Iconium Socials and Local Visits Quiet Week
Iconium residents hosted and visited across Centerville and nearby towns. Bert Adams and family spent Thursday with Roy Adams and kin while Charles Ellis called in Centerville. Lloyd Beaty and Johnnie Beaty hosted a visit near Marshalltown. Mrs. W E Kelsey received help with butchering as her daughters assisted. A large crowd attended the Harris and Harlin sale while Iconium Methodist Aid ladies served lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Adams
Centerville
Roy
Charles Ellis
Lloyd Beaty
Johnnie Beaty
Marshalltown
John McAninch
Day Argo
W. E. Kelsey
Algia Derby
Ida Argo
Harris and Harlin
Local residents attend social and family gatherings
Numerous names appear at visits and dinners across Centerville area. Families like Beaty and Argo share time with kin, while neighbors help with chores, celebrate birthdays, and host quilting and woodcutting events at homes and farms.
Candid Reflections On Farm Life And Canning Woes
A reflective piece discusses caring for a thriving rubber plant, hopes for practical crops like erasers or bands, and a shift from canning to other preserves. It notes the strain of long farm hours, city help, and evolving roles of city youth in rural work, urging self-reliance and sensible limits on outside assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sdate
Local Social Visits Highlight Weekend in Albia
Mrs Beryl Brown and son Kenneth visited the Earl Swift home while Fred Argo and Clyde Sheldon called at Argo residences. Kyllis Haver spent time with Fred Argo, LeRoy Brown called at Earl Swift home, and W N Haver attended as dinner guests. George avata Nez Trene John and Ellen joined W H Scott’s family in Albia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Beaty
Dale
Bill
JH. N
W. E. Kelsey
Lou Funkhouser
Charles Ellis
Adams
Hart Swift
Charles
Blanch Argo
Jay ‘Argo
Guy Argo
Charles Richard
Algia Derby
Albia
Halie Derby
Carol Beaty
Laura Joe
Carolyn Swift
John McAninch
Liasie Kelsey
Clayton Sheldon
Ottumwa
Frances Sheldon
E. G. Lincox
Clair
Betty Murphy
Jean Bettis
Kenneth Free Home
Sylvan VanDorin
Merle Walters
Maurice Walters
Aubry Walters
Marvin Gardner
Geo. Simmons
Maurice (Friz
Gerald Roberts
Leo VanDorin
Francis Miller
Roy Argo
Harold
Ellis Robinson
Howard Whisler
William Howard
Wayne Robinson
Fred VanDarin
IR. S
Dallas Faber
John W. Kenton
Ruth Arthur Points
Ed DeLong
Eva
Ethel
LeRoy Brown
Albia Callars
Wayne Piper
Clyde
Ed Deong
Homer Brown
Arthur Points
Pearl McCrory
W. A. Brown
Ibia
Thia
Harry Robinson
Ruth
Tom McCrory
Pearl
Arthur
Edward Points
LeRoy
Homer Charles
Howard Besco
Dortha Kenton
Matt Kenton
Russell
Beryl Brown
Kenneth
Earl Swift
Fred Argo
Roscoe Argo
Kyllis Haver
John Moffatt
Iconium
W. N. Haver
Rex Haver
Clyde Sheldon
Tuesay
George A Va Tnez
Trene
John
Ellen
W. H. Scott
Thelma
Carolyn Ann
Co. 8
Argo
J. E. Dicks
W. G. O'Hara
Glen Turner
LaMar
Davenport relatives visit over weekend
Davenport residents Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Callen with children and Mr. and Mrs Norma Callen visited Maryin at the Charles Adams home on Sunday after returning home Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iting
Davenport
Lloyd. Callen
Norma Callen
Maryin
Charles Adams
Local Social Roundup From Centerville to Ottumwa
Sunday visitors filled many homes in Centerville Ottumwa and nearby towns with family and friends. The record lists Mr. and Mrs. Glen Norton Dora Faye Rennard Pauline Ava Foster Basha Foster and Gertie Boyer among those who spent the day with relatives while others kept to neighborly calls and Sunday dinners. Red Cross work noted as 72 garments made by Wi S Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Robinson
Howard Whisler
Unionville
Kenneth Free
Dale
Haver Free
Warren Whisler
Monroe County
Ames
Truxton Dicks
Claude Hawk
Harold Hawk
Followwill
Centerville
Neandey Drallis
Mra
Meade Norton An
Lee Talsot
Glen Norton
Ottumwa
Dora Faye
Tee Me
Rennard
Pauline Ogers
Wi S. Norton Hia
Red Cross
Wilbur. Johnson
Ava. Foster
Basha Foster
Gertie Boyer
Neva Anderson
Hiteman
Aoe
Mia
Carol Brées
Lute Hiatt
Dewitte
Yedger Hottie
Johnny Hutton
Fatally
Emma Pon
Ted Milley
Clarencé Dowd
Fern Wright
Dana
Gerald Starr
Moulton
Chris Bogart
Chance Lavely
Clyde Dicks
Jay Argo
Johnny Foster
Ted Broshat
Gerald Burton
Local social notes and farm updates near Moravia
Monday activities include visits to the Wright and Amy Clough homes and Sunday dinners with Mrs. Johnny Foster and the Boyer. Ada Wright contracts illness, Virginia Campbell stays with her mother, and high school attendance noted. A strip mine resumes after machine breakdowns. Ze Wilson harrows the road. R Darby visits John Robinson. Fred Coltrain buys the Hickenlooper 200 acre farm north of old Foster. Zell Wilson and family involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Felton
Moravia
Virginia Carhpbell
Ig Nia Fa
Tianati
Ze Wilson
R. Darby
The
John
Robinson
Fred Coltrain
Hickenlooper
Old Foster
Zell Wilson
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Mystic
Enon
Mr. Pleasant
Hiattsville
Ernest Hiatt
Lin Hilton
Elsie Ketchum
Dallas Center
Iowa
Pearl Hiatt
George Turner
Theo Miller
Frank. Hiatt
Edna Neff
Harley Burton
Lloyd Rose Home
Elizabeth Turner
Elsie Callen
Genevie Donovan
Alta Chambers
Eizabeth Turner
Mary Meadows
Des Moines
Dwight. Weatherly
LaPorte
Towa
Trenton McDanel
Bert. Meadows
P Meg
Mes
Pus Hiatt
U. S
Ison
Lester
Loren ‘Walters
Lloyd Rose
Don Pettibone
Inez Faber
Standard Soybean Mills
Farmalls
John D. Veach
Frank Swaim Moravia
M. Patrick Gleason
Krapfel
Majestic Theatre
DR. Brooks
Wayside
Biddle
John Johnson G. R. Darby
Albin
Carol Bea . Mondaay
Wright
Amy Clough
Jobnny Foster
Te Boyer
Roart Foster
Dana Dea Wright
Ada Wright
Kinser Valley
C. T
Slavin
M. D
Tema
Uncle Sam
Gardner & Son
L.A. Osborn
Appanoose County
Tate
Rond
Pines
Teachers’ Institute
Prine School Fund
T. B
Nsbursements
I. L. A. Osborn
Aaid
Rees
Bay Lltte
Sega
Trent
Delat
Feam
Co. Treas
Co. Best
Coe
Pe Siesen
Oun
St. Insti
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