Local Socials and Visits Across Moravia Centerville and Des Moines
A week of small gatherings and visits across Moravia Centerville and Des Moines includes Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hiatt trading, Will and Floyd Moffatt carpentry for Keith Phillips, Mrs. Susan Walker and Joan visiting Mae and Bonnie Lee Rumley, and numerous trips to Centerville and Centerville's Pearl Dudley home.(There are also mushroom notes from Calvin Rumley and visits to Emma Miller and Emma Clancy households.)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hiatt
Moravia
Will
Floyd Moffatt
Keith Phillips
Susan Walker
Joan
Myrtle McMann
Sunny
Jess Walker
Cleo
Centerville
Ella Myers
James
Des Moines
Emma Miller
Will Moffatt
Floyd
Lee
Moffatt
Calvin Rumley
Bonnie Lee Rumsey
Joan Walker
Ralph Hiatt
Harry Rumley
Calvin
Laverne
Bonnice Lee
Pearl Dudley
Maggie White
Brookfield
Gene Clancy
Elmer
Jens Walker
Glen Clancy
Laverne Rumley
Rumley
Earnest Foster
Jennie Hiatt
Edd Rumley
Notice for return of keepsake green basket
Mrs. G. D. Lynch asks any person with a small green basket to return it, as it is a keepsake. Please contact Mrs. Lynch to reunite the item with its owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Lynch
Memorial Day reflections and cemetery visits in Arizona
A sister in Arizona writes of Memorial Day in Town with graves decorated for Clarence and Nicholsons. She recalls inspecting Glendale and Forest Lawn Memorial Park, noting churches inspired by Scotland and England, white statuary, and sacred resting places of long time church members. She describes memories of church foundations, travel by wagon, and the caring cemetery grounds as a source of inspiration for faith and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iconium
Clarence
Grandfather Nicholson
Glendale
California
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Scotland
England
Alecia
Allerton Voters Approve Waterworks Bond Issue
Allerton residents approved a waterworks bond by a 16 vote margin after a six month campaign. Tense polling day led to a large crowd, late ballot challenges, and a county attorney called to restore order. Vote results prompted planning and further meetings with no action by press time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allerton News
Allerton
Main Street
Corydon
Moravia area hosts wide Memorial Day social mix
A long list of visitors and residents moves through Moravia and nearby towns. Miss Trene Jacobs, Miss Elaine Palmer, and many others are noted visiting relatives, attending services, or staying with local families during a busy period around Memorial Day with several trips to Centerville Ottumwa Des Moines and other spots.
Co op Shipments To St Louis Market
The Moravia Co-Operative Marketing Association shipped one mixed load of livestock to the St Louis market Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia Co-Operative Marketing Association
St. Louis
Red Coral Prized Across Cultures in Antiquity
Scattered notes describe neighbors visiting, showers and calls at local homes, and a social round around the Tomlin and Gideon families. The piece shifts to a brief feature on red coral, its historic value as a charm for safety and health, and its Mediterranean origin via the Washington Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Africa
Saya
Washington Post
Ottumwa area dinner party marks 50th birthday
A large Ottumwa family gathering at Mrs. Jane Whisler’s home included unions from Unionville Eldora and nearby towns. Guests featured Emil Strunk Clayton Joiner Printis Loomis Marjorie Brown Stufflebeam Eva Bain and many others with notable 50th birthday celebration for Earl Miller. A cooperative luncheon was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Strunk
Clayton Joiner
Tiskelwa
Ill
Printis Loomis
Marjorie Brown
Richard
Eldora, Ill
John Stufflebeam
Givin Stufflebeam
Eva Bain
Selma Jean
Halle Jane Whisler
Ottumwa
Tom Joiner
Gilbert Herman
Fonda
Morrison
Herman
William I. Morrison
Edward Whisler
Edward Jr
Mary
Cedar Rapids
Minnie Replogle
Wdell
Belle Andrews
Alete
John
C. C
Guy Reeves
Vers Mue Wingo
Galesburg, WI
Leona Parry
Parnell
Howard Dicks
Leonard Hawmonds
A. F. Carlton
Merle Carlton
Albia
Local Social Roundup of Sunday Visitors and Guests
Mrs. Bess Robinson of Albia and Thomas McGraw with family called on former neighbors and friends. H L Dukes and son Harry Lee Jr of Udell were Sunday dinner guests with his parents. P E More visited his brother J O More in Centerville. Arthur Batterson and Rev Frank A Smith with Mrs Smith visited Ottumwa relatives. I M Patrick and daughter Perry Cross and Lyn lay family were guests in Seymour. Russell Wilson and R E Wilson hosted Monday visits. Dean Dommer returned from Council Bluffs to spend summer with his parents. Mrs I R Cook returned from Marshalltown to visit Dale Batesole and family. John Fletcher college commencement week in Oskaloosa. Amanda Miller hosted H M Underwood of Wathena. Thayer Derby and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trene Jacobs
Moravia
Elaine Palmer
Hiteman
Wm, Crea
Centerville
J. H. Schreiner
Rev
C. L. Ellis
Nancy Ellis
Cincinnati
John Veach
Grant Everman
Ed Moch
Des Moines
Allen Hiatt
Fenton
Numa
Edith Horner
Waterloo
W. F. Horner
Lawrence Roland
Frank Swaim
Phillips
Oska- Joosa
Frank Hiatt
Garnet Laws
Ottumwa
Wm. Laws
Gilvert Crow
Mystic
Chas. Pabst Hove
J. ER. Sharp
Frank Miter
W. G. Davis
Newtown
G. D.lynch
Myrth Hudgens
Dis 'Moines
Sara Hudgens
Tom Cameron
Marjory
Keith Cameron
Newton
Gott
United Brethren Church
Otis Main
Rockford
J. M. Wright
Cecile Creech
Oskaloosa
W. S. Creech
Arthur Shaw
Freddie van
Blackwell
Okla
Lyle Hopkins
Peggy
Dale
Mia
Hilbert Roberts
Hicks Jabat
Stella Carter
John Pendleton
Sidney Green
Fred Tillmont
Dean Metrery
Spen
Ide McCrory
Helen
Dorothy
Mare Waughop
Sumner
Iowa
Maude Rhodes
Nell Pelkington
Lincoln
Vera Brackton
Middletown
F. W
Fancheon Wieler
Jackie
Pat Lynch
Dick Morrison
Chicago
Ill
Tom Philby
Bert Luse
F. I. Smith
Don
Forest
Watertown
A. M. Pennington
Kathryn
Roxstoe Pennington
Howard Evans
Fremont
Nebr
Wakefield
Tipton
Tuwa
D. Schreiner
Marginane Coyle
Lorence Gardner
Simpson College
Indianola
T. R. Gordner
Arlene Dodd
Hauretta Landing
Lake George
New York
Clyde Erskine
Wm. Cathcart
Centeville
Clarence Tyrrel
Granger
Earl Brain
Hedrick
H. B. Watts
George Turner
Don Pettibone
Cloyd Pester
Charles Main
Juanita Smith
Kansas City
C. N. Main
Misa Smith
Richard W. Gardner
Naxal Training Station
San Diego
California
Albert Crocker
Progressive Club
Albia
Charles Enog Hiatt
Richard Burton
Millerton
Chance Savely
Mr. Savely
W. A. Johnson
Iowa City
Clarence Cropper
L. C. Main
Mary Lou Main
Stella Reich
Don Reich
Minneapolis
Minn
James
Charles Reich
Muscatine
Ray McCauley
Webster City
Dean McCauley
van Meter
Chester Broshar
W. H. Young
Rollie McDonough
D. K. Orelup
Francis Oehler
Cecil Coulson
Almont Main
Dwight Glick
H. E. Glick
H. E Smith
Bare
Centerville Sundey
Fred Hammond
Sundey
Earl Fenton
Misa Hattie Hammond
Donald Hammound
Melrose
Claude Norton
Moulton
J. N. Morris
Leroy Morris
Shirley Lee
Mary Clester
EL BP
Clester
Denver
Colorado
P.M. Schreiner
Paul Brosher
Clair Broshar
Mies
Iveun Brophi
George Winsler
Georgiana
H Gy Broshar
Ryman Kincade
Francis Smith
Ray Kincade
Edwardsville
Kansas
Delmar Jennison
Cedar Rapids
O. D
Berlin Shoemaker
Sandra
Chatanooga
Tenn
Allen Boller
Atlantic
W. F. Herner
Boller
Bess Robinson
Thomas McGraw
H. L. Dukes
Harry Lee, Jr
Udell
Dukes
P. E. More
Russell Wilson
R. E. Wilson
Dean Dommer
Council Bluffs
School For
Mra
Chris Dommer
I. R. Cook
Marshalltown
Dale Batesole
W. Kocher
Mra. Kocher
Oskalooga
Decoration Day Services Held in Local Cemetery
Son Dale of Blakesburg visited with parents Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Bair. Decoration Day services were held Sunday morning with an address by Rev. Ellis of Moravia. The graves were decorated later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale
Blakesburg
P. A. Bair
Rev
Ellis
Moravia
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McKennen
Veach Drug Store
Arizona
Elsie Cleater
Roy Richard
Mrs. Chas
Prunes
H. G. Broshar & Son
George Robinson
Elbert Lockman
Tomlin
Mary Tomlin
Quiller Adams
Keith Roberts
Guy Roberts
Roger Gideon
Gerald Irelan
Unionville
W. E. Hizu
Wildarrow Sve
G. Turter
Winditcoam
Chet Broshar
Ward's Grocery and Market
Main Bros
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