Local social notes from Perry and surrounding towns
Busy week of visits and calls as Perry Oklahoma residents Mr Bill Johnson Mrs Edna Johnson and others from Albia Leon and Centerville share hospitality at homes including Fred Argo John Moffatt Everett Stansberry Roscoe Argo and Henry Elliott. Families join gatherings at the Stevens reunion and various club meetings with neighbors and relatives from Perry Moravia Leon and the Ozarks plans noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Johnson
Perry
Okla
Edna Johnson
Fred Argo
Dwight Stansberry
Joann Jaques
John Moffatt
Dwight Runnelis
Dwight
Stansberry
John
Roy Moffatt
Lloyd Johnson
Albia
Roscoe Argo
Everett
Dewaine Stansberry
Harold Dodge
Everett Stansberry
Hugh McFatridze
John Bickford
Moravia
Dwight Runnells
Stevens
Centerville Park
Henry Elliott
Main Station By Darlene Gladfelder
Sunday school attendance is noted as 44. Several neighbors visit households including Foster, McKern, OConner, Gladfelder, and Jarvis families. Farm Bureau meeting gathers at California schoolhouse, while others visit Lake Wapello and local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlene Gladfelder
Illinois
Ira Boyer
Earl Boyer
Harry Pearson
Richard
Harold Lundgren
Lake Wapello
Ella Platt
Faye
Grace Hiatt
Trenton Gladfelder
J. W. Whicker
Clyde Gladfelder
For Sale Markwell Staple for R X Desk Models
The Moravia Union reports a sale of Markwell staples designed for R X desk models. Package contains 1 000 staples with 3/16 inch legs, fox 40c branding noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markwell
The
Moravia Union
Neighborhood Visits Mark Weekend in Centerville Area
A sequence of family drop ins and social visits fills a weekend in Centerville and nearby towns. Beverly Nash with grandparents Any and Mrs. Harley Tisue, Milo Foster with daughter, and Edna Johnson with Bill Johnson visited various relatives. Usual Sunday gatherings at many homes feature ice cream, hospital updates, and neighborhood camaraderie among the Tisues, Hawk, McDanel, Martin, Argo, and Lee families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Nash
Any
Harley Tisue
Centerville
Milo Foster
Gale Stites
Coatesville
Edna Johnson
Bill Johnson
Fred Argo
Lloyd McDanel
Gerald Hawk
Doris Jean
Max Martin
Madeline Bailey
Vesta Ochler
Leon
Lee Johnson
Henry Cordes
Gene Gladfelder
Newt
Bertha Martin
Town City
Junior
Imogene Tadlock
Harvey Time
Kenneth Veach
Seeley
Eugene Tisue
G. C. Tisue
Judy Martin
Bernard Lee
Junior Martin
James Hannam
Melrose
G. J. Shelter
Ohio
Cass Hamilton
Dale Sonnenburg
Joe Martin
Lyndon McDanel
Ralph Jarvis
Ray Harrison
Clair Callen
Howard Derby
Clifford Tisue
Enon Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Farm Work
In Enon Mrs J T VanDorin notes fine weather and busy farms with plowing hay harvesting and wheat binding. Local visits include Mrs Arthur Johnson and others at a Stanley party, family gatherings and Sunday visits to Rodger Gideon and J C Lockman homes along with funeral attendance and picnics at Albia reservoir. Families such as Van Dorins, Hawks, Faber, Roberts and Gillispie are mentioned with numerous Sunday excursions and neighborly calls across Albia Center and Mystic areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Johnson
Claude Hawk
Pearl Hiner
Chas. Johnson
Lewis Rouse
Sylvan van Dorin
Marie
Diane
Harold Hawk
Jeanne
Maurice Walter
Marvin Gardner
Wendell Cloyed
E. G. Hawk
M. E. Followwill
Hawk Home
Dallas Faber
Faber
Mary Jo
Flora Jones
Albert Wells
Northern Town
Rodger Gideon
Jack Lathen
Leo van Dorin
Meryl Henderson
Richard
Guy Roberts
George van Dorin
Troy Lockman
Jack Campbell
J. C. Lockman
Albert Hoskinson
Moravia
Albia City
Dallas Faber and
Walter Home
Carl Gillispie
Carier
Mystic
Geo.’ Simmons
Centerville
Albin Wilkin Land Larry
Don Madison
Albia
T. van Dorin
Bob Ried
Loren Walter
Keith Roberts
Des Moines
Hiattsville Gossip and Family Visits Notice
Mrs Lloyd Rose hosts and hosts as Burdette Atterback visits Moulton. Marilyn Rose visits Virginia Hiatt. Eddie Clayworth Welcomes Daughter born July 17 at St Joseph Hospital. Families and neighbors share Sunday activities around Mitchellville Lake Wapello Newton and Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdette Atterback
Moulton
Cyril McDanes
Marilyn Rose
Virginia Hiatt
Eddie Clayworth
St. Joseph Hospital
Kenneth Daniels
Eugene
Virpit Dooley
Alan
Lester
Hawes
Mitchellville
Town
Lloyd Rose
Lake Wapello
Herold Hickman
Max McDanel
Newton
Marion Clayworth
Virgil Dooley
Cyril McDanel
Francis Argo
Pearl Aces
Roscoe Bailey
Ottumwa
Gus Hiatt
Harold Brown
Janice
Mia
Johnnie Whicker
Bobby
Carl Hiatt
Don Pettibone
Pleasant Hill Social News Highlights From July and September
Betty Kingery visited at the Carl Fenton home in Pleasant Hill. Lloyd Clark and family and Joe Clark spent Sunday with relatives in New Sharon. Hattie Medland and Clara Massman joined Lloyd Massman for a Sunday visit. Clover Leaf Club met July 16 with a cooperative dinner enjoyed by Vera Moore and others. Next meeting Sept 17 planned with a picnic at Centerville park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Kingery
Carl Fenton
Lloyd Clark
Joe Clark
Ray Majors
Russell
Glen Massman
Marilyn
Leslie
Tucson
Arizona
Lloyd Massman
Leslie Lemley
Lloyd Massmans
Tom Donnelly
Hattie Medland
Louis Medland
Clara Massman
New Sharon
Gertrude Penfield
Priscilla Mehrhoff
Cincinnati
Penfield
Clover Leaf Club
Mildred Tarbell
Vera Moore
Edith Callen
Doris
Glenna Dicks
Verda Argo
Verna McAndoch
Fern
Richard Neil
Tommy
Frank
Centerville Park
Ben Ultem
Moravia Fall Festival Planned for Sept 11 12 13 1947
Moravia announces a fall festival spanning Thursday through Saturday, September 11 12 and 13 1947. The event features community activities, entertainment, and local vendors in a weekend of celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Moravia Public Schools
Moravia
Sunday Social Notes From Ottumwa Family Homes
The column lists numerous Ottumwa residents and relatives visiting, traveling, and staying with kin. Included are Beryl Brown, Laura Dicks, Mildred Argo and families, Leo Beaty, Paul Carruthers, Earle Swift family, Algin Derby, Roy Yeats family, Merle Dicks, Flo Frame, Francis Miller, Jay Argo, Charley Ellis, W. E. Kelsey, Clint Alberson, and others. Trips to Warasu Indiana and Centerville are noted along with several weekday gatherings and hospital updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bery] Brown
Laura Dicks
Mildred Argo
Bobby
Keith
Laura Jo
Ottumwa
Leo Beaty
Paul Carruthers
Earle Swift
Thelma
Carolyn Ann
Algin Derby
Albia
Roy Yeats
Minnesota
Merle Dick
Leo Derby
Roy Yoats
Merle Dicks
Warasu
Indiana
Francis Burton
Joe Metzer
Kinser Valley by George R. Darby
Kinser Valley notes social visits and farming activity in the area. George R. Darby reports gatherings at Hewitt-Hill saloon near the state farm, calls at Mr Grimes on Homer Brown farm, hay baling near Brompton at about one and a half tons per acre, and Sunday visitors including Ervin Long and the Zell Wilson family. Pearl Hiner bought a team after a price discussion. other local visits to Ezra Coltrain farm and Moravia park picnic are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Darby
Russell
Hewitt-Hill Salo
State Farm
Geo. R. Darby
Zell Wilson
Climb to Mt Roberts Reveals Family Land Ownership Shift
The narrator recalls hiking to Mt Roberts near the Guy Roberts home and reflecting on why war-torn nations seek aid from the United States. The land traveled, once owned by the speaker's grandfather and uncle, is now held by the Hawks, Fathers, Guy Roberts, and Rodger Gideon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Roberts
Guy Roberts
U. S
Hawks
Rodger Gideon
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Franklin
John Moffate
Ozarks
Deena Lee Robinson
Vance
Nadine Miller
Marvin Vance
Inez Faber
Charles Johnson
van Dorin
Carl Shaw
Bea Friendly
Square Centerville
Iowa
Witherby Electric Shop
Moravia, Iowa
Chariton Valley Electric Coop., Inc
Irving J. Hickman
Hickmay
Veach Drug Store
Chester Broshar
Enon
Lowa Southern
Utilites Co
Centerville Lowe
Hiattsville
Pleasant Hill
George Hammond
Fconium
Mrs
Kinser Valley
George R. Darby
Appanoose County
Towa
Turner
Ambulance Service
Hk i
Southern Utilities Company
Swift & Co
Paul Broshar
Spencer
Albia, Iowa
Reddy Milowitt
Ciotelés Dew Opportu
Yuen Chee
Towa Southern
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