West Point Social Notes and Obituary Mention
West Point notes extend condolences to the W. P. Davis family as Mr. Davis dies at his daughter’s home. Local residents visit, call on friends, attend gatherings, and share family updates from Albia to Ottumwa with multiple households noted in a busy community roundup. A closing line emphasizes farm cleanup for rat control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Davis
Davis
Harold Mason
George McCombs
B. F. Whitehead
Iowa City
Jane Ann Whitehead
Will Hagerman
Homer Hamilton
Jackie Colwell
Roscoe Argo
George Exline
John Exline
Rex Haver
Francia Kosman
Harry Kosman
Clair Potts
Albia
Lloyd Johnson
John Grindle
Centerville
Leo Hoffman
Richard
Kenneth
Dewey Lark
Shirley
Sharon
Krismier
Colleen McSparen
Ottumwavey
Unionville Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Mrs. Anna Walter spent Sunday with Mrs. Ola Stanley. Ot tumwa visitors Mr. and Mrs. Walter Selix joined Mrs. Retta Selix for a weekend. Otha Fenton family attended Old Settlers. Ottumwa kin Mr. and Mrs. Jess Edison visited Mrs. Stella Herman. Patsy and Judy Fenton visited Cen terville grandparents while parents went to Rock Island. Several families tracked reunions at Des Moines Riverview Park and Moravia park for Christman reunion. Bruce Joiner visiting with the Rumuens. James Farnsworth visited from Fort Leonard Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Callen
Francis McCrory
Roy Rinehart
Ralph Walker
Janet
Ralph Turner
Paul
Aileen
Clair Potta
Janice
Mary Mosley
Ottumwa
M. J. Chiarottina
Darrel Cooper
Will Hagerman
Will Petersen
Deenalee Robinson
Jack Hoffman
He. Hoffman
Shirley
Sharon Lalk
Albin
Pat
LeRoy Brown
Will Hegerman
Little Sheryl
Hagerman
Edward McCord
Leo Hoffman
Kenneth
Iconium
Roscoe Argo
Rex Hagerthan
Sheryl Brown
Albia
Anna Walter
Ola Stanley
Walter Selix
Retta Selix
Otha Fenton
Weverly and
Colene
D. 8
Jess Edison
Stella Herman
Patsy
Judy Fenton
Centerville
Lester Hopkins
Frank Hopkins
Lazelle Strunk
Fay Porter
Orval Swartz
Rivierview Park
Des Moines
Patsy Blumer
Moravia
Myrtle Harrington
Patty
Joan Main
Norma al
BRUSHY By Mrs. Arlo Fenton
Weekend visits and family gatherings fill the Brushy area as many relatives travel between homes in Iowa and Denver. Friends and neighbors call on Mrs. Fenton and Earl Fenton households while others enjoy dinners, blackberry picking, and extended visits across Chariton Melrose Moulton and surrounding towns.
VanDorin family notes and local visits in Enon area
Raymond Vance returns from Davis County hospital feeling weak while the Enon community records visits, birthdays, and gatherings. Many VanDorin relatives cluster around Ottumwa and Belmond for holidays, with a fire loss in Wyoming and a looming VanDorin reunion at Moravia Park on August 16. An advisory on infantile paralysis and polio vaccine is advertised as part of a Sunday magazine insert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Vance
Davis County Hospital
Harold Hawk
Belmond
California
John Wilson
Mearl Walter
Ozarks
J. C. Lockmart
Fred
W. H. van Dorin
J. T. VanDorin
Sylvan VanDorin
Delbert Love
M. E. Followwill
Pete
Fred VanDorin
Charlie VanDorin
Oneita Selby
Linda VanDorin
Grandpa VanDorin
Léo
Carter Street
Ottumwa
Marvin Vance
Wm. Vance
Willie Vance
Urbana Township
Nancy Vance
Dallas Faber
Mary Jo
Ids Griffin
Griffin
Joe Griffin
Faber
R. S. Faber
J. T. van
Dorin
Linda
J.C
Troy Lockman
Bobby Faber
Fred Brain
Chugwater
Wyo
Lester Brain
VanDorin
Moravia Park
American Weekly
Appanoose Board Awards Grading and Surfacing Bids
In a special session on June 26 1953 the Appanoose County Board of Supervisors accepted bids for grading and surfacing local roads. Low bidders Mott Construction Co for grading and Porter Magnall Construction Co for surfacing were awarded contracts. The meeting also canceled Tax Sale No 4823 involving Dora and Samuel Hudgens and A B Cummins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Appanoose County
Iowa
Verl K. Farnsworth
A. N. Wilson
Booth & Olson Coast, Co
Sioux City
Mott Const. Co
Centerville
Johnson
Mott Const
Porter & Magnal Const. Co
Appanoose County Tax and Land Records Resolution 1953
Appanoose County Iowa Board of Supervisors reviews tax suspensions and land quit claim deals. A tax sale cancellation is ordered for N M Blevins Est and Dora Hudgens Old Age benefits and a June 1953 meeting authorizes quit claim deeds for sections 29 and 30 with coal rights. Contracts for FM-304 FM-353 road projects are awarded to low bidders F W Cohron and Mott Construction Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Farngworth
Appanoose County
Iowa
Recorder's Office
B. F. Silknitter
Clifford I. Foster
Dolores M. Foster
Board of Supervisors
Towa
Verl
K. Farnsworth
Board of Supervisors of
Laws
Verl K. Farnsworth
Appanoose County Board of Supervisors
Cincinnati
N. M. Blevins
N. M. Blevin
Myrtle Ross Blevins
Iowa State Highway Commission
F. W. Cohron
Centerville
Mott Coast. Co
Appannoose County
States Const. Co
Des Moines
As Moines
Central Const. Ee
Dianola
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West Point
Mrs
Unionville
Fenton
James Farnsworth
Fort Leonard Wood
Mildred
Nile Dommer
Muscatine
Town
Chris Doramer
Weet State
Peoples Abstract & Title Co
Centerville National Bank
Meredita &. Grane Crener
Cleaning Service
Coats
Coata
Lowa
Brushy
Arlo Fenton
Dean Brandon
Eddie
Jimmie Martin
Frank Tarbell
Jerald Fenton
Stephen
Earl Fenton
Georgia Atwell
Dallas Charity
Lynn and
Marylan
Denver
Colo
Henry Martin
Kenneth Mikels
Ed Fenton
Connie
Ida Fenton
John Reynolds
Chariton
Leo Cronin
Melrose
Cora Reynolds
Texas
Reyno
Laten Atwell
Ea Owen
Harlan
Larry Lemley
Todd Young
Claude Norton
Moulton
Merri Atwell
Laren Atwell
Ivan Atwell
Gary Thompson
Promise City
Frank Dixon
Sewall
Dixon
Omaha
Nebr
Roy Sulser
Helen Teylor
Loren Walter
Moravis
Ralph Tucker
Newton
Enon
The
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Dora’ Hudgens
Glen Johnson R. C
Wilson Earl
Central Const. Co
Earl Exline
Earl Extine
Mary Wheeler
Centerville Monument CO. c. C. Patterson
Hollingshead Jewelry
West Side Square
Albis
Dune Allyson
van Johnnsen
Bowery Boys
LOOSE
London
Esther Williams
Pues
Loretta Young
Badmen
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