Local families gather for weddings and visits in Albia area
Fuller Ralph Tuttle helped James Long plow corn Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs C Hunt and children of Wisconsin visit J J Ullem home. Mr and Mrs James Parcel Centerville spend Sunday at Cecil Parcel s. John E Hunt marries Joyce Phillips of Hiteman in Albin. Families share ice cream Sunday evening with Cecil Parcel and others. Allem Hunt Turner Wilson and Jones families attend and shop locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Tuttle
James Long
C. Hunt
Wisconsin
J. J. Ullem
James Parcel
Centerville
Cecil Parcel
Cartvale Long and
Dale
J. J. Allem
V. C. Hunt
Albin
John E. Hunt
Joyce Phillips
Hiteman
Ruth
Jeag Smith
Birthday Celebrations and Weekend Social Notes at Hedge College
A string of social visits and small gatherings fill the Hedge College area as families and neighbors host and visit one another. Margaret Davis celebrates a birthday anniversary at Harold Davis home. multiple trips to Albia and nearby towns unfold, with relatives and friends from Max wel, Flagstaff, Fairfield, Woodward, Bussey, and Detroit taking part in casual visits and shopping excursions.
Local Folks Enjoy Summer Visits and Gatherings
Ruth Johnson is home from Simpson for the summer. Cheree Dyphon will arrive from Woodward Indiana to stay at the BEF Wilson home before attending Oak Grove School in Boone county in late August. Several families hosted and visited in Albia, Fairfield, and Mount Pleasant including the Wilsons, Gladfelders, Teaters, Nash, Perry, Hellyer, and McCord families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell
Wilbur
Willard
Coretta
Ruth Johnson
Simpson
Cheree Dyphon
Woodward
BE. F. Wilson
Oak Grove School
Boone County
Jess Smith
E. F. Wilson
Ted Wilson
Burke
Wendell Cloved
Mount Pleasant
Bosworth League Institute
Edna Dyprion
Albia
Local Socials Report From Centerville and Surrounding Towns
Udell Route 1 residents and neighbors from Centerville Unionville Moravia Coatsville and surrounding areas share weekend visits trading calls dinners and social calls. Attendees include Jess Walker Cleo and Joan, Will Moffatt Tom Hiatt Edd Rumley Harry Rumley Bonnie Lee Rumley Mildred Clancy Earl Foster Mary Fowler Robert Glasgow and others, with Sunday gatherings at the Rumley and Clancy homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Walker
Cleo
Joan
Centerville
Will Moffatt
Unionville
Tom Hiatt
Moravia
Edd Ruomley
Harry Rumley
Bonnie jLee
Mildred Clancy
Inionville
Earl Foster
Mary Fowler
Robert
Glasgow
Mary Lou
Mrs. Fowler
Donar Sanders
Mary Low
Bonnie Lee Rumley
Leonard Watkins
Donald
Coatsville
Edd Rumley
Pearl Dudley
Laverne
Robert Robey
Bobbie
Betty
Billy
Jack
Emma Miller
Mia
Narlene
Edd Miller
Calvin
Bonnie Lee
Glen Clancy
Earnest Foster
Floyd Moffatt
Narlene Sanders
Local social notices from Centerville area
Blue Front Circle met with Mrs Harry Hillman on Wednesday. Centerville callers Friday included Mrs Ben Williams and daughters. Rex and Ronald Boyer accompanied them for a visit. Ray Lemaster visited Albia Saturday afternoon. F P Hamilton and granddaughters Marvel and Paul Simbro spent Sunday with the Hamiltons. Ben Jones visited John VanZante Sunday evening. Mrs Lloyd Brown and children and Mrs Casas Hamilton with daughter Helen were Albia visitors Thursday. Elbert Moore called at Jim Moore's Monday. Emma Woods and Henry Arthan visited Harry Hillman Sunday. Ella Jean Woodward and Gwendolyn Lemaster visited Mary Marie Williams Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle
Harry Hillman
Ben Williams
Centerville
Rex
Ronald Boyer
Ray Lemaster
Albia
F. P. Hamilton
Marvel and
Paul
Ine Simbro
Casas Hamilton‘s
Ben Jones
John VanZante
Lloyd Brown
Casas Hamilton
Helen
Elbert Moore
Jim Moore
Emma Woods
Henry Arthian
Ella Jean Woodward
Gwendolyn Lemaster
Mary Marie Williams
Jennings and acquaintances visit Des Moines and area
Salem residents including Mr and Mrs Harry Jennings and Mr and Mrs Robert Jennings with Charles spent Sunday in Des Moines visiting Mr and Mrs Arthur Lewis. Other gatherings include the Argo family at the Dell Hellyer home and Sue Callen of Osceola visiting there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Jennings
Robert Jennings
Charles
Des Moines
Arthur Lewis
Ned Argo
Dell Hellyer
Sue Callen
Osceola
Dell Helyer
Haze and Clark
Will Haver
Earl Main
River Town Rivalries Before the Civil War Narratives
The piece recounts how river towns Keokuk Davenport Fort Madison Dubuque Muscatine and Burlington vied for supremacy before the Civil War. It notes rival editors boasting of local merits and contrasts population rankings by 1860, with Dubuque Davenport Keokuk Burlington and Muscatine leading as Fort Madison declined amid 1857 panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Davenport
Fort Madison
Dubuque
Muscatine
Burlington
Marie Haefner
Munscatina
New York
London
Brown and Robinson Families Active in Moravia Area
Mr and Mrs W A Brown were in Moravia Tuesday afternoon. Marie McAninch visits sister Mrs Harry Robinson. Harold Brown plowed for Harry Robinson Thursday. Leroy and Harold Brown called on Harry Robinson Wednesday evening. W A Brown and sons in Moravia Wednesday. Mary Margaret and Edward Brown visiting Homer Browns. Farm bureau meeting attended at Albert Rouse's Friday night. C C Smith and Mrs Ployd Long visited Mrs Roe McCrory Friday night. Albia callers included Kenton family Homer Brown family Otha Taylor family Tom McCrory family W A Brown family Mrs Floyd Long and C Smith. Dane Foster visited W A Brown Sunday. C C Smith guests at Gail Hinton home in Albia Sunday. Van Lemaster stayed Sunday at Homer Browns. Saturday visitors included John Kenton John H Ruth and Dorothy Arthur Points Ray Harold and Zelda Brown. Homer Brown family visited Bundsy evening with Edmund Browns of Albia. Harry Robinson spent week with home folks. Harold Tyler and Harold Brown visited Merle Smith Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Brown
Moravia
Marie McAninch
Harry Robinson
Harold Brown
Leroy
Harold
Ray
Mary Margaret
Edward
Brown
Homer Brown
Farm Bureau
Albert Rouse
C. C. Smith
Ployd Long
Roe MecCrory
Albia
John Kenton
Otha Taylor
Tom McCrory
Floyd Long
C. ©. Smith
Dane Foster
Gail Hinton
van Lemaster
John H
Ruth
Dorothy
Arthur Points
Zelda Brown
Bundsy
Edmund Brown
Harold Teyler
Merle Smith
Four-H Dairy Demonstration Promises Prizes and Scholarships
Sectional dairy production display draws 4-H members for prizes scholarships and awards. Participants Jobe Quist and Frank lead in the dairy demonstration with goals of winning top honors and recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ievue
Taunty
Stele
Jobe
Program King Theatre Albia Show Schedule
The Albia Program King Theatre lists June 9 and 10 with Dona Ameche Ann Sothern and Slim Summer in Fifty Roads to Town. June 11 and 12 feature Geo. Brent and Josephine Hutchinson in Mountain Justice and Charles Laughton in Rem Brandt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Theatre
Albia
Town
Dona Ameche
Ann Sothern
Slim Summervile
Geo. Brent and
Josephine Hutchinson
Mountain Justice
Charles Laughton
Rembrandt
Reed State Club Leaders Announce Dairy Contest
Reed state club leaders announced a contest sponsored by the Kraft Phenix Cheese Corporation Chicago offering gold medals to county winners free trips to the National Dairy Show to state winners 250 scholarships to each winning sectional team member and 160 scholarships to each national championship team member Two club members will compose the team The demonstration covers breeding growing feeding fitting judging dairy cattle and handling of milk and cream on the farm
Community notes from Enon area include visits and gatherings
Enon residents helped with house chores and attending club events. Helping Hand club met Ed Robins with 21 present, making gooseberries and stitching a star quilt, refreshments served. Visitors included J L Jones Bordman Harvey. J T VanDorin’s and VanDorin family gather for dinners and calls. Mrs J J Smith ill. Leta McCoy and Mabel Armstrong with her. Don Scott, Grace Hoffman mourned. Rev Donahoo Selby visit Blumer. Chas Blumer and J J Smith called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Roberts
J.T. van Dorin
Mildred
Wm. Giltner
Ed Robins
J. L. Jones
M. E. Bordman
LeRoy Harvey
J. T. VanDorin
J. J. Smith
Leta McCoy
Mabel Armstrong
A. E. Pence
J T. VanDorin
VanDorin
Leo
W. T. VanDorin
Fred VanDorin
J. C. Lockman
Troy
Rodger Gideon
Dorin Wales
Ellahrone
Bess Harvey
Barbara
Dean Faber
Max Lockman
Donald Lockmen
Dallas Faber
W. H. VanDorin
J. T. VanDorin’s
A. C. Feber
Don Scott
Grace Hoffman
W. P. Donahoo
Ciara Selby
Chas. Blumer
Attendance Notes From Local Churches and Visitors
Sunday school at M. E. and Church of Christ attendance listed. Visitors included Ella Tarbell and daughter to Miss Rinehart, Will Davis of Moravia with Jane Murphy, Neal Nash of Moravia with Rev. Lawson family farewell to Washington state, Katharine and Eckert Argo of Fort Dodge visiting Bresler grandparents, Grant family of Albia, and other locals. Children rehearse for Sunday program at M. E. church. Funeral of Mr Pentinan at Centerville attended by Mrs Mary Alern. Pearl Kelsey and children visited Centerville relatives Archie Thompson family. James Calhoun and Wayne Thorp mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Church of Christ
Ella Tarbell
Mary Rinehart
Will Davis
Moravia
Jane Murphy
Neal Nash
Lawson
Washington State
Katharine
Eckert Argo
Fort Dodge
H. Bresler
Grant
Albia
Our Town
Sheldon
Walter Leinster
Ernestine Stauber
Hosa Beaty
Alois McCord
Belly Bresster
Mary Alern
Pentinan
Centerville
Pearl Kelsey
Paretto
Archie Thompson
Kelsey
Othem
James Calhoun
Wayne Thoiup
Epworth Institute trip and local social notes
Maxine Frame and Lois Swift with Lucille Swift left Monday for the Epworth League Institute in Mt. Pleasant. Centerville and nearby residents visited, Aid held good attendance, a quilt was framed for a Des Moines recipient, and Memorial Day recollections were shared. Sunday guests included Mr. and Mrs. Paul McCord and Joan Roll and others. several households hosted callers and visits in Griffinaville area Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Frame
Lois
Lucille Swift
Epworth League Institute
Mt. Pleasant
H. A. Lemanter
Centerville
Des Moines
Vonburgh
Lyda Argo
Paul McCord
Joan
Roll
Carll
Dwight McCord
Lottie Swan
Donnie
Jim
Eugene Argo
Jake Firkins
Jack
Jessie Tennis
Orin Lyon
Floyd Lowe
Walnut City
Harry Scott
Edward McCord
Ray McCord
Roll McCord
Oskaloosa
Anna Funkhouser
Rosa Beaty
Nona Yeats
Guntal Coulson
Addie Sheldon
Clell Sheldon
Baby
Harold Huff
Griffinaville
Local visits and social calls around Moravia and Albia
Franklin residents and neighboring couples visited relatives in Moravia Albia and nearby towns Tuesday and Sunday. The Elliott Moffatt Argo Swift Turner Haines Firkins Wetterlind and Brown households made calls at homes including the Argo Johnson Dicks and Russell Brown, with Red Oak and Iconium noted as places of residence or transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Elliott
John Moffatt
Moravia
Albia
Clell
Sheldon
Fred Argo
Thelma Swift
Glen Turner
Roscoe Argo
Ida Johnson
Oskaloosa
Earl Swift
Carolyn Ann
J. E. Dicks
Loren Haines
Red Oak
Jake Firkins
Jack
Iconium
Carl Wetterlind
Billy
Russell Brown
Right kinds of dusts will control vine crop insects
An eagle eye and a ready supply of the right kind of poisons are essential now to protect vine crops such as watermelons musk melons cucumbers and squash from insect enemies. The melon aphid on cucumbers and melons may be controlled by nicotine dust applied mainly on the leaf undersides where the insect feeds, ultimately destroying it, states C H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H
Insect Dust Methods By Richardson at Town State College
Entomologist Richardson of Town State College outlines dusting formulas to combat aphids cucumber beetles and squash vine borers. Mix lime and nicotine sulfate for aphids apply at dawn or dusk with a hand duster. Dust cucumber beetles with gypsum and calcium arsenate and use Derris Dust after fruit sets. Keep vines covered with dust in June for full protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson
Town State College
Centerville Visitors Spend Sunday with Mrs Main
Mr and Mrs CG C Waughop and daughter Maxine of Centerville visited Mrs N J Main, the wife’s mother, on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. C. Waughop
Maxine
Centerville
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Moravia Union
Appanoose County
Iowa
Congress
H. K. Smith
Hedge College
GO. G. Davis
Ralph
Harold Davis
Margaret Davis
T. J. Luse
Maxwell
G. E. Luge
Malcom Pilkington
K L.’ Webber
Flagstaff
Arizona
John L. Johnson
Detroit
C. G. Davis
M. P. Main
B. H. Potts
Q. G. Davis
Jeff Patrick
Seymour
Mell Patrick
G. E. Luse
Lynn Hilton
James
Leila Luse
G. E. Louse
Edna Dyphion
Zell Wilson
Juanita Childs
Berlin Shoemaker
Sandra
Sandra Mrs. Allen Boller, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Wright, Mrs. R. C. Wilson
Jay and
Mardeeng
Mary Rose Main
Carl Cloyed
Lyman Main
Kenneth Gladfelder
Jess Gladfelder
Rex Nash
Ted Teaters
Wanda Main
Horton Potts
Guy McKern
Theola
Newton Long
Jean
L. A. Perry
Bert Rinehart
Donald Whitehead
Junior Youngker
Fairfield
Udell
Salem
Moravia High School
Mr. Pleasant
Dotis Nolan
Geo. Murphy
Jane Withers
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel McCrea
Gene Autry
al Clauser
Okla
Outlaws
Norma Shearer
Leslie Howard
Enon
Franklin
Frank Swaim
Funeral Home Ambulance Service
W. A. Brooks
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Paul-Minneapolis
North Pacific Coast
Milwaukee Road
Ganel Panthe Ian
Milwaukee
The
Westinghouse
Asyold
Iran
Southern Utilities Company
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