Community notices and visitors fill Ottumwa area
A long list of guests and travelers visits Ottumwa and surrounding towns. Families from Des Moines Houston Los Angeles and Cedar Rapids join locals for gatherings reunions and birthdays as kin and friends travel from Illinois Missouri and Texas.
Community Socials and Visits Across Maple Grove
Maple Grove area residents share a busy spell of gatherings. Ralph Tucker and granddaughter Cheryl visited with Fairfield and Ottumwa kin. Loren Walter hosted ice cream with neighbors as Withrow reunion attendees gathered in Centerville. Bud McDanel’s circle hosted several couples and families for dinners and Wednesday outings. Discussions note ball game trips, birthdays, and weekend visitors from Albia, Davenport, Centerville, Milton, and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Woodward
Georgie
Karen
Mary Hiatts
Karen Woodward
Mary, Schrodt
Emery Hiatt
Bud McDanel
Charles Broshar
Bud ’ McDanel's
Ralph Tucker
Cheryl
Leonard Mathies
Fairfield
Loren Walter
Robert DuVall
Clifford Offil
John Eddy
Withrow
Chas, Withrow
Centerville
Lawrence Roland
Tommy Meyers
Patsy Miller
Oskaloosa
Dale Derby
Albia
Gabe Johnson
Cheryl Christine
Ottumwa
Leroy Barnett
Bob
Dolores Walters
M. H. Johnson
Basil Tadlock
Walter Scott
Shirley Ann Walter
George Sim
Curtis Tomlin
John Wilson
Claude Hawk
Richard Tubaugh
Andy Andrews
Albert Tubaugh
Belle Plaine
Richard Tubsaugh
Donald
Delmar Dowd
Junior Kinnamon
Davenport
Jennie Kinnamon
Jack Kinnamon
Milton
Barbara Conn
Chicago
Grant
Lloyd McDanel
Blue Front Social Notes From Van Zante Family
John Murdy visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Ben Jones. Circle met Thursday with Freda Hagerman. Ronald Lee VanZante has mumps. Carl VanZante took Mark to Ot tumwa for checkup. he sits up briefly. Sam Shepard family called. Mrs Shepard recovering from mumps. Bill Ralston and Terry from Conrad stayed overnight. vacation to Yellowstone planned. Numerous visitors to VanZante home. Ot tumwa visitors, Ha tt families, and others attended church picnic and Moravia park cookout. Tractors heard as farmers cultivate corn amid forecasts of showers. Carrol Brees returned from Rochester and stays with Carl VanZante. Ralph Shelquiat and Terry Ralston join John VanZante at So and Sew picnic after church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Murdy
Ben Jones
Circle
Freda Hagerman
Ronald Lee VanZante
Carl VanZante
Mark
Ottumwa
Sam Shepard
John van Zante
Bill Ralston
Terry
Conrad
Iowa
Ralph Shelgquist
Yellowstone Park
Ruby
Donald Whitehead
Lute Hiatt
Earnest
Harry Woodward
Rex Hagerman
Flo Chambers
Moore
T. R. Gardner Halled
Homer Utterback
Wendell Murdy and Sons
Ben
Carrol Brees
Rochester
Carl van Zante
Ralph Shelquiat
Terry Ralston
John. VanZante
Moravia Park
Coulson By Mrs. Theo Miller
Mr and Mrs Dwight Stocker and family spent Sunday evening at the Perrys Mikels home. Mr and Mrs Russell Burns and family spent Monday evening with the Otis Ballanger family. Mr and Mrs Kenneth O Connor and family attended the Espy reunion Sunday. Mr and Mrs Francis Miller and children spent Sunday at the Theo Miller home. Charlene and Jimmie Burns spent from Wednesday until Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Stocker
Perry’ Mikels
Russell Burns
Otis Ballanger
Kenneth O'Conner
Francis Miller
Theo Miller
Charlene
Jimmie Burns
Local Family Visits Recap Weekend Socials
Mrs Allie Boyer hosted a family gathering on Saturday. The Perry Mikels family spent one day in Livonia Missouri visiting Mrs Mikels uncle. Sylvia Burns visited Letha Whicker on Friday and Helen O Connor on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Frank Shoemaker visited C S Callen’s home Sunday. John Lee and children visited Perry Mikels Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Hedgecock
David
Preston Hedgecock
Indianapolis
Ind
Salisbury
Maryland
J. R. Callen
Lloyd E. Luse
Centerville
Ross Wells
Thomas Toft
Kathy
Des Moines
Harold Taylor
Betty Lou
Idelrose
Buell Taylor
Otha Taylor
Tofts
Dick Johnson
Dwight Glick
Rockford, Jr
Harry Glick
John Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Paul Spencer
Harry McCrory Land Gons
Richard McCrory
Iowa City
Louis Schaffner
Horace Schaffner
Omaha
Moravia
E. G. Hawk
Nora Deskins
Albia
John Bickford
Eva Carpenter
Colton
Calif
Ethel Olney
Los Angeles
Lee Bickford
Tyron
Okla
Andrew Parks
Kansas City
Hugh McFatridge
Iconium
Clyde Wilson
Jane
Mary
Louie V. Schaffner
Ottumwa
James R. Cain
Nora Burke
Dayton Dotson
Chicago
Fred Dotson
Daphen Ostergren
Don Cobbler
Art Fox
Elmer Stufflebeam
Brookfield
William Snodgrass
Marcelone
L. M. Williams
Levi Robinson
Medicine Row
Wyo
Dayne Taylor
Donna Underwood
Lake of the Ozarks
Bagnal Dam
Arkansas
Ralph Davis
Linda
Charley Tyrrel
Tommy Thomas
Houston
Texas
Ralph Spencer
Henry Simmons
Tracy
Iowa
Frank Paxston
Edgar Johnson
Floyd Simmons
Danny
Almont Main
Mary Rose
Gary Tharp
Great Lakes
David Dohrmann
Waterloo
Will Swaim
Paul
Webb
Carl Coffin
Promise City
Garland Houser
Joyce
Jerry
Charles Coffin
Carl Coffins
W. N. Miller
Howard Smith
J. 0
More
Foster Park
Max Hammond
Oakdale
Fred Hammond
Allie Boyer
Perry Mikels
Livonia
Golda Hiatt
Sandra
Clair McDanel
Barbara
Kenneth Daniels
Baby
Harold Hudgens
Gary Phannebecker
Chet Sanders
Cyril McDanel
Ernest Hiatt
Letha Whicker
Roscoe Bailey
Gus Hiatts
Gus Hiatt
Carl Hiatts
Weldon Luther
Bud Lutthers
Lanny
Lora Fenton
Lyn Fenton
Bud Luthers
Ernie Tucker
Cincinati
Hiattsville Social Roundup A Flurry Of Visits And Guests
In Hiattsville Ernest Hiatt and family host and visit with relatives and friends including McDanels, Daniels, Hudgens, and Luthers. Several families spend weekends in neighboring towns, attend picnics, ice cream outings, and a Junior 4H event at Lake Wapello. The note records numerous calls and dinners across the area.
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Town City
Bert Wadtkréy
Plano
Gadgéry
University Hospital
Hiatt
Hoffman
Edna Mae al
Arizona
Rosémary Thomas
J. D. Pence
Charley'‘Tyrell
Detroit
Mich
Cathe
Kenneth Condra
J. P. Day
Standard Oil
Hotel Ottumwa
Gaylord Main
Joanne
Ray. Harris
Dwight Main
Birdie
Main
Shelia Marie
Herbert Main
S. Moines
Birdie Main
Ozarks
Wm. Gardner
Flora Jones
Vess Hiatt
Frank Swaim
T. al, Cridlebaugh
Rockford, Ill
James Cline
Belva Wenig
Carolyn
Mason City
Goodyear
Maxine Firkins
Francis Oehler
Ted Oehler
Ida Edwards
Grand River
E. F. Oehler
Tom Robb
Torrington
Claire
Roy Woodward
Gustaf Baumgartner
Ira Boyer
Frank Wilson
Lester Tall
Marion Adams
Bloomfield
Richard Veach
Clell Blumer
Patsy
Charles Stroud
Evan Stroud
Ewtn Raita
Amos McGhghy
Moravia Theater
Abbott
Costello
Richey
Albia Jowa
Pio
Icheetahiaedy
Albia Sales CO
Sale Pavilion
Peterson & Sons
Paul Morehead
J.B. Judge
Chiropractor Clark Hotel
Maple Grove
Byan
Budge
The
Moravia Union
Danel
Janet Ra
Degli Samt Grant
Carl Tisue
Cody Luse
Bill Wilson
Clarence Bayeen
Bill
Earl Burrows
Moulton, Ia
Turner Baler
Lefe
Pullman Implement Company
Hiattsville
Mra
Jack McDanel
Ernest Hiatts
Marion Clayworth
Jay
Melchér
Dwight Norton
Lloyd Rose
Memphis
W. R. Rose
Marilyn Sears
Ray Smith
Richard Rose
Virgil Dooley
Pearl Hiatt
Clarence
Annie Kemp
Dess White's
Bert Meadows
Don Pettibone
Bob Cudworth
Kenneth Hiatt
Robert Hiatt
Lake Wapello
Robert
Taylor-Toilers
Purcell’s Stage Circus
Cameron
Calvary Scout
Spencer Tracy
Joan Bennett
Elizabeth Taylor
Moravia Dairy
I.H
Veach Implement Company
Your International Harvester Dealer Telephone
Moravia, Iowa
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