Local Happenings and Visits Across Ottumwa Moravia and Nearby
A long list of social visits and family gatherings spans Ottumwa Moravia and surrounding towns. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. George Kinder, Mrs. Mina Dowd, Mrs. Ina Miller, the Callens of Iowa City, the Hawk family from Goodyear Arizona, and many others visiting relatives in Belmond Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Amana. Plus several church services, reunions, and dinner guests across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Gardner
Donald
Dowd
Mina Dowd
Ina Miller
George Kinder
Ottumwa
Clair Callen
Iowa City
Fairview Methodist Church
Salem United Methodist Church
Moravia
Wendell Cloyed
Fister
Des Moines
Ruby Cloyed
Edward Hutchings
Cloved
E. G. Hawk
Harold Hawk
Goodyear, Ariz
Jack Slingworth
Concord
Calif
Marvin Hubbell
Scott
Centerville
Claude Hawk
Hawk
Belmond
Dennis Knudsen
John Veach
Mary
Charles McDowell
Amory
Texas
Wesley Church
Ottawa
Mwa
Sunday School Attendance and Social Visits Across Town
A long list of visits and gatherings fills a week in the community. 29 attended Sunday School with 5 visitors. families from Dows, Grimes, Kirksville, and Centerville dropped by for visits, hospital stays, and celebrations. Numerous neighbors hosted dinners, card parties, and picnics while planning for college enrollment and local events.
New Hope by Gladys Nash
Gladys Nash reports on gatherings around New Hope with local families visiting, cooking events at Rathbun reservoir, and weekend visits among Harsh andWatts families from Carbondale Davenport Albia and nearby towns, noting attendance at picnics and home visits. Frances Burton attended cooper
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hope
Gladys Nash
Coulson By Mrs. Theo Miller
Social notes from Albia and surrounding areas list visits and travels. Families including Theo Miller Argo Hiatt Kirstein and Roblenz are noted with relatives in Moravia Ottumwa Dallas Richland and Cedar Falls.
Wednesday Evening at the Ernest Hiatt Home
Mr and Mrs Herb Boblenz and Jeffrey Kirstein visited the Gary Belzer home Monday and Tuesday. Herb and Mike McDanel assisted in bale hay work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest, Hiatt
Herb Boblenz
Jeffrey Kirstein
Gary Belzer
Herb
Mike McDanel
Local residents host and visit during weekend and week events
Mr and Mrs Lute Hiatt dined with Carl VanZante. 4-H meetings at Ferrel Purvis home. Carl Dooley of Ft Collins and Roy Dooley of Centerville visited Virgil Dooley. The Friday Fairies 4-H toured Wayne County Historical building in Corydon. Neighbors from Hiatttsville and nearby called on families Sunday evening. Wayne McDanel and children visited John and family in Unionville. Hershel Daniels from Moline called on Kenneth Daniels. Saddle Club members have been lighting the club arena. Out-of-town guests include James Culbertson and family from Moline Ill visiting Cyril McDanel. Doyle McDanel also dined. Lute Hiatt visited Eva Hiatt at Golden Age Manor. Douglas Duzst club picnic at Centerville park. Mike Hedgecock home. Minnie Moffatt visited various locals and Rev Jerry Witt and family. Karen Barrickman of Oskaloosa stayed with Agnes Burkland. Billy Hedgecock visiting grandparents Purvis Hedgecock. Mary Knowles of Centerville visited Howard Burkland. Floyd Whisler of California visiting relatives. Jimmy Felton family and Jeanne Felton visiting Harry Felton home. Minnie Moffatt visited Anna Marie Selix and others. Joyce and Deloris Burkett returned home from Kansas City Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ihome
Jerry Burton
Chris
Gerald Burton
Iva Strunk
Sarah Stocker
M. H. Johnson
N. R. Ward
Larry Brooks
Danny
J. H. Ward
Cedar Rapids
Howard Evans
San Diego
Calif
Edna Schreiner
Seymour
Bill Wakefield
Council Bluffs
S. H. Lang
Rock Island
Ill
Leotard Wilson
Salem
Moravia Park
Odle Clark
Raymond Wyandog Ottumwa
Cleo Tock
Birdie Main
Opal van Dorin
Amana
Marjory Hough
Eddyville
Osa Brown
Olin Foster
Johnny Eaton
Exline
Rex Foster
Ron Hoard
Michigan
Rex
Ron
Lester Gordon
Chica Foster
Minnie Yeager
Louise Hutton
Harry Robertson
Ferrell Purvis
Jim Walker
Lowell Shepard
Monica
Russell Shepards
Gladys
Junior Townsend
Guy McDanel
Lloyd McDanel
Geo. Lain
Dean
Lewis Beaty
Iowa City
Ottie Lain
le Claire
Don Dudley
Karla
Merlin Dudley
Lewis Beatys
Delmont Moffitt
Roy Scott
Des Moines
Marie Becker
Linda Keller
Fairfield
Carl van Zante
Mary Louise Fox
Glen McNair
Guy Argo
Nelson Ballanger
Theo Miller
James Thomas
Albia
Don Klampe
Bob Faber
Roscoe Pennington
Coulson
Ernest Hiatt
Eva Tucke
Zoe Callen
Opal
Sara Ritchel
Jamita Lee
Kirstein
Jay
Dallas
Texas
Jeffrey
Ernest West
Louie Eghert
Richland
Iva Ryals
Brighton
Lute Hiatt
Carl VanZante
Virgil Dooley
Susan
Clell McDanel
Jill
John
Ferrel Purvis
Carl Dooley
Ft. Collins
Cole
Roy Dooley
Centerville
Wayne County Historical Building
Corydon
Hiattsville
Juanita Dooley
Jack Long
Vanessa
Bill Long
Wayne McDanel
John van Gendren
Unionville
Hershel Daniels
Moline
Douglas Duz-st Club
Centerville Park
Mike Hedgecock
Minnie Moffatt
Agnes Stajear
Lew Hedges
Faith Suckow
Karen Barrickman
Oskaloosa
Agnes Burkland
Billy Hedgecock
Purvis Hedgecock
Mary Knowles
Howard Burkland
Floyd Whisler
Anna Marie Selix
Kelly
Ruby Hedgecock
Jerry Witt
Joyce Burkett
Deloris Burkett
Johnny Burkett
Kansas City
Missouri
Udell Social News At Grinnell Mutual Insurance Event
Mrs Howard Burkland hosts Udell guests from Centerville and Grinnell area attended the Grinnell Mutual Insurance Co event in Grinnell Iowa on Wednesday and Thursday Mr and Mrs Jack Long of Centerville were supper guests at the Howard Burkland home Friday and Mr and Mrs Lew Hodges of
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Powell
Grinell Mutual Re-insurace Co
Grinell
Iowa
Jack Long
Centerville
Howard Burkland
Lew Hodges
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R. W. Baird
Over Stevens Drug Store
Centerville, Iowa
Guardian Maintenance Service
Carmer’s Inc
Enterville
M. Patrick
Gleason
Opt
Griffinaville
North Bend
Daphne Shepard
Leonard Besick
Dows
Monica Shepard
Kristy Tarbell Af Grimes
Josephine Moffitt
Mary Sue Zapatil
Steve Shepards
of Dows
Howard Phillips
Wendell Phillips
Harold Huff
Clair
Ronald
Jay Wilson
Glenn Watts
Marion Watts
van Harsh
Kenneth Free
Marie Woodson
Russell
Linda
Marcia Wilson
Taylorette
Genevie Kalvig
Bessie Donovan
Junior Donovan
Cindy
Frances Burton
Clella Free
Ivan Harsh
Richard Harsh
Hazel Easter
Doyle Anderson
Wells Township
Moulton
Appanoose County Board of Supervisors
Albia Sales Co., Inc
Sale Pavilion
Don Peterson
John Peterson
Morevis
Tom Koffman
Office
Paul Morehead
Cetil Schrodt
Rathbun
R. C. Wilson
Jerry Watts
Mike
Sandy
Lisa
Davenport
Carbondale, I
Genevie Kaling
Albia Reservoir
Janet Wood
Carbondale
Robert Harsh
Renee
Cooper
IDS
Loren H. Hardinger
P.O
Albie
Investors Diversified Services
California
Jimmy Felton
Jeanne Felton
Jerry Felton
Harry Felton
Udell
Westinghouse
Frigidair
Coronado
van Dorin Implement Company
Allis-Chalmers
NEW Idea
Vacs Casa Nias RC
Lowa
Frost
Westinghouse Refrigerators
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Rijgl
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