Busy West Central Iowa social calendar notes
Dozens of families from Centerville Keosauqua Moravia and nearby towns hosted and visited relatives across Iowa and Missouri. Visits included travelers from Des Moines Newton Oskaloosa and Pleasantville with multiple gatherings, weddings, and hospital announcements noted alongside 4‑H camp attendance and farm community get‑togethers.
Mary Rose Main Receives BA Degree at Simpson College
Miss Mary Rose Main earned a bachelor of arts in sociology at Simpson College during Sunday's graduation. She held Delta Delta Delta sorority membership and was active in WCA, Women's Recreational Association, and Home Economics club. She served as band secretary and on the student congress and faculty council. plans include a six week Girl Scouts course at Conestoga and a fall field director position in Davenport. Relatives attending included Mr and Mrs Almont Main, Mr and Mrs Howard Smith, Mr and Mrs Frank Swaim, and Misses Delma June Veach and Georgianna Winsler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCumber
Denver
Colo
Maude Coltrain
Garland Houser
Jerry
Centerville
Charles Coffin
Harley Woodward
O. G. Woodward
Ernest Manns
San Marino
Calif
Ottumwa
Leslie Manns
Fairfield
Albert Brain
W. V. Mardy
Robert Stice
Moulton
Delma June Veach
Des Moines
Albert Veach
Glen Sheets
Golden City
Howard Edwin
Coffin
W. N. Miller
W. C. Miller
Unionville
Richard Goughnour
Ira Boyer
Mac Orfield
Burlington
Daisy Blankenship
Thelma Baker
Leon
John Veach
Hartley Tisue
James Rhee
Rose Marie
Mary Ann
St. Charles
Curtis Burton
Roe Ahee
Maude Caltrain
Otis
Jake Kinkelmans
Earl
Hazel Alverson
Moberly
Mary Rose Main
Simpson College
Delta Delta Delta Secrel
Women’s Recreational Association
Mias Main
Conestoga
Davenport
Moravia
Almont Main
Howard Smith
Frank Swaim
Georgianna Winsler
Udell News Roundup of Visits and Travels
Mrs H B Spring reports Udell area social visits with Oak Park Til and Centerville connections. Families travel to Yakima Washington to visit Rev Williams and Rev Moyer. Weekend gatherings include Powell, Whisler, Glasgow, and Sailor households with relatives from Lisbon Dews Gilmore City Unionville and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Stotterland
Oak Park
Til
Tlah Exline
Udell
Grant Banks
Centerville
Alvin Spring
Cecil Morlan
Unionville
Anna Thistlewaite
Jesse Walker
Rex
Fortbush
Helen Rouse
Harold Spring
Jean Spring
Sherry
Ora Powell
Yakima
Wash
Russell Williams
Alvin Moyer
Udell Brethren Church
Harry Wilkinson
Linda Ann
Gilmore City
Walter Whisler
Harry Felton
Jimmy
Jerry
Larry
Jeanne
Frederick Koehler
Minneapolis
David
Air Force
Francis Berkshire
Mark
Jess Tarrence
Tarrence
Lloyd Whisler
Dennis Glasgow
James Creech
Bernard Creech
Baby
Harper, Town
James Corbett
Sunday visits and travels across Centerville area
Residents recount Sunday visits at Nelson Ballanger in Centerville and Moorlands, with Morlan trips to Cedar Rapids and Pittsburgh plans for Francis Berkshire. Dr R R Haun of Drake University will speak Sunday, June 14 here at eleven. Funeral services for Fred Ullrick held in Centerville with burial at Fairview cemetery. bluegrass seed quality stressed by Iowa State College expert Louis Bass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven of Davenport
Joe Moore
Harold Henshaw
Jerry
Gary
Evelyn
Nelson Ballanger
Centerville
Alvin Spring
Robert Morlan
Unionville
George Morlan
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Morlan
Mrs. Morlan
Don Burgess
Francis Berkshire
Mark
Pittsburgh
Francis
University of Pittsburgh
Berkshire
Harry Berkshire
Masontown
Brethren Church
R. R. Haun
Drake University
Des Moines
Ora Powell
Doris
Fred Ullrick
Ray Kerschner
Ullrick
Georgia
Matthews
California
Charles
Denver
Cole
Virgil
Merle
Johnny
Ottuma
John Cummins
Mildred McConaughy
Olin
R. A. McDonald
Baxter Springs
Kan
Lou Doggett
Udell
Mae McLaughlin
Len
L. A. Walker
Fairview Cemetery
Louis Bass
Iowa State College Seed Testing Laboratory
Bass
Butter consumption climbs in Iowa in 1953 sales rise
The Iowa Dairy Industry Commission reports rising butter use with April 1953 totaling 114 235 000 pounds and a 14.1 percent year over year gain. President Clyde M Core notes sustained growth since December 1952, marking a 19 282 000 pound increase across five months versus 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Clyde M. Core
Commission
Lince
Vosburgh Social Visits and Weekend Gatherings
Mrs Emmett Derby and Mrs Laura Dicks visited with friends including Mrs Earl Swift and Mrs Esther Murphy. Cedar Rapids visitors Melvin Miller Paul Joyce stayed with Roy and Hattie Miller, church at Albia attended by the Millers. Illinois and Michigan visitors joined OHaras Sheldon Perrys and Calhouns with various weekend activities and a 4 H club picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Miller
Paul and
Joyce
Cedar Rapids
Roy Miller
Hattie Miller
Albia
George Shehan
W. G. O'Haras
Sam Scott
Dallas City
Ill
O'Haras
Emmett Derby
Karen Rose
Monte Lynn
Roy Sheldons
Eugene Cooper
Kenny
Karen Ann
Pontiac
Mich
Esther Murphy
al Derby
Raymond Perrys
Elmer Kellogg
James Calhoun
Clayton Sheldon
Baby
Wayne Thompson
Bruce
Marcia
Stella Fuller
Ricky
Eugene Frame
Earl Swift
Carolyn
Carl Calhoun
Donald
Addie
Clarence
Clyde Sheldon
Jim Frame
Columbus Junction
Charles Sprigdan
Des Moines
Larry Derby
W. G. O'Hara
Ben Derby
Butch Richardison
Emmett Derbys
Taylor-ettes Pajama Party Reported By 4-H Club
The Taylor-ettes 4-H club held a pajama party at the Don Petti bone home on May 28. Attendees enjoyed television, Indian wrestling, skipping rope, basketball, and a midnight snack of sandwiches and pop before ghost stories. Present were Charlene Burns, Nancy Roblenz, Madge Lee, Sharon O Connor, Margaret and Mary Ellen Condra, Sharon Argo, Donna Underwood, Mary Schrodt, Ann Pettibone, and Sandra Hiatt, with Margaret Condra as reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor-ettes 4-H Club
Don Pettibone
Charlene Burns
Nancy Roblenz
Madge Lee
Sharon O'Connor
Margaret
Mary Ellen Condra
Sharon Argo
Donna Underwood
Mary Schrodt
Ann Pettibone
Sandra Hiatt
Margaret Condra
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Cooper
Roy Oughton
Velman Luse
Pleasantville
Iowa
Earl. Brain
Hedrick
Lester , Brain
Archie Martin
Mike
West Coast
Keith Martin
Culver City
Mary Hose
Addie Swaim
Basil Swaim
Drakesville
Catherine Teller
Ted Campbell
Robert Moffett
Russell Hughes
Richard Bentzinger
Roscoe Hughes
Anna Hughes
Keosauqua
Nina Gold
J. W. Pendleton
Celia Green
Newton
Fred Tillmont
Moravia Garden Club
Pendleton
Clyde Plummer
Ben Williams
W. W. Wadsworth
Lake Ahquabi
Taylorettes Club
Taylor Township
Leonard Palmer
Elred
Claron Palmer
Greentop
Alex Hudson
Kirksville
O. D. DuVall
Laughlin Hospital
Zell Callen
Alvin Hiatt
Oskaloosa
Miami
Lela Dew
Reinbeck
Marie Jensen
Morrison
Dew
Aaron Campbell
Nancy Temple
Campbell
Aaron
Laura
Belle Baker
New Virginia
Warner Muir
Lois Jean Muir
Los Angeles
Muir
Kathleen Halden
Viole Hammond
Kathryn McDane
St. Joseph Hospital
Jadles Weinman
Indianola
Keith More
Harlan
J. O. More
Hugo Johnson
Stanil Swinconns
Beloit
Wisconsin
Roscoe Argo
Swincon Is
Blanch Argo Bennett
Deverne Surber
Tacoma
Henry Surber
Harold Clark
Ft. Dodge
Etta Jane Albertson
Karen Kay Albertson
Clarks
Ralph Davis
Linda
Houston
Texas
Davis
Co. O. Thomas
Dorothy Vance
O. G. Davis
Raymond Charity Home
Frank Wilson
Paul
John A. Wilson
Vernon Thorson
Josie Charity
Paul Stringfellow
Lucy Scott
Elmer Surber
New Sharon
Carl Dicks
Colfax
Virgil, Rawlins
Eva Runnells
Floyd Runnells
Cass Lake
Minn
Gardner Hatchery
Turner Funeral Home
Moravia Theater
Robin Hood
Richard Todd
Joan Rice
Martha Hunt
Don Daredevil
Allis-Chalmers
Allis-Chalmers Combine
Massey-Harris Combine
McClurg Implement Co
Allis-Chalmers and
New Idea
Simpson
H. B. Spring
Safe Farm Shop
DR. L. P
West State St
Centerville, Iowa
Mary Wheeler
Dairy Commission
Mra
Laura Dicks
Swift
Taylor-Ettes
Auto Service
Amos McGhghy
Alan Lade
Technicolor
Tom & Jerry's
Dom Atonic
Julla Adams
Johor
International Harvester
Colarch
A Modela
Veach Implement Company
Your International Harvester Dealer
Telephone
Moravia, Lowa
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