Fourth of July Gatherings Across Des Moines Area
A community page recalls a Fourth of July dinner at the John McDanes home with many families from Des Moines Fort Dodge and Centerville visiting relatives in Moravia Unionville and Hilton. Also noted are visits to and from numerous neighbors across Scattersburg Unionville and Centerville along with garden damage from a Sunday hailstorm and local social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDanes
LaVerne Avis
Phoenix
Ariz
Darrel Stites
Rockford
Walter Messner
Ft. Dodge
Iowa
Guy Miller
Des Moines
Claude McDanel
Indianola
Kenneth MecDanel
Centerville
Mids
Clarabelle McDanel
Averill Easter
Walter Blew
Hilton
Ira Boyer
Richard
H. V. Lundgren
Magnolia
Illinois
Leo Houser
Versal Easter
Clara Morrison
Opal Goughner
Forrest Moffitt
Misa Irene
Gene Boyer
John Cleaver
Moravia
Delmont Moffitt
Parental Forrest, Moffitt
Olin Foster
Chase Hoyer
Hubert Benge
Henry Foster
Mr. Foster
Janelle Reid
Donna Jean Meltlin
Russell
M. E. Boardman
Archie Billings
Albia
Ottumwa
Ed. Robinson
Deena Lee
Herman Johnson
John Fisher
Aggie Peck
Ervin Sweeney
DeLoris and
Barbara
Detroit
Mich
Kenneth Johnson
Gowrie
Robert
George Reid
Ito
Reinbeck
Kenneth Stafford
Dallas
Elwood
Otis Stafford
Paul Stafford
Lorraine Jones
Arthur Lewis
Burden Roberts
Fort Snelling
Minn
Clifton Boardman
Ida Fisher
Mia
Edna Horn
Boardman
Clifton
Sunday Social Notes From Moravia Area Families
The column records a busy weekend with Walter Scott family and many neighbors from Wyoming to Moravia. Visits include Delmar Glick from Hedrick, the Johnsons and Bradys, and gatherings at multiple homes. Attendees travel from Chicago and Des Moines areas, with church attendance noted and a local school reunion upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Dodd
Walter Whisler
Merle Walter
Clarence Dowds
Virgil Johnson
Marjorie’ Scott
Billy Joe
Mary Main
Lyle Hopkins
Walter '‘Scott
Bob Felton
Wyoming
Harry Felton
Kate Broshar
Earl Purvis
Geo. Johnson
Shelby Johnson
Zell Bryant
Williams
Catherine
Gabe Johnson
Delmar Glick
Troy Glick
Hedrick
Eugene Main
Lake
Dwight Glick
Miss Pugh
Rockford
Ill
Aeparenta
H. Eick
Tom Workman
Harry Glicks
Hiattsville W. 8. C. Meets With Mrs Hiatt and Guests
Hiattsville Woman's Community Club met Wednesday afternoon with about twenty members and guests including Mrs Clyde McDonald, Mrs Minnie Sharp, Mrs Rose Pember, Rev and Mrs Pullman, and Mrs Fiona Neff and son Clifton. Ice cream and cookies were served as plans were made to meet again in two weeks with Mrs Virginia Pettibone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Hiatt
Clyde McDonald
Minnie Sharp
Centerville
Rose Pember
California
Pullman
Moravia
Fiona Neff
Clifton
Rockford
Ill
Virginia Pettibone
Ea Yieints Li
Fourth of July Festival Recalls Simple Pleasures
An intimate Moravia diary recounts a Fourth of July day filled with farm chores and family small joys. The narrative follows harvesting alfalfa and beans, milking duties, a balloon ascent, and park activities, interwoven with visits from relatives and neighbors and a long evening of community celebration.
Local Social Notes Highlight Moravia Area Visitations
Sunday gatherings feature Mrs. Lenora Paris hosting Mrs. Elsie Coltrain and others from Rockford Centerville and Moravia. Neighbors and relatives including the Strunk family and Gerald Burton assist with meals. Additional items cover visits, a birthday celebration for F. E. Boyer, church plans, and a rain event with hail near Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenora Paris
Elsie Coltrain
Moravia
Pearl Hunt
Rockford
Ill
Jake Campbell
Centerville
Mrs. Strunk
Hunt
Mrs. Campbell
Strunk
Gerald Burton
Inez
Samabelt
Ben Knight
Carl Coffin
Duane
W. N. Miller
Frank Wilson
West of Moravia
Freeman Johnson
Leta Tubaugh
Gene Boyer
Frederick Koehler
Mai
Gaylordain
Glen Stocker
Carl
F. E. Boyer
Boyer
V. Shanks
Miller
Des Moines
Glen Wood
Mike Dommer
Weekend Visit and Family News Highlights
The note records Ernest Hiatt losing a horse, Carl Davis and Minnesota relatives visiting the Hiatt family, Anneth Hiatt returning from Army training near St Louis for five days, and Mr and Mrs Robert Burton of Ottumwa visiting the Harley Burton home with Bobby Burton staying overnight. The text mentions additional Neff and related family details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra
Mayard Neff
Iona
Aupper
Orval Burton
W. A. Rose
Memphis
Missouri
Lioyt Rose
Merton “Rose
Keith Rose
uMewa
Bupper Puesta
A. & Hatt
Mia
Veda Davis
Spring Valley
Minnesota
Anneth Hiatt
St. Louis
Gus Hiatt
Familly
Virgil Batley
Ottumina
Ernest Hiatt
Pawl Hiatt
Near Cincinnnati
Harold Hudgens
Carl Pfannebecker
Moravia
Otha Hiatt
Alfred Bates
Albia
Carl Davis
Kenneth Hiatt
Harley Burton
U. S. Hiatt
Robert Burton
Ottumwa
Community gathered for Fourth of July reunions and visits
Hedge College hosted a varied family reunion with Davis relatives from Sprin Valley Brownsdale Detroit Hartford Phoenix Rathbun and West Des Moines. Guests included the Wilson Locke Gideon Luse McDanel and Dyphon families with several home visits and travel tales from Moravia Albin Unionville and Kirksville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Davis
Clell Davis
Robert
Roland
Sprin Valley
Minn
Arthur Davis
Brownsdale
Elmer Vance
Detroit
Michigan
Russell Davis
Marian
Janet
Jimmie
Hartford
Iowa
LaVerne Davis
Larry
Barbara Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
Harold Davis
Donald
Donna
Betty
Margaret
Billie
Rathbun
Ralph
Burke Wilson
Charles Locke
Woodward
E. F. Wilson
Coretta Cloved
Eph Wilson
Edna Dyphon
John Johnson
Zell Wilson
Locke
Gomer Stocker
T. J. Luse
Jerry
West Des Moines
G. EB. Luse
Grandma Jones
M. E. McDanes
Gaylord McDanel
Oger Gideon
Jap Lockman
Lockmans
Gideons
J.T. VanDorin
Albia
Rolla Lockman
Manuel
Jep Lockman
Roger Gideon
B. J. Ondrak
Patty
West Burlington
Clell
Wendell Cloved
Moravia
Wendell
Camp Matigwa
Wm. Giltner
J. J. Smith
Albig
Wilbur Cloved
Kirksville
Dick Morrison
Dorothy
Chicago
Hert Luse
Unionville
Guy Jones
Lafayette
T. J. Jones
Gus Luse
Brown family ties mark a week in Albis and Homer’s home
Daphen Brown spent Monday with her brother Edmond Brown in Albis. W. A. Brown helped Homer Brown make a hay rack. Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Brown and family spent Tuesday at the Homer Brown home. Daphen Brown and W. L. Clark also present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Aly. Ste
Moravia
B. C. Itehead
Ruby
Leo Smith
J. E. Smith
Jess Smith
John Repp
Albia
Leo Repp
Wes Scott
D. W. Hertford
Missouri
Lester Smith
Creston
Jess Smiths
Daphen’ Brown
Edmond Brown
Albis
W. A. Brown
Homer Brown
Daphen Brown
W. L. Clark
Moravia Residents Share Social Visits And Travel
Local residents recount recent calls and visits across Moravia and nearby towns. Harold Brown and family hosted guests. Ruth Kenton helped can beans. several families attended the Fourth of July celebration. JT Lloyd Stocker and kin returned from a week in the area. job moves include E Robinson transferring to Haskins Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Stocker
Albie
E. Robinson
Blakenburg
Haskins
Iowa
Robinson
Lorraine
Cedar Falls
Oscar Harvey
R. A. Faber B
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Boyer Ridge
Marve Lockman
al. Pheur Hopkins
Donald Ellison
Raymond Lockman
Frank Adams
Cora Burton
Elbert
Lockman
Burton
Mae Benson
Bertha Gilland
Maple Grove
Ivan J. Walter Rhoe
C. T. Slavin
M. D
Marshall D. Huston
Wayside
C. C. Smith
Will Norton
Clyde Norton
Walt Blue
James Cuts
William Norton
Merriam
Moulton
Sarah Jordan
Baltimore
Harold Brown
Harold Vervey
Norton
Nor
Marshall Coffin
Ben. Davis
Billy Norton
Richard Higgenbothem
Dean
Billy ‘Norton
Harold Mellereen
Peoria
Fred Mellgreen
Canton
Carl Shaeffer
Bill Burmeister
Cedar Rapids
George Hintt
Belle Whicker
T. L. Gladfelder
Clyde Gladfelder
Leslia Elledge
Eloise Dotson
Grover Easter
Carl Shaffer
Gretchen Luse
Selah
Trenton Gladfelder
Bertha
Paul Boyer
Pearlie Boyer
George Boyer
Mary
Charlie Quick
Jack McKern
Willie McDanel
Clyde Gladfelder Ome
Willis McDanel
Dutch McDanel
Ronald Woodward
Near Hedrick
Cody Luge
Aes. Haver
Hazel Hellyer
Chas, Argo
James Nash
Roy
Bert Nash
L. R. Perry
Neal Nash
Raymond Perry
Gary Dean
Dell Hellyer
George
Susan Callen
Robert Jennings
Charles
Harry Jennings
Walnut City
Horton Potts
Newton Long
Clark Hellyer
Doyle Hampton
Vern Harsh
Glen Harsh
Winchester
Mass
Ora
Harsh
Mt. Ayr
Ivan Harsh
Herbert McDanel
Billy
Bobby
Elsia Martin
John Wood
Dickie
Grace Dooley
W.E. Donovan
Genevie Donovan
Ayr
Don Pettibone
J. Ey Sharp
Elmer Pennington
Gerald Hunter
Blakesburg
J. F. Chambers
Chambers
G. B. Johnson
Hunter
Everett Wynes
Glen Hiatt
Washington, D. C
Frank Hiatt
Junior Donovan
Lake Wapello
Russell Warner
Karl Fischer
Meter Dinen
Lloyd Carter
Bert. Neff
Lute Hiatt
Frank ‘Hiatt
Brompton
Salem
Allis-Chalmers
Vane Co. Bivin
Hiattsville
Parkers
Turner
Ambulance Service
2Has, Ory
Hedge College
Mr. Pleasant
Dortha
Ruth Kenton
John Sharp
LeRoy Brown
Leste Smith
Archie Herron
Faarclis’ Brown
Fotl Brown
Sita Sharp
Aftar
We A. Brown
Homer Charles Brown
Johnny Brown
Cleli Long
Harold Taylor
Mr. and
Rafe
Johnny Alles
Frank Jones Eniles
LeRoy: Brown
Urbana and Vicinity
E. N. Catterlin
Rhesus
Sealey
Gardner Hatchery
Farmer’s Exchange
North Side Square
Centerville, Iowa
L. A. Osborn County Treasurer