Boyer Ridge Social Notes Reflect Busy Centerville Circle
A long list of visits picnics and dinners marks a busy period in Centerville with families of Foster, Boyer, Easter, Moffitt, McDanel and related households hosting and visiting. Neighbors including Rosel Davis, Kaster, Gladfelder and O’Conner share gatherings at homes and Centerville park, with trips to Stamford South Dakota and Chanute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gladfelder
Versil Kaster
John McDanel
Claribel
May Davis
Phoenix
Arizona
F. A. Royer
James Kaster
Veril
Charles Brosher
John Sufficool
Centerville Park
Phyllis Lockman
Betty Jean Foster
Charley
Mary Platt
F. E. Moffitt
F. A. Royal
Lloyd Davison
Roy Davison
F. A. Boyer
George Steele
Milton
Clara Morrison
Kester Gladfeldey
Ira Boyer
Richard Goughnour
Veril Kaster
Rex Foster
William Whicker
Kenneth O'Conner
Averil Kaster
Robert
Dixie Kay
Paul Oehler
June Pfannebecker
R. H. Kaater
Centerville
Richard
Olin Foster
David, Weston
Bisis Martin
Herbert McDanel
Lyndon McDanel
Forest Meridles
Henry Foster
Norma June
Joann Benge
Gibbons
Nebraska
James Enge
Norris O'Conner
Frank Moffitt
Dorotha Belle Smith
Betty Jean
Leon Burns
Paul Dean
Karen Kay
Allie Boyer
James Easter
Milo Walker
Frank O’conner
Norma June Benge
Community News From Ottumwa Area Families
Filmed in Ottumwa and nearby towns, relatives and friends gather for picnics visits and church events. Names include Donovan Harsh Wilson Hiatt Pettibone Carter Martin Chambers and many others sharing weekly gatherings and holiday Fourth of July celebrations with extended family from Centerville Blakesburg Albia and Wichita Kansas. Martha Lou born July 5 at Osteopathic hospital Ottumwa is welcomed by George Warner family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Harsh
Betty Lou
Trenton Wilson
Mardeena Wilson
Ottumwa
George Scott
Don Pettibone
Frank Hiatt
Alice Wilson
Martha Hiatt
J. F. Powell
George’ Scott
George Turner
Russell Warner
Osteopathic Hospital
Martha Lou
Versal Robb
Wilma Carol
Carl Derby
Matt Watts
Harsh
Ernest Hiatt
Centerville
J. M. Cate
W.E. Donovan
Elsie Martin
Bessie Donovan
Nadine Wood
Dickie
Lynda Key
Clarabel McDanel
Dick Wilson
Delmont Moffitt
Bobby McDanet
Martin
Gerald Hunter
Frank Chambers
Floyd Ransom Gate
Genevie Donovan
Dickie Wood
John R. Wood
Albia
Mary Charity
Lloyd Rose
I Gaznly
Dorothy Chambers
Dallas
Texas
J. F. Chambers
Roy Scott
Harley Vinzant
William Vinzant
George Hiner
Lynda Kay
Will Long
Stella Clark
Suzanne McDanel
Donald Sanders
Duane Coffin
John
Ella Hiatt
Harry Kausalik
Mary Lou
Charles Dooley
David
W. E. Donovan
Donovan
Carl Coffin
Duane
Will Miller
O. A. Burton
Whio Matt Waits
Orville Burton
Margaret
Blakesburg
Burke Wilson
Chicago
E. F. Wilson
Edna Dyphon
R. C. Wilson
Hiattsville
Thea Miller
Mardeena
Jay Wilson
Ivan Harshome
Hiattsville Social News Highlights Family Visits
Miss Evelyn Hiatt and Lester Dooley visited in Ottumwa to see Donald Hiatt who is in a hip cast after illness. Extended family gatherings include visits from Glen Clough of Memphis and the McDanel household. Several memorials and weekend activities span Centerville and Moravia communities with multiple Hiatt family members noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn, Hiatt
Lester Dooley
Ottumwa
Dorothy McGee
Donald
Glen Clough
Memphis
James Culbertson
Ray, Roy
Larry
Moline
Cyril McDanes
Burdette Utterback
McDane
Jennie Hiatt
Pearl Hisiorie
Carol Blomgren
Centerville
Bert Lowe
Lloyd Rose
Ivan Harsh
Glennie Luse
Virgil Dooley
Evelyn Hiatt
Cyril McDanel
Glen Sufficool
Gedar Rapids
Ora
Centerville Park
W. A. Rose
Moravia
Alice Wilson
Bert Meadows
Daniels
Ira Yeanger
Cishr McDannel
Elmer Hiatt
Ernest Hiatt
U. S
Moravia Union Subscription as Welcome Gift
A Moravia Union subscription is offered as a welcome gift. The note highlights the appeal of receiving a local newspaper service as a new subscriber incentive.
Community Gossip from Albia and Surrounding Areas
Social notes show visits among the VanZante and Gardner families in Albia and Centerville. Local residents attend guest day at Pleasant Corners church and weekend gatherings at the Ben Jones and Raymond Williams homes. Lucille Shelquist heads to Clear Lake for a week. she will teach in Conrad next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R.,gardner
Ben Williams
Donald Jones
Wendell Murdy
Ralph Shelquist
John VanZante
Ladies Aid
Pleasant Corners
Albia
Ronald Lee
Mark VanZante
Grandpa
Grandma VanZante
So and Sew Club
Margaret VanZante
Carol Brees
Danley
Homer Hamilton
Ben Jones
Marve Lockman
Carl VanZante
Will Hagerman
St. Joseph Hospital
Centerville
Centerville Sunday Afternoon, Mrs. Hagerman
Ray Shelquist
Ralph Spencer
T. R. Gardner
Vincent Finkinson
Jeannett
Chichester
Lucille Shelquist
Clear Lake
Lucille
Conrad
Iowa
Circle
Louisa Jones
Gardner
Iven
Moravia
T.R. Gardner
H. D. Wadsworth
Torpedoman S/c
Perry Wadsworth
Mary Jean
Colfax
Marjorie Myers
Newton
Clyde Plummer
Ottumwa
Harold Wright
Sheila Marie
Moulton
Kenneth Coltrain
Raymond Williams
Udell Route 1 By Bonnie Rumley Udell Route 1
Community notes record frequent visits and family gatherings around Udell, Moulton, Unionville, and Centerville. Names include Will Moffatt, Bonnie Rumley, Kermit Crosa, Chester Sanders, Glenn Clancy, Harry Rumley, Norleen Sanders, and Edd Rumley, with mentions of a flag dedication in Moravia and a show in Unionville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Moffatt
Harry Rumiley
Douglas, Burness
Bonnie
J. J. Stevens
Moulton
Mr. Stevens
John Moffatt
Iconium
Bilile
Jack Clancy
Kermit Crosa
Unionville
Edd
Harry Rumley
Helen Mishler
Inlaw
Luella Mishler
Glen Clancy
Burness
Douglas
Glenn Clancy
Rose
Kathryn
Eillene
Chester Sanders
Moravia
Doner Sanders
Norleen
Donald
Hovey Rumley
Edd Rumley
Paul LaVerne Rumley
Calvin
Des Moines
Kathryn Clancy
Douglas Rumley
Coner Sandera
Centerville
Joe Cross
Walter Whisler
Joe
Logan Strunk
Russell
Billie
Jack
Chariton
Norleen Sanders
Bonniel Rumley
Frankin By Mrs John Moffatt Moravia Social
Moravia residents hosted and visited many neighbors and relatives over several afternoons and evenings. Local families including Stansberrys McFatridges Sheldons and Perrys dropped by John Moffatt and Clell Sheldon homes. Visitors came from Cedar Rapids Des Moines Albia New Sharon Wesley and Denver Colorado with reports of Navy Doyle Stansberry and trips to Moravia and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Hugh McFatridge
B. F. Whitehead
Moravia
Dwight Stansberry
H. F. Stansberry
Doyle Stansberry
Navy
Trudy Brook
Ray McFatridge
Janet
Cedar Rapids
E. F. Stansberry
Addie Sheldon
Clarence
Phyllis Haver
Bobby Burton
Clell Sheldon
Dewayne
Maxine Jacque
Joan
Lee Wathan
Elof Pearson
Wesley
Land
Charles Brown
Richard
Kay
New Sharon
R. R. Stanaberry
Veda
Beulah Dodge
Des Moines
Marie Dodge
Harold
Carol
Joyce
Jean
Dorothy Hazlett
Albia
Frances
Darwin
Bert
Clyde Sheron
Mabel Burton
John Moffatt
Roy
Bernard Kitterman
Rex Haver
Robert Jennings
Henry Elliott
Johnny
Rozella
Kathleen Lewis
Mabel
Burton
Vinton Lundy
Fred , Argo
Ben Allem
Clell Sheldon Sa Ichildren
Fred Argo
Clyde and
Clell Sheldo
Brompton Farming Notes and Community Visits
Agricultural notes discuss chemical weed sprays for crops like soybeans and sorghums with mid June application, patch sizing, and use on pastures and ditch banks. Community items report visits, a Brompton school reunion, and local residents gathering at homes in Ottumwa and surrounding areas.
Moravia Valon Subscription Makes Welcome Gift
A Moravia Valon subscription is presented as a welcome gift, offering new recipients a welcoming start and access to the publication’s content. The gift emphasizes community ties and local engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Moravia Valon
Closing Out Boxed Greeting Cards Offer
Line of boxed greeting cards remaining five boxes. Includes humorous birthday and get well stacks with 12 cards for 60 cents and 16 birthday cards. Assorted sympathy and baby congratulation cards also offered. Multiple small lots priced to clear stock.
Weed spraying to start mid June in town state college tests
Extension Service and Agriculture Experiment Station in Iowa test new hormone weed spraying compounds. Recommendations will not be ready until season's end. Farmers should rely on Atlacide and isodium chlorate and on smother techniques in the meantime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester
Hegessary
Iowa
Extension Service
Agriculture Experiment Station
Ek, P, Sylvester
Town
State College
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boyer Ridge
Lester Cochran
Lyndon MecDanel
Wendell
Rex
Roy Hiatt
Jack McDanel
Win Easter
Averyl
Bob Moffitt
Chanute Rad
Waois
Mrs
Trenton Gladfelder
J. W. End
William Whickerome
Lee Johnson
Bud Hawk
Lloyd McDanel
Averil Raster
Roy Hiattome
Ralph
Dwight
Junior Mericle
Veril Raster
Dortha Belle Smith
H. A., Smith
New Hope
Mrs. W. E. Donovan
Wm. Vinzant
Camp Robinson
Ark
Roma Carpenter
Cincinnati
Ohio
Catherine
Rome Carpenter
Nancy
Judy
Moravia Union
Udell
Bonnie Rumley
Franklin
Vinton Lundy Home
Darwin Sheldon
Fred Tro
Rex Rinehart
Roscoe Argo
Adolph Lemanter
Henry van Weelden
Basil Harteen
Whitehead
Joe Jacque
Raymond Martz
Roy Qstermyer
Mondo Sulentic
Denver, Colorado
Pete Sulentic
Brompton
Medt
Max McCoy
Aun
Curg
Howard Whisler
W.A. Wilson
Verse Barnes and Family
Ed Robinson
Janella Maxine Billings
Mrs. M. E. Boardman
George Reid
Claude Hawk
Vercel Barnes
Brompton School
M. E. Boardman
Leo Stafford
J. E. Stafford
Stafford
Hawthrone
Nevada
Jack Winfield
Herman Johnson
Homer Shipley
Treasury Department
Senne
United States
Curlalan
Sealatr
Mass
Piseae
Christian Science
Christian Sctetion Monitor Toei
BWAT
U.S.A
BOW ME
Army Transportation Corps
England
Italy
Africa
Iran
New Caledonia
India
Bloom Aho
Aumont
Drakemen Siomal
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