups travel to Albia Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar Hiner
Pearl Hiner
Wandell Murdy
Gen
John
Ben Jones
Sam Shepard
Lora Elaine
John VanZante
Bad Shellquist
Harold Wright
Waterloo
Ben Williams
Ralph Shellquist
Ruth Wilson
Raymond Williams
Centerville
Ben’ Williams
Pettage Chance Lavely
Homer Hamilton
Albia
Local Social Notes from Riley Callen Home Visits
Mrs Sylvia Coulson and Miss Lilly Callen visited the Riley Callen home on Thursday afternoon. Several neighbors and relatives from Centerville Wiatt and Meek joined, with Laurie Walters and Shirley Anne at the Callen residence. Nearby families, including the Ballingers and Stevenses, spent Sunday with the Callens and Miller households, and Delmar Lee was taken to a doctor Thursday and may return to school this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia
Lilly Callen
E. O. Tucker
Roe VanAntwerp
Wiatt
Cal
L. E. Luse
Centerville
Riley
Ots
Enon Helping Hand Club Seeks Comfort and Wood Help
Enon The Helping Hand club met with Mr. and Mrs. Guy Roberta on Thursday. The ladies lacked two comforts and the men cut wood. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Faber were ill with the flu and could not attend. Hilda and Warren Whisler attended the rural young people's banquet in Albia Thursday evening. L. B. VanDorin and Carolyn of LeRoy Iowa entertained the mumps last week. Mr. and Mrs. Serviette Free and Dale, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. VanDorin were also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Roberta
R. S. Faber
Hilda
Warren Whisler
Albia
L. B. VanDorin
Carolyn
LeRoy
Towa
Serviette Free
Dale
Mra
J. T. VanDorin
Hiattsville Social Notes Highlight Winter Word
The Hiattsville area records a busy week with meetings and visits. Eliza beth Turner and others gathered January 8 as Mrs Turrex and Mrs Virginia Turner hosted. Ersest Hiatt began work at Duff mine while families shared a Friday class party at Pettibone home with rock and high score by Lute Hiatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S
Elizabeth Turner
Community gatherings honor W N Haver and neighbors
Relatives visited the Roscoe Argo and W N Haver homes for birthdays and social calls. Numerous friends and family from Albia Ottumwa Phylimpton and Red Oak dropped by, sharing meals, sewing rug rage, nut meats, and friendly conversations across multiple days in January.
Sunday Visit At John Fisher Home Reported
Mr and Mrs Henry Horn and J E Stafford are noted to have spent a Sunday at the John Fisher home with a brief informal report of the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Horn
John Fisher Home
J. E. Stafford Gud
Tha Chan
Rural reflections and community notes blend of farms and kin
The piece surveys weather moans from a cold spell turning warm, then mud woes after a mild thaw. It shares family news from Rushville Nebraska to Pearl Harbor cousins, visits to Centerville and Albia, farm plans, and local misunderstandings of rural work versus city loafing. It notes Lamb count, a birthday dinner, hospital trips, and social calls across Robingon Lockman kin. Local store changes replace trading post with drug counter, while old calico and boots fade away.
Boardman Family Visits Albia on Monday
The M. E. Boardman home was visited by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McKay and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. and 8, % Boardman along with Mr. Jens ro Archie Billings as they called at the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Boardman
Ernest McKay
Albia
W. F
Boardman
Jens Ro Archie Billings
M . E. Boardman
New Hope near busy social week ends with visits and moves
New Hope residents spent Tuesday and Wednesday visiting relatives and attending gatherings at the Hiatt and Chambers homes. Several families traveled to Omsha Nebraska and Wichita Kansas for work and relocation. The community held a Sunday School rock party, tea towels were made, and high and low scores were recorded at a friendly card session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Donovan
Dorothy
Frank Hiatt
Hiatt
Mr. Donovan
Junior
George Hiner
New Hope Club
Roy Scott
Lute Hiatt
Edna Neff
John L. Chambers
Omsha
Neb
J. F. Chambers
John
Wichita
Kana
Bert Meadows
Harley Vincant
Centerville
Eleanor Miller
Carl Coffin
Virginia Pettibone
Gneile Carter
Patti
Harry Phillips
Richard Ballew
Jimmy
George
Serald Hunter
Jayne
Oellyn
Clyde Hiatt
Jerome
Fred Hiatt
Frank Chambers
Ella Hiatt
Karl Fischer
Sunday School Attendance and Local Family Visits
Main Station reports attendance at Sunday school and lists various local families visiting homes and spending Sunday together. Names include Bidens, Dane, Gladfelder, Boyer, Tomlin, Hiatt, Turner, Woodward, and others across several households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Boyer
Carl Tomlin
Retired officer of church marks 40 years of service
Jacob Allsynch of Parkersburg has retired after forty years in the Christian Reformed church. ten years as deacon and thirty as elder. The Mallory family marks four generations on the old home place in Clayton county as S. G. Mallory reaches eighty. Taylor county Supervisor W. W. Walker was teased about road openings on New Year's Day until Dr Keays reports illness. he apologized and secured snowplows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Allsynch
Parkersburg
Christian “Reformed Church
S. G.I Mallory
Clayton County
Mallory
W. W. Walker
Taylor County
George Keays
Firefighters Respond As Laundry Fire Baffles Volunteer Helpers
Johnny White of Chariton volunteer fire department finds flames in a local laundry but cannot access through normals due to frosted windows. He kicks final windows near the blaze and discovers men thawing pipes with a blow torch. He earns praise for his duty and quick action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny White
Chariton Volunteer Fire Department
Married couple obtains license and weds in Shenandoah
A snowbound couple, Robert A Read and Maribella Redfeld, secured a wedding license from County Clerk Al Pfander in Clarinda. The ceremony occurred in Shenandoah with an officiating pastor and witnesses signing the local records, and the mailing of license materials completed after the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Read
Maribella Redfeld
Clarinda
al Pfander
Shenandogh
Tales and Tails Near Indianola Farm Woman
A farm woman near Indianola shares a thin tale on her way to Indianola, offering a glimpse of rural life and local storytelling moments from the period. The fragment hints at a travel anecdote rooted in the area’s agricultural community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola
Overcharged Customer Reaches Clerical Aid Across Town
A damaged report describes a car mishap and a Sumner incident where a merchant and a postmaster aided a woman seeking a refund. The only lead was that she had a brother in Ottumwa, and Mrs Elmar Timm recalled the transaction but not the overcharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Sumner
Ed Boreherding
Ottumwa
Elmar Timm
Pheasant Rescued From Waterloo Man in Waverly Basement
A pheasant was trapped in a radiator grill in the basement of the William Osterholiv home in Waverly. It was driven by Paul Karns of Waterloo who did not know how the bird was struck. The pheasant will be released when warmer weather returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Osterholiv
Waverly
Paul Karns
Waterloo
Farm Tells Century Tale Near Onawa
Mrs. Mary Ellen Adams spent most of her life on a single farm near Onawa, with the land bought from the government in 1856 at 1.25 dollars per acre. The deed bears the signature of President Franklin Pierce, marking a historic tie to early federal land grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellen Adams
Franklin ‘Pierce
Onawa
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Epanona Counone
K. Smith
and Vicinity
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Wayside
Iowa
Ambulance Service
Gleasen
M. Patrick Gleason
Krapfel Building
Wm Majestic Theatre
Brooks
Leo
Clara Selby
Marjorie
Bernice VanDorin
J. L. Jones
BE. G. Hawk
JF. P. Hawk
Dallas Faber
Maurice Walters
Merle Walters
Homer King
Kenneth Free
Horace
Claude Hawk Waas
Coulson
Enon
Hiattsville
Don Pettibone
Loyd Carer
SS. S. 8
Harley Burton
Virgil Dooley
Mary Meadows
Ohn
Karl Fischerome
Otis« Burton
Eunice Calhoun
Ray Smith
Lloyd Rosa
Franklin
Roscoe Argo
W. N. Haver
Bre
Roscoe
Loren Haines
W. N
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Swift
Stansberry
Mere
Chet Sheldon
Frances
Darwin
Fred Argo
Willing ‘W Worlera
George Sinan
Glen Turner
Earl Swift
John Moffatt
Lowell ‘Turner
Phylis Mpton
Adama
Amo
Ray Lemaster
Loren
Red Oak
Effert and Son
Roy
Af Albia
Bass
Peri Pulat
Everett
Hugh Aiokae
Roig Argo
Ber Ringhart
Mary Lou
Roscoa Argo
Carl Derby
Mr. Land
Watt
Mason
Tegmo
Jack Caldwell Howe
Ned Argo
Brompton
Darby
Hay
Freddie Stone
John See
Stewart
Farm Ever
Feney
Hines McKay
Wellite
Robingon
Lockman
Rushville
Glen
Pearl Harbor
Nebraska
Myrtlé’Crouter
Omaha
Donald M. Nelson
Donald. Nelson
Lamb
Salem
Elbert Perry
Werthy
Guy McKern
Newton Lén
Jean
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Hannah Gladfelder
Will Haver
Allen’ Proctor
Drakesville
Peene
Rinehart
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Robert Jennings
Dell Heliyer
Hazel
Helen Johnson
Robert Tarr
Roberta
Lute Jessen
Moulton
Newton Long
Gup McKern
Raymond Pi and Son
Cecil Howell
George Howell
George Scott
BUY United
Tyig
C. T. Slavin
M. D
Frank Swaim
Clark
Onutten
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