Kinser Valley social notes from Albia visit scenes
Kinser Valley community notes describe Wednesday evening visits by George R Darby Tommy Judge and Floyd Caster with LeRoy Wilson and others in Albia. Mentions Henry Sytsma moving sheep home, Zell Wilson driving him to Albia, Roche mentions sick daughter Mrs Lloyd Johnson, furloughs for Leo Caster, lime delivery by Irvin Ellison, and a Milwaukee train fatality killing shouts for Zell Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R, Darby
Tommy Judge
Floyd Caster
LeRoy Wilson
G. B. Darby
Zell Wilson
LeRoy
Albia
Henry Sytsma
Lloyd Johnson
Leo Caster
Floyd
G. R. Darby
Leo
E. G. Caster
Ervin Ellison
Jake Huber
J. W. Cohagan
Biskisbuts
M. M. Darby
Russell Darby
Pearl Hiner
Moravia
Milwaukee
Local Farm and Family Visits Reported in Centerville
Franklin by Mrs John Moffatt and Edward Haver with Basil Harteen aided Clinton Albertson on his farm Monday. Mrs Addie Sheldon spent part of last week at the Clell Sheldon home. Mrs Mellie Stack visited the Roscoe Argo home Thursday. Hugh McFatridge couple were in Moravia Wednesday. McFatridge helped his mother in law Mrs John Bickford. Clyde Sheldon called at the Fred Argo home Tuesday morning. Mrs John Moffatt with Mary and Roy attended the Stevens reunion at Centerville park Sunday. Mrs Rex Haver visited Roscoe Argo and Casper Smith homes Wednesday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Fred Argo visited the Vinton Lundy home Wednesday morning. Mrs Mellie Stack spent Friday at the Fred Argo home. Vinton Lundy helped Fred and Roscoe Argo part of last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moffatt
Edward Haver
Basil Harteen
Clinton Albertson
Addie Sheldon
Clell Sheldon
Mellie Stack
Roscoe Argo
Hugh McFatridge
Moravia
Mary
Roy
Stevens
Centerville
Rex Haver
Casper Smith
Fred Argo
Vinton Lundy
Fred
Betty Jean Foster
Olin Foster Home
Cpl
Carl Mericle
Australia
Forest Mericle
Doris
Ralph
Dwight
Junior
Lota Jacobs
Larry
Marilyn
Henry Foster
Patty Easter
Virgil Easter
Mia
William Whicker
Janet
Wynona
Tone Scott
F. A. Boyer
Fred Boyer
Everett, Wash
Ernest Boyer
Burbank
Calif
Florence Weathers
Oliver, Ill
Ray Boyer
Gerard, Kang
John McDanel
Tra Boyer
Richard
Clara
Morrison
Myr
EB. Moffitt
Irene
Frank
Florice
Ray Lockman
Grover Easter
Averil Easter
Lillian Tomlin
Florice Moffitt
FPBE
Moffitt
Charles Broshar
Carole
Ronnie
James Easter
Broshar
Henry and
Olin
Claude Wren
Max
Dale
Francis
Bonnie Lee
Albia
Gel
Ralph Dwight
Lois Jacobs
Phyllis Lockman
Gene Boyer
Norris O’conner
Kester Gladfelder
Dean Tomlin
Claribel
Kenneth McDanel
Plorence Weathers
Clara Morrison
John MccDanel
Ira Boyer
Earl Boyer
Centerville Park
Mra
Harry Woodward
Florence Weatherl
F. E. Moffitt
Rex Foster
Larry Weston
Sam Boyer
F. A
Boyer
California
Washington
J. T. VanDor
R. S. Faber
Wayne McDanes
Des Moines
Mear
Walter
Marvin Gardner
Yvonne
Win Matsler
Chanute, IL
Walnut City
Cerelyn Walter
Gardner
Faber
Kenneth Free
Mary Jo Faber
Richard Hawk
Mary Jo
Doyle McDanes
Dwight Weatherly
Wanda
Jerry
LaPorte City
William Monroe
Burlington
Freddie Gordon
Udell
M. E. McDanel
Gaylord McDanel
Cyril McDanel
Jack Hoffman
Bob Regencrans
Estil Gay
Aubrey Walter
Emma Ray Miller
Ely Thistleweight
Buffalo
N.C
Jess Walker
Clevard Joan
Rex Thistleweight
Moulton
Frank Bennett
Mary Fowler
Alice Kelly
Mary Houser
Alvin Fowler
Chicago
Ill
Gus Weatland
Dirs
Edd Tuff
Robert Glasgow
Sugar Grove
Pearl Porter
Howard Hedgecock
Ben Glasgow
Dennia Glasgow
Whital
Leota Foster
Thistleweight
Dennis Glasgow
Paul Hostetler
Georgia
Walter Ward
Camp Fort Smith
Ark
Edith Bryant
Lucille Duty
Mary Harrett
Elmer Caylor
Rosa Spurgeon
Marl Spurgeon
Barbara
Oogt Powell
Anna Gorden
Murl Gorden
Arthur Price
George Morland
Richard Ogden
Lester Murdy
Carol Ross
Misa Dorothy
Patty Sweden
Cecil Ward
Georgia Hostetler
Henry Glasgow
Hugh Crawley
Loyd
James
Mary Harvett
Minnie Replogle
Unimportant Cogitations by Inez Faber
A housewife juggles hayfield and berry patch duties this season. Berry picking is less tiring than canning but the constant shift between chores creates fatigue. Time pressures at home amplify stress, causing broader exhaustion beyond field labor.
Notice of Dissolution of Enterprise Coal Company
At a meeting in Rathbun Iowa on June 18 1944 the stockholders unanimously voted to dissolve the Enterprise Coal Company as of that date. Signed June 18 1944 by Joe Swob president Moravia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Coal Company
Rathbun
Iowa
Blue Front And Village Social Notes Spill Over
The So and Sew club held its first ice cream party at the VanZante home with guests including Lloyd Brown and the Phyllis siblings. A funeral in Albia touched several families, and visits spanned several homes from Russell to Centerville. A newborn Elaine Kay arrived at St. Joseph’s hospital in Centerville weighing eight and a half pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John VanZante
So and Sew Club
Carl VanZanté
Lloyd Brown
Dorothy and
Jerry
Jane Ann Phyllis
Ralph Shelquiat
Vanderpool
Albia
Wendell Murdy
Johnnie
David
Ben Jones
Homer Hamilton
Allie Pence
Russell
Jim Moora
Elbert
Gircle
Louisa Jones
Raymond Williams
Centerville
Ben Williams
Carl VanZante
Sam Shepard
Lora Elaine Shepard
George Hansen
Craig and
Hallen Hansen
Chet Wilson
Elsie
Carl Walsh
Des Moines
T. R. Gardner
Carol Walsh
Seventeen Line birthday party and local visits
Mrs. Russell Burns hosted Charlene's sixth birthday party on Wednesday with games, prizes for Olive Jean Phillips, Roberta Benze, and Rex Foster, and refreshments. Many neighbors and relatives attended Thursday and Sunday visits at various homes including the Hiatt, Hilton, Paxston, and Main households, plus haying helper Tone Scott helping Russell Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Boyer
Russell Burns
Charlene
Jimmie
David Weston
Allie Boyer
Lola
Jimmie Burns
George Hiner
Olive Jean Phillips
Roberta Benze
Rex Foster
Norma June
Elmer Hiatt
Olive Jean
Howard
Wendell Phillips
Betty Harvey
Roberta
Wanda Mae Benze
Paul Dean
Karen Kay Burns
Larry Weston
Opal Burns
Goldie Weston
Karl Fischer
Peter Dinan
Linnie Hilton
Ernest Hiattome
Willie McDanes
Fay Paxston
L. G. McKern
Roy Hiatt
Eli Hiatt
iGertie Boyer
Roy Purvis i
Encit Hiatt
Urbana Social Updates and Local Visits
Mary Anderson visits Urbana with her three sisters from Des Moines staying at H A Tubaugh home and leaving Thursday. Ernest West and family and Garol Weat visit Lester West in Ottumwa. James Williams and family drive to Waterloo to take Mrs Williams mother home. Kenneth OConner and family visit Fay Paxston home. Nine members of the Wednesday club quilt for the Red Cross project. Sunday School Group Gathering planned at Urbana Center next Sunday July 23 with a 10 a m program and basket dinner at noon. Read the want ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anderson
Des Moines
H. A. Tubaugh
Ernest West End
Garol Weat
Lester West
Ottumwa
James Williams
Waterloo
Wiliams
Kenneth O'Conner
Fay Paxston
Katie Davis
Red Cross
Ney
Urbana Center
Local Family News Notes From Foster and Boyer Homes
Thursday gatherings at the Olin Foster home include Cpl. Carl Mericle and extended families from Mericle Weathers Boyer and Easter households. Numerous Sunday visits and Friday dinners link residents to James Easter, Ira Boyer, and F A Boyer households, with travel updates for Ernest and Fred Boyer returning home from California and Washington.
Local Courtyard Visits and Weekend Guests Chronicle
A flurry of social visits fills the week with relatives from Ottumwa Des Moines and Centerville stopping by Moravia area homes. Tales include a pony accident, a hospital trip for Yvonne, and a cooperative dinner gathering at the McDanes home with numerous relatives and friends from nearby towns.
Moravia School District to Hear Expenditure Estimate
The Moravia School District Board of Directors will meet on a July list date in 1944 at 8:00 p m to hear taxpayers for or against the proposed expenditure estimate for the year July 1 1944 to June 30 1946. A detailed statement of receipts and disbursements will be available at the hearing including a secretary balance and fund details for the general and school house funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Taylor Township
Appanoose
Monroe Counties
Iowa
Chester Broshar
Social News from Os Thistleweight Home and surrounds
Visitors from Buffalo North Carolina Walnut City and Moulton called at the Os Thistleweight home Wednesday. Attendees included Emma Ray Miller Alvin Fowler and many area residents with multiple calls and a pink and blue shower for Edith Bryant.
Community Family Visits and School Attendance Noted
Attendance at Sunday school reached 68. Several families and individuals from Chicago and nearby towns visited various Gladfelder households in Missouri Centerville and Rock Island. Guests included Maude Shaeffer Mabel Gladfelder and Bertha Luse with dinners and extended stays reported through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Gladfelder
Maude Shaeffer
Chicago
Mabel Gladfelder
Lester Stagekwell
Missouri
Willie McDanes
Clyde Gladfelder
Fred Clayton
Dorothy
Ray Harrison
Robert Foster
Clyde McKern
Centerville
Maude Sheffer
Lillie Gladfelder
Bertha Luse
Bessie Boshak
Jess Gladfelder
Josephine McKern
Fern
Twila Foster
J Verlee Hayes
George Hayes
Ruth Rays
Oskaloosa
Frank Gladfelder
Dean Tomlin
Rex Foster
Rissie Easter
Jimmie Dotson
Rock Island
Eloisa Dotson
Lillian Tomlin
Florice Moffitt
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Kinser Valley
Frank Swaim
Aah
Angel’s Garage
Rex Angel
Gardner Hatchery
Franklin
Inez Faber
Joe Swob
Frances Sheldon
Wilmer Kitterman
Mr. Bet
Kitterman
Usy
Darwin Sheldon
May
Harley Kline
Mearl Walter
Gerald Roberts
Caster
Leo VanDorin
Lake Wapello
Flora Jones
Donna Wailes
Kenneth Free Home
Dallas Faber
Nancy
Orval Callen
Haver Free Home
L. B. VanDorin
Carolyn
Frank Wilson
James, John and
Paul
Clarence Horn
Duane Horn
Wilson Joys
The
Moravia Public Schools
W. B. Scareliff
Scarcliff
Moravia Union
Veach Drug Store
Urbana and Vicinity
Cont
Boyer Ridge
Enon
Moravia Independent School District
Gleason
Midway Reaver
Curtis Burton
Mrs
Harold Burton
Leon Smith
Spencer Corsetiere
Benton Avenue
East Albia
Town
Spencer
S Eney
Quality Cleaners
Albis
Alpagora
the Fashion Shop
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