Local notes from Centerville and surrounding towns
Community brief recalls Saturday activities in Centerville and nearby towns. Names mentioned include Rumley family, Harnest Foste, Emma and Berneice visiting Mildred Robey, Will Moffatt in Unionville, Mildred Clancy, and others helping with farm tasks and alfalfa hay. Residents attended church and social visits, with several drives and stock deliveries noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Berneice
Mildred Robey
Will Moffatt
Unionville
Mildred Clancy
Bille
Jack
Catherine
Ross
Rumley
Jega Walker
Cled
Joan
Centerville
Me Smith
Glen Clandy
Jess Walker
John Clayton
Sunday Visits and Furloughs Highlight Local Notices
Salom on and Potts families host and visit friends through Sunday. George Hellyer from Great Lakes Naval Training Station spent a seven day furlough last week. Dozens of callers including Lottis Swan Argo Adolph Lemaster Hazel Hellyer and the Haver family visit the Hellyer home and other local homes.
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Horton Potts
Déarine Potts
Gua‘ Litse
George Hellyer
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Lottis Swan
Lide Argo
Adolph, Lemaster
Hazel Hellyer
Will Haver
Homme
Lloyd Brown
Familly
Jimmy Me
Cass Hamilton
Robert Jennings
Charles
Seay Sytsma
Helen Johnson
Deg Moines
Dell Hellyer Ome
Newton Long
Jean
Mra
Guy McKern
Kinser Valley and Centerville Visitors Share Local Calls
Local notes record Kinser Valley and Centerville visitors Tuesday and Monday business calls. Attendees at Zell Wilson's home include the Forgy family and the Sytsmas. Sunday visits feature Henry Sytama and relatives, plus cemetery decoration at Eslinger with Zell Wilson’s family.
Albia and Center Street Socials Mentioned in Weekend Notes
Mr. Frank Wilson and Mr. Ray Harrig with Patty visited Albia callers Saturday. Dora Norton attended the funeral of the small son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover of Centerville, Saturday. Norton was an Albia caller Sunday. Several locals helped Mr. Smith pick straw berries. Mrs. Della Points and Dora Norton visited Dortha and Ruth Kent Sunday afternoon. Frank Tates of Albia salted at the Iva Turner home Sunday. Mrs. Clell Long aided Mrs. Charles Smith with berry canning Thursday.
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Frank Wilson
Clell Long
Charles Smith
Thuraday
Local social notes and oddities from the area
Brompton Boardman and daughter spend Sunday at the Chester home. Ottumwa visitor Leo Ford stayed at Elwood home over the weekend. Sunday guests at the M. E. Boardman residence included Lulu Tillmont Archie Billings and Cecil Billings Curtis Jones Homer King Glenn Garrett and family. Business and calls noted involving Clarence Wilson and others. Sailors in Albia visited the John Fisher home. A hunt and bounty scheme is described. Edward Severgon, a Thor student, had not had a girl in classmates during 12 years. Sheldon commencement attended by visitors. Barr family losses noted.
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Boardman
Weit
Chester Anders
Leo
Ford
Ottumwa
Elwood
M. E. Boardman
Lulu Tillmont
Archie Billings
Cecil Billings
Mra
Curtis Jones
Homer King
Glenn Garrett
Ta Fomly
Aig Hh
MeRoy Fisher
al Us
Sean Garett
Clarence Wilson
Albia
Archie "Billings
John Fisher
Garden planting tips for June harvest and care
June guidance for Victory Gardens covers navy beans Great Northern varieties with seed depth 1 to 2 inches and 2 to 3 inches row spacing. Cabbage transplant timing and varieties Wisconsin Ball Head Hollander resist yellowing. Cucumber sowing until July 1 with multiple plantings to counter drought. Weeds ruin yields. weed control around borders is essential. Edible soybeans can be planted now. shelled beans store well in lockers. Stop cutting asparagus June 15 and halt rhubarb harvest. thin direct seeded tomatoes and cabbage to the strongest plants. Tomato leaves may show white spot. use spray or dust to control and remove infected leaves.
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Pita
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Hollander
Appanoose
Mow And Thin Strawberry Patch After Harvest
If planning next year’s strawberry path, mow the patch after final picking, burn mowed material to destroy pests, then thin plants. For large patches plow center and keep 14 inch beds. small patches thin to 8 or 9 inches. Wait for rain if hottest weather risks loss, warns T J Maney of Iowa State College.
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Town State College
Raina
T. J. Maney
Iowa State College
Public Land Disposal Study Highlighted by State Society
The State Historical Society releases Iowa Public Land Disposal by Dr Rostée L Lokken, sixth in the Iowa Centennial History series. The volume traces federal land disposal policy in Iowa, from homesteads to rail grants, with maps of surveys and district land details. Recurring notes recount a Chariton fire at the John DeMichelis farm, where five buildings burned and a tractor accident left a man injured.
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State Historical Society of Town
Rostée L. Lokken
Iowa
State Historical Society
General Assembly
Lokken
John Ely Briggs
Des Moines River
John B. DeMichelis
Chariton
John DeMichelis
DeMichelin Place
Explosion Destroys Sheldon Home After Fatal Fire Spark
An explosion of undetermined origin leveled the home of Mr and Mrs Rufus Niewendorp in Sheldon. Mrs Niewendorp struck a match to burn papers and suffered serious burns and cuts as walls and floors collapsed wrecking the house.
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Rufus Niewendorp
Sheldon
Niewendorp
Siamese Twin Pig Displayed in Doctor’s Belmond Office
A Siamese twin pig with two bodies joined at the side is shown in a Belmond doctor’s office window. The creature has eight legs two tails and four ears and is attracting curious visitors as a medical oddity.
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Belmond
Belmond farmer displays freak to doctor after death
A farmer near Belmond kept a curious medical oddity alive briefly after death. Two bodies were involved as one inhaled and the other exhaled as the unusual display went to a local doctor.
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Carl Mennen
Belmond
Night fire calls in Anamosa raise early alarm
Anamosa firemen ran out three times over three nights within 25 minutes of the same hour. Chief Comvin noted Bor Hoard slept through the period, marking three calls with no decisive local damages reported.
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Anamosa
Comvin
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Centerville High School Stadium
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Enefit of the Red Cross
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Paul Broshar
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Grant Lincox
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Harry Felton
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