Local and Personal Social Roundup in Centerville Area
Local residents and visitors are listed with numerous calls, visits, and gatherings. Names include Mrs James Rhea, Mr and Mrs Troy Adams, Miss Valetta Tarbell, Mr and Mrs Harold Mason, and many others from Ottumwa, Rathbun, Albia, Centerville, Keosauqua, and surrounding towns. The notices cover Monday through the holiday period with car trips, hospital transfers, and family visits across multiple households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rhea
Troy Adams
Tommy Main
Alex Main
Town
Kate Broshar
Earl Purvis
Seymour
Benanita Main
Pearl Walker
Ottumwa
Harold Mason
Richard
Proy Adams
Johnnie Mitchell
Rathbun
Taylor Leonard
W. B. Scareliff
Charles
Davis City
Carol Jolly
Renee
Freeman Ally
Wayne Davis
Valetta Tarbell
Rockford
Marion
Bertha Mae
Helen Garretson
Virgil Dooley
Lester
Garland Houser
Charles Coffin
Fay Hudson
Keosauqua
Mary Cowell
St. Joseph's Hospital
Centerville
Soils Office Plans Farm Surveys and Group Meetings
The Soils Office explains a program where groups of 8 to 12 farmers seek help, with a soils survey for each farm to guide long term land use planning and soil conservation. The Jerome area group has been surveyed and aerial maps will guide meetings. Lincoln Township group will start when possible. Contact Glen Birlingmair or the commissioners to submit requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Lincoln Township
Cooper Creek
Glen Birlingmair
Unionville Nearby Military and Social Notices Mixed
Unionville townsfolk report military deployments and family visits as residents depart for service or duty. Navy inspector Esaie Whisler Orph Brown sails to Minneapolis, others leave for Camp Butner New York and Oklahoma destinations while relatives visit and host gatherings at homes in Ottumwa Centerville Albia and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esaie Whisler
Orph E. Brown
Minneapolis
Navy
Jack Koran
W. GC. Miller
Oklahoma City
BL. Nay
Cedar Falls
Laura
Belle Baker
Ralph Stufflebeam
Centerville
Ira Stufflebeam
Cpl
Woodrow Hull
Camp Butner
N. Y
W. L. Hull
Wilbur Lewis
Linda
Glen Foughty
Ottumwa
Clear Lake
Lee Wyldes
Bobby
Mr. Wyldes
Altamont
Jimmie
Lorene
Sue Ann Wyldes
Numa
Anna Walter
P. H. Underwood
Ensign
George Brooke
New York City
Brooke
Waterworks
Albia Sunnys
Dwight Coop
Earl Coop
Freda
Moulton
Orris Coop
R. J. Coop
Lester Coop
O Brien County named to honor Irish patriot
Irish patriot William Smith O'Brien honored in 1851 when O'Brien County was formed and named in remembrance after his commotion against the repeal of the legislative union. He was MP educated at Trinity Cambridge. Century for Jackson duly marks 100 years since Jackson family migration to Iowa from North Carolina in 1844. C. S. Jackson of near Leon is last living descendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Brien
O’brien
William Smith O’brien
England
Ireland
Trinity College
Cambridge
Eldora Methodist Church
Fred J. Edgar
Edgar
D. W. Dickinson
Jackson
Iowa
C. S. Jackson
Leon
North Carolina
Editor's Mail from Mystic Iowa on World War II letters
The letter from Floyd L Purvis, son of Mr and Mrs LeRoy Purvis, covers his service since May 26 two years ago and overseas since November, with accounts from Rome. It includes observations on harvest work in Italy, cost of living, travel in Rome, St Peter's, and personal updates from Torrington Wyoming, ending with a note about Carl joining the army air corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Floyd L. Purvis
Rome
LeRoy Purvis
Francis G. Purvis
Co. B
A.R.T
Knox
St. Peter’s
Ferrell
Francis
O. K
Buckley Field Address for Pvt William C Bivin Denver Colo
Mrs Carl Bivin asks readers to write to Pvt William C Bivin 87845067 Section I Barracks OG 808 Plight 86 Buckley Field Denver Colorado. The letter thanks the hometown paper for helping keep track of friends and classmates who are in the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckley Field
Denver
Colo
William C. Bivin
Barracks OG
Carl Bivin
Entiat Detasseling Jobs Open At Farm Bureau Office
Entiat seeks corn detasseling workers around July 18 with 60 cents an hour and a 10 cent per hour bonus for completing the season. Height preference is 6 feet 4 inches or taller. girls may apply in groups with a supervisor if needed. Register at the Farm Bureau office in Centerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Fuller
Farm Bureau
Centerville
Moravia Town Council to Meet July 27 1944 for Budget Hearing
Moravia Iowa voters and taxpayers are invited to a 8:00 p m meeting at the Community Building to hear an estimate of expenditures for the year starting April 1 1945. A detailed statement of receipts and disbursements will be available at the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Appanoose County
Iowa
Seventeen Line Social Ties Highlight Local Visits
A long list of community visits and social calls runs through Monday to Sunday as families such as Burns, Main, Boyer, Underwood, Hilton, and Hiatt share gatherings. Several newborns and birthdays are noted among neighbors, with several households hosting or visiting others across town.
Community Visits and Hospital Blood Drive Mentioned
On Sunday Roy Hiatt and Mr and Mrs Floyd Ransom visited the John Stevens home. Russell Burns with Leon J and Glen Burns traveled to Iowa City Sunday night to donate blood for their severely ill nephew Darrell Thompson at the hospital there. Floyd Dikes and Jackie with Mr and Mrs Ernie McGuire visited the Clyde McDonald home, with the Ransom couple present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter
Alice
Des Moines
C. M. McFatridge
Charles Tarbell
Lorelda
Raymond Ferrin
Phillip Kay
Centerville
Valetta Tarbell
Rockford
Ili
Freeman Jolly
W. ¥. Murdy
Moulton
Bert Swartz
Leonard Palmer
Vern Newcomb
Kansas City
Lake Wapeillo
Newcomb
Charles Langman
Rock Island
Ill
Karl Tuttle
Tuttle
Joe Sherrard
Jimmie
Numa
Tennifer Green
Margaret, Harris
Ray McCloud
Harvey Main
Dea Moines
Gue Main
Forrest Hiatt
Newton
Harold Hudgens
Gus Hiatt
Ernest Hiatt
Chester
Paul Spencer
Linnie Hilton
Lola Boyer
Russell Burns
Obe Burns
Glen Burne
Robert Wayne
Tom Workman
theAllie Boyer
John Main
Allin Boyer
Lola
Glendolyn
Donna Underwood
Charlene
Jimmie Burns
Ale Boyer
Russall Burns
Leo Thompson
Sylvia Main
Eli Hiatt
Shertis Boyer
Roy Purvis
Allie Boyer
Glendowlyn
Leon
William Hilton
A Hudgens
Say
Roy Hiatt
Floyd Ransom
John Stevens
Leon J
Glen Burns
Iowa City
Darrell Thompston
Floyd Dikes
Jackie
Ernie McGuire
Clyde McDonald
Floyd ‘Ransom
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chet Broshar
Soils Office
Johnson’s Baby Powder
FITCH
Unionville
Lloyd Shaul
van Horne
United States
al M. Finch
Winneshiok Motor Terminal
Decorah
Hie Decorah
Seung
THE
Moravia Union
Mystic
Son
Floyd
Torrington
Wyo
Carl
Army’ Air Scorps
Farm Bureau News
Fuller
Mount Pleasant
Wayland
Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church
Harry
Knoxville
Ware
Knoxville Journal
W. A. Harper
Postville
Jane
OPA
War Food Administration
ODT
OWI
G. B. Winsler
Lae
Aintenance
Lyn Hilton
Karl Fischer
Willie McDanel
Ben White
Earl I
S. K. Kingery
Lloyd Davizon
Higley Farm
Lic
Pillsbury
Spencer
Cargill
Gardner and Son
Morlavia
Albia ® Rendering Co
Gardner & Sons
Gardner and
McCormick- Deering
A. T. John Son
Towa
Clifford Pfannebecker
O. J. Peters
Anna Smith
Napine & GeorgE’s Phone General Supplies
Turner & Sonardware
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