Kinser Valley notes and local changes after floods
Ottumwa visitors Kinser Valley and Zell Wilson families queried as records show R E A surveyor staking for electric lines. Floods washed fields and bridges while Elmora school house moves planned. Local residents Donald Darby Henry Systma Frank Darby John Deere staff and Twin Falls Idaho visitors appear in a community diary of late week events.
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George’ R. Darby
Zell, Wilson
Ottumwa
Yell Wilson
Hawk and Faber
E. V. McGinis
E. V. McGenish
Hindman
Donald Darby
Chicago
Henry Systma
Albis
Frank Darby
Moline
John Deere Co
Elmora
Mangle
Blakesburg
Reeds
LeRoy Wilson
Albia
Charley Johnson
Ted Wilson
Twin Falls
Idaho
Wilson
Johnson
New Hope News Notes Last Week at Moravia and Des Moines
The column records social visits and family gatherings across Moravia and Des Moines. Entries mention the Donovan family moving to Utterback apartment, numerous dinners and suppers with relatives, hospitalities at the Scott, Coffin, and Meadows homes, and travels to Des Moines, Albia, Moulton, Centerville, and Walnut City. Notable details include a birthday dinner for Charley Coffin, a comment on cabbage and corn, and a burn incident involving Richard Henderson’s feet.
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New Hope
W. R. Donovan
Wm. J. Donovan
Judy
Utterback
Moravia
Marie Ballew
John Richard
Mildren Wynes
Pearl Hunter
J. F. Chambers
Mildred
Ivan Harsh
Chester Sanders
Dick Wilson
Des Moines
Truxton Dicks
Richard
Donald
Roy Scott
Duane Coffin
Coffin
George Scott
Lloyd Rose
Don Pettibone
Frank Hiatt
Frank Chambers
Bert Meadows
Elsie Martin
A. C. Butz
Ft. Madison
Virginia Carter
James Herron
Trenton Wilson
Mardeena Wilson
Farn Wright
Moulton
Wesley Chapel
W.S.C.S
M. E. Parsonage
Forrest Jacobs
Enon News Notes From Mrs J T VanDor Era
Enon notes improve with Loren Walter seen visiting Friday. E G Hawk Ray Tubaugh called Saturday. Dallas Faber and family attended Rock club in DeWayne Robinsons Friday. Arthur Johnson dined with Bettis parents and attended Bert Tucker funeral. DeWayne Robinson Eddie joined Laws family for dinner and funeral at Ricks Harp. Keith Roberts Des Moines visited Guy Roberts. Dorothy Brown spent night with Annabella Walter. Loren Walter family dined at Mearl Walter home. Callers included W L Rector Virgil Dooley and family Pearl Hiatt Sylvan VanDorin Maurice Waller and Jack Dykes. L B VanDorin family visited Sunday. We had our
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Dallas Faber
Nancy Carol
Bobby
Albia
Lovells
Guy Roberts
Keiths
Coretta Cloyed
Harold Hawk
Lester Dale
Walt Dale
San Francisco
Rex’ Tisue
E. G. Hawk
Mia
Jeanne
Centerville
Deena Roberts
Des Moines
Pearl Walter
Russell Hindman
Flora Jones
R. S. Faber’s
Mary Closter
Mearl Walter
Walter Minor
Walnut City
Minor
Fred VanDorins
George
Richard
Merle Henderson
Allerton
Iowa
Loren Walter
Claude Hawk
Ray Tubaugh
DeWayne| Robinson
Arthur Johnson
Chas
Bettis
Bert Tucker
DeWayne Robinson
Eddie
Chas. Laws
Ricks
Harp
Keith Roberts
Dorothy Brown
Annabella Walter
W. L. Rector
Robert
Virgil Dooley
Pearl Hiatt
Sylvan_VanDorin
Maurice Waller
Jack Dykes
L. B. VanDorin
Urbana Neighborhood Church Work and Local Games Report
In Urbana and vicinity the church project drew many volunteers led by Henry Horn and John Fisher. The Urbana and Troy township baseball teams split a doubleheader on June 23 with Troy winning 8 to 5 and Urbana replying 2 to 0. A vacation Bible school runs July 8–19 at Urbana Center, while a Union Sunday Schools gathering is planned for July 14 under Reverends Udd of Omaha and H. H. Van Dellen of Pella.
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Urbana
Troy Township
Troy
Albert
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