Local and Personal News from Moravia and Vicinity
Local notes list numerous visitors and home gatherings across Centerville Moravia Ottumwa Albia and nearby towns. Names include Gail Sherrard Rowena Perry Allen Hiatt Josi Charity and many more as families host dinners, Sunday visits, and weekend stays across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Young
Centerville
Gail Sherrard
Plano
Rowena Perry
Seviews
Moravia
Ottumwa
Allen Hiatt
Josie Charity
E. F. Ocher
G. B. Winsler
Paul Broshar
Church Services and township archives noted in 1872 record
A church schedule lists Carl VanZante as superintendent and several services followed by a Thursday evening prayer meeting. The Clarke county Oseada township minute book, in use for 70 years, was retired for a new volume. The record mentions Henry Stivers as township clerk and Y B Anderson as a town official. A stolen communion table from a Congregational church in Waverly is reported. A Red Cross work basket owned by Miss Idler of Dallas County is highlighted. Mention of John Johnson enlisting in the Army Air Corps and ancestry back to the American Revolution is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oseada
Clarke County
Douty
Henry Stivers
Y. B. Anderson
Inelagw
Ont Land
Praent
Miss
Fidlér
Dallas
Count x Recorder
Methodist and Wesley Chapel Church Services Schedule
Methodist Church 8 Leroy Pullman Miniater Church 8 Leroy Pullman Miniater 10:00 am Church School Glen Garratt superintendent 11:00 am Worship Service 6:80 pm Methodist Youth Fellowship 7:30 pm Evening Worship 7:00 pm Friday Junior Choir practice at parsonage Wesley Chapel 1:30 pm Worship Service 10:30 am Church School Virgil Dooley superintendent Moravian 8 CS will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Margery Tracy hostess
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl VanZante
Chilatian Endeavor
Glen Garratt
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Wesley
Virgil ‘Dooley
Moravian
C.'S
Margery Tracy
Card of Thanks From the Potts Family
Mr and Mrs H W Potts express gratitude for the many letters and thoughtful messages they received while in hospital in Rochester Minnesota. They note the kindness will be long remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Minn
Mra
H. W. Potts
Albia Social Notes Describe Local Callers and Visits
Fuller Junior Pearl and Carol Dean Smith were on the sick list last week. Mr and Myra John Repp and Mr and Mrs Jess Smith were callers in Albia. Mrs Raymond Jones and May spent Friday afternoon with Mrs J J Mem. Mr and Mrs Wayne Clark were calling at the John Repp home last week. Mr and Mrs J J Ullem and Bessie Donovan were Albia callers Friday morning. Everett Mosier called at the J J Ullem home Thursday. Marvin Hertford called at the Tess Smith home one evening last week. J J Ullem bought 9 team from near Udell Saturday. Jess Smith called on O Elswick Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Pearl
Carol Dean Smith
Myra
John Repp
Mra
Jess Smith
Albia
Raymond Jones
May
J.J. Ullem
Marvin | Hertford
Tess Smith
J. J. Ulem
Udell
O. Elswick
Local Whittemore Social Notes Highlight Visits and News
Brompton Roberta and Moriaine Jones from Wes Moines visited the Jones home Sunday. Boardman and Darby families hosted dinner. Cary and son Junior called. Mrs Cary McCoy improves. Mary Louise Fisher with chickenpox. Glen Garrett family may move to Forrest Hiatt farm. Ed Robinson entertained the Helping Hand club. Stafford girls visited DeLong home. Robinson family visited Boardman home. Waverly Cigarettes note on natives using papers for rolling cigarettes in New Guinea. Corn sizes claim bet in Buena Vista county. $100 at stake. Livery stable nostalgia and Drake carriage in Lade king garage. Rev Henkel and Monsignor Meegan among three priests escaping from Henan raid. Penny payments unusual in Eldora hospital delivery bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta
Moriaine Jones
Wes Moines
C. L
Glen Garrett
Forrest Hiatt
Ed Robinson
J. EB. Stafford
Charles DeLong
Id Robinson
M. E. Boardman
Sugar plants near Waverly to reopen this season
Sugar plants in the vicinity of Waverly are expected to reopen this season as a result of war needs to increase sugar supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Neighborhood Socials Face Busy Weekend Notes
Unionville hosts and guests mingle at the Charles Henderson home during a Sunday dinner. Attendees include Mrs. Brooke, Mr. and Mrs. Adams of Peoria, Helen Teral of Des Moines, and many locals. Cards, oysters, and lively chat fill the evening as servicemen’s futures are kept in hopeful conversations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henderson
Géorgs Brooke
Brooke
Ins
Ie ‘Bell
David, Adams
Peoria
Ill
Helen ‘Teral
Des Moines
Charles Hewletson
Navy
John
John Harrington
Paul
Harrington
Forrest
Geraldsine
J. 0. Harris
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Gerald Morgan
Role
Iowa
B. S. Staley
J.W. Halden
Tommy Main
Alex Main
Helen Rankin
Martha Brasher
Miss. Brasher
Indianola
Freida Lutz
Lamoni
Richard Harp
A. M. Smith
Smith
J. D. Minnes
Bee i. Mary Charity
Ray Harris Sail
Birdie
Ain
Zell Callen
Joan
Oakaloosa
Alvin Hiatt
Leonard Palmer
L. P. Palmer
Greentop
Missouri
Monte Oehler
W. H. Hiatt
Osksloosa
Wallace Farmer
Freddie VanDorin
W. T. VanDorin
Taylor Leonard
C. P. Vincil
J. D. King
John Veach
Mary
Jean
Carl Bettis
VanDorin
Rex Kinion
Ash Grove
J. B. Kinion
LC. Hall
T. R. Gardner
Ames
Bernadine Bishop
Parsons College
Fairfield
D. E. Bishop
Lly
A. O. Main
Harriett Lee ‘Ain
Lyle Jones
Ben Jones
Town
Curtis. Burton
Barbara
Harold Burton
Knoxville
Harry Pabst
Stella Carter
Mary Charity
James Allem
Boone
Fred Blumenstock
A. W. Donahoo
Ottawa
Leo Fox
Lewis Rouse
Charles, Johnson
Rubye
Myx
E. O
Baenue
P. Hawk
Claude
Harold Hawk
J. £. Sharp
G. B. Johnson
Ella Hiatt
W. V. Murdy
John Smithburg
Bill Allen
E. F. Qehler
H. J. Oehler
Rollie McDonough
G. T. Harn
Harn
Big Brothers
Methodist Sunday School
C. A. Veach
Lee Hiatt
Frank Hiatt
Mayo Clinic
Stella. Carter
Twentieth Century Club
Cody Luss
J. W. Halden
March of Dimes
Ola Daniela
Denver
Colo
Elsie Cleatery
Roy Richard
Guy Vincent
Clester Eugene
Mystic
Paul Carson
Judith Kay
Larry
Cincinnati
Verigene Cleater
Burlington
Farmer’s Mutual Insurance Company of
DeWitt
Carl J. Smith
G. M. Smith
J. Alex Smith
O'Leary
Romer Troxel
Hidora Training School
Richard O'Leary
Grinnell
Faye
Eldora
B .W. R. Brown
Waterville Wine
Bret
Allamakee
Valentines
Valentine Greeting Cards
Main Bros
Cuurene
United Brethren
G. M. Talbott
Tohnson
Army
Air Corps
New
Towa
Methodist Church
Leroy
Pullman, Miniater
Brompton
Waverly Cigarettes
New Guinea
Waverly Independent
Waverly Democrat
Home News
Robert Bell
Buena Vista County
Clovis
New Mexico
Lade King
Waukon
Francia M. Drake
Jap-Hazard
Joseph Henkel
Lusemburg
Thomas Meegan
Henan
China
Aueng
Ward
State Department
Wollsbony
Ted Brozhar
Chet Broshar
Staley
Gardner Hatchery
Luther Caster
M. Brown
Paxston
Blanche Graham
East Add
Chet Broghar
Endgate
Vinton
Lincox Farm
Les Chet Broshar
Mo ‘Ravi
Poland
Bill Long
AB Louis Bregad
Easter Brew. Coal Co
Unionville
Gon
Ahd -Mge
Alvah
Junit
Feta
Ga Harl Goodwin
Oeir Brindaavetr
Dale
Williamson
Farmington
Eae
Eve A
Miles
DR. Miles
Gold Seal
Dexter Washing Machines
Turner &Son
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