Social Whispers and Visits Across Ottumwa
Sunday at home and visits fill the week in Ottumwa with Mrs LeRoy Brown and family hosting, Laura Dicks and Ned Argo among guests. chaperoned Young Peoples Sunday School picnic at Centerville park. Mrs George Hammond and parishioners travel between Ottumwa and nearby towns. multiple calls by Swift Carruthers Beaty and Argo families. sympathies sent to Mrs Clinton Albertson. small-town dinner guests hosted by Clayton Sheldon and Lissie Kelsey. many locals vacationing in Minnesota and Davenport visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christy
Camp Atif
Wii
Ottumwa
LeRoy Brown
Haver
Wayne Thompsons
Brown
Laura Dicks
Ned Argo
Bobbie Argo
Héllighter
Earl Swift
Carolyn
Paul Carruthers
G. Beaty
Clarence White
Bert Rinehart
Young Peoples
Centerville Park
George Hammond
Ottibwa
Jack Pinfield
Sohe
Minnesota
Pearl Kelsey
Hampton
Lissie Kelsey
Nellie Thompson
Jake Firkins
George Argo
Donald Clark
Sonny and
Flo Frame
Clayton Sheldon
Artis Carpenter
Shannon
Jay Argos
Francis Miller
Community Notes from Miller Church and Local Visitations
Forty nine attended church and Sunday school at Miller. Various neighbors and relatives visited, called, or hosted gatherings across Miller Des Moines and surrounding towns including Des Moines Unionville Fremont Colfax Centerville and Memphis Missouri. Family birthdays and social visits were shared among the Wadsworths, Tolberts, Andrews, Burton, Strunk, Tubaugh, and Logan Strunk families during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Marion Reagan
Norman Kelly
Des Moines
Fay
Garner
Clifford Caster
Logan Strunk
Osa Wood
Ida Caylor
Lee Tadlock
Rollie Carter
Sarah Underwood
T. R. Gardner
Moravia
Ben Willams
H. D. Wadsworth
Perry Wadsworth
Colfax
Myrele Hartington
Jerrie Wilson
Unionville
Earnest Witt
Ray Witt
Cedar
Ray Strunk
Fremont
Linzy Collings
Dean Andrews
W. M. Tolbert
Charles Andrews
Claude Tolbert
Roy
Ella Bernard
Cary Andrews
Seymour
Doris Burton
Centerville
Claude
Sadie Palmer
Elsie Clester
Donald
Delmar’ Dowd
Richard Tubaugh
Ray Tubaugh
John Wilson III
Lester Strunk
Gerald Burton
Lozell
Robert Strunk
Lovell Reagan
Ellen
Nancy
Logan Strun
Social Roundup at Feoria and Surrounding Homes
Kin and neighbors from Feoria Illinois and nearby towns gathered for visits, dinners, and parades. The Chariton Township Christmas Seal raised 59.75 dollars. Participants included Hazel Hellyer, Mrs. John Anderson, Cass Hamilton, Lloyd Brown, Delbert Calhoun, George Hellyer, and many others visiting Centerville, Ottumwa, and surrounding communities through Friday to Sunday events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Anderson
Claude White
Charlene
Pamela
Claude
Kathy
Feoria
Ill
Lloyd Brown
Anderson
Brown
Cass Hamilton
Robert Jennings
Charles
Donald Whitehead
Roswell
New Mexico
Ruby Whitehead
Phoenix
Arizona
Dell Heilyer
John Petersen
Gus Luse
P. D. Ankeny
Hugh McFatridge
Clarence Whitehead
Jane Ann
Dell Hellyer
Gary
Richard
Sandra
B. F. Whitehead
Larry Lee
Linda Pearl
Ruby
George McCombs
Coleen
Delmar Jennison
Cedar Rapids
Dale Perry
Agency
George Hellyer
Patty
Karol
L. R. Perry
Albia
Raymond Perry
Elbert Perry
Chariton Township
Bernard Hamilton
Orville Hamilton
Aberdeen
South Dakota
Janice Mertz
Sherry Patch
Walkaha
Wisconsin
Homer Hamilton
Peoria
Illinois
Helen McAninch
Connie
Max
Melvin Main
Fern Lovell
Llinois
Iconium Methodist Church
Edward McCord
Roscoe Argo
Harold Argo
New Hope Notes and Local Visits Across the Area
Sunday evening visits unfold as David Sonnenberg of Albia stays with the Hortons in New Hope. The Wesley Chapel W S C met with Frances Burton leading devotions and Lucile West guiding the program. Fourteen ladies and nine children attended. Quilt work, refreshments, and social arrivals from Chicago to Phoenix marked a busy week with many family and friend visits noted throughout the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Fischer
Karline
R. C. Wilson
Des Moines
Social visits across South English of families and friends
Fred Dusablon home visits noted. Mrs. Bessie Neff stayed a few days at Orville Burton home and was taken home by Mr. and Mrs. Burton. They also visited Russell Warner and Roland Yates homes. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Callen and baby spent Friday evening at the van Harsh home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Dusablon
Bessie Neff
Orville Burton
Burton
Russell Warner
Howard Harper
Roland Yates
South English
Bill Callen
Baby
van Harsh
Enon Folks Attend 4H Events and Farm News
Marvin Vance and Geraldine attended a 4H picnic at Lake Wapello while the Vance family watched the boys 4H ball game in Albia Wednesday night. The Sylvan Van Dorin family spent Sunday with Delbert Love. Jeanne Hawk stayed with Nancy Carol Faber, and Mrs. Marvin Vance visited Mrs. Elmer Vance at the O. G. Davis home. The VanDorins drove to Des Moines on business. Crops show improvement with July bringing sun. several local families shared visits and birthday honors, including Linda's doctor visit and various social evenings at multiple homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Hiatt
Frank Hiatt
Orville Burton
Hiatt
Louise West
Gerald Bates
Albia
Ernest West
Don Pettione
Mildred Wynes
Jim Blomeren
Carol
Jimmie and
Baram
Oskaloosa
Larry Weston
Centerville
Clyde Wilson
Jane
Mary
Phoenix
Arizona
Gerald
Hunter
Janet Fritz
Blakesburg
Bert Meadows
Ivan Harsh
Thenerunn
Fabre Brees
Rochester
Carl VanZante
Orren Brees
Sewal
Danny
Neil Brees
Howard Harper
Burdette Cox
Clyde
W. E. Donovan
Donovan's
Mrs
Jr. Donovan
Carol Ann Broshar
Johnson
Matt Watts
Herbert McDanel
Rockford, Il
Elsie Martin
Lynda Wood
Irven Kalvig
Vance
Sylvan van Dorin
Delbert Love
Jeanne Hawk
Nancy Carol Faber
Marvin Vance
Elmer Vance
O. G. Davis
J. T. VanDorin
Des Moines
Sylvan VanDorin
Mear Walter
John Wilson
John
Leo VanDorin
Linda
Albert McCombs
Art McCombs
Troy Lockman
Jep Lockman
Joan
Janice
Geraldine Gideon
Dows
Iowa
R. S. Faber
Mary Jo
Fred van Dorin
Mearl Walter
Walter-Withrow
Hopkinton Man Claims Flat Tire Record
Clark DeShaw of Hopkinton reports eight flat tires in one day on his tractor and two trailers, claiming a possible world record. Candy Bob Myers of Humboldt notes catfish are fond of candy bars. A foil wrapped candy bar was found intact in a fish he cleaned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark DeShaw
Hopkinton
Candy Bob Myers
Humboldt
Treasury Department
United States Defense
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Missouri
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Goode
By Hazel Hellyer
David Sonnenberg
Horton Potts
New Hope
Genevie Donovan
E. N. Catterlin
Optometrist
Houra
Hotel Annex
Kaiser Or
Henry-J
Albia K-F Motors
Kaiser & Frazer
Clark Hotel
Enon
Geraldine
Lake Wapello
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Shiva
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