Weekend Social Roundup in Amana and Area
Amana residents hosted visits with neighbors and relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Harold VanDorin and Mrs. Birdie Main. Attendees joined weddings, anniversaries, and church events at Allerton, Oskaloosa, Centerville, and nearby towns, with coordinates to farms, schools, and family ties across Amana, Wayland, Ottumwa, and Kirksville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold VanDorin
Amana
Birdie Main
Jane’s Rest
Osa Brown
Glen Fowler
Alva Fowler
Udell
Clifford Paxston
John Sharp
Paul Patterson
Boyd Paxston
Karen Henderson
Duane Oed
Christian Church
Allerton
Miss Henderson
Earl Henderson
Flo Hiner
Delmar
Henri Caude
Geyer-Lewis
Albis
Eunice Ogden
Wayland
Captain Hunt Decorated for Air Medal at George AFB Cant
Air Force Captain David B. Hunt son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Font of Udell has been decorated at George AFB Cant with the Air Medal and five oak leaf clusters. An instructor pilot in the Tactical Air Command he earned the awards for outstanding airmanship and courage on missions in Vietnam under hazardous conditions. Hunt, a 1955 aviation cadet program graduate, attended Centerville Community College after Udell Consolidated High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
David B.hent
Clarence Font
Udell
George Afb
Cant
Hunt
Vietnam
George
Tactical Air Command
U.S. Army
Udell Consolidated High School
Centerville Community College
Udell and area visitors and dinner guests recount
Udell residents and friends recount visits across Overbrook Ottawa and Topeka Kansas. Hosts include Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hutchinson and Mr. Spurgeon with Mrs. Weber at Centerville. Many neighbors shared meals and calls with the Wolevers, Burklands, and other local families during the weekend and Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Powell
Overbrook
Ottawa
Topeka
Kansas
W. R. Deeter
Udell
Carl. Weber
Grace Spurgeon
Centerville
Lester Hutchinson
Moulton
Spurgeon
Carl Weber
Jewel Burkland
Carl Whisler
John Dotson
Glen Fowler
Alva Fowler
Minnie Moffatt
Jerry Witt
Francis Cox
Albia
Keith Deahl
Judy
McPhearson
Deahl
Floyd Wolever
Elwin Wolever
Beacon
Wolever
Harold Banks
Union Township Social Guests and Birthday Observances
Sunday gatherings feature Mr and Mrs George Scott hosting appear with Walter Harper Myrtle Harrington and Cur family. Mrs Jim Logan ferried Mrs Walter Harper to a dentist. Tomlin worked at Harpers in the afternoon. Dale Cox family honored with Sunday dinner in Burdett Cox home. Bryan and Judy visited after school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Scott
Walter. Harper
Joe. Wilson
Myrtle Harrington
Cur
Jim Logan
Walter Harper
Curtis
Tomlin
Harpers
Bunigtt Cox
Hie
Logan
Kenpe Ladtester
Jess Glaridaldare
Local visits span Albia and nearby homes
The report notes social visits by the Petersons and the Cox family over Monday. Burdett Cox called on Mrs. Frank Cox at the Howard Brock home in Albia during the afternoon, with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Logan and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harper also visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Peterson
Burdett Cox
Jim Logan
Walter Harper
Frank Cox
Howard Brock
Albia
Franklin By Mrs. Earl Swift Franklin By Mrs. Earl Swift x Richard Calhoun
Friday and Sunday visits dot a sequence of social calls among Ames families. Lists of residents and guests include the Calhouns, Swift, Derby, Morrow, Rinehart, Phillips, Huff, Shepard, Talbots, Baldwin, Lemley, and others across Des Moines, Ottumwa, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Calhoun
Ames
Lloyd Johnson
Merle Dicks
Earl Swift
Ben Pickrell
Joe Doser
Argee
Delbert Calhoun
Gerald Rinehart
Gary Miller
Andy
Shirley Calhoun
James Calhoun
Pearl Runnells
Delbert Calhouns
Russell Brown
Des Moines
Ottumway
Leon
Carol
Jerry Morrow
Larry Derby
Emmett
Monte Derby
Edward
Haver
Julie
Glen Wakefield
Birthday party for Doug Lain observed at Keltik Lain home
Mrs George Lain hosted a Sunday birthday party for Doug Lain at the Keltik Lain residence with ice cream and cake. Daphne Shepard visited Lucile Matthews in Centerville Tuesday while Glen McNairs called on Donne Tuesday afternoon. Several attended Ladies Airl at Nevelle Shepard home Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daphne Shepard
George Lain
Doug Lain
Ist
Keltik Lain
Glen McNairs
Donne
Exe
Lucile Matthews
Centerville
Ladies Airl
Nevelle Shepard Thurs- Ye
Also Mentioned on This Page
J.A. Ogden
Chris Bogart
Carl Tisue
James Nash
Clifford Tisue
Mike Miller
Max Marshall
Ankeny
Roy Argo
Gerald
Minnie Ann Condra
Harley Tisue
Ron Jones
Collins
Iowa
Buell Taylor
Jay Taylor
Linda Judge
Oskaloosa
Frances, Burton
Margaret Goodwin
Linda
Kelli
Mediapolis
Martha Warner
Kirksville
Russell Warner
Blakesburg
Mrs. Warner
Edward Warner
Fort Leonard Wood
New Hope
Gladys Harsh
Genevie Ealing
Bessie Donovan
Francis Burton
John Wood
Bill Barnes
Kenneth Free
Dallas Faber
Leis Wilson
Ivan Harsh
Appanoose County Cancer Society
Nelson Ballanger
Jerry Henshaw
R. C. Wilson
Jay Wilson
Hertha Dungan
Lois Wilson
Jessie Ballanger
John Pettibone
Richard Wilson
Vie Zintz
Linda Wilson
Taylorettes
Kenneth Coltrains
Sharon Henahan
Doyce Merholf
Dagny
Genevie Kaling
Beasle Donovan
M. Patrick
U.S
U.S. Savings Bonds
Your Heart Association
Heart Fund
Capt. Hunt
News Air Forge
Union Township
Franklin
Dollie Huff
Bertha Overturf
Howat Phillips
Wendell Philips
Fissie Walkers
Russell
Jim Walkers
David McGill
Seymour
Howard Phillips
Emil Long
Russell Shepards
Mary Sue Moffitt
Des Moines State House
Lynn Lemley
Quincy
Lowell Shepard
Larry Talbots
Harold Huffs
Patricia Taylor
Merrill Shepard
Kristy Tarbell
Merrill Tarbells
Dick Baldwin
Steve Shepards
Jack Espy
Newton
Harold Huff
Homemakers Club
Jim Walker
Jon Ward Walkers
Griffinsville
North Bend
Dr. L. den Hartog
Optemetrist
Centerville, Ioma
N. Main
Dial
Banker Magazine
Moravia Union Office
Morrell
Morrell Price Sausage
Morrells
van Camp Pork & Beans
del Monte
Aed Potatoes
Dinty Moore
Orange & Grape Wagner’‘S Drink
Jonathan
Betty Crocker
Folger
POST
Campbell
Cove Oysters
Ridgheliew
Larga
Hershey Choc
Allen
Fmiu
West Side Square
Biel
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