Social notes from the Hazel Hellyer column
Residents and families host gatherings and visits across Centerville Albia Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids. Centerville callers include George Hellyer Dell Hellyer and Hazel with Mrs Potts and Mrs Whitehead among attendees. Several families visit Elbert and Raymond Perry homes and attend a family party hosted by Yeach Implement Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Tisue
Basil] Tadlock
Raymond Perry
Mable
Paul Hiner
Delbert Calhoun
Horton Potts
Will Davis
Richard
Elbert Perry
Lloyd Brown
Jerry
Gill Parson
Bill Parson
Mamie Tisue
Clarence Whitehead
Sandra
Reymond Perry
Dell Hellyer
Cass Hamilton
Robert Jennings
Robert Tarr
P. D. Ankeny
Ralph
Paul
Eileen Turner
Edward McCord
Centerville
Newton Long
George Rinehart
Bert Rinehart
Cedar Falls
James Nash
Cedar Rapids
Jean
Guy McKern
Elbert
Orville
Ray McCord
Mary Lou
Dell
Blue Front Social Roundup at Centerville and Moravia
Centerville and Moravia residents are featured in a social roundup. The page lists multiple visits and gatherings including the Van Zante family and friends at clubs, showers, and home visits across Centerville Albia Moravia and Ottumwa areas with names such as Mrs T R Gardner Mrs Ralph Shelquist Mr and Mrs Ben Jones and Mr and Mrs Carl Van Zante.
Unionville and Area Travel and Visits Noted
Residents report arrivals home from California and Florida visits. Families move between farms near Moulton and Oklahoma City. Local hosted gatherings include Utopian club and Wells Wilson family interactions with Ottumwa visitors.
School of instruction for the Q E S held at Boystown
Mrs P L Veitch of Centerville attended as an out of town guest. The annual school of instruction for the Q E S was held Friday afternoon and evening with Meth dist ladies serving dinner. Visitors came from Moulton Moravia and Blakesburg. Instructor was Mrs Dorothy Bean of Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Brain
Jane Ellen
Maynard More and Daughters
Des Moines
Robert McMullin
Batavia
P. E. More
Donald McCloud
Moravia
Clint Robb
Miller By Mrs Gerald Burton Miller
Robins are appearing in our community which makes one feel like spring is near. The special music and sermon were enjoyed by those attending services at Miller Sunday. Mrs Iva Strunk called on Mr and Mrs James Wood Friday. We are sorry to report Dave Caylor isn't improving like we would much rather have reported. Mr and Mrs W N Miller are not much improved. Mr and Mrs Bill Wilson visited Sunday at the parental Floyd Wood home. Mr and Mrs Lee Tadlock spent Sunday afternoon at the parental Dave Caylor home. Mr and Mrs A C Main Mary Rose and Georgiana were Sunday afternoon callers on Mr and Mrs John Tadlock. Mr and Mrs Clifford Caster were guests at the parental Strunk r and Mrs Harry Herman and I Estella Herman called at the Dave Caylor home Sunday, Mr and Mrs Glen Stephenson entertained relatives from Knox ville Sunday.
Kinser Valley Family Notes and Visits
Mrs E L Wilson writes Kinser Valley notes for her father George Darby. Mrs Pearl Hiner and I spent Friday in Ottumwa with her brother who is reported to be improving. Saturday afternoon visits included Albia and Moravia as spring hints appear. Mr Willie Van Dorin and grandson shopped in Albin Saturday. Russell Darby and family visited Smith hospital to see their uncle Sunday. LeRoy Wilson spent Sunday in Moravia with Grandpa Wilson. his children held a birthday dinner and entertained relatives. Delmar Hiner called at Zell Wilsons Sunday morning. Earl Boardman visited Russell Darby Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Hiner
Ottumwa
LeRoy Wilson
Moravia
Grandpa Wilson
Willie van Dorin
Delmar Hiner
Zell Wilsons
Earl Boardman
Russell Darbys
Helen Felton
John Scott
Saw Wood
Ralph Tuckers
Jim McGuire
Mystic
J. L. Dodd
Jess Myers
Baby
Clarence Schaffner
Venetah Andrews
Albia
Bert Arnold
Lois
Earl
Curtis Tomlins
Bill Wilson
W. H. van Dorin
Curtis Tomlin
Bill Steffen
Ralph Robinson
Gabe Johnson
Maxine Scott
Maple Grove Community Social Notes Recap
Walter Scott and family joined Gabe Johnson for Sunday dinner as Maple Grove residents shared visits and hospitality. Numerous neighbors attended Farmall party hosted by Veach. extended gatherings included Russell Tubaugh and Ray Tubaugh children with grandparents in Albia and several couples visiting at various homes across Ottumwa, Albia, Moravia, and Galesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
Gabe Johnson
Farmall
Veach
Marjorie Scott
Sondra Sue
R. Tucker
Winston DuVall
Harry Felton, Sr
Moravia FFA Earns Superior Rating in State Contest
Moravia FFA earned a superior rating in the statewide soil conservation contest. Newton and Mt. Ayr chapters will receive prize sets valued at 2061 dollars each, including a Ford tractor and multiple plows and implements. This marks the third year of the Town Vocational Agriculture FFA Soil Conservation contest with several other chapters listed for high ratings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Chariton
Fairfield
Harlan
Indianola
Iowa Falls
Monroe
Osceola
West Branch
Albia
Corming
Cresco
Garner
Hampton
Jefferson
Keota
Lake City
Sigourney
Family Party draws big Moravia crowd at school gym
The Veach Implement Co sponsored a large Moravia high school gym Family Party last Thursday. John and Richard Verch brought the event to thank customers. Carl Thomson the Jolly Juggler performed since age 16 with educational color films, The Jesters wowed with magic, and the Gray Sisters, young radio and TV stars, received multiple encores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veach Implement Co
Moravia High School
John
Richard Verch
Carl Thornson
Thomson
Gray Sisters
Sunday Visits and Local Club Notes in Moravia
Local social ties appear with Sunday visits among the Sheldon McAninch Dicks and Irwin families. The Moravia Booster Club hosted a Friday banquet as Clover Leaf club members quilted, dined, and shared fellowship. A probate notice in Appanoose County names Mary C. McCrory’s will set for final proof March 30, 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appanaose County
Iowa
Appanoose County
A. D
Mary C. McCrory
Said County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ssem
Hazel Hellyer
John van Zante
Carl van Zante
Ronnie
Charles
T. R. Gardner
Dorothy Parson
Harley Tisue
Ben Jones
Wendell Murdy
Frank Swaim
Lester White
Sam Shepard
Lute Hiatt
Roy Buttgason
Robert Shelquist
V. P. Artman
Ralph Shelquist
Unionville
Verner Hawk
Bruce Jones
Ronald
Maurice Lane
el Monte
Calif
Glenn Ogden
Coronado
Stella Herman
Victor Bass
Lake Worth
Fla
C. W. McCarty
Myr
Frank Heckman
Winford Heckman
Price Farm
McCartys
Fred Price
Oklahoma City
Okla
C. L. Alden
W. C. Miller
Werner Hawk
Max
D. L. Hiatt
Walter Proctor
Exline
Orville Foglesone
Kathy
Waldo Moore
Randh
Briggs Motor
Tractor Division
Albia, Iowa
Alfikd
Alfalfa
Mammoth Clover
Lespedeza Sweet Clover
Lespedeza
Brown
Goode Seed & Feed CO
Kinser Valley
E. L. Wilson
George Darby
Maple Grove
Ralph Tucker
Amos McGhghy
Hkl
Wiich Propery
Paul Gillis
IHC ‘Family Party
L. P. Clow
Centerville, Iowa
Bes
Hove
Pleasant Hill
George Hammond
Clell Sheldon
Merle Dicks
John Wm. McAninch
Addie
Clarence Sheldon
Lee Johnson
Clyde Dicks
Gilbert Callen
Roy Argo
Dorman Irwin
Larry
Linda
Oswald Irwina
Emmett Derby
Karen Rose
George Hammonds
Pete Dicks
Bill Moores
Clover Leaf Club
Faye
Arlo Fenton
Vanehie Tarbell
Ernestine
Gerald Argo
Mabel Hammond
Ferd Penfield
Verna McAninch
Martha Massman
Verja Argo
Nona Dicks
Alta Allen
Edith Callen
Florence Dicks
Frank Tarbell
Glennie Dicks
Roy Sheldon
DeWayne Moore
Mt. Pleasant
Mabel Sager
Davenport
Town Wesleyan
Jess Elgin
Duane Suler
M. G. Luse
Felenhone 184
Turner Funeral
Ambulance Service
Charles Wheeler
Mary Wheeler
Osteopathic
A&p
N. Side Sq
Nat'l Bank
Harry L. Close
Mgr
George Bateman
Max L. Shaw
Shaw
U.S. Navy
Clinton
Muscatine
Bateman
Baterian’s Shoe Store
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